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0813119790,"The Excursion (Eighteenth-Century Novels By Women) ""A valuable addition to the range of texts currently available."" -- British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",anthologies;books;british;criticism & theory;history & criticism;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;short stories;women writers;women's studies,10
1565120906,"Singing for Your Supper: Entertaining Ways to Be a Perfect Guest Before television, everyone was forced to bring some sort of amusement or entertainment to a dinner or party. Now etiquette master Hazard revives the almost lost art of guesthood by describing and explaining the how-tos of parlor games and outdoor antics. The 26 forms of amusing others en masse are woven into a gracious, never-ending narrative that paints rather vivid pictures. Think reading a palm is the province only of gypsies? Is juggling restricted to urban street-corner mendicants? Or is the art of hanging a spoon best learned by the under-10 set? Wise and witty ways to enliven a party and indulge the child in all of us.  Barbara Jacobs	Edith Hazard has managed a law office, sung lead in a jug band, taught Sunday school, and earned her BA in English at Bowdoinmeanwhile raising her four children. She is the author, with Wallace Pinfold, of the popular Rising to the Occasion: A Practical Companion for the Occasionally Perplexed.",books;crafts;education & reference;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;humor;humor & entertainment;puzzles & games,10
0195087062,"The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States Wagner-Martin (Telling Women's Lives) and Davidson (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji) offer a generous survey of American women's voices that is as remarkable for its quality as it is for its breadth. Asserting that much writing by women has been neglected because ""it did not fit into existing literary categories,"" they have organized their selections?written by almost 100 writers from the colonial era to the present?into six spacious categories: short fiction (from Sarah Orne Jewett to Helena Maria Viramontes); poetry (Anne Bradstreet to Carolyn Forche); public lives (Revolutionary War-era feminist Judith Sargent Murray to Anna Quindlen); acting out (a speech by Sojourner Truth, an excerpt from Anna Deveare Smith's performance piece Fires in the Mirror); private lives (personal letters of Abigail Adams, Emma Goldman and Mary McCarthy); and bodily pleasures (Alice B. Toklas's Haschich Fudge recipe; surprisingly, Emily Dickinson's poetry is included in the category of ""Erotica.""). The forms include short stories, novellas and poems as well as more informal chants, meditations and monologues. The entries also are cross-referenced by topic: childhood, identity, love relationships, etc. Read front to back, the book dwells at first on women's power struggles with loutish, insensitive men, but it segues effectively into explorations of sexuality, ethnic and political issues and internal conflicts. Some of the pieces, such as Abigail Adams's letter to John (""I desire you would Remember the Ladies"") highlight what women have been able (and unable) to say with language at various points in American history; others, like Cynthia Ozick's ""The Shawl,"" testify to what women can do with language. As textbook, reference work or cover-to-cover recreational reading, this collection is an outstanding editorial achievement. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Just in time for the anniversary: a masterly and comprehensive anthology giving context to the long battle for the vote-and women's continuing struggle in the years since. Included here are short fiction, poems, essays, and speeches written in English over the last four centuries by 99 women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Editors Wagner-Martin and Davidson pay tribute to the vibrant variety of American women's lives and writing in this meandering and happily idiosyncratic anthology. Thankfully, it's no longer necessary to rescue women's writing from marginalization, so a collection such as this one, as the editors unabashedly explain, can ""luxuriate in some of the best writing U.S. women have produced."" They go on, free of false modesty, to say that their selections represent ""quite simply, some of the best writing in the world."" No argument there. These upbeat editors have also defined writing in its broadest sense, choosing their favorites from fiction, essays, poems, letters, diaries, speeches and plays, and even recipes. And they've created a wonderful spectrum that stretches from Edith Wharton to Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson to Adrienne Rich, Emma Goldman to Anna Quindlen, Louisa May Alcott to Laurie Anderson.  Donna Seaman	""A generous survey of American women's voices that is as remarkable for its quality as it is for its breadth....As textbook, reference work, or cover-to-cover recreational reading, this collection is an outstanding editorial achievement.""--Publishers Weekly (starred review)""Editors Wagner-Martin and Davidson pay tribute to the vibrant variety of American women's lives and writing in this meandering and happily idiosyncratic anthology....a wonderful spectrum.""--Booklist	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	About the Editors:Linda Wagner-Martin and Cathy N. Davidson are the Editors in Chief of The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. Wagner-Martin is Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; her recent books include Telling Women's Lives: The New Biography and a forthcoming biography of Gertrude Stein.  Davidson is Professor of English at Duke University; her many books include The Book of Love: Writers and their Love Letters and Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan.",anthologies & literary collections;books;classics;general;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
1566046955,"The Lingo Programmer's Reference Darrel Plant is an Authorized Macromedia Director Instructor at  Portland State University.  The author of Ventana's Shockwave! Breathe  New Life Into Web Pages, he owns Moshofsky/Plant Creative Services,  which produces Web sites, CD-ROMs, and other multimedia projects.    Doug Smith is the principal of Arogos Interactive.  He provides  freelance multimedia programming and development for cross-platform  and Internet-based interactive multimedia projects.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;graphics & multimedia;languages & tools;mathematics;programming;science & math;web design;web development & design,10
0395300843,"The Tailypo: A Ghost Story (Clarion books) ""The telling is smooth, and Galdone is ever the master of visual pacing, with action and drama heightened through astute composition."" Booklist, ALA	Paul Galdone was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1907 and emigrated to the United States in 1928. After finishing his studies at the Art Student League and the New York School of Industrial Design, Mr. Galdone worked in the art department of a major publishing house. There he was introduced to the process of bookmaking, an activity that was soon to become his lifelong career. Before his death in 1986, Mr. Galdone illustrated almost three hundred books, many of which he himself wrote or retold. He is fondly remembered for his contemporary style, bright earthy humor, and action-filled illustrations, which will continue to delight for generations to come.",books;children's books;fairy tales;folk tales & myths;literature & fiction;multicultural;mystery;science fiction & fantasy;spine-chilling horror;thriller & suspense,10
0815608314,"Starting Your Television Writing Career: The Warner Bros. Television Writers Workshop Guide Deborah Pearlman has been working with television writers since 1989. She has worked for USA Network, Bright Kauffman Crane (Friends) and has been director of the Warner Bros. Television Writing Program since 2001.    Abby Finer has worked in television for over eleven years in scripted and non-scripted programming. In addition to writing this book, she is an executive producer of a comedy cable series Kenny vs. Spenny that airs in the U. S. and Canada. She resides in New York City.",books;business & investing;education & reference;guides;humor & entertainment;job hunting & careers;literature & fiction;research & publishing guides;television;writing,10
0737705191,"Opposing Viewpoints Series - Race Relations (paperback edition) Grade 8 Up-The state of race relations in America, whether racism is a serious problem, how policymakers respond to minorities' concerns, and how race relations can be improved are the four issues addressed in this title. That people disagree on these volatile issues, or at least view them from different points of view, is obvious throughout the text. The opinions are culled from a variety of sources and have undergone some editing to accommodate a young adult readership, according to the editors. Provocative essays cover such topics as whether colleges should have race-sensitive admissions policies and whether schools should have bilingual education. Viewpoints encompass a wide spectrum of minority concerns. Discussion questions help readers focus on the viewpoints and attempt to determine which argument is more persuasive. Each section ends with a periodical bibliography.Sylvia V. Meisner, Greensboro Montessori School, NC Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Gr. 9-12. Your library may already have a similarly titled book in the Opposing Viewpoints series (1995), but this is an entirely new collection of articles. The voices are immediate and contemporary, all from the last few years, and so are the book and periodical bibliographies. The crucial issues are from today's headlines. Are blacks losing jobs to immigrants? Does bilingual education work? Is affirmative action fair? There's a wide range of opinion, both heated and calm; the arguments are about racial profiling, diversity training, or how white racism harms blacks. In Issues in Racism [BKL S 1 00] in the Contemporary Issues series, Mary Williams discusses many of the same controversies, but here she's the editor, and the articles and excerpts are reproduced at length, with just a brief introduction to each section. As in the Issues book, the focus is on African American/white/Latino relations. She includes thoughtful discussion questions, and up-to-date annotated bibliographies, Web sites, and organizations to contact. Hazel RochmanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Long-standing series about controversial contemporary issues continue(s) to turn out exceptional titles.  Greenhaven's Opposing Viewpoints presents multiple perspectives on hot topics such as abortion, the death penalty, and censorship through excerpts from primary materials ranging from speeches to cartoons.""  -- Booklist (October 2001) (Booklist 20011015)""The format and approach are identical to other titles in the series; both sides of a particular issue are explored in depth.  Each essay is prefaced by questions that will help students focus their reading and each chapter concludes with suggestions for further reading and research.  Students will find the articles helpful in examining these controversial and often emotional issues.""  -- School Library Journal (August 2002) (School Library Journal 20020801)""As usual for books in this series, there are plenty of follow-up sources for students to pursue.""  -- Booklist (June 2002) (Booklist 20020615)""The language is understandable but not simplistic, the pieces are clearly titles for easy identification, and a few cartoons and charts break up the dense text.  This unbiased collection is a welcome resource for researchers and debaters.""  -- School Library Journal (June 2002) (School Library Journal 20020601)""Written by educators, scientists, journalists, doctors, veterinarians, members of the clergy and advocates.  This excellent volume will elicit group discussion and help to develop critical thinking and analysis of sensitive issues.""   -- School Library Journal (May 2002) (School Library Journal 20020501)""This supplemental reader is perfect for getting students involved in discussion.  The resulting debates are sure to reinforce any primary readings and will breathe life into any standard lecture oriented course.  This supplement is a useful tool for instructors to get students involved.""  -- Crime and Justive International (May 2002) (UNKNOWN 20020501)""As always in the Opposing Viewpoints series, there are voices from many sides of the debate.""  -- Booklist (April 2002) (Booklist 20020415)""Most present clear, fact-supported points that readers will find valuable for speeches and reports.  Editorial cartoons, anectdotes, and statistics break up the essays, make reading easier.  This is a well-balanced approach to the issues, argued with studied analysis rather than bind emotion.""  -- Booklist (April 2002) (Booklist 20020401)""This series is invaluable for preparing students for debates, classes, or research assignments.  Opposing Viewpoints books help prepare high school students for critical thinking and make them aware of issues that affect society today.  Recommended.""  -- The Book Report (March-April 2002) (Book Report 20020401)""Most useful in schools with religion and/or philosophy courses, but should also appeal to general readers.""  -- School Library Journal (April 2002) (School Library Journal 20020401)""Well-balanced collection of essays.  Sometimes complementary, sometimes contradictory, the many views clearly articulated here make this volume an excellent starting place for any thoughtful discussion.""  -- Booklist (Febraury 2002) (Booklist 20020215)""This Opposing Viewpoints selection uses essays that swing wildly toward extremes to cover the topic.  The writing becomes even more heated in the following sections...The shocking arguments and sometimes-blatant absurdity makes nearly all the essays compelling reading, wth students needing only a glimpse at an article's title to determine tone and subjectivity of the author.  Most essays are short, get right to the core of their arguments, and blast readers with examples that fit the emotional topic.""  -- Booklist (September 2001) (Booklist 20010915)""...the introductions to the pieces offer valuable summaries and helpful questions...a book for serious, high level researchers."" --School Library Journal, November 2005 (School Library Journal 20051101)",books;education & reference;minority studies;politics & social sciences;race relations;social science;social sciences;sociology;specific demographics;teens,10
0028620887,The Atlas of the Future all geographers from 16-60+ should find it stimulating and provocative Geography October 1999	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	IAN PEARSON is one of the worlds best-known scientific experts on the future and a strategy analyst with British Telecom. He is co-author of The Future of Communications.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.,atlases;atlases & maps;books;earth sciences;education & reference;geography;politics & social sciences;science & math;social sciences;technology,10
006029194X,"It's Raining Pigs & Noodles Brace yourself for more pun-ishment from the playful Jack Prelutsky and  illustrator James Stevenson, creators of The New Kid on the Block, Something Big Has Been Here,  and A Pizza the Size of the  Sun. More than 100 Prelutsky poems populate the pages--a mix of  8-year-old-boy humor, nonsense poetry in the tradition of Ogden Nash and Edward Lear,  and clever, often unabashedly shameless, wordplay. While there are many, many  doozies, our favorite is ""Hiccup!,"" excerpted here:   I've tried gulping hiccup water, stood upon my hiccup head, held my breath until my hiccup hiccup face turned hiccup red.  Chronic cogitators are celebrated in ""Quibble Q. Quing"" (who thinks about  things), and wild imaginations in ""Purple Orangutans:"" (""Rabbits and parrots  play tag in the stars, / marshmallows march in the meadows of Mars... / these  are a few of the wonders I find / in the magic museum I keep in my mind."")  Children find a kindred spirit in Prelutsky, a poet who knows full well that  overweight underdogs and chocolate-covered salami and Sniffing Snutterwudds are  always worth a giggle. Stevenson's understated (but always expressive) line  drawings suit this silly collection to a T. (Perfect for reading aloud to  younger readers, but wordsmiths ages 9 and older will pick up all the puns.)  --Karin Snelson	Following A Pizza the Size of the Sun, the reigning czars of silliness are back on the warpath, wreaking poetic havoc with yet another deliciously sly volume. The titles alone are a treat: ""Never Poke Your Uncle With a Fork""; ""I'm Ironing My Rhinoceros""; ""Waffles Give Me Sniffles."" Prelutsky trips the light verse fantastic across territory that's familiar yet fresh. He gleefully descends to the depths of gross-out humor (""Worm puree, oh hooray!/ You're the dish that makes my day""), engages in nimble wordplay (""There's no present like the time,"" he notes in ""I Gave My Friend a Cuckoo Clock"") and once again proves himself king of the final one-two punch (a knight confesses to ineffectuality in an ode closing with this couplet: ""My name is famed through all the land/ I'm called Sir Lunchalot""). The sassy selection of nonsense rhymes and puckish poems will further endear Prelutsky to his many fans. Meanwhile, partner-in-crime Stevenson peppers the pages with his inimitably impish sketches, from pigs in kilts on stilts to fleas on a circus trapeze. Hats off to these two glorious goofballs! Ages 5-up. (Sept.)  Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Kindergarten-Grade 6-Another felicitous collaboration from this team, full of the joy of words and whimsical images. Though the format, size, and type of content is similar to the duo's other books, the verse is fresh and catchy with sparkling wordplay and unexpected rhymes, and Stevenson's line drawings project the humor with verve. Included are the usual poems about weird animals and unusual children, a dragon, yucky food, fantastic experiences in everyday situations, and quite a few clever shape poems. There is even a disappearing one that actually vanishes off the page. All but two of the selections are new. As in the previous books, a wide variety of typefaces and printing tricks are utilized to create an imaginative and entertaining look. Wonderful tools for teachers, the poems boast impeccable rhythms and rhymes and strongly appeal to a child's sense of humor, whether read aloud or independently.Judith Constantinides, formerly at East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Ages 4-8. ""Is traffic jam delectable? / Does jelly fish in lakes?"" With puns, slapstick, rhyme, nonsense, and lots of yucky food, the author-illustrator team that began with the popular New Kid on the Block  (1984 ) are back with their fourth funny collection of more than 100 poems. The words have a bouncing rhythm that's great for reading aloud, and Stevenson's small, scribbly, casual ink drawings extend the humor with character and mischief. Like all the best nonsense, the wildness is grounded in its own logic, which depends as much on sound as meaning. Some of the words are in concrete shapes--a maze, a spiral, a zigzag--and the poems about burps and hiccups will make children do what they hear about. In the end, nearly everything comes down to food, whether it's chocolate-covered salami, worm puree, or Sir Lunchalot with his formidable lance. This is ""unabated chaos"" that also celebrates imagination. Hazel RochmanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	The reigning czars of silliness are back on the warpath, wreaking poetic havoc with yet another deliciously sly volume. Hats off to these two glorious goofballs! (Publishers Weekly (starred review))Sure to tickle readers young and old. (The Horn Book)The verse is fresh and catchy with sparkling wordplay and unexpected rhymes, and line drawings the humor with verve. (School Library Journal)Unabated chaos that celebrates imagination. (ALA Booklist)	Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State. James Stevenson is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times. His popular column, ""Lost and Found New York,"" has appeared regularly in the newspaper since 2003. He was on the staff of The New Yorker for more than three decades; his work includes 2,000 cartoons and 80 covers, as well as reporting and fiction. He is also the author and illustrator of over 100 children's books. He lives in Connecticut.",books;children's books;education & reference;humor;humor & entertainment;humorous;language arts;limericks & humorous verse;literature & fiction;poetry,10
0403002389,"Life of Jesus Critically Examined 'We distinguish by the name evangelical mythus a narrative relating directly or indirectly to Jesus, which may be considered not as the expression of a fact, but as the product of an idea of his earliest followers: such a narrative being mythical in proportion as it exhibits this character . . . . The mythus presents two phases: in the first place it is not history; in the second it is fiction, the product of the particular mental tendency of a certain community' - Strauss' Life of Jesus, volume one, trans. George Eliot	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Text: English, German (translation)",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;humanities;jesus;new;reference;religious studies;theology;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FC2074,"Mary Olivier: A Life This extraordinary novel translates traditional novelistic materials into an interiorized modernist narrative with utmost inclusiveness. It makes a savage, ironical analysis of Victorian family life that can be set alongsideThe Way of All Flesh,Father and Son,To the Lighthouse, orThe Fountain OverflowsNo one will be able to ignore May Sinclair again. Hermione Lee,The Times Literary SupplementMay Sinclairs great literary works tell of the inner lives of quiet women. Joanna Griffiths,London Review of Books	May Sinclair (1863-1946) was the daughter of a rigidly dogmatic Christian woman and a failed shipowner who took to the bottle. She attended Cheltenham Ladies College, where she began a lifelong study of philosophy, finding in the works of Plato, Spinoza, and Kant a refuge from the religion in which she had been raised. In 1904 her novelThe Divine Firewas a best seller in America, and helped to make her reputation in England, where she became known not only for her own vividly imagistic and psychologically complex fiction but also for championing a range of challenging new writers. She presented Ezra Pound to Ford Madox Ford, encouraged the work of Charlotte Mew, protested the banning ofD.H.LawrencesThe Rainbow, wrote an early appreciation ofT.S.EliotsPrufrockandOther Observations, andin a review of Dorothy RichardsonsPilgrimageintroduced the term stream of consciousness into critical parlance. A member of the Women Writers Suffrage League, the Aristotelian Society, and the first group to practice Freudian analysis in England, May Sinclair was the author of poems, stories, essays, two works of philosophy, and twenty-four novels, of whichMary Olivier: A Lifewas her favorite.Katha Pollitt is a poet, essayist, and columnist forThe Nation. She is the author of a book of poems,Antarctic Traveller, and two prose collections,Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and FeminismandSubject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture.",books;classics;contemporary;contemporary fiction;fiction classics;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literary;literary fiction;literature & fiction,10
0743212673,"People Die: A Novel A freelance hit man with MI6 and the CIA on his client roster lands on a hit list himself, without a clue as to why, in Wignall's smashing debut. JJ Hoffman has a lucrative life as a top assassin with a golden rep on both sides of the pond. His routine is disrupted when he finds his Paris handler in a sex-death frame-up, then discovers that his contact number has been disconnected. Cut loose and now a target, he races to his girlfriend's Geneva apartment too late to save her. American Ed Holden, who's also a target, says he has info that may save them both and arranges a meeting in Vermont through London-based CIA agent Tom Furst, the only one they both trust. When JJ learns the meeting is at a Vermont bed and breakfast run by Susan Bostridge, the wife of a rogue U.S. agent he shot two years ago, he balks, but soon finds that he has no other option. Arriving in Vermont days before Ed, he meets Susan and becomes attached to her and her two kids, who seem to forgive him for killing their dad. Things get stranger when Holden arrives and spills his plan to derail their pursuer, who is revealed to be a former client attempting to cover up an action gone wrong. Crisp, lean prose with assault rifle impact zips the reader across international borders and delineates quirky, engaging characters. The plot is worthy of the best British spymasters, making Wignall an author to watch.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	JJ is a freelance hitman for a CIA-like organization. He is meticulously professional, except for one uncharacteristic slip. Hired to kill an art dealer named Bostridge, he unexpectedly finds the purported family man in bed with a girl, and, surprising himself, lets her go after she has retrieved a small package from under the bed. Two years later, this assignment comes back to haunt him. JJ's contact with the company has been brutally murdered, and then they get JJ's girlfriend. It appears that a faction within the organization is trying to kill him. Key information about his assassins leads him to a New England bed-and-breakfast run by Bostridge's widow and an agent who has a plan to put JJ in the clear--if he's willing to engage in a face-to-face meeting with a Russian mobster. Wignall's first novel boasts crisp writing, a tense atmosphere, and, most surprisingly, a likable if ruthless hitman. In fact, Wignall's only misstep comes in the final chapter, when he tries to reconcile JJ's professional and personal lives. An impressive debut. Joanne WilkinsonCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Jeffery Deaver, author of The Stone Monkey and The Blue Nowhere  Gripping, gritty, and sharp as a blade...Wignall's People Die is literary noir for the new millennium. -- Review	Kevin Wignall, thirty-four, was born in Herentals, Belgium, where his father was stationed as a soldier. After living in Northern Ireland and Germany, the family settled in a small town in the west of England where he still lives. He graduated with a degree in politics and international relations from Lancaster University. Certain only that he didn't want a regular graduate job after leaving university, he traveled, campaigned, wrote on the environment, and taught English as a foreign language. Having always written, it was during his brief stint as an English teacher that he began work on his first novel, People Die.	Chapter One  MOSCOW, NOVEMBER  JJ hesitated at the door. He could hear a voice in the room and stopped to listen but realized after just a few seconds that Bostridge was talking to a prostitute. He was talking his way through putting on a condom, the strange reassuring tones middle-aged men seemed to fall into when they were in bed with young women, all guilt and denial and embarrassment.  So much for the information. Viner had stressed one thing above all about Bostridge, that he was a real family man, never played away from home, that he'd definitely be on his own at that time of the evening. And Viner of all people should have known better, the messy unpredictable ways people went about getting sex.  He eased the lock and walked in -- a large room running to darkness at the edges, pockets of light, one of them around the bed. Bostridge was kissing her on the neck and shoulder like it was something he'd seen in some ""better lovemaking"" video. He clearly hadn't heard JJ come in. She saw him straight away though, and moved awkwardly, at first earning more misplaced reassurance before Bostridge too realized there was someone else with them.  He glanced across the room and saw JJ and then sprang away from her, almost comically, as if trying to suggest the two of them were just sharing the bed. It was typical of men like him, to move instinctively away from the one thing he might have used as a shield against the bullets. Not that it would have made any difference in this case.  JJ put one through his heart, another in his head, the silencer producing two concentrated little sneezes that seemed to stop the clocks. For a while the three of them were suspended there in the cozy fabric-light of the table lamps, like a tableau in a wax museum, the moment captured for people to speculate on what might have happened before or after, and on the characters: heartless killer, hapless victim, the girl between.  It was the girl who moved first, sliding calmly from the bed without looking at either of them. He was taken aback by how young she looked, easily still in her teens, corn blond hair cut boyish, loose limbs, pale skin, almost painfully beautiful. No wonder Bostridge had been embarrassed.  He was waiting for her to grab her clothes and leave while she could, like any other prostitute would have done, knowing the ropes, knowing that to stay around or get hysterical or look like anything other than a prostitute was to ask for a bullet. For whatever reason though, maybe just her youth, this one didn't know the ropes, and instead got down on the floor and ran her hand under the edge of the bed, as if looking for an earring or some other piece of lost jewelry.  He stared at her, transfixed, not sure at first whether she was in shock, oblivious to any danger, even to the fact that he was still there, watching, unable to take his eyes off her easy nakedness. He was hooked now anyway, wanting to know what she was looking for.  Finding nothing with her hand, she put the side of her face to the floor and looked underneath the bed, then got up and walked around to the other side. She seemed unhurried, completely unruffled by the death she'd just witnessed, a death that filled the room now with a visceral charge that was hard to ignore.  But Bostridge could have been sleeping it off for the complete disregard she was showing him as she moved around his corpse, as though she'd been in on the kill, as though she'd merely been biding her time in his grasp, waiting for the hitman so that she could get on with her part of the job. She hadn't been in on it though, and continued to ignore JJ too, like he didn't matter, like the two of them were in different dimensions, ghosts to each other.  This time she found what she was looking for, visible relief on her face as she pulled it from under the bed, something large and flat, a book or picture tied up in heavy cloth. She held it tight against her chest, lifted her clothes from one chair, her furs from another, shoes from the floor, never once easing her hold on it, clutching it against her breasts like she was suddenly trying to cover her nudity.  He wanted to see what was inside it but felt powerless to ask because of how absorbed she was, because of the air of total privacy that surrounded her. And in truth it had nothing to do with him anyway, and better to keep out of other people's business.  Finally she left, still without looking at him or at the man behind her on the bed. She looked content, or perhaps more, like she was trying to conceal her elation at having found the package. And despite the bewitching surface calm he could see now that her nerves were only just holding it together, that perhaps she did know how it was and wasn't convinced yet of making it out of there alive.  As she walked past him he drew in the stirred air, catching the smell of her perfume and a deeper musk that made him turn and stare after the last glimpse of her as she closed the door. The spell was broken then, leaving him alone with his work and a question mark over what could have been so important, what threat or promise had made her so determined that she would have that package.  Intrigued by association, he did a quick sweep on who Bostridge was, something he often did anyway if he had the time, for his own benefit, keeping ahead of the game. There wasn't much among the business cards and receipts though. His wallet contained a picture of him with his wife and two kids, an attractive family, part of the illusion.  Finally JJ came back to the man himself. What had he been doing there? JJ was guessing the package was art or religious plunder, so either he was a trader who did agency work on the side or he was an agency guy playing the black market. Either way, he'd somehow managed to take a hit from both lines of work in the same evening, JJ and the girl both sent there to do a job, both pulling it off smoothly.  Probably for a while there Bostridge had thought he was somebody; maybe that had been his problem, the way it was for a lot of Westerners doing business in Russia. And now he'd been reduced back to brutal truth, all pretense done with, transactions over, a flabby American with thinning hair, wearing only a yellow condom and a torn veil of blood across his face and chest.  When JJ left he found her sitting on one of the chairs facing the elevators, dressing slowly as though she'd been hit by fatigue, the package on the floor under the seat. She still looked beautiful in the harsher light out there, her skin flawless. He looked at her, hoping she'd glance up, but her eyes remained downcast as she worked through the thought-free movements of dressing.  He even turned to face her in the elevator before pressing to go down, staring at her again. She was buttoning her blouse, simple and white, expensive; not the kind of girl who got picked up on the street or in any old bar. Maybe Bostridge had been a family man after all, but whoever had sent this girl had chosen a bait he wouldn't have been able to resist.  She reached the top button as the doors began to close and for the first time she looked up, gray eyes fixing him with a gaze too expressive to read, of youth and premature wisdom and a plaintive yearning, something out of reach. Without thinking about it, his hand lifted and pressed the control panel, the doors stopping in their tracks and opening again.  They held each other's gaze for thirty seconds more. He wanted to speak to her, to say something, anything, but what was there to say? She was a teenage girl who'd just seen him kill a man, a girl he should have killed too but who'd captivated him because of the way she'd behaved and because he'd seen her naked and she was beautiful. There was no other bond between them, no other unspoken territories to explore. He let the doors close the second time, let her disappear, her eyes on him till the last.  He couldn't get her out of his thoughts though. In the cab on the way back to his own hotel he stared out of the window, a heavy sleet falling, lights and shadows from the passing traffic, and he kept seeing her face and the way she'd looked at him. And in the back of his mind he was telling the driver to turn around and calculating whether it was too late to catch her before she disappeared into the city darkness.  He knew he'd regret not doing it. There'd been something about her, something different, a secret locked away and communicated to him in code with that one acknowledgment of his presence. He knew if he didn't go back he'd be haunted by her. Even now he was regretting that he hadn't spoken, hadn't asked her name or where she lived, hadn't asked what was in the package, what could be so precious that she'd been willing to risk her life for it.  Whether or not, he remained silent, the driver continued on his way, the girl on hers. He wanted to go back, but it was easier not to. He closed his eyes, listening to the background hum of the engine, the rhythmic squeaking of the wipers, the surface water hissing under the tires. He switched off and let himself be lulled and thought of nothing. It was one of his weaknesses; sometimes he thought too much.  The weather had worsened the following day, an icy sleet driven horizontal by the wind. The plane sat on the tarmac for longer than expected, and when it finally began to taxi there was an uncomfortable silence. JJ was uneasy with the whole thing but bemused too that no one was saying out loud what they were all thinking: that it was crazy to take off in these conditions, that the plane would crash.  The silence became breathable as the plane built speed, as the nose lifted, the stomach-tugging pull away from the ground. They were climbing steeply but it felt like they weren't going fast enough, and then for a moment the wind seemed to buffet them, knocking the plane to one side with a judder, throwing the engines into a sickening whine. Still the other passengers remained quiet, but he could feel them clenching their armrests just as hard as he was.  Within a few minutes it was all over. The plane continued climbing but less steeply, its course smoothened, the cabin slowly returning to the business of flying. People began to speak, conversation and laughter spilling out as they let off steam. The middle-aged guy next to him was polishing his glasses frantically and said in JJ's direction, ""Makes you count your blessings, doesn't it?""  He smiled but didn't say anything. He wasn't sure what his blessings were -- that he was a twenty-eight-year-old history graduate who'd somehow managed to end up killing people for a living, that he was alive himself for the time being, that in some small intangible way he was beginning to fall through the cracks. Maybe it would have been a blessing if the plane had crashed.  The guy finally put his glasses back on and said, ""My wife won't fly at all; she was in a plane crash once."" JJ turned to look at him, showing interest. ""Oh, not a serious one. The plane overshot the runway into a field. Not a crash really, an incident, but one of the passengers was killed. Something fell from a luggage locker and hit him.""  JJ nodded. ""Some people die really easily.""  ""That's true. Yet some seem to survive almost anything.""  He nodded again and let it drop, but that was true as well; some people did take a lot of killing.  Farther up the plane one of the flight attendants was crouching talking to a passenger. He could hear her say, ""The plane really wasn't in any danger."" Her voice was familiar. When she stood and turned, smiling, he blanked for a second but then remembered where he knew her from. As she walked toward him he caught her eye. She smiled back, not recognizing him.  ""Hello, Aurianne."" Her smile faltered, looking puzzled at the edges. He laughed, adding, ""We met skiing one weekend  last winter.""  She grinned at the explanation and said, ""I don't believe it! JJ. I didn't recognize you.""  ""No. Different environment.""  She looked, her eyes mischievous. ""Why didn't we swap numbers?""  He shrugged his shoulders, and she answered herself, ""I thought we were bound to run into each other in Geneva. It's strange how we haven't, isn't it?""  ""Oh, I don't know. We both seem to travel a lot.""  Someone called her farther down the aisle. Aurianne looked away, saying, ""I'll be back."" After she'd gone he could sense the guy next to him itching to say something, but JJ didn't turn, didn't give him license.  He was thinking about the weekend they'd met, how they'd hit it off, how they'd kissed late on the Saturday night but only kissed, a sure sign they'd expected to see more of each other. He couldn't remember why they hadn't. Possibly he'd taken for granted too that they would bump into each other again, or perhaps nine months before the need hadn't been strong enough.  It was a while before Aurianne got back to him, but she threw him knowing glances every time she passed. She was pretty. He liked her mouth and her eyes -- dark laughing eyes, full of fun. He even liked the way she looked on duty, her hair pulled back, her uniform offering hints of what lay beneath.  When she eventually came back it was only to apologize for being so busy. Then she said, ""Do you have plans for dinner tonight?""  ""I feel I'm about to.""  She grinned again. ""Good. Speak to you later.""  Still aware of the guy next to him, JJ leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes, not wanting to speak inanities.  He thought about the trip which, when it all stacked up, hadn't been that bad. There'd been a couple of inconveniences, the usual things around the periphery, but the job itself had gone smoothly, and now there was this, bumping into Aurianne. He'd still hassle Viner about the information though, partly for the hell of it but partly to keep him on his toes, because this time it had been a prostitute but the next it would be a bodyguard and then a whole militia.   Copyright  2002 by Kevin Wignall",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;spy stories & tales of intrigue;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0967459516,"Day Hikes from the River: A Guide to 100 Hikes from Camps on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park (2nd Edition) Tom is a happily-driven man. He gets claustrophobic in the bottom of the Canyon and is compelled to find out where any deer trail, crack or creek might lead to. He started out writing hike descriptions for the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association newsletter, The Waiting List,  and got ahead of himself. The first edition containing 75 hikes is sold out now and we're very pleased to have published the second edition. Tom's idiosyncratic spelling and grammar has only marginally improved over the last three years but his onwards and upwards approach to hiking the Canyon is as strong as ever.	Ever wonder where Harry McDonald carved his initials on a tree during the ill fated 1889 Stanton Brown Expedition through Grand Canyon? Did you know about the hike out to the Rim at South Canyon? How about the short hike to the petroglyphs at Tanner, or the location of the water jug filling spot at Phantom Ranch? Do you know there are 3 pull-in spots to access Matkatamiba Canyon? Ever wonder what the hike to Mooney Falls in Havasu is like, or what the winter sun potential at Tuckup is like? Did you know there are some amazing narrows at 193 Mile, or what the summer shade at Parashant is like? Have you seen the Rock Art at 202 Mile, and did you know there's a water source just a few miles downriver from there?  Just a few of the things going through Tom's head as he wrote the first edition...	Tom Martin has been hiking in Grand Canyon from river rafting trips since 1969. He has participated on scientific rafting trips as a field technician, worked as a commercial river guide, and participated on private rafting trips. With four first ascents through the Redwall Limestone and numerous ascents of Grand Canyon named buttes in day hikes from the river, the author has hiked enough of Grand Canyon to be able to say ""Of the cat that is Grand Canyon, I have seen one hair."" Tom co-founded the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association, Grand Canyon Hikers and Backpackers Association and River Runners for Wilderness. He currently works as a physical therapist at the Grand Canyon WalkIn Clinic at the South Rim.",arizona;books;colorado;excursion guides;general;grand canyon;hiking & camping;sports & outdoors;travel;united states,10
2843236061,Paris Text: English (translation)  Original Language: French	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.,arts & photography;books;equipment;europe;france;general;photography;reference;techniques & reference;travel,10
B000B637O4,"Fluke I200 AC Current Clamp, 600V AC Voltage, 200A AC Current Fluke Current clamps are the ideal tools to extend the current ranges of Multimeters. The i200 is a single range 200A ac current clamp with current output via safety shrouded banana plugs. The i200 is compatible with most Fluke multimeters or any other current measurement device that accepts shrouded banana plugs. Companion to a DMM to measure up to 200A AC. 1mA per Amp output guarantees easy reading on you meter. Take accurate current readings without breaking the circuit. Maximum conductor diameter 20mm. CAT III 600V safety rating. Nominal current range: 200 A. Continuous current range: 0.5 A - 200 A. Maximum non-destructive current: 240 A. Lowest measurable current: 0.5 A. Basic accuracy: 1 percent + 0.5 A, (48-65 Hz), (percent reading + floorspec). Useable frequency: 40 Hz - 10 kHz. Output levels: 1 mA/A. Maximum conductor diameter: 20mm. Maximum conductor size (busbar): 20 x 5mm. Output cable length: 1.5 m. With shrouded banana plugs.",current clamps;current testers;electrical;electrical testing;industrial & scientific;measure & inspect;multi testers;test;testers;tools & home improvement,10
B0002H74ZK,"Bushnell Elite 15-45x 60mm Roof Prism PC-3 Waterproof/Fogproof Spotting Scope The Bushnell Elite 15-45x60 spotting scope offers brightness, clarity, and edge-to-edge detail whether you're birding at sea level or hunting above the timberline. Bushnell's 60mm and 70mm scopes are outfitted with PC-3 phase-corrected BaK-4 roof prisms with fully multicoated optics.  The Elite spotting scope offers unmatched brightness and edge-to-edge clarity. Bushnell then used ED Prime Extra-Low Dispersion fluorite glass for the lens. The optics and glass combine to deliver extra-sharp, extra-bright, brilliant color resolution and contrast even at the longest ranges, making the scope ideal for travelers, birders, backpackers, and big-game hunters. The glass also virtually eliminates chromatic aberration and color fringing, helping it bring out the most distinct details possible in low-light conditions.  To ensure a clear view in moist conditions, the Elite scope includes Bushnell's patented RainGuard HD lens coating. Featured on all Elite products, the unique water-repellent coating causes water drops from rain, snow, sleet, or condensation to bead up into much smaller droplets. These tiny droplets scatter less light, resulting in a much clearer and brighter view. Other features include an easy-to-handle, rubber-armored body; a 100-percent waterproof, shockproof, and fogproof design; a zoom eyepiece; and a protective case.  Specifications  Magnification: 15 to 45x Objective lens: 60mm Lens coating: Fully multicoated Close focus: 12.2 inches RainGuard HD: Yes Exit pupil: 4 (15x), 1.3 (45x) Prism glass: BaK-4 Waterproof/fogproof: Yes Other eyepieces available: Yes Field of view: 125 feet @ 1,000 feet (15x), 65 feet @ 1,000 feet (45x) Length: 12.2 inches Weight: 26.5 ounces   About Bushnell Bushnell has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for more than 50 years. The company's guiding principle is to provide the highest quality, most reliable, and most affordable sports optics products on the market. Bushnell product lines enhance the enjoyment of every outdoor pursuit, including nature study, hunting, fishing, birding, and stargazing. Indoors, the company's binoculars bring the audience closer to the action in fast-moving sports or the fine arts at theaters and concerts.	Enjoy the view from the peak of optimal achievement. A Bushnell Elite Spotting Scope gives you the advantage from the World's highpoint of brightness., clarity, and edge-to-edge detail, whether you are birding at sea level or hunting above the timberline. Premium BaK-4 prisms and fully multi-coated lenses deliver flawless color fidelity, ultra-crisp images and optimum light transmission. Waterproof construction and Bushnell's RainGuard HD coating keep things clear.",binoculars;camera & photo;electronics;hunting;hunting & fishing;hunting optics;red dot & laser sights;sports & outdoors;spotting scopes;telescopes & optics,10
0789306662,"1000 Practical Ideas for Home Decoration These books give practical interior decorating advice to  amateurs. The Reader's Digest book is based on the decorating  series ""Creating Your Home."" Much like Creative Home Decorating,  the book that began the series, it combines all aspects of  interior design but focuses on creating a particular look, such  as a glamorous living room or a Scandinavian kitchen, with a  review of the design aspects to consider. A number of  do-it-yourself projects, from painting a room to installing  vinyl flooring, conclude the book. Ventura's book begins with an  overview of space, light, color, and furniture and continues  with a thorough review of the options available when considering  flooring, wall coverings, window treatments, color schemes, and  lighting options for every room of the home. ""Do and do not""  tips are sprinkled throughout. Unlike the Reader's Digest book,  Ventura's never veers off into how-to projects but focuses on  providing all options available for an amateur designer. Both  books are recommended for public libraries.    Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Anna Ventura is an interior designer and writer living and working in Barcelona, Spain.",architecture;books;crafts;decorating;decoration & ornament;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;interior design;professional & technical,10
0893818968,"Faeries: Visions, Voices and Pretty Dresses ""Keri Pickett's work is an astounding and deeply observed testament to the healing power of men loving men. Her images are as strong and true as a summer's day. Faeries is a book about possibility, not predicament; a lovely invitation for everyone to stake a claim on whimsy, wonder, and simply being themselves.""--Mark Thompson, author of Gay Spirit, Gay Body, and Gay Soul trilogy""Keri Pickett's photographs aren't from a distant voyeuristic perspective--hers is the eye of a member of the family who reveals the sacred life of her dear subjects. This book is a documentation of a modern day Midsummer Night's Dream.""--Amy Ray, Indigo Girls""Pickett's photographs of men in skirts, in the buff or in flower wreaths are gentle and dignified.... There's a timelessness to the light, to the naked beautiful bodies, to the storybook costumes.""--Duluth News-Tribune""This collection of photographs and voices spins a tale of heart circles, rituals and trees, the cookhouse and cabin, the lake, river and lots of beautiful faerie nymphs who really know how to dress for dinner. The images and voices illuminate a place where people dare to explore a way of being for which the mainstream has no room.""--Keri Pickett	Keri Pickett was born in Charleston, South Carolina on June 4, 1959. She is a widely exhibited photographer who has published extensively in American Photo, the Village Voice, People, Life, Geo, the New York Times Magazine, and the Utne Reader, among others. Her previous book, Love in the 90s:  B.B. and Jo, The Story of a Lifelong Love, A Granddaughter's Portrait (Warner Books, 1995), had a first printing of 150,000 copies. She is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including three McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowships, a National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship, a Bush Foundation Fellowship, and support from the Jerome Foundation. Pickett is currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and visits the northern woods of Kawashaway at least once annually for a faerie recharge.",arts & photography;books;gay & lesbian;individual artists;nonfiction;photo essays;photography;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics,10
156898300X,"LOT/EK: Urban Scan Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, LOT/EK's founding partners, are natives of Naples, Italy. They opened their New York studio after graduating from Columbia University.Giuseppe Lignano and Ada Tolla, LOT/EK's founding partners, are natives of Naples, Italy. They opened their New York studio after graduating from Columbia University.",architecture;books;buildings;crafts;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;individual architects & firms;professional & technical;regional,10
059600009X,"Windows Me: The Missing Manual A few years ago, software publishers decided to stop shipping manuals  with their software, and instead rely on online help that's built into the  software. The problem with this approach--for starters--is that in order to use  online help you have to go into the program and find it. Additionally, no one  really likes to read text on a computer screen, and it's hard to find the same  page twice. Enter Windows Millennium: The Missing Manual. This brilliant  book explains everything that you need to know to use and enjoy Microsoft's  everyday OS, yet manages to be fun to read. If you never really have used a  computer before, or if you're trying to expand your knowledge beyond the limited  procedures that you've learned on the job, you'll appreciate the contents of  this well-written guide. Author David Pogue  earned his stripes in the Macintosh community--he's immensely popular among Mac  fans--but he's made the transition to Windows admirably. He approaches Windows  Me's features (including Outlook Express and Internet Explorer) one at a time,  and explains how to use each. His approach is detailed without being dull, and  friendly without being fluffy or flippant. Newcomers who need lots of guidance  will find this book a handy tutorial, and independent users who need to do a bit  of research from time to time will find it a handy reference. --David  Wall Topics covered: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (a.k.a. Windows Me)  for beginning and intermediate users. The author explains the essentials of  files, folders, and icons, and proceeds to document the Control Panel.  Appropriately, the Internet gets a lot of attention, and there's fine coverage  of setting up a small local area network (LAN), including one that employs  Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).	David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. His funny tech videos appear weekly on CNBC. And with 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how- to authors. In 1999, he launched his own series of amusing, practical, and user-friendly computer books called Missing Manuals, which now includes 100 titles.",books;computers & technology;home computing & how-to;mathematics;microsoft;office;operating systems;science & math;software;windows os,10
0394588460,"The Holder Of The World Neither as accessible as Jasmine nor as superbly crafted as National Book Critics Circle Award-winner The Middleman and Other Stories , Mukherjee's new novel is a challenging work that engages the intellect more than the heart. Narrator Beigh Masters is a Yale grad who has put her history degree to use in ""assets research,"" tracking down rare art and jewels for wealthy clients. Her pet research project involves Hannah Easton, born in Massachusetts in 1670, who went on to marry an English trader, journey with him to India at the dawn of European colonization and become the lover of a Hindu prince. This novel is Hannah's story, told by Beigh with an emphasis on the themes that interest her: the nature of time, the merit of attempts to recapture the past, the collision of values that inevitably occurs when New World meets Old, the power wielded by unconventional women in a hidebound society and the revenge that such a society exacts. Mukherjee writes with her customary elegant lucidity; her insights into 17th-century America, England and India are as tough-minded and astute as anything she has written about contemporary society; and she spins a rousing narrative of greed, lust, battles and betrayals. Readers may feel somewhat aloof from Hannah, who is viewed always from a distance, but an abundance of interesting ideas partly compensates for the book's lack of an emotional center. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Exotic locales and historical-genealogical connections color this novel by the author of Jasmine ( LJ 7/89). Beigh is a contemporary New England woman of Indian (that is, ""Indian-Indian, not wah-wah Indian"") heritage, who is in love with technocrat Venn from India. Beigh is obsessed with antiquities. The graduate work she was doing on the Puritans had led her to the discovery of one of her ancestors, a Hannah Easton, who traveled from her home in New England all the way to India with her trader husband. The author has woven together Hannah's story with Beigh's search for ancient jewels and legends. Mukherjee writes about all these unusual times and places with a style that is mesmerizing. Unfortunately, the dialog of bygone eras too frequently sounds contrived. Recommended for larger fiction collections.- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	From Mukherjee (The Middleman, 1988; Jasmine, 1989, etc.), the tale of a 17th-century American girl who ends up an emperor's mistress in India. Hannah Easton, born in 1670 in the forests of Massachusetts, at age 15 moves to Salem with adoptive parents after her father dies of a bee sting and her mother--during the French and Indian War--runs off with a lover from the Nipmuc tribe. Having witnessed scalpings and worse, and harboring the terrible secret of her mother's having gone over to the ``barbarians,'' Hannah is a deeper well than most young girls, suffering trance-like illnesses but also excelling at needlework--including the surgical variety, learned in the war. Her oddnesses, though, are no impediment to marriage with the dashing adventurer Gabriel Legge, who takes her first to England, then to India, where Gabriel joins the East India Company before going independent as a pirate--a calling that will bring him fame and wealth, but also, at last, death. And Hannah? Her story is never simple, nor are her dealings either with English colonial society or with native Indian society, and in time she will become nothing less than loving mistress--or ``bibi''--of the Raja Jadav Singh, will survive a religious war, save her lover's life (through surgery), slay a victorious Muslim general, plead for peace before the Emperor Aurengzeb himself, then barely survive a second war--and possess an invaluable gem--before at last going home to Salem, where her life, along with that of her daughter (named, interestingly, Pearl), will continue quietly for some time. The narrator is a present-day American woman, an ``asset hunter'' whose assiduous research into the past is motivated as much by a desire for understanding as for money; her voice allows Mukherjee's enormous learnedness here to be worn lightly, and pulls her story along like a merchantman under full sail. -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	""An amazing literary feat and a masterpiece of storytelling. Once again, Bharati Mukherjee proveshe is one of our foremost writers, with the literary muscles to weave both the future and the past into a tale that is singularly intelligent and provocative.""--AMY TANThis is the remarkable story of Hannah Easton, a unique woman born in the American colonies in 1670, ""a person undreamed of in Puritan society."" Inquisitive, vital and awake to her own possibilities, Hannah travels to Mughal, India, with her husband, and English trader. There, she sets her own course, ""translating"" herself into the Salem Bibi, the white lover of a Hindu raja.It is also the story of Beigh Masters, born in New England in the mid-twentieth century, an ""asset hunter"" who stumbles on the scattered record of her distant relative's life while tracking a legendary diamond. As Beigh pieces together details of Hannah's journeys, she finds herself drawn into the most intimate and spellbinding fabric of that remote life, confirming her belief that with ""sufficient passion and intelligence, we can decontrsuct the barriers of time and geography....""	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;family saga;genre fiction;literary;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
0849954088,"Simple Words Of Wisdom 52 Virtues For Every Woman Penelope J. Stokes is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue Bottle Club, The Amethyst Heart, The Amber Photograph, The Treasure Box, The Wishing Jar and The Memory Book. She holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Literature and was a college professor for 12 years before leaving the classroom to write full-time. Stokes resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. Visit her website at www.penelopejstokes.com.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;inspirational;meditations;religion & spirituality;religious studies;spirituality;theology;worship & devotion,10
0765760681,"Hasidism in Israel: A History of the Hasidic Movement and Its Masters in the Holy Land Rabbi Rabinowicz, who also served as editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Hasidism, continues to enrich Jewish scholarship, further deepen understanding, and delight the mind in his new book, which updates many new developments since his Hasidism and the State of Israel. In this well-written, informative, and engaging work, he offers a substantial account of the Hasidic presence in the state of Israel, vividly conveying the vibrant, devout faith and enlivened spirit of the Hasidim in Israel today. Rabinowicz documents how many Hasidim value love of learning (Torah Lishmah) as a way of life, as did former Hasidim in Eastern Europe, and he describes the diversity among Hasidic movements with great skill and fascinating insight. Although many books have been published on the Hasidim, this title is especially noteworthy as an original English-language work that deals with rebbes in Israel. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries, as well as specialized Judaica collections.-David B. Levy, Enoch Pratt Free Lib., Baltimore Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	The hasidim have much to teach us all, and our thanks are due to Rabbi Rabinowicz for a wholly fascinating insight into the lives of the great hasidic rebbes and their followers, each one a vivid universe of the spirit, each a living counterweight to a secular age that is in danger of mastering creation while forgetting the Creator. In these several songs of the soul we hear the astonishingly varied music of the Jewish people, undefeated by the Holocaust, still singing the old-new words in the old-new land in the great duet between a people and their God. This is a lovely book by a fine writer, a fitting tribute to the masters of the Jewish spirit and to the faith that inspired them and continues to inspire us. (Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks)	Tzvi Rabinowicz, a descendant of famous hasidic families in Poland, was the regional rabbi of Cricklewood, Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogues in London. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of London, where he was also awarded a Ph.D. for his thesis entitled, ""The Life and Times of Rabbi Joseph Colon (1420-1480),"" a study of Italian Jewry during the Renaissance. He received a Rabbinical Diploma from Jews' College, London.",books;history;israel;jewish;jewish life;judaism;middle east;religion & spirituality;religious;world,10
0394995988,"The Minstrel in the Tower (Stepping Stone Books) In this gripping medieval page-turner, Roger and his sister Alice are kidnapped and held for ransom in an ancient tower. To escape and find their uncle, the children must summon all their courage and imagination. ""Designed as easy-reading material for middle-graders, this has the virtues of an attractive format and illustrations, a fast plot, and even a feminist fillip: Alice is the more intrepid of the siblings, Roger's gifts are for music and ventriloquism.""--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. From the Trade Paperback edition.",action & adventure;books;children's books;education & reference;family life;language & grammar;literature & fiction;siblings;social situations;words,10
0847825949,"Saint-Exupery: Art, Writings, and Musings Despite the wealth of biographical detail in this collection of French wartime hero aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupry's (1900""1944) letters, drawings, photographs and private notebooks, both Saint-Exupry and the genesis of his best-known book, The Little Prince, remain essentially mysterious. Even though The Little Prince, that children's book that so many children found somewhat perplexing in its adult themes of exile and loss, is rarely directly addressed, with only a few early sketches of the prince and friends provided among the 9.75"" x 11.25"" collection's 200 color illustrations, it haunts the narrative of Saint-Exupry's life. Adoringly written by a great-niece of Saint-Exupry, the collection provides a wealth of minute details of Saint-Exupry's childhood and close friendships, yet provides virtually no information on some essentials, such as his mysterious father, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack when Saint-Exupry was four. These sorts of factual elisions occur regularly throughout the book, despite its oddly repetitive structure, in which central events in Saint-Exupry's life are described over and over again, creating an almost mythic feel. American readers familiar only with The Little Prince may find much of interest about Saint-Exupry, who was also the author of several books based on his daring flights, including Night Flight and Flight to Arras, and who stayed in the United States from 1940 to 1943, trying to persuade the United States to enter the war. In fact, his ""Letter to an American"" could speak directly to today's rift between the United States and France. He disappeared during one last wartime flight on July 31, 1944. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	The French pilot, writer, and inventor Antoine de Saint Exupery (1900-44) is best known for his illustrated children's book, The Little Prince. But this alluring and brilliantly poetic and philosophical classic for readers of all ages was Saint Exupery's last book, and just one manifestation of a lifelong passion for writing and drawing. Saint Exupery (who disappeared during a reconnaissance mission) was a tireless and entertaining correspondent, covering hotel stationery from all over the world with sketches and reports on his nomadic and ""precarious"" existence. With those epistolary treasures in hand, as well as a cache of photographs, drawings, and manuscripts, the courageous pilot's great-niece, Nathalie Des Vallieres, an art historian, has assembled a gorgeous monograph that tells the entire story of Saint Exupery's amazing life in both image and text, vividly chronicling his adventures and his urgent need to share his thoughts and experiences. Tragically, war defined Saint Exupery's world, yet he found inspiration and magic in the vast silence of the North African desert and the boundlessness of the sky. Donna SeamanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Nathalie des Vallires is a greatniece of Saint Exupry. She is an art historian currently serving as secretary of the Society for the Work and Memory of Antoine de Saint Exupry. She has authored Saint Exupry, the Archangel and the Writer (Gallimard, 1998), and Saint Exupry's Notebooks (Gallimard, 1999).",architects & photographers;artists;arts & literature;arts & photography;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;individual artists;literature & fiction;world literature,10
1552093840,"Secret Worlds Nature photographer Dalton (At the Water's Edge) combines high-speed photography, line drawings and text ""to explain the basic principles that underlie all forms of winged flight, whether by insect, bird or man."" In five abundantly illustrated chapters, Dalton explains the basic principles of aerodynamics, the evolution of flight by insects (the first members of the animal kingdom to take to the air), the adaptations that have permitted birds of all sizes to fly, the history of human flight and the essentials of transonic, supersonic and hypersonic flight. Because each (relatively brief) chapter is responsible for such a broad array of material, his coverage is superficial. Nonetheless, he includes a great deal of intriguing material. From a biological perspective, he reports, for example, that ""four-winged insects, such as butterflies, moths, bees and wasps,"" have evolved anatomical mechanisms to lock their forewings and hindwings together in such a way that they operate in tandem; and we're shown how the albatross can fly ""hundreds of miles with scarcely a flap of its 10-foot-long wings."" From an engineering perspective, Dalton demonstrates why the Concorde's elaborate fuel delivery system, consisting of 13 interconnected tanks, is the most ingenious portion of the plane. While too technical in parts for the casual reader, this book is sure to engage anyone with even a passing interest in aviationAand the color photos and illustrations of flying machines, both organic (insects, birds, bats) and inorganic (airplanes, gliders, etc.), are magnificent. $50,000 ad campaign. (Oct.) FYI: In October, Firefly will also publish Secret Worlds, a collection, with copious captions, of Dalton's marvelous full-color wildlife photographs. ($35 160p ISBN 1-55209-384-0) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Dalton is a nature photographer who specializes in pictures of animals in motion, and that is mostly what he presents in this portfolio of his work over a span of three decades. The pictures are spectacular, testifying to his skill and patience as a photographer. Dalton first gained his experience of animal motion by photographing bees in flight. Here he shows a great variety of animal movement--by insects, birds, bats, a Mediterranean chameleon and several other creatures. In the accompanying captions he describes the habits of each animal, and in a running text he writes of the photographic techniques he has developed for catching the often elusive creatures as they go about their business.	Dalton has a special knack for capturing animals in motion... these pages are packed with lively color and provide excellent, dramatic shots. (Bookwatch 1999-11-01)Without a doubt, Secret Worlds is one of the most remarkable books of photography to come out this year, or in any other ... leaves you marveling at nature's wonders. (Charles Mandel Edmonton Journal 1999-12-24)Superlatives are required in describing these fabulous portrayals of birds and beasts by a great nature photographer. Page after page brings forth gasps of astonishment a the glorious colors, dramatic action, and technical perfection. (Lee Pennock Huntington Times Argus 1999-11-12)Dalton is a nature photographer who specializes in pictures of animals in motion ... The pictures are spectacular, testifying to his skill and patience as a photographer. (Scientific American 2000-01-01)These images amaze at first glance, then beg to be viewed again and again. (Connie Toops Nature's Best 2000-01-01)Stephen Dalton has built a career on showing us marvels of action the eye doesn't see. (Mark Edward Harris Outdoor Photographer 2000-06-01)Secret Worlds is just a book of photographs. But what spectacular photographs they are: a frog frozen at the very start of its leap and a bat halted in midflight, for example. (William D. Loughman Science Books and Films 2000-07-01)	Stephen Dalton's high-speed wildlife photography has earned him a devoted following among both nature lovers and photographers. Dalton has published several books including Secret Lives, Caught in Motion, The Secret Life of a Garden, Vanishing Paradise and At the Water's Edge.",animals;arts & photography;biological sciences;books;insects & spiders;nature & ecology;nature & wildlife;photography;science & math;wildlife,10
1878610422,"LA cuentista Text: English, Spanish (translation)  Original Language: English	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;criticism & theory;foreign language fiction;hispanic;history & criticism;literature & fiction;teens;united states;world literature,10
0525471669,"Faucet Fish Kindergarten-Grade 4Elizabeth loves fish. She's a regular visitor at a nearby aquarium and at home keeps a lone guppy. Her oblivious parents ignore her pleas for more fish and pay no attention when a steady stream of species starts coming out of the bathroom faucet. She does her best to care for a trout, flounder, moray eel, squid, catfish, dogfish, and others. However, the girl's parents just don't listen until a beluga whale comes on the scene and they are forced to take notice. Anderson's surreal illustrations combine with Robinson's rather lengthy text to create a very fishy story. Although this lively tale will surely please some readers, it also seems a bit unsettling. A marginal choice.Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	PreS-Gr. 2. Everything works just right in this picture book. Robinson offers a real story with fanciful twists and turns, and Anderson's detailed artwork extends the clever concept with extraordinary execution. Elizabeth loves fish, and she isn't satisfied by her pet guppy. Her parents, who tend to ignore her, don't pay attention when fish begin coming out of the faucets, much to Elizabeth's delight. She tries to tell them what's up, but it's only when a beluga whale swimming in the bathtub comes down through the ceiling that the grown-ups realize their house is like an aquarium. After the plumber tells them that the pipes at the nearby aquarium have been crossed with their own, the only thing left to do is move out and let the fish move in. The text will easily draw children, who will then linger over the pictures. The intricacies of the artwork are used to further the fantasy, and even though the family is quite deadpan, the audience will find plenty of laughs. Ilene CooperCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Andersons soft, delicate Peter Sis-like illustrations serve up plenty of fishy fun  to this utterly over-the-top story of guppy love. -- Kirkus Reviews	Fay Robinson is the author of several picture books, including Who Needs  Birds When Dogs Can Fly?, photographed by Charles R. Smith Jr. She lives in Chicago. Wayne Anderson is an award-winning illustrator with a particular penchant for the fantastic and  the strange. He lives in England.",animals;books;children's books;family life;fantasy & magic;fish;literature & fiction;parents;science fiction & fantasy;social situations,10
061322373X,"Shipwrecks Although Akira Yoshimura is one of Japan's most prolific and celebrated authors, his work is little known outside of his native country. Shipwrecks, one of the first of his 20 novels to be translated into English, tells the tale of Isaku, a 9-year-old boy who is forced to scrounge to provide for his desperately poor family. For the people of the medieval Japanese village in which Isaku lives, the only relief from near starvation comes in the guise of the shipwrecks of the title. To lure merchant ships off course, the villagers light huge bonfires. But even their success turns to disaster when the wreckage of one such ship includes not only rice, but smallpox.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Yoshimura's resonant reconstruction of the poverty-stricken life in a medieval Japanese fishing village is the first of his 20 novels to be translated into English. Nine-year-old Isaku's humble existence is defined by personal habit and village ritual. While his father is indentured for three years, Isaku grows from an uninformed innocent to a 12-year-old seasoned by brutality and tragedy. Living on the border of starvation, villagers depend on such cyclical catches as squid, octopus and sardine. They collect linden bark for kindling and thread. They also depend on the O-fune-sama, annual winter sailing ships lured by the fires from salt cauldrons burning on the shores. When a ship runs aground on the reef, the villagers habitually slaughter the crew and live off bales of rice and other cargo. One O-fune-sama, however, spells doom. Its crew's secret booty is smallpox. Uncompromising details of the plague lead to a melancholy conclusion when the infected chief decrees mountain banishment for all who carry the disease, including Isaku's mother, brother and his first love. Isaku, his life changed irrevocably, is left alone to endure a bittersweet reunion with his father. Yoshimura's lean novel gracefully recounts the daily struggles of impoverished people to retain-and even create-their humanity under conditions in which mere survival is an achievement. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Yoshimura's first novel translated into English is almost a mythical tale of a poor Japanese village whose fathers sell themselves into bondage to support their families and whose tradition of celebrating o-fume-sama (shipwrecks) is a dark secret of murder and looting. Isaku, the nine-year-old main character, learns that the cauldrons that distill salt from seawater burn on the beaches for more than village income; they are intentional traps meant to lure passing vessels aground on their rocky coast. The o-fume-sama are awaited and ritualized each year with everyone's participation. One year, however, the spoils of the villagers' trap are fatal to their village. Isaku learns a hard, bitter truth as Yoshimura seems to teach a lesson through this book, both about the ugly parts of history and about how people participate in, condone without thought of consequences, ritualize, and justify heinous and desperate acts. Ealey's accessible and graceful translation adds to the power of Yoshimura's tale.  Janet St. John	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	The first English translation of a veteran Japanese writer who is president of his country's writers' union and the author of 20 novels. This 1982 work, set in a coastal village in medieval Japan, recounts the hurried journey toward manhood taken by its protagonist, nine-year-old Isaku. In their impoverished village close by the sea, Isaku's family and neighbors carry on a long- accepted tradition: They distill salt from sea water to sell to other villages--and they live in the hope that the flames beneath the boiling cauldrons placed near the shore will lure passing ships onto the nearby rocks, thereafter to be looted and plundered. ``O- fune-sama'' (their term for this illicit bounty) occurs only infrequently until one winter when, after an unexpectedly short interval, a mysterious ship is found drifting near shore, all of its dead passengers dressed in red clothing and disfigured by red spots on their bodies. The villagers strip them of their garments and possessions--and retribution proves as swift as it is terrible. This disturbing fable resonates with mystery, its events seen through the puzzled eyes of young Isaku, who is just beginning to intuit the imperatives of sexuality and to shoulder his burden as the man of his family, since his father, who has sold himself into indentured servitude in a distant village, is usually absent. The novel's structure works beautifully: Its first two thirds, virtually plotless, offer a vivid portrait of Isaku's fascination with local folkways and superstitions; thereafter, things happen with momentous inevitability, climaxing when those who have been punished most grievously for the community's sins must suffer the additional ordeal of banishment. Isaku's father returns home to a family changed beyond anything he can imagine. A seamless interweaving of description, characterization, and narrative, and an enduringly powerful image of a vanished time and place. More, please, of Yoshimura. -- Copyright 1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	* a haunting and beautifully rendered tale of enduring optimism. The Herald * Yoshimura's chronicle of pre-industrial Japan is economically told. It has an austerity that gives Isaku's matter-of-fact narrative the universality of folklore, but with a haunting other-worldliness. The Guardian * It has all the turbulent power of the sea that dominates the narrative, and the haunting fatefulness of the ways of nature and myth which dominate the book's themes. The Scotsman * Set against this tapestry of near-nihilistic misery, Yoshimura's chiaroscuro touches of hope and love hint at something more profound. Times Literary Supplement * A laconic, exquisitely paced story. Sunday Times	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Its evocation of ancient Japanese fishing culture is extraordinary in detail and verisimilitude. . . . It's a haunting read.""-Los Angeles Times  ""Haunting and austerely beautiful . . . A story of narrative simplicity, paradox and emotional depth that recalls the classic Japanese films."" -The New York Times 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Japanese	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Akira Yoshimura was born in 1927. He is the prize-winning, best-selling author of twenty novels and collections of short stories. He is the president of Japan's writer's union and a member of International PEN.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;british;contemporary;genre fiction;historical;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0281054401,"Lancelot Andrewes - The Private Prayers (Golden Age of Spiritual Writin) David Scott is a retired Anglican priest, poet, playwright and spiritual writer. He is Honorary Canon of Winchester Cathedral and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester.",books;christian books & bibles;devotionals;literature & fiction;poetry;prayer;prayerbooks;religion & spirituality;spirituality;worship & devotion,10
0888643144,"The Rajah of Renfrew: The Life and Times of John E. Ducey, Edmonton's This isn't just a story about the game of baseball.  This is a good read, and it fills a gap in the Edmonton story that needed telling.""  -- Alex Mair, Alberta historian and author	Albertas have been coming together to enjoy baseball for more than a century.  From early pickup games in schoolyards and village fields to today's Triple-A Pacific Coast League contests, baseball has played and important role in the history of the province.  It wasn't part of the big leagues-in fact, it was the ""bush leagues""-but Alberta was a hotbed of professional and semi-pro baseball throughout the first half of this century. Edmonton baseball provided training ground for many major-league talents. John Ducey-Edmonton's ""Rajah"" of Renfrew Park-loved baseball and brought it to the whole community as player, umpire, coach, promoter, and lifelong fan. Western Canadians remember him fondly for bringing pro ball to the prairies. His colourful personality and generous spirit were infectious. Written both objectively and intimately by Ducey's son, Brant, The Rajah of Renfrew tells the story of prairie ball through the career of one man.  The book features: --one hundred contemporary photographs and illustrations, many never before published; --early statistics on Edmonton in pro ball; --typical Edmonton rosters; and --statistics on Edmonton players who made the major leagues	Brant Ducey",americas;baseball;biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;canada;canadian;historical;history;sports & outdoors,10
0023408146,"Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application With its goal of helping students become competent as both consumers and producers of educational research, this popular, market-leading text presents all of the skills and procedures needed in a direct, step-by-step fashion, with a strong emphasis on evaluation of student performance. Now in its 20th year, Educational Research is well-known for its friendly, highly- accessible approach to educational statistics. The author's light, often humorous tone helps to demystify this demanding course. At the same time, the text offers comprehensive instruction that encompasses the full spectrum of the field.	Key Benefit: The book's friendly, highly-accessible approach to educational statistics helps to demystify this demanding field. At the same time, the book offers comprehensive instruction that encompasses the full spectrum of the field. With its goal of helping readers become competent as both consumers and producers of educational research, this popular, market-leading book presents all of the skills and procedures needed in a direct, step-by-step fashion. Key Topics:  Examination of the way problem statements are converted to hypotheses; discussion of types of nonprobability sampling (for example, convenience sampling); and comparison of distinguishing characteristics of true and artificial categories in relation to nominal scales.",books;education;education & reference;education theory;new;politics & social sciences;research;schools & teaching;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
080503482X,"How I Got This Way There's a smile or guffaw to be had on almost every page of McManus's ( The Good Samaritan Strikes Again ) collection of essays, some of which are original, others reprinted from Outdoor Life . Dealing primarily with growing up in rural Idaho, the pieces introduce boyhood friends such as Eddie Muldoon, with whom McManus dug a pit to catch wild animals that unfortunately caught Eddie's father and a skunk--simultaneously; the priest with a fear of birds who came to dinner before the McManuses had moved their spring crop of chicks to the henhouse; and Rancid Crabtree, who demolished a 400-pound pumpkin at the county fair with the author's monster-sized slingshot. Stories abound about hunting, fishing and arduous treks, including a piece about hiking with George Bush during the 1992 presidential campaign. There's entertainment aplenty here that even indoorsy folk should enjoy. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	YA?The cover of this short-story collection features a face-front headshot of the author cheek to cheek with a large ape. The brief selections are of the type one might hear from a droll uncle/grandfather prefaced by the phrase, ""When I was a boy."" They are mainly outdoor adventures, some of which masquerade as hunting trips, and celebrate life. All are laugh-out-loud funny. Teachers looking for one-to-two-minute fillers or examples of humorous essays may want to join their students in dipping into this delightful time warp.?Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VACopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	More humor from the author of The Good Samaritan Strikes Again.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Gentle, ironic, self-deprecatory wit from the popular western humorist (The Good Samaritan Strikes Again, 1992). There's some of Bill Nye here and more still of Mark Twain, as in McManus' account of his worthless dog, Strange, who evaded every responsibility and was mean, besides. McManus likens Strange to a man who, everyone agrees, is shiftless, dishonest, and abusive. Upon his death, however, people manage to remember something good about the man, so that eventually even his victims were concluding that he hadn't been such a bad sort after all, merely misunderstood. McManus avoids big, political targets, instead rambling on about subjects close to home, such as a kingfisher who regards the bridge McManus crosses daily as his home, and McManus as a trespasser; how hunters and fishermen lie about their exploits; and his own clumsiness and predilection for disaster in the wilderness of eastern Idaho. In his two-part How I Got This Way, he tells of his chaotic rural upbringing and the meaningful relationships he formed with chickens and, also, how he became a humor writer rather than a literary type concentrating on the Three D's of Death, Despair, and Delusion. How I Got This Way is upbeat and pleasant, a good choice for a quiet, bluesy weekend.  John Mort	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Bucolic essayist McManus (The Good Samaritan Strikes Again, 1992, etc.) pops out of the tall timber to present his ninth gathering of lies and giggles from field and stream. The usual crew of supporting characters--Retch Sweeney, Rancid Crabtree and wife Bun, as well as a phalanx of Sasquatches-- provides backup while McManus sings his old sweet song of silliness. He's still got it, if you want it--and you probably do if you ever dreamed of attending an elk hunters' banquet, smelled a hen house, or been bitten by a bug. The author has met all sorts, from George Bush to a kingfisher who left him a farewell note. Indeed, not since Professor Robert Benchley went beak to beak with a pigeon has a writer had such a meaningful relationship with a bird. Between wistful autobiographical reports, our mountain Montaigne fires off a few worthy aphorisms in his debriefings from the field. ``The older something is,'' he muses, ``the more it is valued, people being the only exception.'' Another piece of philosophy (written about a dog, not an erstwhile president): ``Nothing improves character so much as death.'' The thrust of the author's body of work, of course, is spectacular lack of accomplishment in any fresh air activity, and the present collection continues the pattern. This is McManus as his cadre of fans knows him, and perhaps it's too much to ask the nostalgic woodsman to beat a path to new territory. Regular readers will be pleased to meet the hapless Clown of the Wild Frontier once again. Trepid, vincible, domitable, and predictable as the seasons, Pat McManus is still the funniest guy in a flannel shirt. -- Copyright 1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Patrick McManus is a treasure.""--The Atlantic""Everybody should read Patrick McManus.""--The New York Times Book Review""There's a smile or a guffaw to be had on almost every page.""--Publishers Weekly	Patrick F. McManus has written twelve books and two plays. There are nearly two million copies of his books in print, including his bestselling They Shoot Canoes Don't They?; The Night The Bear Ate Goombaw; and A Fine and Pleasant Mystery. He divides his time between Spokane, Washington, and Idaho.",biographies & memoirs;books;essays;essays & correspondence;humor;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;memoirs;satire;united states,10
0399236198,"Becoming Little Women: Louisa May at Fruitlands Gr 4-7-This novel is based on diaries, journals, letters, and biographies, and covers six months of the Alcotts' life in 1844. Louisa May is almost 11, and her family is moving again. Her father is anxious to share his ideals and thoughts with like-minded thinkers, create a community, and spread his philosophy about a better way to live. Now strict vegetarians, Louisa and her sisters miss the butter, eggs, cheese, and the small amount of meat that they used to eat. They wear linen clothes that itch, avoiding the cotton that comes from the labor of slaves, and they use no animals for work or products that come from them. Life at Fruitlands is a constant struggle with the elements. Louisa uses her free time to run through the small orchard and climb her favorite apple tree to write down her thoughts and stories. Her father is constantly journeying throughout New England with his friend Mr. Lane to spread the word about the ""Newness,"" leaving his wife and children to run the farm. Emaciation and illness begin to debilitate the family, and Louisa's mother knows that she must take her daughters elsewhere or they will die. The plot moves along well and one gets a real sense of the frustration at having to live such an austere life and of the extreme devotion to a man obsessed with a dream. This story could be used as a stepping stone to Cornelia Meigs's Invincible Louisa (Little, Brown, 1995) and Alcott's own Little Women.Patti Gonzales, Los Angeles Public LibraryCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Gr. 4-6. In her first novel, picture-book author Atkins imagines what life must have been like for Louisa May Alcott on her father's famous experimental farm, Fruitlands. Like her famous alter ego, Jo March, Louisa is smart, quick-tempered, and easily frustrated. She loves her father and believes in his abolitionist views, but she has trouble adjusting to the rigid new way of life on the communal farm. Atkins presents Bronson Alcott as a good man, perhaps too concerned with the ideal and not sufficiently aware of the needs of family, and she does a good job explaining some his more radical beliefs concerning clothing and food and their connection to slavery. Kids who have read Little Women will enjoy the allusions to the famous book, and a few who know something about the history of the time may even catch the slyly dropped references to ""Mr and Mrs. Emerson"" and ""Mr. Thoreau."" A reader's note at the end ties up the story. Excerpts from Louisa May Alcott's journals are woven into the text. Ilene CooperCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved",books;children's books;family life;farm life;historical fiction;literature & fiction;social situations;travel & cultures;united states;where we live,10
1558593233,"Laura C. Martin's Southern Gardens: A Gracious History and a Traveler's Guide Martin, the author of wildflower books and a weekly gardening column, and photographer Schilling have produced a book that is both beautiful and informative. With over 200 full-color pictures, vintage prints, and botanical illustrations, this is not just a picture book, for the text is extensive, providing histories of 32 celebrated Southern gardens and their founders. Arrangement is chronological, beginning with the Elizabethan Gardens in North Carolina and ending with gardens established since 1940. Typical of the entries, the four-page essay ""Monticello"" includes a full-page color photo of the house and lawns, a flower garden plan drawn by Thomas Jefferson, a color photo of tulips, a drawing of English peas, a two-page color spread of the vegetable garden, a full-page color photo of part of the vegetable garden, and a color photo of hollyhocks. Appendixes include ""Suggested Tours,"" ""Travel Guide,"" ""Gardening Notes,"" and ""Familiar Plants and Animals."" Essential for gardening collections in the Southeast and a good choice for any gardening collection.- Carol Cubberley, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, HattiesburgCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.",architecture;books;crafts;education & reference;garden design;gardening & landscape design;hobbies & home;landscape;professional & technical;reference,10
0849943221,"Black Friday (Soul Survivor Series) Dr. Tim LaHaye is president of Tim LaHaye Ministries and founder of the Pre Trib Research Center. He has written over sixty non-fiction books. Dr. LaHaye holds a D.Min. degree from Western Theological Seminary and the Doctor of Literature degree from Liberty University. He and his wife, Beverly have been married more than 65 years. Bob DeMoss served as a youth culture specialist for Focus on the Family for seven years and is one of America's leading authorities on pop culture. He has authored ten books, is an internationally acclaimed speaker, and has made appearances on Good Morning America, Geraldo, and MSNBC.",books;christian books & bibles;contemporary;fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;religion & spirituality;spy stories & tales of intrigue;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0517590786,"The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock: 7th Edition The best-selling illustrated rock reference book of all time offers the most complete guide available to rock 'n' roll past and present. ""A better choice than The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock.""--Library Journal ""The best up-to-date rock encyclopedia.""--New York Times. Full-color photographs.",antiques & collectibles;arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;encyclopedias;music;musical genres;rock;theory,10
0787979880,"Enough is Enough!: Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life ""Jane Straus reveals a simple, liberating truth: if youre enduring then youre not really living. Enough is Enough! reverberates with wonderful stories of human courage that will inspire you to move forward with your life.""-- Susan Jeffers, author, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and Life Is Huge!""Jane Straus has written a deceptively simple book with profound implications. Read the first chapter, and if it does not prompt a deep desire to read the rest of the book and practice her procedures, you may be ready for sainthood and probably dont need to eat either. This is truly a fine book.""-- Peter Coyote, actor; author, Sleeping Where I Fall""I have the privilege of inside knowledge. I brought my pain and confusion to Jane Straus and learned from her firsthand. For those who cant meet her personally, at last you have this book. The clarity, honesty, and integrity of this wise womans practice illuminate every page. Read and understand. Its not her book. Its yours.""--Rob Nilsson, filmmaker; winner, Camera dOr, Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prize, Sundance Film Festival""Jane Straus writes with great compassion. She makes a crucial connection between living a life of truth and experiencing love, forgiveness, and a wisdom of the heart.""-- Gerald G. Jampolsky, M. D., author, Love is Letting Go of Fear""Enough Is Enough! awakens us to the wisdom of our own integrity and conscience. It skillfully shows us how living in truth can bless our life.""-- Jack Kornfield, author, A Path With Heart""In this day and age when endurance is tolerated and even extolled, our society needs to return to some basic valuesliving in our truth, being one. Jane Strauss Enough Is Enough! needs to be read by every man and woman who wants to find a life of authenticity and inspiration. This book will immediately turn you in that direction.""-- Daniel Jay Sonkin, Ph.D., psychotherapist, Sausalito, California; author, Wounded Boys/Heroic Men""Truly an inspirational book. The author speaks from the heart in a clear, articulate way, weaving examples from clients in many diverse circumstances to bring the reader a message about paying attention to our deepest truth and its healing power. This sounds deceptively simple, but the author aptly describes the psychological and bodily distortions that we humans can go through when in fear and provides a path to connect with the extraordinary within each of us.""-- Mindy S. Rosenberg, psychologist; coauthor, Children and Interparental Violence""Jane Straus tackles a complex human dynamic with simplicity and clarity. This book has lessons that most of us need to learn.""-- The Reverend Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins, Presbyterian pastor; author, Unspoken Visions""Enough Is Enough! reaches into the reader's heart with poignant stories of courage and the author's own candid history, inspiring us to embrace life with enthusiasm, joy and intimacy.""--John Gray Ph.D.Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus	Enough Is Enough! Are you hindered by fearful, limiting thoughts? I'm not smart enough. It's too late for me. I can't do this alone. Do you long for more joy, challenge, or fulfillment? When you merely endure life, you are surviving, not thriving. You feel resigned rather than inspiredexhausted rather than accomplished. And chances are you know something is missingbut you don't know what to do about it. Using Enough Is Enough! as your guide, you will discover how your unique symptoms of endurance are holding you back. And you will learn how to calm your fears and let go of the self-judgments that keep you stuck in your rut. By aligning with your deepest personal truths instead of acting from fear, you will release yourself from needless suffering. And you will be inspired to manifest the extraordinary life you were meant to live. Written by the highly successful seminar leader and life coach Jane Straus, Enough Is Enough! takes you on a compelling spiritual, emotional, and intellectual journey toward a rewarding life that is truly worth living. In this remarkable book, Jane Straus tells her own story of transformation with vulnerability and humor and shares the experiences of clients, friends, and seminar participants who have also  been able to break free of the shackles of endurance. Enough Is Enough! offers encouragement, insights, and powerful exercises to ensure that the next chapter of your life story is about thriving joyfully as the unique person you have always been and the extraordinary one you are still becoming.	Advance praise for Enough Is Enough!""Enough Is Enough! awakens us to the wisdom of our own integrity and conscience. It skillfully shows us how living in truth can bless our life.""Jack Kornfield, author, A Path With Heart ""Jane Straus reveals a simple, liberating truth: if you're enduring then you're not really living. Enough is Enough! reverberates with wonderful stories of human courage that will inspire you to move forward with your life.""Susan Jeffers, author, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and Life Is Huge!""Jane Straus has written a deceptively simple book with profound implications. Read the first chapter, and if it does not prompt a deep desire to read the rest of the book and practice her procedures, you may be ready for sainthood and probably don't need to eat either. This is truly a fine book.""Peter Coyote, actor; author, Sleeping Where I Fall""I have the privilege of inside knowledge. I brought my pain and confusion to Jane Straus and learned from her firsthand. For those who can't meet her personally, at last you have this book. The clarity, honesty, and integrity of this wise woman's practice illuminate every page. Read and understand. It's not her book. It's yours.""Rob Nilsson, filmmaker; winner, Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, and Grand Prize, Sundance Film Festival""Jane Straus writes with great compassion. She makes a crucial connection between living a life of truth and experiencing love, forgiveness, and a wisdom of the heart.""Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., author, Love Is Letting Go of Fear	For over twenty years Jane Straus has taught individuals, couples, families, and businesses how to stop merely surviving and begin thriving. She provides coaching and consulting services, keynote presentations, and in-depth seminars for organizations and individuals throughout the country. She lives in northern California with her husband, daughter, and dog.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;fitness & dieting;health;personal transformation;psychology & counseling;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality,10
0613832612,"Johannes Kepler: And the New Astronomy (Oxford Portraits in Science) Grade 7 Up-This readable biography puts Kepler's life, discoveries, and writings in the context of the religious persecutions of the early 17th century and shows how his religious bias led him to make great scientific discoveries. Personal anecdotes about such topics as his relationship with fellow astronomer Tycho Brahe, his mother's trial for witchcraft, and his lifetime of work on the Rudolfine Tables fill the narrative. The writing is strongest when dealing with his discoveries, as the descriptions of his personal life sometimes seem tedious and repetitive. Excellent boxed sections explain the astronomer's three laws of planetary motion with clear diagrams that illustrate their principles and derivation. A compelling passage summarizes the Somnium (The Dream), a fictional work in which he created moon creatures to explain the motion of the earth in a heliocentric system. This book is enhanced with fascinating and informative reproductions, including facsimiles of Kepler's writings. Overall, an enjoyable introduction to a complex scientific life.Jeffrey A. French, Euclid Public Library, OH Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This intriguing biography from the Oxford Portraits in Science series discusses the life and work of Johannes Kepler (1571^-1630). Trained in theology, Kepler accepted a position as a mathematics teacher. He then went to the assistance of noted astronomer Tycho Brahe and became the imperial mathematician for Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire. Kepler lived in tumultuous times and suffered the religious persecution of his family and the trial of his mother for witchcraft, along with disease, war, and the deaths of loved ones. Nevertheless, he managed to discover the three laws of planetary motion, to calculate the movements and positions of the planets with great accuracy, and to do important work in optics as well. Voelkel weaves the many strands of Kepler's story into an intricate but satisfying narrative. To be illustrated with reproductions of period portraits, prints, and documents. A fine addition to both science and biography collections.  Carolyn Phelan	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Readable biography... Excellent boxed sections explain the astronomer's three Laws of Planetary Motion with clear diagrams.... Enhanced with fascinating and informative reproductions, including facsimiles of Kepler's writings.... An enjoyable introduction to a complex scientific life.""--School Library Journal""Intriguing biography... Voelkel weaves the many strands of Kepler's story into an intricate and satisfying narrative.... A fine addition to both science and biography collections.""--Booklist""An excellent addition to the series... Voelkel's book ... should appeal to younger readers and flows smoothly from one topic to another. The many illustrations add to the narrative.... I recommend the book highly for school and public libraries.""--Science Books & Films""I was quickly drawn into the story and enjoyed reading it for relaxation.... A well-written summary of Kepler's life and times, full of insight, and a delight to read.""--Planetarian""Written by a top scholar, the biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his discoveries.""--Curriculum Administrator""Admirable book ... shows true mastery of a subject ... exemplary in the way it emphasizes originality of achievement ... The book is exemplary also in its narration and presentation. It is beautifully illustrated.... Also offers much of great value for older historians of science.""--Journal for the History of Astronomy	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	James R. Voelkel is at Johns Hopkins University.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",astronomy;astronomy & space;biographies;books;children's books;literature & fiction;nature & how it works;physics;science;science & technology,10
0802842631,"Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Keytexts and Voices The Ecumenical Movement is an essential anthology collecting the most important documents from the modern ecumenical movement, concentrating especially on the most widely influential texts produced by the assemblies, conferences, and studies of the World Council of Churches and similar bodies. Drawing together texts from the whole of the 20th century movement, The Ecumenical Movement includes not only official reports and theological dialogs but also influential statements by key ecumenical leaders. Together, these document cover the three broad areas of historic concern within modern ecumenism: faith an order, life and work, mission and evangelism. The Ecumenical Movement is a skillfully edited, benchmark documentation of the contemporary ecumenical Christian movement.  -- Midwest Book Review	Michael Kinnamon and Brian E Cope, Editors	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;history;religion & spirituality;religious;religious studies;theology;world,10
0595124577,"The Jacket Charles Elgee lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick with his wife, Anne and daughter, Christina.",books;genre fiction;ghosts;horror;literature & fiction;mystery;occult;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
1854093940,"Uniforms of Waterloo: 16-18 June 1815 Philip J Haythornthwaite is known to all followers of matters Napoleonic as a prolific and knowledgeable source of original research. A one time bookseller, he has an extensive private collection of Napoleonic material and is the author of countless books and articles on the period.",19th century;belgium;books;europe;history;military;military science;modern (16th-21st centuries);napoleonic wars;uniforms,10
0806123818,"A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison YA-- A story of extraordinary courage and human survival as told by the subject herself, originally published in 1824. Jemison recounts how she was captured as a teenager by Shawnee Indians, who mutilated and killed her family. She was then sold to two Seneca sisters, with whom she remained willingly, married twice, and produced many children. This version of the affecting account is edited by feminist scholar and teacher June Namias.- Mike Printz, Topeka West High School, KSCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.	James E. Seaver, a 19th-century author, is best known for writing A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;history;native american;specific groups;state & local;united states;women,10
0823213501,"Greek: An Intensive Course [2 volumes] ""...a text of such wonderful clarity that it is a delight for both student and instructor."" -- Lydia Lenaghan, Columbia University""...all the explanations necessary to understand Greek are contained within the book itself."" -- Languages and Literature""...all the new material is very fully and clearly explained"" -- Peter L.D. Reid, New England Classical Newsletter	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Text: English, Greek	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Hardy Hansen is Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College and at the Latin/Greek Institute of City University of New York. Dr. Gerald M. Quinn was Dean of the College at Lincoln Center, Fordham University.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;humanities;instruction;language & grammar;new;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0823003124,"Drawing Dynamic Comics Andy Smith, whose own comic books are published by Image Comics, has worked as a penciler, inker, and art director for several top companies, including Marvel, DC, and Acclaim Comics. He lives in Orlando, Florida.",arts & photography;books;cartooning;comics & graphic novels;commercial;education & reference;graphic design;graphic novels;illustration;study & teaching,10
0609810286,"KISS: The Early Years GENE SIMMONS and PAUL STANLEY cofounded KISS in 1973. They live in Los Angeles. WARING ABBOTT is one of the music industrys premier photographers. He worked closely with KISS for eight years and has photographed many other high-profile musicians, including Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley. He lives in upstate New York.",arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;heavy metal;history & criticism;music;musical genres;rock,10
0871546701,Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families Harriet B. Presser is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland.,books;business & investing;economics;marriage & family;organizational behavior;politics & social sciences;popular economics;sociology;women & business;workplace,10
0595386970,"Encyclopedia for the New American Century: Understanding Verbalizations in this New Age of Empire, Mythology and Consumerism. Bob Vineyard is a gruntled postal worker who moonlights part time as a mathematics professor at a community college near his home in Chino Hills, California.  He is a student of the human condition with way too much time on his hands and the willingness to put it in writing.",antiques & collectibles;books;education & reference;encyclopedias;humor;humor & entertainment;love;mythology & folklore;political;sex & marriage,10
0865473285,"A Zen Harvest Text: English, Japanese (translation)",anthologies;asian;books;education & reference;folklore;inspirational & religious;japanese & haiku;literature & fiction;mythology & folk tales;poetry,10
0028641396,"Complete Idiot's Guide to Bike Maintenance and Repair The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bike Maintenance and Repair provides recreational cyclists with the ""do-it-yourself"" means to maintain and service their own bikes. Rather than spanning the entire field of bicycling, this book focuses on those things readers need to know in order to keep bikes safe and trouble-free, including: bike basics and anatomy, bike workings, maintenance before and after riding, tools and accessories, common repairs, emergency repair instructions and troubleshooting tips.	In addition to being the author of three Complete Idiot's Guides (CIG to Electrical Repair, Plumbing, and Remodeling Your Home), Terry Meany is a bicycle enthusiast.  Although past his bike collecting days, he has rebuilt and assembled an array of interesting bicycles and parts over the years. No estate sale or closeout bin at a local bike shop was safe from his snooping. He has built bikes for commuting, touring, and simply ones that interested him. He still has a soft spot for traditional English bikes and keeps a Holdsworth and an ancient Raleigh SuperCourse on hand for riding.",adventure;bike repair;books;cycling;individual sports;professional & technical;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;transportation;travel,10
1572242841,"Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child Parenting Your Older Adopted Child is just exactly on target. I have dealt with many of the problems that you mention on a personal level, and have held a lot of hands as people went through most of the rest of those challenges. Your book will undoubtedly contribute to many successful placements of older adopted children. Kathy Polsen, Adoption Advocates International, Port Angeles, WashingtonBrenda McCreight has written an important book that is immensely practical for all adoptive parents, especially those adopting children with special needs. Each chapter details particular challenges facing the family, including children with RAD, FAS, ADHD, a history of abuse, open adoption, and institutional history. She also details exercises for increasing self-esteem and engendering respect for others in the family. McCreight states, 'The real challenge of older child adoption is not one of overcoming differing problems, or differing genetics, or differing pasts, but rather, it is one of moving the child away from feeling alone and toward a sense of belonging.' Her book is a must-have road map with specific suggestions for achieving this outcome. Sandra Lenington, publisher of Adoption Today magazine, and founder and manager of adopting.orgParenting Your Adopted Older Child will prove itself to be an extremely valuable and insightful text for those who parent adopted older children and for those professionals who assist in facilitating quality relationships among family members. Dr. McCreights experience as bothparent and professional adds to the credibility of the powerful message she presents in a very readable format. Beverly J. Ingram, M.Ed., Training and Development Director, The Center for Child and Family Studies, University o f South Carolina College of Social WorkFinally! A practical, no-nonsense guide for parents on how to deal with the issues older children face when joining a new adoptive family. With trademark humor, Brenda McCreight, mother of nine children with special needs, shows parents how to resolve issues, such as grief and loss, sexual and physical abuse, as well as, improve attachment, handle ADHD and transracial issues, and manage the effects of drugs and alcohol. A must-read for anyone raising children with special needs, whether adopted locally or internationally. Karen Madeiros, Adoptive Families Association of British ColumbiaMcCreight helps parents who adopt older children to understand an adoptees developmental needs. She then moves beyond discussing adoption issues to suggest useful tools for handling the complexities of successful parenting. Parents who are looking for new, creative parenting techniques will appreciate the authors hands-on and upbeat approach. Diane Martin-Hushman, Parent Group Coordinator, NACAC (North American Council on Adoptable Children), and adoptive parent of six children	Brenda McCreight, Ph.D., is a family and child therapist, and an adoption expert with more than twenty years experience. She specializes in pre- and postadoption issues including counseling for adoptive and foster families in crisis and for families and children dealing with challenges such as fetal alcohol syndrome, ADHD, conduct disorder, attachment disorder, developmental delays, and cognitive impairment. McCreight is also an adult educator for both professional and lay audiences on issues related to child development, child trauma, adoptive and foster family relationships, and child behavior disorders. She lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia with her partner, they have nine children, seven of whom were adopted as older children.",adoption;books;crafts;family relationships;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;parenting;parenting & relationships,10
0060266791,"The Chicken Sisters Praising the ""humorous [and] intricately detailed"" art and the author's ""deadpan delivery,"" PW said this tale of three eccentric, highly domesticated hens offers ""off-the-wall fun."" Ages 3-7.-- intricately detailed"" art and the author's ""deadpan delivery,"" PW said this tale of three eccentric, highly domesticated hens offers ""off-the-wall fun."" Ages 3-7. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Kindergarten-Grade 3.  A fable that celebrates individual differences and our appreciation and perception of them. Well structured and delicately told, the story tells of three chickens, each of whom has something she loves to do, even though she does it badly. Violet loves to bake, but frequently fills the house with smoke. Poppy loves to knit ""hats with chin straps"" and ""turtleneck sweaters with pom-poms."" Babs loves to sing even though she is often off-key. Still, the sisters appreciate and support one another. However, the neighbors are unhappy with the smoke and the noise and they spend hours discussing what to do about the trio. Then an old wolf moves into the neighborhood and scares all of the residents?except for the sisters. They invite him in and soon they are frightening him?cooking and knitting and singing to him until he runs away. The neighbors never complain about the sisters again. This tale, filled with gentle humor, pokes fun at the hapless generosity and naivete of the sisters as well as the suspicions and prejudices of the neighbors. The illustrations reinforce the text, giving personality to the feathered siblings, especially as they surround the desperate wolf. Their matronly air is as clear as the grumpiness and fear exhibited by the neighbors. A winner that is sure to please at story time.?Jane Marino, Scarsdale Public Library, NYCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Ages 4^-7. The Chicken Sisters, Violet, Poppy, and Babs, are quite proud of their success. Violet bakes, Poppy knits, Babs sings. Unfortunately, no one else thinks much of their successes, and in point of fact, the baking is usually burned, the sweaters are itchy, and the singing is off key. When a wolf comes to town, he figures these three will be easy chicken dinners. He tries to endear himself to the sisters with neighborly friendliness, but after eating rock-hard cookies, listening to awful singing, and getting wrapped in yarn while being measured for a sweater, the wolf is ready to move home with Mom. The amusing story, which builds on the familiar twist of doing in a big, bad wolf, comes brilliantly alive in Collicott's pictures. Using a smooth, airbrush-like technique, and with a deadly eye for detail, Collicott offers artwork that is chock-full and pretty darn adorable. A snappy story in every way.  Ilene Cooper	Numeroff (Two for Stew, 1996, etc.) sends up the Big Bad Wolf story genre with this tale of an old wolf, new in the neighborhood, who is done in by a trio of contentedly incompetent hens: Their burned cookies, obsessive knitting, and off-key singing send him packing ``to live with his mother in Atlantic City.'' The chicken sisters' relieved neighbors conclude that all the smoke, noise, and unsolicited gifts of itchy knit hats might be worth putting up with after all. It's pure slapstick--the wolf has false teeth and was never a menace in the first place. The pictures are the highlight of all this silliness: In the sisters' living room, every conceivable object is encased in a pastel-colored knitted cover; the wolf, baring a decidedly human-looking pair of dentures, lurks in lush greenery; a pair of baby squirrels run about disguised as salt-and-pepper shakers. (Picture book. 4-7) -- Copyright 1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Laura Numeroff is the author of many books for young readers in addition to the If You Give . . . series, including The Chicken Sisters and Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster. She loves to play tennis and travel and lives in Los Angeles, California. A portion of her royalties will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization that promotes children's literacy.Laura Numeroff, autora de numerosos libros para nios, entre los que se incluye la conocida serie Si le das . . . , The Chicken Sister y Laura Numeroffs 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster. Vive en Los Angeles, California, donde le encanta montar a caballo, leer biografas y jugar con sus mascotas. Parte de las regalas obtenidas por este libro sern donadas a First Book, una organizacin nacional sin nimo de lucro que promueve el amor por la lectura.Sharleen Collicott is the author and illustrator of Toestomper and the Caterpillars, Seeing Stars, Mildred and Sam, and Mildred and Sam and Their Babies. She is also the illustrator of The Chicken Sisters by Laura Numeroff and Which Witch is Which? by Judi Barrett. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.	[Editor's Note: The following is a combined review with THE JOURNEY, SAVING SWEETNESS, and THE STRAY DOG.]--One of the joys of fall is the release of a wonderful crop of new audiobooks. All four of these selections from Live Oak Media are extremely well done--clear sound, appropriate music that enhances the telling but never becomes the focus, and perfectly cast narrators. In SAVING SWEETNESS, Tom Bodett provides just the right long, slow drawl for this Old West sheriff--not too bright but with a good heart. Bodett's fairly flat narration promotes visions of vast open desert and a slow, easygoing lifestyle. William Dufris, narrating Simont's THE STRAY DOG, also reads at a slow pace, allowing young readers time to take in the illustrations. In a story with little text, Dufris manages to convey the varied emotions the family goes through as they find, lose, then recover a charming stray dog; Dufris imbues the story with warmth and joy to accompany the exuberant illustrations. THE CHICKEN SISTERS, another silly story by Laura Numeroff, is brought to life with the slow, easy pace and wonderfully diverse voices of Barbara Rosenblat. Over soft clucking sounds in the background, Rosenblat gives each character a distinct, identifying voice. Over half the pages of THE JOURNEY have no text. Classical music pieces, perfectly suited to Hannah's moods and environment, enhance the story. Narrator Daisy Egan delightfully juxtaposes spunky Hannah's two very different worlds--her breathless excitement amid the crazy, lonely bustle of the city and her homesickness for the peaceful, supportive community of home. A wonderful choice for a one-on-one book or an independent reader, with many layers to consider for older readers.  W.L.S.  AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",animals;birds;books;children's books;family life;farm animals;foxes & wolves;humor;siblings;social situations,10
0131089897,"Understanding Digital Signal Processing (2nd Edition) Amazon.com's top-selling DSP book for 5 straight years-now fully updated!Real-world DSP solutions for working professionals!Understanding Digital Signal Processing, Second Edition is quite simply the best way for engineers, and other technical professionals, to master and apply DSP techniques. Lyons has updated and expanded his best-selling first edition-building on the exceptionally readable coverage that made it the favorite of professionals worldwide.This book achieves the perfect balance between theory and practice, making DSP accessible to beginners without ever oversimplifying it. Comprehensive in scope and gentle in approach, keeping the math at a tolerable level, this book helps readers thoroughly grasp the basics and quickly move on to more sophisticated techniques.This edition adds extensive new coverage of quadrature signals for digital communications; recent improvements in digital filtering; and much more. It also contains more than twice as many ""DSP Tips and Tricks"" including clever techniques even seasoned professionals may have overlooked.Down-to-earth, intuitive, and example-rich, with detailed numerical exercisesStresses practical, day-to-day DSP implementations and problem-solvingAll-new quadrature processing coverage includes easy-to-understand 3D drawingsExtended coverage of IIR filters; plus frequency sampling, interpolated FIR filtersNew coverage of multirate systems; including both polyphase and cascaded integrator-comb FIR filtersCoverage includes: periodic sampling, DFT, FFT, digital filters, discrete Hilbert transforms, sample rate conversion, quantization, signal averaging, and more	RICHARD G. LYONS is consulting systems engineer and lecturer with Besser Associates in Mountain View, CA. He has been lead hardware engineer for multimillion dollar DSP systems for both the National Security Agency (NSA) and TRW, Inc. Lyons has taught DSP at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension and has authored numerous articles on DSP. As Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing, he created and edits the magazine's ""DSP Tips  Tricks"" column.	PrefaceThis book is an expansion of the original Understanding Digital Signal Processing textbook published in 1997 and, like the first edition, its goal is to help beginners understand this relatively new technology of digital signal processing (DSP). Additions to this second edition include:Expansion and clarification of selected spectrum analysis and digital filtering topics covered in the first edition making that material more valuable to the DSP beginner.Expanded coverage of quadrature (complex I/Q) signals. In many cases we used three-dimension time and frequency plots to enhance the description of, and give physical meaning to, these two-dimensional signals.With the new emphasis on quadrature signals, material was added describing the Hilbert transform and how its used in practice to generate quadrature signals.Discussions of Frequency Sampling, Interpolated FIR, and CIC filters; giving these important filters greater exposure than theyve received in past DSP textbooks.A significant expansion of the popular Digital Signal Processing Tricks chapter.Revision of the terminology making it more consistent with the modern day language of DSP.Its traditional at this point in the preface of a DSP textbook for the author to tell readers why they should learn DSP. I dont need to tell you how important DSP is in our modern engineering world, you already know that. Ill just say that the future of electronics is DSP, and with this book you will not be left behind.Learning Digital Signal ProcessingLearning the fundamentals, and how to speak the language, of digital signal processing does not require profound analytical skills or an extensive background in mathematics. All you need is a little experience with elementary algebra, knowledge of what a sinewave is, this book, and enthusiasm. This may sound hard to believe, particularly if youve just flipped through the pages of this book and seen figures and equations that look rather complicated. The content here, you say, looks suspiciously like the material in technical journals and textbooks that, in the past, have successfully resisted your attempts to understand. Well, this is not just another book on digital signal processing.This books goal is to gently provide explanation followed by illustration, not so that you may understand the material, but that you must understand the material. Remember the first time you saw two people playing chess? The game probably appeared to be mysterious and confusing. As you now know, no individual chess move is complicated. Given a little patience, the various chess moves are easy to learn. The games complexity comes from deciding what combinations of moves to make and when to make them. So it is with Understanding Digital Signal Processing. First we learn the fundamental rules and processes, and then practice using them in combination.If learning digital signal processing is so easy, then why does the subject have the reputation of being hard to understand? The answer lies partially in how the material is typically presented in the literature. Its difficult to convey technical information, with its mathematical subtleties, in written form. Its one thing to write equations, but its another matter altogether to explain what those equations really mean from a practical standpoint, and thats the goal of this book.Too often, written explanation of digital signal processing theory appears in one of two forms: either mathematical miracles occur and the reader is simply given a short and sweet equation without further explanation, or the reader is engulfed in a flood of complex variable equations and phrases such as it is obvious that, and with judicious application of the homogeneity property. In their defense, authors usually do provide the needed information, but too often the reader must figuratively grab a pick and shovel, put on a miners helmet, and try to dig the information out of a mountain of mathematical expressions. (This book presents the results of several fruitful mining expeditions.) How many times have you followed the derivation of an equation, after which the author states theyre going to illustrate that equation with an examplewhich turns out to be just another equation? Although mathematics is necessary to describe digital signal processing, Ive tried to avoid overwhelming the reader with math because a recipe for technical writing thats too rich in equations is hard for the beginner to digest.The intent of this book is expressed by a popular quote from E.B. White in the introduction of his Elements of Style (Macmillan Publishing, New York, 1959): Will (Strunk) felt that the reader was in serious trouble most of the time, a man floundering in a swamp, and that it was the duty of anyone attempting to write English to drain the swamp quickly and get his man up on dry ground, or at least throw him a rope.Ive attempted to avoid the traditional instructor-student relationship, but rather to make reading this book like talking to a friend while walking in the park. Ive used just enough mathematics to develop a fundamental understanding of the theory, and then illustrate that theory with practical examples.The JourneyLearning digital signal processing is not something you accomplish; its a journey you take. When you gain an understanding of some topic, questions arise that cause you to investigate some other facet of digital signal processing. Armed with more knowledge, youre likely to begin exploring further aspects of digital signal processing much like those shown in the following diagram. This book is your tour guide during the first steps of your journey.You dont need a computer to learn the material in this book, but it would sure help. DSP simulation software allows the beginner to verify signal processing theory through the time-tested trial and error process. In particular software routines that plot signal data, perform the fast Fourier transforms, and analyze digital filters would be very useful.As you go through the material in this book, dont be discouraged if your understanding comes slowly. As the Greek mathematician Menaechmus curtly remarked to Alexander the Great, when asked for a quick explanation of mathematics, There is no royal road to mathematics. Menaechmus, was confident in telling Alexander the only way to learn mathematics is through careful study. The same applies to digital signal processing. Also, dont worry if you have to read some of the material twice. While the concepts in this book are not as complicated as quantum physics, as mysterious as the lyrics of the song Louie Louie, or as puzzling as the assembly instructions of a metal shed, they do get a little involved. They deserve your attention and thought. So go slow and read the material twice if you have to; youll be glad you did. If you show persistence, to quote a phrase from Susan B. Anthony, Failure is impossible.Coming AttractionsChapter 1 begins by establishing the notation used throughout the remainder of the book. In that chapter we introduce the concept of discrete signal sequences, show how they relate to continuous signals, and illustrate how those sequences can be depicted in both the time and frequency domains. In addition, Chapter 1 defines the operational symbols well use to build our signal processing system block diagrams. We conclude that chapter with a brief introduction to the idea of linear systems and see why linearity enables us to use a number of powerful mathematical tools in our analysis.Chapter 2 introduces the most frequently misunderstood process in digital signal processing, periodic sampling. Although its straightforward to grasp the concept of sampling a continuous signal, there are mathematical subtleties in the process that require thoughtful attention. Beginning gradually with simple examples of low-pass sampling, and progressing to the interesting subject of bandpass sampling, Chapter 2 explains and quantifies the frequency domain ambiguity (aliasing) associated with these important topics.Chapter 3 is devoted to one of the foremost topics in digital signal processing, the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) used for spectrum analysis. Coverage begins with detailed examples illustrating the important properties of the DFT and how to interpret DFT spectral results, progresses to the topic of windows used to reduce DFT leakage, and discusses the processing gain afforded by the DFT. The chapter concludes with a detailed discussion of the various forms of the transform of rectangular functions that the beginner is likely to encounter in the literature. That last topic is included there to clarify and illustrate the DFT of both real and complex sinusoids.Chapter 4 covers the innovation that made the most profound impact on the field of digital signal processing, the fast Fourier transform (FFT). There we show the relationship of the popular radix-2 FFT to the DFT, quantify the powerful processing advantages gained by using the FFT, demonstrate why the FFT functions as it does, and present various FFT implementation structures. Chapter 4 also includes a list of recommendations to help the reader use the FFT in practice.Chapter 5 ushers in the subject of digital filtering. Beginning with a simple low-pass finite impulse response (FIR) filter example, we carefully progress through the analysis of that filters frequency domain magnitude and phase response. Next we learn how window functions affect, and can be used to design, FIR filters. The methods for converting low-pass FIR filter designs to bandpass and high pass digital filters are presented, and the popular Remez Exchange (Parks McClellan) FIR filter design technique is ...",books;computers & technology;education & reference;electrical & electronic engineering;electrical & electronics;engineering;new;professional & technical;telecommunications;used & rental textbooks,10
0634006002,"Good Ol' Southern Gospel: Easy Piano Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.",arts & photography;books;christian;gospel;instruments;music;musical genres;piano;religious & sacred music;songbooks,10
0764532898,"Hewlett-Packard Official Printer Handbook equip your creativity No matter what brand or model printer you're using, you'll find absolutely everything you need to know in this official guide from hp, now updated to cover the latest equipment and technologies.* Find the right printer at the right price* Get set up in a snap* Create high-quality color prints* Have fun with fonts* Get creative with cards, banners, and t-shirts* Troubleshoot and fix printer problems* And much morePacked with practical tips, a glossary, and more than three dozen fun projects, this authoritative guide is just what you need to make the most of your printer. includes ""Hewlett-Packard Technical Support's Frequently Asked Questions,"" the ultimate troubleshooting guide from the pros at hp reader level: beginning to intermediate shelving category: hardware/printers www.idgbooks.com	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	About the Author Mark L. Chambers is a hardware technician, programmer, computer consultant, and well-known computer book author. He is the author of Building a PC For Dummies, Recordable CD Bible, and the Official Netscape Guide to Web Animation. Foreword by Antonio M. Perez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Inkjet Imaging Solutions, Hewlett-Packard, and Carolyn M. Ticknor, President and Chief Executive Officer, LaserJet Imaging Systems, Hewlett-Packard.",books;computer science;computers & technology;design & architecture;graphic design;hardware;new;peripherals;printing;used & rental textbooks,10
0962955906,"Fact or Fantasy: a Study in Christian Apologetics for Children A great book on helping Christian youngsters defend their faith, when I did this with my kids I learn't just as much as they did. Thank you for writing such a great ""help book."" I am now confident that my faith is built upon solid historic facts and not upon heresay or fairytales, thank you. -- From the Publisher	David Walters was born in England. He was 1959 and became a Westminster Chapel. After sitting under the ministry of Dr. Martyn Loyd-Jones for ten years, he received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in 1969 and soon became one of the pioneers in the House Church movement.   Within a short time, the meetings at Davids house in a  London suburb grew to a size where they met in the local town hall and became a church.  Eventually David became a traveling elder within the church and ministered in many Churches, Public Schools and Universities.   David moved to America in 1977 with his wife Kathie and daughter Faith. His other daughter Lisa Joy, was born in the United States.   Currently David ministers both Nationally and Internationally to families, Pastors, youth pastors, children's pastors, parents, children and teens. He is one of the leading ministers in the U.S. today. He speaks at many National Conferences and has shared the platform with other well known ministers such as Paul Cain, Benny Hinn, Ishmael, Ernie Rettino (Psalty the singing songbook), Mrs. James (Shirley) Dobson, John Dawson (International Director of Y.W.A.M.) and many others.   David has ministered in many countries around the world as well as throughout the United States. He has traveled to Malaysia, Singapore, Russia, Latvia, Jamaica, Canada, Kenya,UK, Suriname, and Australia.  God placed a burden on David for parents who are failing to raise their kids to fulfill their destiny in God according to Prov. 22:6. God uses David to impart a vision to Pastors, Elders, parents and teachers in a way that brings the younger saints into a place where they become effective, viable members of the body of Christ. Currently, many children and youth have a nominal understanding of being born again but are not having an ongoing personal experience with the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ. Instead they are living off Mom and Dad's religion. He desires to see the youngsters take their place with the adults in God's purposes and not just be entertained in youth meetings or baby-sat in children's church.   David has a unique rapport with young people. He uses no visual aids or stage props to entertain. He believes young people need anointed preaching coupled with signs and wonders.   David Walters has witnessed the Holy Spirit move on whole churches with children, teenagers as well as adults, who were touched by God's power. In his special Family Seminars, he unfolds to parents and teachers the keys to raising youngsters to become godly, powerful and anointed.   David believes that it is time for whole families to become part of God's mighty army. He says,  Children today are being born into the 'War Zone'. Therefore, we must dress them for spiritual battle at a very young age. We cannot wait until they are older, before we expect them to be serious about serving the Lord. Satan does not wait for them to mature before he attacks them.   David has been featured in Charisma magazine and has written articles for Ministries Today. He is also the author of twelve books:    Kids in Combat  The Armor of God  Equipping the Younger Saints   Being a Christian   The Anointing & You  Fact or Fantasy  Children Aflame  Fruit of the Spirit  Worship fur Dummies   Children's Prayer Manual  Gifts of the Spirit  Radical Living in an ungodly Society   His wife, Kathie, ministers and holds seminars. Kathie has authored thirteen books.",activity books;books;children's books;christianity;education & reference;mystery & wonders;nature & how it works;religions;science;sports & games,10
0805420428,"The Visionary Christian VISIONARY CHRISTIAN Fort Worthstar-Telegram The Visionary Christian gives a glimpse of Lewis himself -- his towering faith, his graceful genius, his awesome understanding.VISIONARY CHRISTIAN Library Journal The Visionary Christian does for Lewis's fanciful writings what The Joyful Christian did for the expository and apologetic works; Lewis buffs will delight in sampling from this smorgasbord.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	VISIONARY CHRISTIAN C.S. Lewis was a professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at Oxford and Cambridge universities who wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime, including The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Mere Christianity. He died in 1963.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;british;christian books & bibles;education & reference;fiction;inspirational & religious;literature & fiction;poetry;reference;religion & spirituality,10
0800631161,"THE PROPHETS A Liberation-Critical Reading (Liberation-Critical Reading of the Old Testament) Carol J. Dempsey is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at the University of Portland, Ore. She is a regular participant in working groups on the prophets in both the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association.	Introduction In the field of biblical scholarship, there is a variety of approaches related to the study of the biblical text.  This particular study of the prophetic tradition has several marks of distinction that differentiate it from  other works but also provide a sense of coherence between this work and the other volumes in this  particular series. First, this study includes the biblical book of Baruch. Consistent with the principle of  inclusivity, the series has embraced for consideration biblical texts recognized by diverse believing  communities as deuterocanonical or apocryphal in addition to the traditional canonical books. Second, the study's central focus is on two main issues in selected prophetic texts: the role of  power, with an emphasis on how power can be exercised to dominate and to liberate, and the role of  eschatological vision, with an emphasis on how that vision presents a paradigm shift that moves from  power over, that is, domination, to power with, that is, dominion. A critical analysis of all of the  prophetic materials led me to recognize that certain texts demonstrate various power relations and the ways  that power can be used: to dominate, to liberate, and to engender harmonious relations. Each section of the  book moves through various shifts until a new paradigm emerges, one informed by justice, righteousness,  and peace, a new creation that can only be realized when the relationships between God, humankind, and  the natural world are harmonious and interdependent. Third, the prophetic books are not studied in the order in which they appear in the canon, nor is  each book studied in its entirety. Moreover, the study is concerned with the final canonical form of each  prophetic book instead of the various stages of the texts' transmission, development, and redaction. The  discussion attempts to establish a conversation between the world of the canonical text and the world in  front of the text. Fourth, throughout the study, attention is drawn to the role that language plays in the various  biblical texts. This study explores how metaphors, similes, imagery, etc., seem to be reflective of certain  perspectives, attitudes, and mindsets within a particular culture, and how figurative language not only  creates a powerful message that is either oppressive and diminishing or liberating and transformative, but  also colors the poetic and religious imagination of its readers in such a way as to have an impact on their  theological perspectives and understanding. Central to the discussion is the multi-faceted way God is  portrayed by the biblical text. Divine wrath and violence in metaphorical and figurative language are  addressed, specifically in light of contemporary global concerns about violence in its many forms.  Particular attention is also drawn to how images from the natural world function metaphorically and  symbolically, and how these images have an impact on the text's theological message as well as on the  audiences' theological imagination. Fifth, the study represents a holistic approach to the biblical prophets insofar as it deals with issues  and a vision that concern not only humankind but also the natural world. Thus, the study is admittedly done  from a contemporary perspective that is informed by contemporary ideological concerns. Issues such as  anthropocentrism, androcentrism, classism, speciesism, gender, patriarchy, hierarchy, and so forth, which  seem to be embedded not only in the prophets' messages and texts but also in the authorial voice(s) behind  the texts, are unmasked and critiqued insofar as they relate to the central focus of the book: power. A clear  argument is made that the abuse of power affects both the human and non-human world. Sixth, selected biblical texts are examined from a liberationist point of view, one that is informed by my  own social location as a white, middle-class, North Atlantic, Christian female who is committed to the  search for and dissemination of truth. My social location and life commitment affords me the opportunity to  interact with the biblical texts from both a position of power and privilege and a position of powerlessness  and marginalization. Although the study proceeds from a reader-centered approach, the approach is  significantly informed by the historical, social, cultural, and literary world of the prophets that helped shape  the prophetic books as we have them today. Seventh, in addition to the use of a holistic approach and an informed liberationist point of view, I  also use a hermeneutical approach that is sensitive to the theories and thoughts of such scholars as Jose  Severino Croatto, Hans Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, Sandra M. Schneiders, Elisabeth Schssler  Fiorenza, Fernando Segovia, among others, all of whom argue that the biblical text is a living tradition and  not merely a historical artifact or a classic work of ancient literature. One final word: it is my hope that this study will contribute to the restoration of the prophetic texts  to the believing communities of faith and that the prophetic spirit alive within all of life will continue to be  awakened and become the true source of power that liberates and transforms all of creation. For this  liberation and transformation, all creation groans and waits with eager longing and hopeful anticipation: For, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The former things shall not be remembered Or come to mind. (Isa 65:17) Already this vision is unfolding if only we have ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to perceive the divine  in the unexpected.",books;christian books & bibles;criticism & theory;education & reference;history & criticism;literature & fiction;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;theology,10
B000FNW8KC,"Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society This book illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. It provides a much needed thoughtful and detailed analysis of the impact of circumcision on human rights and the development of the concept of bodily integrity. In this last sense, the challenge posed by the contemporary cultural disregard for the individual's right to control his own body and sexual destiny serves as a vivid example of how medicine has played a decisive role in shaping and defining cultural attitudes towards male sexuality and the male body. 	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This book illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. It provides a much needed thoughtful and detailed analysis of the impact of circumcision on human rights and the development of the concept of bodily integrity. In this last sense, the challenge posed by the contemporary cultural disregard for the individual's right to control his own body and sexual destiny serves as a vivid example of how medicine has played a decisive role in shaping and defining cultural attitudes towards male sexuality and the male body. 	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",anthropology;books;cultural;customs & traditions;gender studies;jewish life;judaism;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;social sciences,10
0823083179,"From Abba to Mamma Mia!: The Official Book Carl Magnus palm, the author of two previous books about ABBA, has also written about The Beatles and Swedish jazz singer Monia Zetterlund, and has worked on ABBA CDs and liner notes for them. He is based in Sweden. Anders Hanser, formerly a radio producer, became ABBA's photographer and personal friend, a relationship that continues to this day. He lives in Stockholm.",arts & photography;books;europe;history;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;popular;sweden,10
184064866X,"Two Hundred Years of Say's Law: Essays on Economic Theory's Most Controversial Principle Steven Kates, Chief Economist, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australia and Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia",books;business & investing;economics;history & theory;macroeconomics;microeconomics;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;popular economics,10
0970415354,"Insider's Guide to the World of Pharmaceutical Sales (6th Edition) Pharmaceutical selling was a thrilling experience for me! It takes selling skills, tenacity, extensive product knowledge, and excellent ""people"" skills to get the job done. Pharmaceutical selling is challenging and extremely rewarding. The monetary rewards are well worth the effort alone, but the personal rewards are beyond price! I could never place a price tag on how it feels to know that I have helped people who suffer and long for hope and a good outcome to their illness and an end to their pain.     Together, my pharmaceutical company employer and I provided necessary information and support, in the form of studies and product information to physicians, and this influenced their choice of treatment modalities for their patients. In this way, I did my part to alleviate suffering.     Pharmaceutical selling is not ""just a job."" Pharmaceutical sales is a rewarding career that demands the very best from the sales representative. By writing the ""Insider's Guide to the World of Pharmaceutical Sales,"" I feel that I am once again doing my part to help alleviate pain and suffering. This time I am doing it indirectly by helping the best pharmaceutical sales candidates gain positions in this worthy profession and teaching them how to be the very best pharmaceutical sales representatives that they can be after they win the position.	Highlights of the New Sixth Edition Include:    150 Pharmaceutical Sales Interview Questions and Answers.     30 Top Pharmaceutical Sales Company Profiles.    List of 300 Pharmaceutical Sales Companies.    How to craft a Pharmaceutical Sales Resume using the correct format   and the right ""keywords"". Examples of the different types of rsums are included along with examples of ""cover letters,"" ""Thank Your,"" and ""Follow-Up"" letters.    How to network successfully to gain a position.      How to find unadvertised pharmaceutical sales positions.      How to successfully negotiate that series of interviews you must pass to get the job.    How to surpass the competition and win a pharmaceutical sales position.      How to gain a position in pharmaceutical sales without having sales experience.    How to look like a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep!    Detailed description of a ""Day in the Life"" of a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.    Physician/District Manager Personality Profiling.       Career Comparison Guide preparation for candidates who DO NOT have pharmaceutical sales experience with example!     Systematic Instructions on how to prepare your ""Sales Binder"" for Interviews!    Complete step-by-step instructions on how to sell a pharmaceutical product with examples outlining every detail of the sales presentation, including the dialogue.    How to be the BEST pharmaceutical sales representative after you gain the position.    Jane Williams is a multi-time winner of the coveted President's Club Award presented to the top pharmaceutical sales leaders in the industry, a certified sales trainer, professional pharmaceutical sales consultant, and a recognized authority in the pharmaceutical field who has been interviewed several times by entities such as the Dallas Morning News.	Jane Williams is a former award-winning pharmaceutical sales representative, a professional pharmaceutical sales consultant, and a recognized authority in the pharmaceutical sales industry who has been interviewed several times by the Dallas Morning News. Ms. Williams has also served as a pharmaceutical sales expert panelist on hirerx.com.     Ms. Williams sold medical equipment and laboratory services for  Roche Biomedical, one of the biotech giants, and won sales awards in  this position before gaining a position with another major  pharmaceutical company. During her nine years in pharmaceutical sales,  Ms. Williams was promoted to a position as a pharmaceutical sales  field trainer because of her ability to sell and to teach others how  to sell and quickly became certified in that capacity. While still  serving as a certified pharmaceutical field sales trainer,  Ms. Williams was promoted into a specialty sales representative  position where she excelled. Ms. Williams is a multi-time winner of  the highly coveted President's Club Award presented to the top sales  leaders in the industry.    Due to numerous pleas for help from people who wished to gain positions as pharmaceutical sales representatives, Ms. Williams decided to write a guide to help anyone who wanted to become a pharmaceutical sales representative. Because of her years of experience and the knowledge she gained from hundreds of pharmaceutical sales representatives that she has known through the years, she has accomplished the task of writing a complete guide to gaining a pharmaceutical sales position. The Insider's Guide to the World of Pharmaceutical Sales presents everything you need to know to gain a pharmaceutical sales position in a neat, easy to read, outline format.    Ms. Williams recently left the pharmaceutical sales industry to become the National Sales Director for Principle Publications. There she maintains daily contact with pharmaceutical sales representatives, specialty sales representatives and sales managers. This allows her to stay in close touch with the pharmaceutical industry while devoting more time to the counseling of customers of the Insider's Guide to the World of Pharmaceutical Sales.	PREFACE    CHAPTER 1: PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY FORECAST gives an overview of the pharmaceutical sales industry and why I am certain that this industry is recession proof!    CHAPTER 2: ANY DEGREE IS THE RIGHT ONE explains why any four-year degree is acceptable for a pharmaceutical sales career. This chapter also lists the preferred degrees for entry-level pharmaceutical sales positions and for promotion to trainer, and district manager.    CHAPTER 3: WHAT DO PHARMACEUTICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVES DO describes everything from a typical day in the life of a pharmaceutical sales representative to the detailed profile of duties performed by a veteran pharmaceutical sales representative.     CHAPTER 4: NETWORKING explains how to keep someone from ""closing the door"" in your face! This chapter teaches you how to contact sales representatives, the ""keys"" to entering the pharmaceutical sales industry, how to set up ""Field Preceptorships"", and how to get to the person  with the ""power to hire"".       CHAPTER 5: RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS outlines the different types of resumes and gives examples of each. Included in this chapter are details describing how to craft a pharmaceutical sales industry specific resume with the correct format and ""keywords"" to prevent you from making mistakes that will exclude you from the interview lists! This chapter also gives complete instructions on creating a great cover letter and includes an example.     CHAPTER 6: ONE OF THE CHOSEN FEW teaches you how to make the most of the professional contacts that you have made...how to network successfully. Professional attire and creating a winning plan of action are also stressed.     CHAPTER 7: SELECTING THE RIGHT COMPANY teaches you how to research and evaluate companies for their employment stability and your personal ability to ""match"" with the company.    CHAPTER 8: PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY REQUIREMENTS? This chapter is a great one because you will learn exactly what type of candidate the pharmaceutical sales industry is seeking to fill their positions. You will find insightful information about the pharmaceutical sales company ""mindset"" and what they look for in personality and selling style for new hires.  I believe in creating your own luck and tell you how to do this by ""setting yourself up for success""!    CHAPTER 9: INTERVIEW PREPARATION is an extremely important chapter! This chapter explains what you must know about the interviewing company, products, management style, and different types of interviews. Additionally, you are taught to prepare a ""personal presentation binder"" that includes a career-comparison document to help you sell yourself, especially if you do not have sales experience.     CHAPTER 10: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS is the single most important chapter! This chapter contains 150 of the most recent pharmaceutical sales interview questions with correct  answers! Included are questions such as:    a.	What is ""co-promotion"" or ""team-selling""?    b. How do you see a ""no see"" physician?  c. ""SELL ME SOMETHING!"" directive. How do you sell the interviewing district manager  something, especially one of HIS/HER company's products?     The answer consists of a detailed pharmaceutical sales answer with examples that have won positions for my customers world-wide!    CHAPTER 11: THE RIGHT STUFF! Here you will find questions you should ask yourself to see if you have what it takes to really be successful as a pharmaceutical sales representative.    CHAPTER 12: PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITY explains what a pharmaceutical sales representative's responsibilities are.    CHAPTER 13: CAREER PATH AND PERKS supplies information that everyone loves! This chapter explains the various positions available within the industry. Additionally, it explains the different types of compensation and benefits.    CHAPTER 14: CONTRACT SALES COMPANIES offers a listing of the major contract sales companies complete with addresses, phone and fax numbers and web site addresses.    CONCLUSION    APPENDIX A: PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY PROFILES offers 30 top pharmaceutical company profiles. Information included on each company consists of: company address and contact information; company background information; annual revenue and research and development; sales force size and total number of employees; major products and therapeutic area and pipeline products.     APPENDIX B: PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES LIST 300 pharmaceutical companies and their web site addresses so that you can easily find any major to moderate sized company, along with many smaller companies that you may need to research. This is by far the most extensive listing of its' kind in any pharmaceutical sales guide.",books;business & finance;business & investing;guides;job hunting & careers;marketing & sales;new;sales;sales & selling;used & rental textbooks,10
0764114883,"Guide to Graduate Business Schools (Barron's Guide to Graduate Business Schools) With up-to-date tuition and fees plus descriptions of each school, this directory profiles more than 600 accredited business schools in the United States and Canada. You'll find admission requirements, minimum GMAT score, academic programs, requirements for international students, course requirements for graduation, career placement services, library, research, and computer facilities, data on composition of each school's faculty and student body, and the admissions contact, with e-mail and web site addresses. You'll also find helpful advice on choosing a business school that best suits your plans and needs, coping with the school application procedure, and financing your business school program.      Extra feature--   A sample GMAT  with answer keys, and a self-evaluation chart.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	[back cover]  Complete, up-to-date profiles of more than 600 business schools in the United States and Canada  Plus advice to help you with?  The application procedure  Taking the GMAT?including a sample exam with answers explained  Financing your education  Matching your skills to a prospective employer?s needs	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",antiques & collectibles;books;business;business school guides;education & reference;encyclopedias;graduate school;new;test prep & study guides;used & rental textbooks,10
158574073X,"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knots A beautifully illustrated full-color guide to knots for home, camp, and the outdoors, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knots provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step diagrams and instructions for tying over eighty knots. Three hundred and thirty illustrations and ninety full-color photographs guide the reader through the stages of tying each knot correctly and safely.Included are knots for sailing, fishing, climbing, crafts, and a host of other pursuits. Along with the description of how to tie each knot is a detailed history of the knot and an explanation of its practical and decorative uses. (91/4 X 111/4, 164 pages, color photos, illustrations)",art;books;education & reference;encyclopedias;fishing;hiking & camping;hunting & fishing;instructional;sports;sports & outdoors,10
0613163613,"Homeland The bestselling author of North and South returns with a new first-rate historical series that begins in 1890s Berlin, where young Pauli Kroner ekes out a living as a kitchen helper in a posh hotel. When his consumptive aunt dies, the orphaned Pauli books steerage to America, hoping to be reunited with his wealthy uncle, Joseph Crown, who fought for the Union Army and now heads a brewery empire in Chicago. Surviving a long, perilous journey, Pauli meets his American relatives, among them Aunt Ilsa, whose progressive views cause almost as much friction in the family as eldest son Joe Jr.'s alliance with the socialist labor movement. Pauli unexpectedly falls in love with Julie Vanderhoff, strong-willed daughter of a Chicago meat-packing millionaire who hates foreigners, further complicating the drama. Jakes portrays the Crowns, leading civic figures in Chicago, moving among a crowd of influential and important people, including Jane Addams, Teddy Roosevelt and Eugene Debs. Chock-full of fascinating period detail, his captivating story brings to life the sounds, smells and tastes of turn-of-the-century America in a manner comparable to Michener's Hawaii and Doctorow's Ragtime . An absolute must for the beach. Author tour; major ad/promo. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	YA-In 1892, an orphaned German teenager, Pauli, comes to America to live with his uncle's family in Chicago. He arrives with the typical immigrant's vision of a flawless new homeland. During the next 10 years he experiences firsthand labor strife; poverty, greed, and crime in the city's slums; and suffering in the Cuban battlefields of 1898. Increasingly, his idealistic picture of the country changes until the end of the book when he sees his new homeland as a place where ""men are free."" Likewise, the three-dimensional main characters have strengths and weaknesses, good points and faults. Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, Clara Barton, and Jane Addams make their appearances, and readers witness the growing labor-union movement, the women's-rights struggle, national expansionism, and the beginning of the moving-picture industry. The book's major drawback is its length. However, readers who are willing to invest the time will find it an interesting view of the U.S. at the turn of the century. Shirley B. Blaes, R.E. Lee High School, Springfield, VACopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	As America hurtles through the final explosive  events of the nineteenth century, a young German  immigrant named Pauli Kroner is about to realize his  dream: Hew will taste a life of privilege in the  Chicago mansion of his uncle, Joe Crown, head of a  brewery dynasty. But Pauli's ultimate clash with  that stern, proud, patriarch will force him to a  risky existence on the city's dark side. Here he  will become Paul Crown, a bold, ambitious man driven  by a powerful vision. His rise from penniless  newcomer to pioneer newsreel cameraman will span a  tumultuous decade of strikes, war, family scandal,  and heartbreak in the country he has chosen as  his...Homeland. Pick up  Homeland and read a couple of chapters  and you'll very soon discover why John Jakes sells  a lot of books. He is, quite simply, a master of  the ancient art of storytelling.--The  New York Times Book Review	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	John Jakes is the bestselling author of Charleston, the Kent Family Chronicles, the North and South trilogy, On Secret Service, California Gold, Homeland, and American Dreams. Descended from a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line who fought in the American Revolution, Jakes is one of todays most distinguished authors of historical fiction. 	      --This text refers to the 							Mass Market Paperback	 edition.	John Jakes brings the unforgettable Crown family (beer barons of Chicago) alive through their strong personal bonds, their business successes, the rise of labor, the development of photography and the U.S. involvement in Cuba. The overpowering forces of history draw hard lines in Paul Crown's life. Herrmann's reading is superb, with distinctive character vocalizations and the powerful emotions of family tragedy and triumph. Musical interludes ease the transition between years and locales in this abridged version.  J.E.G.  (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to the 							Audio Cassette	 edition.",books;contemporary;family saga;genre fiction;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;teens;used & rental textbooks,10
0914881833,"Virginia Avery's Hats: A Heady Affair Hats can revitalize an old outfit or help pull together a new one. Building on the basics of the beret, visor cap, pillbox, and turban, Hats packs numerous ideas for colorful, quirky headwear into a slim page count. Most of the necessary supplies will be on hand in the standard sewing room, and since minimal fabric is needed, hat making offers the chance to utilize that spectacular fabric too expensive for clothing yardage. Embellishment instructions include hatbands, various fabric flowers, prairie points, piping, and tassels. As a nice plus, bound into the back of the book is a tear-out section with full-size patterns for all the basic hat types covered.",arts & photography;books;crafts;crafts & hobbies;decorative arts & design;hobbies & home;needlecrafts & textile crafts;needlework;parenting & relationships;textile & costume,10
047187373X,"Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles Solutions Manual available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons	A revision of a successful junior/senior level text, this introduction to elementary quantum mechanics clearly explains the properties of the most important quantum systems. Emphasizes the applications of theory, and contains new material on particle physics, electron-positron annihilation in solids and the Mossbauer effect. Includes new appendices on such topics as crystallography, Fourier Integral Description of a Wave Group, and Time-Independent Perturbation Theory.",books;engineering;mathematical physics;new;physics;professional & technical;quantum theory;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
0793834562,"The Super Simple Guide to Corals Reef aquariums are more popular than ever, and the need for accurate, reliable, and easy-to-read information is at its greatest. Unlike larger and more comprehensive books, The Super Simple Guide to Corals is written for ""reefers"" who are just getting their feet wet in this wonderful and fascinating hobby. Make no mistake about it--this book may be ""super simple"" in design, but its contents contain a wealth of information. This volume explores the following: * Natural History of Corals * Coral Nutrition * Coral Weapons * Reproduction * Water Quality * Propagation * Species Guides	James Fatherree has been keeping aquariums for over 25 years and reef aquariums for more than a decade. He has also worked as a diver/collector for a marine livestock wholesaler, has managed a large retail aquarium store, and also owned and operated an aquarium installation and maintenance business for over 5 years. He has written 5 books and over 80 articles on the subject of marine aquariums and enjoys diving, fishing, photography, traveling, and of course, reef keeping.",biological sciences;books;consumer guides;crafts;education & reference;fish & aquariums;hobbies & home;pets & animal care;science & math;zoology,10
0613912004,"Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition In 1998, Jennifer Niederst wrote the first edition of this very successful book after she found herself spending way too much time chasing down the solutions to HTML problems. From hexadecimal color specs to mouseover scripts, the answers are all out there, but finding the exact one you need can soak up a whole day. ""I wrote Web Design in a Nutshell because it was the book I needed--one place to find quick answers to my questions."" With all that's changed in the meantime, an overhaul is welcome. This is the rare book for designers that is almost completely nonvisual. It doesn't show what's hip in navigational bars or what the coolest colors are. Rather, it gives readers the kind of know-how that can make a difference between someone who just whips up pretty pages with WYSIWYG applications like Dreamweaver and someone who can make those pages cross-platform, cross-browser, fast loading, and accessible to all. The clear organization makes it easy to locate any specific topic. There are six sections. ""The Web Environment"" discusses the realities of browser compatibility, display-resolution problems, a useful bit of Unix, and tips for print designers looking to move into Web design. ""Authoring"" shows how to write accurate and up-to-date HTML, cascading style sheets, and Server Side Includes (like putting the current date and time on your homepage). ""Graphics"" brings together all you need to know to make effective use of images (GIFs, JPEGS, PNGs, and animated GIFs). ""Multimedia and Interactivity"" helps with adding audio, video, or Flash to your site (including some succinct tips on optimization and publish settings). And ""Advanced Technologies"" covers JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, and WAP and WML. And there are six useful look-up tables in the appendix, which include HTML 4.0 tags, deprecated tags, attributes, and CSS support across browsers. Web Design in a Nutshell could easily have been titled The Web Designer's Companion--it's mighty handy to have around. --Angelynn Grant	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Web Design in a Nutshell is the welcome second edition of a classic Web authoring guide. It is aimed at professionals, with the focus sharply on page layout rather than scripting or programming. Two things are outstanding. First, the book is a handy reference for core Web standards like HTML tags, character entities, MIME types and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Second, and most important, the author offers concise, meticulous explanations and comments on key topics including the various different approaches to text formatting, choosing and optimising image types, and getting good results from tables. She highlights the importance of Web standards, and is careful to include Macintosh as well as Windows issues when discussing design tools or compatibility matters. Reference information is up-to-date as of Internet Explorer 5.5 and Netscape 6.0. The early chapters offer general introduction to the Web environment, laying down basic design principles and covering tricky issues like printing and internationalisation. The next part covers formatting and layout with HTML, hyperlinks, tables, frames, forms and CSS. Part three is an in-depth look at images, particularly JPEG, GIG, PNG, and colour usage. Multimedia comes next, featuring video and audio formats as well as Flash movies, while the final part introduces other technologies such as Javascript and Dynamic HTML, XML, XHTML and WAP. These overviews are useful, but the best chapters are those that cover the nitty-gritty of setting out a page. It is ideal for print designers who need to understand Web design, or as a reliable general-purpose handbook for Web authors. --Tim Anderson --Oreilly web designWeb Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, written and organized so that answers can be found quickly. This completely revised and expanded 2nd edition is chock-full of information about the wide range of front-end technologies and techniques from which web designers and authors must draw.  Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition is an excellent reference for HTML 4.01 tags (including tables, frames, forms, color, and cascading style sheets) with special attention given to browser support, platform idiosyncrasies, and standards. You'll also find lots of updated information on using graphics, multimedia, audio and video, and advanced technologies such Dynamic HTML, Javascript, and XML, as well as new chapters on XHTML, WML, and SMIL. This book is an indispensable tool for web designers and authors of all levels. Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition includes: Discussions of the web environment including monitors and browsers, printing from the Web, accessibility, and internationalization  A complete reference to HTML and Server Side Includes, including up-to-date browser support (Netscape 6, IE 6.0, and Opera 5) for every tag and attribute  Updated chapters on creating GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, and PNG graphics, including designing with the Web Palette  Information on multimedia and interactivity, including audio, video, Flash 5 and Shockwave, and a new chapter on SMIL  A revised tutorial and reference on Cascading Style Sheets  Appendixes detailing HTML tags, attributes, deprecated tags, proprietary tags, CSS compatibility and support, and character entities --Oreilly web designSynopsis Encompasses every aspect of designing Web pages; furnishes quick and easy access to a vast array of technologies and techniques needed for effective Web design; and covers such topics as HTML, graphics, multimedia and interactivity, and much more. Original. (Beginner). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.  Book Info New edition is completely updated for the latest web browsers, graphics editors and authoring tools. New material on web standards, printing, accessibility, Flash, and designing for wireless devices is included. Softcover. Previous edition c1998.  From the Publisher Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design Web pages. It's an excellent reference for HTML 4.01 tags (including tables, frames, forms, color, and cascading style sheets) with special attention given to browser support, platform idiosyncrasies, and standards. You'll also find lots of updated information on using graphics, multimedia, audio and video, and advanced technologies such Dynamic HTML, Javascript, and XML, as well as new chapters on XHTML, WML, and SMIL. This book is an indispensable tool for web designers and authors of all levels  About the Author Jennifer Niederst is creative director of Songline Studios, publishers of innovative online products. She began designing documents for the World Wide Web in mid-1993 as the original designer of the identity, interface, and graphics for Global Network Navigator (GNN), published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Prior to her life online, Jennifer worked as a book designer for O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., and Little, Brown & Company. She has also worked as a freelance graphic designer. She attended the University of Notre Dame where she received a BFA in design and photography and a BA in art history. --Oreilly web design	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Jennifer Niederst Robbins has 14 years of web design experience, as both a designer and a teacher, having designed the first commercial web site, O Reilly s Global Network Navigator (GNN), in 1993.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;computer science;computers & technology;desktop publishing;graphic design;new;used & rental textbooks;web design;web development & design;web services,10
0872200345,"Poetics I With the Tractatus Coislinianus: A Hypothetical Reconstruction of Poetics II (Creative Classic Series) (Bk. 1) Text: English, Greek (translation)",aesthetics;books;greek & roman;history & surveys;humanities;literature & fiction;new;philosophy;politics & social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0385325746,"Inside The Alamo Grade 6 Up-Murphy boldly broaches the near-mythical battle of the Alamo, a Spanish mission in San Antonio whose name has become synonymous with Texas's independence. Acknowledging in his notes that ""[m]ost of these questions [regarding ""unresolved issues"" of Alamo legend] will probably never be answered definitively,"" Murphy gives it his best shot and the result is an absorbing, interpretive, highly readable account of a two-week period in American history in which a couple of hundred independent Texans (Anglo Texians and Hispanic Tejanos) played a major role in U.S. expansionism. The siege of the Alamo is a well-told tale but lore, strongly abetted by Hollywood, has clouded the facts surrounding this suicidal stand. Murphy has done an admirable job of separating prejudicial speculation (by survivors on both sides) from documentation. He addresses the volatile issue of exemplary bravery, especially regarding the fate of David Crockett, diplomatically. Sidebars abound and the one-page biographical sketches, including photographs, of the major figures-especially the trinity of Jim Bowie, William Travis, and David Crockett-supplement archival photographs and illustrations, helping to set perspective, while ""fast and loose"" visual interpretations of the final battle show historical revisions. An extensive, annotated bibliography provides an excellent sampler of the plethora of articles and books on the Alamo.John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TXCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	*Starred Review* Gr. 4-8. Murphy's thorough research and solid narrative style combine to provide an in-depth account of this famous 1836 siege. Beginning with a description of the early Anglo settlement in Texas, the author explains how relations between ranchers and Santa Ana's government became strained, leading the Anglos to feel they had little choice except to defend their crumbling fortress to the death. He also discusses the strained leadership within the Alamo, why other Texans decided not to help, and Santa Ana's motives for wanting to annihilate the Anglos. Murphy's forte is his ability to tell a good story while retaining his integrity as a historian. Point by point he documents and identifies facts, rumors, myths, and conflicting testimony, allowing readers to judge where the truth may lie and giving them insight into how historical research works. Frequent inset articles highlight the important participants on both sides (including Santa Ana, Jim Bowie, David Crockett, and Jose de la Pena), providing military and personal details that add to the account, and a variety of period illustrations--maps, etchings, and artwork reproductions--complement the text. With an appended list of Alamo participants and an extensive, annotated bibliography, which features some primary sources, this resource is not only a valuable addition to American history units but also a great introduction to the historical writing method. Kay WeismanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Texas won its independence from Mexico with the battle cry ?Remember the Alamo!? But just what exactly was the Alamo, and what happened there to change the history of the United States? This is a comprehensive look at that famous siege as well as its background and consequences. It provides profiles of the famous men who died there, many quotes from contemporary witnesses (including entries from the memoirs and diaries of Mexican soldiers), fascinating details about everything from the weaponry of the time to the fate of the women and children who followed the Mexican army north, and a rousing description of the final battle?all copiously illustrated with paintings, photos, maps, diagrams, and more. This is history at its vivid and exciting best.	Jim Murphy is the acclaimed author of many nonfiction books, including the Newbery Honorwinning The Great Fire.",1800s;americas;books;children's books;history;mexico;midwest;military & wars;state & local;united states,10
0135707897,"Java Developer's Resource: A Tutorial and On-Line Supplement (Resource Series) This book shows you how to write full-featured, dynamic, graphical, interactive Java applets and applications, even if you don't have experience with other object-oriented languages.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;java;languages & tools;mathematics;networking;programming;science & math;software,10
1401851436,"Supporting Play: Birth Through Age Eight I was very impressed by the coverage of the classical theories of play.  Usually, this content is dry at best.  This author, however, breathes life into each theorist.I like the way the chapters develop a flow, mentioning infant/toddler programs, followed by preschool and primary grades. For my students that consistency is needed.	Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Clemson University; taught in public school for 15 years; Director, Toward Inclusion in Early Education",books;early childhood education;education;education & reference;elementary education;instruction methods;new;pedagogy;schools & teaching;used & rental textbooks,10
080143338X,"The Dual Nature of Islamic Fundamentalism ""Jansen . . .  is one of the most astute and daring writers on fundamentalist Islam. His title points to the rather pedestrian fact that fundamentalist Islam 'is both fully politics and fully religion,' but the book offer the author's deep understanding of this phenomenon, which he characterizes an an 'unusual combination of logic, religion, politics and violence.'""-Justin C. Danilewitz, Middle East Quarterly""Johannes J. G. Jansen covers an interesting and important subject in a clear way. He provides the reader with some crucial information not covered well in other sources."" -John Voll, Georgetown University",books;christian books & bibles;history;islam;law;middle east;religion & spirituality;religious;theology;world,10
B000FJBF3M,"Marswalk One: First Steps on a New Planet (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) From the reviews:    ""This book aims to answer questions about what the first manned missions to Mars will do, both on the surface and from orbit, and what they can achieve that unmanned missions cannot.  It is illustrated  with black-and-white photos and has a brief chronology as an appendix and a four-page index.  there is a need for books like this. They provide food for thought and should be studied by future Mars exploration planners  ."" (Mark Williamson, www.satellite-evolution.com, May/June, 2007)	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	MARSWALK ONE: First Steps on a New Planet addresses the question of why we should embark on a journey to Mars, documenting what the first human crew will do when they place their feet in the red dust of the planet. The book also addresses why we need to carry out these tasks and, more importantly, what a human crew could achieve that an automated mission could not. Understanding the clear benefits of sending a human crew to the surface of Mars, and how these benefits can be seen back on Earth, is the key to sustained long-term public and political support for the programme in terms of cash and commitment.    The book accepts that the journey will be made, but does not specify precisely when. Flight time, and how to get to and from the planet are discussed briefly, to understand why the suggested duration spent at Mars is reasonable.    The main objective of the work is to look at what science will be done on the surface  supported by orbital operations  and what hardware and technology will be employed to achieve the mission objectives. This analysis is drawn from previous experiences in manned and unmanned space programmes, including Apollo, Skylab, Salyut/Mir, Shuttle and ISS, Viking, Luna/Lunokhod, and recent Mars missions such as Pathfinder and Global Surveyor.    In addition, new interviews with key personalities involved in planning Martian exploration, and discussions about current thoughts on what we need to accomplish on Mars when we get there, will provide a lively and thought provoking account that could generate fresh debate.    When the decision is finally made to go to Mars, it will be made in the knowledge that most of the world knows why we are going and what benefits mankind will see for the effort. The authors primary objective is to begin this understanding.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",astronomy;astronomy & space science;astrophysics & space science;books;comets;mars;meteors & asteroids;physics;science & math;technology,10
B000KEATFC,"MOMO Performance Blue Shift Boot For over 40 years, MOMO has been supplying the automotive enthusiast with the finest Italian designed and manufactured accessories for your vehicle.    Momo's shift boots are manufactured with the same top-grain leather as Momo's shift knobs and include threaded bosses that attach to the base Momo's shift knobs, providing an OEM-quality finish. This product has a limited warranty that DOES NOT apply to defects or damage caused by abuse, misuse, accident, shipment, use other than normal and ordinary family or household use, use of improper cleaning chemicals, exposure to road, salt or installation of the Product not in accordance with the installation provided by MOMO. Racing will be construed as a misuse and abuse of the Product.",automotive;body;body & trim;boots;clutches & parts;drive train;paint;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts;transmission & drive train,10
B00006B6TC,"Antec TruePower 380-Watt Power Supply TruePower from Antec is the most advanced line of PC power supplies from the company that has led the way in power supply design and quality since 1986. These power supplies feature dedicated output circuitry for each voltage so that each output delivers maximum power whenever it's needed. To make sure these voltages stay accurate, TruePower also includes voltage feedback circuitry to improve system stability.  Thanks to Antec's New Low Noise Technology, system noise is substantially reduced, too. The power supply fans run at the lowest speed appropriate to load and conditions, controlled by an advanced temperature response system that outperforms previous solutions. Dedicated Fan Only power connectors allow TruePower power supplies to control the speed of case fans, too, thus reducing total system noise.	MODEL- TRUE380 VENDOR- ANTEC INC. FEATURES- TruePower Power Supply- 380 watts This power supply features dedicated output circuitry for each voltage so that all the rails deliver maximum power whenever you need them to. Thanks to Antec Low Noise Technology system noise is substantially reduced. This technology allows the power supplys fan to run at lower rates until their cooling power is truly needed. Thus when a system is not being pushed less noise is produced. TruePower with unique and innovative features provides your PC with more power performance stability and reliability than other power supplies. * Dedicated output circuitry for each voltage output overcomes the limitations of combined output of traditional design. * ATX 12V 2.03 compliant for AMD and Intel based systems including P4. * Voltage Feedback to maintain accurate voltage to all components: adds stability to your system. * Antec Low Noise Technology allows system case fans to be monitoried. Thanks to special connectors the power supply will control the fans speed so that they run slower until your system needs more cooling. * Two double ball bearing fans. * Gold plated power connector. MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 1 YEAR",accessories & supplies;batteries;chargers & accessories;computer accessories;computer components;computers & accessories;electronics;pdus;power supplies;uninterrupted power supply (ups),10
B000051XP3,"Finale 2003 (Mac) Electronic Musician - 2002 & 2001 Editors' Choice Award	The notation program that makes it easy and quick to create, edit and print sheet music!",computer recording;illustration & design;midi;music creation & sequencing;music notation;musical instruments;software;studio recording equipment;video & music;video editing & effects,10
B000CPZXSW,"Milano Classic Weather Station Everything you'll need to know to start your day off right is at your fingertips!! With the weather forecast in graphical icons, you'll never wonder if you need an umbrella again. This atomic clock also monitors indoor and outdoor temperature from up to 5 remote locations. You can put a sensor outside in your garden, in your wine cellar and your baby's room and read all that information from the comfort of your bedroom.",home & kitchen;home décor;lawn & garden;oregon scientific;outdoor décor;outdoor thermometers;patio;weather instruments;weather monitors;weather stations,10
0312174764,"A Guide To French Literature: Early Modern to Postmodern 'This well-written, informed and wide-ranging survey of French Literature from the Renaissance to Francophonie provides a map which will be invaluable to students of French Studies in its widest sense.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",20th century;books;criticism & theory;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;modern (16th-21st centuries);movements & periods;postmodernism;world literature,10
0812096894,"Learn Chinese the Fast and Fun Way (Barron's Fast and Fun Way Language Series) Text: English, Chinese",books;chinese;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;humanities;new;teens;used & rental textbooks,10
0967687810,"The No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout : Baritone/Soprano Version Finally! A method that dispenses with scales and warms your voice up singing great songs! Susan also manages to sneak in all sorts of important information on how to avoid vocal injuries and get the most out of the warm-up. My voice feels great after using the tape, I get to sing some wonderful songs, and it doesn1t feel like a la-la-la lesson. Lovely! --Kristina Olsen, Rounder Records recording artistFrom accuracy to articulation, from tonality to power, these lessons will help even seasoned professionals.   -- Big Daddy Brian Kiernan/Blues Access I could build a huge bonfire with all the other 'how to sing' methods I've tried. Susan's workout is the only program that has really worked for me. --Randy Holland, singer/musicianI've made huge vocal strides with Susan's vocal workout. I use it every day. --Darryl Purpose, Tangible Music recording artistThis is a very fun way to get my voice going--I felt completely warmed up by the ninth song. ---Joyce Woodson, Radish Records recording artist I've used these how to sing CDs for one year. A friend heard me sing the other day and couldn't believe the difference, he was very surprised! -- Cathy MainMy wife and I both use it as a vocal warm up several times a week. I feel it really helps my voice stay open and fluid. I think the selection of songs, the variety, and the musical back-up are absolutely instructive, interesting and fun. --  Anudeva Stevens --Notes from SingersThis book and 2-CD set are easy to use. Susan has extensive experience in vocal coaching and performing, and the lessons are organized in a progressive manner so you can take your time and move forward as your abilities develop. From accuracy to articulation, from tonality to power, these singing lessons will help even seasoned professionals. With excellent recording quality and a super band. --Big Daddy Brian Kiernan/Blues Access	How to Use the Book and CDs: You can use the CDs and book separately or together to warm up and strengthen your voice. How you use them will depend on several factors: whether you are a beginning voice student or already know some technique; if you do most of your singing in your car; if following lyrics helps or hinders your concentration; and whether you want to learn the mechanics of general voice technique or simply want to warm up and improve your voice without much instruction.    Working with the CDs: Sing along with Geoffrey Tozer, the singer on Disc 1, until you learn the melodies and lyrics to all of the songs. Sopranos will sing an octave higher than Geoffrey. Try the different warm-up sounds I suggest on the CD and see if they work for youa sound that warms up one voice may do nothing for another, so you will be the ultimate judge. A warmed up voice feels flexible and strong. You should not feel much sensation in your throat at any time. If you do, you may be wearing your voice out instead of strengthening it.     Beginners especially should work with the warm-up sounds and not the song lyrics until they have built up some strength. Beginners may also need to stop after the first few songs the first day, adding songs in sequence day by day or week by week as your vocal cords get stronger.  More experienced singers can use the warm-up sounds as they learn the songs or move directly to singing the lyric. You may also be able to skip the first couple of songs, depending on how your voice feels. Keep in mind that most voices need more warming up in the morning than in the afternoon. If youve had some lessons and know which areas of your voice need the most attention, you can use the songs accordingly. For instance, I may skip the first song, but I sing Willow Weep for Me twice to work my transition area. Until you get a feel for the songs, start from the beginning each time you use the CD, unless you use it more than once a day. In that case, you can start where youve left off. Another exception to this starting from the top rule would be those singers who warm up by singing scales and arpeggios, and want to use specific songs to work specific technical areas.   Once you have the lyrics and melodies memorized you can use Disc 2 and move much faster. Unlike most karaoke CDs, I chose to have a separate CD for the music only tracks. You wont have to search the first CD to find them, nor turn down one of your speakers and lose the stereo sound to just hear the music tracks. On Disc 2 I only announce the title, the warm-up sound, and function of each song. Disc 2  gives you more room for stylizing since it only has chords and no melody to follow. I also offer some examples of different ways to stylize at the end of Disc 2.    Singing the first half of the workout (nine songs) should be enough to warm up your voice for the day. The second half will help you build more strength, volume and vocal dexterity. These later songs are fairly difficult and should be approached with caution. If you feel any vocal strain that isnt relieved by breathing correctly and/or singing sloppier, either take a break for half an hour or quit for the day. Its much easier on the voice to work shorter daily sessions as opposed to a long session once a week. Regular daily sessions, even short ones, are also better for building and maintaining vocal strength.     Keep in mind that while the range of these songs should fit the typical alto or bass range, every voice is different. The lowest note youll sing is the Eb below middle C, the highest is the D almost two octaves above that. If a note is too high or low for you to sing comfortably, try the troubleshooting suggestions in the book or find an alternate note. Its never good to force your voice where it doesnt want to go.    Working With the  Book and CDs: If you would like to learn more about vocal technique in a systematic way, use the CD in conjunction with the book. I discuss a different vocal topic in each chapter, plus I troubleshoot the hard parts of each song. Ive also included some expansion ideas for when youve got the songs down and want to take them further. The sequence of topics follows the same general sequence I use when Im coaching a singer. Read the section on Angel From Montgomery before you listen to the CD. Try all the breathing exercises and postures, then stay aware of your breathing when you sing the first song with the music. Move through the book in this same manner, reading about each song before learning it. Move as slowly or quickly as you like. A good pace for a beginner would be to add one song and chapter a week for the first nine songs. The later songs are more advanced, so spend more time with each of them before proceeding.    Another method is to use the book only if you are having difficulty with a specific song. Read the section on that song or go straight to the troubleshooting paragraph.     Many singers find it helpful to have the lyrics in front of them while learning a song. Feel free to put in breath marks and underline problem words.    Contemporary vocal styles occasionally bend the rules of good voice technique. A singer may push his/her chest voice too high, or go for a throatier, hoarser, or overly airy tone. My feeling is that all singers should learn the rules before they break them. So sing this warm up with care, staying conscious of your body and never pushing or straining, even if you plan on bending the rules a bit when you sing your own songs.	How to Use the Book and CDs You can use the CDs and book separately or together to warm up and  strengthen your voice. How you use them will depend on several factors:  whether you are a beginning voice student or already know some technique;  if you do most of your singing in your car; if following lyrics helps or  hinders your concentration; and whether you want to learn the mechanics of  general voice technique or simply want to warm up and improve your voice  without much instruction. Working with the CDsSing along with me on Disc #1 until you learn the melodies and lyrics  to all of the songs. Basses will sing an octave lower than my voice. Try  the different warm-up sounds I suggest on the CD and see if they work for  you--a sound that warms up one voice may do nothing for another, so you  will be the ultimate judge. A warmed up voice feels flexible and strong.  You should not feel much sensation in your throat at any time. If you do,  you may be wearing your voice out instead of strengthening it. Beginners especially should work with the warm-up sounds and not the  song lyrics until they have built up some strength. Beginners may also need  to stop after the first few songs the first day, adding songs in sequence  day by day or week by week as your vocal cords get stronger. More experienced singers can use the warm-up sounds as they learn the  songs or move directly to singing the lyric. You may also be able to skip  the first couple of songs, depending on how your voice feels. Keep in mind  that most voices need more warming up in the morning than in the afternoon.  If you've had some lessons and know which areas of your voice need the most  attention, you can use the songs accordingly. For instance, I may skip the  first song, but I sing ""Willow Weep for Me"" twice to work my transition  area. Until you get a feel for the songs, start from the beginning each  time you use the CD, unless you use it more than once a day. In that case,  you can start where you've left off. Another exception to this starting  from the top rule would be those singers who warm up by singing scales and  arpeggios, and want to use specific songs to work specific technical areas.   Once you have the lyrics and melodies memorized you can use Disc 2 and  move much faster. Unlike most karaoke CDs, I chose to have a separate CD  for the music only tracks. You won't have to search the first CD to find  them, nor turn down one of your speakers and lose the stereo sound to just  hear the music tracks. On Disc 2 I only announce the title, the warm-up  sound, and function of each song. Disc 2  gives you more room for stylizing  since it only has chords and no melody to follow. I also offer some  examples of different ways to stylize at the end of Disc 2.Singing the first half of the workout (nine songs) should be enough to  warm up your voice for the day. The second half will help you build more  strength, volume and vocal dexterity. These later songs are fairly  difficult and should be approached with caution. If you feel any vocal  strain that isn't relieved by breathing correctly and/or singing sloppier,  either take a break for half an hour or quit for the day. It's much easier  on the voice to work shorter daily sessions as opposed to a long session  once a week. Regular daily sessions, even short ones, are also better for  building and maintaining vocal strength.  Working With the  Book and CDs  If you would like to learn more about vocal technique in a systematic  way, use the CD in conjunction with the book. I discuss a different vocal  topic in each chapter, plus I troubleshoot the hard parts of each song.  I've also included some expansion ideas for when you've got the songs down  and want to take them further. The sequence of topics follows the same  general sequence I use when I'm coaching a singer. Read the section on  ""Angel From Montgomery"" before you listen to the CD. Try all the breathing  exercises and postures, then stay aware of your breathing when you sing the  first song with the music. Move through the book in this same manner,  reading about each song before learning it. Move as slowly or quickly as  you like. A good pace for a beginner would be to add one song and chapter a  week for the first nine songs. The later songs are more advanced, so spend  more time with each of them before proceeding.Another method is to use the book only if you are having difficulty  with a specific song. Read the section on that song or go straight to the  troubleshooting paragraph. Many singers find it helpful to have the lyrics in front of them while  learning a song. Feel free to put in breath marks and underline problem  words.	This book and 2-CD set are easy to use, and after a few times through its a great idea to keep the CD in the car to get a vocal jump-start on the way to a session or gig. Susan has extensive experience in teaching and performing, and the lessons are organized in a progressive manner so you can take your time and move forward as your abilities develop. From accuracy to articulation, from tonality to power, these lessons will help even seasoned professionals. With excellent recording quality and a super band. Big Daddy Brian Kiernan/Blues Access	Susan Anders has been coaching singers for over twenty-five years. Her instructional programs The No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout Vols. One and Two, Harmony Singing By Ear, Singing Live and Singing with Style are being used by singers worldwide. Susan is also an award-winning singer-songwriter: her most recent release is Swimmer. Susan was born and raised in Berkeley, California and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.	Chapter Four: Wade in the Water Function: Low End Placement  Sound: Le or Me (Ma or La on high notes) Key: BmAbm For some singers, getting control of their low notes is harder than opening up their high notes. The vocal cords vibrate more slowly the lower you sing, and as they relax its easy to lose control of the note. The note can wobble, dip in pitch or become overly breathy. Low notes can feel like theyre seated in your throat. The key to controlling low notes is placing the resonance into your face and out of your throat. The various resonance spots of your head include the hard palate (the roof of your mouth), soft palate, sinus cavity, and mask area (around your eyes and nose).   It bears repeating that singing in your throat will tire your voice and cause pitch and control problems. You may find that different vowels resonate in different areas of your head. As long you feel the note somewhere in your hard palate, mouth or mask area, and not your throat, you will build and retain control of your lower register.   Warming Up: Certain sounds tend to vibrate more in your face, making facial placement easier. Humming is the buzziest of the sounds, so if you cant get  the lower notes of Wade in the Water out of your throat:  Hum them for a week.   Next, sing all except the second half of the second line on me or le.   On the second half of the second line (where the high notes are) sing ma or la. This puts open vowels on the high notes and closed vowels on the low ones. Ee is a closed vowel, which means your jaw is almost shut as you sing it. Closed vowels are more facially resonant and easier to control, so they are the best sounds for warming up the low end. Conversely, open vowels like ah are easier to sing on high notes. (This is helpful to remember if you are a songwriter. Open vowels on the high notes and closed vowels on the low notes will make your song much easier to sing.)  If singing the low notes on me or le feels out of control, try slightly smiling as you sing. This tightens your tongue, which gently tightens your vocal cords.   Try to sing with no vibrato on the low notes; this too will help you maintain control.  When you switch to the lyric of Wade in the Water, the facial resonance will lessen in intensity, but should still be present. If it isnt:  Try alternating from the lyric to me until you feel that the lyric is also resonating in your head.    Tilt your head down about an inch, smile, and sing the lyric.    Potential Trouble Spots and Hints:  The refrain of Wade In The Water is repeated several times, moving down a half-step each time to gradually work the lower notes of your range. That means the highest notes occur in the first refrain. The wa of water in the second line has the songs highest note. Make sure to drop your jaw on and keep your throat relaxed. Feel free to scoop the high note by sliding up to it from the previous note if that feels more relaxed. Scooping can easily be overdone on songs but as a warm-up method it can promote elasticity.  Water in the last line covers the lowest notes. If it feels out of control or wobbly, either close your mouth a bit, smile, or make your tone a little more nasal.   You can also avoid the lowest note by singing only the first of the three notes on the wa of water. Expansion Ideas: Gospel songs like this are wonderful for exploring note variations and ornamentations, and there is definitely room to experiment on Wade in the Water. Beginning stylists should start with simple one- or two-note variations on any held note in the song. For instance, sing the first note of the song, go a scale step down, then return, all on Wade. This is called a neighboring tone. Neighboring tones can go in either up or down before returning to the starting note.  More advanced improvisers can explore pentatonic scales, which are the basis for many gospel, pop, and R runs. See the glossary for more about pentatonic scales. Also try copying individual runs from other singers and songs and see if they work on Wade in the Water, or any other songs in the workout.",arts & photography;books;education & reference;humor & entertainment;instruments;music;musical genres;pop culture;popular;voice,10
0875864104,"The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, And the Fruitless Search for Genes A clinical psychologist based in San Francisco, Joseph examines and finds serious flaws in the family, twin, and adoption studies generally used to support a genetic basis for schizophrenia, autism, bipolar disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He argues that in failing to control for environmental influences, such kinship studies lead to overestimation of the likelihood of a genetic basis for the target disorder. He also documents questionable methodological practices and motives for the research. In the last chapter, Joseph contends that molecular genetic research in psychiatry has failed to find specific genes that cause psychiatric disorders because such genes are unlikely to exist. Joseph's analyses of the family, twin, and adoption studies are exhaustive, if somewhat repetitive, and he does a good job reminding the reader of the difficulties of conducting and interpreting this research. But although Joseph would have the reader abandon the search for biological causes of psychiatric disorders, he provides little evidence that the search for environmental causes is any more fruitful. Summing Up: Optional. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals. -- C. R. Timmons, Drew University --ChoiceTHEORIES based on genetic research are having a profound impact on both scientific and public thinking, as well as on policy decisions and the treatments received by people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Joseph s last book, The Gene Illusion, challenged the  evidence  for a genetic basis for schizophrenia. In this new book, he extends his scope from schizophrenia to ADHD, autism and bipolar disorder, challenging positions viewed by mainstream psychiatry and psychology as established facts and calling for greater emphasis on how family, social and political environments contribute to human psychological distress. --Human Givens Journal Volume 13, No. 3   2006The genetics revolution, if you can call it that, has been going on now for about twenty years. Great advances have been made in connecting genetic defects to physical illnesses, or more specifically to vulnerability to illnesses. There has been a great deal of effort expended to try to find a genetic component to the mental illnesses. In this book Dr. Joseph reports that any evidence relating to the genetic basis of mental disorders is stunningly weak. The author claims, that 'it is very possible that genes for diagnoses such as schizophrenia, ADHD, autism, and bipolar disorder are not, as researchers often write, elusive, but that they are non existent.' The trouble with this book is that it is theoretically impossible to prove a negative. And there is just enough evidence that some of these mental illnesses tend to occur more frequently in some families than in others. Some forms seem to have genetic components, but researchers still know very little why this occurs. The book makes good sense, but could be overturned immediately by the next announcement. The good points about this book are that it is very readable and opens the subject up to we interested laymen. It gives a good analysis of Dr. Joseph's opinions, and he knows a lot more about this than I do. Still, he is a clinical psychologist, not a research scientist. If you do a search on Amazon for 'Genetics Mental Illness' you'll get a lot of entries. Most of these are quite expensive and clearly relate to ongoing or even proposed research. --Books-On-Line	Jay Joseph, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1998, he has published many articles focusing on genetic theories in psychiatry and psychology. He is currently an Associate Editor of Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, and an Assessing Editor of  The Journal of Mind and Behavior. His first book, ""The Gene Illusion: Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope,"" was published in 2003 in the United Kingdom by PCCS Books, followed by a 2004 North American edition published by Algora.	Authors Preface   The authors of a 2005 twin study published in a major American political science journal argued that peoples inherited tendency toward particular political viewpoints had an important impact on the 2004 United States presidential election. This study, and the subsequent media attention it attracted, is a good indicator of the bizarre lengths that genetic theories, based primarily on twin research, have taken us over the past few decades. Around the same time, Ronald Kessler and his colleagues published a study in the prestigious Archives of General Psychiatry in which they concluded that ""about half of Americans will meet the criteria for a DSM-IV disorder [Fourth Edition of the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] sometime in their life, with first onset usually in childhood or early adolescence.""  Critics, of course, could explain this finding on the basis of the DSMs tendency to label a wide range of subjective states and deviant behavior as ""mental disorders."" The authors of the DSM-IV seem to be saying to us (with apologies to comedian George Carlin), ""You are all diseased.""But suppose that Kessler, et al., despite whatever flaws their study may have contained, did show that a sizable portion of Americans will experience some level of chronic or acute psychological dysfunction or distress during their lifetimes. Having established this, the question remains open whether the causes are mainly biological, or whether they reflect the impact of a wide range of psychologically harmful environmental influences that people experience in American society. An important pillar of the biological argument is genetic theory, which holds that most people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders are genetically predisposed to manifest these disorders. However, if 50% of Americans will develop a genetically-based mental disorder, according to genetic theory a sizable percentage of the 50% who do not develop a mental disorder nevertheless carry pathological genes. Thus, according to the logic of the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and currently ascendant theories of genetic causation, a sizable majority of Americans carry pathological genes predisposing them to mental disorders.Or, perhaps not. In this book, I assess the surprisingly shaky foundations of genetic theories in psychiatry in the context of the current crisis in psychiatric molecular genetic research. It was expected that genes for the major psychiatric disorders would have been found by now. However, they have not been found. Indeed, a prominent genetic researcher could write in the July, 2005 edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry as follows: ""The strong, clear, and direct causal relationship implied by the concept of a gene for  does not exist for psychiatric disorders. Although we may wish it to be true, we do not have and are not likely to ever discover genes for psychiatric illness.""  It remains to be seen whether statements such as this will lead to the abandonment of gene searches for psychiatric disorders in the near future.A belief in the hereditary basis of mental disorders is a very old one. In this book I will show that, following a critical reading of the scientific literature, this age-old belief has little evidence in its favor.",books;evolution;fitness & dieting;genetics;health;mental illness;psychology & counseling;research;science & math;sexuality,10
1888451866,"Wide Eyed (Little House on the Bowery) Starred Review. With linked anecdotes substituting for plot, Dalton's 20 quick, vibrant, wild tales read more like fantastical diary entries than short stories. Narrated by the same woman at different ages, they reveal what most fascinates her: animals and magic and death and the sensual, up-close details of both earthly and unearthly beings. In ""Soft Dead Things,"" the narrator riffs on things fur-related (""Fur makes me sad but excited""), including her dog (""Sometimes when I wake up, I'll kiss my dog's snout, but it unnerves me to think of the trash and hairy testicles it's been rooting around in""), the hamster she accidentally killed when she was a girl (""I pet her dead wet body for a long time"") and a Beverly Hills fur store that both attracts and repels her. The latest in Dennis Cooper's Little House on the Bowery series, the work is ripe with sensuality and playfulness. In the hilarious ""Bienvenido el Duende,"" the narrator exchanges letters with a Christmas elf, while ""Animal Party"" is a lovely meditation on cats and loneliness. Dalton's unique blend of dream and bracingly honest observation makes this a delightfully weird and disarming read. (Oct.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Trinie Dalton grew up in Los Angeles, and has an MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars. She writes music, book, and art criticism in addition to fiction. The book she co-edited for McSweeney's, Dear New Girl, is also forthcoming. Dennis Cooper is the author of 'The George Miles Cycle,' an interconnected sequence of five novels published in the US by Grove Press and translated into fourteen languages. His most recent novel is God, Jr. (Grove, 2005). He lives in Los Angeles.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;general;genre fiction;literary;literature & fiction;metaphysical;short stories;single author,10
1570621144,"Work With What You Have: Ways to Creative and Meaningful Livelihood Smith (Temp) offers broad ruminations about work, its meaning in our lives and possibilities for ""alternative workstyles."" Drawing insight and opinion from her own 20 years of working experience, she addresses such issues as creativity, identity, leadership, difficult bosses, ornery co-workers, temping, freelancing, quitting a job and losing a job. She offers some practical advice for ""keeping your sanity"" on the job and for overcoming something she calls ""worker's block,"" which is akin to writer's block but applicable to any job or career. While she encourages readers to ""take small steps toward your goal,"" she's not very clear about how they can determine what their goals are, what they want from their work. Although she frequently mentions her Zen practice, she avoids any serious discussion of how people can integrate their moral values into their work. Smith also seems oblivious to many of the personal and financial realities her readers may face, including family and debt. Rather than tell readers how to find work that suits their personalities, she assumes that everyone can simply adopt particular personality traits in order to make the most of a given situation. Overall, Smith provides a lot of motivational-speaker truisms so vaguely couched as to be of only limited use to work-weary clock punchers. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Work with What You Have  abounds with anecdotes, personal insights, and advice from sources as diverse as a woman who cleans out stables for a living to Albert Einstein. . . . If Work with What You Have fails to inspire readers to a new sense of fulfillment in even the most stressful job or mundane task, it's time to give notice and reread that chapter entitled Chaaaaaaange.Independent Publisher This book tells you what you need to know to get goingand Deborahann Smith's style is so delightful you'll want to get going soon. It may even be your path to financial freedom.Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, authors of Your Money or Your Life   Work with What You Have  is a book that encourages us to approach each day with willingness and enthusiasm. Most important, it reminds us that happiness is a choice.Laurence G. Boldt, author of Zen and the Art of Making a Living and How to Find the Work You Love	Deborahann Smith is the author of Temp: How to Survive and Thrive in the World of Temporary Employment.  She lives in Boulder, Colorado.",books;buddhism;business & investing;business life;guides;job hunting & careers;management & leadership;motivation & self-improvement;motivational;religion & spirituality,10
0310231965,"Smell of Sawdust, The Many evangelicals paint fundamentalism with the same broad, negative brush. But we owe more to our pietist-revivalist roots than we realize. Richard Mouws awareness of fundamentalisms problems hasnt robbed his appreciation for its strengths. The Smell of Sawdust sheds thoughtful and revealing light on the colorful parentage of contemporary evangelicalism. If you detect fondness, even a hint of nostalgia, youre right. From its history, to its ethos, to its mores and methods, Mouw takes you on a fascinating journey through the pros and cons of the ""sawdust trail."" Whatever your outlook on the revivalist tradition, whether favorable or not so favorable, these candid, thought-provoking insights will inspire your respect for fundamentalisms strong points, help you learn from its weaknesses, and above all, enrich your life as a Christian. Like the author, youll find yourself singing the old gospel hymns with new understanding and depth. Filled with anecdotes from the amusing to the poignant, this book takes you back to the sawdust-covered earth of the early tent meetings . . . earlier, to the spiritual hunger that sparked the pietist movement . . . and later, into today, where we strive to effectively communicate the nonnegotiables of our faith to a needy world. The Smell of Sawdust is gentle and deeply personal. It is also wise--neither judgmental nor naive, but healing, furnishing redemptive insights into the character of our fundamentalist heritage.  This book will broaden the perspective of thinking Christians who want to engage both their hearts and their intellects to reach the soul of our culture with the gospel.	Richard J. Mouw (PhD, University of Chicago) is president and professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is a Beliefnet.com columnist and the author of numerous books.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;christianity;church history;evangelism;history;religious;theology;world,10
B000776K0K,"The Virgin's Lover In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. But one woman hears the tidings with utter dread. Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, knows that the peal of bells she hears will summon her husband once more to power, intrigue, and a passionate love affair with the young queen.Elizabeth's excited triumph is short-lived. She has inherited a bankrupt country in which treason is normal and foreign war a certainty. Her faithful advisor, William Cecil, warns her that she will survive only if she marries a strong prince to govern the rebellious country. But the one man Elizabeth desires is her childhood friend, the irresistible, ambitious Robert Dudley.Only Robert truly revels in the opportunities of the new reign. He knows he can reclaim his destiny at Elizabeth's side. Elizabeth cannot resist his courtship, and as the young couple slowly falls in love, Robert starts to think the impossible: could he set aside his wife and marry the young queen?Philippa Gregory paints a portrait of a country on the brink of greatness, a young woman grasping at power, a young man whose ambition is greater than his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.",( e );a-z;biographies & memoirs;books;contemporary;elizabeth i;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;people,10
B000P0FMTE,"Gilmour 15-58050 15 Series 4-Ply 5/8-Inch-by-50-Foot Reinforced Vinyl Hose, Green Gilmour's 15 series reinforced vinyl hose has knit reinforcing that adds strength.  Made of 4 ply construction with good burst strength.	15-58050 Len.: 50 ft, Price Each (part# 15-58050)  This item features: -Resistant to weather and abrasion. -Lightweight and flexible. -Kink resistant. -Full-Flo  brass couplings for unrestricted water flow. -Inside Diam: 5/8 in. -Ply: 4. -Tube Material: Vinyl.",garden center;garden hoses;gardening;hoses & accessories;lawn & garden;mowers & outdoor power tools;patio;power & hand tools;tools & home improvement;watering equipment,10
B000GCFCVE,"Girls of Tender Age: A Memoir The recovery of repressed memories of the 1953 murder by a serial killer of an 11-year-old friend and neighbor in a blue-collar enclave in Hartford, Conn., triggered Smith's absorbing memoir. In recalling her childhood, she is compelled to describe her upbringing in a fractured family whose existence centered on placating her older brother, Tyler, an autistic boy who couldn't bear sounds of any kind (crying, laughing, sneezing, dog barking). The narrative is further enriched by the author's investigations into the life and crimes of the psychopath who preyed on her friend and other little girls, and by her insights about the unequal rights of girls and women before feminism. The making of a writer is the subtext here; forbidden by her strict Catholic upbringing to question her parents, Smith was forced to develop her imagination. She was blessed with a nurturing father, who was the lifesaving antidote to her cold, selfish mother. Smith's ironic narrative voice, familiar to readers of her Poppy Rice mysteries and her sensitive and witty novels, serves her well. Larger than the sum of its parts, this book illuminates a social class as it recounts a tangled story of a family and a crime. Photos. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	After reading Girls, critics saw parallels between Smith's life and fiction, in particular the second novel in the Poppy Rice mystery series, She's Not There, which features a serial killer of teenage girls. Girls, at once a moving, frank, and often funny memoir, also painfully examines the evil that lurked beneath the surface of a quiet, all-American, working-class neighborhood. Smith alternates memories of her childhood with descriptions of Bob Malm's sexual predation; as an adult, she tracked down the details surrounding her friend's death, from the autopsy report to transcripts of Malm's trial. While the former story is heartfelt, the latter is cold and impersonal, a style that jarred a few critics. Yet overall, Girls is an unforgettable memorial to Ireneand Smith's own past.Copyright  2004 Phillips  Nelson Media, Inc.	Sometimes the most shocking thing about evil is its seemingly easy, secret existence in banal environs. Novelist Smith's engrossing childhood memoir takes readers to Charter Oak Terrace, America's first low-income housing project, intended for returning World War II GIs, in Hartford, Connecticut. Her uncle qualified to live there, as did her family because of her dad's essential civilian job. Self-described working stiffs like the Smiths lived in houses distinguishable from those of truly impoverished menial laborers by the alcoves between soot-producing coal furnaces and kitchens (no alcoves for the menials!). With hardworking dads and stay-at-home moms, nothing very terrible could happen in such a place, right? But Smith's autistic brother tried to chew his arm off, and then there was Bob Malm, a violent serial pedophile from the West Coast. He settled in the tight-knit, blue-collar enclave three doors from the Smiths' house and murdered Smith's fifth-grade classmate. A neighborhood map appears at the beginning of the book, but the engrossing text makes clear that evil can never be charted accurately enough. Whitney ScottCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	A masterful fiction writer tells her own story: one little girl dies, the other comes of age and gives voice to herself and her murdered friend. Riveting, heartbreaking, hilarious, I loved this book for its compassion, its vividness, and its flashes of justifiable anger. A life-affirming read.  -- Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True	Mary-Ann Tirone Smith is the author of eight novels. She has lived all her life in Connecticut, except for two years when she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.	Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, the author of eight novels, has written a memoir that is at once entertaining and troubling. She alternates her own experiences as a child growing up in 1950s Hartford, Conn., with chapters on Robert Nelson Malm, who was tried and executed for the rape and murder of one of her fifth-grade classmates. The memoir chapters are matter-of-fact, often very funny and warmly intimate. But the Malm narrative is impersonal, a stark and detailed recitation of fact. To go from one style to the other can be disconcerting, but constructing a divided narrative may have been the only way the writer could bring herself to tell this tale. Smith grew up in a socioeconomic class described by her father as Working Stiffs. She had French and Italian immigrant grandparents and was raised in what today surely would be called a dysfunctional nuclear family, though in the 1950s such terms did not exist. When the author's mother yanked on her daughter's arm so hard that the humerus broke, there was no talk of abuse, just the whispered comment, Florence is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.  Her gentle father worked at a ball-bearing factory and dedicated his life to the care of his son, Smith's brother Tyler, who was labeled retarded or crazy throughout his youth, despite a phenomenal memory for World War II military history. (Years later, Smith learned that Tyler was an autistic savant.) The family members went half-mad accommodating his aversion to noise. No school friends were permitted to visit the home, and everyone in the family refrained from laughing, crying or even responding to pain out loud. Most children take their family circumstances for granted, whatever those circumstances are: in this case, a brother who bites his wrist bloody if he hears loud sounds, a mother who was fired from her first job because she got married, a grandmother who died having her 12th baby because the priest said birth control was a filthy, disgusting practice and a mortal sin besides. All of these difficulties can be folded into a child's accepted version of normal family life, at least until she comes of age and learns otherwise. Murder is different, especially the murder of a shy 11-year-old friend, who shared her jump rope in the school yard and ate leftover golabkis for breakfast. The brutal killing of Irene Fiederowicz crashed through the author's neighborhood and childhood like a brick through a window, leaving shattered lives and silence. GIRL, 11, STRANGLED WITH HER OWN SCARF, screamed the headlines in the Hartford Times on the day the crime was discovered, but Smith's fifth-grade teacher instructed her class, There will be no speaking of Irene. Talk was forbidden, newspapers were kept from children, the victim's desk was removed from its row in the classroom, and the other desks were rearranged, as if Irene had never existed at all. Irene was killed twice, Smith writes, murdered by a horrific man, and then erased by the era that was the fifties  --  all who needed to talk about her silenced.  As an adult  --  first in a psychology class in college, then in an article for the Hartford Courant, now in this memoir  --  Smith has resurrected the crime that seared her childhood, and Irene has emerged again. The author exposes every fact in obsessive detail, from the square knot used to secure Irene's scarf around her neck to the graphic eyewitness accounts of Malm's death by electrocution. Smith claims that in writing this book she hoped to build a memorial to Irene. In fact, she has built a memorial to her brother, to her childhood and to the truth. With intelligence, disarming humor and deep affection for the families and the neighborhoods of the 1950s, Girls of Tender Age speaks eloquently on behalf of children and confronts the crippling silences that damage us in any era.   Reviewed by Reeve Lindbergh Copyright 2006, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.",arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;crime & criminals;kindle ebooks;kindle store;memoirs;specific groups;women,10
0859894916,"After The Ruins: Restoring the Countryside of Northern France after the Great War (History) Hugh Clout has written a scholarly, dense text on an engrossing topic that will be of interest to all concerned with reconstruction after the First World War, and indeed interested in the still neglected interwar period of European historical geography. Journal of Economic and Social Geography (Journal of Economic and Social Geography )""The story told by Clout is full of detail, yet never loses sight of the main themes. It is the product of considerable research in national and departemental archives, and fills a notable hole in the history of rural France. It should be added that the quality of both print and illustrations is excellent, and the University of Exeter Press are to be congratulated on producing a high-quality book at a reasonable price."" The Agricultural History Review, Vol 46.1, June 1998 (The Agricultural History Review )Clout provides a wealth of fascinating detail on conflicts and tensions between the various local interest groups and political organizations that emerged to coordinate reconstruction; between the local, national and even international initiatives that were involved, and between the different secular and religious agencies. The book has been very nicely produced by the publishers and has more than 40 superb maps and around a dozen photographs which convey both the nature of the devastation and the energy of those who rebuilt. This is, in short, an extremely important work which deserves to be widely read by geographers and historians alike. It will stand as a fitting memorial to the efforts (successful or otherwise) of all those who strove to overcome the terrible damage of modern war. Geographical Journal, 163 (3), 1997 (Geographical Journal )...a fascinating story of bureaucracy and its well-meaning inefficiency, of the indomitable power of the human spirit to survive, of the passion of the peasantry to return to their own piece of France and to live and work again on their own holdings, of attempts to modernise as well as restore which took little account of people's yearning to return to the familiar. It is a book which will have a wide appeal across the social sciences... Roger Kain, Montefiore Professor of Geography, University of Exeter (Roger Kain ). . . a pathbreaking contribution to the literature. . . The effects of the war on land use, mechanization, dispersion of the population and their resettlement have never been as carefully treated. There are powerful and telling surveys of the negotiation between local residents and official organizations over the extent of damage, and the appropriate levels of compensation for the devastation brought about by the war. There are original interpretations of the use of Chinese labour on reclamation projects, on the presence of workers from Italy, Belgium, Poland, Spain and Portugal, as well as resistance to the notion that German workers might rebuild where previously their brethren had destroyed. There is interesting detail on these fields as the repository of huge necropoli, and the commemorative efforts which organized the cemeteries which are still sprinkled liberally across this diagonal linking Belgium and Switzerland. Journal of Historical Geography, 1997 (Journal of Historical Geography )	Hugh Clout is Professor of Geography, University College London where he has taught since 1967. He was Dean of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences from 1995 to 2004. He is one of the foremost geographical authorities on modern France and on the European Union in general.",books;europe;france;history;humanities;military;new;used & rental textbooks;western;world war ii,10
0813536138,"The Art of the American Musical: Conversations with the Creators Bryer and Davison, co-editors of The Actor's Art, collect interviews with leading lyricists, composers, librettists, producers and directors who created the masterpieces of late 20th-century musical theater. Conversations with talent like Kander and Ebb, Susan Stroman, and Harold Prince shed light on the various ways to combine music and dance, which resulted in hits such as Cabaret, The Producers and Fiddler on the Roof, respectively. Each interview includes a brief bio and an appraisal of triumphs and failures, though the primary goal is to reveal the secret to successful theatrical collaboration. But that isn't really possible, according to Stephen Sondheim, since ""the performing arts involve the final collaborator, the audience."" While this work gives a good overview of how the genre has evolved over time, the editors often give too many details without sufficient context, making for tedious reading. Theater professionals and fans will enjoy the backstage gossip, but the real benefactors will be those who want to get into the business. The chance to apprentice with today's greats is rare; reading about them is the next best thing. 14 b illus. (Oct.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.",arts & photography;books;broadway & musicals;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;musicals;performing arts;theater,10
0711955700,"Bob Dylan Watching the River Flow Critics seem to flock around Bob Dylan the way early photographers gravitated to New York's Flatiron Building: there's just so much to appreciate. Of all the scribes who have commented on Dylan's astounding contribution to music, Paul Williams stands apart as the person who perhaps best fit the criticism to the music.  Much in the way that Dylan has created not just art but an entire genre, Williams, over the course of 30 years, has created his own unique style of writing about Dylan as a performer. Williams is not afraid to go out on a limb--some of his observations are eccentric, but he's lucid and never boring. Watching the River Flow collects the best of Paul Williams's essays about Dylan, from his 1966 comments on the classic Blonde on Blonde to his December 1996 concert dates (at which Patti Smith was the opening act and tributes to Jerry Garcia filled the air).",( d );a-z;arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;bob;books;composers & musicians;dylan;people;rock,10
0684870355,"Stacking in Rivertown Brutal yet beautiful, this unflinching debut novel delves deep into the darkest realms of terror and abuse. At the age of 16, Beth (also known, variously, as Becca, Becker, Clarisse and Terri) is a runaway starving on the streets of Manhattan. Lured into bondage by ?ber-pimp Ben, she is submitted to months of ritual abuse. By the time Ben is finished with her, she is his willing slave, a player in the s skits he orchestrates for wealthy clients. Living with Ben's other victims for 10 years in a bizarre kind of family, Becca grows to love another girl, Violet. But one night, in Ben's fearsome basement den, Violet's head is sliced almost off her neck. When Becca wakes up in the hospital the next day, her stomach is stitched up and she believes she has had an appendectomy. The past has always been a painful blur, but now she remembers practically nothing. Another hospital patient, clueless, wealthy Jeremy, proposes to her, and she marries him. For five years, she lives an anesthetized, upper-middle-class life; encouraged by Jeremy, she writes a novel based on her vague memories of her rocky childhood in a two-room shack on the banks of a river in the South. The book acquires a cult following, and the attendant publicity panics Becca into calling Ben for help. Sucked once more into a horrific spiral of violence and abuse, Becca fakes suicide. Setting off on a cross-country odyssey with an Uzi and a change of clothes, she winds up in San Francisco, where she makes some real friends and falls in love, but the past keeps catching up with herAin her waking dreams and in a final, horrific encounter. Fierce and incredibly resilient, Becca is a remarkable character, and Bell's impressionistic, fragmented narration allows her story to unfold as Becca herself recalls it. This disturbing, impressive novel introduces an urgent and powerful new voice. (July) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	When Beth's dark novel becomes a cult favorite, her fans begin asking tough questions about her pastDmuch of which she cannot remember. Uneasy and dissatisfied with her life, and looking to start a new one, Beth calls Ben, the sadistic pimp who drugged her as a teenage runaway and cruelly initiated her as a ""player"" in a violent, high-priced prostitution ring. ""It turned out to be the stupidest thing I've ever done,"" she admits with wry candor. Now Ben is after her again, and Beth is on the run, piecing together long-sublimated secrets to save her life. Loaded with graphic torture and explicit sex, this unflinching first novel from poet/songwriter Bell is too horrifying for mainstream audiences yet will capture adventuresome readers with its gritty, vividly rendered prose. Recommended for larger fiction collections.DChristine Perkins, Jackson Cty. Lib. Svcs., OR Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Brutal yet beautiful, this unflinching debut novel delves deep into the darkest realms of terror and abuse. . . Becca is a remarkable character.  This disturbing, impressive novel introduces an urgent and powerful new  voice. --Publisher's WeeklyNewcomer Bell creates a engaging and sympathetic character while skillfully exploring the nature of obsession and human need: a graphically violent but impressive debut. --Kirkus. . .will capture adventuresome readers with its gritty,vividly rendered prose. Recommended for larger fiction collections.--ChristinePerkins, Jackson Cty. Lib. Svcs. --Library Journal(Bell) writes with an original and crystal-clear voice that is not sullied... It is one hell of a ride.(Tracey Cook) --Northern Guardian, Australia	Barbara Bell, a poet, songwriter, and professional gardener, lives in the Indianapolis area. This is her first book.	Chapter One: The Shoebox  Ten Chits. That was what Mama called me ever since the day I came home bloody in the mouth from having kicked Gedders' ass.  ""His hands don't go by me,"" was all I'd tell her, and she called me Ten Chits. I guess because ten was the highest she ever learned to count, and a chit was just a something to her.  Anything could be a chit. Mostly I was the chit. You're just a chit, she'd say. Sometimes, my big brother Vin was the chit. Or maybe she called that whip-tailed hound dog from down the street a chit when she had another bag of ""groceries,"" having come up from town, and ""that chit of a mongrel"" growled at her, smelling the steak bones, I guess, with some of the meat still on, but dainty bites sawed away, or healthy man-sized cuts knifed out. She brought home baked potato skins hollowed and still wrapped in foil, and wilted green stuff too slimy to swallow.  The river there bent near in half right around our two-room, as Daddy called it, and a long patch of grass went right down to the bank. In the summer the water shrank down, leaving a mucky rock-strewn mess that Vin, me, and Mandy squished into barefoot.  ""Bag of twigs coming down the road,"" was what Daddy said whenever he saw Mandy skipping down the lane. She looked all sticks and hands with a head, and lived in a trailer with her mama down near where the titi and the pop ash grew too thick to wiggle through.  Mandy, me, and Vin spent our time digging out crawdads and sneaking up on bullfrogs that sat fat on the edges of puddles left flat, full of waterboatmen and striders skimming.  Swarms of mosquitoes and gnats danced over in the afternoons, and the brown water gone lazy carried a film on top that curved and caught cottonwood seeds floating down. Damselflies screwed all the time, floating by tail to tail, and the lacewing and mayfly all broke out fine in their time.  But now I'm off my story and the chits. I've begun to think of the chits as pieces of evidence, like in a detective novel, to be numbered, catalogued, and put in order. I never counted them up that year, the year the chits fell so heavy, but maybe there were ten altogether. Most people collect evidence to solve puzzles outside their lives. I need it to solve my own life. I appear to have a problem with memory.  I know now that none of what happened was Jeremy's fault, even if he was a screwball. It's just that I wasn't meant for marriage, especially to someone like Jeremy, or living that kind of life. The life where you write your books in a studio in the afternoons after a morning jog and a trip to the spa. Eating dinner for two in a house meant for twenty. Or sleeping at night and getting up before his alarm goes off just to have him smile that inane smile when he comes in the kitchen, adjusting his tie, maybe whistling a horrible cheerful tune.  But I do blame him. It was his fault that I sold the novel. I completed it under Jeremy's constant insistence, his gentle pressure on ""your talent,"" as he said to me. He was the one that prepared queries, synopses, and outlines, printed out and stuffed into envelopes sent off to small presses, large presses, literary journals, agents, anyone at all who might show an interest.  ""We'll keep trying,"" he said after every rejection, his confidence a disease that weakened me, kept me worrying about the upholstery, a need for new carpeting or a more tasteful tile for the shower.  Jeremy liked my stories. That's what drew him to me. Jeremy was seemingly blind to my other ""talents,"" as Ben would say. Where most men I'd met thought my mouth had a better use, for Jeremy it was the stories.  And he believed in this weird notion called synchronicity. What with both of us having surgery in the same hospital on the same day and both recovering in blue gowns with wheelchairs and matching IVs, for him it was love at first sight. The synchronicity thing cinched it.  My appendectomy had been sudden, the obsolete fingerlike organ having burst without so much as a bleep in the symptom department. I had collapsed, Ben said (now there's a chit; I hadn't remembered that before), at the reception for the Senator. Fell right down the stairs in the black strapless (he added for my benefit), and had beat myself up pretty bad by the time I hit the last step.  Jeremy probably fell in love with my bruises, too.  He was always bringing home strays from Wall Street. He offered them scraps wrapped in napkins and saved from one more in a long line of power lunches.  Dogs loved Jeremy. They could tell he only had eyes for them. I think it would have pleased him immensely to be born a dog. He loved to adore, to press close excitedly. He was easily trained and loyal to a fault. So finding me all bruised and sick, after a minor gallstone removal on his part, was like finding the ultimate stray, the she-dog of his dreams. Except for Ben, I had no friends, no family.  Jeremy was in dog heaven.  Ben worried him. He's admitted that. Just to have Ben in the room with you felt like hanging around a pissed grizzly.  But Ben only visited me once at the hospital, holding buttercups nearly mangled in his massive, squat hand. His other hand was fat in a big white bandage. He must have hurt it trying to stop me from falling, I decided, a fall that for the life of me I couldn't remember, down those stairs in the ballroom.  Ben brought with him a shoebox and a small suitcase filled with my clothes. He gave me his card. ""Call me when you're ready,"" he said. And I said I would, but then Jeremy wheeled by, measured Ben's extraordinary height with his eyes, and got his first look at me dressed in bruises.  The woman of his dreams.  After his first eyeful, Jeremy spent every minute at my bedside, offering me water when I was thirsty and helping me up to take my five trembly steps to the john. He offered me grapes and slices of oranges his mother had brought to enhance his healing in place of hospital fare over which she clucked her tongue in dismay.  I wasn't much on talking then, so he'd chatter away like a miniature schnauzer, pausing now and then to coax a few words out of me.  Jeremy asked me to marry him after a week. It was neither here nor there to me, but he could pester like a scotch terrier. And I was in some kind of shock, a shock that hung on like a leech for five years. I think I was lulled to sleep in suburbia, waking up like Rip Van Winkle and wondering where I'd been, and how I ended up married to such a clean-cut all-American guy as Jeremy.  No one gave me away at the wedding, which his mother has never been able to let be. And Jeremy's confused to this day about my lack of friends and family, my absence of a past. He gave up interrogating me about it after a year or so, instead substituting any number of various and increasingly bizarre fairy tales about my past of his own devising. Most of these included some fantastical intervention by a dog as a crucial element in the story.  Maybe he should write a novel.  So I kept Jeremy mollified with stories about the river and the bend of the river, about Grady, wild-eyed and muttering like a rabid possum. Grady lived not a stone's throw from our two-room in a shack, eating just about anything he could trap, spear, or grab bare-handed. Grady was quick, if nothing else.  But Jeremy could never get enough of me telling about the rise downriver where the oldest and the richest families in town deposited their dead, laid out in shelves, Mandy said, like dolls, but flat on their backs in boxes.  Stacking in Rivertown, we called it. Rivertown was me and Mandy's name for the cemetery because it was like a little village all by itself with small white stone houses and here and there a carved angel with the face of a mother, or a stern man with a sword. Flags waved there on holidays, and flowers wilted down. The river below was wider like a la",books;contemporary;erotica;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
0521667364,"A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories) ""Good illustrations and maps guide the reader through the events of the Hungarian past.""   CHOICE Jan 2002""Educated general readers seeking a well-informed, readable, and current individual perspective on Hungary's national past will find this book useful.""   Austrian History Yearbook	Text: English (translation) Original Language: French	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the 1988 elections. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people which became a great power in the region and then fought against--and was invaded by--Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through its Ural-born language and a specifically Hungaro-European culture. Free and independent since 1990, Hungary continues to seek its rightful position in Europe.",austria;books;eastern;europe;history;humanities;hungary;ireland;new;used & rental textbooks,10
1580230555,"Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction Like a good Jewish grandmother, Raphael serves up a feast of well-chosen tastes and textures in this collection of 13 original stories by well-known authors whose characters span the spectrum of American Jewish experience, from secular to orthodox. In his introduction, Raphael maintains that ""there is something essentially Jewish about mystery fiction,"" for MidrashAthe extraction of deep meaning from seemingly simple passages in holy textsAis itself a process of hunting for clues that others have overlooked, and of piecing them together to find the truth. ""A Final Midrash,"" by Richard Fliegel, tenderly evokes the love of knowledge and personal involvement with the Torah that pervades the rabbinical experience; in it, four rabbis use their training in interpretation to help a detective solve a murder that one of them has committed. Passover tradition helps lawyer Rachel Gold piece together a fellow Jew's contested will in Michael Kahn's jigsaw puzzle, ""Bread of Affliction."" A lapsed Jew, shunning all belief in God, finds consolation in helping a dead rabbi's family believe the inner truth about his life rather than the ugly truth of his death, in the touching ""Kaddish,"" by Batya Yasgur. Despite their Jewish themes, these stories have an ecumenical appeal: to Raphael, Mazel Tov! (July) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Theme anthologies are quite the rage in crime fiction at the moment, so it should come as only a mild surprise that an enterprising editor has pulled together mystery stories starring Jewish characters or dealing with Jewish issues. For years, the Jewish mystery began and virtually ended with Harry Kemelman's Rabbi Small series, but recently the number and variety of Jewish sleuths have increased dramatically, embracing all styles within the genre, from the most hard-boiled to the cuddliest of cozies. Raphael includes excellent work from such stars of the genre as Stuart Kaminsky, Faye Kellerman, and Howard Engel, but lesser knowns such as Tony Brill and Richard Fliegel also contribute quality stories. Perhaps the highlight is Ronald Levitsky's ""Jacob's Voice,"" in which civil-liberties lawyer Nate Rosen (the hero of a series of superb novels) encounters a new twist on First Amendment law: using freedom of religion to defend a woman who believes she has been possessed by a dybbuk (a wandering soul, according to Jewish belief). These well-chosen stories are sure to please their targeted audience.  Ilene Cooper	Why is this, as editor Raphael maintains, the first-ever collection of Jewish-themed mysteries? Thirteen authors from Michael Kahn to Shelley Singer supply an obvious source of material thats wide-ranging in subject (from James Yaffes motherly armchair detective, who uses the story of her first involvement in murder to solve her cop sons latest case to Stuart M. Kaminskys trembling anecdote about a little man torn by the need to confess), tone (from Faye Kellermans surprisingly ebullient kidnapping of a rabbi to Bob Sloanes somber exploration of guilt and repentance), and heft (from Toni Brills novelistic account of a teenaged girls fatal Christmas Eve accident to Batya Swift Yasgurs jewel-like concluding anecdote). Though the only true standout among the mostly reprinted selections is Ronald Levitskys Jacobs Voice, about a woman convinced shes channeling her long-dead brother, virtually all the stories show the characters confronting the demands of their religion and its culture in surprisingly varied ways. So enjoy.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	A kosher treat.  A Jewish angle on a genre of literature that so often employs Talmudic logic and the Jewish sensibility that wrong is wrong, and must be stopped.  -- Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Jewish Literacy and An Eye for An Eye, a mystery featuring sleuth Daniel WinterIntriguing tales of detection as well as meditations on Jewish identity, the stories in this book do what Jewish writing has always done: provide compelling narrative with your philosophy and philosophical challenges with your fiction. Like any Jewish story, the ones in this book can be read on many levels, but there is no argument, Talmudic or otherwise about the quality of this collection: Mystery Midrash is a mitzvah! (S.J. (Shira) Rozan, author of Stone Quarry and winner of Shamus and Anthony Awards) -- S.J. Rozan, author of Stone Quarry and winner of shamus an dAnthony AwardsThese stories have an ecumenical appeal: to Raphael, Mazel Tov!   -- Publishers Weekly, June 28, 1999With a first class list of contributors and wonderful stories, Mystery Midrash offers us a contemporary look at Jewish life, with a mysterious twist."" -- Jack Dann, editor of Wandering Stars and More Wandering Stars, anthologies of Jewish fantasy and science fiction, and author of The Silent	Lawrence W. Raphael edited the award-winning Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery & Detective Fiction and writes frequently on the subject of Jewish identity in detective fiction. He is a rabbi and author as well as Director of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations Department of Adult Jewish Growth. He lives in New York City.",anthologies;books;fiction;jewish american;literature & fiction;mystery;religion & spirituality;short stories;thriller & suspense;united states,10
0205265561,"Data Analysis with SPSS According to Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, the most successful workers in the 21st century will be those who are able to understand various forms of information and produce meaning from it. Reich calls these people symbolic analysts, and they often use statistics. Yet, many individuals find statistics alienating, boring, intimidating, or as simply another hurdle to get over. Contrary to popular belief, though, quantitative research can be fun. This book is designed to help readers develop an appreciation, and hopefully an excitement, for quantitative inquiry.  This book first orients readers to the approach researchers use to frame research questions and to the logic of establishing causal relations. Thereafter, the SPSS program is introduced. Readers are guided through examining data sets, univariate analysis, bivariate analysis, graphic analysis, and multivariate analysis.  Two large data sets are included with the book.  Anyone using SPSS, the statistics program for social science research.	>Stephen Sweet is an assistant professor of sociology at Ithaca College and was formerly the associate director of the Cornell Work and Family Careers Institute. His books include Changing Contours of Work (2008), The Work and Family Handbook: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Methods and Approaches (2005), Teaching Work and Family: Strategies, Activities, and Syllabi (2006), College and Society: An Introduction to the Sociological Imagination (2001), and Data Analysis with SPSS: A First Course in Applied Statistics (2008, 2003, 1998).      His studies on work, family, community, and inequality appeared in a variety of publications, including Generations, Research in the Sociology of Work, Sex Roles, Family Relations, New Directions in Life Course Research, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Innovative Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, and Community, Work, and Family, Popular Music and Society, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. His articles on teaching and curriculum development have been published in Teaching Sociology, Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom, and Excellent Teaching in the Excellent University.   In addition to his research and teaching responsibilities, Stephen Sweet currently serves as the Teaching Resources Specialist for the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, co-edits the Work-Family Encyclopedia, and manages the Sloan Early Career Scholars Program.   	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;education & reference;mathematics;new;politics & social sciences;research;science & math;social sciences;sociology;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FNWDE8,"Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (Texts in Applied Mathematics) Reviews from the first edition:  ...The text succeeds admiraby ... Examples abound, figures are used to advantage, and a reasonable balance is maintained between what is proved in detail and what is asserted with supporting references ... Each section closes with a set of problems, many of which are quite interesting and round out the text material ... this book is to be highly recommended both for use as a text, and for professionals in other fields wanting to gain insight into modern aspects of the geometric theory of continuous (i.e., not discrete) dynamical systems. MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS	This book contains all the material necessary for a clear understanding of the qualitative behavior of dynamical systems, including the proof of the Hartman-Grobman theorem, the Poincare map in the theory of limit cycles, and the theory of rotated vector fields. Updated throughout, this new edition includes material on higher order Melnikov theory and the bifurcation of limit cycles for planar systems of differential equations.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;engineering;mathematics;mechanical;mechanics;medical books;physics;professional & technical;science & math;system theory,10
1556523548,"Old Testament Days: An Activity Guide Grade 2-5-Through an explanatory text and more than 80 hands-on activities and projects, Sanders attempts to provide a glimpse into the daily lives of people living 4000 years ago. Unfortunately, this effort falls short. The text includes many interesting facts and raises thought-provoking questions regarding both the everyday and religious life of the people, but the accompanying activities are quite uneven, sometimes creative and instructive, other times dull. Children may enjoy making an Egyptian paddle doll, but few will want to make a sleeping mat, dried bricks, or a measuring tape. Each activity is accompanied by a boxed list of materials needed. The black-and-white diagrams and drawings are clear but uninspired.Teri Markson, Stephen S. Wise Temple Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Nancy I. Sanders is the author of Bible Crafts on a Shoestring Budget, Favorite Bible Heroes, and more than 25 other books. She is a contributor to Better Homes  Gardens and Star Wars Kids. She lives in Chino Hills, California.",books;children's books;christian books & bibles;christianity;education;ministry & church leadership;reference;religion & spirituality;religions;youth ministry,10
9500302284,"El senor presidente / The President (Spanish Edition) Si en """"Leyendas de Guatemala"""", ya  publicado en Letras Hispanicas, se produjo la toma de conciencia del autor de la identidad nacional de su pais, en """"El Senor Presidente"""" se produce una denuncia de la dictadura de Hispanoamerica, a traves del caso especial guatemalteco. La importancia de esta novela es enorme como modelo directo o indirecto para los autores de narraciones que tratan tambien el tema de la dictadura: Carpentier, Garcia Marquez o Roa Bastos. Encarna ademas el patron de la """"nueva novela"""" y el """"realismo magico"""". --Los editores	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Text: Spanish	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;contemporary;education & reference;foreign language fiction;foreign language study & reference;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
000713603X,"Way of the Runes Bernard King lives in Northampton, England, and has been a student of the runes and ancient mythology for more than 25 years.",books;divination;fairy tales;literature & fiction;mythology & folk tales;new age;new thought;occult;religion & spirituality;runes,10
0786862726,"I'm Free, but It'll Cost You: Single Life According to Kim Coles Humor from Living Single star Coles.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Kim Coles, the lovable Synclair on the TV sitcom Living Single, has written a hilarious guide to the single life. In her disclaimer, she acknowledges that her ideas are all hers and that she is an ""armchair cultural anthropologist."" Those two paragraphs set the stage for some belly-rolling, knee-slapping, amen-singing reading. She sums up the single life in nine chapters: ""Get It Together, or Leave Us Alone""; ""Weird Science""; ""Dating in the Nineties and Beyond""; ""How to Find Mr. Right On!""; ""You Don't Hear Me, Though""; ""Let's Talk about Sex""; ""Check Yourself, before You Wreck Yourself""; ""Let the Games Begin""; and ""Livin' Single."" The appendix includes the actual survey she mailed to conduct her research, the average answers for questions on mate qualities, her personal answers to the survey questions, and sample survey responses. This book is not about African Americans living single, but rather, about men and women living single. More importantly, she points out that single living ""ain't so bad!""  Lillian Lewis	The sexy sistah from the TV show Living Single offers nothing new in this not-ready-for-prime-time guide for the single woman. Coles, a divorced black woman, rounds up the usual list of instructions: dating dos and don'ts, how to identify ``Mr. Right On!,'' learning to love yourself (metaphorically and physically), and how to get into successful relationships and out of disastrous ones. It's a tried-and-true humor-book formula that depends on only one thing: the humor. Unfortunately, Coles just isn't funny. In her list of ``Ten Ways to Tell If a Brother Is Tight,'' she offers: ``Instead of a wallet he carries a piggy bank'' and ``The rain is his car wash.'' Coles's insights into the dating scene are banal, if not downright vulgar: ``Nowadays,'' she writes, ``trying to find your soul mate is harder than trying to take a dump in a public restroom.'' And while she argues in the introduction that this book is for everyone (``black women, black men, white women, white men, Hindus, Latinos, Filipinos, Quakers, the Flemish, Jews, Gentiles, Parisians, Istanbuliates, Istanbulionions, Istanbulish . . . huh?''), Coles's inclusiveness will only confuse her would-be core audience of black women. Take some of her ``Nine Ways to Detect a Communication Breakdown in Your Relationship'': ``You tell her you want to see more of her, so she gains fifteen pounds'' or ``She tells you she wants to start seeing other people. You get her a subscription to People magazine.'' In a book that's mainly directed toward women, the reader wonders why the author is even talking to HIM. Coles would do better to stick to Living Single and leave the role of Miss Lonelyhearts to others. -- Copyright 1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.",biographies & memoirs;books;humor;humor & entertainment;mate seeking;relationships;self-help;specific groups;teens;women,10
0764809245,"Stories of Karol: The Unknown Life of John Paul II Gian Franco Svidercoschi comes from a Polish family and has been a well-known Vatican observer since 1959. He has worked for press agencies, newspapers, radio, and TV networks. The author of numerous books, he is now a Vice Director of L'Osservatore Romano.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",biographies & memoirs;books;catholicism;christian books & bibles;church history;leaders & notable people;popes;religion & spirituality;religious;spirituality,10
188641176X,"The Book of Overclocking: Tweak Your PC to Unleash Its Power ""...a simple, straightforward [book] that should prove as interesting to the beginner as to the veteran computer user.""   -- The Sacramento Bee (Jan. 2003)""great overviews and in-depth explanations of processor technology and overclocking strategies"" -- PopularMechanics.com, February 2004	Vijay Bollapragada, CCIE(R) No. 1606, is a senior manager in the Network Systems Integration and Test Engineering group at Cisco Systems(R) where he works on the architecture, design, and validation of complex network solutions. Mohamed Khalid, CCIE No. 2435, is a technical leader working with IP VPN solutions at Cisco(R). He works extensively with service providers across the globe and their associated Cisco account teams to determine technical and engineering requirements for various IP VPN architectures. Scott Wainner is a Distinguished Systems Engineer in the U.S. Service Provider Sales Organization at Cisco Systems where he focuses on VPN architecture and solution development. In this capacity, he provides customer guidance on IP VPN architectures and drives internal development initiatives within Cisco Systems.",books;computers & technology;design & architecture;hardware;microprocessors & system design;pcs;performance optimization;programming;software design;testing & engineering,10
B000FP2JP4,"101 American English Proverbs (101... Language) This text presents in everyday English 101 commonly used proverbs, enabling students to use proverbs appropriately and encouraging cross-cultural understanding.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This text presents in everyday English 101 commonly used proverbs, enabling students to use proverbs appropriately and encouraging cross-cultural understanding.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;education & reference;english as a second language;folklore;foreign language study & reference;language & grammar;literature & fiction;mythology & folk tales;quotations;words,10
0810830787,"Historical Dictionary of India (Asian Historical Dictionaries, No. 20) Intended as ""an introduction to Indian history and civilization,"" this edition of a title in the publisher's Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East series has brief entries describing people; places; events; institutions; political parties; and social, cultural, and religious issues. Coverage now extends from the Indus Valley civilization of around 2700-1500 BCE to 1994; there are 100 new entries, most of them pertaining to the last 10 years. Some new maps have been added, and the bibliography and appended material, such as the list of major economic reforms, have been brought up-to-date.  Mary Ellen QuinnCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	...a powerful addition to the series of historical dictionaries of Asia and the Mid-East....Listings do more than provide a paragraph of detail: history and biography embrace pages of detail, at times, and are packed with in-depth coverage suitable for reports. (California Bookwatch, Vol. 1, No. 10 (December 2006))...has brief entries describing people; places; events; institutions; political parties; and social, cultural, and religious issues. (Booklist, 1/1/2007)...will be of great assistance to the reader seeking to understand this great country....much valuable background reading presented in a friendly and helpful manner in this book. (Reference Reviews, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007))This is certainly an excellent reference book and is recommended highly for all collections. (American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007))In this update of the 1996 edition, Mansingh (retired, international politics, Jawaharlal Nehru U., New Delhi), who now teaches part-time at the American U. in Washington, DC, provides a substantial introduction to this ancient country. She emphasizes modern India's democratic nature, rising stature as a global economic power, and the diversity of its huge but slowing in growth rate population. Entries feature geographical, cultural, religious, historical, and political facets and figures of this fascinating land. E.g., there are entries on its film industry, HIV/AIDS problem, and Bene Israel community. (Reference and Research Book News, August 2006)	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	Professor Surjit Mansingh teaches International Relations at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.",asia;books;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;historical study & educational resources;history;india;politics & social sciences;reference;social sciences,10
0664241530,"Alexandrian Christianity (Library of Christian Classics) Henry Chadwick was Regis Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge in England prior to his death in 2008. He is the author of many books, including Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition and Boethius: The Consolations of Music, Logic, Theology, and Philosophy. He was also General Editor of the Oxford History of the Christian Church.J. E. L. Oulton is the author of Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Volumes I & II, and Holy Communion And Holy Spirit: A Study In Doctrinal Relationships.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;history;religion & spirituality;religious;religious studies;theology;world,10
8440666713,La Fuerza del Budismo Dalai Lama.,books;buddhism;contemporary;education & reference;foreign language fiction;foreign language study & reference;literature & fiction;personal transformation;religion & spirituality;self-help,10
0801058104,"1,001 Health-Care Questions Women Ask Obstetrician/gynecologist McIlhaney offers here a compendium of information for women constructed in a question-and-answer format. He addresses important women's health issues, from general health concerns to specific topics such as infertility, marital relationships, and abortion. Most of the information and advice he presents is sound, and his book is very readable. However, as a Christian physician, McIlhaney does have a strong, pervasive moral and religious point of view. For example, he writes: ""Life clearly begins at the moment of conception. It does not matter at what stagea pregnancy is terminated, a life is destroyed and a person no longer exists."" Also: ""Children need a strong foundation of morality and faith to survive the storms of life."" He includes numerous biblical references. Recommended only for libraries where patrons have an orientation similar to that of the author.?Linda M.G. Katz, Allegheny Univ. of the Health Sciences Lib., PhiladelphiaCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;diets & weight loss;fitness & dieting;general;health;other diets;religion & spirituality;women's health,10
0967998808,"Baking Low Carb I received the cookbook about a week ago.  The bread recipe  is wonderful and worth the price of the whole book!  I'm telling all  my low carb friends to get the book.  -- A Satisfied CustomerI recently purchased your book Baking LowCarb.  It is without  question the BEST lowcarb cookbook in existence (and I probably have  them all)....  -- Ron PennaIf it weren't for these indulgent (yet legal) treats I  probably would've fallen off the low carb bandwagon many times giving  into cravings....  -- Christie	I began the Atkins diet a little over two years ago.  I lost weight and felt great.  My daughters and son-in-law also started eating this way, more for their health problems which greatly improved.  It appeared that we would be eating this way forever!  However, we didn't want to give up all our desserts and treats and couldn't find a cookbook devoted to just baking lowcarb. I decided to write some recipes of my own and thus this book was born.",books;cookbooks;diabetic & sugar-free;diets & weight loss;fitness & dieting;food & wine;health;low carb;low carbohydrate;special diet,10
1596871318,"Executive Actions TV producer Grossman's first thriller might well be subtitled ""The Libyan Candidate."" It starts with the assassination of apparently the wrong personthe wife of Massachusetts Democratic congressman Teddy Lodge, who's running a distant second in the presidential primaries. Lodge and his handlers use the killing to stir up a media storm to win first the nomination and then the presidency itself. But several people loyal to the defeated Republican presidentespecially Scott Roarke, a tough and resourceful agent for the Defense Intelligence Agencybegin to have suspicions about Teddy Lodge. Is he really who he claims to be? And who is the mysterious Libyan who appears to be pulling his strings and who perhaps even arranged the assassination of Mrs. Lodge? Grossman has done lots of research on everything from political infighting to clandestine military operations; despite a certain stiffness in his narrative technique, he manages to hold reader interest right up to the inevitable conclusion. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;political;spy stories & tales of intrigue;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
0830725156,"God's Vision for Your Church David Cannistraci pastors Evangel Christian Fellowship in San Jose, California, and assists Dr. Emanuele Cannistraci in the oversight of Apostolic Missions International, a growing family of churches and international ministries. He is the president of IMPACT! School of Ministry, and the acclaimed author of Apostles and the Emerging Apostolic Movement. He and his wife, Kathy, reside in San Jose with their two sons, Aaron and Jordan.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;church institutions & organizations;history;ministry & church leadership;religious;theology;world,10
1402716532,"John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide to Photography, Revised and Updated Hedgecoe (dean, Royal College of Art, London) has written several excellent handbooks on photo technique. To paraphrase the introduction to his latest guide, most highly regarded photographs ""are not the result of chance."" Rather, a photographer needs technical training and aesthetic awareness to make the most of being in the right place at the right time. Designed to teach the novice both of these essentials, the manual is divided into three sections: ""Basic Techniques,"" ""The Projects,"" and ""Broadening Your Scope."" The first and last sections are somewhat lightweight in technical detail for the true beginner, yet the ""Projects"" section--71 assignments which teach hands-on problem solving--fills in any gap in explanation. This title updates and expands on Hedgecoe's previous works and is likely to be in heavy demand. A highly practical purchase for all libraries, especially smaller ones needing an up-to-date how-to text. Photography Book Club main selection.- Kathy J. Anderson, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.Y.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	John Hedgecoe is the world's best-selling author on practical photography. Previous titles published by Collins & Brown include Complete Guide to Photography, Practical Landscape Photography, Practical Portrait Photography and the Creative Photography Workbook. He lives in Norfolk	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & photography;books;equipment;humanities;new;photography;reference;techniques & reference;used & rental textbooks;visual arts,10
B0002VNI0Q,"Amazon.com: Russell Athletic Men's Mesh Short, Football Silver, Large: Clothing Russell Athletic Practice Gear has been trusted by generations of athletes. This is the same gear worn by hundreds of top collegiate programs across the country. Drill after drill, these teams have come to rely on Russell Athletic Practice Gear's superior strength and durability over the course of a season. Russell Athletic Practice Gear delivers the same high quality that you have come to expect from a brand that has stood the test of time. Our Mesh Short has been made with lightweight and durable 3.2-ounce nylon. It features a multi-needle covered elastic waist, inside draw cord, a solid tricot liner, double-needle hemmed leg openings and a 7-inch inseam. The R logo on the upper right hip signifies Russell Athletic's commitment to quality and performance.",active;active shorts;clothing;clothing & accessories;football;men;shorts;sports & outdoors;team sports;workout shorts,10
B000MTEK5U,"Audel House Wiring (Audel Technical Trades Series) Home wiring is serious businessThat's why, especially if you're not an electrician, you need the clear, well-ordered guidance in this book-the same one you may have seen in your father's toolbox. Now fully updated to cover home networking and other 21st century developments, this all-new edition gives you the guidelines, rules, and step-by-step instructions you need to do the job safely and with confidence.* Understand how to use the National Electrical Code (NEC) and meet its requirements* Install a safe electrical service entrance and branch circuits* Use the appropriate cables, wires, conduits, and boxes for your home's needs* Find specialized information about electric heating, mobile home wiring, and other unique applications* Learn to install wiring for cable TV, telephones, broadband Internet, home networks, and security systems* Be able to make accurate load calculations	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Home wiring is serious businessThat's why, especially if you're not an electrician, you need the clear, well-ordered guidance in this book-the same one you may have seen in your father's toolbox. Now fully updated to cover home networking and other 21st century developments, this all-new edition gives you the guidelines, rules, and step-by-step instructions you need to do the job safely and with confidence.* Understand how to use the National Electrical Code (NEC) and meet its requirements* Install a safe electrical service entrance and branch circuits* Use the appropriate cables, wires, conduits, and boxes for your home's needs* Find specialized information about electric heating, mobile home wiring, and other unique applications* Learn to install wiring for cable TV, telephones, broadband Internet, home networks, and security systems* Be able to make accurate load calculations	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;crafts;electrical;engineering;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;how-to & home improvements;industrial;manufacturing & operational systems;professional & technical,10
0881923478,"Plants That Merit Attention: Shrubs Don't let the magisterial title of this large volume, part of the  Garden Club of America's ongoing series, put you off. The authors have  provided a marvelous compendium of alternatives to the hardy perennials of  American garden shrubs: rhododendrons, forsythias, and yews. Here are  hundreds of lesser-known shrubs (along with the common varieties, of course),  each presented with a photograph and a brief, authoritative text. Arranged  alphabetically, the book includes a set of appendices categorizing all the  cultivars by pest and disease resistance, soil preference, shade tolerance,  and several other factors. This is a book that no comprehensive gardening  library can be without.	Move over, taxus; watch out, juniper! These overused landscape choices will likely see less light as this volume from the Garden Club of America adds a major resource to the body of information on implementing vastly more interesting shrub materials for the landscape. Compiled through the efforts of both professional and volunteer gardeners under the direction of landscape designer Poor and photographer Brewster, this extensively illustrated, encyclopedic tome provides full descriptions?culture, landscape value and growing locale?of over 900 superior native and non-native species found throughout the country. A comprehensive section on roses describes the shrubs and the species, as well as the better-known hybrids. Notable are the nearly 700 photos, many of which show the specimen in the landscape rather than in detail. An appendix lists arboreta and gardens around the country where shrubs may be seen and codes them to shrub descriptions. The shrub index with nursery source codes and directory of nursery sources rounds out this invaluable guide. Garden Book Club main selection. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Sponsored by the Garden Club of America to encourage horticultural diversity through the planting of less familiar but noteworthy plants, these extensively cross-referenced volumes present wonderful profiles of the best garden trees and shrubs. Each entry contains at least two color photos, a physical description, culture, landscape value, and a list of the public gardens where the plant can be observed. The appendixes are very useful, especially the listing of nurseries from which each specimen can be obtained. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	The authors have selected little-known shrubs that, by virtue of their superior garden worthiness, deserve to be preserved, propagated, promoted, and planted. All the 900 species and cultivars were chosen by the following criteria: unusual and readily available in at least one major region of the country, capable of beautifying the landscape, pest and disease resistant, and tolerant of a variety of environmental conditions. Each entry--there are 694 species, not counting cultivars--includes a color photograph, a description (leaves, flowers, fruit, etc.), culture, landscape values, and a list of gardens and parks where the plants can be seen. This volume also contains a detailed glossary and illustrations of botanical terms. Shrubs is indispensable to any serious gardener.  George Cohen	This is the sort of  book that could quietly revolutionize a garden,  even a landscape. -- The New York Times Book Review, Michael Pollan	Two superb volumes sponsored by the Garden Club of America intended to encourage more adventurous selections of trees & shrubs for planting in gardens, parks, & other public places. The new volume on shrubs presents more than 900 garden-worthy shrubs for every climate, pictured in both overall form & close-up detail. It was awarded the American Horticultural Society's Award of Merit for",books;crafts;education & reference;forests & forestry;gardening & landscape design;hobbies & home;natural resources;nature & ecology;science & math;shrubs,10
0823411621,"Sod Houses on the Great Plains Kindergarten-Grade 3-Though delightfully simple, this pictorial history has very complete information on the sod houses built in what is now Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas during the later part of the 19th century. Rounds's tongue-in-cheek sense of humor shows through in both his telling of the facts and his clever illustrations. Careful readers will discover that every picture tells many things about early frontier life not mentioned in the text. These are typical Rounds illustrations, done in crayon with ink outlines. Their simplicity, and the primitive, soft, dusky, spare, earthy style is perfect for this subject. The artist has also made excellent use of the whole double-spread space. He leaves lots of the page open and blank, adding to the accurate feeling of the open space of the plains. The colors are subdued and a little dirty-looking-perfect for this time period. Ann Turner's Dakota Dugout (Macmillan, 1985) is another excellent title on this topic. Written in a fictional style, it has a little more feeling but imparts less information. Rounds's title is an important contribution to books on American history for young children.Susannah Price, Boise Public Library, IDCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Ages 5-8. Log cabins may be symbolic of frontier America, but for the pioneers who settled on the nearly treeless prairies, home was more likely to be a sod house or a dugout. Born in a sod house in South Dakota in the early 1900s, Rounds not only shows his audience what these earthen houses looked like and how they were built, but he also tells what they were like as homes: crowded, dark, damp, puddled after rainstorms, safe from wildfires, and prone to visits from ""uninvited wildlife."" Even children who soon forget the details of sod house construction will remember the illustration of a snake dropping through the dirt ceiling to startle a settler in the room below. From the tilt of a head to the pointing of a finger, a nuance of line defines Rounds' signature style of drawing: strong, craggy, and idiosyncratic. Adding color with restraint, he makes good use of white space to suggest the openness of the prairies. Similar in subject to his book for older children The Treeless Plain (1967), this picture book will brighten any classroom unit on the pioneers of the Great Plains.  Carolyn Phelan	South Dakota author Glen Rounds was born on April 4, 1906 in a sod house in the Dakota Badlands. The rugged beauty of his birthplace and childhood would shape his art throughout his life.He grew up on a ranch in Montana, studied art at the Art Institute in Kansas City, spent one summer traveling with fellow student Jackson Pollock, and another summer traveling with his teacher, Thomas Hart Benton.His first book, Ol Paul, the Mighty Logger, was published in 1936. His Whitey series, about a young cowboy and his cousin, was published from 1941 to 1963. His view of the Old West and his ability to tell tall tales through his writing and illustration are universally admired.Mr. Rounds received more than 25 literary awards for his writing and illustrating including the Parents Choice Award, six Lewis Carroll Shelf awards, the New York Times Outstanding Book Award, and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota.Mr. Rounds died at his home in North Carolina on September 27, 2002 at the age of 96. 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;children's books;crafts;design & construction;farm life;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;travel & cultures;where we live,10
B000FMRN8A,"The Rhetoric of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: Crisis Management Discourse (Praeger Series in Political Communication) .,.""it will be useful in large libraries serving students of both communication and politcal science.""-Choice	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Kelley provides an examination of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical responses to mediated versions of crises in the Clinton Administration. She begins by examining the historical First Lady, and then looks at mediated political realities in general as well as those of the Clinton presidency. Kelley also examines the rhetorical management of political crises and the crises management style of First Ladies, including Florence Harding and Eleanor Roosevelt.The book focuses on the analysis of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical management of crises in her husband's Administration, including health care, Travelgate, Whitewater, and allegations of sexual misconduct. Kelley's approach is grounded in Kenneth Burke's framework of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation through rhetorical identification. She concludes with speculation regarding both the degree of success of Hillary Clinton's efforts as well as the implications of those efforts to rhetorical and political communication and feminist theory. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers of the presidency and the role of the First Lady, political communication, and feminist studies.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;communication;education & reference;elections & political process;language & grammar;leadership;politics & government;politics & social sciences;rhetoric;words,10
0867166576,"John Paul II: A Life Of Grace The most beautiful, honest book about the Pope ever written. It s full of news and unknown details and shows a theologian pope comparable to Popes Leo the Great and Gregory the Great. Beyond Pope John Paul s theological side, a human side comes to light that is enchanting and charming. --Mario Rizzi, Archbishop of Bagnoreggio, Italy, and first apostolic nuncio in Bulgaria after the fall of communism	RENZO ALLEGRI, a prize-winning journalist, is the author of numerous books, including Padre Pio: Man of Hope (Servant Books). He lives in Italy.",biographies & memoirs;books;catholicism;christian books & bibles;church history;inspirational;leaders & notable people;popes;religious;roman catholicism,10
1565633377,"Health Care and the Rise of Christianity ""Professor Avalos brings his considerable expertise in medical anthropology to the study of health care systems in the ancient cultures out of which Christianity arose. His analysis of the role played by health care in the advent of Christianity is carefully constructed through cross-cultural and interdisciplinary methodologies, and presented in a readable format which makes his results easily accessible to the specialist and layperson alike. This book is a must for anyone interested in the topic, or concerned about the ethical and long-term implications of a modern health care in crisis."" --Carole R. Fontaine, Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Andover Newton Theological School ""In Health Care and the Rise of Christianity Avalos helpfully turns our attention to the care of bodies as fundamental to the growth and expansion of early Christianity. Response to basic issues--such as cost, access to care, and perceived efficacy--helped to fashion an early Christian system of health care that was distinct from contemporary approaches. Avalos raises eminently relevant questions about the role of ideas and practices of health care in the attractiveness of new religious movements, both historically and today."" --Nancy L. Eiesland, Sociology of Religion, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, Ga.	Hector Avalos is currently associate professor of religious studies and chair of the U.S. Latino Studies Program at Iowa State University. Besides being the author of Illness and Health Care in the Ancient Near East in the Harvard Semitic Monograph series, Avalos serves on the editorial board for the translation of Luis Alonso Schokel's Diccionario Biblico Hebreo-Espaol. He is also the former chair of the Religion in Latin America and the Caribbean Group in the American Academy of Religion.",ancient;bibles;books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;history;medical books;religious;world,10
006021094X,"William and the Good Old Days Once again Greenfield displays commendable sensitivity in this story about an African American boy who must cope with a beloved grandmother's illness. William reminisces about the ""good old days"" before Grandma got sick and lost her sight. He longs for the times at Grandma's restaurant--a nurturing world full of loving family and friends--""where all those happy people -sounds would make my food taste extra, extra good."" Eventually William begins to focus on the ""good new days,"" planning how Grandma can help him plant flowers despite her blindness. Greenfield captures not only the language of a child but also a credible reaction to the decline of a grandparent: anger, sadness, compassion and, ideally, the courage to accept and move forward. As in the author and artist's Night on Neighborhood Street , the text fits hand-in-glove with Gil-christ's paintings, equally rich in emotion and in tenderness for their subjects, their compositions delicately juxtaposing William's everyday circumstances and those he yearns for. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Young William thinks about his ailing grandmother, just home from the hospital, remembering the good times in her small diner and hoping for more of them when she's feeling better. His changing moods are wonderfully evoked in Gilchrist's paintings; sadder memories, rendered in sepia tones, brighten into warm browns and yellows as William plans a happier future. Aside from one unrealistically artful line--about Grandma ``back in the good old days, last year when I was little''--the boy's voice and the progression of his thoughts are natural and childlike. Uncontrived comfort for young readers disturbed by a family member's illness. (Picture book. 6-8) -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Eloise Greenfield is the author of an illustrious list of books for young people, including The Friendly Four, a Texas 2x2 Reading List book; In the Land of Words, an NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts; and How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea, winner of a Bank Street Children's Book Awardall illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. She is a recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award; the Coretta Scott King Author Award; the Award of Excellence from the Washington, D.C., branch of the National Writing Project; the Milner Award; the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature; and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, D.C. Jan Spivey Gilchrist illustrated the Coretta Scott King Award Book Nathaniel Talking, the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Night on Neighborhood Street, and Me  Neesie, all written by Eloise Greenfield. She wrote and co-illustrated My America with Ashley Bryan, which was named a Parents' Choice Recommended Award winner. An inductee into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, Ms. Gilchrist received an MFA in writing for children from Vermont College and a doctoral degree in English from Madison University. She lives near Chicago, Illinois.",african-american;books;children's books;emotions & feelings;family life;illness;multicultural stories;multigenerational;social situations;travel & cultures,10
1561719730,"The Big Book of Jewish Baseball The Baseball Bible is here!  -- The Jewish ExponentYour book is terrific! I enjoyed every page.  -- Al Rosen, American League MVP, 1953	Peter Horvitz & Joachim Horvitz are a father and son team. These authors know that baseball memories are a great equalizer for any generation gap, and they built this uniquely informative and inspirational book with just that in mind. Peter recently retired fromhisposition as Chairman of the English Department in a Philadelphia high school, and has published over 200 articles in various magazines and journals. Joachim Horvitz has been collaborating with his father in collecting Jewish sports memorabilia for most of his life, and worked on writing the Big Book Of Jewish Baseball for more than six years. He graduated from Rider University with a B.A> in Journalism, attended Graduate Studies at Christie's Auction House and presently works as a consultant.",baseball;books;education & reference;history;jewish;judaism;religion & spirituality;religious;sports & outdoors;world,10
0766107639,"East in the Light of the West Kessinger Publishing reprints over 1,500 similar titles all available through Amazon.com.",books;education & reference;metaphysics;mysticism;new age;other religions;philosophy;politics & social sciences;practices & sacred texts;religion & spirituality,10
059521083X,"Great Big Something Andrea Weiss is a writer from Red Bank, New Jersey. She started writing in 1988 and this is her first novel. She writes a column for Qink, a gay/lesbian writers site, and is a serious music fan and reviewer for the e-music magazine Toast.",books;contemporary;fiction;gay & lesbian;lesbian;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
081330735X,The Chiwaya War: Malawians In The First World War (History and Warfare Series) Melvin E. Page is professor and chair of history at East Tennessee State University.,africa;books;europe;history;humanities;malawi;military;new;used & rental textbooks;world war i,10
0802083854,The Labyrinth of Technology: A Preventive Technology and Economic Strategy as a Way Out Willem H. Vanderburg is the director of the Centre for Technology and Social Development at the University of Toronto. He was a NATO post-doctoral fellow under Jacques Ellul from 1973 to 1978 at the University of Bordeaux.,books;business & investing;economics;environmental economics;history & philosophy;new;science & math;science & mathematics;technology;used & rental textbooks,10
9041104119,"Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea (Publications on Ocean Development, No 31) '""From an international law perspective, chapter III of the book under review is one of its most interesting parts. The first part of chapter III analyzes the legal merits of the claims of the states involved to the Spratly Islands and the second part looks at the rules of international law applicable to the delimitation of maritime zones in the area of the Spratly Islands. Although this part of the book is mostly intended to set the stage for the analysis of the various options for cooperative arrangements, its importance should not be underestimated. The authors note that as 'the principles of international law may play a key role in resolving these disputes, it is useful to sort out the issues so that the strengths and weaknesses of the claims under international law can be understood'.' Alex G. Oude Elferink, ""Netherlands International Law Review,1999.",books;education & reference;environmental & natural resources law;foreign & international law;law;maritime;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;specialties,10
076151516X,"F-15: Prima's Official Strategy Guide to While Flight Simulator fans continue to wait for  Microprose's much-heralded and oft-delayed Falcon 4.0, Jane's  Combat Simulations continues to pump out impressive simulations. The  latest is Jane's F-15, an amazing jet combat simulator with top-notch  graphics and realism. Prima's guide to the game is a bit different  than most strategy guides. There are no walk-throughs for a simulator,  since missions tend to unfold very differently each time you play  them. Instead, the book offers up a heaping helping of information on  how to effectively handle your aircraft, your wingmen, and the many,  many weapons at your disposal. The guide provides maps and strategies  for each mission type, which should prove valuable over the course of  the game's lengthy campaigns. Tons of graphs, charts, and tables give  you the lowdown on the F-15's capabilities--as well as every other  aircraft in the game. The book even contains an 80-page excerpt from  the U.S. Air Force's Multi-Command Manual 3-3, a training  document read by every real-world F-15 pilot. --Michael Ryan	The definitive jet combat simulator.",books;computers & technology;games & strategy guides;gaming;humor & entertainment;puzzles & games;science fiction & fantasy;strategy;video & electronic games;video games,10
B00007FYCI,"Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching explains how Cisco's line of Catalyst network switches work in theory and in practice. Written by folks who teach Cisco engineers for a living, this book has the feel of a classroom lecture in which the instructor projects an image onto a screen and then proceeds to discuss it.  As such, this book demystifies important concepts and provides an introduction to practical experimentation. Switching and bridging are complex tasks that the authors ably explain, along with the differences among the components in the Catalyst line and strategies for fitting Catalyst switches into virtual local area networks (VLANs). This book provides detailed configuration information on the Catalyst 5000 series. Ultimately it shuns Cisco Works for Switched Internetworks in favor of the raw command line in order to highlight the differences between the Catalyst operating system and standard Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS).  You'll find concise statements describing many administrative tasks, including the configuration of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) and Token Ring networks. Here, the authors support their command and output listings with conceptual diagrams that show the effects of the command sequences. You can use this book as a training aid for the Cisco professional certification exams too--review questions appear at the end of each chapter. --David Wall Topics covered: Switching and bridging concepts, contrasting bridging architectures, virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual local area networks (VLANs), and details of configuring the Cisco Catalyst 5000 series of products.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Configure Cisco Catalyst Switches with ease. The perfect partner for those studying for the CLSC Cisco LAN Switch Configuration exam, not to mention anyone who works in a Catalyst environment - Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching, by Louis Rossi, covers the entire Cisco Catalyst LAN switching family of products from theory to implementation.  This Cisco internetworking roadmap helps you:   Visualize the Catalyst switching architecture Understand VLANs and Trunking, Transparent Bridging, and the Spanning Tree Protocol Handle Source Route Bridging Distinguish between static and dynamic VLANs Configure the Cisco Catalyst 5000 series of switches Work with the Catalyst 1900, 2900XL, and 4000 switch series Prepare for the CLSC and CCIE exams with practice questions in every chapter 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Louis D. Rossi began his career as a programmer on Wall Street before earning his key instructor certifications.  He currently provides Novell and Cisco training to thousands of network professionals around the country.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;bridges & routers;certification;cisco;computers & technology;hardware;lan;networking;networks;protocols & apis,10
1574882759,"The Water is Never Cold: The Origins of U.S. Naval Combat Demolition Units, UDTs, and Seals The Navys demolition units . . .played a crucial role in the Pacific and European theaters during World War II. -- Indianapolis StarWith diligent scholarship, James O Dell has given them the attention they well deserve. -- Proceedings	JAMES DOUGLAS O'DELL is a freelance writer, historian, and former editor of the newsletter of the UDT-SEAL Museum Association, Inc. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee",books;genre fiction;history;literature & fiction;military;military science;naval;united states;war;world war ii,10
0723432295,"Clinical Examination, 3e Owen Epstein is a consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Free, active both in undergraduate medical student and postgraduate/GP training. He is an enthusiastic advocate of non-traditional, electronic teaching and learning methods, having introduced various interactive teaching systems into the Royal Free. David Perkin is a consultant neurologist and teacher at the Charing Cross, familiar to us as the author of Atlas of Clinical Neurology and Mosby's Color Atlas & Text: Neurology. John Cookson is a consultant (respiratory) physician at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, again, very active in studentteaching and particularly interested in non-traditional, interactive teaching methods.The fourth author on the second edition, David de Bono, died last year and his chapter will be taken over by John Cookson; I propose that David still be listed as an author on the cover and his involvementon previous editions acknowledged inside the 3/e.",books;clinical;diagnosis;education & reference;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;medicine & health sciences;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0938289802,"Second Bull Run Campaign (Great Campaigns) Dr. David G. Martin has written numerous books of military history including The Vicksburg Campaign, The Shiloh Campaign, The Philadelphia Campaign, and Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg.",19th century;americas;books;bull run;campaigns & battlefields;civil war;history;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);united states,10
B00065L0C6,PAC AAI-NIS2 Auxiliary Audio Input (Nissan & Infiniti) Allows Direct Interface Of Any Pre-Amp Level Audio Source To A Factory Radio With A Slave Unit Eliminating The Need For Sound Degrading Solutions Like An Fm Modulator  Interfaces Input Sources From Dvd Vcp Mp3 Satellite Radio Or Playstation   Lower Cost & Higher Quality Sound Than An Fm Modulator  Comes With A 3-Position Switch Between 2 Auxiliary Inputs & The Factory Slave Unit  High-Quality Audio Isolation Ic Eliminates Engine Noise  Internal Cmos Electronic Switching For Long-Term Reliability  Requires Factory Xm Satellite Radio  Receiver Factory Dvd Rear Seat Entertainment Or Factory/Aftermarket Cd Changer  In Order To Work Slave Unit Must Continuously Be Playing Or Xm Satellite Radio  Or Dvd Must Be On For Nissan & Infiniti,audio & video accessories;automotive;auxiliary input adapters;car & vehicle electronics;electrical;electronics;lighting & electrical;radio accessories;replacement parts;vehicle electronics accessories,10
1569715130,"Lone Wolf & Cub, Volume 12 Thought widely respected as a powerful writer of graphic fiction, Kazuo Koike has spent a lifetime reaching beyond the bounds of the comics medium. Aside from co-creating and writing the incredibly successful Lone Wolf and Cub and Crying Freeman manga, Koike has hosted television programs; founded a golf magazine; produced movies; written popular fiction, poetry, and screenplays; and mentored some of Japan's best manga talent. Koike and artist Goseki Kojima's Lone Wolf and Cub was first serialized in Japan in 1970 and continued its hugely popular run for many years, being collected as the stories were published, and reprinted worldwide. Koike collected numerous awards for his work on the series throughout the next decade. Starting in 1972, Koike adapted the popular manga into a series of six films, The Baby Cart Assassin saga, garnering widespread critical acclaim for his screenwriting abilities, and presenting the epic manga basis of the hit films to a world of fans who were hungry for more stories from the Lone Wolf and Cub saga. In 2000, Dark Horse Comics embarked on a landmark publishing program to bring all 8000-plus pages of Lone Wolf and Cub to American audiences for the first time. Over the next two years, Dark Horse will release 28 volumes of this revered material, with each volume containing approximately 300 pages of masterful samurai storytelling.",books;comic strips;comics & graphic novels;dark horse;genre fiction;graphic novels;historical;literature & fiction;manga;publishers,10
067476868X,"The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy The Rhetoric of Reaction is a study of the reactionary's tool kit, identifying the standard objections to any and all proposals for reform... Hirschman's work changes how you see the world. It illuminates yesterday, today, and tomorrow... There can be no question about his most characteristic [book]: The Rhetoric of Reaction. The sustained attack on intransigence, the bias in favor of hope, the delight in paradox, the insistence on the creative power of doubt--all these prove a lot of people wrong. (Cass R. Sunstein New York Review of Books 2013-05-23)Events, and the example of a thinker like Hirschman, make it possible at least to hope that the finer side of the Enlightenment--that is, a skeptical but optimistic engagement with the world as it is, as distinct from blindingly overexcited visions of how it might be, if only progressives would stop interfering with it--could soon have its day. (Geoffrey Hawthorn New Republic)Propelled by an ecumenical motive--to explain the 'massive, stubborn, and exasperating otherness of others', in this case conservative thinkers--and guided, as he himself muses, by 'an inbred urge toward symmetry', Albert Hirschman has written an enjoyable and profound book. He argues that a triplet of 'rhetorical' criticisms--perversity, futility, and jeopardy--'has been unfailingly leveled' by 'reactionaries' at each major progressive reform of the past 300 years--those T. H. Marshall identified with the advancement of civil, political and social rights of citizenship...Charmingly written, this book can benefit a diverse readership. (Diego Gambetta Times Higher Education Supplement)Albert Hirschman's gift to intellectual history is his capacity to subsume complex ideas under simple--indeed smaller than bumper-sticker-size--labels. Mention the word exit at any gathering of social scientists, and everyone will free-associate with the idea that complex organizations and processes renew themselves because people will leave for opportunities elsewhere instead of remaining and fighting for change. Likewise not only with voice and loyalty but also with passions and interests. There is no contemporary social scientist anywhere in the world who has said more (profound) things in fewer (elegant) words than Albert Hirschman. New candidates for inclusion in the Hirschmanian lexicon are perversity, futility, and jeopardy... Hirschman is a master of our art. (Alan Wolfe Contemporary Sociology)It is a marvelously intelligent and original and provocative volume, marked by Hirschman's usual qualities of intellectual playfulness and deep commitment to liberal values... The reader has a sense of being in the presence of a brilliant mind and of a writer at the top of his form. (Stanley Hoffmann, Harvard University)A brilliant and beautifully written book. It is breathtakingly simple, yet deep with implications... Hirschman provides a kind of Reader's Guide to Reactionary Culture. (Stephen Holmes, University of Chicago)	A brilliant and beautifully written book. It is breathtakingly simple, yet deep with implications...Hirschman provides a kind of Reader's Guide to Reactionary Culture. --Stephen Holmes, University of    Chicago	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Albert O. Hirschman was Professor of Social Science, Emeritus, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, following a career of prestigious appointments, honors, and awards. Perhaps the most widely known and admired of his many books are Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (Harvard) and The Passions and the Interests (Princeton).",books;conservatism & liberalism;ideologies & doctrines;new;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;used & rental textbooks,10
157673952X,"101 Answers to the Most Asked Questions about the End Times Mark Hitchcock graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary and has since pastored Faith Bible Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. He has written six books, including 101 Answers to the Most Asked Questions about the End Times, The Coming Islamic Invasion of Israel, Is America in Bible Prophecy?, and What on Earth Is Going On? Mark and his wife Cheryl live in Oklahoma with their two sons.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;inspirational;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;self-help;spirituality;theology,10
0151009015,"Sepharad Award-winning Spanish author Munoz Molina explores themes of memory and exile in this dense, ardent volume, his second to be translated into English (after Winter in Lisbon). ""I have invented very little in the stories and voices that weave through this book,"" he writes in his author's note; in 17 chapters linked by theme and subject, readers meet men and women-both real and imagined-in the shadow of the Holocaust and the regimes of Stalin and Franco. In ""Copenhagen,"" Munoz Molina reflects on the relationship between narrative and travel: on Franz Kafka's affair with Milena Jesenka, which was ""crisscrossed with letters and trains,"" and a Jewish acquaintance's memory of a trip to Paris in 1944, when a jammed hotel door sparked the terror of a captivity narrowly avoided. In ""Silencing Everything,"" a man from Madrid recalls his experiences as a soldier in Russia during WWII, and in ""Sacristan,"" a man who left his small village for the city mourns the changes in his childhood home. The author himself appears as a character, a man in exile from his own life, drowning in his search for stories: ""I have flirted,"" he says, ""with the idea of writing a novel, imagined situations and places, like snapshots...."" Munoz Molina's stories are intensely engrossing, but his prose can be tricky: he might switch mid-paragraph, for instance, from first-person to third-person narration, and his descriptions of physical details can take on the tone of an incantatory recitation. But patient readers will be richly rewarded by a nuanced view into a foreign world. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Acclaimed Spanish novelist Munoz Molina's elegiacally beautiful novel begins with a poetic meditation on the bittersweet nostalgia that seizes those who live in exile. Now in Madrid, Munoz Molina's wistful narrator bemoans the fact that memories of his village boyhood are fading quickly and irretrievably. But it soon becomes clear that the past the narrator and the author are truly grappling with encompasses the entire Sephardic diaspora and the unfathomable horror and mass insanity of Hitler's and Stalin's regimes. How, Munoz Molina seems to ask, can a writer possibly convey such apocalyptic shock, terror, and grief? His answer: by awakening empathy through illuminating the psyches of the displaced and the tortured; by jettisoning the orderliness of a linear narrative, and the distinction between fiction and history, to construct, instead, a labyrinth within which the reader wanders into one vivid, precious, and lost world after another. Calling on such inspiring figures as Franz Kafka and Primo Levi for guidance, Munoz Molina creates astute, deeply felt, and exquisitely expressive testimony to love, suffering, and the astonishing fecundity of human consciousness. Donna SeamanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""This book is no boneless ''meditation''; it has all the onward rush and effortfulness of an epic, and it''s studded with the terrible stories you hear from acquaintances in ''the insomniac world of travelers.''"" (Michael Pye The New York Times Book Review 2006-05-01)""One might argue against such a literary appropriation of the Holocaust, yet Munoz Molina''s urgent desire to bear witness to it, even though at a remove, and his very sensitive ability to evoke the humiliations of its victims makes Sepharad an amazing book. The Margaret Sayers Peden translation is excellent. Read it."" (Barbara Probst Solomon Book World 2006-05-01)""A brilliant, fearful, and unforgettable book."" (The New York Sun 2006-05-01)""Now that American readers have the opportunity to encounter Molina, we may want to adopt him as our own...Together his sketches comprise a harrowing sketch of private life in the 20th century."" (Tennessean 2006-05-01)""Obsessive in its detail, inspiring in its scope and monumental in its ambitions...smart and insightful...intellectually demanding..."" (San Antonio Express News 2006-05-01)""Munoz Molina writes the novels of the people he''s met and imagined, gleaning from the names he encounters stories that vibrate beneath the burden of history, that lift with the breath of human life."" (Bernadette Murphy The Los Angeles Times 2006-05-01)""Moving and often astonishing."" (Richard Eder The New York Times 2006-05-01)""Elegiacally beautiful...Calling on such inspiring figures as Franz Kafka and Primo Levi for guidance. Munoz Molina creates astute, deeply felt, and exquisitely expressive testimony to love, suffering, and the astonishing fecundity of human consciousness."" (Booklist 2006-05-01)""Will intrigue and enthrall determined readers willing to let this thoughtful writer lead them through history into the hearts of exiles at home and abroad."" (Richmond Times Dispatch 2006-05-01)""This is the land of the marked, the fated, the terminally ill, and we should be grateful that Munoz Molina is our brave guide in this world."" (Boston Globe 2006-05-01)""Beautifully constructed and very rich."" (Kirkus Reviews 2006-04-01)	Antonio Muoz Molina is the author of thirteen novels and has twice been awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura (the Spanish equivalent of the National Book Award). He lives in Madrid.	sacristanWE HAVE MADE OUR LIVES far away from our small city, but we just can't get used to being away from it, and we like to nurture our nostalgia when it has been a while since we've been back, so sometimes we exaggerate our accent when talking among ourselves, and use the common words and expressions that we've been storing up over the years and that our children can vaguely understand from having heard them so often. Godino, the secretary of our regional association-which has been rescued from its dismal lethargy thanks to his enthusiasm and dynamism-regularly organizes meals where we enjoy the food and recipes of our homeland, and if we are disgruntled that our gastronomy is as little known by foreigners as our monumental architecture or our Holy Week, we like having dishes that no one knows about, and giving them names that have meaning only to us. Oh, there's nothing like our gordal and cornezuelo olives! Godino exclaims, the plump ones and the long, pointed ones! Our rolls, our borrachuelos-we dream of those sugar-sprinkled pastries with a light touch of brandy-our layered pasta, our Easter cakes, our morcilla-our sausage has rice, not onion-our typical gazpacho, which is nothing at all like Andalusian gazpacho, and our wild-artichoke salad...In the private room of the Museo del Jamn, where those of us on the directors' council often meet, Godino gluttonously hacks off a piece of bread and before dipping it into the bowl of steaming morcilla makes a gesture like a benediction and recites these lines:Morcilla, blessed lady,worthy of our veneration.  The owner of the Museo is a countryman of ours who, as Godino says, often personally oversees the catering of our feasts, in which there isn't a single ingredient that hasn't come from our city, not even the bread, which is baked in La Trini's oven, the very oven that to this day produces the mouthwatering madeleines and the Holy Week cakes with a hard-boiled egg in the center that we loved so much when we were kids. Now, to tell the truth, we realize that the oily dough sits a little heavy on our stomachs, and though in our conversations we keep praising the savor of those hornazos, which are absolutely unique in the world and no one but us knows the name of, if we start eating one, we quit before we're through, even though it's painful to waste food-something our mothers always taught us. We remember the early days in Madrid, when we used to go to the bus station to pick up a food package sent from home: cardboard boxes carefully sealed with tape and tightly tied with cord, bringing from across all that distance the undiluted aroma of the family kitchen, the delicious abundance of all the things we have missed and yearned for in Madrid: butifarros and chorizos, sausages from the recent butchering, borrachuelos sparkling with sugar, even a glass jar filled with boiled red pepper salad seasoned with olive oil, the greatest delicacy you can ask for in a lifetime. For a while the dim interior of the armoire in our boardinghouse room would take on the succulent and mysterious penumbra of those cupboards where we kept food in the days before the advent of refrigerators. (Now when I tell my children that back when I was their age there was no refrigerator or television in my house, they don't believe it, or worse yet, they look at me as if I were a caveman.)  We had been away from our homes and our city for long, long months, but the smell and taste of them offered the same consolation as a letter, the same profound happiness and melancholy we felt after talking on the phone with our mothers or sweethearts. Our children, who spend the whole day glued to the telephone, talking for hours with someone they've seen only a short while before, can't believe that for us, not only in our childhood but our early teens as well, the telephone was still a novelty, at least in ordinary families, and because the system wasn't as yet automated, calling from one city to another-ringing someone up, as we said then-was a rather difficult undertaking that often meant standing in line for hours, waiting your turn in a public telephone office crammed with people. I'm not exactly an old man (although at times my wife says I seem ancient enough), but I remember when I had to call my mother at a neighbor's house and wait until they went to get her, all the while hearing footsteps in the wooden booth at the telephone company on the Gran Va. Finally I would hear her voice and be overcome by an anguish I have felt only rarely since, a sensation of being far away and of having left my mother to grow old alone. We both would be nearly tongue-tied, because we used that exotic instrument so seldom that it made us very nervous, and we were consumed by the thought of how much we were paying for a conversation in which we barely managed to exchange a few formalities as trite as those in our letters: Are you well? Have you been behaving? Don't forget to wear your overcoat when you go out in the morning, it's getting cold. You had to swallow hard to work up the nerve to ask the person you were talking with to send a food package, or a money order. You hung up the telephone and suddenly all that distance was real again, and with that, besides the desolation of going outside on a Sunday evening, there was the contemptible relief of having put behind you an uncomfortable conversation in which you had nothing to say.  Now that distances have become much shorter, we feel farther and farther apart. Who doesn't remember those endless hours on the midnight express, in the second-class coaches that brought us to Madrid for the first time and deposited us, done in from fatigue and lack of sleep, in the unwelcoming dawn of Atocha Station, the old one, which our children never knew, although some of them, just kids, or still in their mama's womb, spent arduous nights on those trains that carried us south during the Christmas vacations we looked forward to so much, or during the short but cherished days of Holy Week, or of our strange late fair that falls at the end of September, when the men of our parents' generation picked the most delicious grapes and pomegranates and figs and allowed themselves the luxury of attending the two bullfights of the fair: the one on Saint Michael's day, which opened the fair, and the one on the day of Saint Francis, which was the most splendid, the ""big day,"" our parents called it, but also the saddest because it was the last, and because the autumn rain often spoiled the corrida and forced the mournful closing of the few carousels we had in those days, completely covered over with wet canvas.TIME LASTED LONGER THEN, and the kilometers were longer. Not many people had a car, and if you didn't want to spend the whole night on the train, you got on the bus we called the Pava, which took seven hours, first, because of all the twists and turns on the highway toward the north of our province, and also because of the cliffs and tunnels of Depeaperros, which were like the entrance into another world, the frontier, where our part of the world was left behind on the last undulating hillsides of olive trees, and then the endless plains of La Mancha, so monotonous that sleep seemed to bleed into exhaustion and prevail over discomfort and you fell fast asleep and with a little luck didn't open your eyes again until the bus was approaching the lights of Madrid. What a thrill it was to see the capital from afar, the red tile roofs and, high above them, the tall buildings that impressed us so strongly: the Telephone Building, the Edificio Espaa, the Torre de Madrid!  But it was another emotion that moved us most, especially when our illusions about the new life awaiting us in the capital began to wane, or when we simply began to get used to that life, the way you get used to everything and, as you do, lose your taste for it, the way liking turns into boredom, tedium, hidden irritation. We preferred the emotion of that other arrival, the slow approach to our home country, the signs that announced it to us, not kilometer markers on the highway but certain familiar indications seen from the small window of the train or bus: a roadside inn, the red color of the soil along the banks of the Guadalimar River, and then the first houses, the isolated street lamps on the corners, if we arrived at night, the sensation of already being there and the impatience of not quite having arrived, the sweet feeling of all the days that lay ahead, of vacations begun and yet still intact.  There was in those days one last house, I remember now, where the city ended on the north, the last one you left behind as you traveled toward Madrid and the first you saw on the return, an ancient little hotel with a garden, called La Casa Cristina, which was often the meeting place for the crews of olive pickers and also the place where we bade the Virgin farewell when at the beginning of September her image was returned to the sanctuary of the village from which she would be brought the following year, at the time of the busy pilgrimage in May, the Virgin to whom, as children, we came to pray on late-summer afternoons.  Maybe the limits of things were drawn more clearly then, like the lines and colors and names of countries on the maps that hung on the schoolhouse walls: that small hotel with its tiny garden and its yellow street lamp on the corner was precisely where our city ended. One step farther and the country began, especially at night when the lamp glowed at the edge of the darkness, not lighting it but revealing it in all its depth. A few years ago, when I was on a trip with my children, who were still small-I remember that the second one was holding my hand-I tried to take them to see La Casa Cristina, and along the way I was telling them that it was near that hotel that the owner of the olive groves would hire my mother and me to work as pickers. I told them how icy cold it was as we walked through the dark city in heavy wraps: I wearing my father's corduroy cap and wool gloves, my mother in a shawl that completely enveloped he...",biographies & memoirs;books;contemporary;education & reference;genre fiction;historical;literary;literature & fiction;memoirs;world literature,10
0882143301,"Pagan Meditations I found myself wanting to read this out loud to anyone listening. -- Utne Reader	Text: English, French (translation)",ancient;books;fitness & dieting;folklore & mythology;health;history;politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;self-help;social sciences,10
1572332751,"The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Most guides to animals in parks are intended primarily as identification aids and include relatively little on the biology of the species. Dodds book is much more, with detailed information on all aspects of the natural history of these species. Biologists, students, and visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park will find this an indispensable guide.Arthur C. EchternachtProfessor of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TennesseeThe Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the first book devoted entirely to the natural history of the forty-four species of amphibians known to occur presently or historically in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, in the most-visited national park in the United States.Features The only comprehensive book on the natural history of the amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Beautiful original illustrations of salamander and frog larvae taken from specimens within the park History of research and management effects on amphibians within the park Extensive new information on the natural history of amphibians, based on four years of intensive field research Simplified identification table guide to amphibian larvae Summary of information on distribution (with range maps) and biogeography Comprehensive bibliography of the literature on amphibians within the park Summary of new data on the conservation of southern Appalachian amphibians, particularly with regard to land use, the effects of UV light, and diseaseC. Kenneth Dodd is a research zoologist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Florida Integrated Science Center and is president of The Herpetologists League. He is the author of North American Box Turtles: A Natural History and numerous articles in Journal of Herpetology, Biological Conservation, Herpetologica, and other publications. He lives in Gainesville, Florida.	""Most guides to animals in parks are intended primarily as identification aids and include relatively little on the biology of the species. Dodds book is much more, with detailed information on all aspects of the natural history of these species. Biologists, students, and visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park will find this an indispensable guide."" Arthur C. Echternacht, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee	The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the first book devoted entirely to the natural history of the forty-four species of amphibians known to occur presently or historically in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, in the most-visited national park in the United States.  Features -The only comprehensive book on the natural history of the amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park -Beautiful original illustrations of salamander and frog larvae taken from specimens within the park -History of research and management effects on amphibians within the park -Extensive new information on the natural history of amphibians, based on four years of intensive field research -Simplified identification table guide to amphibian larvae -Summary of information on distribution (with range maps) and biogeography -Comprehensive bibliography of the literature on amphibians within the park -Summary of new data on the conservation of southern Appalachian amphibians, particularly with regard to land use, the effects of UV light, and disease	C. Kenneth Dodd is a research zoologist with the U.S. Geological Survey  at the Florida Integrated Science Center and is president of The  Herpetologists League. He is the author of North American Box Turtles: A  Natural History and numerous articles in Journal of Herpetology,  Biological Conservation, Herpetologica, and other publications. He lives  in Gainesville, Florida.",animals;biological sciences;biology;books;fish & sharks;human geography;politics & social sciences;science & math;social sciences;wildlife,10
B0000223UG,"Kenyon Tools 14300 Telescoping Pole Pruner Big 12-1/2-inch doublepoint saw and 1-1/4-inch capacity lopper blade combine to handle big or small trees.  An easy ""twist'n lock"" feature quickly adjusts telescoping fiberglass pole from 4 to 8 feet without the use of tools.",gardening;gardening tools;jigs;lawn & garden;manual pole saws;patio;power & hand tools;power tool accessories;saws;tools & home improvement,10
0449908348,"Intoxicated by My Illness and Other Writings on Life and Death In October 1990 the author, an editor at the New York Times Book Review , died of prostate cancer that had been diagnosed 14 months earlier. During that time he wrote the essays and journal entries that are printed, along with the autobiographical story ""What the Cystoscope Said"" and earlier pieces on dying from the early 1980s, in this slim, affecting volume. Broyard's unflinching, consistent and somehow credibly upbeat observations of his responses to his illness derive from his belief that he could--must--die with style. Readers familiar with the critic's prose will recognize the sudden startling sentences, the unexpected metaphors with which he claims his last topic: ""When the cancer threatened my sexuality, my mind became immediately erect."" A valuable record, commemorative as well as brave and trail-blazing. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Writer and New York Times book critic Broyard died of cancer in 1990. Here is a slender volume of writings he produced on the subject of his illness itself, filled out with a handful of earlier pieces on ``The Literature of Death,'' and ending with the grippingly autobiographical short story ``What the Cystoscope Said,'' written by Broyard after his own father's death, also of cancer, in 1948. In 1981, Broyard wrote that ``the vocabulary of death is anticlimactic. It seems that we die in clichs.'' In his own struggle with illness and the death that it foreshadowed, however, he summoned up an intellectual rigor that attempted to deny either clich or passivity. ``As a patient I'm a mere beginner,'' he wrote: ``Yet I am a critic, and being critically ill, I thought I might accept the pun and turn it on my condition.'' And so his effort to think his illness into submission begins. ``My intention,'' he writes in a journal entry, ``is to show people who are ill'' that ``[they] can make a game, a career, even an art form of opposing their illness.'' Broyard's own ``art form'' is one, as it always was, that draws on an astonishing breadth of learning and that positively bristles with aphoristic perceptions. ``Soul is the part of you that you summon up in emergencies,'' he writes; and, on doctors and patients: ``The patient is always on the brink of revelation, and he needs an amanuensis.'' This is not Dylan Thomas's raging against the night, but instead the consistent and steady application of the thinking mind against the awful austerities and urgencies of death. ``Writing a book,'' says Broyard, ``would be a counterpoint to my illness. It would force the cancer to go through my character before it can get to me.'' Courageous, vintage Broyard. The trouble is, though, that death was the winner, and the reader is left not with Broyard's ``intoxication,'' but with regret, loss, and a certain chill and ungainly fear. -- Copyright 1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Succeeds brilliantly....He lives as a writer and we are the wealthier for it.""THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDAnatyole Broyad, long-time book critic, book review editor, and essayist for THE NEW YORK TIMES wants to be remembered. He will be, with this collection of irreverent, humorous essays he wrote concerning the ordeals of life and death--many of which were written during the battle with cancer that led to his death in 1990. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR",arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;fitness & dieting;health;medical books;medicine;memoirs;reference,10
B000ESLBPQ,"Lifetime 1482 Height-Adjustable Portable Basketball System with 48-Inch Backboard The Lifetime 1482 Portable Basketball Goal System is made in the USA. Its backboard and base are made of highly-durable polyethylene, and its steel rim is equipped with double compression springs that provide spring back action. The three-inch round, weather resistant steel pole comes in three pieces and can be adjusted from a height of 7.5 to 10 feet, in six inch increments. A player can raise and lower the backboard with a broomstick. The base has a 31 gallon holding capacity and rolls easily on its own wheels. When filled with water it weighs 258 pounds and when filled with sand it weighs 448 pounds. Portable basketball systems depend on a base filled with sand or water for stability. Although it will take up more space than an in-ground system, the portable base rolls on wheels, allowing players to position the basketball system in the desired location (and also allowing storage in a garage). Simply assemble, fill the base, and you're ready to shoot hoops. There is no fussing with concrete. Manufacturer's Warranty Five-year warranty on all parts Amazon.com Basketball System Buying Guide With the high-quality construction of many portable basketball systems, turning your driveway into a basketball court can be as simple as hooking up your garden hose. But while a portable system may ultimately be your best choice, there are reasons you may want to consider an in-ground or wall-mount system before you decide. In-Ground Systems In-ground systems are permanently cemented into the ground--either via a bolt mounting kit or directly into the ground--and are generally more rigid and take up less space than portables. In-ground systems often require that you hire a professional to complete the task, but when the cement dries you'll have a hoop that can take punishing dunks with ease. Many in-ground systems are height-adjustable, include removable post features that let you take the system down for off-season storage, and feature heavy-duty break-away rims. You'll also want to research the adjustable mechanisms on the systems, as there are several types to choose from. Some feature a counter-balance spring that lets you perform easy, one-hand adjustments while others may feature a sturdy, pneumatic system. Wall-Mount Systems Wall-mount systems can be mounted to the side of a house, a tall retaining wall, or a garage. Generally sturdier than portables, wall-mounts have the added advantage of optimizing your existing ground space for the court, since you won't take any space up with the base or pole. Not all systems include the necessary hardware, so make certain you add a mounting kit to your list. Portable Systems Portable systems require minimal installation and offer ultimate convenience. These systems generally feature a base that can be filled with sand or water to stabilize them and include wheels for portability. Although they are not as sturdy as in-ground or wall-mounted hoops, portables are simple to set up and can often be folded for convenient storage. Backboard Considerations Regardless of which system you choose, you'll want to brush up on Backboards 101. Most residential systems feature backboards made of acrylic, fiberglass, graphite, or various other composite materials. While clear acrylic gives the professional look and feel of glass, it is not as rigid as fiberglass or graphite. Some systems may offer steel or aluminum backboards, which are virtually vandal resistant, but don't offer the true rebounding action. The regulation size of an NBA backboard is 72 inches wide and 42 inches high. Most portable hoops are 42 or 44 inches wide and 36 inches tall. In-ground systems tend to be a bit larger, with 54-inch and 60-inch widths being the most popular. While rectangular shaped backboards provide more bank shot opportunities, they are generally more expensive than the streamlined fan-shaped board.	Lifetime 48"" Shatter Guard Fusion Portable Basketball system is made in the USA.  Our high-density  polyethylene backboard and base are virtually indestructible, along with the powder-coated weather resistant pole finish,  Slam-It Rim that springs back, Quick Adjust height adjustment feature, along with a 31 gallon capacity base that can be moved to wherever play is requested, gives you a unbeatable, complete system.   Built with the highest quality steel parts from pole to rim, and we only use polyethylene for our bases providing strength and durability,that won't crack or degrade outdoors.  Our height adjustment feature  allows players of any age or skill to enjoy the game at their level!  With the best warranty in the business, offering a top-to-bottom 5 Year warranty that covers everything on the system, top to bottom.  Lifetime Customer Care @ 1-800-225-3865 (or) www.lifetime.com.",backboard systems;backboards;basketball;court equipment;portable boards;sports;sports & outdoor play;sports & outdoors;team sports;toys & games,10
0131479547,"Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles (5th Edition) (GOAL Series) William Stallings has made a unique contribution to understanding the broad sweep of technical developments in computer networking and computer architecture. He has authored 18 titles, and counting revised editions, a total of 35 books on various aspects of these subjects. In over 20 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. Currently he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms, and leading-edge government research institutions.  He has six times received the prize for best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.  Bill has designed and implemented both TCP/IP-based and OSI-based protocol suites on a variety of computers and operating systems, ranging from microcomputers to mainframes. As a consultant, he has advised government agencies, computer and software vendors, and major users on the design, selection, and use of networking software and products.Dr. Stallings holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in Electrical Engineering.",apis & operating environments;books;computer science;computers & technology;new;operating systems;operating systems theory;programming;software;used & rental textbooks,10
0874746507,"High Honor: Recollections by Men and Women of World War II Aviation In this collection of thoughtful reminiscences, 26 men and two women look back on their WW II experiences in military aviation and briefly review their subsequent careers. Former pilots have their say, along with a bombardier, a ball-turret gunner, a navigator, a carrier landing-signals officer, a flight surgeon and a crew chief. Many of the participants in this oral history project remained in aviation after the war, some as pilots on active duty in Korea and Vietnam, others as test pilots, aerospace engineers, airline mechanics. Melodrama has a low priority here; most of these veterans are more interested in recalling the good times than the bad, their fascination with airplanes and their personal sense of fulfillment at having taken part in the air war. Photos. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	The eyewitness anthology is especially well suited to teach us of large events of the scope of World War II. Here 24 narrators recount their experiences in aviation during that war. Participants include names well known to aviation readers, like the late Tom Lanphier (who adds information to the shooting down of Admiral Yamamoto), as well as a flight surgeon, two women who did pivotal jobs in aviation, and a less-publicized contributor, one of a handful of black fighter pilots. They take us through the 8th Air Force's assault on Germany, over long stretches of sea on anti-sub patrol, through the perils of pilot training, and into combat. Their combined insight works well to describe both that time and their responses to it. A strong wartime history from remarkable personalities.- Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.",americas;aviation;biographies & memoirs;books;history;military;specific groups;united states;women;world war ii,10
B00006WS5E,"Brinkmann 810-5000-0 All-In-One Outdoor Cooker, Black Designed for the highly versatile outdoor chef, the Brinkmann  All-in-One cooker delivers five distinct uses in one minimally bulky  unit. By removing or rearranging the All-in-One's separate components,  you can fry, grill, or smoke with gas, or grill or smoke with charcoal.  Constructed with an all-welded frame, the unit features a raised rim  for extra stability and sturdy U-shaped legs. Switching between cooking  methods is simple and straightforward. For gas frying, the cooker uses  the standalone base with a flat pan, a stable enough construction to  hold the large pots used to cook turkeys and lobster. For gas grilling,  it features a vented, aluminized base pan that holds the included lava  rocks securely above the LP gas burner. Replace the lava rocks with  charcoal, and voila, you now have a charcoal grill. In its charcoal  grill configuration, the All-in-One can be removed from its standing  legs for camping, tailgate parties, or picnics. As a smoker, powered by  charcoal or by gas, the cooker uses two racks to hold up to 50 pounds  of food and a water/marinade pan to generate steam.  An integral part of the All-in-One's versatility, the dome lid fits  every configuration and includes a simple heat indicator to cut down on  guesswork. Its rounded shape also forces the circulation of heat,  smoke, and steam, so food cooks evenly without the necessity of basting  or turning. Both the chrome-plated steel grills and the porcelain  enamel water pan on this model clean up easily, and the wooden handles  stay cool. Brinkmann aluminizes the base pan to prevent rusting and  equips the hose with an adjustable regulator for precise flame control.  The unit also includes a rust-resistant drip pan to catch ash, embers,  and grease. Assembly is required. --Emily Bedard	The All-In-One is the most versatile outdoor cooking system ever offered. It's modular design enables the All-In-One to be used as an LP gas grill, LP gas water smoker, charcoal grill, charcoal water smoker, or gas cooker/fryer with 170,000 BTU adjustable high/low burner. The body features two chrome plated steel cooking grills for a 50 pound cooking capacity. A heat indicator in the lid eliminates guesswork and the wooden handles stay cool to the touch. Also includes a drip pan/ash guard, porcelain enamel water pan, lava rocks, and gas hose and regulator. Propane tank and pot not included.",brinkmann company;computer components;computers & accessories;electronics;freestanding grills;grills;grills & outdoor cooking;lawn & garden;patio;smokers,10
0310531411,"City of God, City of Satan Why is the city a battleground of hostile principalities and powers? What is the mission of the church in the city? How can the church be supported in accomplishing that mission? These are the questions that Robert Linthicum treats in his comprehensive and probing biblical theology of the city. In the Bible the city is depicted both as a dwelling place of God and his people and as a center of power for Satan and his minions. The city is one primary stage on which the drama of salvation is played out. And that is no less the case at the end of this pivotal century as megacities become the focal point of most human activity and aspirations around the world. This is a timely theology of the city that weaves the theological images of the Bible and the social realities of the contemporary world into a revealing tapestry of truths about the urban experience. Its purpose is to define clearly the mission of the church in the midst of the urban realities and to support well the work of the church in the urban world.	Dr. Robert C. Linthicum is director of the Office of Urban Advance, World Vision International.  He has been an urban pastor in Chicago, Rockford, Milwaukee, and Detroit, and a community organizer in most of those same cities.  He is currently chair of the Urban Coordinating Council of the Presbyterian Church (USA) for Southern California.  He is the author of four previous books on church and renewal topics.  He holds a doctorate from San Francisco Theological Seminary and masters from both McCormick Theological Seminary and Wheaton Graduate School of Theology.",books;christian books & bibles;church institutions & organizations;evangelism;ministry;ministry & church leadership;missions & missionary work;religion & spirituality;religious studies;theology,10
B000002VFS,1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time Includes matching wood canopy and 8' of black cord,alternative rock;country;dance & electronic;jazz;miscellaneous;music;pop;r&b;rock;soundtracks,10
013843087X,Starting FORTH: Introduction to the FORTH Language and Operating System for Beginners and Professionals (Prentice-Hall software series) A user-friendly beginner's tutorial on the Forth programing language and operating system.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.,apis & operating environments;books;computers & technology;education & reference;languages & tools;mathematics;operating systems theory;programming;science & math;software,10
0743225910,"Child of God: A Novel From the author of Scenes from a Sistah comes this saga of a family cast about by the winds of fate and torn apart by love and fear. Entwining the stories of two generations of the Boten clan of Downtown, Tenn., Files has created a lurid play of murder, incest, rape and deceit worthy of the Shakespearean names of her characters. She references Hamlet, but this spectacle might find a better comparison in Titus Andronicus. Ophelia Boten is the product of an incestuous union between her mother, Grace, and her latently homosexual uncle, Walter. Unaware of her own origins or the tragedies of her family's past, Ophelia is soon pregnant with a love child of her own, courtesy of her vicious older brother, Lay (short for Laertes). Lay is sent off to Detroit, where he becomes a heroin dealer, and their infant son Hamlet perishes in a fire that may or may not have been started deliberately by Sukie, Walter's voodoo witch of a wife. Unsurprisingly, the family unravels even further, and the narrative eventually degenerates into more murders, fires, addictions, rapes and just about everything else under the sun. Files's writing is serviceable, but fails to lift this soap opera up to a truly moving level, leaving the flat characters to carry out the Herculean task of transforming the overblown drama into something real and poignant. Throughout it all, Files harps on the power of love, both driving the characters further into self-destruction and bringing some eventual redemption but the plot is too unwieldy and the brushstrokes too broad for this tragedy to escape predictability and garishness. Agent, Warren Frazier of John Hawkins Assoc.; 7-city author tour. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Files' fourth novel covers the taboo subjects of incest, homosexuality, and voodoo. The southern family featured here has survived the secrets and misfortune of three generations, from the post-World War II era to the Vietnam War. The saga begins with the grandparents, Amalie and Benny, who inaugurated the family history of violence and confusion. Their perverse personal demons destroyed the family and caused the children, Grace and Walter, to share a sibling bond that was both blasphemous and wholesome. When the pregnant Grace married Big Daddy, it was hoped that the curse would be broken. Yet their sons, Lay and Polo, also became victims of the family misfortune. Walter finally marries a woman, from Louisiana, who adds another twisted secret to the already confused family history. Grace has a daughter, Ophelia, and the death of Ophelia's child in a mysterious fire prompts Grace to offer her daughter an opportunity that she herself was never able to accept; it is Ophelia's determination to confront the family curse that changes the future of the Boten legacy. Lillian LewisCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Mat Johnson author of Drop Intelligent, deft, gripping, Child of God is a page-turner that is as rewarding as it is entertaining, as fun as it is fulfilling. Lolita Files not only gives the readers what we want, but what we didn't even realize we needed. With Child of God, Lolita Files is at her best, showing us not only why she has become one of the most popular writers of our day, but why she'll be remembered long into tomorrow. Child of God is a bold and fully realized accomplishment, but even better, it's a damn good read.Susan Straight author of I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots Lolita Files has created a rich, darkly fascinating world of love and betrayal, and I was compelled to finish the novel and learn the family's ultimate fate. Lolita steps into new territory with this one.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Lolita Files is the author of Tastes Like Chicken, Child of God, Blind Ambitions, Getting to the Good Part, and Scenes from a Sistah. Currently developing projects for television and film, Files has a degree in broadcast journalism and lives outside of Los Angeles.	Chapter OneThere's no sweeter stench than the scent of a burning baby.Grace raced across the yard, her steps hastened by the cries upon the wind.""Somebody help me,"" she cried. ""My grandbaby's trapped inside the house.""She grabbed a large branch and began to beat against a window. It broke away and released a menacing gust of fire that licked the edges of her hair and sent her reeling backward in a choking fit.The anguished cries from inside the house escaped through the broken pane, hanging upon the wind.""Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...""It was a wild and airy sound, a wailing that trailed off into a whirlwind of echoes. In the midst of the biting-cold night, the house was engulfed in a blizzard of flames.Polo stood out front, drenched in sweat, flinging buckets of water. The fire became more savage with each bucket he threw. Grace found her footing again and began beating her house with another tree branch.""Mama, it's not slowing down,"" Polo said, out of breath. ""It's getting bigger. The water's making it worse.""""Just keep trying. It's got to be stopped.""""Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...""The cries of the baby were deafening.Polo threw away the bucket and grabbed a tree branch. He followed his mother's lead and began to swat at the fire.Grace lifted her nose, catching the scent of the wind.""Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God."" She fell to her knees in exhaustion.""Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...""The haunting cry was like a lingering note in a dirge. Then it faded into the night and was never heard by Grace or Polo again.Grace raised her head and listened to the sound as it waned. Silent tears fell onto the dusty earth. If not for the gentle shaking of her shoulders as she dropped her head into her hands, Polo would not have known she was crying.""My grandbaby is dead.""Polo dropped on his knees in the dirt beside her, trying to make out her words as she sobbed into her soot-stained palms. He thought she was asking about his sister. He wrapped his arms around her in a tight embrace.""Mama, Ophelia's all right,"" he said. ""She's out there by them fir trees.""Ophelia stood in the shadows of the woods, watching the fire gut the house. In the dazzling glow of the flames, she had seen her mother and brother trying to get to the baby and calm the blaze.Grace's sobs grew heavy as the soot from her hands now covered her face. Her long black satiny hair hung loose and tangled around her head. Polo held his mother close, rocking her in his arms.The fire raged on before them, consuming the house.""Mama, we couldn't do nuthin',"" said Polo. ""The baby was 'sleep when we went next door. It wasn't nothing burning in the house. The stove wasn't even on. The baby was 'sleep.""""How we gon' tell Ophelia about the baby?""The look of terror and questioning in his mother's eyes frightened him.d""I think she already know. Look like she came from out by the barn. That's why she standing by them trees.""""What was she doing over there?"" Grace asked. She was almost hysterical.""I'on know, Mama. She always be in the barn."" He rocked his mother faster. ""She ain't crying or even coming over here to ask 'bout the baby. I'on know, maybe she in shock. I guess she already knows he's dead.""At those words, Grace fell onto her son's chest and began to cry again.As the two held each other, the wooden porch collapsed, and the entire house folded in on itself.Polo's girlfriend came running from across the field.""I could see it from my house,"" she said. ""I could see the flames just shooting up into the sky.""Polo ignored her, rocking his mother. Coolie ran next door to Polo's uncle's house for more water. She returned, hurling the bucket so hard, the entire thing flew into the flames.""What are you doing?"" Polo cried. ""The house can't be saved, it's already gone.""""We gotta put the fire out,"" she said. She ran next door for more water. Her short, curly hair was sticking to her face and neck in sweaty ringlets, and her peach-colored skin was flushed from the heat. She ran closer to the house. The fire licked at her, rushing up the front of her skirt.She screamed and danced around in a frenzy.Polo let go of his mother and leaped upon his girlfriend, throwing her to the ground. The fire on her skirt was extinguished as they rolled in the dust. Smoke rose from the hem in a funky puff.A car approached in the distance. Grace's husband, Big Daddy, sped toward them in his bright yellow '59 Ford. Before he had turned the engine off, Big Daddy and Grace's brother, Walter, were dashing out of the car, running to the house. Within seconds they realized there was nothing either of them could do to save it.Big Daddy rushed over to Grace. Walter stood rooted, staring at the fantastic flames.""What happened, baby?"" Big Daddy said in his booming voice.Grace's sobbing grew louder.""We was all next door just sittin' around, like we've done a hundred times before. Hamlet was in there. We didn't want to disturb him since he was 'sleep. The next thing you know, it's this fire. My baby's little boy done died in there.""Big Daddy grabbed his head and dropped to his knees beside her. He wrapped his tree-trunk arms around her and released his muffled cries deep within the security of her shoulder.Walter stood above them. ""Ain't nuthin' we can do but let it burn out,"" he said. ""It's too far gone now.""He wanted to hug and comfort his sister, but Big Daddy and his overpowering strength were in the way.""Where's Ophelia?"" Big Daddy asked, choking back tears.He looked around for his daughter amid the fire and smoke. Polo and Coolie pointed in the direction of the trees. Big Daddy turned to see Ophelia facedown in the dirt, her hands digging deep into the earth. Her body was wracked with sobs as they all watched her, alone in her pain.From the porch next door, Sukie looked out. She glanced at her husband, Walter, who was still staring down at Grace and Big Daddy. She looked at the burning house, now a frame shrouded in the brilliance of the fire. She noticed Ophelia in the thicket of trees, covered with dirt and leaves as she grieved in the darkness.Sukie shook her head.With a slow turn, she sucked her tongue and went into the house to mop up all the water Polo and Coolie had wasted.Copyright copy; 2001 by Lolita Files",books;contemporary;domestic life;family saga;genre fiction;literature & fiction;multicultural;romance;united states;women's fiction,10
0595151884,"Anatomy Academy Tommy Cutter is a business professional living in Salt Lake City, Utah with his sweetheart and two little ones. He is also a professor of graduate studies at the University of Utah. Tommy has a passion for storytelling. This passion is especially evident in the backwoods on a camping adventure when tales of ghosts, Bigfoot and the walking dead shock and astound his innocent listeners.",books;contemporary;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;spy stories & tales of intrigue;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0826476554,"Angels of Grace (Continuums Icons) ' If you are looking for a means of exploring a series of Christian virtues related to 'angels', then this book will delight....As with all Grun's writing there is much practical wisdom related specifically to our self-knowledge...His love of words and exploring them is a particular strength of his writing.' ~ David Kennedy, 'Reflecting on Angels', Expository Times, 1 August 2006. (David Kennedy Expository Times )' If you are looking for a means of exploring a series of Christian virtues related to 'angels', then this book will delight....As with all Grun's writing there is much practical wisdom related specifically to our self-knowledge...His love of words and exploring them is a particular strength of his writing.' ~ David Kennedy, 'Reflecting on Angels', Expository Times, 1 August 2006. (, Expository Times )	Anselm Grn is a Benedictine monk who lives in Germany. He is also the Cellarer of the community. Grn is a bestselling writer in Germany but is only beginning to be known in the English speaking world.",books;christian books & bibles;humanities;meditations;new;religion & spirituality;religious studies;spirituality;used & rental textbooks;worship & devotion,10
1566080525,Let's Put on a Show!: A Beginner's Theatre Handbook for Young Actors Adrea Gibbs,arts;arts & photography;books;children's books;crafts & music;direction & production;drama & theater;performing arts;stagecraft;theater,10
1591020603,"The Heidegger-Jaspers Correspondence (1920-1963) (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences.) Walter Biemel is professor emeritus of philosophy at the State Academy of Art in Dusseldorf, Germany.  Hans Saner is a freelance writer and was the personal assiistant to Karl Jaspers from 1961 to 1969.  Gary E. Aylesworth is professor of philosophy and chair of the philosophy department at Eastern Illinois University.",biographies & memoirs;books;essays & correspondence;letters & correspondence;literature & fiction;modern;philosophers;philosophy;politics & social sciences;professionals & academics,10
0891418024,"Dustoff: The Memoir of an Army Aviator A REMARKABLE READ . . . [Novosels] career is an inspiration to anyone who has ever needed to overcome an obstacle or achieve a desired goal. . . . A lively and universally engrossing account.Vietnam Magazine	A REMARKABLE READ . . . [Novosels] career is an inspiration to anyone who has ever needed to overcome an obstacle or achieve a desired goal. . . . A lively and universally engrossing account.Vietnam Magazine	Congressional Medal of Honor citationfor Michael J. NovoselChief Warrant Officer (CWO) Novosel, 82d Medical Detachment 45th Medical Company, 68th Medical Group, distinguished himself on 2 October 1969 at Kien Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam, while serving as commander of a medical evacuation helicopter. He unhesitatingly maneuvered his helicopter into a heavily fortified and defended enemy training area where a group of wounded Vietnamese soldiers were pinned down by a large enemy force. Flying without gunship or other cover and exposed to intense machinegun fire, CWO Novosel was able to locate and rescue a wounded soldier. Since all communications with the beleaguered troops had been lost, he repeatedly circled the battle area, flying at low level under continuous heavy fire, to attract the attention of the scattered friendly troops. This display of courage visibly raised their morale, as they recognized this as a signal to assemble for evacuation. . . . In all, fifteen extremely hazardous extractions were performed in order to remove wounded personnel. As a direct result of his selfless conduct, the lives of twenty-nine soldiers were saved. The extraordinary heroism displayed by CWO Novosel was an inspiration to his comrades in arms and reflects great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.	1A World of TurmoilThe 1940 graduating class of Etna High School was sent into a deeply troubled world where economies were shattered and nations struggled to climb out of the economic morass confronting them. Ancient animosities resurfaced and Europe, for the second time in the century, was embroiled in war.Our nation still suffered the effects of the Great Depression, triggered by the crash of 1929. Many were unemployed, living on the dole, or getting assistance from friends or relatives. The minimum wage, if one could get it, was twenty-five cents an hour.I lived in Etna, a small mill town in western Pennsylvania, and was a member of the 1940 graduating class. The future did not look encouraging, and jobs were scarce. I found one at the Wildwood Country Club as an assistant to the club pro, but it lasted only until October, when the course closed for the winter. Without employable skills or experience, I was unable to get another job.The war in Europe continued to heat up, and most Americans felt we soon would be in it. Congress passed a draft law and, along with the efforts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was hurriedly bolstering our armed forces. Our military forces were advertising the benefits of their training programs, and their pitches sounded attractive.I decided to enlist. On February 7, 1941, ten months to the day before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I joined the U.S. Army Air Corps.My early days in the air corps were enjoyable, although I suffered a setback in my plans. I wanted to be an airplane mechanic and fly. But the army had other plans, and I was sent to a school for administration specialists.I made several new friends, among them Bill Ridley, from Oklahoma; Curvin Miller and Bill Reinsel, from Pennsylvania; and Felix Caplan, from New Jersey. After finishing the school, we were assigned to Sheppard Field in Texas.Because of my position as chief payroll clerk, I acquired a complete set of army regulations. I discovered one dealing with the aviation cadet program and read and reread it un- til I knew everything about it. I met all requirements except height, which was five feet four inches. My service record listed me as five feet three and three-quarter inches. Curvin Miller measured me and said Id grown an eighth of an inch since Id enlisted. I had to grow a little more.Ridley said he was going to apply for flight training and that I should also, even though I was a tad too short. They might let you slide through, he said. We applied.Our barracks mates knew about our plans and decided to help me grow. Together they had an enormous amount of talent, initiative, and intelligence. They gave us moral support and a lot of help in other ways. Bill Reinsel, who was assigned to the dispensary, fed me a steady dose of vitamin A. He said it was necessary for good vision.Miller said he read a magazine article claiming that the body was tallest in the morning right after waking. He said I should remain in bed as long as possible on the morning of my flight physical to maximize my height.Ridley and I were scheduled for our flight physicals at 7:30 a.m. Miller suggested I shower before going to bed. That way I could remain in a horizontal position longer before reporting for the examination. I showered and hit the sack early.The next morning Miller, who had organized a crew, made certain that I remained horizontal until I had to leave for the dispensary. While I lay in bed, they slipped me into my fatigues, put on my shoes and socks, and slid me onto a long, narrow board. Four of my mates carried me as I lay stretched out on the board.I thought they were going to carry me all the way to the dispensary. If they did, surely some officer would see what amounted to a detail of soldiers carrying a stiff. Hed halt the parade and demand an explanation. Officers are funny that way.The worst scenario would be a military policeman coming upon the scene. Surely hed march us all to the stockade without asking for an explanation. Military policemen are funny that way too. But I was not aware how efficient my barracks mates were, or how much planning, cooperation, and coordination they were capable of. Felix Caplan, who worked in the motor pool, had conned the motor sergeant out of a three-quarter-ton truck. Hed parked in front of our barracks and was waiting for a loadme on my board.Millers crew laid one end of the board on the bed of the truck, shoved the board forward until the tailgate would close, and drove to the dispensary. There they eased me and the board off the truck and proceeded to the physical examination section.From the moment I was placed on the board, and even as I was unloaded and carried into the dispensary, I voiced my objections to the unceremonious proceedings. I feared wed be discovered and called before the first sergeant or, even worse, the captain. Wed be court-martialed for sure. My complaints were ignored; my board bearers assured me that everything was all right and they would be gone as soon as my height had been measured.As we entered the physical examination section, we were met by Bill Reinsel, who did not seem at all surprised to see me lying on the board carried by my barracks mates. Reinsel led the group into a room, where I was placed on the scales; I was vertical for the first time in hours. Reinsel told the attendant to measure my height first. What do you get? Reinsel asked anxiously. The medic doing the measuring said, Five feet three and seven-eighths inches.There erupted an immediate chattering of disbelief followed almost in unison with profanity and regrets over having done all that work for nothing. Reinsel pleaded with the medic to change the measurement to five feet four inches. Who will know?The medic was unmoved. He said he wasnt about to make a false entry on an official document. The measurement would stand. There was nothing else to do except go on with the rest of the examination. At least I would know if I were otherwise qualified. I thanked the gang for helping. I could see that Miller was as disappointed as I. He was so sure that the information he had gleaned from the magazine article was a valid basis for his plan to make me grow. Besides, he had done a lot of work that didnt get the results he wanted. The gang departed with their board.Bill Ridley arrived for his appointment just as I was being measured. He heard the result and saw the disappointment on my face. You can always try later when you grow some, he said. Youre only eighteen; youve got more growing to do.I passed the rest of the exam with flying colors, as did Ridley. But just as we were about to return to the squadron orderly room, Ridley and I were told to see the flight sur- geon. His was the last stop, and he was the ultimate pass-fail authority.Ridley was sent in to see the doctor first. I began to get impatient, because I had a lot of work waiting for me. When Ridley finally came out, he had a big grin on his face. He didnt have to tell me that hed passed. Then I was called into the office.The doctor was sitting at a small table looking over the results of my examination. I dont know what doctors mean when they make funny humming sounds as they look over information vital to a persons interest.I nervously watched him scanning the examination results. I expected him to find that I was a tad too short and tell me to come back when I grew up. After what seemed an eternity, he looked at me. According to this exam, youre short of the minimum height requirement by an eighth of an inch.I blurted right out, I think the medic who measured me made a mistake. I was measured by my friends in the barracks and they found me to be exactly five feet four. Of course that wasnt true, but I was desperate and would have said anything to salvage the situation. The flight surgeon had me stand; he looked me over and told me to turn around.How old are you, son? he asked in a rather soft and relaxed manner.Eighteen, I replied.Will you promise me youll grow another eighth of an inch? he asked.I came right back with a definite and cheery, Yes, sir.I saw him make the appropriate correction on the physical record. I was officially five feet four inches tall. He told me that everything else was in order and that the record of the examination would be forwarded to the proper authorities.The last thing he said was, Dont forget to grow some more. With that, I gave him a snappy salute and was out of there.On September 3, I celebrated my nineteenth birthday. It seemed like ages since I had taken my flight physical; I wondered what had happened to my cadet application. Finally, in mid-October, Ridley and I received word that wed been accepted for flight training and orders would follow. When November passed without orders for flight school, I voiced my concern to Ridley about the delay. He reassured me wed soon get them. Neither of us knew how accurate his prognosis was.I was returning to the base on a Sunday morning when a convertible drove by with its radio blaring the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day, President Roosevelt addressed Congress, and we were officially at war. Not long after, Ridley and I received our orders transferring us to Kelly Field in Texasand flight school.",asia;biographies & memoirs;books;historical;history;leaders & notable people;military;united states;vietnam;world war ii,10
0971679045,"Voices Airy A ghostly historical drama...captivating and suspenseful... Karp is a gifted wordsmith. -- Dark Realms Magazine, July 1, 2004An eerie and eminently readable historical novel. -- Juliet Waldron, Author of MOZART'S WIFEThis unique tale has memorable characters whose stories are told against an expertly researched background. -- Romantic Times BOOKclub, July 2004	Catherine Karp is a Southern California native who resides in Irvine with her husband and daughter. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, GILDED, won the Hollywood Film Festival Book Discovery Award, and she has been a San Diego Book Award finalist. She is currently at work on her next historical tale.",books;genre fiction;historical;horror;literature & fiction;mystery;occult;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0810925796,Gaumont: A Century of French Cinema Text: English (translation)  Original Language: French,arts & photography;biographies;books;engineering;humor & entertainment;industry;movies;performing arts;professional & technical;telecommunications,10
0226121097,"University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics with Solutions David F. Greenberg is professor of sociology at New York University. Valentine L. Telegdi, retired, was the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago. Jeremiah A. Cronin was formerly assistant professor of physics at Brown University.",books;education & reference;new;physics;science & math;science & mathematics;study guides;studying & workbooks;test prep & study guides;used & rental textbooks,10
0313214034,The Southern Common People: Studies in Nineteenth-Century Social History (Contributions in American History) ?[The 18 essays] will be welcomed by specialists in Southern history....[Each] author has in some way shed light on the essential questions of just who the Southern commoners were and how they related to the other constituents of the social structure. Lists of suggested further readings enhance the value of this one-of-a-kind anthology. No serious student of the South should neglect it.?-Library Journal	[The 18 essays] will be welcomed by specialists in Southern  history....[Each] author has in some way shed light on the essential  questions of just who the Southern commoners were and how they related  to the other constituents of the social structure. Lists of suggested  further readings enhance the value of this one-of-a-kind anthology. No  serious student of the South should neglect it.,19th century;books;education & reference;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;used & rental textbooks,10
0803975880,"Governmentality : Power and Rule in Modern Society `Mitchell Dean has written an outstandingly clear and scholarly introduction to the central theses and methods of the analysis of the mentalities and techniques of rule. He not only provides a guide to Foucault's own thought in this area, but he also draws upon other key thinkers in contemporary social theory to develop original and illuminating analysis of some principle formations of political power. Dean's book should become required reading not just for those interested in he work of Michel Foucault, but for all those who are concerned with the dilemmas of contemporary politics' - Nikolas Rose, Goldsmiths College",books;history & theory;new;political history;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;used & rental textbooks,10
0735810974,"Little Bobo PreSchool-Grade 3-The boredom of Bobo's life in the rain forest ends the day he happens upon a violin. The little orangutan begins practicing incessantly, annoying his family and alienating the other animals. With time and perseverance, however, he makes beautiful music for an adoring audience. Unfortunately, his fame is short-lived-a crocodile crunches the fiddle to bits. Bobo grows increasingly morose until he and his father travel to Uncle Darwin's junk cave and are successful in their quest for a new violin. After a careful trip home, the orangutans are greeted by a dreadful racket?Bobo's friends are learning to play instruments, too. This meandering story is improved by de Beer's whimsical watercolor-and-ink art. Children will be fascinated by the double-page spread of little Bobo descending into the junk cave. The text is lengthy, but may be interesting in combination with Thacher Hurd's Mama Don't Allow (HarperCollins, 1984), a more engaging example of ""practice makes perfect.""?Lisa S. Murphy, formerly at Dauphin County Library System, Harrisburg, PACopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Text: English (translation) Original Language: German	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Serena Romanelli was born in Florence, Italy. She studied illustration at the Rietveld Academy of Art in Amsterdam, where she met Hans de Beer. Romanelli especially loves drawing for children because fantasy and imagination play such important parts in a child's world-a world she has not forgotten.Hans de Beer was born in Muiden, a small town near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He studied illustration at the Rietveld Academy of Art in Amsterdam. Hans de Beer's Little Polar Bear books enjoy great international success. They have been published in 18",animals;apes & monkeys;arts;books;children's books;crafts & music;dogs;humor;music;performing arts,10
0631184791,"The First European Revolution: 970-1215 (Making of Europe) ""This is a remarkable book... it can function as a synthesis of the best studies for upper-division undergraduates or graduate students. It is so well researched and argued that even though it asks the reader to accept yet one more period as revolutionary, it is entirely convincing."" History: Reviews of New Books !--end--""A volume which is consistently intelligent and stimulating, not least because it draws on the insights of social anthropology and of other periods and places in history than its own ... it is the essence of a good book that it should open the reader's mind and sharpen his arguments. By that token this is assuredly a good book."" Ecclesiastical History	This compelling new history provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late tenth to the early thirteenth centuries.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	This book provides a radical reassessment of Europe from the late tenth to the early thirteenth centuries. Professor Moore argues that the period witnessed the first true revolution in European society, characterized by a transformation in the economy, in family structures, and in the sources of power and the means by which it was exercised. Together these changes brought into being for the first time an autonomous city-supporting civilization in non-Mediterranean Europe. The circumstances and outcome of this transformation, he demonstrates, not only shaped medieval and modern Europe but established enduring and fundamental characteristics which differentiated Europe from other world civilizations. The process at the heart of change involved social, cultural and institutional transformations whose implementation required extensive popular participation. On occasion it required the use or threat of popular violence, in part consciously sanctioned and led by some of those challenging for power within the social elite; once the revolution had been achieved this popular enthusiasm had to be subdued and contained. These developments were far from simple and anything but uniform. The differences which resulted both within Europe and between Europe and other world civilizations were of lasting significance.	R. I. Moore has been Professor of Medieval History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne since 1993. He previously taught at Sheffield University, and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. His previous books include The Birth of Popular Heresy (1975), The Origins of European Dissent (1977) and The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250 (1987). He is also General Editor of the Blackwell History of the World series.",books;europe;germany;history;humanities;medieval;new;revolutionary;used & rental textbooks;world,10
1583484906,"Smalltalk, Objects, and Design A programmer's guide to Smalltalk integrating its language with object-oriented design solutions.  Consultant Liu focuses on practical alternatives and trade-offs, introducing Smalltalk basics in objects, classes and inheritances, and explaining topics in abstract classes, containers, object identity, the use of polymorphism to improve design, patterns and frameworks in Smalltalk, the consistent nature of metaclasses, building a basic application, and effective user interfaces. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	""...recommend[ed] ... to practitioners who don't want to read a dry treatment on design methodology or yet another programming book."" -- Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, author of Designing Object-Oriented Software	Chamond Liu is an independent consultant, experienced in designing and implementing both applications and systems software. He has worked with clients in industries such as banking, oil and natural gas, mutual funds, and pharmaceutical operations. He is also known for his publications on design patterns and learn-ability of OO programming.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;languages & tools;networking;object-oriented design;programming;software;software design;testing & engineering,10
B0006G4P5O,"Gerber 06943 CAMO - Mag JR with Camo Handle Gerber Camo Magnum Junior Fine Edge Folding Knife. A classic field knife that gets it done. Lays low when you're stalking or still hunting, then stands tall when you're dressing out your buck or bull. Superior edge retention is mandatory with big game hunting. And the Magnum L.S.T. JR delivers it in a 2 3/4"" blade made of 420 high carbon stainless steel. But its still fairly easy to sharpen as needed. Pronounced finger grips in the fiberglass-reinforced thermoplastic handle work with crisp checkering to provide a strong, comfortable grip. After all, sometimes those trophy critters can take a while to work up. All the details: 6"" overall; 2 11/16"" blade; 3 1/2""; 1 1/2 ozs. Lock back mechanism; Drop-point fine-edge 420HC stainless steel blade; Handle Material Glass-filled nylon; Mossy Oak Break-Up camo. Order yours today! WARNING: You must be 18 or older to purchase Cutlery. Cutlery cannot be shipped to Marin, Napa, Ventura and Yolo counties, CA; D.C.; MA; Miami-Dade & Sarasota counties, FL; Canada or Puerto Rico. Please check your State, County and City laws for restrictions before ordering Cutlery. Gerber Camo Magnum Junior Fine Edge Folding Knife",folded knives;hand tools;hunting;hunting & fishing;hunting & tactical knives;hunting knives;knives;power & hand tools;sports & outdoors;tools & home improvement,10
0873225023,"Athletic Taping & Bracing ""The strengths of the text are its stepwise instruction of application of taping procedures and the use of primal pictures illustration.""""Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy"" ""Stands out as the best of its kind, with its emphasis on mastering the anatomy of the human body, clear illustrations, and presentation of stretching and strengthening techniques to limit the athlete's dependence on the artificial assistance of taping and bracing.""""Choice"" (review of first edition)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The strengths of the text are its stepwise instruction of application of taping procedures and the use of primal pictures illustration.Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy...Stands out as the best of its kind, with its emphasis on mastering the anatomy of the human body, clear illustrations, and presentation of stretching and strengthening techniques to limit the athletes dependence on the artificial assistance of taping and bracing.Choice (review of first edition) 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	David H. Perrin is an associate professor at the University of Virginia, where he has been the director of graduate athletic training education and research since 1986. He received his MA in athletic training from Indiana State University in 1977 and his PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985. Perrin is the founding editor of the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation and has served on the editorial boards of several other publications. He is the author of Isokinetic Exercise and Assessment, a text that assesses human muscle performance by integrating clinical practice with scientific research. He is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Perrin's leisure interests include running, biking, traveling, and vacationing at his lake cottage in Vermont.",allied health professions;books;medical books;medicine;physical therapy;sports & outdoors;sports medicine;surgery;training;trauma,10
8090217192,"Total Fears Letters to Dubenka ... extraordinary, quick, rambling, spoken, but purposeful writing.  -- Michael Hofmann, The Times Literary SupplementThe conditions under which Hrabal created [his] oeuvre, the final lifting with the collapse of Communism in 1989 and their grievous, indestructible memory, are all recorded, along with visits to Britain and the Delighted States in an extraordinary series of half-imaginary letters to Dubenka  a visiting American student who made a great impression on Hrabal . . . It is quick, rambling, spoken, but purposeful writing.  -- Michael Hofmann, The TLS, January 29,1999The present translated collection gives the impression of a unified body of work, written with a consistent style and voice and concentrating on particular themes. The style will be familiar to readers of Hrabal: a stream of consciousness reflection presenting a poetic train of associations . . .  -- The New Presence, April, 1999The publication of this book marks a major event . . . As an addition to English Hrabalia, Total Fears is invaluable, and unlikely to be matched for some time.  -- The Prague Post, June 24, 1998	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Czech	James Naughton is Professor of Czech Language and Literature at Oxford University.",arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;criticism & theory;essays & correspondence;history & criticism;letters & correspondence;literature & fiction;movements & periods,10
1890412864,"Breakthrough In Cell-Defense Dr. Allan Somersall studied at the Universities of London,  Pennsylvania and Toronto, earning doctorates in both science and  medicine.  A practicing physician, he has been at the interface of  nutrition and medicine for two decades.  He has traveled the world  promoting health responsibility and disease prevention.  He is a  celebrated author and media guest.    Dr. Gustavo Bounous is a trained surgeon and the 1965 reciient of  the distinguished Medal of the Canadian Royal College of Physicians  and Surgeons.  He was a career investigator for the Medical Research  Council of Canada.  He did experimental surgery and research at the  Montreal General Hospital, a teaching hospital affiliated with McGill  University.",aids;basic sciences;books;diseases & physical ailments;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;immunology;medical books;reference,10
0895871033,"Touring the East Tennessee Backroads (Touring the Backroads Series) In her discussion of eastern Tennessee, Sakowski ( Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads , Blair, 1990) here reveals such surprises as where miniature golf was invented and where the first nationally distributed country-and-western records were recorded. She lingers over the characters, economics, and battles that have put this part of the country on the map. In a format similar to WPA's Guide to Tennessee (Univ. of Tennessee Pr., 1986. reprint), Sakowski gives precise directions to many historic locations, picnic areas, and scenic views of untraveled Tennessee. She drops some startling remarks, such as, ""When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,... most of... Oak Ridge was stunned to learn that... their whole community was centered around producing this bomb."" These stories hold the reader's interest. Recommended for libraries having patrons living in and visiting eastern Tennessee.- Carolyn L. Stoddard, New Hampshire Tech. Inst. Lib., ConcordCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;east south central;food;general;lodging & transportation;road travel;south;tennessee;travel;united states,10
1861007477,"Visual Basic .NET Code Security Handbook When security vulnerabilities are discovered in your products or systems it is not only embarrassing but also potentially costly to you and or your customers. .NET offers the potential to reduce greatly the number and severity of security vulnerabilities but there are still many pitfalls; this book can help you avoid them.	Eric Lippert works for Microsoft designing programming languages and development tools. He has been partly responsible for creating VBScript, JScript, Windows Script Host, and Windows Script Components. He was also involved in the design of JScript .NET and Visual Basic .NET and until recently he was part of the ECMAScript working group.    Eric has long been interested in computer security issues particularly with respect to the highly destructive script-related viruses that have appeared over the last few years. He realised in 2001 that even the excellent new security features in the .NET Framework would not solve these problems unless people used and understood them. Since then he has been somewhat obsessive about explaining to anyone who listen how the security system works and why it is important to them.",books;certification;comptia;computers & technology;education & reference;encryption;languages & tools;programming;security & encryption;visual basic,10
B0002438LC,"Lenox 30881-VB1 Vari-Bit 1/8-Inch to 1/2-Inch Step Drill Bit with 1/4-Inch Shank The LENOX  30881-VB1 Vari-Bit Step Drill Bit - 1/8"" - 1/2"" has a patented two flute design which cuts fast, clean, round holes that are accurate and burr-free.  The enhanced flute design also removes chips rapidly to ensure longer tool life.  The split point on the tip of the Vari-Bit is designed for faster penetration and prevents walking.  The steam oxide coating adds to the durability of the Vari-Bit Step Drill Bit.	# Steps make hole size identification easy # Double flute design cuts burr-free holes # Drills metals (steel, brass, copper, stainless steel, aluminum) up to 1/8"" thick as well as wood and plastics # True 135 drill point starts fast, no center punching",boring drill bits;cutting tools;drill bits;industrial & scientific;industrial drill bits;metalworking & multipurpose drill bits;power & hand tools;power tool accessories;step drill bits;tools & home improvement,10
1585677639,"The Encyclopedia of Crime Crime has become a subject of perennial fascination in our culture, but we rarely have the opportunity to survey the facts, history, and science of crime as distinct from the media coverage surrounding the major criminal cases that arrest the public's imagination. The Encyclopedia of Crime allows readers to survey the entire history and breadth of this phenomena in an illustrated guide as compelling to read as it is useful as a reference.  This authoritative volume, with entries that range from the specific (""Peterson, Scott""), to the general, (""Hanging, a short history of""), covering all manners of crimes from the macabre (""Manson, Charles"") to the bizarre (""Dolphins, Sex with"").    The authors offer controversial new assessments of major cases such as the Peterson case, the ""Dingo"" baby, and O.J. Simpson, together with startling new evidence from unsolved crimes--the deaths of Monroe, Kennedy, and Jimmy Hoffa--and penetrating studies of monstrous killers including Bundy, Dahmer, and Berkowitz.  Stark light is also shed on some of crime's biggest enigmas, with entries that answer questions like ""What is the best way to crack a safe?"" and ""How do lethal injections work?""    The Encyclopedia of Crime is appearing for the first time in ten years, now meticulously revised and updated.  It is the essential book for dedicated crime enthusiasts, those with a passing interest, and anyone in need of an easy-to-use reference guide to notable crimes and famous criminals.	Oliver Cyriax worked for three years in reference publishing before going into law. He is the author of a standard medical textbook, Cyriax's Manual of Orthopedic Medicine, and has since pursued his career as a journalist and a film producer. He lives in London.    Colin Wilson is the author of The Occult, The Serial Killers, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved, and The Outsider.  He lives in Cornwall.    Damon Wilson has co-authored many books with his father, including The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries.  He lives in London.",biographies & memoirs;books;criminology;education & reference;encyclopedias;murder & mayhem;politics & social sciences;social sciences;true accounts;true crime,10
B000GINIU0,"Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language ""This is a very good book.  It is short but very well documented; the references are many, telling, and often clinching.  It is clearly written and argued, and it has extraordinary thesis....Cook's book performed, for me, the invaluable service of renewing my interest in Wittgenstein and causing me to re-think my understanding of him....Buy this book, and recommend it to students.""--International Philosophical Quarterly	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that Wittgenstein did not hold views commonly attributed to him, arguing that Wittgenstein's later work was mistakenly seen as a development of G. E. Moore's philosophy--which Wittgenstein in fact vigorously attacked. He also points to an underestimation of Russell's influence on Wittgenstein's thinking. Cook goes on to show how these misunderstandings have had grave consequences for philosophy at large, and proposes that a more subtle appreciation of linguistic philosophy can yield valuable results.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;education & reference;history & surveys;language & grammar;linguistics;metaphysics;modern;philosophy;politics & social sciences;words,10
1560447443,"Mountain Biking Idaho In every corner of Idaho, a magnificent system of mountain trails awaits you,' writes award-winning author Stephen Stuebner in his introduction to Mountain Biking Idaho.  The 80 rides in this book are as diverse as the Idaho landscape.  Experience singletrack nirvana in the South Hills near Twin Falls.  Take a trip back in time by retracting the route of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery near Lolo Pass.  Swoosh down the slopes near Sun Valley on  your knobbies instead of your skis.  Plan a multi-day yurt-to-yurt ride near Idaho City.  If dirt is not your style, pedal the paved Boise River Greenbelt, one of the many paved recreation trails featured in this book. Mountain bikers of all abilities will enjoy the classic assortment of rides included in this guide.  Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find trailheads and follow routes--helping you stay on track with easy-to-read maps and ratings for physical and technical difficulty.  It's time to taste a generous sample of 19,000 miles of jeep and singletrack trails in the great Potato State.",adventure;books;cycling;individual sports;mountain;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;travel;united states;west,10
0801976553,"Chilton's Truck and Van Repair Manual, 1979-86 For more than 80 years, Chilton products have set the standard for reference sources for Do-It-Yourself automotive enthusiasts and professionals.",automotive;books;engineering;industrial;manufacturing & operational systems;new;professional & technical;repair;transportation;used & rental textbooks,10
0736911332,"30 Days with Jesus (The Daily Bible®) F. LaGard Smith is the author of more than 25 books. He is the arranger and narrator of The Daily Bible and its companion volume, The Daily Bible Devotional. Smith does much of his writing in the quiet Cotswold countryside of England. In the States, Smith has spent a lifetime teaching both law and religion at Christian universities.",bibles;books;christian books & bibles;devotionals;jesus;meditations;reference;religion & spirituality;spirituality;worship & devotion,10
1933167424,"Seniors in Love: A Second Chance for Single, Divorced, and Widowed Seniors It's high time someone exploded the myth that only the young fall in love.  This book tells the truth. --Dick Van Dyke, Emmy- and Tony-award winning television, film, and theater legend (from back cover)A wonderful, timely, and understanding book. --Art Linkletter, Emmy-award winning television legend and author of Old Age is Not For Sissies (from back cover)A philosophical and supportive guide to loving again in old age. --Dr. Ruth Harriet Jacobs, author of Be and Outrageous Older Woman and ABC's for Seniors (from back cover)	Sometimes I think I made a mistake, Robert Wolley says.  When I graduated from college I became the minister of a New England church which paid $3,600 per year.  Out in California master masons were earning $30,000 a year.  But I chose another way and augmented my income by writing.  In graduate school I wrote magazine articles, D.J. scripts, even court papers;  later I would write featured newspaper editorials and a weekly newspaper column.  Eventually I did a lot of ghost writing.  Perhaps laying words on words was a kind of masonry Theres no way to equate dollars with intangible rewards, but one reward of inestimable worth, whether in my ministries or through my counseling, working with adults and children and their families, has been to be let into someones life and to have that person or family say, You made a difference. Wolley had ministries in New York and Massachusetts and left the parish ministry to become the Director of Extension for the Universalist Church of America and later the Unitarian Universalist Association.  His insights into the field of sociology of religion led to interim lectureships at several universities here and in Europe, and eventually to counseling institutional and industrial leaders, often dealing with interpersonal relationships and thus with individual managers personal concerns. I was prepared for the role of pastoral counseling, Wolley says.  And when I became a citys designated counselor-of-choice, I was prepared for that.  But later, when dealing with management leaders, I was not fully prepared for what often became a concern:  an individual managers personal situation.  My husband/wife and I  . . .;  I dont understand my son/daughter;  I cant communicate with . . .   family issues, including marriage problems, that affected ones day-to-day job. Additionally, since I worked in the Deep South for two or three months each year, there were intense racial questions and great anguish.  It was hard to disguise my Boston accent in Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi, yet I had to deal with both blacks and whites.  In the late 1950s and 1960s it was difficult to establish trust.  I was not always successful. The times were difficult for many people, although not more so than other times in history.  There was a lot going on that impacted individuals and society and a great need for understanding counseling. The whole counseling bit began almost by accident.  My first year in a Boston area college I worked a couple of afternoons and on Sundays as a youth leader in a large suburban church.  A graduate student I knew worked in a Boston youth center.  One night he was stabbed as he left the center.  He quit his job.  I applied for it and became the late weekday afternoon and evening activities director of a Boston youth center.  I was a kind of counselor  without training or education, a perfect example of the blind leading the blind. So when I changed schools, I took every psychology and sociology course I could manage to work into my schedule and was fortunate to obtain psychology internships that greatly broadened my insights and skills  and, of course, such skills as I had were put to work almost immediately.  Such work eventually took me from a part-time parish and an internship in a New York state mental hospital to two full-time parishes and a counseling role and later to businesses, to the public schools, and a Massachusetts prison  and throughout into the lives of parishioners, troubled citizens, public school children, and their families. It is that background which allows me to write about a senior issue with which I dealt many times, as have other counselors and psychologists, but which has received little or no attention (in the hope, I guess, it will either go away or that by ignoring it, it will disappear):  the concern for and about senior romance and love. In my senior years, by people who kne",aging;books;fitness & dieting;health;interpersonal relations;love & romance;psychology & counseling;relationships;self-help;sexuality,10
0595292062,"The Bridge Is Over J. Sebastian is a brilliant new author and screenwriter, having composed musical works for such projects as Touchstone?s Pictures Scenes From A Mall, featuring Woody Allen and Bette Midler.J. Sebastian was born Joseph E. Warren in Freeport, Long Island. He currently resides in Queens, New York.",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;hard-boiled;literature & fiction;mystery;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
3540435638,"Oeuvres - Collected Papers: Volume 2: 1960 - 1971 (French and English Edition) From the reviews of Vols. I-III:  ""Since their publication in 1986 J-P. Serre's Collected Papers have already become one of the classical references in mathematical research. This is on the one hand due to the completeness of the collection (132 items) and on the other, of course, due to the beautiful and clear expositions of Serre's papers and their influence on mathematics.  As listed in the preface, the three volumes cover almost all articles published in mathematical journals between 1949 and 1984, the summaries of the author's courses at the Collge de France since 1956, some of his Sminaire notes, and some items not previously published. [...]  The author's notes at the end of each volume giving corrections and important recent progress as well as improvements of the main results represent a highlight of this collection. The mathematical community definitely looks forward to further volume(s) of Serre's outstanding work."" Zentralblatt MATH ""These volumes collect almost all of the research and expository papers of J.-P. Serre published in mathematical journals through 1984, as well as some of his seminar reports, and a few items not previously published. .... Throughout his writings, Serre has liberally sprinkled open questions and conjectures. Most endnotes list subsequent progress made on these questions or improvements to the main results of the papers. Some make additional comments, and a few are corrections. These endnotes alone justify the publication of the collected works. Serre is one of the masters of mathematical exposition....""  -- James Milne, University of Michigan, in Math Reviews",algebra & trigonometry;books;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;geometry;mathematics;new;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
B000Q6GY44,"Greece: Land of Light ""Brukoff's images resonate more deeply with the viewer: they practically radiate peace."" -- Photo District News""Seldom is there such harmony between words and pictures."" -- Chicago Tribune, May 16, 2004	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	NICHOLAS GAGE, born in Greece, is the award-winning author of a book about his family's struggles through the Greek Civil War, which was translated into 26 languages and has sold over 2 million copies. He has also worked as a journalist. BARRY BRUKOFF is a photographer and designer.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & photography;books;europe;general;greece;history;photo essays;photography;reference;travel,10
0023672501,"An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Text: English, Hebrew	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The choice of vocabulary and grammar, in this text, is essentially an introduction to the prose, not the poetical language. By keeping the grammatical discussion at a relatively unsophisticated level the text can be used for study without a teacher.	The choice of vocabulary and grammar, in this book, is essentially an introduction to the prose, not the poetical language.  Generous use of transliteration is meant to serve three purposes:  it enables the reader to perceive Hebrew as a language and not an exercise in decipherment, it removes the obstacles to mastering innumerable pages of abstract phonological and orthographic details, and facilitate the memorization of the paradigms.",books;christian books & bibles;education & reference;foreign languages;humanities;new;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;used & rental textbooks,10
B00072IRD8,"Object-oriented technology: A manager's guide Object-oriented technology is arguably the most exciting and least understood development in software today. Given the amount of hype coming from both media and manufacturers, it's hard for corporate managers to assess its true potential. This problem is of great concern to us at Servio. We see object-oriented technology as an important step toward the industrialization of software, in which programming is transformed from an arcane craft to a systematic manufacturing process. But this transformation can't take place unless senior managers understand and support it. What the industry needs right now is a straightforward explanation of object-oriented technology at the management level, with a candid assessment of its real costs and benefits. As one of the leading innovators in object-oriented technology, Servio is in a unique position to provide that explanation. We have devoted the resources to carry out this task as a service to the industry as a whole, not to promote our own products. We believe that everyone will be better served by a clearer understanding of the transition we are about to make. What you have in your hand, then, is our contribution to executive education - a no-nonsense explanation of the concepts and issues involved in object-oriented technology. We hope that David's clear, readable discussion will counter some of the hype surrounding this new technology and help you make more informed decisions about adopting the technology within your own company. Servio Corporation 1420 Harbor Bay Parkway	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Second Edition now available! This book is a lucid introduction and guide to object-oriented technology for managers, sales people, engineers, software developers-indeed, anyone interested in this technology.   It explains object-oriented terminology and concepts in a highly accessible, direct presentation. Clear explanations and creative illustrations make learning about objects enjoyable. You can become object-oriented literate in a couple of hours.  Object-oriented technology translates the advantages of this technology into clear business benefits, allowing both managers and software developers to make informed decisions about the direction of their computing environment.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	An internationally recognized authority on object technology, Dr. David A. Taylor has written numerous articles on business and technology, given keynote speeches at conferences, and served as the voice of authority for some of the worlds leading companies. He is the author four books and coauthor of two others, including the acclaimed Object Technology, Second Edition: A Managers Guide,  (Addison-Wesley, 1998). Before founding Enterprise Engines, Inc., a company that develops supply-chain software, Dr. Taylor worked as a consultant helping Fortune 500 companies adopt object technology.         0201309947AB06252003	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;computers & technology;database design;databases;new;object-oriented design;programming;software design;testing & engineering;used & rental textbooks,10
1555661947,"Guide to the Colorado Mountains ...the only comprehensive one covering mountains for the state, ... it is written with a dry wit that punctuates the text. -- Summit County Journal, Frisco, CO	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;colorado;general;mountain;mountain climbing;mountaineering;sports & outdoors;travel;united states;west,10
B000H7H0XG,Amazon.com: Dallas Cowboys Comin' Atcha Ringer T-Shirt - Medium: Clothing You'll have the other teams fans scrambling to get out of the way when you sport your team colors with this Dallas Cowboys Comin' Atcha Ringer T-Shirt.  Stylish tee features team name and logo screen print across the chest.  Our standard return policy applies for this item.,bed skirts & bed frame draperies;bedding;clothing;fan shop;home & garden;home & kitchen;pillow shams;shams;sports & outdoors;t-shirts,10
0824515366,A New Song for the Lord: Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today Text: English (translation)  Original Language: German,books;catholicism;christian books & bibles;christian living;church institutions & organizations;ministry & church leadership;rites & ceremonies;roman catholicism;theology;worship & devotion,10
0807848875,"Hiking North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail Whether walking, bicycling, canoeing, or only thinking about a trip, this book provides the information needed to decide where to start the adventure of discovery. (William L. Flournoy Jr., Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects)	The only comprehensive guide to the North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail, this book allows hikers to hit the trail with confidence. It is organized around thirty-nine trail sections, each with detailed descriptions, maps, and photographs. The route, a mix of some 500 miles of designated and planned hiking trails and 500 miles of state bicycle paths also used for hiking, winds through three national parks, three national forests, seven state parks, two wilderness areas, and two wildlife refuges, as well as farming communities and small towns.	Allen de Hart has been hiking, designing, constructing, maintaining, and writing about southeastern trails for more than sixty years. He is author of eleven guidebooks, including Trails of Virginia and North Carolina Hiking Trails, and founder of the de Hart Botanical Gardens. De Hart is professor emeritus of history and cultural affairs adviser at Louisburg College in North Carolina.",books;education & reference;excursion guides;hiking & camping;reference;south;south atlantic;sports & outdoors;travel;united states,10
0892563419,"Office Romance: Love, Power, and Sex in the Workplace Combining titillating gossip with practical advice, business school professor Mainiero explores the effect of office love affairs on corporate policy and practice. Claiming that the office has replaced the church, local community and family circle as chief source of romantic encounters, she surveyed 100 executive women about their experience or observation of office romance, examining also the ways that the corporate context is effected by office affairs. Recounting stories of power struggles, professional disasters, dalliance and heartbreak, she also cites beneficial impacts on careers, and romances leading to happy marriages--often depending on the marital status of the participants and their respective positions on the corporate ladder. Except in very conservative firms or if adultery is involved, she believes the benefits of office romances outweigh the risks, concluding that, in any case, sex in the workplace is here to stay. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Increasing opportunities for women in the workplace carry a consequence--that men and women will meet, marry, and fall in love on the job, contributing to a new landscape of personal relationships at work. Some of them will enhance work relationships and increase productivity, but others will bring a host of risks and disadvantages emotionally devastating to all concerned. In this first full-length book on the subject, Mainiero (management, Fairfield Univ.) examines the pros and cons of this new phenomenon. Her product is both well-written and readable, and laudably draws upon extensive case literature from other books, surveys, and journals of both business and psychology. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries.- Christy Zlatos, Auburn Univ. Libs., Ala.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;business & investing;business life;fitness & dieting;health;love & romance;management & leadership;psychology & counseling;relationships;self-help,10
0024104418,"Business Statistics by Example (5th Edition) Part A and Part B The American Statistical Association has found that students are most effectively motivated to learn statistics when they see statistics at work in real applications, cases, and projects. In keeping with this finding, Business Statistics by Example, Fifth Edition introduces every topic by means of real examples from today's business world. The text includes many updated case studies and exercises.	Gathering and interpreting statistics to diagnose problems and evaluate results in the business environment is an important skill that is more easily learned in the context of real applications, cases, and projects. This thorough introduction to business statistics introduces every topic with real examples and data sets from today's business world, and features menu-driven, user-friendly ASP statistical software that performs all necessary statistical computations, allowing readers to concentrate on interpretations. An abundance of practice exercises focuses on both mechanics applications.  Comprehensive coverage surveys the full range of statistical topics and provides a thorough exploration of statistical computing -- with computer printouts for SAS, MINITAB, and SPSS, integrated throughout, and optional computer applications for each chapter -- with SAS, MINITAB, and SPSS commands. Real data sets include appraisals and sale prices for residential property sales; Business Week's executive compensation scoreboard, 1994; characteristics of HMO physicians in a managed-care system; Federal Trade Commission rankings of 372 cigarette brands. In addition to the new accompanying software, the Fifth Edition provides updated case studies, examples, and exercises based on studies reported in recent magazine, journal and news articles.  For business personnel who want a comprehensive, applied introduction to business statistics.",books;business & finance;business & investing;business mathematics;education & reference;mathematics;new;science & math;skills;used & rental textbooks,10
0760311641,"BMW Motorcycle Buyer's Guide Rating charts highlighting collectibility, reliability, and parts and service availability  Specs and major options charts  Replacement costs for common parts According to the Motorcycle Industry Councils forecast, in 2000 BMW sales were on par with the combined U.S. sales of Ducati, Triumph, Moto Guzzi, and Aprilia!	Mark Zimmerman is the Technical Editor of Motorcycle Cruiser magazine, and a contributor to Classic BikeGuide magazine.He lives in Danbury, Connecticut.  Jeff Hackett has been photographing motorcycles for magazines, books, and calendars for 19 years.He lives outside New Haven, Connecticut.",automotive;books;buyers' guides;food;lodging & transportation;motorcycles;professional & technical;road travel;transportation;travel,10
080184388X,"Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method Ginzburg is known internationally for his studies of what might be called the interface between learned and popular culture. This collection of eight essays explores the methodological foundations of his historical analysis. (Journal of Interdisciplinary History )In the diversity of methods and objects of analysis it offers,  Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method offers a fresh perspective on this Italian historian who has become such an essential point of reference in many domains of cultural study today. (Dana Polan Camera Obscura )",books;europe;historical study & educational resources;historiography;history;humanities;ireland;italy;new;used & rental textbooks,10
B000ESLBQK,"Lifetime 71283 Height-Adjustable Portable Basketball System with 50-Inch Backboard The Lifetime 71283 Portable Basketball Goal System features a 50 x 33 x 1.5 inch Clear Square Shatter Guard Backboard made in the USA. This extremely durable, high density, transparent backboard is treated to insure it will not yellow or degrade over time. The Orange Slam-It Rim features double compression springs for spring back action and is constructed of solid steel. The rim is 0.625-inches thick and is supported by 0.5-inch braces. The three piece, 3.5-inch round, weather-resistant, black steel pole features Power Lift height adjustment technology which employs a pneumatic mechanism to help lift and lower the backboard. The portable, extra large polyethylene base has a holding capacity of 35 gallons to provide a stable foundation. The base weighs 292 pounds when filled with water and 490 pounds when filled with sand. A frame pad, orange bellows, a gray spring cover and a court marking kit are included in the set. Portable basketball systems depend on a base filled with sand or water for stability. Although it will take up more space than an in-ground system, the portable base rolls on wheels, allowing players to position the basketball system in the desired location (and also allowing storage in a garage). Simply assemble, fill the base, and you're ready to shoot hoops. There is no fussing with concrete. Manufacturer's Warranty Five-year warranty on all parts Amazon.com Basketball System Buying Guide With the high-quality construction of many portable basketball systems, turning your driveway into a basketball court can be as simple as hooking up your garden hose. But while a portable system may ultimately be your best choice, there are reasons you may want to consider an in-ground or wall-mount system before you decide. In-Ground Systems In-ground systems are permanently cemented into the ground--either via a bolt mounting kit or directly into the ground--and are generally more rigid and take up less space than portables. In-ground systems often require that you hire a professional to complete the task, but when the cement dries you'll have a hoop that can take punishing dunks with ease. Many in-ground systems are height-adjustable, include removable post features that let you take the system down for off-season storage, and feature heavy-duty break-away rims. You'll also want to research the adjustable mechanisms on the systems, as there are several types to choose from. Some feature a counter-balance spring that lets you perform easy, one-hand adjustments while others may feature a sturdy, pneumatic system. Wall-Mount Systems Wall-mount systems can be mounted to the side of a house, a tall retaining wall, or a garage. Generally sturdier than portables, wall-mounts have the added advantage of optimizing your existing ground space for the court, since you won't take any space up with the base or pole. Not all systems include the necessary hardware, so make certain you add a mounting kit to your list. Portable Systems Portable systems require minimal installation and offer ultimate convenience. These systems generally feature a base that can be filled with sand or water to stabilize them and include wheels for portability. Although they are not as sturdy as in-ground or wall-mounted hoops, portables are simple to set up and can often be folded for convenient storage. Backboard Considerations Regardless of which system you choose, you'll want to brush up on Backboards 101. Most residential systems feature backboards made of acrylic, fiberglass, graphite, or various other composite materials. While clear acrylic gives the professional look and feel of glass, it is not as rigid as fiberglass or graphite. Some systems may offer steel or aluminum backboards, which are virtually vandal resistant, but don't offer the true rebounding action. The regulation size of an NBA backboard is 72 inches wide and 42 inches high. Most portable hoops are 42 or 44 inches wide and 36 inches tall. In-ground systems tend to be a bit larger, with 54-inch and 60-inch widths being the most popular. While rectangular shaped backboards provide more bank shot opportunities, they are generally more expensive than the streamlined fan-shaped board.	Lifetime 50"" x 30"" x 1.5"" thick Shatter Guard Fusion Portable Basketball system is made in the USA.  This high-density  polyethylene backboard and base are virtually indestructible, along with the powder-coated weather resistant pole finish,  spring back Orange Slam-It Rim,  height adjustment feature by simply squeezing the handle and the pneumatic mechanism helps to lift or lower the backboard to desired height, a 35 gallon capacity base that can be moved to wherever play is requested, gives you a unbeatable, complete system. Play today - No cement required.  Built with the highest quality steel parts from pole to rim, and we only use polyethylene for our bases providing strength and durability,that won't crack or degrade outdoors.  Our height adjustment feature  allows players of any age or skill to enjoy the game at their level!  With the best warranty in the business, offering a top-to-bottom 5 Year warranty that covers everything on the system, top to bottom.  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0739111396,"On Dialogue This wonderful book covers the phenomenon of dialogue from our everyday experience to the philosophical disourses as the manifestation of the uniqueness of each and every single individual. (Agnes Heller, New School University )Dialogue is a ubiquitous term in everyday experience and increasingly in recent philosophy. Combining diverse approaches from the history of philosophy, phenomenolongy and the insights of Mikhail Bakhtin, Dimitri Nikulin gives us a clear and illuminating account of dialogues as process, event, and interaction in the world. (Seyla Benhabib, Yale University )""Since the Bakhtin Boom in the 1980s, 'dialogue' has been everywhere present as a word and too often absent as a disciplined philosophical relation. Nikulin provides the concept with a history, a psychology, and an inventory of its pitfalls, dead-ends, and challenges. But he does more. In devising his own bridge categories to help us flourish in dialogue, he sheds light on its most confounding paradoxes: how I can owe my being to dialogue and yet recognizably cohere and persist over time; and how I am at any moment complete, but at no time finalized. An erudite and inspiring book."" (Caryl Emerson, Princeton University )	Dmitri Nikulin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at New School for Social Research, New York.",anthropology;books;humanism;humanities;movements;new;philosophy;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0425191257,"Edge of the Moon (The Moon Series, Book 2) A true master of intrigue.  -- Rave ReviewsRebecca York's writing is fast-paced, suspenseful, and loaded with tension. -- Jayne Ann KrentzShe writes a fast-paced, satisfying thriller.  -- UPI	Kathryn Reynolds swept a lock of fiery red hair away from her forehead and rocked back in her chair.    Rolling the tension out of her shoulders, she stared critically at the computer screen. Two days ago shed been happy with the brochure she was designing for Sunrise Realty.    Now...    Now she had the nagging feeling there was something wrong. Was the text readable enough against the background of rising suns? Should she use a bolder font?    She had just clicked on the color chart when she heard footsteps on the front porch of the white Victorian shed inherited from Grandma OShea.    Heather! Thank God. She hadnt realized until that moment how worried she was. But her sigh of relief evaporated with the sound of the doorbell. Heather wouldnt ring the bell. Unless shed lost her keyand forgotten about the one shed hidden under a rock in the bushes. Which, actually, she wouldnt put past her friend and downstairs tenant. Heather had a lot of excellent qualities, but she was also a bit of a flake.    Speaking of which    The bell sounded a second time, and a male voice called out, Anybody home? Kathryn looked down at the long, bare legs protruding from beneath her Redskins tee shirt. Damn! Shed done it againgotten up and started working, then lost track of the time.    Now it was afternoon, and she wasnt exactly dressed for company. Sprinting into the bedroom, she grabbed the pair of knit shorts shed left on the chair, pulling them on as she crossed the worn Oriental rug.    After unlocking the door to her apartment, she hurried barefoot down the stairs to the sound of pounding on the front door, then looked through the beveled glass window.    A dark-haired man in a blue uniform stood on the porch, and her mouth went dry.    It was him!    No. She canceled the spurt of panic. It wasnt him. He was too young. Too heavy. It wasnt the guy with the white van shed seen off and on around the neighborhood for the past weekacting busy. Hed given her a creepy feeling, and shed asked a couple of neighbors if they knew what he was doing. Nobody had been sure. She hadnt seen him for a few days; and, for a moment, shed thought...But it wasnt him.    Slipping the door on the chain, she opened it and asked, Can I help you?    Heather DeYoung?    Shes not home right now.    The man looked annoyed. Shes supposed to be here between three and six.    Im sorry. Can I help you? she asked again.    Mr. Fisher asked me to bring over these carpet samples she wanted to see.    Heather had complained about the carpet in the bedroom, and Kathryn had said shed go in with her on replacing it. But obviously she couldnt make the selection by herself.    Im sorry, youll have to come back when she gets home.    He jutted out his jaw. And when will that be?    I dont know.    Yeah, well, Im late for an installation job because of her, so tell her to get back to Mr. Fisher.    Ill give her the message.    He picked up a vinyl case hed set down and stamped back across the porch, leaving Kathryn standing in the vestibule that led to both apartments. Turning to her right, she stared at her friends door.    When had she last seen Heather? Saturday night? She wasnt sure, because shed been working on a couple of jobs, and she hadnt been paying attention. It wasnt unusual for Heather to take off for the weekend. And it wasnt even unusual for her to extend a minivacation into the next weeksince she worked as a substitute teacher and could turn down assignments if she wanted. But usually she was back by Monday afternoon. Now it was Tuesday. And she still wasnt home.    Kathryn pressed her hand against the wall, running her fingers over the raised strips in the wallpaper, staring at Heathers door. She owned the apartment. She could go in if she wanted and look around, but her own sense of privacy was very strong. So she wasnt going to invade Heathers space just because she was feeling jumpy.    And what would she be looking for if she did go inside? A body? Signs of a struggle?    She grimaced, knowing she was letting her imagination run away with her now.    Slowly she climbed back up the stairs, stepped into her apartment, and locked the doorlooking around at the cozy space where her graphic design business shared her living quarters. After Gran had died, she could have moved down to the first floor. But she liked being up here, liked the extra light and the view of the gardenand not having anyone walking around above her. She loved the high ceilings and the old wooden floors and the carefully crafted woodwork that made her home so different from the tract housing developers were slapping up these days. More than that, she was comfortable here. Maybe too comfortable. Sometimes she knew she had a tendency to close herself off like a hermit crab ducking into its shell.    Which was why her friendship with Heather DeYoung, who rented the apartment downstairs, had been so good for her.    The woman could be maddening. Exasperating. A total flake. And at the same time a really good friend. In the year and a half that Heather had lived downstairs, theyd gotten into the habit of hanging out togethertaking power walks in the afternoons, going on shopping expeditions. Talked long into the evening about movies and books and the guys in their lives. Shared their problems.    So did her friend have a problem now? Something she hadnt felt comfortable bringing up? Like that little episode last year?    She crossed to the window, ducked under The Spider Plant That Took over the World, and stared down at the bright pink and red azaleas in full bloom, then flicked her gaze back to the empty space in the driveway where her tenants burgundy Honda was usually parked.    Dammit, Heather, she muttered. Where are you? Atlantic City, cleaning up at the slot machines? Why dont you take a minute to give me a call and let me know youre okay?    Like magic, the phone rang, and she blinkedthen sprinted back to the desk and snatched up the receiver.    Hello?    There was no answer.    Hello?    The silence stretched, and she carefully replaced the receiver in the cradle as she looked at the caller I.D.    It said Unavailable. So it was probably just one of those automated telemarketing calls. Not Heather trying to check in. Or calling to say her car had broken down because shed forgotten to change the oil.    Like shed forgotten to charge the battery on her cell phone. Which was probably why there was no answer when Kathryn had called that number.    She grimaced. Maybe it was time to check in with Heathers boyfriend, Gary Swinton. He was a strange guy. Secretive. Always acting superior, like he knew something Kathryn didnt. Privately she called him The Swine, and shed told Heather she could do better; but Gary was still in and out of her bed on a semiregular basis.    After looking up his number in her Rolodex and dialing, she counted five rings before an answering machine picked up.    Hey, this is Gary. I really want to talk to you. So leave a message.    Yeah, sure, she thought. Probably she was the last person he wanted to talk to, because shed made her feelings about him pretty clear.    She almost hung up. Then she took a breath and said in an upbeat voice, Hi. This is Kathryn Reynolds. Im trying to reach Heather. She needs to set up an appointment to look at the bedroom carpet samples. If shes with you, could you ask her to give me a call? She finished by leaving her number, all the time picturing Gary sitting by the machine, listening to her talk.    She considered driving down to his place. But he lived in D.C., in Adams Morgannot a neighborhood she liked to walk through alone at night. And it would be dark by the time she got there.    With a sigh, she picked up the magic wand sitting on the desk. Too bad she couldnt wave it, say abracadabra, and command her tenant to appear. Unfortunately, the wand was just a hollow plastic tube about a foot long, one of the toys she liked to play with while she was thinking. It was filled with shiny stars and moons floating in a viscous blue liquid. Turning it on end, she watched the heavenly bodies shoot upward in a swirl of blue, but they didnt give her...",books;contemporary;literature & fiction;mystery;romance;romantic suspense;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
3764313439,"Leonhard Euler 1707-1783: Beiträge zu Leben und Werk (German Edition) Text: German, English, French",18th century;biographies & memoirs;books;earth sciences;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;history;mathematics;modern (16th-21st centuries);science & math,10
1417616172,"Lucky (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) When Sebold, the author of the current bestseller The Lovely Bones, was a college freshman at Syracuse University, she was attacked and raped on the last night of school, forced onto the ground in a tunnel ""among the dead leaves and broken beer bottles."" In a ham-handed attempt to mollify her, a policeman later told her that a young woman had been murdered there and, by comparison, Sebold should consider herself lucky. That dubious ""luck"" is the focus of this fiercely observed memoir about how an incident of such profound violence can change the course of one's life. Sebold launches her memoir headlong into the rape itself, laying out its visceral physical as well as mental violence, and from there spins a narrative of her life before and after the incident, weaving memories of parental alcoholism together with her post-rape addiction to heroin. In the midst of each wrenching episode, from the initial attack to the ensuing courtroom drama, Sebold's wit is as powerful as her searing candor, as she describes her emotional denial, her addiction and even the rape (her first ""real"" sexual experience). She skillfully captures evocative moments, such as, during her girlhood, luring one of her family's basset hounds onto a blue silk sofa (strictly off-limits to both kids and pets) to nettle her father. Addressing rape as a larger social issue, Sebold's account reveals that there are clear emotional boundaries between those who have been victims of violence and those who have not, though the author attempts to blur these lines as much as possible to show that violence touches many more lives than solely the victim's. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Sebold was raped as a college freshman, but the police said she was ""lucky."" At least she wasn't murdered and dismembered like the girl before her. Now a journalist, Sebold here details the aftermathAposttraumatic stress syndrome, heroin addiction, and, finally, some measure of understanding. This book is based partly on a feature appearing in the New York Times Sunday Magazine that prompted an appearance on Oprah.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	A stunningly crafted and unsparing account of the authors rape as a college freshman and what it took to win her case in court. In 1981, Sebold was brutally raped on her college campus, at Syracuse University. Sebold, a New York Times Magazine contributor, now in her 30s, reconstructs the rape and the year following in which her assailant was brought to trial and found guilty. When, months after the rape, she confided in her fiction professor, Tobias Wolff, he advised: Try, if you can, to remember everything. Sebold heeded his words, and the result is a memoir that reads like detective fiction, replete with police jargon, economical characterization, and filmlike scene construction. Part of Sebolds ironic luck, besides the fact that she wasnt killed, was that she was a virgin prior to the rape, she was wearing bulky clothing, and her rapist beat her, leaving unmistakable evidence of violence. Sebold casts a cool eye on these facts: The cosmetics of rape are central to proving any case. Sebold critiques the sexism and misconceptions surrounding rape with neither rhetoric nor apology; she lets her experience speak for itself. Her family, her friends, her campus community are all shaken by the brutality she survived, yet Sebold finds herself feeling more affinity with police officers she meets, as it was in [their] world where this hideous thing had happened to me. A world of violent crime. Just when Sebold believes she might surface from this world, a close friend is raped and the haunting continues. The last section, Aftermath, has an unavoidable tacked-on-at-the-end feel, as Sebold crams over a decades worth of coping and healing into a short chapter. Told with mettle and intelligence, Sebolds story of fierce determination to wrest back her life from her rapist will inspire and challenge.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Carolyn See author of The Handyman and Golden Days This book proves at once the astounding bravery of Alice Sebold in the face of dreadful circumstance and the extraordinary power of words to heal. Sebold has made beauty out of agony.Margot Livesey author of Criminals Reading Lucky, which I did in a single sitting, I was struck by the awful solitude that violence brings, both at the moment and in its aftermath. In this brilliant, eloquent, funny, precise account of how she survived rape and the pursuit of justice, Alice Sebold has triumphantly broken that solitude. We, her readers, are the fortunate beneficiaries.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Alice Sebold is a graduate of Syracuse University, and she received her MFA at the University of California, Irvine. She has made her living as a teacher and has also written for The New York Times Magazine. She currently lives in southern California, where she is at work on her first novel.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Chapter OneThis is what I remember. My lips were cut. I bit down on them when he grabbed me from behind and covered my mouth. He said these words: ""I'll kill you if you scream."" I remained motionless. ""Do you understand? If you scream you're dead."" I nodded my head. My arms were pinned to my sides by his right arm wrapped around me and my mouth was covered with his left.He released his hand from my mouth.I screamed. Quickly. Abruptly.The struggle began.He covered my mouth again. He kneed me in the back of my legs so that I would fall down. ""You don't get it, bitch. I'll kill you. I've got a knife. I'll kill you."" He released his grip on my mouth again and I fell, screaming, on the brick path. He straddled me and kicked me in the side. I made sounds, they were nothing, they were soft footfalls. They urged him on, they made him righteous. I scrambled on the path. I was wearing soft-soled moccasins with which I tried to land wild kicks. Everything missed or merely grazed him. I had never fought before, was chosen last in gym.Somehow, I don't remember how, I made it back on my feet. I remember biting him, pushing him, I don't know what. Then I began to run. Like a giant who is all powerful, he reached out and grabbed the end of my long brown hair. He yanked it hard and brought me down onto my knees in front of him. That was my first missed escape, the hair, the woman's long hair.""You asked for it now,"" he said, and I began to beg.He reached around to his back pocket to draw out a knife. I struggled still, my hair coming out painfully from my skull as I did my best to rip myself free of his grip. I lunged forward and grabbed his left leg with both arms, throwing him off balance and making him stagger. I would not know it until the police found it later in the grass, a few feet away from my broken glasses, but with that move, the knife fell from his hands and was lost.Then it was fists.Maybe he was angry at the loss of his weapon or at my disobedience. Whatever the reason, this marked the end of the preliminaries. I was on the ground on my stomach. He sat on my back. He pounded my skull into the brick. He cursed me. He turned me around and sat on my chest. I was babbling. I was begging. Here is where he wrapped his hands around my neck and began to squeeze. For a second, I lost consciousness. When I came to, I knew I was staring up into the eyes of the man who would kill me.At that moment I signed myself over to him. I was convinced that I would not live. I could not fight anymore. He was going to do what he wanted to me. That was it.Everything slowed down. He stood up and began dragging me over the grass by my hair. I twisted and half crawled, trying to keep up with him. Dimly, I had seen the dark entrance of the amphitheater tunnel from the path. As we neared it, and I realized it was our destination, a rush of fear ran through me. I knew I would die.There was an old iron fence a few feet out from the tunnel entrance. It was three feet high and provided a narrow space through which you had to walk in order to enter the tunnel. As he dragged me, as I scrambled against the grass, I caught sight of that fence and became utterly convinced that if he brought me beyond this point, I would not survive.For a moment, as he dragged me across the ground, I clung feebly to the bottom of that iron fence, before a rough pull yanked me clean. People think a woman stops fighting when she is physically exhausted, but I was about to begin my real fight, a fight of words and lies and the brain.When people talk about climbing a mountain or riding rough water, they say they became one with it, their bodies so attuned to it that they often, when asked to articulate how they did it, cannot fully explain.Inside the tunnel, where broken beer bottles, old leaves, and other, as yet indiscriminate, things littered the ground, I became one with this man. He held my life in his hand. Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to.""Stand up,"" he said.I did.I was shivering uncontrollably. It was cold out and the cold combined with the fear, with the exhaustion, made me shake from head to toe.He dumped my purse and bag of books in the corner of the sealed-off tunnel.""Take off your clothes.""""I have eight dollars in my back pocket,"" I said. ""My mother has credit cards. My sister does too.""""I don't want your money,"" he said, and laughed.I looked at him. Into his eyes now, as if he was a human being, as if I could speak to him.""Please don't rape me,"" I said.""Take off your clothes.""""I'm a virgin,"" I said.He didn't believe me. Repeated his command. ""Take off your clothes.""My hands were shaking and I couldn't control them. He pulled me forward by my belt until my body was up against his, which was up against the tunnel's back wall.""Kiss me,"" he said.And he drew my head forward and our lips met. My lips were pursed tightly together. He tugged harder on my belt, my body pressing up further against his. He grabbed my hair in his fist and balled it up. He drew my head back and looked at me. I began to cry, to plead.""Please don't,"" I said. ""Please.""""Shut up.""He kissed me again and this time, he inserted his tongue in my mouth. By pleading, I had left myself open to this. Again he pulled my head back roughly. ""Kiss back,"" he said.And I did.When he was satisfied, he stopped and tried to work the latch on my belt. It was a belt with a strange buckle and he couldn't figure it out. To have him let go of me, for him to leave me alone, I said, ""Let me, I'll do it.""He watched me.When I was done, he unzipped the jeans I wore.""Now take off your shirt.""I had a cardigan sweater on. I took that off. He reached over to help unbutton my shirt. He fumbled.""I'll do it,"" I said again.I unbuttoned the oxford-cloth shirt and, like the cardigan, I peeled it back from my body. It was like shedding feathers. Or wings.""Now the bra.""I did.He reached out and grabbed them -- my breasts -- in his two hands. He plied them and squeezed them, manipulating them right down to my ribs. Twisting. I hope that to say this hurt isn't necessary here.""Please don't do this, please,"" I said.""Nice white titties,"" he said. And the words made me give them up, lobbing off each part of my body as he claimed ownership -- the mouth, the tongue, my breasts.""I'm cold,"" I said.""Lay down.""""On the ground?"" I asked, stupidly, hopelessly. I saw, among the leaves and glass, the grave. My body stretched out, disassembled, gagged, dead.I sat first, kind of stumbled into a seated position. He took the end of my pants and tugged. As I tried to hide my nakedness -- at least I had my underpants on -- he looked down at my body. I still feel that in that gaze his eyes lit up my sickly pale skin in that dark tunnel. Made it all -- my flesh -- suddenly horrible. Ugly too kind a word, but the closest one.""You're the worst bitch I ever done this to,"" he said. It was said in disgust, it was said in analysis. He saw what he had bagged and didn't like his catch.No matter, he would finish.Here, I began to combine truth with fiction, using anything to try and get him to come over to my side. To see me as pitiful, for him to see me as worse off than him.""I'm a foster child,"" I said. ""I don't even know who my parents are. Please don't do this. I'm a virgin,"" I said.""Lie down.""I did. Shaking, I crawled over and lay face up against the cold ground. He pulled my underpants off me roughly and bundled them into his hand. He threw them away from me and into a corner where I lost sight of them.I watched him as he unzipped his pants and let them fall around his ankles.He lay down on top of me and started humping. I was familiar with this. This was what Steve, a boy I liked in high school, had done against my leg, because I would not let him do what he wanted most, which was to make love to me. With Steve I was fully dressed and so was he. He went home frustrated and I felt safe. My parents were upstairs the whole time. I told myself Steve loved me.He worked away on me, reaching down to work with his penis.I stared right into his eyes. I was too afraid not to. If I shut my eyes, I believed, I would disappear. To make it through, I had to be present the whole time.He called me bitch. He told me I was dry.""I'm sorry,"" I said -- I never stopped apologizing. ""I'm a virgin,"" I said.""Stop looking at me,"" he said. ""Shut your eyes. Stop shaking.""""I can't.""""Stop it or you'll be sorry.""I did. My focus became acute. I stared harder than ever at him. He began to knead his fist against the opening of my vagina. Inserted his fingers into it, three or four at a time. Something tore. I began to bleed there. I was wet now.It made him excited. He was intrigued. As he worked his whole fist up into my vagina and pumped it, I went into my brain. Waiting there were poems for me, poems I'd learned in class: Olga Cabral had a poem I haven't found since, ""Lillian's Chair,"" and a poem called ""Dog Hospital,"" by Peter Wild. I tried, as a sort of prickly numbness took over my lower half, to recite the poems in my head. I moved my lips.""Stop staring at me,"" he said.""I'm sorry,"" I said. ""You're strong,"" I tried.He liked this. He started humping me again, wildly. The base of my spine was crushed into the ground. Glass cut me on my back and behind. But something still wasn't working for him. I didn't know what he was doing.He kneeled back. ""Raise your legs,"" he said.Not knowing what he meant, never having done this for a lover, or read that kind of book, I raised them straight up.""Spread them.""I did. My legs were like a plastic Barbie's, pale, inflexible. But he wasn't satisfied. He put a hand on each calf and pressed them out farther than I could hold.""Keep them there,"" he said.He tried again. He worked his fist. He grabbed my breasts. He twisted the nipples with his fingers, lapped at them with his t...	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	After her brutal rape on the Syracuse University campus in 1981, Alice Sebold was told she was lucky to be alive. The previous victim had been murdered. With unsparing honesty, Sebold pulls us into that tunnel where, amid glass and filth, she is viciously attacked and beaten. Syracuse police, rape crisis workers, and the reactions of other students mark her transformation from a bright college coed, an 18-year-old virgin, to ""the girl who was raped."" Her life is forever altered, as are her relationships with everyone, from her fragile mother given to panic attacks and her tightly wired father to the sister who feels upstaged by everything Alice does. Sebold's reading is remarkable for its exacting self-control. Her memoir is hard and human. Her reading is mesmerizing. S.J.H.  Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award  AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",biographies & memoirs;books;memoirs;new;specific groups;teens;true accounts;true crime;used & rental textbooks;women,10
0070644349,"Dos mundos (Student Edition) Text: English, Spanish	Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrells publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.Magdalena Andrade received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine.  She has taught elementary and intermediate Spanish at San Diego State, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, where she worked as a coordinator of the Teaching Assistant program.Jeanne Egasse received her BA and MA in Spanish Linguistics from the University of California, Irvine. She has taught foreign language methodology courses and supervised teachers in training of foreign language methodology courses and ESOL at UC Irvine. She also serves as a consultant for local schools and universities on implementing the Natural Approach in the language classroom.Elas Miguel Muoz is a widely published prose writer and poet. He has a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Irvine, and has taught Spanish language and Latin American literature at the university level.l.",books;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;humanities;new;spanish;used & rental textbooks,10
1556228856,"Fighting Texas Navy 1832-1843 Author Douglas V. Meed, former soldier, sailor, journalist, and foreign service officer, also wrote Texas Ranger Johnny Klevenhagen. He and his wife, Jeannine, live in Round Rock, Texas.",19th century;americas;books;history;midwest;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);naval;state & local;united states,10
1843543095,"Battle Alessandro Barbero teaches Medieval Studies at the Universita del Piemonte Orientale. He is the author of a number of novels and works of history. In 1996, his novel A beautiful life and the altruism of a gentleman called Mr Pyle was awarded the Strega Prize, Italy's most prestigious literary award.",19th century;20th century;belgium;books;europe;history;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);western;world,10
B000JMKR4I,"Dark Angels: A Novel In this sprightly prequel to her bestselling Through a Glass Darkly, Koen transports readers to the Restoration court of England's King Charles II. As England recovers from civil war, the court is awash in intrigue, treachery and debauchery. Koen's protagonist, Alice Verney, a born courtier, wily, patient, steadfast, and maid-of-honor to Queen Catherine, moves seamlessly through this glittering world. When King Charles's sister is poisoned, Alice suspects the mysterious Henry Angel is responsible and has Queen Catherine as his next target. Alice allies with the duke of Balmoral, a statesman and one of the king's advisors whom she hopes to wed, and the young handsome Richard Saylor, the commander of the Queen's Guard, to foil Angel's plot and expose the conspirators within the English government. As she races to save the queen, Alice is increasingly torn between the wealthy, powerful duke of Balmoral and the lowly but dashing Saylor. Koen knows her material and painstakingly recreates the Restoration period. Her large castboth historical and fictionalare sharply rendered, and the larger-than-life Alice makes a memorable heroineimperious, even vindictive, but always unwavering in conviction. Koen blends history, mystery and romance to craft a historical romance that will delight fans of the genre. (Sept.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Karleen Koen has been largely absent from the literary scene for 20 years, and critics who enjoyed Through a Glass Darkly herald her return. Reviewers agree that Koen's deep knowledge of world politics and daily life during the Restoration contributes to the strength of her writing, which appears undiminished by her time off. Her handling of romance is delicate, with passion confined to a few kisses and clearly peripheral to the plot. The real focus is scandalous intrigue, much of it based on historical fact. The novel's length bothered some, but all agreed that Dark Angeles is a richly imagined historical romance. Copyright  2004 Phillips  Nelson Media, Inc.	The reputation for merriment ascribed to Charles II of England, a mood arising from his gratitude for being brought safely to the throne after the execution of his father, Charles I, and the dismal interregnum of the Puritan and puritanical Oliver Cromwell, overlays a diplomatic, political, and religious tension threading through the fun-loving court of the cosmopolitan, intelligent Charles Stuart. These conditions easily spawn a romantic story line by the author of the best-selling Through a Glass Darkly (1986) in this prequel to that work. The central character is Alice Verney, former lady-in--waiting to Charles II's consort, Queen Catherine, then to the king's sister, Henrietta, married to the brother of France's Louis XIV. Upon Henrietta's mysterious death, Alice returns to England and begins her adventures, making certain not only to remain afloat but also to triumph in the commotion and excitement of the English royal court. Alice is compellingly drawn, and Koen creates a detail-rich setting for her to express her vibrant personality. Brad HooperCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	A delicious and dark adventure set within the magnificent sweep of the seventeenth-century courts of Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France. Koens excellent research and fully drawn characters bring to life the lavish wealth and glamour, the scheming, and the deeply human emotions of a fascinating era. Jean M. Auel, New York Times bestselling author of The Shelters of StoneI loved Dark Angels,I absolutely gobbled it up! Reading it is like stepping into a time machine that sweeps you back to all the drama and intrigue of the English Restoration.The charactersare so vivid, the period detail incredible and the plot is completely riveting; a powerful blend of history, romance, adventure and mystery. Susan Carroll, author of The CourtesanGrand and sweeping in the tradition of Forever Amber, the author immerses the reader in history, romance, suspenseand the deep, dark secrets of the human heart. Dark Angels is an engrossing novel of royal and racy Restoration England. A triumph! Karen Harper, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Boleyn A richly-textured novel that brings to life the extravagant, scandalous court of Charles II, Dark Angels sweeps the reader into a world in which ambition and betrayal are commonplacebut love is not. Fans of Dorothy Dunnett and Anya Seton will revel in this sumptuous page-turner! India Edgehill, author of Wisdoms DaughterFrom the Hardcover edition.	Karleen Koen is the author of Now Face to Face and Through a Glass Darkly, which was a New York Times bestseller and featured a much older Alice Verney (known in that novel as the Duchess of Tamworth). The author lives in Houston, Texas. Visit her online at karleenkoen.com.From the Hardcover edition.	What you see in Dark Angels is what you get  --  an old-fashioned historical romance, a page-turning read full of love, betrayals, political intrigues and cool clothes. Set in the England and France of 1670, this new novel is a prequel to Koen's bestselling Through a Glass Darkly and its sequel, Now Face to Face. It tells the story of the early life of Alice Verney, seen briefly in the previous books as an elderly duchess, and her involvement in a life-or-death plot against the king of England. While telling a love story, Koen focuses most of her effort on recounting historical events of the period, and a fascinating period it is, too. In the mid-17th century, Charles I was beheaded, and England became a protectorate under Oliver Cromwell. At Cromwell's death, however, no successor proved able to hold the country together, and the late monarch's son was invited to return as King Charles II. The Restoration was a time of slippery politics and fascinatingly shifty characters. The chief strength of Koen's novel is her thorough understanding of the era and its people, and her skill in briefly explaining complex historical circumstances while telling a good story. Alice Verney, a maid of honor to Princess Henriette of France (the king of England's sister), returns to England after her mistress's mysterious and horrible death (a real event), with the ambition to marry the elderly, wily (and really rich) Duke of Balmoral. This ambition holds firm in spite of her attraction to Richard Saylor, a not-so-rich but enterprising soldier who, while he appreciates Alice's wit and political savvy, is competing with the king himself for the affections of a French beauty with sheep's eyes and a brain to match (Louise de Keroualle, one of Charles's actual mistresses). Alice is a great character, vivid and three-dimensional, constantly seething with plots, ploys and pride. Unfortunately, Saylor is little more than a necessary hero for most of the book, and the required romantic resolution is therefore something of a letdown, the two principals having not so much overcome all obstacles to their union as having had them conveniently removed so the story could end. Aside from the romance, though, the plot is terrific, involving professional poisoners; court politics; murder in a homosexual brothel; Nell Gwynn, an orange-selling actress and most famous of the King's mistresses (a bit player here, but naked); illegitimate babies and the precariously interwoven lives of everyone near the king  --  himself the most precarious of monarchs. While the story is undeniably Alice's, the king is the true focus of the book. The plot is woven around him and his court, and Koen understands not only the politics but the man, giving us a surprisingly empathetic portrait of a ruler often dismissed by history as a playboy sex-fiend. In Koen's hands, we see Charles instead as a monarch whose faade of confidence drapes the rickety skeleton of the political structure that holds him aloft and whose many amours fail to hide his essential loneliness.  Koen's prose here is pedestrian, but it gets the job done. You  don't have beautiful imagery or striking insights to linger over, but you do keep turning pages. She also has a deft touch with historical trivia, sliding entertaining factoids and necessary background in without interfering with the story. The book does show signs of ruthless editing, particularly in Book Two, but the few loose ends and incomplete references that result don't really damage the story.   For a story that deals heavily in adultery, sodomy and other forms of interesting human sexual behavior, though, Koen's scenes are surprisingly chaste. The murders that take place aren't particularly graphic but do involve blood or descriptions of the horrid details of poisoning. Her love scenes, though, are brief and few, generally going no further than a scorching kiss or two. Those kisses are often described in terms of thunder and lightning, which gives the reader an odd impression of passion equipped with sound and visual effects. Evidently kissing was a more highly developed art in the 17th century than it is today. The chief difference between history and good historical fiction (we won't mention the bad kind) is that fiction has a more coherent dramatic structure. Dark Angels is the best kind of historical fiction: very accurate, highly dramatic and thoroughly entertaining.   Reviewed by Diana Gabaldon Copyright 2006, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.	Chapter 1    May 1670    Facing white cliffs in a strait of ocean separating two kingdoms, a   fleet of ships lay at anchor. It was the fleet of the kingdom of   England, sent to escort precious cargo: a princess of England and   France, the most famous princess in Christendom, in fact. A yacht   with a rakish bow slashed through the water toward the best and   greatest of these anchored ships; the king on board liked fast   yachts, fast horses, fast women. The princess was his sister, and he   and those with him could not wait to see her.    Monmouth's on the yacht! said a young woman leaning over the side   of the princess's ship. She had stepped atop a huge coil of rope for   this view, and a sailor, eyeing her satins and the single strand of   fat pearls at her neck, had warned her to be careful, but she'd sent   him off with a withering comment to mind his own business. She wasn't   one to suffer fools--or even those who weren't fools--telling her   what to do. The sight of King Charles's yacht racing toward them was   thrilling. She could see the crowd waiting on shore. The queen and   her father and her best friend were among them. She was so glad to   see England again, she wasn't certain she'd be able to keep herself   from kneeling on the beach and kissing the sand of it when she landed.    And who else is there? asked the friend with her, like her a maid   of honor to the princess, and like her, excited to be witnesses to   this, King Charles and his sister meeting again after so many   years--ten if it was a day. Flags were flying from all the topmasts,   whipping smartly in the breeze. The day was bright and clear.   Everyone was dressed in their finest, felt high-spirited, mettlesome   as horses, stirred and thrilled by this reunion.    Climb up here and see for yourself! Alice said.    Don't tease, Alice, and don't fall-- Her friend, Louise Renee,   grabbed Alice's gown, for by now Alice was leaning over the edge at a   dangerous angle, the feet in her dainty satin shoes on tiptoe.    The Duke of York is with His Majesty and Prince Rupert--oh, they're   close enough to hear me--Rupert! Prince Rupert! Monmouth! Shrieking   the names, Alice waved a gauzy scarf back and forth with wild abandon   and was rewarded with a hearty wave from the king's cousin, a smile   from the king's son, and a startled glance and then a grin from King   Charles himself. Loud cheers had come up from hundreds of throats,   the throats of the sailors manning the ships, the throats of the   crowd on shore. They, too, were waving and clapping, cheering the   king. Gulls, who'd idly settled among the rigging, rose like winged   blessings into the sky.    He hasn't changed a whit, Alice said.    Who?    The king. I wonder who he'll be flirting with by midnight--    Mademoiselle Verney, get down from there at once! Mademoiselle de   Keroualle! You will join the other maids immediately! The king is   boarding--    It was the keeper of the maids, Madame Dragon, Alice called her.    Alice and Renee ran across the deck to join the elite circle of young   women around the princess, all in satin gowns, in dainty shoes with   stiff gauze bows, their hair coaxed by servants into curling orderly   disorder, fat strands of pearls around their slender necks, drops at   their delectable ears. As young women, unmarried, their very youth   was beautiful. As part of the household of the foremost princess in   France, they were everything that was fashionable. There wasn't a   woman on shore who wouldn't be biting her lip with vexation and   determining to buy new gowns once theirs were seen. They couldn't   wait.    Princesse Henriette--her formal title at the French court was   Madame--glanced toward Alice and Renee as they slipped in among the   other women, a slight arch in her brow, both questioning and   condemning.    Pretty behavior, sneered a lithe young man to Alice, one of a group   of restless and handsome noblemen, but then the orchestra that had   been sent to accompany the princess struck up a lively tune, and all   about them another cheer began from sailors in the rigging, from   those standing in order on the deck as the sardonic face of the king   of England, Charles, the second of that name, appeared just above the   brass of the ship's railing. In another moment he had leaped to the   deck.    Minette. He held out his arms, his face made handsome by joy, and   his sister ran to him, and he hugged her close and then swung her   around, her skirt swelling out like a bell. Men had followed him over   the side, appearing one after the other, dressed almost as   sumptuously as any woman, laces, blue ribbons, diamond pins, long,   curling hair, false, a wig but magnificent nonetheless. The princess   was immediately surrounded by them. Her other brother, the Duke of   York, hugged and kissed her, and their cousin Prince Rupert elbowed   York out of the way unceremoniously and said, Little beauty. I   thought we'd never pry you from the Frenchies' grasp. Unfortunately,   he spoke in French and loudly, so everyone near heard him.    The Duke of Monmouth, King Charles's son, insisted on his hug, and   the princess danced from one male relative to another, kissing their   faces and wiping at tears running down her face.    She's ruining her rouge. It was the same young man who spoke   before, with the same sneering, spiteful tone.    We're in England now, d'Effiat. You'd best watch your tongue, Alice told him.    Oh, I am afraid, he mocked her, and the others with him laughed   maliciously, even Beuvron, who was her friend.    Alice turned her back on the group of them. The day was too happy to   spoil with quarreling. There had been enough of that in France. This   was adventure, huge adventure, and she was home at long last, about   to see her best friend in the world, and the queen she so loved, and   her father, and there was nothing d'Effiat or Beuvron or any of them   could say to ruin a single moment.    Her eyes met Prince Rupert's, and he winked, then made her a bow.    Renee pointed to the king's son Monmouth. He's handsome. She wasn't   the only woman who'd noticed Monmouth.    Yes, and he knows it, so beware.    Protocol, dear to French hearts, was being ignored. Everything was   becoming very confused. The maids of honor had broken rank in spite   of the Dragon's frowns, lured by Monmouth's smiles, by Rupert's   twinkling boisterousness, by King Charles's laughter, by the sense of   froth and frivolity that seemed to have climbed right on board with   him.    Those who accompanied the princess from France, a duc here, a vicomte   there, a priest or two, the captain of her household guard, tried to   push past the clustered maids of honor, past the princess's tall   brother and cousin, to introduce themselves over the noise of the   orchestra and the bellows of that cousin, who seemed to be ordering   something from above in the rigging.    He was. A great willow basket was being lowered from a pulley.   Squeals from the maids of honor added to the growing melee as they   rushed here and there to be out of its way. Once the basket was on   deck, Prince Rupert patted it fondly, fell on one knee before his   princess cousin, and made a motion for her to climb in, using his   knee as step.    I'm not to go overboard in this? Princesse Henriette cried,   delighted and horrified. She spoke in French because she'd lived in   France all her life, and her English was small. I haven't   introduced--    King Charles swept her up in his arms. Introductions aren't   necessary. We'll do what's proper on shore. But for now, I claim my   sister as a prize of the sea. She's in English waters, and she's   mine. With that, he placed her into the basket, giving one and all a   glimpse of her stockings--vivid green--the princess laughing so hard,   she couldn't speak.    This is highly irregular-- began the French ambassador.    Pay me a formal call to complain, said King Charles. His eyes, a   rogue's eyes, swept over the maids of honor. One beautiful woman   isn't enough. My sister must have escort.    Young women everywhere held their breath, dropped into giggling,   graceful curtsies as his eyes touched, considered, and admired each   of them. The captain of the household guard cleared his throat. The   Dragon hovered, fluttering, not certain what to do. No one knew at   this point.    King Charles's eyes found Louise Renee de Keroualle, the most   beautiful among them.    Why am I not surprised? Rupert said to his cousin York.    In a heartbeat, Renee stepped up on Rupert's knee and over into the   basket. For a moment, her stockings showed, and they were the same   green as the princess's. It was shocking and exciting.    King Charles's eyes found Alice. She had dropped as gracefully as a   flower drooping. A gliding, natural grace of movement was one of her   beauties. He walked over and stood before her, looking down at her   bent head, the riot of curls there.    My dear Verney.    Sir.    Her Majesty has missed you dreadfully.    And I her. Her heart was beating very fast. He was her liege, her   lord, her king. She'd known him since she was a child and he a   penniless, beggar sovereign without a kingdom. This was a great and   powerful moment.    Did you behave yourself in France?    No, sir. And I am happy to say I have acquired the most beautiful   gowns in the world.    The better to finally find a husband with?    A child of court, her skills poli...	Rosalyn Landor's superb ability to leap centuries is never more evident than it's been this year--from the contemporary (SWAPPING LIVES) to this seventeenth-century historical romance, a prequel to Koen's acclaimed THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. In this tale of intrigue, murder, power-mad politicos, bloody battlefields, bedroom assignations, sexual deviance, and royal scandals, Landor plays young Alice Vernay, maid of honor to the Queen, ambitious (she wants to marry the elderly, very rich Duke of Balmoral), plotting, seductive, and impossibly romantic (she's in love with a not-so-rich soldier). In this lavish audio production, the listener can hear the swish of gowns, the clash of steel, and the heavy breathing of passion. Landor is not daunted by the book's enormous cast. She deftly switches genders, accents, and emotions in a bravura performance.  M.T.B.  Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award  AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine",books;genre fiction;historical;historical fiction;historical romance;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;romance;united states,10
B0000513BW,"C2G / Cables to Go 09114 SC/SC Duplex 62.5/125 Multimode Fiber Patch Cable, Orange (2 Meter/6.56 Feet) With SC to SC termination, this high-quality fiber optic patch cable is specifically designed for ethernet, multimedia, or communication applications. The SC connector features a push-pull locking system. The patented injection molding process provides each connection greater durability in resisting pulls, strains and impacts from cabling installs. Each cable is 100% optically inspected and tested for insertion loss before you receive it. A pull-proof jacket design surrounds the popular 62.5/125 multimode fiber, immune to electrical interference. Connector 1: SC Male Connector 2: SC Male   Optical Multimode 1 (OM1) fiber supporting 200/500 MHz.km OFL at 850/1300 nm.  SC Connector Dimensions: 10.6mm Height x 26mm Width x 58mm Depth (with installed duplex clip)  Maximum Connector Loss: 0.50 dB  Typical Connector Loss: 0.30 dB  Typical Return Loss: -25 dB  Buffer Material: PVC  Buffer OD: 900 m  Jacket Material: PVC (OFNR riser-rated)  Jacket OD: 2.8 mm  Installation Tensile Load: 100 N (445 lbs)  Long-Term Tensile Load: 50 N (222 lbs)  Maximum Tensile Load: 100 N/cm  Installation (Loaded) Minimum Bend Radius: 5.0cm (1.97in)  Long-Term (Unloaded) Minimum Bend Radius: 3.0cm (1.2in)  Crush Resistance: 750 N/cm  Impact Resistance: 1,000 cycles  Flex Resistance: 5,000 cycles  Attenuation at 1300 nm: 1.0 dB/km  Attenuation at 850 nm: 3.5 dB/km  Operating Temperature: -20C to +70C Please Note: Attenuation testing performed in accordance with EIA/TIA-455-171A.",accessories & supplies;audio & video accessories;audio cables;cables & interconnects;computer accessories;computer components;computers & accessories;electronics;ethernet cables;fiber optic cables,10
0375721134,"The Life of Language: The Fascinating Ways Words are Born, Live & Die The Life of Language, subtitled the fascinating ways words are born, live and die, by Sol Steinmetz and Barbara Ann Kipfer (Random House trade paperback, $17). This scholarly but easy-to-breeze-through introduction to the world of words, written by a pair of crack lexicographers (Sol is a longtime mentor of On Language), ranks as the linguistic bargain of the year. From baby talk to back-formation, from minting new words to functional shift, the subjects are treated with amusing erudition. The chapter on reduplication  flip-flopping higgledy-piggledy through the riffraff  differentiates rhyming compounds like bigwig, hotshot, ragtag, sci-fi from repetitions called tautonyms, such as bye-bye, so-so, rah-rah, as well as from ricochet words in which the repeated element is modified: chit-chat, roly-poly, shilly-shally. They reveal the source of the schm-/shm- reduplication, from the Yiddish koyfn, shmoyfn, To buy, not to buy, who cares? This construction led to the adoption in English of fancy-schmancy to mean pretentious and to the jocular derogation of a host of words and names (Oedipus, schmoedipus  as long as he loves his mother). Boinng!--William Safire, The New York Times, December 3, 2006	Barbara Ann Kipfer is a lexicographer, archaeologist, and the author of more than 25 books, including How it Happens, 4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, and The Order of Things. Sol Steinmetz is a well-known lexicographer and former editorinchief at Random House Reference.",books;education & reference;etymology;language & grammar;linguistics;politics & social sciences;research & publishing guides;social sciences;words;writing,10
0195111834,"The Surprising Archaea: Discovering Another Domain of Life ""The 'Surprising' of the title hardly does them justice; these creatures are genuinely amazing, and we all need to know more about them....The book comes into its own ... in taking us through the breathtaking range of lifestyles and metabolisms of the Archaea. They are the real extremophiles.... Later chapters give us real insight into the importance of the Archaea, and what they may tell us about the Earth's original chimaeric, gene-exchanging life-forms, and possibly about potential life-forms deep within the apparently barren rocks of other extraterrestrial objects.... [B]iologists concerned with life's beginnings, the phylogeny of modern taxa and the adaptability of cellular machineries will appreciate this volume. The final chapter, on the future of the Archaea, should be compulsory reading, not just for those interested in genes, evolution and biodiversity, but also for fuel scientists, chemical engineers and pharmaocologists...""--Nature""In this slim volume Howland (Bowdoin College, Maine) introduces readers to a domain of organisms, and their biological life-style, that have only become moderately understood within the last 30 years. ... Students, undergraduate as well as graduate, need to learn about these organisms. Undergraduate students particularly would be well advised to read the section on obtaining energy, since the concepts covered there will be useful in many other contexts. Given that need, which this book adequately addresses, it seems that this volume should be added to the research library.""--Choice""In The Surprising Archaea, John Howland gives a succinct account of the development and excitement of the field. He explains its fundamental evolutionary premises particularly well. First, there is the belief that archaea are so very different from bacteria because the two groups diverged when life was quite new and still ill-formed; that is, the root of the SSU rRNA tree corresponds to some single last common ancestral cell, older than the oldest cellular fossils (3.5 billion years). Second, some features of archaea, extreme thermophily in particular, are primitive--unchanged from the ancestral condition. Third, archaea were principal partners in forming the chimeras we know as eukaryotes; they contributed the basic information-processing machinery. ... [I]f you want a quick and easy explanation why those of us who were turned on to archaea in the 1970s remain tuned in today, this is the best you will find.""--Science""The Iurprising Archaea examines discovery and the evolutionary and ecological importance of these organisms.  in addition to exploring the archaeal rise from obscurity to their current prominent place in molecular and evolutionary biology, the book promotes a wider awareness of the world of microbes.  It constitutes a ""biography"" of the Archaea, concluding with a look at the future of archaeal research. . . .This book is appropriate for a wide range of scholars, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students of biology, as well as anyone with an interest in the nature and diversity of life."" Biology Digest""The Archaea, or archebacteria, constitute the fifth kingdom of living organisms, as distinct from true bacteria as from fungi, animals, and plants.  They were very likely the first life forms form which all other living things evolved, because they are naturally evolved, because they are naturally adapted to thrive in the anoxic extreme environments that prevailed when life originated on the earth. . .Their discovery has given a unique vantage on the principles of life because they present unique life histories and metabolisms, in effect a novel, previously unrecognized type of life.""--Ethology, Ecology, Evolution	John L. Howland, Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science, Bowdoin College.",biological sciences;biology;biology & life sciences;books;evolution;microbiology;new;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
0764547720,"LPIC 1 Certification Bible Every other teenager and tens of thousands of university students have installed Linux and configured it for this job or that. That doesn't mean they're qualified to run Linux servers for a company that relies on them, regardless of what they may claim on their rsums. Your claim to real professional Linux competence will be bolstered by a Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC), the most basic of which LPIC 1 Certification Bible will help you earn. The contents and organization of this book are derived from the published LPIC exam (101 and 102) objectives, and it was written by two LPIC 1-certified authors.     By and large, this is an introductory Linux book, with sections on installing the operating system, getting around at the command line, manipulating files, and doing essential administration of users, devices, and network connections. As such, you'll find this book rewarding even if you're not particularly interested in earning your LPIC 1 certificate. The authors present lists of options and details, and include listings of command-line input and output, to illustrate what you should see as you work with Linux (Red Hat is the demo distribution). Questions and answers appear at chapter ends and on the companion CD-ROM. --David Wall    Topics covered: The subjects you're expected to know to pass the LPIC 1 exam, including Linux installation, configuration, and administration. Basic networking matters are discussed, but advanced network topics are reserved for books about the LPIC 2 exam.	Angie Nash is an IT Consultant for her own firm, Tarheel Solutions. She works primarily with Linux and Microsoft operating systems to provide solutions for small businesses. Her free time is spent adding new products to her arsenal. She can be reached at angie@the-nashes.net.Jason Nash currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife Angie (Another CNE and MCSE!) and works for Advanced Paradigms, Inc. Advanced Paradigms is one of the top Microsoft Solution Providers in the country. His certifications include MCSEx2, MCT, Novell CNE, and CNP (Certified Network Professional). He is currently finishing his MCSD and working on a Bachelors of Computer Science.",books;computer science;computers & technology;education & reference;linux;new;operating systems;software;unix;used & rental textbooks,10
0967209005,"This Won't Hurt A Bit! And Other Fractured Truths in Healthcare ""I was in stitches.""  -- Sue Turing, OR Nurse	Karyn admits that much humor in healthcare is dark and uncomfortable for some.  Thats why she attempted to make This Won't Hurt A Bit! a book that would be enjoyed by those on both the giving and receiving end of healthcare.	Karyn Buxman is an award winning motivational speaker whose vision is to leave a legacy of laughter and its benefits around the world.  Karyn's study of humor has led to both national and international recognition as an expert in the field of therapeutic humor.  She has worked with thousands of business and healthcare professionals from coast to coast and abroad to help them find humor in the midst of chaos and rediscover the love they once had for their professions.  She has appeared in national media such as Advance for Nurses, Woman's World, Investor's Business Daily, Personal Excellence, ABCNews.com and CBCRadio.com.  She has appeared as a special guest expert on Iyanla and On Main Street with Dale Meyer and has been interviewed on numerous radio programs.  Karyn is the catalyst to happiness through laughter!",books;comic strips;comics & graphic novels;doctors & medicine;essays;humor;humor & entertainment;jokes & riddles;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0306808811,Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann Text: English (translation) Original Language: German,arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;criticism & theory;education & reference;historical;history & criticism;literary;literature & fiction,10
B00008WUA1,"Bodum Chambord Tea Cup, Set of 2 This set of two tea cups in the classic modern beaker style matches Bodums Chambord line of coffee and tea presses. Each cup is made of durable, borosilicate glass cradled in a highly-polished stainless-steel frame. A curved black Bakelite handle nicely fits one finger. Though called tea cups, the glasses can just as easily be used to drink the excellent coffee produced by the Chambord press method. Made in Portugal, the cups measure 3-1/2 by 4-1/2 inches and are dishwasher-safe. --Ann Bieri	Expand your Chambord collection with these matching tea cups.  Made in Portugal, the Chambord Cups are designed with the same look as the Chambord coffee and tea press line.  The set includes 2 - 7 oz tea cups.",coffee;coffee & espresso machine parts & accessories;coffee machine accessories;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;kitchen utensils & gadgets;small appliance parts & accessories;tea & espresso;tea accessories;tea strainers,10
1932279180,"Silent Heroes: Courageous Families Living with Depression and Mental Illness FOREWORD MAGAZINE REVIEW    Living with a person who has a mental disease is one of life's greatest   challenges, and some people handle it better than others. That is one of   the points of this interesting and well-written book. The first section is   part memoir and part reference as the author chronicles the years of her   mother's schizophrenia with brief ""interludes"" of factual information about   mental illness. The Silent Hero during that part of her life was her father   who cared for his wife with love and respect. The book then moves on to the   stories of other people who struggle to cope with the effects of a family   member's illness.  The book was written for people in similar situations, but it is a good   read for anyone interested in learning more about mental illness. It is   still so often misunderstood that Focht recommends that a person educate   him or herself as a first step in coping.  ""... people don't snap out of   mental-health disorders because they don't snap into them.""  Focht acknowledges that much of her understanding came later in life when   she went through a period of therapy. Terrified that she was succumbing to   the same illness as her mother, Focht sought counseling during a turbulent   time in her life and discovered that that is a fear shared by most people   who have an ill family member. She also came to the realization that there   are thousands of ""Silent Heroes"" who may be struggling to cope and have no   idea that they don't have to struggle alone.  It was that realization that prompted her to begin working with the   National Alliance for the Mentally Ill as an educator in the   Family-to-Family Program. She is also a training specialist for the   nationally known ""Parent Project."" Her education includes a bachelor's   degree in business from Northern Illinois and a Masters in Educational   Counseling from National University in Sacramento, California.  While nicely done for the most part, the book is a bit too simplistic and   suffers some from repetition, especially hammering home the fact that   mental illness is a disease like any other disease. It does, however, offer   sound advice and coping strategies that readers who are living with a   mentally ill loved one will find quite helpful.     ~ Maryann Miller  -   March 2006	Maureen is an educator for the Family-to-Family program with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and a training specialist for the nationally known Parent Project.  Through her work with foster children and distressed families, she knows the terrible traumas many families face.  Her former experience includes field management in the insurance industry, and retail ownership.  Maureen holds a Masters in Educational Counseling from National University in Sacramento, California.	Introduction    As I reflect upon my life, I realize that my schizophrenic mother could   have become the proverbial bag lady, and my brothers and I foster children.   However, that did not happen. Our family was blessed with a silent hero,   our father. As our silent hero, Dad remained with us throughout the   devastating struggle of seeing his beloved wife lose her mind to    schizophrenia.  In our midst are many silent heroes: partners, siblings, and children who   continue to live with and love their family members who experience brain   disorders. This is my parents' love story, and the story of their struggle   told from a daughter's viewpoint.  I include additional stories of other silent heroes. You may recognize   familiar themes in these stories. In my research, I found that mental   disorders are prevalent, and everyone seems to have their personal story   about family members with such a disease. Most family members are silent,   and it is time to break the silence! It is time to change the prevailing   bias and stigma long associated with mental illnesses -- that somehow these   mental illnesses are results of upbringing, poor environment, or character   weaknesses. We now know there are physical and biological reasons for these   brain malfunctions.  I am in a unique position to author this book because I did have a normal   childhood with two happy, loving parents for 11 years. Unlike my three   younger brothers, I had my mother for my formative years, and I remember   her before the illness. My brothers, especially the youngest who was born   the year after her illness hit, do not remember a mother with as much   compassion or caring.  Have you ever felt such passion rising in your heart that it compels you to   act? This happened to me after my father's funeral in August of 2004. I am   compelled by his commitment to my mother and his care for his children   despite all odds of remaining sane himself, to write this book for all the   silent heroes who remain by the sides of their loved ones.  Research shows that few support services are available for children in   families where a parent has a brain disorder like schizophrenia. Most   support available is for the care-giving spouse, who takes on this role in   addition to carrying the financial burden.  I wrote this book to help fill the gap and encourage getting the help and   finding the resources that children and other family members need when   living with someone who has a brain disorder.  This book addresses questions relevant to the silent hero and the children   of the family. How do we cope? What about our love is so unique to keep us   close by and protective? What stages do we go through emotionally and   mentally that help us reconcile our commitment?  How do we go about meeting our own needs when a primary caregiver is unable   to nurture us? How do we create a relatively normal life for ourselves?   Where can we turn to for help?  Brain disorders come in many different type -- schizophrenia, dementia,   depression, bipolar disorder, panic and anxiety disorders, phobias, autism,   and Alzheimer's, to name but a few. Symptoms of schizophrenia include   hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, unusual behaviors, and withdrawal from   social and family life, all of which my mother experienced at some point.  Perhaps your loved one exhibits these symptoms too, and you know all too   well how they impair the ability to function. Mild or severe, temporary or   long-term, brain disorders make everyday life extremely challenging for   those suffering from the disorder and for everyone close to them.  As a silent hero, you might feel isolated. However, statistics show that   you are far from alone. According to the National Institute of Mental   Health,  one in five Americans over the age of 18 suffers from a mental   disorder in a given year. Among the American adult population, 2.2 million   people have schizophrenia, 18.8 million have a depressive disorder, and   19.1 million have an anxiety disorder.i  There are more silent heroes, just   like you, than you may realize.  Chapter descriptions include my own family's story, with elements that will   be familiar to you. How my mother went from a beautiful, nurturing soul to   someone I barely recognized. How our relationship evolved as I grew from   child to teen to adult. How my father did everything in his power to help   her. How I found healing and came to terms with her   illness. I hope that   my personal story, and the other stories later in the book, will show you   that you really aren't alone, and that help for you, the silent hero and   the children in the family, is available. At the end of this book, you will   find Internet resources and organizations that can be of further   assistance. First, may my parents' unconventional love story serve you on   your own journey from silence to acceptance to freedom and empowerment.~ Maureen Focht   May 1, 2005",books;depression;family relationships;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;mental illness;mood disorders;parenting & relationships;psychology & counseling,10
097430221X,"!Concha Ortiz y Pino: Matriarch of a 300-Year-Old New Mexico Legacy (Spanish Edition) A magnificent life! -- Santa Fe New Mexican's Pasa Tiempo, December 17, 2004Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven, the woman whom Vista magazine honored as Latina of the Century in 1999. -- Albuquerque Journal December 26, 2004The book contains a short introduction in Spanish honoring the blending of cultures,so much a part of New Mexico. -- Los Alamos Monitor February 8, 2005	Kathryn Cordova is a professor of jounalism and communications at the University of New Mexico. This is her fourth book.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;hispanic & latino;history;state & local;united states;women in history;world,10
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0689851839,"New Dinos : The Latest Finds! The Coolest Dinosaur Discoveries! Grade 5-7-Vivid, dramatic illustrations are a sure draw to an already hot topic. From the Giganotosaurus rampaging on the front cover to the wicked-looking Suchomimus lurking on the back, this book will be greeted with cheers by dinophiles desperate for MORE. Tanaka's lively, brief text provides enough data to satisfy many readers, including true aficionados. While the author provides tidbits on new discoveries in the Sahara, Madagascar, China, and Patagonia, she also discusses such matters as eggs, dung, feathers, and physiology. She speculates on color, appetites, hunting techniques, the relationship between dinosaurs and birds, and extinction, among other subjects. Diagrams showing continental drift over the millennia are provided, as is a large, colorful global location map and a brief pronunciation guide. Several neat Web sites and two fine titles for further reading are worthy of attention. Of course you have tons of dinosaur books in your collection. Of course they are mostly out in circulation. Of course you need this colorful eye-catcher as well. It won't gather any dust.Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NYCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Gr. 3-5. Tanaka describes some of the most recent dinosaur finds, explaining how they add to the general knowledge of paleontology and affect prevailing theories about the time period. Considering fossils found in the Sahara, China, Patagonia, and North America, Tanaka comments on feeding habits (Tyrannosaurus may have been a cannibal); internal organs (a four-chambered heart gives credence to the theory that at least some dinosaurs were warm blooded); feathers; and mass extinction 65 million years ago, now generally believed to have been caused after a meteor collided with earth. The writing style is direct and somewhat informal (""the tip of SuperCroc's snout was shaped like a toilet bowl""); most chapters are short; and there are frequent sidebars, illustrations, and diagrams to break up the text. The colorful illustrations are a focal point for the work. Barnard uses the latest theories about skin coverings and structure to create images full of life and action. Maps, a glossary, pronunciation guides, and further readings round out a book that will be a sure hit with dinosaur fans everywhere. Kay WeismanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Highly Recommended. (CM Magazine)   Vivid, dramatic illustrations are a sure draw to an already hot topicOf course you'll need this colorful eye catcher [in your collection].  It won't gather dust. (School Library Journal)	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Shelley Tanaka is the author of the critically accalimed children's book, Attack on Pearl Harbor. She has written seven books in the I Was There series, including On Board the Titanic, Discovering the Iceman, Secrets of the Mummies, In the Time of Knights, and Graveyards of the Dinosaurs.",animals;books;children's books;dinosaurs;fossils;history;nature;nature & how it works;prehistoric;science,10
0750910712,Sex in Elizabethan England Hb Alan Haynes has also written The Elizabethan Secret Services and The Gunpowder Plot.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.,16th century;books;fitness & dieting;health;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;sexuality;social sciences,10
1567184936,"UFO/FBI Connection: The Secret History of the Government's Cover-Up ""...a well-flowing account with fascinating case studies and asides.""  -- NEXUS Magazine	UFO/FBI Connection by Bruce Maccabee could only have been written in the internet age. Maccabee was able to obtain thousands of pages of previously secret documents from the FBI, CIA and others, as well as do research through the Internet. You have a right to know the truth about UFOs! That's why Llewellyn is proud to publish UFO/FBI Connection!.	UFO/FBI Connection details the existence of the ""real X-Files"", knowledge held by the FBI and the U.S. Air Force on UFO sightings between the years 1947 to 1964, and withheld from the American people.  Often filed under the title ""Flying Discs: Security Matter-X"", actual FBI and USAF documents are revealed here for the first time ever in any book.	bBruce Maccabee, Ph.D./b, (Maryland) is a physicist employed by the U.S. Navy. He was the first to obtain the previously secret files of the FBI, and has also collected documents from the CIA, the Air Force, the Army, and other gorernment agencies. He has appeared on dozens of radio and TV shows, and is the coauthor of iUFOs Are Real: Here's the Proof/i.	In 1976, when I requested the FBI to release any UFO information under the newly passed Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOIPA), I didn't expect to get anything. There had never been explicit evidence that the FBI was ever involved in UFO investigations. One person who should have known was Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, the first director of Project Blue Book, which was the publicly known UFO investigation project of the Air Force from 1952 to 1969. He wrote a history of the first eight years of Air Force flying saucer investigations, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Doubleday, New York, 1956). According to Ruppelt, the FBI ""was never officially interested"" in UFO sightings. Therefore I was surprised to learn that there were well over a thousand pages of UFO-related material in the FBI's ""X-files."" I found that the FBI file contains some early records not in the files of Project Blue Book, which the Air Force claimed was the complete, official Air Force collection of UFO sightings and documents. Of greater interest is the fact that it contains comments and opinions stated by Air Force officers who were involved in the early years; comments such as ""some military officials are seriously considering the possibility of interplanetary ships""!",books;education & reference;occult;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;self-help;stress management;united states,10
B00007E7WC,MAXELL CR2032 - Handheld PC Battery A flat battery for various handheld PCs & databanks,accessories;accessories & supplies;batteries;camera & photo;chargers & accessories;computer accessories;computers & accessories;digital camera accessories;electronics;laptop & netbook computer accessories,10
0595316530,"Second Eden Second Eden proves that life is not a box of chocolates. Rather, it is a circle: no matter where you start your journey and no matter which way you go, you always end up home.	CARLTON AUSTIN received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland. As a gene researcher, he studied how DNA controls cellular differentiation. Now a freelance writer and aerobatics instructor, he lives near Annapolis, Maryland, where he publishes Aerosphere.com, an online air & space magazine.",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
1852427078,"Bombay Talkie (A Five Star Title) Journalist Meer's first novel is as gaudy and melodramatic as the movies she evokes in her title. American-born Sabah's parents convince her to visit India, and she is thrust into the unravelling lives of an American-born friend, now married to an Indian and that of her famous movie star uncle and his family. The story is woven from the characters' inner monologues and a narrative that describes the seamiest excesses of wealth, poverty, sexism, racial consciousness, deception and hypocrisy with the pace and detachment of a journalist. The scandals of homosexuality and infidelity seem tired as plot motivators, the characters more like archetypes than the self-involved yet complex people they might be. But a wife-burning and the tragedy of Sabah's lovelorn gay cousin are shocking--the senseless loss, so emotionally portrayed, will leave readers tearful, angry and, like Sabah, a bit relieved to be back in America after all. Author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This paperback original takes a wry look at two families, two generations, and two cultures. At the center of the story is Sabah, a second-generation American seeking to understand her heritage. After graduating from college, she journeys to India and is soon caught up in cultural contradictions; traditional customs and modern discos create an unsettling milieu. Two tragic deaths reveal the extremes of traditional and modern cultures, as Sabah seeks a balance in multicultural identity. Interspersed with Sabah's story are chapters focusing on her parents and the family of her Indian film star uncle. This first novel has the effect of an intricate mosaic-splashes of color finally fit into a coherent whole. Recommended for public libraries.Jan Blodgett, St. Mary's Cty. Records Ctr. & Archives, Leonardtown, Md.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	From first novelist Meer, an uneven whirl with India's brat pack as they try to find themselves--sexually and culturally--in the bright lights of big cities like Bombay, Paris, and New York. Young American-born Sabah's search in India for identity, heritage, and just maybe a husband provides Meer with a loose framework for highlighting the cultural dissonance experienced by today's ``Indibrats.'' Like their European counterparts, they are poor little rich kids seeking sensation and sexual adventure in discos, gay bars, and updated versions of traditional stag evenings with ``nautch'' dancers--in which the nautch girls are boys. Sabah, the daughter of affluent immigrants, has grown up more American than Indian, though her parents have maintained close ties with fellow immigrants and with their family back home. Her best friend, Rani, returned to India when her mother divorced her American father. As Sabah, now a college graduate, leaves America and sometime lover Rob, her Uncle Jimmy, a famous Indian film star and singer, sets off from Bombay to join son Adam, who is supposed to be working in a Paris bank. Once in India, Sabah meets up again with Rani, a successful model but unhappy wife, only to lose her in a bizarre accident. She also socializes with jaded Indibrats and stays with a beloved grandma who serves good food and equally good advice. Uncle Jimmy and his son are not so fortunate: Sexually confused Adam flees his father and follows lover Marc to New York; Uncle Jimmy suffers a heart attack. The cousins' parallel journeys finally intersect--too neatly--in New York as Sabah, who has come home even more confused about herself, accidentally meets Adam, seriously injured while carousing with friends. A former journalist, Meer has an eye for detail and setting, but her characters and their lives are thin constructs--the habitus of glossy mags rather than solid novels. -- Copyright 1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",asia;books;contemporary;family saga;genre fiction;history;india;literary;literature & fiction;united states,10
087659237X,The GIANT Encyclopedia of Preschool Activities for Three-Year-Olds: Over 600 Activities Created by Teachers for Teachers (The GIANT Series) Kathy Charner has been with Gryphon House for over 15 years and has served as Editor-in-Chief. She is the editor of several books including The GIANTSeries and the Learn Every Day series.,antiques & collectibles;books;early childhood education;education & reference;encyclopedias;instruction methods;parenting;parenting & relationships;pedagogy;schools & teaching,10
0876288662,"Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons & Activities for Grades 7 - 12 This resource is one of four books in the ""Social Skills Curriculum Activities Library,"" a practical series designed to help classroom teachers and specialists teach appropriate behavioral skills to students of all abilities, preschool through grade 12. The activities emphasize teaching young people to recognize the equal rights of others, independent of color, race, and religion, and develop their skill in using good judgment to resolve life's conflicts peacefully.  The complete Social Skills Curriculum Library provides over 250 classroom-tested lessons and activities in four distinct units, each tailored to the developmental needs of students at a particular grade level:  READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES PreK-K  READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 1-3  READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 4-6  READY-TO-USE SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 7-12   For easy use, the activities in each grade-level unit follow a uniform format, including a descriptive title, a specific behavioral objective, and a simple eighth-step lesson plan that provides everything needed for an effective, well-balanced learning experience.  Each lesson covers:  Purpose: Need for teaching/learning the social skill, e.g. ""Using Self-Control""  Introduction: Stories, films, poems, and questions to make the skill concrete  Skill Components: Skill steps for teaching the appropriate behavior  Modeling the Skill: Teacher and/or student demonstration of the skill  Behavioral Rehearsal: Student performance of the skill with teacher correction if necessary  Practice: Worksheets and other activities summarizing the skill  Independent Use: Activities to promote use of the skills outside of school  Continuation: Suggestions for reinforcing the skill through the school year  And, as a further help, all of the practice worksheets are individually printed in a spiral-bound format that folds flat for easy photocopying as many times as needed for individual or group use!  Each unit also includes an introduction to the curriculum and lesson format ... brief guidelines ... To the Teacher... for using the activities most effectively ... reproducible Task Review Cards for circle-time class discussions ... and a Family Training Booklet addressed to parents with suggestions for teaching social skills at home (units 1-3)  In short, the ""Social Skills Curriculum Activities Library"" gives teachers at all level a stimulating and systematic way to develop positive social behaviors in their students. The activities focus on real problem situations, and are readily adapted to any classroom or school-wide program, and can be easily enhanced with other strategies, models and interventions devised by the creative teacher.	Ruth W. Begun, M.S., is president of The Society for Prevention of Violence (SPV), a nonprofit organization founded in 1972 dedicated to reducing asocial behaviors in children and adults through education.",& style;beauty;books;education;education & reference;fitness & dieting;grooming;health;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0714842796,"Century, Mini Edition: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope The impact of photography, with its permutations and manipulations, has created incredible images of human hope and suffering throughout the 20th century. Inured as readers may be to the sights of our age, anyone who leafs through the astonishing chronicle that is Bruce Bernard's Century cannot fail to be impressed and moved by this vast visual document of the past 100 years. Weighing in at around 10 pounds and containing more than 1,000 photographs, this significant document of 100 years of human history displays Bernard's 30 years of experience as a picture editor with the Sunday Times Magazine. Divided into six sections--1899-1914, High Hopes and Recklessness; 1914-33, Self-Inflicted Wounds Remain Infected; 1933-45, Rise and Fall of the Unspeakable; 1945-65, Atomic Truce Walks a Tightrope; 1965-85, Vietnam to the Moon to Soviet Collapse; and 1985-99, Chaos and Hope on a Burdened Planet--with accompanying text and quotations, Century presents an average of 10 images for each year, from the banal to the brilliant. In 1921 readers witness Claude Monet overseeing his glorious water-lily gardens. Next to that is an image of starving children in the Russian famine that followed the end of World War I. The young Princess Elizabeth walks her corgi in London's Hyde Park in 1934, while the facing page shows the moment of King Alexander I's assassination in Marseilles. American GIs laugh with girls on a German beach in 1946--a couple of pages on from the then recently revealed horrors of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Three decades later, sees the Sex Pistols inaugurating the era of punk rock, while anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko lies murdered by police in his South African jail cell. By turns harrowing and humorous, Century is a magnificent photographic testament to 100 years of human advancement, futility, acts of heroism, and episodes of unspeakable cruelty. The book ends on a note of hope with a still from a 1999 German production of Beethoven's opera Fidelio, a triumph of goodness over evil. It is nonetheless difficult to erase the preceding image of refugees fleeing Kosovo in the same month and the same year--history's hour of darkness come round once more. --Catherine Taylor, Amazon.co.uk 	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	Starting like a salute to art photography (Atget, L?rtigue, Kert?sz) and ending like a gruesome history of photojournalism (with the full-color disasters in the Balkans, Rwanda, and Columbine), this enormous collection of 20th-century pictures has no triumphalist or revisionist point to make. In fact, British picture editor Bernard brings nothing but his rather random eye to this loose, arty representation of our inspiring and brutal century. The book's shallow captions range from the credulous (""Mistrustful Alabama patrolmen watching African-Americans intent on racial integration"") to the ridiculous (""US Marines waiting to embark for Korea. The image could move us to wish themAand their enemiesAwell."" What?). But the book does average an impressive ten photos per annum, many of them spectacular, grisly, or moving. The year 1934 matches the historical pairs of Riefenstahl and Hitler and Bonnie and Clyde. More sensationally, a murdered young Brazilian transvestite appears opposite a bare-breasted Italian porn star for 1987, and Nixon and Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican convention are paired with a picture of a Korean guerrilla's severed head. Why? Because they are allAlynching victims, shelled children, or movie starsAmerely contextless images with which Bernard plays visual games. Over the long haul, this handsome, scattered book's equality of violent and arty images reduces both to a numbing sameness. Recommended for larger libraries with the shelf space and the budget.ANathan Ward, ""Library Journal"" Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	With a photo in nearly every one of this volumes 1,000 pages, this must undoubtedly be the most comprehensive visual account yet of the past century. It is hard not to get lost wandering through this massive volume, with images by the well-known (Atget, Brassai, Lartigue) as well as the anonymous. Subjects as well range from the famous to the mundane. On the verge of the century, in 1899, we see Lillian Langtry, former mistress of the Prince of Wales, reclining languorously, and we see New Women approaching the coming century with high spirits. We see children roller skating in Berlin in 1912, and in the same year, Greek Boy Scouts having to learn rescue techniqiues during the Balkan Wars. We see Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes trial, in 1925, and we see Albert Einstein conversing with New York reporters in 1934. The books final image is rather artificially upbeat at the end of a bloody century, but it does nothing to mitigate the narrative and emotional power of the thousand images that precede it in this prodigious work by photo editor Bernard.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	' ... intelligently conceived and edited ... packed with memorable photographs ...' The Observer ' ... astonishing photographs from the last hundred years, brilliantly chosen and then tendentiously captioned ... This is about as powerful as a picture book can be' Evening Standard ' Your eyes will be glued to images by turns beautiful and horrifying ... The captions are great too.' Daily Telegraph ' ... Century is an outstanding book, one to be treasured, viewed and re-viewed often ...' The Good Book Guide 'Century is an extraordinary publishing feat ... unforgettable images from the best of photo reportage - which sometimes define our understanding of the century more eloquently than words' The Bookseller	A visual history of the 20th century, the photographs in this volume cover events which range from the hard history of politics to new inventions, the arts, society and fashion. The images have been drawn from international agencies such as Life, Magnum, Picture Post and Stern. The book is divided into six chronological sections corresponding to significant historical moments. Each section opens with a short historical overview which introduces the main concerns during the period covered. There is also a selection of quotations which capture the flavour of the period covered. There are extended captions at the end of each section providing historical information about each photograph.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	Bruce Bernard (1929-2000) was Picture Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine and in 1980 he produced Photodiscovery - a highly respected account of the revolution in attitudes to photography. Bernard was Visual Arts Editor of the Saturday Independent Magazine for its first four years. He curated the exhibition 'All Human Life' at London's Barbican Centre in 1996, and was the curator of a private collection of photographs. Century is the culmination of his extensive knowledge and the experience he gained during 30 years of looking at pictures.  Terence McNamee, who acted as historical advisor and wrote the historical background for Century, studied politics and international relations at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and at the McGill University, Montreal.",20th century;arts & photography;books;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);photography;photojournalism;politics & social sciences;sociology;world,10
0914478877,Death in Beirut: A Novel Text: English (translation)  Original Language: Arabic,african & middle eastern;books;contemporary;history & criticism;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks;world literature,10
0812967658,"Does This Make Me Look Fat?: The Definitive Rules for Dressing Thin for Every Height, Size, and Shape Words to live by . . . This chatty, entertaining illustrated volume by fashion guru [Leah] Feldon . . . offers up some useful skinny on looking svelte. PeopleFollow these rules to banish the F word from your vocabulary forever. Glamour This slimming bible goes beyond choosing vertical stripes over horizontals. . . . The next time you ask the question Does this make me look fat?, the answer will be a resounding no! New York Daily News	With a rousing ?we?re all in this together? attitude, Leah Feldon proves that a well-chosen wardrobe can render any figure fabulous. ?All we have to do,? writes Feldon, ?is choose the right clothes?clothes that camouflage any real or imagined figure flaws rather than highlighting them?and learn how to do it with ultimate style and confidence.? Take five pounds off your look with a new hemline; disguise a bit of bulge with a cleverly designed blouse; highlight your best assets with the perfect accessories. The key to ?camouflage chic? is dressing to suit your body type, comfort level, and lifestyle?all while maximizing your own personal flair.Instead of spending another moment agonizing in front of the closet, you?ll learn how to:* distinguish between ?yes? and ?no? colors* lose the tummy without the tuck* perk up your basic black* create optical illusions for a long, lean look* conquer the dreaded bathing-suit challenge* follow timeless tenets of good tastePacked with empowering, easy-to-implement tips, fun illustrations, and celebrity style secrets, Does This Make Me Look Fat? provides all the information you?ll need to create a slimmer, more stylish, and better-proportioned look (and to help your man do it, too!).	Words to live by . . . This chatty, entertaining illustrated volume by fashion guru [Leah] Feldon . . . offers up some useful skinny on looking svelte. PeopleFollow these rules to banish the F word from your vocabulary forever. Glamour This slimming bible goes beyond choosing vertical stripes over horizontals. . . . The next time you ask the question Does this make me look fat?, the answer will be a resounding no! New York Daily News	Leah Feldon has been helping people dress well for more than twenty years with her books  Dress Like a Million, Dressing Rich, WomanStyle, and Traveling Light  and through television shows and magazine articles. A former Today show contributor and PM Magazine host, she most recently created and hosted her own series for The Learning Channel. Currently working as a media spokesperson and personal consultant, she splits her time between New York City and Nashville. You can visit her at her website at www.LeahFeldon.com and email her at Leah@LeahFeldon.com.From the Hardcover edition.	INTRODUCTIONI don't think the rules ever change. People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly! -MICHAEL KORS, designerOne day not too long ago, while I was in the dressing room of one of my favorite stores, trying to figure out just which, of the all black pants I had in there, was the perfect pair, I heard the woman next door chatting with her saleslady. Since I was rather preoccupied, their conversation was just background buzz until I heard the woman ask loud and clear, Does this make me look fat? Hey, I thought, that's just what I was thinking! Now, truly, I'm not what you'd call fat. Neither was the other woman. I sneaked a peek at her when I left, and she looked like a blond Julia Roberts. But you know what? When it comes to self-perception, size doesn't matter. We all feel fat, or think we look fat, at one time or another, no matter what size we are! I must have heard the phrase Does this make me look fat a gazillion times during my twenty-odd years in the fashion business-from every size woman imaginable. If you've picked up this book you've probably said, Does this make me look fat? too. And you might not even be close to fat! You could be one of those women who people think are totally nuts when they even mention the F-word. Or you could be average. Or you could be a plus size. It really doesn't matter-being fat or feeling fat-in a crazy way, it's all the some. We stare in the mirror and focus on every little bump, bulge, and protuberance until our body looks like a Himalayan landscape to us. We all know this is not particularly healthy, but we do it anyway. There's no sense in me trying to talk you out of your neurosis, as I've been trying to talk myself out of mine for years. It's a fruitless endeavor. (I'm fairly sure a twenty-five-year ascetic meditation retreat would set me straight, but who has the time?) So what to do? We switch to plan B and handle the problem in the time-honored American tradition-we cover up whatever's making us crazy. We disguise it. We make it go away. You can't be too neurotic about something that you can't see. All we have to do is choose the right clothes-clothes that camouflage any real or imagined figure flaws rather than highlighting them-and learn how to do it with style. That's what I call Camouflage Chic! When you think about it, there are really only two kinds of clothes in the world-those that make you look fat and those that don't. All the rest is just details. There are, of course, degrees within those two categories. In the fat-maker category, there are some clothes that will make you just a teensy weensy bit heftier and others that will pack on an extra five pounds. And in the nonfat category, there are clothes that are virtually neutral and those that can make you look five pounds skinnier. This book is about zeroing in on the last kind of clothing. Does This Make Me Look Fat? is dedicated to the proposition that we'd all rather wear clothes that render us slimmer as opposed to heavier-and while we're at it, taller rather than shorter. The fact is that tall and slim is a good look. Before I go any further, let me nip any potential dissention in the bud and slip in a disclaimer for any plus-size lobbyers out there who may be tempted to pick on me for not taking a total Big Is Beautiful stance here, as well as for any hard-line feminists who feel this entire subject is demeaning and that we women should be judged not by how we look but rather by our brains, character, and mettle. To the first group let me say that big may be beautiful, but it can be even more lovely with effective camouflaging. Nobody-be they size sixteen or size six--wants to look heavier than they actually are. That's just a given. I've dressed a lot of women over the years and not one has ever asked me to help them look shorter or stockier. And yes, we should absolutely learn to love and accept ourselves as we are-warts, potbellies, and all. But who says we have to exhibit those features to the world, at large? And to my feminist sisters, let me say that I agree with you wholeheartedly. We should not be judged by our appearance...but we are, so get over it. It's been that way since cave babes started wearing fur. This book is egalitarian-it's for all women of all sizes (and of all political persuasions) who want their clothes to work for them instead of against them. It 's as simple as that.In the end, fashion is not such a silly thing. Even if you say you don't dress, it's not true. Either way, you make a choice.-MIUCCIA PRADA, designerHere fat is a relative term, used in the purely unclinical, semi-obsessive, sartorially savvy, fun-loving sense of the word. It doesn't matter whether you're five ounces over your fighting weight, thirty pounds overweight, or just want to make that totally fit body of yours look as sleek as possible. If you really want the answer to Does this make me look fat? this is where you'll get it-no holds barred. Here, clothes that add heft are taken to task and those that diminish it are cheered. In these pages you will find out exactly what you need to know to make you look slimmer, taller, and better proportioned in your clothes. (Out of clothes, I'm afraid you're on your own.) A truth in advertising moment. The information in this book is not going to transform a 160-pound woman into Kate Moss or a five-foot, one-inch woman into Xena, Warrior Princess. This is, after all, a fashion book, not a Course in Miracles. But it can help you knock off a few virtual pounds, grow an extra virtual vertical inch or two, look generally sleeker, and make your fashion life a lot easier. When it comes to camouflaging, most of us have heard about the perils of wearing broad horizontal stripes (eek!) and the like, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are a slew of other camouflaging principles that are much more subtle-and just as important. In my workshops, participants are constantly amazed at the difference a simple placement of buttons, the shape of a lapel, the width of a strap, or a slight shift in color tone can make on the girth meter. It's not a religious experience exactly, but it definitely changes the way these women see clothes and the way they buy them. Moreover, this knowledge can be used for the rest of their lives, because the principles are timeless and apply to whatever new cards fashion may deal us. I started very early to believe in an inside-out concept-that if you look as good as you can, you will feel better.-JIL SANDER, designerThere's another dimension here too: There's a real feeling of empowerment that comes from knowing what's right for you and wearing clothes that perfectly suit your body. You simply feel better about yourself. I'll offer myself up here as a case in point: I have two pairs of slim black pants, one that fits me perfectly and makes me look trim and slender, and the other that's a bit snug and makes my stomach look paunchy. Even though I only wear the snug ones with a roomy top that covers the offending paunch, I know it's lurking under there, and I feel fat when I wear the pants. I don't feel as self-assured as I do in my slim pants. How you feel in clothes is as important as how you look in them. When you feel confident you look confident. There was a time, not that long ago, when my stomach would not have been an issue in any pants. It was flat-most of the month anyway. Not a washboard exactly, but a perfectly acceptable abdomen nonetheless. But that was then, and this is now. As many of my fellow Baby Boomers may have noticed, our bodies tend to change as we age-even with diligent exercise. All we can do is maintain-we can't fight aging.... Women have to accept that our bodies give in to gravity. That's life. -EVE LOM, skin-care entrepreneurI've been using the concept of fashion camouflage for more than twenty-five years: first as a stylist, designer, and image consultant, then as a journalist, author, and television commentator and host. I've dealt with fashion from every angle--behind the camera, in front of the camera, in production meetings, and on the computer screen. I've dressed models, celebrities, and real people. And if there's one thing I've learned in all these years, it's this: While clothes don't make the woman, they sure do help. Any figure can be improved with the right clothes. And the right clothes don't necessarily cost more than wrong ones. You can buy totally nonfat clothes for the same amount of money you spend on clothes that are the equivalent of a double chocolate shake. It's all in your choices. A lot of what makes a choice the right one is proportion. The first time I saw Matthew McConaughey on the big screen, for instance, I wasn't thinking, Oh, isn't he darling!, like all the other women in the audience. I was thinking, My god, he is sooo long-waisted! And Sharon Stone-I can't watch her without thinking, Great proportions! I'm a proportion nut. Balance is one of the first things I see when I look at someone. I notice if their necklines are shortening their necks, or their hemlines are lengthening their legs, and everything else in between. Actually, my mother says I've always been this way. She remembers us all sitting poolside in Florida, when I was about eight, and me emphatically declaring that my pudgy five-year-old brother would look really tons better in boxer trunks than in his little Speedo--which, of course, was true. (My brother's pudginess, for the record, is long gone . . . and he now wears boxers.) Anyway, my keen eye-or dubious talent, however you choose to look at it-has come in quite handy over the years. I'm hoping now it can be a big help to you. Although we'll be focusing on looks that slim and trim here, we'll always be touching on the timeless tenets of good taste and style as well, which is the chic pa...",& style;beauty;books;fitness & dieting;general;grooming;health;self-help;style & clothing;women's health,10
013185724X,SPSS 13.0 Regression Models SPSS 13.0 is a comprehensive system for analyzing data.  The Regression Models optional add-on module provides the additional analytic techniques described in this manual.  The Regression Models add-on module must be used with the SPSS 13.0 Base system and is completely integrated into that system.,books;computers & technology;mathematics;new;science & math;science & mathematics;social sciences;software;statistics;used & rental textbooks,10
088740877X,"California Potteries: The Complete Book (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) A collector, dealer, and prolific writer about antique pottery, Mike Schneider resides in Ohio with his wife Cindy.",antiques & collectibles;arts & photography;books;ceramics;crafts;crafts & hobbies;education & reference;hobbies & home;other media;pottery & ceramics,10
0964769751,"Beyond Performance: What Employees Really Need to Know to Climb the Success Ladder ""If you want to earn more money, be promoted constantly and move forward effortlessly ... this great book will teach you all the secrets.""  -- Mark Victor Hansen, Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul Series""Meeting Planners ask our Speakers Bureau for experts who  have been there, done that, and learned from experience. They call that kind of speaker a Real Person. Roland D. Nolen shares his own business experiences in Beyond  Performance. They sparkle with truth and wisdom. Buy a box full. You will want to give them to your staff and clients."" -- Dottie Walters, President, Walters International Speakers Bureau, Author, Speak & Grow Rich""Most books on how to succeed focus on bosses. This one  focuses on the employee and how to manage up. What a great idea to finally show people what it takes to please the boss and get ahead.""  -- Michael A. Leven, CEO, US Franchise Systems, Inc.""Nolen's information is very down to earth and can be adapted to a lot of different situations. For a new employee or even a new manager, this book is extremely helpful. And, if you're a seasoned person, it may be just the refresher course you've been looking for.""  -- Stephanie Thomas, Assistant Director Operation/Home Care Program, University of Illinois at Chicago""Nolen's philosophy pulls back the covers and offers a good, long look into what management is thinking. This book is critical to your ability to move ahead in your organization. I recommend it highly.""  -- Alisa Speese, Staff Director, McDonald's Corporation""Nothing soothes the working environment quite like the presence of a trusted advisor. Take Roland Nolen's advice and you will be on your way to a better, more relaxed, more productive career.""  -- Jack Canfield, Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul Series""What impressed me is Nolen's practical, hands-on approach to career issues. His concepts are very closely aligned to my own personal beliefs and what I have followed in my own career -- and it has been very successful for me."" -- William J. Skeens, Vice-President, Research & Development, Lucent Technologies	Roland D. Nolen has more than 20 years of experience in dealing with the issues and personalities of Corporate America. He has worked as both employee and manager at such well-known companies as IBM, AT, and Lucent Technologies. He has conducted seminars for major corporations and national organizations, and has been the guest on numerous talk shows. His Beyond Performance Audio Cassette Program  is in its third edition.	Most people get their egos way too involved when management asks  them to change something about their style. For example, management may  just ask them to change the way they interact with people in a meeting.   Well, they say, that's me. That's the way I operate. That's my  personality. That's the way I communicate. That, of course, is a very  negative response. Here's the question you need to ask yourself: Does  making a change in the way you communicate or the way you present  information or the way you interact with others really change you? Of  course not. It has nothing to do with changing your basic moral values.   It just changes the way you operate and makes you more effective.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio Cassette	 edition.",books;business & investing;business life;communications;job hunting;job hunting & careers;management & leadership;self-help;skills;success,10
075133393X,"Top Ten of Everything 2002 Grade 4 Up-Ash has hit on a winning formula. He has managed to  create a volume as informative as an almanac and as appealing as  the ever-popular Guinness World Record books. The layout is  attractive and colorful photographs abound. Major headings  covering such topics as ""Life on Earth,"" ""Commerce & Industry,""  ""Culture & Learning,"" and ""Stage & Screen"" are packed with  current statistics and facts. Historical information is provided  in many of the ""first"" lists, e.g., ""First Countries to Give  Women the Vote."" The section on transportation has several  gruesome statistics including ""The 10 Worst Motor Vehicle and  Road Disasters."" This book is sure to get lots of browsing  attention and has much supplemental information for report  writers. Libraries will want to update their earlier  editions.Laura Younkin, Ballard High School, Louisville, KY   Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Russell Ash's many works include popular reference books, humorous books, and countless articles for publications ranging from The Sunday Times and the Independent to Punch and Loaded. He is regularly interviewed about his work on radio and television around the world.",books;education & reference;encyclopedias;humor & entertainment;new;puzzles & games;quizzes;reference;trivia;used & rental textbooks,10
1412039452,"Your Own Private Tuscany: A Guide to Italian Vacation Rentals Lynn Jennings fell head over heels in love with Italy on her first trip there at age 17. Between trips to Italy, this professionally-trained chef has found the time to live in France and Japan, and travel extensively in Europe and Asia. She divides her time between Vancouver and the Southern Gulf Islands, where she writes about food and travel.",books;europe;florence;general;italy;reference;rome;travel;tuscany;venice,10
0801882486,"Death Rays, Jet Packs, Stunts, and Supercars: The Fantastic Physics of Film's Most Celebrated Secret Agent Adult/High School-A longtime James Bond fan, Parker takes a look at the science behind the movies and explains what works and what doesn't, and the basic physics involved. Is it possible to outrun an avalanche? Can a laser beam really cut someone in two? Do X-ray glasses work? The technical explanations are clear and intended for the layperson. Science alternates with movie details and interesting trivia: one of the world's first underwater cameras was used to film Thunderball; an early Bond movie featured snowboarding long before it became a popular sport. The appendix gives the author's opinions and rankings of the best of movies, actors, villains, and chase scenes. Parker's intent is not to criticize the films, but rather to share his enthusiasm for them and for physics. A book that's sure to appeal to teens with an interest in gadgets, cars, stunts, trick cinematography, and sports (skiing, bungee jumping).-Sandy Freund, Richard Byrd Library, Fairfax County, VA Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	In an entertaining narrative, Parker explores which aspects of Ian Fleming's Bond stories are scientifically sound and which are purely fiction or movie magic. (Science News)Offers an entertaining and penetrating look at the James Bond phenomenon by exploring the technical and scientific aspect of stunts and gadgets seen in the movies. This is a unique book James Bond fans will not want to miss. (Alain Hach, author of  The Physics of Hockey)A very successful and entirely charming book that belongs in all college libraries. Highly recommended. (Choice)A fun romp with a handful of equations, charts, and diagrams. (College and Research Libraries News)Thorough and clearly written. (Stephen Baxter Nature)Parker has a terrific idea hereto scrutinize the science of the special effects on parade in the James Bond movies. (Eve Lichtgarn AssociatedContent.com)A book that's sure to appeal to teens with an interest in gadgets, cars, stunts, trick cinematography, and sports. (School Library Journal)For anyone moderately interested in both James Bond and physics, this is an entertaining and relatively easy read. (Joanna Barstow Observatory Magazine)A very enjoyable book with some very well handled physics. (John L. Hubisz Physics Teacher)	Barry Parker  is a professor emeritus of physics at Idaho State University and the author of  The Isaac Newton School of Driving, also available from Johns Hopkins.",books;direction & production;genre films;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;movies;physics;science & math;technology;theory,10
0800787188,"Organizing Your Home & Family A survival guide for neat (and not-so-neat) moms    What you want is a neat house, cooperative kids, and a fair distribution of work. But what you have are kids with messy bedrooms who kids who drag their feet when it comes to doing chores. If you're tired of acting as ""drill-sergeant mom"" and want a more effective (and nicer) way to get your kids to pitch in without complaining, then this is the book for you.    Organizing Your Home & Family will show you how to transform your house into a home of order and dignity-the home you've always wanted. With step-by-step instructions, letters from other moms, lists of helpful books and websites, and other practical tools, you'll discover easy ways to simplify, sort, and store-and get your kids to help out too.     It's not too late to organize your runaway house! A cleaner, more organized home is within reach. Let the Organizer Lady show you how to turn the chaos of your house into the castle of your dreams!	Sandra Felton is the best-selling author of several books, including The Messies Manual, Living Organized and Smart Organizing. She lives in Miami, Florida.",books;caretaking & relocating;cleaning;crafts;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;motivational;self-help,10
B000JMKTG4,"Mavericks at Work In Mavericks at Work, Fast Company cofounder William C. Taylor and Polly LaBarre, a longtime editor at the magazine, give you an inside look at the most original minds in business wherever they find them: from Procter & Gamble to Pixar, from gold mines to funky sandwich shops. Want to stop doing business as usual? Then take some lessons from the 32 maverick companies Taylor and LaBarre profile.  Questions for William C. Taylor and Polly LaBarre  Amazon.com: Whom do you think this book will appeal to? Taylor and LaBarre: This book should appeal to a wide coalition of business leaders and innovators--impatient, change-minded executives in big companies, senior leaders in smaller, entrepreneurial companies, young people with big dreams about their future and their careers. This book should inform and energize anyone and everyone who wants to do big things in business by shaking up the status quo and challenging the powers-that-be. One important point: We strongly believe that this book should appeal to women as well as men. It is not meant to be an uptight, starched-shirt type read--your typical all-male business book. The book doesn't target women executives per se, but we believe it will appeal to men and women alike. Amazon.com: Whats the story behind the book? Taylor and LaBarre: In one sense, Mavericks at Work has been 18 months in the making. That's the amount of time that the two of us spent totally focused on the travel, research, interviewing, and writing to create Mavericks at Work. In another sense, this book reflects more than a decade's worth of learning, thinking, and writing about the best way to do business and the new cast of companies and individual leaders that represent the face of business at its best. First at that classic voice of the business establishment, Harvard Business Review, and then at the new-generation magazine that he cofounded, Fast Company, Bill Taylor has been traveling the world, visiting companies, and interviewing great business leaders. Much the same goes for Polly LaBarre--first at the venerable IndustryWeek magazine, and then as one of the original members of the Fast Company team, Polly has made it her speciality to discover, understand, and chronicle the most exciting and innovative leaders in business.   With respect to Mavericks, the book reflects our in-depth access to the 32 companies featured in the book. This is anything but an armchair business book. We logged tens of thousands of miles and spent countless hours visiting, conducting interviews at, and participating in meetings, training sessions, and events inside a wide variety organizations. We went deep inside these organizations, looking to understand the ideas they stand for and the ways they work. We participated in a filmmaking class at one of the worlds most successful movie studios. We attended a closed-to-the-public awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall, where employees of what has to be the world's most entertaining bank sang, danced, and strutted their stuff. We sat in on a crucial monthly meeting (the 384th such consecutive meeting over the last 32 years) in which top executives and front-line managers of a $600-million employee-owned company share their most sensitive financial information and most valuable market secrets. We walked the corridors of a 120-year-old research facility where a team of change-minded R executives is transforming how one of the world's biggest companies develops new ideas for consumer products. We walked the streets of Manhattan with teams of employees from a hard-charging hedge fund, who were sizing up ideas about stock-market picks. Amazon.com: What makes this book relevant today? Taylor and LaBarre: We believe that this is the right book at the right time, with a set of messages and a collection of practices that will inspire business executives and entrepreneurs to bring out the best in their companies, their colleagues, and themselves. Why this book now? Because business needs a breath of fresh air. We are, after five long years, coming out of a dark and trying period in our economy and society--an era of slow growth and dashed expectations, of criminal wrongdoing and ethical misconduct at some of the world's best-known companies. But NASDAQ nuttiness already feels like time-capsule fodder, the white-collar perp walk has become as routine as an annual meeting, and the triumphant return of me-first moguls like Donald Trump feels like a bad nostalgia trip, the corporate equivalent of a hair-band reunion. Weve seen the face of business at its worst, and it hasn't been a pretty sight. This book is intended to persuade readers of the power of business at its best.   Which speaks to one of our major goals for Mavericks at Work--to restore the promise of business as a force for innovation, satisfaction, and progress, rather than as a source of revulsion, remorse, and recrimination. Indeed, despite all the bleak headlines and blood-boiling scandals over the last five years, the economy has experienced a period of transformation and realignment, a power shift so profound that were just beginning to appreciate what it means for the future of businessand for how all of us go about the business of building companies that work and doing work that matters.  In industry after industry, organizations and executives that were once dismissed as upstarts, as outliers, as wildcards, have achieved positions of financial prosperity and market leadership. Theres a reason the young billionaires behind the most celebrated entrepreneurial success in recent memory began their initial public offering (IPO) of shares with a declaration of independence from business as usual. Google is not a conventional company, read their Letter from the Founders. We do not intend to become one.   Nor does the unconventional cast of characters readers will encounter in this book. From a culture-shaping television network with offices in sun-splashed Santa Monica, California, to a little-known office-furniture manufacturer rooted in the frozen tundra of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from glamorous fields such as advertising, fashion, and the Internet, to old-line industries such as construction, mining, and household products, they are winning big at business--attracting millions of customers, creating thousands of jobs, generating tens of billions of dollars of wealth--by rethinking the logic of how business gets done.   Alan Kay, the celebrated computer scientist, put it memorably some 35 years ago: The best way to predict the future is to invent it. We believe the companies, executives, and entrepreneurs youll meet in the pages that follow are inventing a more exciting, more compelling, more rewarding future for business. They have devised provocative and instructive answers to four of the timeless challenges that face organizations of every size and leaders in every field: how you make strategy, how you unleash new ideas, how you connect with customers, how your best people achieve great results.  Amazon.com: Can you give us a brief summary of your book--in 250 words or less? Taylor and LaBarre: This book is a report from the front lines of the future of business. It is not a book of best practices. It is a book of next practices--a set of insights and a collection of case studies that amount to a business plan for the 21st century, a new way to lead, compete, and succeed.    Our basic argument is as straightforward to explain as it is urgent to apply: When it comes to thriving in a hyper-competitive marketplace, playing it safe is no longer playing it smart. In an economy defined by overcapacity, oversupply, and utter sensory overload--an economy in which everyone already has more than enough of whatever it is youre selling--the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for a truly distinctive set of ideas about where your company and industry can and should be going. You can't do big things as a competitor if you're content with doing things a little better than the competition.   This book is devoted to the proposition that the best way to out-perform the competition is to out-think the competition. Maverick companies aren't always the largest in their field; maverick entrepreneurs dont always make the cover of the business magazines. But mavericks do the work that matters most--the work of originality, creativity, and experimentation. They demonstrate that you can build companies around high ideals and fierce competitive ambitions, that the most powerful way to create economic value is to embrace a set of values that go beyond just amassing power, and that business, at its best, is too exciting, too important, and too much fun to be left to the dead hand of business as usual.    Who are these mavericks? The core ideas in this book are rooted in the strategies, practices, and leadership styles of 32 organizations with vastly different histories, cultures, and business models. But all of them are business originals, based on the distinctiveness of their ideas and the power of their practices. They are rethinking competition, reinventing innovation, reconnecting with customers, and redesigning work. Together, they are creating a maverick agenda for business--an agenda from which every business can learn.	A collection of case studies featuring the same formulaic ebullience endemic to business books since blurber Tom Peters' seminal work In Search of Excellence, this reader from FastCompany magazine cofounder Taylor and influential business writer LaBarre profiles some of the more interesting companies doing business today: Cirque de Soleil, Commerce Bank, Pixar, Anthropologie, Southwest Airlines, Jones Soda, Apple Computer and Craigslist among them. Such companies may have disparate cultures, but what unites them is originality, self-knowledge and passion. Whether by remaining small, recruiting zealously, or functioning like a kind of cult, such businesses succeed by imbuing the corporate rank and file with an entrepreneur's vision, avoiding the twin vices of mediocrity and complacency. Conversational but rigorous, Taylor and Labarre's chipper exploration of imagination at work holds value for novice and journeyman business leaders. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Although the title sounds like a self-help guide to the dysfunctionally employed, the aim of this book is actually to challenge business leaders to think bigger and aim higher. Those are certainly not new challenges, so what makes this book different from all the others that encourage entrepreneurs to break the mold? The authors have identified positive developments in a business environment that is struggling to emerge from slow growth, dashed expectations, and corporate scandal. Although they show how big-name innovators such as HBO, IBM, and Proctor & Gamble are finding new ways to stand out, a new breed is emerging that is proving that smarter can beat bigger. Companies such as Netflix, Google, and craigslist really are reinventing the wheel and have caused the business community to stand up and notice. The authors' vision is that these new innovators, once dismissed as upstarts, hold the key to reinstituting business as a source of inspiration and progress, creating a path for others to follow. David SiegfriedCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	A pivotal work in the tradition of 'In Search of Excellence' and 'Good to Great' and featuring many of today's most interesting corporate rising stars. These are companies that blend the revolutionary zeal of the late 1990s dotcom era with an emphasis on values in a way that has set them apart from the ethical crisis gripping American business in the first years of this century. The Economist.  Cases. Cases. Cases. We desperately need concrete, compelling, uplifting examples of new varieties of Excellence to guide us to and through the future. And you'll find them by the bushel in 'Mavericks at Work'. Bill Taylor and Polly LaBarre, a pair of brilliant raconteurs as well as analysts, more than fulfill their promise to let us be 'eyewitnesses to the future.' I didn't 'read' this book--I devoured it. Tom Peters, author of 'In Search of Excellence' and one of the leading management experts in the world.	William C. Taylor is a cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company. During his tenure, the magazine won numerous awards (including two National Magazine Awards) and earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs. He writes the Under New Management column for the New York Times and has published essays and CEO interviews in the Harvard Business Review.",books;business & investing;kindle ebooks;kindle store;leadership;management;management & leadership;marketing;marketing & sales;motivational,10
0312288220,"England's Dreaming, Revised Edition: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond With wit and authority, freelance writer Savage pens an entertaining, exhaustive chronological history of punk rock and politics through 1980. For the first several chapters the account focuses on attention-getting impresario Malcolm McLaren, who opened a series of outrageous clothing shops including Let It Rock and Sex during the early '70s with companion Vivienne Westwood. McLaren's visits to New York City left him enamored of such iconoclastic American bands as the New York Dolls and Television, and, using the nervy, bored adolescents he met while selling punk fashion, he nurtured a group that would become the Sex Pistols. McLaren and the Pistols' shenanigans are set against a background of such seminal punk bands as Iggy and the Stooges, the Clash, the Damned and the Ramones. Savage also devotes attention to McLaren's flamboyant shop maven Jordan, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees as he chronicles the Pistols' ascent and decline. Even readers who consider this volume's length somewhat daunting will find it the definitive source of early-punk anecdotes. Photos. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Savage uses the band the Sex Pistols as the core of this  definitive history of the punk rock and pop culture movements of  the 1970s. Music critics consider this the book on the subject.  (LJ 4/1/02)   Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	In an account packed with incisive social analysis, a London- based writer who contributes regularly to US music magazines (Spin, Rolling Stone, etc.) chronicles the lurid yet surprisingly complex rise and fall of Britain's quintessential punk band, the Sex Pistols. Taking his title from the lyrics of the band's ``God Save the Queen'' (``There is no future, in England's dreaming. No future for you, no future for me''), Savage begins with a long description of the nihilistic, in-your-face fashion world in which Malcolm McLaren, the group's manager, got his start. These first pages are decidedly slow, but they are the only slow ones in a long book that--among countless other things--describes McLaren's apparently seething, opportunistic ambition, and the ``miasma'' of violence that followed the Sex Pistols from an early, foulmouthed TV interview to a gruesome tour across America's South (recounted by Noel E. Monk and Jimmy Guterman in 12 Days on the Road, 1990) and the drug-induced death of bass player Sid Vicious. Throughout, Savage provides much intriguing background information, especially about the suffocating nature of recession-hit 1970's England, along with illuminating quotes from dozens of sources. His narrative is filled with pithy insights that keep their appropriate punch even when wallowing in verbosity (``The very English phlegm which had served as a powerful psychological metaphor for denial...was now, literally, expelled in torrents as...Punk audiences covered their object of desire with sheets of saliva''). Though at times overly detailed and wordy, still a compelling and intelligent narrative that's as much about the nature of anarchy as about the Sex Pistols and punk rock. (Sixteen-page color insert.) -- Copyright 1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""[T]he definitive history of the English punk movement...""--The New York Times Book Review""Scholarship with spunk.""--Rolling Stone""The best book about punk rock and pop culture ever.""--New Musical Express""An exceptional book: dead serious and achingly funny, full of delicate complex emotions about the most brutally simple form of pop music ever created.""--Entertainment Weekly	Jon Savage began writing about music in 1977 and has covered the music scene for U.S. and international publications ever since. His books include The Kinks: The Official Biography and Time Travel, a collection of articles. He lives in West London.",arts & photography;books;england;europe;history;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;punk,10
0882950487,"Alchemist (Crofts Classics) 'Ben Johnson's timeless satire.' Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London, 02/09/10	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	The editor, Elizabeth Cook, is the author of the fiction Achilles (Methuen), editor of Dekker and Middleton's The Roaring Girl for the New Mermaids and of the Oxford Authors' John Keats. She has lectured at the universities of Essex and Leeds.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;british & irish;comedy;drama;english literature;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
1840725400,"Wine Genius A former wine columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from California's Napa Valley, Janice Fuhrman's essays also appeared in Napa Valley, The Land, The Wine, The People (Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California). She wrote and produced a Public Broadcasting System documentary about Japan, and a recent documentary history of the Napa Valley Vintners Association, 'Bottling Poetry.' She lives in northern California with her husband and two sons.",books;cookbooks;crafts;drinks & beverages;food & wine;green housecleaning;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;how-to & home improvements;spirits,10
0306811189,"Tempest At Ox Hill: The Battle Of Chantilly ""Exceptionally well-written...A valuable contribution to Civil War history...An example of how it should be done."" -- On Point: The Journal of Army History Fall 2003	David A. Welker is the author of A Keystone Rebel and numerous Civil War-related newspaper and magazine articles. The author knows the actual battlefield well and has done meticulous research to clear away numerous inaccuracies and counter-claims surrounding the action. He currently works as a military analyst for the U.S. government.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	David A. Welker is the author of A Keystone Rebel and many Civil Warrelated newspaper and magazine articles. He works as a military analyst for the U.S. government and lives in Virginia.",19th century;americas;books;campaigns & battlefields;civil war;history;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);state & local;united states,10
0439774381,"Ulysses Moore #1: The Door to Time Grade 4-6The 11-year-old Covenant twins approach their family's move to the ancient Argo Manor on the British coast differently. Julia sees their new home as remote, and without the comforts of a nearby mall. Jason, on the other hand, feels an immediate sense of danger and mystery lurking behind the manor's stony walls. After befriending local kid Rick Banner, the three stumble on a mystery. The building's previous occupant, eccentric Ulysses Moore, left behind clues and codes to unlock a hidden ancient wooden door. Using their unique talents, the children must discover the secrets hidden deep beneath the house and find the truth behind the disappearance of the enigmatic Moore. The book ends with an unfair cliffhanger that brings the story to a halt just as the supernatural elements of the tale come into play. Filled with black-and-white photographs and mysterious illustrations drawn on top of documents and letters, this Italian import is bound to appeal to those kids who like tangible clues mixed into their fantasy novels. Children desperate for stories similar to Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles (S  S) will find much to love in this overly familiar but likable series.Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Gr. 4-6. After moving with their parents from London to Argo Manor, an enormous old house on the southwest coast of England, 11-year-old twins Jason and Julia befriend Rick, a local boy. Together, the three children explore the house under the watchful eye of its caretaker, Nestor, who knows its secrets but leaves the kids to make their own discoveries. When they follow the clues into hidden rooms and secret passageways, they realize that dangerous paths can lead to wondrous discoveries. On a couple of pages before the title page, the publishers engage in some fictional folderol about Michael Merryweather, a Scholastic editor traveling in England who has found and translated an encoded manuscript and now urges his colleagues to ""get this out to the children of America."" According to the copyright page, the text was actually translated from a 2004 Italian edition written by Pierdomenico Baccalario, making Ulysses Moore a pseudonym. Possibly appealing to children who have graduated from the Magic Tree House series, the book offers a well-paced adventure story, attractive line drawings, and the promise of many time-travel fantasies to come in the series. Carolyn PhelanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Kikus 12/1ULYSSES MOOREThe Door to TimeThe secret door behind the wardrobe may be a bit much, but in general this suspenseful tale of three young folks winkling out secrets in an old stone house is well-endowed with the requisite elements. His twin Julia may mock him, but Jason is sure that Argo Manor, their family's new home, is haunted. And Rick, their new friend from the small town nearby, is skeptical but eager enough to go along to explore the mysterious mansion, once the home of strange recluse Ulysses Moore. Bickering constantly but plainly thinking the world of each other, the twins, along with their brooding buddy, make smart, effervescent protagonists. Throw in the occasional atmospheric drawing, a mansion filled with books, nooks, antiques and shadows, absent parents, an enigmatic old caretaker, a series of coded messages, a secret passage leading into the cliff and a hidden cavern concealing a ship with unusual propertiesand it all adds up to one of the past year's most promising, tantalizing series openers. (Fantasy. 10-12)SLJ BACCALARIO, Pierdomenico. The Door to Time. tr. from Italian by Leah Janeczko. illus. by Iacopo Bruno. 226p. (Ulysses Moore Series, Bk. #1). CIP. Scholastic. Jan. 2006. Tr $12.99. ISBN 0-439-77438-1. LC 2005012699.Gr 4-6The 11-year-old Covenant twins approach their family's move to the ancient Argo Manor on the British coast differently. Julia sees their new home as remote, and without the comforts of a nearby mall. Jason, on the other hand, feels an immediate sense of danger and mystery lurking behind the manor's stony walls. After befriending local kid Rick Banner, the three stumble on a mystery. The building's previous occupant, eccentric Ulysses Moore, left behind clues and codes to unlock a hidden ancient wooden door. Using their unique talents, the children must discover the secrets hidden deep beneath the house and find the truth behind the disappearance of the enigmatic Moore. The book ends with an unfair cliffhanger that brings the story to a halt just as the supernatural elements of the tale come into play. Filled with black-and-white photographs and mysterious illustrations drawn on top of documents and letters, this Italian import is bound to appeal to those kids who like tangible clues mixed into their fantasy novels. Children desperate for stories similar to Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black's The Spiderwick Chronicles (S & S) will find much to love in this overly familiar but likable series.Elizabeth Bird, New York Public LibraryVOYAThe new series Ulysses Moore gets off to a slow start here, but it has the potential to develop into a fun mystery series for young teens. The adventures begin when eleven-year-old twins, Jason and Julia, move with their parents from London to Argo Manor, a sprawling old mansion by the sea. The twins discover that their new home is full of secrets: Who was Ulysses Moore, the mansion's eccentric and reclusive former owner? Is Nestor, the elderly caretaker, simply cantankerous, or is he hiding something? What is causing the eerie lights and noises in Argo Manor? Jason thinks that Moore's ghost is haunting Argo Manor, but practical Julia thinks her brother is imagining things. The twins decide to spend a Saturday afternoon exploring the mansion and its grounds with their new friend, Rick. After a dangerous fall from a cliff, Jason finds a message written in code in a hidden passage. This message leads the friends to one clue after another, and they eventually uncover Ulysses Moore's greatest secret: a ship with the power to travel through time. Although the book is not very original or action packed, the time-travel premise has promise, and one can only hope that future installments will be more exciting and entertaining.-Amy Luedtke.VoyaThe new series Ulysses Moore gets off to a slow start here, but it has the potential to deve	When pre-teen twins Julia and Jason move with their parents to an ancient house on the coast of England, they are at first intimidated by the huge manor and its secrets. But the previous occupant, enigmatic Ulysses Moore, left behind a series of clues that the kids find irresistible. Reader Michael Page deftly portrays the old caretaker, Nestor, as he allows Julia and Jason to unravel the mysteries with a school friend one day when the parents have gone into the city. Julia's voice is a bit wispy, but otherwise the children's voices are delightfully engaging. Unfortunately, audio readers miss the drawings and photographs that attempt to make the story a ""real"" mystery.  N.M.C.  AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.",action & adventure;books;children's books;family life;fantasy & magic;literature & fiction;mysteries & detectives;science fiction & fantasy;siblings;social situations,10
0664500153,"A Children's Guide to Worship Ruth L. Boling is a Presbyterian clergywoman, writer, storyteller, and Christian educator. She is the author of Come Worship With Me: A Journey through the Church Year and coauthor of A Children's Guide to Worship.Lauren J. Muzzy is the Communications Manager for Bank of North Georgia.",books;children's books;christian books & bibles;christianity;education & reference;ministry & church leadership;religions;rites & ceremonies;worship & devotion;youth ministry,10
0070371326,"Schaum's Outline of Basic Mathematics with Applications to Science and Technology (Schaum's) McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwideRamon A. Mata-Toledo, Ph.D. (Harrisonburg, VA) is an associate professor of computer science at James Madison with 30 years of teaching experience. Pauline K. Cushman, Ph.D. (Harrisonburg, VA) is an assistant professor of integrated science and technology and computer science at James Madison University.",books;education & reference;mathematics;new;science & math;science & mathematics;study guides;studying & workbooks;test prep & study guides;used & rental textbooks,10
0970222718,"Ultimate Deceit of the Human Race: The Ezzrath Theory Ezzrath Baht Shem explosively exposes many misconceptions in our daily routines that has caused the human race to experience wars, hate, crime, misery, and pain, which she insists was not so from the beginning of time.  She begins her book with numerous Bible verses and nontraditional theories in an attempt to melt away illusions of the reader. Questions such as Who wrote the Bible? and Who translated the Bible? and Why are there so many religions? are all addressed with references in the back of the chapters, which examines the various religions making it easy for the layperson to cross-examine her information.  Ezzrath insists that most people who are caught up in religion are there because they believe that their religion is an absolute reality of God and our Universe, to dare venture outside the thought frame of their beliefs (put aside the possibility that they maybe worshiping the foremost enemy of mankind) is totally inconceivable and of course there is always hells damnable consuming absorbing ETERNAL fire.  The fear that they will burn in hell for an eternity was set-up for the perpetual human check, but not mate is the hope of Ezzrath. The vast majority of the authors information will be new to midstream readers.  Every reader will find new information that will anger or disappoint them and every reader will find portions in which they will adamantly enjoy.  Ezzrath simply tells it as she sees it and lets the chips fall where they may.  She insists that the philosophies of the ancient ancestors hold the key to truth and knowledge and takes the reader into a basic study of various disciplines such as Taoism, Kabbalah, Sufism, and so forth.  Most provocative is the Ezzrath Theory on life in general. Ezzrath insists that physical survival of the Human race is totally dependent upon its recognition of self.  She says that until the species known as man becomes one again as was meant to be from the beginning, man will never enjoy his TRUE essence in totality.  The enemy of mankind saw man striving as one becoming more and more God-like and decided to divide mankind against himself teaching him racism, wars, hate, cannibalism, and many other vile acts against human nature.  This same enemy planned that mankind would cause himself to become an extinct creature by following his cultic laws all found in the Bible as the LAWS OF GOD.  As incredible as it sounds, it is yet so very simple as The Emperors New Clothing Ezzrath says, that we should just research for truth.  That which holds true to the reader keep, but that which does not simply place on the back burner or disregard. Ezzrath is lead by her Spiritual Guides one of which she names at the end of the book, who helped her to answer the worlds toughest questions.  Is there life after death?  Why does pain, hurt, and misery exist on Earth.  Why do we have the rich and the poor?  Why must we die?  According to Ezzrath we are not supposed to die the physical death nor is there any such thing as sin. Her conclusions are all found in the 424 pages of guided knowledge.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	I thank my Creator God for allowing me the privilege to begin to have an ever so slight understanding of His/Her magnificent Universe. Unlike most people who have written books like the Ultimate Deceit I was truly most happy with my religion.  As a Christian we believe that we KNOW that we have the truest religion to God WHY? 1.  Because we experience the warmth of God a one on one relationship with God (never trying to analyses the fact that those who are in religions opposing our beliefs have the exact same experiences they must be ignorant or lying is the rationale) 2.  Because our beliefs were given to us at an early age that the Bible is Gods word therefore the Bible must be Gods authentic word and is INFALLIBLE.  My book was written foremost to help people whose mindset is consistent with both 1. and 2. They know that they know! And second to share with my fellow light species the fact that we are suffering from amnesia of who and what the divine self consist of.  Through research it will be apparent that we were set-up to think individually and as separate races, sexes, nationalities, and later religions were added as an intended seal of destruction to our fate.  My book represents the pill in the movie Matrix that shows how deep the wormhole gets.  You will never see in any one book all the various topics on life and its origins that are discussed. Ezzrath	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Ezzrath Baht Shem was born and raised in a small town in Indiana. She raises three children ages 17, 14, and 4. Her favorite past time and work is devoted to the study of ancient texts and spirituality. She worked in Chicagos Water Department for seven years as a sanitary Engineer in the departments Water Quality Surveillance Section before leaving and writing her new book. She now resides in her hometown promoting her book, writing, and publishing. Her second book will be released soon titled: Ezzraths Metaphysical and Biblical Encyclopedia consisting of 134 pages. School: A Bachelor's of Science degree in chemical engineering from Tuskegee University Qualifications: 8 years as a researcher of ancient scripts, cultures, and languages  Radio host for WALE Radio 990 International Radio guest and book sells, Ezzrath has appeared on many radio show such as:  q Philadelphia, PA, 1340 AM WHAT Radio Talk Show Host Mary Mason  q Ontario, Canada 610 AM CKTB with Rob McConnell q San Francisco, CA 94.9 FM with Elvis and J.V. q Bloomington, IL, 1230 WJBC with Ken Behrens q Ft. Lauderdale, FL WSRF with Jean and Ms. Ivy q Denver, CO, KOA 850 AM with Rick Barber q Coos Bay, OR, KBBR 1340 AM with John Fuse  q Anaheim, CA, KUCI 88.9 FM with Rain Morgan q Chicago, IL, WVON 1450 AM with Mo and a host of many other radio stations. Conducts seminars nationally topics include q Biblical Awareness q Cosmic Conscious Awareness and Evolution q Kabbalah q Ancient Mythology q The Human Energy Field (Aura), Chakras, Kundalini, and Prana, and Meditations q Immortality q Human Misconceptions Author of Ultimate Deceit of the Human Race: The Ezzrath Theory Past Religious Background: Baptist Hebrew Israelite Current Faith:non-religious  follower of God in Truth",books;christian books & bibles;controversial knowledge;new age;new thought;occult;religion & spirituality;religious studies;spirituality;theology,10
0812694112,"The Green Halo: A Bird's-Eye View of Ecological Ethics ...about half of these essays are new...quality remains high and the style sharp, still quotable. -- International Studies in PhilosophyHere is perhaps the most remarkable of the several introductions to environmental ethics available in a growing literature-remarkable both for the unusual career of its author and for the multi-dimensional nature of the work.  [Kohak] is able to combine thoery and practice most efffectively.  On every page he joins multiple tensions in the field, often finding complementary insights: the contemporary and the historical, facts and values, the is and the ought, reason and emotion, the real and the ideal, ethics and metaphysics, the subjective and the objective. . . I am privileged to endorse this work.  -- Holmes Rolston III, author of Philosophy Gone WildThe Green Halo can be read at many levels. It is enjoyable reading and can serve as an introduction for those who know little or nothing about enviromental philosophy. At the same time, it makes a new contribution to the field, both at the movement and mainstream levels. Because Kohk is equally knowledgeable about environmental ethics in North America and his native country, the Czech Republic, he provides insight and perspectives not available from any other philosopher. The book is likly to become a classic in the field.  -- Eugene C. Hargrove, author of Foundations of Environmental Ethics",books;conservation;earth sciences;environmental science;ethics & morality;nature & ecology;nature writing;philosophy;politics & social sciences;science & math,10
0130402591,"Joining the Conversation: An Anthology for Developing Readers Joining the Conversation  invites students to experience the pleasures of the written word by offering them a selection of readings from a range of authors who explore many facets of life. Chosen for their quality, the readings will acquaint developing readers with a diversity of style, voice, content, experience, and perspective.     Joining the Conversation  invites readers to engage the written text, connect it to their own experiences or circumstances, consider their various responses, both emotional and intellectual, engage in a discussion about their reactions with other students, and, through their own writing, add their voices to those of the writer and countless others who have read the same text. Thus students are invited into the conversation about events, lives, and ideas that we call reading and are given the tools to help them do so in a manner that makes reading satisfying, rewarding, and essential.    For most of the over 55 selections, the author has included:    An Introduction gives brief information about the writer as well as some background information about the article, story, or poem.  Initial Expectations encourage students to keep a Reader's Notebook and record both their initial expectations before reading. The selections include book excerpts, articles, short stories, poems, and essays. Initial Response questions encourages students to write down their responses in their reader's notebook.  Vocabulary and the Uses of Language exercises offer students the chance to review the vocabulary and, in some cases, the kind of language used in each piece.  Facts from the Reading asks students to find specific facts to be sure they understand key pieces of information in the story or article.  A Deeper Understanding questions inspires readers to reflect on the writer's words, experiences, and ideas as well as their own reactions to these words. Each poem is followed by Questions for Reflection to help students think about their response to the poem, their perspective on its meaning, and its connection to other works in that section of the text.  Suggestions for Writing help students connect what they have read to their own memories, experiences, and opinions. Each chapter concludes with Suggestions for Additional Reading, and Suggestions for Family Reading help students carry the conversation beyond the classroom.	The idea for Joining the Conversation originated in a class of the Advance One program at the Ohio State University Medical Center. Over the several intervening years between idea and published book, many people have lent their support and expertise, and they deserve both thanks and recognition. Rachael Turner, Director of Advance One, encouraged the introduction of many of these readings in the classes, and the students of Advance One were a receptive and insightful audience. At Prentice Hall, Craig Campanella and Joan Polk provided direction, encouragement, and much patience throughout the process. Sean Becker was a thorough copyeditor and production editors Jennifer Murtoff and Marty Sopher made the book a physical reality. Permissions editor Mary Dalton-Hoffman was a most reliable and professional colleague who did much more than seek permissions. When I asked Trina Cain McCoy to type the readings for me, I could not imagine what a source of inspiration she would become. And finally the staffs of the Ohio State University Health Sciences Library and the Columbus Metropolitan Library provided hours of work processing hundreds of books, always cheerfully.    I also thank the teachers who reviewed and commented on early drafts of the book. They are: Karin Alderfer of Miami-Dade Community College, Robin Benny of Chicago State University, Jennifer Blackman of San Jose State University, Diane M. Bosco of Suffolk County Community College, Derek Bowe of Oakwood College, Jenna Call of Cape Fear Community College, Cindy Casper of Norwalk Community College, Keith Coplin of Colby Community College, Janet Cutshall of Sussex County Community College, Isabel Hansen of Black Hawk College, Barbara Henry of West Virginia University, Clarence Hundley of Thomas Nelson Community College, and Sara McLaughlin of Texas Technical University.    As always, I thank my husband, Stuart, and my sons, Mathias and Brendan, for contributions great and small, seen and unseen. And finally, I thank the many authors and publishers who granted permission for their works to be used in Joining the Conversation. A complete list can be found in the back of the book, beginning on page 400.   Supplements   Instructor's Manual. Available for download at  www.prenhall.com/english , the instructor's manual for JOINING THE CONVERSATION includes over 150 pages of additional material. There are activities for each reading in the text as well as general teaching strategies. Contact your local Prentice Hall representative or e-mail english_serviceQprenhall.com for a password to access this valuable resource.",books;creative writing & composition;education & reference;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;research & publishing guides;used & rental textbooks;writing,10
0754811999,"Ancient World (Illustrated History Encyclopedia) Charlotte Hurdman is an editor and author of illustrated information books. Philip Steele is an historian who specializes in writing books for children. Richard Tames has written over 100 books for children, and is also a biographer and a Blue Badge Tourist Guide.",ancient;antiques & collectibles;books;children's;children's books;education & reference;encyclopedias;history;literature;literature & fiction,10
0595099777,"So You Want to be a Scriptwriter and make a million dollars Irving Elman has written 8 movies, over 2,000 tv shows, 3 Broadway plays, 2 stage musicals, and has produced 5 tv series, winning a Pulitzer Prize Play nomination, 2 Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award. He has taught film and television writing at Santa Monica College.",arts & photography;books;education & reference;humor & entertainment;movies;performing arts;reference;research & publishing guides;screenwriting;writing,10
0820308315,"Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens: The Fiction of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor ""An engaging study . . . by and large, a worthy addition to the Southern literature shelf.""--Studies in the Novel""A very fine book . . . [Westling] provides us with a good deal to ponder not only about the Southern literary experience but also about how we all live.""--American Literature""Sacred Groves is well written and handsomely produced. The readings, usually lively and sensible, are informed with biographical and critical details that are especially interesting as they connect the three writers to each other.""--Studies in Short Fiction""Louise Westling's Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens is a welcome addition to criticism of American literature. . . . Westling's well-written book has the strengths of the best work in this American feminist mainstream.""--Novel: A Forum on Fiction""At last a critic has assessed the works of Welty, McCullers, and O'Connor from the standpoint of the writers' common background, with its inherent curses and blessings. Westling conducts her study with exceptional skill, a deep feminist sensibility, and a genuine respect for these authors, who have given us what Faulkner could not: the southern woman's story.--Belles Lettres	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Louise Westling is a professor of English at the University of Oregon. Her books include The Green Breast of the New World: Landscape, Gender, and American Fiction (Georgia).	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;criticism & theory;education & reference;history & criticism;literature & fiction;movements & periods;research & publishing guides;travel;travel writing;writing,10
0812931173,"Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents If you're a parent of one of the more than one million children in this country with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you know how confusing, even frightening, the symptoms of OCD can be. You're terrified of losing your child and angry about the havoc this disorder has wreaked in your family. More than anything, you want to be able to unlock the secrets of OCD, understand the cause of your child's bizarre symptoms, and help your child break free of these disruptive, relentless thoughts and actions. In her landmark book, Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Dr.  Tamar E. Chansky creates a clear road map to understanding and overcoming OCD based on her successful practice treating hundreds of children and teenagers with this disorder. In Part I, Dr. Chansky ""cracks the code"" of the peculiar rules and customs of OCD -- the handwashing, tapping, counting, and so forth. She explains how OCD is diagnosed, how to find the right therapist partner, and how to tailor treatment options to your child's needs. You'll learn how powerful behavioral modification can be and when medication can help. In Part II, you'll learn how not to be pulled in by your child's debilitating rituals at home or at school, how to talk to your child about the ""brain tricks"" OCD causes, and how to create an effective OCD battle plan that will empower your child to ""boss back"" the OCD monster. You'll also learn how to cope in moments of crisis.Part III offers specific advice for how to help your child handle the most common manifestations of OCD such as fears of contamination, checking, getting things ""just right,"" intrusive thoughts, and more. Part IV is an indispensable guide to additional resources, including books, videos, organizations, and websites.Filled with Dr. Chansky's compassionate advice and inspiring words from the many children with OCD whom she has helped, this book  will be your lifeline. Battling back from OCD is hard work, but with the comprehensive, proven guidance in this book, you can help your child reclaim a life free from its grip.	(THESE QUOTES ARE FROM BACK COVERS OF TWO EDITIONS OF THIS  BOOK) ""Anyone in need of profoundly useful information and expert practical  advice on how to help a child afflicted with obsessive-compulsive behaviors  would be wise to delve deeply in the pages of this book. Dr. Chansky has  accomplished a tour de force, which is certain to offer much-needed  assistance both to children with OCD-related problems and to their  families."" -- Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., Author of Brain Lock: Free  Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and A Return of Innocence ""A comprehensive resource no parent of a child with OCD should be without.  Dr. Chansky's experience as founder and director of the Children's Center  for OCD and Anxiety shines through every page.""--Bruce M. Hyman, Ph.D., and  Cherry Pedrick, R.N. Authors of The OCD Workbook ""Dr. Chansky vividly describes this puzzling and mysterious illness, which  can devastate children and entire families. After reading this book,  parents of a child with OCD will be armed with the information they need to  get their child well as soon as possible.""-- Michael A. Jenike, M.D.,  Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Chairman, OC Foundation  Scientific Advisory Board ""It should be a law that whenever a therapist diagnoses a child with OCD,  he or she has to give the parents a copy of Chansky's Freeing Your Child  from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.""-- Patricia Perkins-Doyle, President,  Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation ""If you have a child with OCD, or are in any way interested in how to help  a person handle this beguiling condition, then Tamar Chansky's book is a  must. You will find on these pages the rare combination of hard-earned  knowledge, gracefully presented... all interested in how to practically  apply what we have learned lately about the mind and the brain will love  what they find in this wonderfully rich yet concise exposition.""-- Edward  Hallowell, M.D., author of Connect, Worry, and Driven to Distraction	TAMAR E. CHANSKY, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Children's Center for OCD and Anxiety, and a member of the OC Foundation, the Anxiety Disorder Association of America and the American Psychological Association. She offers expert guidance on-line and in the newsletter for the OC Foundation. She lives with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.",books;child psychology;compulsive behavior;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;parenting;parenting & relationships;psychology & counseling;special needs,10
0786407840,"Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican League, and the Pre-1960 Winter Leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic ""A gem, a mother lode of material hitherto unavailable to baseball fansnot even on the Internet."" -- Nine""Fascinating"" -- Public Library Quarterly""[A] fine book...provocative...will enchant general readers interested in baseball history."" -- Choice	William F. McNeil lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He is also the author of Cool Papas and Double Duties (2001) and King of Swat (1997), the latter winning the Society for American Baseball Researchs 1998 Robert Peterson Award for increasing public awareness of Negro League Baseball.",americas;baseball;biographies & memoirs;books;caribbean & west indies;dominican republic;ethnic & national;history;japanese;sports & outdoors,10
0072421703,"Student CD-ROM Program to accompany Deux mondes: A Communicative Approach Text: English, French	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrells publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.",books;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;french;humanities;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0673994376,"Functions and Change (Civilizations Past & Present) Bruce Crauder is a mathematician who has worked in research algebraic geometry and now works in mathematics curricular reform. Crauder received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1981, after which he spent a post-doctoral year at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Since then, he has held positions at the University of Utah, University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina, Colorado State University and is now at Oklahoma State University. Crauder has, in the past, held NSF research grants in algebraic geometry and as well as several NSF grants for curricular development and reform with Benny Evans and Alan Noell. He is currently Associate Dean for Instruction, College of Arts  Sciences, at Oklahoma State.Benny Evans received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1971. After a year at the Institute for Advanced Study he came to Oklahoma State University and is the author of over 30 publications in refereed journals and 9 books. His academic interests are in topology, group theory, and mathematics education. He is currently Head of the Mathematics Department at Oklahoma State.Alan Noell has been an active research mathematician in the field of several complex variables since he earned his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 1983. He has been a Co-Principal Investigator on an EPSCoR grant and an ILI Leadership grant, and a Faculty Associate on an REU grant, all funded by the National Science Foundation. In addition he has been a Co-PI on the project Mathematics without Calculus funded by the Course and Curriculum Development program of the NSF. For several summers he has been involved with summer academies for junior high and high school students under grants funded by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, developing curriculum using real-world problem solving, as well as elementary probability and statistics. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at Oklahoma State.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",algebra & trigonometry;anthropology;books;mathematics;new;politics & social sciences;science & math;science & mathematics;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0792342119,"Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation (Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library) Quotes from reviews of the first edition:     `There is little doubt that this impressive book will be of  central importance to cloud physicists and scientists working in  related fields.'     Nature     `This book no doubt will become a landmark in the realm of cloud  physics, not only as an advanced textbook but also as a valuable  reference. Its pages contain about as complete an exposition of  current knowledge of the subject as one would hope to find  anywhere.'     Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society     `The authors are to be congratulated for their stupendous  achievement in creating this book.'     Advances in Colloid and Interface Science",atmospheric sciences;books;earth sciences;engineering;environment;professional & technical;rivers;science & math;special topics;weather,10
1931769117,Protect Your Information with Intrusion Detection (Power) A. Lukatsky is a security administrator for Check Point Software Tehnologies and a certified instructor in security issues. He specializes in intrusion detection and security analysis.,books;computers & technology;education & reference;encryption;languages & tools;networking;networks;programming;protocols & apis;security & encryption,10
1589822773,"Journey Back ""Feels like the best in film noir, a brilliant book that reads like a movie. -- Nancy Slonim Aronie, commentator on NPR and author of Writing From The Heart.Absorbing story of a personnel odyssey, finely observed with a plangent clarity of vision that is a pleasure to read."" -- G. B. Storrow, poet.",books;contemporary;genre fiction;humor;literature & fiction;metaphysical;mystery;psychological thrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0195009088,"Die Physiker (English and German Edition) ""The cultural footnotes are excellent, as are the exercises. It is unusual to have such detailed vocabulary exercises in an edition such as this--it's wonderful.""--Marc Cadd, William Jewell College""Superbly edited!  Questions and exercises very useful!""--Heidi Melas, De Anto College",books;history & criticism;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;mystery;new;poetry;thriller & suspense;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FO57L8,"The Oncogene and Tumour Suppressor Gene Factsbook ""Within minutes of receiving my review copy of The Oncogene FactsBook I discovered just how useful it could be... I could have found the information I needed in a matter of seconds. There is no doubt that every lab working on oncogenes or growth control should have a copy of this book for reference.""--TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCESPraise for the First Edition""The introductory chapters on genes and the processes involved in cancer development are very good for undergraduate teaching.""--Nicholas R. Lemoire in MOLECULAR MEDICINE TODAY	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	The Second Edition of The Oncogene and Tumour Suppressor Gene FactsBook has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 60%. The book contains more than 80 entries on oncogenes including JUN, MYC, and RAS, as well as DNA tumour viruses, tumour suppressor genes, including p53, retinoblastoma, BRCA1, BRCA2, VHL, F2FL, and essential material on angiogenesis and metastasis, apoptosis, cell cycle control, and gene therapy.                                        Key Features* Includes much new data on this fast-moving field, including newly discovered oncogenes* Summarizes the clinical association and molecular properties of all known oncogenes and tumor suppression genes* Contains more than 2000 terms for reference and further research* Revised to included signaling pathways, apoptosis, and metastasis	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",biochemistry;biological sciences;books;evolution;genetics;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;oncology;science & math,10
0470004215,"Dasher Drills to Accompany Paroles, (Dasher Tutorial Software CD-ROM) Paroles Electronic Student Activities Manual or E-SAMTM!This New innovative E-SAM delivered either via WebCTTM or BlackboardTMoffers the same content as the printed version of the Student Activities Manual (Cahier d'activit?s et de laboratoire) in an interactive sled-study environment.The Completely FREE Paroles Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM!this CD-ROM is packaged for FREE with every new textbook sold to bookstores. It has received two prestigious multimedia awardsthe 1999 New Media Invision Award and the 1999 Gold CINDY (Cinema in Industry). The Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM provides video clips, images, recordings, and activities that add life to the entire program. It affords the learner easy access to grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening comprehension, connectivity to the Web, and electronic journal writing activities.www.harcourtcollege.com/french/magnanThis interactive text-specific Web site provides thematic task-based online quizzing and testing, culturally centered task-based Internet activities, and the entire Lab Manual audio program available for downloading.Student Materials Available for PurchaseStudent KitParoles Textbook with Student Audio CD and FREE Interactive CD-ROM0-03-033477-2Student Activities Manual(Cahier d'activit?s ?crites et de laboratoire)0-03-033499-3NEW BlackboardTM Electronic Student Activities Manual or E-SAM0-03-034066-7NEW WebCTTM Electronic Student Activities Manual or E-SAM0-03-034058-6Video Manual0-03-033577-9Lab Cassettes0-03-034051-9Lab Audio CDs0-03-033522-1NEW DasherTM Tutorial Software CD-ROM0-03-033507-8To order any of the items listed above, please call 1-800-237-2665 or purchase online at at http://www.harcourtcollege.com/catalog/	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;french;humanities;instruction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
1556591888,"Braided Creek Friends and fellow poets Harrison and Kooser decided to have a correspondence entirely in short poems after Kooser was diagnosed with cancer and, Harrison says, ""Ted's poetry became overwhelmingly vivid."" The results of that decision are gathered here, and none of the two- to five-line writings is individually signed. Telling whose poem is whose is virtually impossible, and, not to gainsay Harrison, vividness, visual or tactile, takes second place to wit and wisdom in their colloquy. Both men are famous outlander poets, Harrison more the woodsman-hunter, perhaps, and Kooser the farmer-rancher, and their common basic concerns are land and water and animals, especially dogs and birds (when one is perforce in New York, ""on a wet / and bitter street / I heard a crow from home""). They sound betimes like up-to-date imagists or haiku poets, pungent rural epigrammatists out of Jonathan Williams' Blues & Roots, Rue & Bluets (1971) and Wendell Berry's Sayings & Doings (1975), or just two crusty old codgers. Their conversation always repays eavesdropping. Ray OlsonCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Jim Harrison is the author of thirty books, including Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and Shape of the Journey. His work has been translated into two dozen languages and produced as four feature-length films. In 2007, Mr. Harrison was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He divides his time between Montana and southern Arizona.",american;american literature;books;humanities;japanese & haiku;literature;literature & fiction;new;poetry;used & rental textbooks,10
0340790954,Beginner's French (Teach Yourself Book & CD) Catrine Carpenter is a native French speaker and university lecturer. She is the author of the current edition.,books;education & reference;foreign languages;french;humanities;language & grammar;new;study & teaching;used & rental textbooks;words,10
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0872073955,"Kids Come in All Languages This volume begins to address the pressing need facing the majority of teachers in the United States and in other countries in the English-Speaking world-how to teach children whose primary language is not English.  Teachers-faced with exploding demographics, lack of knowledge about children's cultures and how languages (first or second or third, oral or written) are learned across different social contexts, lack of pedagogy to restructure the teaching of English language arts for children-need concrete ways of teaching.  They also need to learn more about the social and political nature of language use, language learning, and language instruction...    ""Kids Come in All Languages"" fills a void with instructional practices that teachers need.  It also addresses issues of cultural diversity, challenges commonly held assumptions, and marks a shift to viewing children whose primary language is not English with more respect and dignity.  Supporting teachers' pedagogical change is one of the most formidable tasks facing our profession.  We need more books such as this.	From the Introduction    According to recent demographic data, over 2 million limited-English-proficient (LEP) students attend public and private schools in the United States.  This number is expected to reach 3.4 million by the year 2000 (Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs, 1991), thus greatly increasing the number of students in need of English as a second language (ESL) instruction in U.S. schools.  The situation is similar in Canada and, indeed, in many countries where changing immigration patterns have brought learners of other languages to schools in growing numbers.  Consequently, the provision of English language and subject matter instruction to ESL students is one of the most critical challenges confronting teachers and teacher educators today.    While the number of ESL students continues to grow dramatically, only a fraction of all ESL students in the United States are in bilingual or ESL classrooms (Olsen, 1988).  Consequently, the majority of ESL students receive most, if not all, of their instruction from regular classroom teachers, many of whom have no specialized training in this area (Enright & McCloskey, 1985).  According to a survey conducted by Waggoner and O'Malley (1985), while 25 percent of all public school teachers reported having ESL students in their classrooms, 70 percent of those teachers said they had no academic preparation in either bilingual or ESL methodology.  Regretfully, no evidence exists to indicate that this situation has changed significantly since this study was conducted.    Further exacerbating the situation is the fact that the functions and nature of literacy in today's society have changed.  Literacy is no longer defined simply as the ability to read and write.  In addition to being able to communicate effectively in oral and written form, to be considered truly literate one must be able to think critically, reason logically, and use technology (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, 1991).  Schools now face pressures to raise standards and change objectives in ways that address this broader definition of literacy.  Unfortunately, there is as yet no conclusive evidence to suggest that these efforts have had any significant impact on the type of instruction ESL students receive or on the levels of literacy they subsequently achieve.  In fact, there is reason to believe that unless steps are taken, the reforms that have occurred may serve to widen the already substantial gap between the achievement of native speakers of English and those of students from diverse language groups (Olsen & Dowell, 1989).    Although there is a growing consensus that special steps need to be taken if we as educators are to respond successfully to this challenge, there is a disturbing lack of consensus regarding what those steps should be.  Unfortunately, the debate does not focus just on pedagogical issues.    This book grew out of our need to address what we believe is the single most significant educational issue resulting from the changes in school populations and approaches: how to help students from language-minority backgrounds develop literacy in English.  The purpose of this book is to identify and answer major questions surrounding reading instruction for ESL students.  Specifically, this book does the following:   reviews and synthesizes what we know about background issues related to the education of ESL students;  provides specific suggestions to teachers and administrators for organizing for instruction and enhancing student learning; and  gives concrete examples of practical ways in which teachers can develop and implement authentic, meaning-centered, instructional activities.",books;education;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;instruction methods;language & grammar;new;schools & teaching;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0316010146,"Your Toddler: Head to Toe 'The best writer of mediaeval fiction currently around' -   HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW   'Elizabeth Chadwick knows exactly how to write convincing and   compelling historical fiction' - Marina Oliver	Cara Familian Natterson, M.D., practices medicine at Tenth Street Pediatrics in Los Angeles. She graduated from Harvard and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She and her husband are the parents of two children, a newborn son and a toddler daughter.",books;crafts;fitness & dieting;health;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;parenting;parenting & relationships,10
1595261869,"Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind Peter Brossard leaves his home in southern California to become Youth Minister at a prestigious church in a prosperous suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. Like any new job, the first weeks are spent acclimating to his new surroundings and meeting the people who encircle his new position, including the no-nonsense Senior Pastor who holds much different views of ministry, his beautiful neighbor who envisions more than ministry with him and his ever-efficient secretary who stirs long-repressed feelings in him. Then theres the array of teenagers who comprise the youth group, with more problems than he expected, but with more potential than he could imagine. And hell learn the incredible bureaucracy imbedded in the church, and the amount of energy exerted to maintain a stable status quo, regardless of who is hurt in the process.  Peter also meets the director of an inner city mission actively involved in helping with the physical and economic needs of the predominately poor section of the city. Peter is so impressed that he volunteers to help out in his spare time. Working at the inner city mission causes him to question his own ministry and motivation. Peter determines theres something missing in his own life-what he comes to call ""the Wind""-a clear awareness of divine purpose in life and joy in fulfilling that purpose. The search for this absent element drives Peter throughout the story. And in the end, it's the force that gives him the courage to confront his past, face the grief and doubts of devastating tragedy and make the decisions required to transform his future.  ""Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind"" involves the power and influence of the ""Bible Belt"" religious institutions-good and bad. Its not a ""religious"" novel, but a story about people dealing with life situations and struggles in a deeply religious culture. It is the first novel by Bill Prickett, who is a former Southern Baptist Pastor.	The book covers a time span from April 1975 to 1979 in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.  Many of the historical details are based on actual events gathered through personal remembrance. The racial stife and unrest of this time led to the election of Birmingham's first black Mayor. The organizational structure, procedures and inherent philosophy of the church in the story come from my 15+ years of experience in the Southern Baptist ministry, both as a Youth Minister and as a Senior Pastor.  Unfortunately, the depiction of those so-called ex-gay (reparative) ministries that began to grow in this period is also true. What's presented in this book is an accurate relection of some of their tactics, techniques and the underlying thought-processes. (Again, in this area, I speak from experience, though not actual success, as these groups would define ""success."")	For his first novel, Bill Prickett draws from his extensive theological education in Southern Baptist-sponsored schools and his more than 20 years of experience in the ministry, including 7 years working with youth and 11 years as senior Pastor of a Southern Baptist Church in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, the setting of Sow The Wind, Reap the Whirlwind. He also served for 4 years as the Pastor of an independent congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. Though no longer in full-time ministry, hes still a frequent speaker/teacher at churches and conferences throughout the country, working for equality, diversity and inclusion, particularly in the religious community. He and his spouse live in Dallas, Texas.  For more information, visit www.BillPrickett.com",books;christian books & bibles;fiction;gay;gay & lesbian;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;occult;religion & spirituality,10
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0691050600,"Manet and the Family Romance The nude women in Olympia and Djeuner sur l'herbe and the other self-possessed figures who stare out at the viewer from douard Manet's paintings have long been fascinating mysteries to art historians. Other aspects of Manet's work--figures with implausible postures, strange perspectives--have been equally baffling. Add the artist's propensity for portraying street people of his era in a dreamlike manner hardly consistent with the realism you'd expect from ""the painter of modern life,"" and you have the material for a rich vein of speculative academic writing. In this stiffly written book, Nancy Locke, an associate professor of art history at Wayne State University, proposes a new way of looking at many of these works. Without denying their importance as reflections of society at large, she argues that they also reflect psychosexual aspects of Manet's personal life. Locke attempts to build a case for what she calls ""a Freudian drama, complete with Oedipal desires, dilemmas of illegitimacy, and real and imagined deaths and absences"" based on a number of intriguing but shaky-sounding suppositions.  The ""family romance"" centers around Suzanne Leenhoff, whom douard's well-to-do father, Auguste, hired as a teacher for his sons. When douard was 20, she gave birth to a child named Lon, whom she passed off as her younger brother. The artist, who married Leenhoff more than a decade later, portrayed her in such paintings as La Nymphe surprise. It has long been assumed that Lon, who also appears in several of Manet's works, was douard's son. But Locke thinks Auguste was the father, and marshals circumstantial evidence ranging from contemporary letters to provisions of the Napoleonic Code. Of course, the value of Locke's theories rests on their ability to give us useful insights about Manet's paintings. A more forthright and persuasive writer might charm us with the sheer novelty of her ideas--or more airtight arguments. Is La Nymphe Manet's ""attempt to imagine his father's desire for the woman who was his mistress""? This reader is not convinced. --Cathy Curtis	The rich bibliography surrounding 19th-century painter Edouard Manet includes stimulating books by Anne Coffin Hanson and T.J. Clark that describe Manet's revolutionary and inventive approaches to art with imaginative interpretations. Nancy Locke, an associate professor of art history at Wayne State University, here weighs in with a psychoanalytical view of the paintings, based less on Freud than on more recent French thinkers like Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan. Unlike more formalist art criticism, which focuses on shapes and brush technique to the exclusion of content, her basis for this approach is that Manet often used members of his family as models, such as his illegitimate son, who pops up in a variety of poses in the artworks. The result, divided into chapters like ""Family Romances,"" ""Manet Pere et Fils,"" and ""The Promises of a Face,"" is presented in deadly solemn academic prose, but with a common sense that shines out from behind her Gallic forebears: ""For Manet, every act of painting was grounded in resistance to everything for which his family name stood: there was the authority of the judge [his father], the property, the income, the receptions, tradition, the family honor."" Balancing personal influences with social meanings, the paintings have a variety of resonances, which Locke brings out in a language mainly suited for academic art historians, although civilian art lovers may want to give it a try for its unusual perspectives. Illus. (May)Forecast: University libraries are this book's natural market, and the price may well prove prohibitive elsewhere. But the volume's idyllic and well-laid-out cover, and its biography-based title could attract some high-end browsers.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	""A work that seamlessly weaves social history and psyochanalysis. . . . Locke maintains organization and clear writing, carefully reasons her methodology, does not overstretch her assertions, and provides sufficient documentation.""--Choice""I think that Locke's study of Manet is indispensable. . . . She challenges received ideas with real gusto and brilliance.""--Richard Brettell, The Art Bulletin""Where would art history be without scholars such as Locke pushing the limits? Whether or not her hypotheses withstand the test of time, her superbly researched and argued study posits new avenues for reading the work of Manet as well as a whole generation of artists consumed with their own family romances.""--Kristin Makholm, Ruminator Review	Manet and the Family Romance will be a thunderbolt thrust into the community of Manet scholars, recasting our comprehension of some of the touchstones of modern painting in terms of the Freudian family romance. Nancy Locke's persuasive psychoanalytic study has also unearthed precious and altogether new information about the artist's family and the social and personal conditions in which he worked. Indeed, a central achievement of this book is its demonstration that social history and psychoanalysis need not be mutually exclusive. (Hollis Clayson, Northwestern University )	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Manet and the Family Romance will be a thunderbolt thrust into the community of Manet scholars, recasting our comprehension of some of the touchstones of modern painting in terms of the Freudian family romance. Nancy Locke's persuasive psychoanalytic study has also unearthed precious and altogether new information about the artist's family and the social and personal conditions in which he worked. Indeed, a central achievement of this book is its demonstration that social history and psychoanalysis need not be mutually exclusive.""--Hollis Clayson, Northwestern University	""Manet and the Family Romance will be a thunderbolt thrust into the community of Manet scholars, recasting our comprehension of some of the touchstones of modern painting in terms of the Freudian family romance. Nancy Locke's persuasive psychoanalytic study has also unearthed precious and altogether new information about the artist's family and the social and personal conditions in which he worked. Indeed, a central achievement of this book is its demonstration that social history and psychoanalysis need not be mutually exclusive.""--Hollis Clayson, Northwestern University	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Nancy Locke is Associate Professor of Art History at Wayne State University. She has contributed articles to numerous edited volumes and to such journals as The Burlington Maganize and The Art Bulletin.",art history;arts & photography;books;criticism;history;history & criticism;humanities;individual artists;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0345463331,"Fat White Vampire Blues Vampires have problems, too, as shown in Fox's clever, wisecracking debut that never quite works as the tragicomedy it aspires to be. Taxi-driving vampire Jules Duchon weighs 350 pounds and is still gaining from drinking the blood of the citizens of New Orleans, whose rich, unhealthy diets are teeming with fatty lipids. Obesity's not his only problem. A flashy new black vampire in town-Malice X, a Superfly with fangs-has taken over his turf. Jules turns to Maureen, the super-sized stripper who ""made"" him for help, and Mo eventually calls on Jules's ex-buddy Doodlebug (""D.B."") for more aid. D.B., a lithe transvestite vampire who has had great success in California as a self-reliance guru, wisely allows Jules to follow his own path-for a while. When it becomes apparent that Jules has a lot to learn about being a vampire, D.B. is there to guide him. While the author pays obvious homage to A Confederacy of Dunces, the humor here fails to rise above the sitcom level. Jules is just plain dumb and his miseries are usually self-inflicted. Characters are mostly caricatures. Relationships and plot complexities-Jules's moral dilemma concerning his victims, his comic-book hero secret identity as the Hooded Terror with D.B. as his sidekick, his plan to turn a band of white supremacists into vampires-don't satisfactorily entwine. Although by the end a lot of blood has been spilled and Jules has learned his lesson in unlife, there's little of real substance to sink your teeth into.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	*Starred Review* Poor Jules Duchon. It isn't easy being a vampire in New Orleans. Potential victims' blood is filled with fat from the rich local cuisine, and so Jules is a whopping 463 pounds. He would like to diet, but, really, his life isn't too bad--until he walks into his house and finds tough-talking black vampire Malice X waiting for him. Annoyed that Jules has been feeding off black victims, Malice tells him to stick to his own kind. Shaken, Jules turns to his stripper ex, Maureen, the vampire who made him. She is as overweight as Jules and can't bear to have him around because he reminds her of her own heft. So she sends him to the High Crewe of Vlad Tepes, but they have ""modernized"" and no longer need to crudely hunt for victims. Things just get worse for Jules. The police confiscate his car, and after he feeds off a black mugger, Malice X retaliates by burning down his house. Jules briefly flees town but comes back and, with the help of Maureen and Doodlebug, a cross-dressing vampire whom Jules sired, he stands up to Malice X--not without dire and tragic consequences. Jules is an often hapless hero, but a sympathetic one, and readers of vampire fiction will delight in this droll parody of the genre. Kristine HuntleyCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	ONEJules Duchon was a real New Orleans vampire. Born and bred in the working-class Ninth Ward, bitten in and smitten with the Big Easy. Driving through the French Quarter, stuck in a row of bumper-to-bumper cars that crept along Decatur Street like a caravan of bone-weary camels, Jules Duchon barely fit behind the steering wheel of his very big Cadillac taxicab. Even with the bench seat pushed all the way back.Damn, he was hungry. His fat fingers quivered as they clutched the worn steering wheel more tightly. It was only nine p.m.; early yet. He didn't used to get this hungry, back in the old days. Could he be coming down with diabetes? Jules thought about this. Could somebody like him get diabetes? Half the population of New Orleans over the age of forty had it, and Jules was well past forty. He had half a mind to drive over to Charity Hospital and get himself checked out. Yeah, right, he thought to himself. He rubbed the side of his nose and tilted down his sun visor, forcing himself to look at the clipping from last week's Times-Picayune he'd pinned there. new orleans fattest city in nation, study shows. Front-page news. Talk about restating the goddamn obvious. Them scientists actually get paid to tell us this stuff? He glanced quickly at the visor's lit vanity mirror, where his reflection would be, if he could still cast one. What the hell; he knew what he looked like. He still had the delicate, whitish complexion that women had made such a fuss about during his younger days. Back then, they'd said he looked like Rudy Valentino in The Sheik. Now he looked more like the Pillsbury Doughboy.Diabetes or no diabetes, if I don't get something down my gullet, I'm gonna keel over. Waiting at a stoplight, Jules considered his options. The streets and sidewalks of the French Quarter, glistening with a recent rain, were bustling with tourists. But that was the problem. Too much of a good thing-there were people and eyes everywhere. The light turned green, and Jules crossed Canal Street, heading for less popular parts of town. He would have to dig into his wallet for tonight's meal.A few minutes later he was trolling past the New Orleans Mission, a soup kitchen and homeless shelter. It squatted in the shadow of the Pontchartrain Expressway, an elevated highway that separated the business district from a vast slum called Central City. Jules chewed his lower lip as he scanned the long line of human refuse that waited on the broken sidewalk outside the mission's door. Then he spotted her, standing near the end of the line. He'd seen her around town before, sitting on bus shelter benches or panhandling in front of fried chicken joints. A big-boned woman, as his mother used to say. Her thick, chocolate-brown neck was nearly hidden by a motley heap of metallic beads left over from last winter's Carnival parades, and her upper body oozed out the armholes of a tank top several sizes too small for her. Yeah, she fit the bill.Jules stopped his cab, a Caddy Fleetwood of mid-1970s vintage, pressed the wobbly rocker switch that jerked his electric windows reluctantly to life, and stuck his head into the humid night air. Hey, baby. You interested in some dinner?The woman swung her head around, her sparse eyebrows raised in surprise. You talkin' to me?Yeah, baby. I asked if you were hungry. You look hungry.The woman took half a step toward the cab, giving its vast white bulk the once-over, then eyeing the equally imposing white bulk of its driver. What you selling, mister? You a dealer? I ain't got no money to be buying no drugs, now.Jules sighed heavily. His hunger was growing exponentially. You hear me say anything about crack? I want some company, is all. I wanna buy you dinner.The woman crossed her big arms in front of her ample chest. I got me dinner right here, thank you. An' it's free.C'mon, you don't want to be eating the slop they got here. I'll get you some real food. An oyster po' boy and all the fixin's. We'll have us some fun, maybe take in some music afterward. Give a lonely guy a break, huh? How about it?The look of resistance on the woman's face softened as she contemplated a belly full of fried seafood. Wavering, she turned to her friend standing in line ahead of her, an older woman missing most of her front teeth. Miss Gloria, whatchu think?The old woman appraised the Cadillac for a few seconds, then gave her friend a shove toward the street. Go on now, Bessie darlin'. Dat's the best offer you be gettin' all week.Her beads jangled loudly as Bessie made her way slowly around to the passenger's side. Jules leaned over and opened the door for her. Before getting in, she said, Now, if I go with you, I get me a comfortable place to sleep for the night, right? That's the deal.Jules licked his lips as he drank in her large figure, silhouetted in the weak glare of a streetlight. Sure, baby. You'll be sleepin' real comfortable tonight. Deal. Now slide on in.They drove back through the deserted central business district to a sleazy stretch of St. Charles Avenue. Jules parked in front of the Hummingbird Grill and Hotel, a brick-faced, 150-year-old building that had once been part of a row of luxury town houses. Its once pristine bricks were now coated with decades' worth of grime. Rattling air-conditioning units dotted the building's facade like mechanical zits. Jules liked the Hummingbird. It was cheap, it never closed, and it was a century past its prime. The place had character.Jules popped open the Caddy's electric door locks. Here we are, baby.Bessie was unimpressed by their destination. Shee-yit, she said, a petulant frown pulling down the corners of her mouth. I thoughts we was gonna eat someplace nice.Jules was already halfway onto the sidewalk. The Hummingbird is nice. Food's real good here. 'Specially the seafood. You'll see. C'mon.Jules tried hard to remember his manners. He held the restaurant door open for his guest. She walked infuriatingly slowly, waddling through the foyer like an obese seal. It took every bit of his fading willpower not to nibble her neck as she paused to peek up the dim, narrow stairway that led upstairs to the hotel; but he reminded himself that good things come to those who wait.Jules selected a table close to the kitchen, as far from the windows as they could get. He wanted nothing to distract her from her meal. While waiting for the waitress to bring menus and silverware, he amused himself by rereading for the hundredth time a handwritten sign posted near the pay phone by the cash register: no talking to imaginary persons. Jules got a kick out of that, being kind of an imaginary person himself. He wondered whether the waitress would be breaking house rules when she came over and asked him for their order.After a couple of minutes of waiting for a server to come and furtively admiring his companion/dinner, Jules lost his patience. He half stood and snapped his fingers loudly, finally managing to catch the eye of one of the two waitresses on the floor. Sweetheart. We need dinner here, not breakfast.The waitress favored him with a half wave. Hold your horses, dawlin'. I got ten other customers to take care of. Be right with you.By the time she brought over the menus, Jules had made their selections off the chalkboard posted by the kitchen door. The lady here'll have an oyster po' boy with a helping of red beans and smoked sausage and a side of corn bread, thanks.Bessie thumped the table in protest. Hey, what's wit' you? Don't I get to order what I wants?Jules quickly patted her arm. Baby, it's more classy when the man orders for his lady. You want that po' boy dressed?Slightly mollified, Bessie turned to the waitress and said, Dress it with tartar sauce and my-nezz and tomatoes and pickles, and don't skimp on them ersters!The waitress scribbled a few abbreviations onto her pad. Got it, dawlin'. She turned back to Jules. And what can I get for you?Jules frowned slightly. Umm. Just good, hot coffee for me, sweetheart. And keep it coming.Sure thing.Bessie's eyes widened. What? You mean you just gonna sit there and watch me eat?I'm not hungry, baby, Jules lied through his sharp teeth. But it does my soul good to watch a pretty lady enjoy a big meal.Whatever floats yo' boat. Bessie took a long sip of water, staring at Jules over the rim of the glass. Say. Y'know, you jus' about the whitest white man I ever seen.Jules smiled, careful not to expose his teeth too much. Yeah. I get told that a lot. Got a history of skin cancer in my family. So I tend to stay outta the sun.The waitress brought a heaping basket of corn bread and placed it in front of Bessie. Jules grimaced when he glanced at the dish of spreads she set down. Miss! Hey!The waitress turned back toward their table. Anything the matter, dawlin'?Yeah. Dump this low-cal margarine crap. Bring us some real butter, huh?Ho-kay. She raised an eyebrow as she scooped the dish up from the table. Some people worry 'bout their calories, nowadays. Rest of the food'll be out in a second.Jules decided to ignore the insult. He gulped down his first cup of coffee as he watched Bessie slather great hunks of corn bread with butter. The po' boy sandwich, when it arrived a few minutes later, was more than a foot long-thick slices of French bread embracing dozens of deep-fried oysters, the whole concoction dripping with gobs of mayonnaise and creamy tartar sauce. The generous portion of syrupy red beans was replete with fat logs of sausage that ...",books;contemporary;fantasy;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;occult;science fiction & fantasy;teens;united states,10
0393044084,"Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project, 1955-1958 In 1955, the historian Stefan Lorant hired W. Eugene Smith to make a hundred photographs of contemporary Pittsburgh for a book in celebration of the city's bicentennial; he expected the job to take no more than three weeks. But Smith, whose grand ambitions and uncompromising aesthetic had recently led him to resign his stormy tenure at Life, quickly became obsessed, shooting some seventeen thousand pictures. Inspired by Joyce and Faulkner, Smith envisioned a symphonic, multilayered photo essay portraying the entire city; his failure to complete it haunted him for the rest of his life. Here are more than a hundred and fifty of his noirish and oddly poignant images: gleaming railyards at night; buildings wrapped in clouds of industrial smoke; the face of a steelworker, the Bessemer fires reflected in his safety goggles.  Copyright  2005 The New Yorker	Sam Stephenson is a writer and research consultant at the Center for Documentary Studies. Alan Trachtenberg is Neil Grey Professor of American Studies and English Literature at Yale University.",americas;arts & photography;books;history;individual artists;photo essays;photography;state & local;travel;united states,10
156459341X,"Egyptian Masonic History of the Original and Unabridged Ancient and Ninety-six 96th Degree Rite of Memphis Kessinger Publishing reprints over 1,500 similar titles all available through Amazon.com.",books;freemasonry;other religions;politics & government;politics & social sciences;practices & sacred texts;public affairs & policy;religion & spirituality;social services & welfare;spirituality,10
0004707109,"Collins Desktop German Dictionary Text: English, German	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is part of News America Publishing Group, a division of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. The worldwide book group, which was formed following News Corporation's acquisition of the British publisher William Collins in January 1990, has significant publishing interests in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	IntroductionThis dictionary is intended especially for users who already have a grasp of the basics of the language and who require a handy dictionary of medium size, which will nonetheless provide them with a comprehensive survey of modern everyday German and English. It achieves this by placing the emphasis on current usage -- from the colloquial to the more formal -- and by giving extensive treatment of subjects such as commerce, computer technology and sport which are relevant to the modern world. Hence the dictionary is equally suitable for the business person at the office, the student both at school and at college, and the interested general reader at home.However, the dictionary is designed to enable the user not only to understand the foreign language, but also to write and speak it with confidence- To this end there are numerous features which show how the translations given are used, such as the guiding system of indicating words to distinguish between alternatives, the typical subjects and objects for verbs and nouns that go with adjectives, and the rich store of examples, all of which show how usage and hence translation vary according to context. Also the basic, most frequently used words are treated in depth, as these so often cause problems when trying to communicate or express oneself in the foreign language. Words which have been affected by the Spelling Reform are marked on the German-English side of the dictionary with a symbol. The new spelling forms are listed alphabetically in the supplement (pp 1198-1213) with their corresponding old spelling form given alongside. The supplement also gives explanations on the extent of the Spelling Reform and the ways words are affected by it (pp 1193-1197).The new-look third edition of the Collins Concise German Dictionary helps you make even more effective use of the text. One of its most innovative features is the way the main text of the dictionary is linked to the Sentence Builder supplement in the middle of the book. This completely new section draws on the wealth of lexicographic information to be found in our databases of authentic German and English, both written and spoken, from such diverse sources as contemporary literature, press articles and recordings of real-life conversations currently totalling over 370 million words. We have also included secdons on the telephone, business and personal correspondence with authentic sample letters which cover every situation from applying for a job to accepting a wedding invitation. Together they provide a comprehensive guide to self-expression in German, with hundreds of example phrases grouped thematically to help you communicate in fluent, natural German.Our encyclopaedic entries on key aspects of German, British and American culture such as everyday life, literature, politics, history, education and organization attempt to bridge the gap between the differing cultures. These entries are written in the native language of the user they are designed to benefit; this means that entries on German items are in English and entries on British and American items are in German. The content of the dictionary is based on our famous large edition which has become the market leader and the standard by which others are judged. This dictionary shares the outstanding features of the larger edition, including exceptional clarity of layout and modernity of approach.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;german;humanities;new;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FOT5VQ,"How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Create and distribute PDF (Portable Document Format) documents using Adobe Acrobat 7.0. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to generate Adobe PDF files that retain the look and feel of the original documents, share PDFs, initiate and participate in PDF document reviews, and prepare PDFs for print or the Web. Youll also learn to develop interactive forms, secure your documents, and create PDFs from Microsoft Office and other authoring applications. With coverage of Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional editions, this hands-on resource will help you take full advantage of the premier paperless publishing and collaboration solution.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Create and distribute PDF (Portable Document Format) documents using Adobe Acrobat 7.0. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to generate Adobe PDF files that retain the look and feel of the original documents, share PDFs, initiate and participate in PDF document reviews, and prepare PDFs for print or the Web. Youll also learn to develop interactive forms, secure your documents, and create PDFs from Microsoft Office and other authoring applications. With coverage of Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional editions, this hands-on resource will help you take full advantage of the premier paperless publishing and collaboration solution.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;computers & technology;desktop publishing;electronic documents;graphic design;hardware;microsoft;pcs;software;web development & design,10
0813367069,"Church And Israel After Christendom: The Politics Of Election (Radical Traditions) Scott Bader-Saye received his M.Div from the Yale Divinity School and his Ph.D from Duke University. He is currently assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania.",books;christian books & bibles;education & reference;history;history of religion;judaism;religion & spirituality;religious;theology;world,10
0299176541,"The Autobiographical Documentary in America (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography) The autobiographical documentary is one of the most significant paths taken by American filmmakers in recent years, and Jim Lane is the ideal person to take on this important subject. A scrupulous film historian with a sophisticated grasp of the theoretical issues raised and addressed by autobiographical documentary films, he is also a gifted filmmaker personally committed to the movement he is studying. He writes with singular authority about films whose aspiration, and achievement, is to be at once subjective and objective.William Rothman, University of Miami, author of The I of the CameraAnalysis of some of the most interesting documentary work of the past three decades. A must-read for anyone studying or making documentary.Julia Lesage, University of Oregon, co-editor of Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary MediaSuch fine and sustained work on the documentary film as autobiography is way overdue. Exploring the convergences of autobiography and film theory, Jim Lane makes a major contribution to the whole field of autobiographical studies, demonstrating in the process what significant work autobiography does in the history and culture of our time.Susanna Egan, Mirror Talk: Genres of Crisis in Contemporary Autobiography	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography William L. Andrews,  Series Editor	""The autobiographical documentary is one of the most significant paths taken by American filmmakers in recent years, and Jim Lane is the ideal person to take on this important subject. A scrupulous film historian with a sophisticated grasp of the theoretical issues raised and addressed by autobiographical documentary films, he is also a gifted filmmaker personally committed to the movement he is studying. He writes with singular authority about films whose aspiration, and achievement, is to be at once subjective and objective.""William Rothman, University of Miami, author of The ""I"" of the Camera 	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Jim Lane is executive director of the Emerson College Los Angeles Center. A filmmaker since 1982, his documentaries include Women of Prague, Background Action, I Am Not an Anthropologist,  and East Meets West.",architects & photographers;artists;arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;books;documentaries;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;movies;theory,10
1563331098,"Mistress Mine Sophia Cranleigh sits in prison, accused of authoring the obscene Mistress Mine. Sophia has slaved and suffered deliciously under  the hand of the notorious Mistress Malin. How long had she languished under the dominance of this incredible beauty?	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;fiction;gay & lesbian;lesbian;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;romance;social sciences;specific demographics,10
1576736997,"The Story Jar: The Hair Ribbons/The Yellow Sock/Heart Rings (Palisades Romance Collection) Marketed as a Mother's Day title, this book offers three novellas about motherhood, hung along a single story line (the discovery of a long-lost ""story jar"" in a church) and peppered with short real-life tributes to mothers. Hatcher, Hunt and Bedford all accomplished and well-established Christian writers set out explicitly to honor and encourage mothers. Thankfully, their writing is fresh, insightful and gritty even as it comforts, usually managing to steer clear of the maudlin. The stories profile a mother of two young daughters who faces cancer just as her own mother did before her; a remarried mother working through a difficult relationship with a rebellious runaway daughter turned born-again Christian; and a couple struggling through infertility and the long path to adoption. The book is as much about spirituality and trust in God as it is about motherhood. It captures with surprising sensitivity various scenes of communion with God, and some excruciatingly exquisite moments of parental love. The book would be a far better product without the real-life tributes solicited from a wide range of sources (from well-known Christian writers like Jerry Jenkins to the daughters and grandmothers of the main authors). These are of very uneven quality and disrupt the narrative flow of the novellas. Overall, however, this is a warm, friendly book for Christian women who are trying to raise their children and face their painful problems with both faith and doubt intact. (Mar.) Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	In a story collection celebrating various aspects of motherhood,  the authors relate stories based on items taken from a story  jar, a collection of mementos. In ""The Hair Ribbons"" by Bedford  (Homecoming), a pair of ribbons sent through time by a dead  mother's love and faith give strength to her daughter as she  faces breast cancer, the same disease that killed the mother.  ""Heart Rings"" by Robin Lee Hatcher (Patterns of Love) bridges  the generation gap between mother and daughter as they learn to  accept each other based on love and not appearances. In ""The  Yellow Sock,"" Angela Elwell Hunt (The Immortal) tackles adoption  in a moving story reminiscent of Tracie Peterson's The  Long-Awaited Child. With letters and anecdotes about motherhood  from family members and other authors, such as Jerry Jenkins,  Francine Rivers, Lori Copeland, Debbie Macomber, and more, The  Story Jar is a delightful addition to any collection.   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Robin Lee HatcherRobin Lee Hatcher is the RITA Award -- winning author of over thirty novels with more than five million copies in print in North America. She is a past president of Romance Writers of America and a popular conference speaker. A native Idahoan, Hatcher and her husband, Jerry, live in Boise.Deborah BedfordDeborah Bedford's ten novels have sold over a million copies and have been published in twenty different countries in over a dozen languages. Her work has appeared on the USA Today bestseller list and has been named a Doubleday Book of the Month Alternate Selection. Deborah, her husband, Jack, and their two children live in Jackson, Wyoming.Angela Elwell HuntAngela Elwell Hunt has authored eighty fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults, including The Tale of Three Trees, an award-winning picture book; Listening with My Heart; and My Life as a Middle School Mom. She and her husband, Gary, a youth pastor, live in Florida with their two teenage children.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;fiction;inspirational;literature & fiction;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality;united states,10
B0000AQL23,"Maverick RediFork Pro Rapid Read LCD Matrix Thermometer A heavy-duty tool for the detailed chef, the RediFork Pro thermometer from Maverick gives you the exacting temperature information you need for perfect results on the grill or in the kitchen. Designed for beef, poultry, pork, and fish, the thermometer features a generous LCD monitor and reasonably simple touch-button operation. To use, you simply insert to stainless-steel temperature tips in the thickest part of the steak or filet. The display comes on automatically once food is hotter than 113 degrees F. A grid appears on the display, indicating temperature and doneness levels (rare, medium-rare, medium, and well done) for each of the four categories (beef, fish, poultry, and pork), so you can check your food accordingly. This is especially handy if you have both burgers and chicken on the grill at one time--the grid lets you check them both without changing any settings. Structurally sturdy, the thermometer has a comfortable textured grip and a hook for hanging storage. An optional integrated flashlight turns on with a simple side button for grilling at dusk or in the dark. The thermometer can read in either Fahrenheit or Celsius and runs on two AA batteries, included in the package. It measures 15-1/4 inches long and wipes clean after use. --Emily Bedard	Full featured with LCD matrix, Rapid Read tip, adjustable meat and taste setting, light, timer, reads in 3 seconds.  The new Rapid Read technology uses copper in the tip for faster heat sensitivity than stainless.  The new Rapid Read Technology uses a new microprocessor to process faster the information coming up from the copper tip.",barbecue forks;barbecue utensils;grills & outdoor cooking;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;kitchen utensils & gadgets;lawn & garden;meat;patio;thermometers & timers,10
1561484148,"The Bible: A History: The Making and Impact of the Bible This attractively packaged volume aims to introduce readers to the ""remarkable story"" of ""how the Bible came to be, how it survived, and how it changed the world."" Miller (a Protestant) and Huber (a Catholic) present their material topically in two-page spreads containing illustrations and informational text boxes, and make a sincere effort to present an ecumenical narrative using a variety of academic approaches. To their credit, subjects such as modern methods of biblical interpretation, the Bible in movies and other media, and the Bibles relation to slavery, sexism and abortion are handled in a broadminded way. However, their overall reliance on a faith-based understanding of the Bibles history (i.e., as the noble struggle to preserve an accurate, authentic version of Gods word against human error and falsification) often leads them to downplay social, economic and political forces. This is most notable in their presentation of missionaries, which ignores the ties between religion and colonialism and only mentions in passing the damage inflicted around the globe as Christianity and European empires expanded side-by-side. Non-Christians (and many Christians) may bristle at the breezy descriptions of good-hearted missionaries bravely carrying Gods word abroad ""for the sole purpose of letting others read Gods story for themselves."" In addition, the books frequent reliance on outdated (and traditionally Protestant) interpretations of church history will likely make some Catholics and Orthodox Christians uneasy. Their portrayal of brave, reform-minded theologians battling the corrupt, monolithic Roman Church is too simplistic even for a general introduction and often rides roughshod over the diversity of Christian beliefs, whether Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant. Nonetheless, Christiansparticularly Protestantslooking for an accessible introduction to the composition and transmission of the Bible will find the bulk of this book edifying.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	'Expertly told and lavishly illustrated.'  Publishing News	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Miller is a Good Books author.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;christianity;church history;history;reference;religion & spirituality;religious;world,10
1898541051,"Dark Moon Hb Mary Bennet and David Percy are professional researchers  who have spent more than five years working on this book as well as a  television documentary. They keep a low profile in London, their home.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",astronomy & space science;aviation;books;business & investing;commercial;industries & professions;professional & technical;science & math;star-gazing;transportation,10
0789015331,"Leisure Enhancement, Third Edition INFORMATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE The Instructor's Manual provides a plethora of ideas for initiating discussion, andnumerous tasks for assessing student learning -- Bevan C. Grant, PhD, Director of Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New ZealandWith this third edition, Leisure Enhancement maintains its preeminent position as THE MOST EASILY ADOPTED, COMPREHENSIVE, AND WELLGROUNDED. -- Maureen Glancy, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, San Jose State University",anthropology;books;fitness & dieting;health;miscellaneous;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sports & outdoors;used & rental textbooks,10
1561677035,"Apocalypse Angel Charles Rivers was born in Washington, D.C. and served with distinction in the nation's armed forces, including Operation Desert Storm. Now President of his own company, Rivers is a motivational speaker and author who specializes in relationships and marriage. He is the author of How to Get the Most in Marriage Through Friendship and How to Become Your Spouse's Best Friend. Rivers and his wife reside in Maryland.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;humanities;inspirational;new;religion & spirituality;religious studies;spirituality;used & rental textbooks,10
1565232305,"Art & Technique of Scandinavian Style Woodcarving: Step-By-Step Instructions & Patterns for 40 Flat-Plane Carving Projects Harley Refsal is a professor of Scandinavian studies and resident fellow in Scandinavian folk art at Luther College. He is the author of Carving Trolls and Other Scandinavian Characters and Woodcarving in the Scandinavian Style. He lives in Decorah, Iowa.",books;carving;crafts;crafts & hobbies;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;how-to & home improvements;projects;wood crafts & carving;woodworking,10
B0000CAQ0D,"Eastman Outdoors 30-Quart Stainless Steel Outdoor Cooking Set The 30-Quart Outdoor Cooking Set includes everything you need for a great turkey fry.  Set includes an 18/8 Italian stainless steel pot and lid, as well as many accessories and an instructional video.",all eastman outdoors;cookware;eastman outdoors;grills & outdoor cooking;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;lawn & garden;patio;turkey fryers;turkey fryers & outdoor cookers,10
B000N60HEK,"20th Century Masters 2007 collection from the 40+ member strong contemporary Gospel choir. 12 songs including 'Chains', 'Optimistic', 'Testify' and 'I Believe. Universal.",christian;classical;gospel;jazz;music;pop;r&b;rap & hip-hop;rock;world music,10
0521496063,"Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism: Through the Looking Glass ""...it is certainly a lively read and worthy of consideration by any hardy enough to venture into the quagmire of studies on realism.""    Joseph W. Childers	Nineteenth-Century Literary Realism radically re-defines the genre of realism, arguing that its political commitment to earnest social reform often enters into conflict with its formal demands.  Obliged to portray life as truthfully as possible--often through the vehicle of describing tortured souls in a world out of sorts--realism must also satisfy ideological demands which may not jibe with that truth, leading to a crisis of form and function.  By looking at these conflicts as peculiar to realism, Kearns reads as realist several English and American texts (among them Frankenstein and The Awakening) usually considered too fantastic to fit the realist perscription: Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, The Blithedale Romance, Hard Times, The Awakening-",19th century;books;classics;criticism & theory;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;modern (16th-21st centuries);short stories;united states,10
1560444843,"Traveling California's Gold Rush Country ""Monday 24th this day some kind of mettle was found in the   tail race that looks like goald first discovered by James Martial the   Boss of the Mill,"" wrote Henry Bigler in his diary on Jan. 24,   1848, from Sutter's Mill, located on the edge of the American River. By 1858, more than 600,000 women and children from as   far away as China and Australia had become part of California's Gold   Rush. Nearly 150 years later, nuggets of gold fever can still be found   in California's Gold Rush country, sparkling across 600 miles--from   Mariposa County in the Sierra Nevada to Humboldt County on the Pacific   Ocean. Detailed maps, historical anecdotes, and gold-panning tips make   this book an ideal travel partner, whether you have one day or one   month to explore this area's feverish past. Part of the area's allure   lies in the fact that the Mother Lode (a 100-mile-long vein of gold-bearing quartz believed to be buried somewhere in the Sierra Nevada)   has never been found.	Today, modern explorers can follow in the footsteps of the hundreds of thousands of 49ers who swarmed into the Golden state, taming the Sierras and catalyzing California's entry in to the union as the 31st state, with Traveling California's Gold Rush Country.",americas;books;history;pacific;specialty travel;state & local;tourist destinations & museums;travel;united states;west,10
1580533612,"Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors John D. Cressler is Professor of electrical and computer engineering at The Georgia Institute of Technology . Professor Cressler received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Columbia University. Guofu Niu is Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Auburn University. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Fudan University, in Shanghai, China.",bipolar;books;electrical & electronics;engineering;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;new;professional & technical;used & rental textbooks,10
1857825705,"The Guv'nor 'He was a man amongst men.  His life was extraordinary.' Vinnie Jones	Lenny McLean was born in Hoxton, East London.  Viciously abused by his step father from the age of five, Lenny turned to street fighting, determined that no man would ever take such liberties again.  After a bloody career as The Guv'nor, Lenny turned to acting appearing in acclaimed TV series and films including Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Lenny McLean died of cancer on Tuesday 28th July 1998 - one day before his book went to No 1 in the bestseller list.  Peter Gerrard is a crime writer and biographer.  He lives near Boston in rural Lincolnshire with his wife and son.  Amongst others he has worked with Reggie Kray and is co-author of Ronnie Knight's best-sellng autobiography Memoirs and Confessions",biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;boxing;crime & criminals;individual sports;specific groups;sports & outdoors;true accounts;true crime,10
1932531084,"The 10 Minute Marketer's Secret Formula Tom Feltensein is either completely, stupendously, stunningly wrong, or he is a stone genius whose counter intuitive insights will transform the marketing business. I'm betting on the later. Read this fascinating book and you're likely to come to the sam conclusion. Tucker Carlson, Conservative Co-host, CNN's Crossfire Tom Feltenstein's latest book is a must read for business owners who want to increase sales and profits inside their four walls and in their immediate trading areas. His hands-on, how-to information is an invaluable resource that eliminates the need for any mass-media advertising. I highly recommend this book if you're serious about growing your company.  Ed Rensi, Retired, President/CEO, McDonald's Corporation USA: and Former COO, McDonald's WorldwideMost marketers are too stuck and too scared to do stuff that really and truly works. If you're willing to get off your couch and make something happen, this book is a fine place to start. Seth Godwin, BestSelling Author - Permission Marketing, Unleashing the Idea Virus, Survival is Not Enough, Purple Cow, and Free Prize Inside.  	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	The Death of Mass Marketing If you're trying to attract business beyond a 10-minute drive of your enterprise-STOP. It's a waste of time, money and the chance for much bigger profits. That's the eye-opening assertion of Tom Feltenstein, the modern-day father of strategic neighborhood marketing in The 10-Minute Marketer's Secret Formula: A Shortcut to Extraordinary Profits Using Neighborhood Marketing. Feltenstein, sounding the battle cry of his mentor, McDonald's late founder Kay Kroc, that it's all local, makes a powerful argument for focusing on your own backyard. He describes how to win against bigger companies, bigger ad budgets and bigger campaigns. Having helped build McDonald's sales through strategic neighborhood marketing one neighborhood at a time, he has the knowledge and experience to back is claim. It's a revolutionary concept today, but it's as old as the general store of a century ago. And it's already being used with tremendous success by an elite group of retailers: Harley-Davidson, Krispy Kreme, McDonald's, Nordstroms, Starbucks and even Wal-Mart. Feltenstein brings it alive in this instructive guidebook essential for any business that depends on generating sales.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	The Death of Mass Marketing If you're trying to attract business beyond a 10-minute drive of your enterprise--STOP.  It's a waste of time, money, and the chance for much bigger profits.  That's the eye-opening assertion of Tom Feltenstein, the modern-day father of strategic neighborhood marketing in The 10-Minute Marketer's Secret Formula: A Shortcut to Extraordinary Profits Using Neighborhood Marketing. Feltenstein, sounding the battle cry of his mentor, McDonald's late founder Ray Kroc, that ""it's all local,"" makes a powerful argument for focusing on your own backyard.  HE describes how to win against bigger companies, bigger ad budgets, and bigger campaigns.  Having helped build McDonald's sales through strategic neighborhood marketing one neighborhood at a time, he has the knowledge and experience to back his claim.  It's a revolutionary concept today, but it's as old as the general store of a century ago.  And it's already being used with tremendous success by an elite group of retailers: Harley-Davidson, Krispy Kreme, McDonald's, Nordstrom, Starbucks, and even Wal-Mart.  Feltenstein brings it alive in this instructive guidebook essential for any business that depends on generating sales. ""Tom Feltenstein is either completely, stupendously, stunningly wrong, or he is a stone genius whose counterintuitive insights will transform the marketing business.  I'm betting on the latter.  Read this fascinating book and you're likely to come to the same conclusion.""  --Tucker Carlson, Conservative Co-Host, CNN's Crossfire ""Tom Feltenstein's latest book is a must read for business owners who want to increase sales and profits inside their four walls and in their immediate trading areas.  His hands-on, how-to information is an invaluable resource that eliminates the need for any mass-media advertising.  I highly recommend this book if you're serious about growing your company.""  --Ed Rensi, retired, President/CEO, McDonald's Corporation USA; and former COO, McDonald's Worldwide ""Most marketers are too stuck and too scared to do stuff that really and truly works.  If you're willing to get off your couch and make something happen, this book is a fine place to start."" -Seth Godin, bestselling author of Permission Marketing, Unleashing the Idea Virus, Survival is Not Enough, Purple Cow, and Free Prize Inside.	Tom Feltenstein has counseled some of the world's best-known retailers, e-stores, hotels, and restaurants, including Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Subway, Ben & Jerry's, Disney Development Company, and Westin Hotels.",accounting;accounting & finance;advertising;books;business & investing;entrepreneurship;marketing;marketing & sales;professional & technical;small business & entrepreneurship,10
1580232167,"Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer Engage Body and Soul with the Holy Words of Jewish Prayer From personal gratitude  as we greet the day, to affirming in community Judaisms steadfast devotion to God, prayer encompasses the expanse of our daily lives. In Filling Words with Light, Lawrence Kushner and Nehemia Polen offer new interpretations, flashes of insight, stories, and reflections on the words that compose the Jewish liturgy and enrich our understanding of how and why we pray. Following the order of the traditional prayer book, Kushner and Polen examine  the concepts, phrases, and words of prayer, including: * Acts of love * Serving in joy * Blessing * Commandments * Repentance * Healing * Torah study * Reverence * Sabbath lights * Yearning ...and much more	Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, one of the most widely read authors on Jewish spiritual life, is the Emanu-El Scholar at San Franciscos Congregation Emanu-El and visiting professor of Jewish spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union. He is the bestselling author of Honey from the Rock: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism; The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet; and The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition (all Jewish Lights); among many other books. Rabbi Nehemia Polen is professor of Jewish thought and director of the Hasidic Text Institute at Hebrew College, Boston. He is the author of The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto, as well as many academic and popular articles on Hasidism and Jewish spirituality.",books;christian books & bibles;judaism;kabbalah;meditations;mysticism;prayerbooks;religion & spirituality;sacred writings;worship & devotion,10
0942777247,"The Men of Viet Nam: A Travel Guide to Gay Viet Nam The information presented in these pages comes from numerous visits to Viet Nam by Douglas Thompson and from the nurturing of lasting and valued relationships that were formed during these visits. In part, it is because of his Vietnamese friends that he has written this informative guide -- so that others may enjoy and cherish Viet Nam's people and culture as Douglas has. He has tempted the reader with a colorful narrative of Vietnamese culture and what the country has to offer visiting guests. Interwoven with this is a description of the developing gay scene as it exists today. He has provided valuable insight into some of the intricacies of the culture and offers suggestions on how one can better understand and share memorable experiences with new friends. Thanks to this wonderful guide, we all can learn how we can best enjoy our visit before stepping on Vietnamese soil. But take the guide with you and refer to it often. The tips of conduct and for finding those great restaurants and hard-to-find late-night cafs are invaluable.  -- Rich Johnson	Text: English, Vietnamese	This book is part of our culturally sensitive and responsible The Men of (tm) guidebooks in the tradition of the acclaimed The Men of Thailand.	The author's royalties from sales of this book support grassroots AIDS prevention for gay men in Vietnam.	American-born Douglas Thompson has been living out of a suitcase most of his life. He first visited Saigon in 1973 and was unceremoniously thrown out of the country at gunpoint because of his subversive antiwar activities at home. After practically all of his friends died from AIDS in the 1980s, he began devoting most of his time to AIDS work. God spoke to him in a Thai brothel in 1995, and he has focused his AIDS work on Southeast Asia ever since. This is either his eighth or ninth (he's not sure) book. Although Thompson occasionally resents having squandered a perfectly fabulous education on a career as a writer, he sincerely hopes that everyone who reads this book will come to enjoy and respect Vietnam and her people as much as he does.	VIET NAM'S GAY SCENE  Vietnamese culture is full of behavior and customs which outsiders often mistakenly interpret as homoerotic. Vietnamese concepts of what men are allowed to do and still remain ''manly'' or ''masculine.'' are vastly different from the Judeo-Christian West. Touching and physical displays of affection are not subject to the same ridiculous taboos as elsewhere. Vietnamese men often hold hands, hug and hold each other, and even kiss each other on the cheek without casting any doubts on their sexual orientation. Most gay men who visit here find it refreshing-although sometimes downright confusing-to see men behave so naturally with each other. Nine times out of ten, however, these physical expressions of friendship between males have absolutely nothing to do with sexual preference. As a result, many tourists are forced to confront all their own concepts of what gay behavior really is.  For many foreigners, the confusion caused by public affection is compounded by physical beauty and apparent innocence of most Vietnamese, and their eagerness to have contact with foreigners. Many Vietnamese men in their late twenties still look quite young, so it is no surprise that foreigners who prefer Asian men find Vietnamese among the world's most attractive. And when a young man approaches you in public with a huge smile and bravely attempts his grammar school English, you cannot help but be enchanted. But this is not Greenwich Village, Castro Street, or Kings Cross, and the beautiful young man is not coming on to you. All his friendliness probably has little to do with sex.  . . . . . .  THE PROSPECTS FOR ""GAY LIBERATION"" IN VIET NAM To many outsiders, it is refreshing to see Vietnam's version of gayness integrated into society and culture. It is not necessarily such a bad thing that there are no gay districts, or newspapers or other manifestations of homosexual ghettoization disguised as ''liberation'' here. For the most part, people here quietly enjoy life and mind their own business. Nevertheless, discrimination, harassment and social pressure against homosexuals exist in Viet Nam, just as they exist in practically every other part of the world. Family pressure to marry can be relentless. Openly gay people can be rejected by their families and become social outcasts. Since they are sometimes perceived as weak, homosexuals are occasionally subjected to verbal and even physical abuse. The word ''gay'' has already begun to leak into the vocabularies of younger urban Vietnamese who have learned it as a derogatory term from Viet Kieu.  While Viet Nam will always be remembered for its dramatic social changes, a gay uprising on the order of Stonewall will probably never happen in this country. Yet the place of homosexual and bisexual men in Vietnamese society will continue to change along with everything else, and there are strong indications that times and attitudes are changing slowly and quietly.  During Vietnam's period of economic isolation following the American war, one government physician described homosexuality as a ''fashion'' imported from the decadent West. Since there were ''no homosexuals at all in Viet Nam,'' he concluded that anyone behaved like one was probably faking it.  Barely ten years later, with more than one hundred well-wishers in attendance, two men were married in a ceremony in a Ho Chi Minh City restaurant. Vietnam's first gay wedding did not escape the notice of the police, who chose not to interfere because no laws were being broken. While some describe this official attitude as ambivalent, hardened regime-watchers look upon it as a new sign of openness.  Finally, we are beginning to see the first generation of Vietnamese men who clearly identify themselves as gay and who contemplate a gay lifestyle that vaguely follows the Western model. These are young men who are creating a sense of community by sharing ideas and experiences. In some cases, they have abandoned plans to start traditional families and have even formed domestic partnership with other men. While there have undoubtedly been homosexuals in Viet Nam for a long, long time, self-identified gay Vietnamese men are becoming somewhat more visible and are breaking with the time-honored practice of a wife and children, with a secret beau on the side.  The ''new'' gays are also taking care of their own. HCMC's Nguyin Friendship Society, a loosely organized group of about fifty young gay men and women, offers peer counseling, discussion groups and AIDS prevention. You can read more about this group and its work in Chapter Eight.",books;gay & lesbian;gay & lesbian studies;new;nonfiction;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;travel;used & rental textbooks,10
0613990072,"Owl Puke: Book and Owl Pellet BE AN OWL DETECTIVEWith toothpick in hand, discover the habits and habitats of owls in an irresistible combination of hands-on science and yuck. Ages 8-12THE BOOK Jawbones and the food chain. Ribs no bigger than an eyelash, telling the saga of predator and prey. A lively, 96-page, full-color book, packed with photographs and illustrations, charts, stats and little-known puke facts.THE PELLETGuaranteed to contain at least one skeleton, the pellet is professionally collected and heat sterilized for complete safety. BONE SORTING TRAYSturdy plastic, eight dividers the perfect place to sort and store bones. 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Jane Hammerslough is the author of more than 20 books for kids, including Owl Puke and Snakes: Face to Face. A former teacher and award-winning parenting columnist, she writes for Child and Parenting, Family Circle, and other publications. She lives in Westport, Connecticut.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",animals;biology;birds;books;children's books;diseases;environment & ecology;health;nature & how it works;science,10
0130891207,"Behavior Management: Applications for Teachers and Parents Highly applications-oriented, this student-friendly text promotes an understanding of both the technical and functional aspects of applied behavior analysis, and examines appropriate implementation strategies for managing behavior wherever adults supervise the activities of children and adolescents - in the classroom, at day care centers, even at home. Based on solid theory, it integrates many practical applications, field-based examples and case studies throughout to substantiate material covered.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Key Benefit: This applications-oriented book promotes an understanding of both the technical and functional aspects of applied behavior analysis, and examines appropriate implementation strategies for managing behavior wherever adults supervise the activities of children and adolescents - in the classroom, at day care centers, even at home. Based on solid theory, it integrates many practical applications, field-based examples and case studies throughout to substantiate material covered. Key Topics:  Emphasizing the concept of teaching and reinforcing appropriate behavior and social skills, the book addresses important topics overlooked in most other texts of its kind, such as formal behavioral assessment and  cognitive behavior modification.  It devotes separate chapters to young children, adolescents, and students from diverse backgrounds, and focuses on specific strategies appropriate for these special populations. Material is enhanced with numerous practical examples, real-life vignettes, intriguing discussion questions, case studies, samples of contracts, and references at the end of each chapter. There's now updated and expanded coverage on ADHD, peer monitoring and mediation, the latest behavior management research, new assessment tools, and cultural influences on behavior, and the book highlights current situations and techniques with new vignettes and examples to involve readers in realistic, contemporary decision making. Market:  For teachers and administrators.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",administration;behavioral psychology;behavioral sciences;books;education & reference;education theory;politics & social sciences;schools & teaching;science & math;social sciences,10
0786204826,"The Seventh Scroll An ancient Egyptian scroll leads to a murderous treasure hunt in Smith's thriller, which was a PW bestseller for two weeks. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Noted Egyptologist Royan Al Simma escapes an attempt on her life, but her husband, Duraid, is not so lucky. This husband-and-wife archaeological team was immersed in unraveling the secrets of the ""seventh scroll."" Written in a type of shorthand, the scroll dates back to the Hyksos invasion of Egypt and was recently discovered in the tomb of Queen Lostris, whose story is told in Smith's River God (St. Martin's, 1994). Grieving over the loss of her husband, Royan engages Sir Nicholas Quenton-Harper, a wealthy English collector, to assist her in completing the work she and Duraid had begun by locating the tomb of Pharaoh Mamose the Eighth, husband of Lostris. Through collective teamwork, Royan and Nicholas travel to Ethiopia, at great peril to themselves, as they try to uncover a 4000-year-old secret. This well-crafted novel is full of adventure, tension, and intrigue. Recommended for general readers.?Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., KalamazooCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A consummate sequel, The Seventh Scroll perfectly complements River God , its phenomenally popular precursor. Smith has cleverly catapulted the story of Taita, the previous novel's wily narrator, 4,000 years into the future, that is, into the present. Mastermind Taita's brilliant feats of engineering and concealment succeeded in keeping the whereabouts of a pharaoh's tomb secret until a pair of archaeologists, Duraid and his young and beautiful wife, Royan, unearth a set of his clue-filled scrolls. As soon as they began translating the seventh scroll, they realize that they're onto something big. Soon their rivals catch the scent, and Duraid is the first to die in a treasure hunt that quickly escalates into a mercenaries' war. Plucky Royan enlists the help of a wealthy, dashing, and, yes, sensitive, British adventurer, Sir Nicholas Quenton-Harper, and soon they and their intrepid cohorts are reconnoitering in a treacherous Ethiopian river gorge. Their quest involves saints and torturers, guns and explosives, intuition and courage, constant danger and a rather sweet sexual restraint. Smith excels at action sequences, getting his attractive heroes and despicable villains into and out of hugely entertaining predicaments, all the while tossing off vivid descriptions, bits of historical detail, and classic low-key British banter.  Donna Seaman	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""A high-tech treasure hunt from a master storyteller at the top of his considerable form.""- Kirkus Reviews""Great adventure...a smashing story.""- Ocala Star-Banner""Intoxicating...a heady mix of exotic adventure, romance and Egyptology. Smith is a master."" - Publishers Weekly""Life-threatening dangers loom around every turn, leaving the reader breathless...an incredibly exciting and satisfying read.""- Chattanooga Free Press	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	These audiobooks from Macmillan UK offer abridged readings of some of the world's most popular authors. Handsomely packaged, they feature readings by eminent actors of the stage and screen, including James Fox, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith and David Rintoul. 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Wilbur Smith is the bestselling author of twenty-seven novels, which have been translated into twenty-six languages and have sold over110 million copies.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	CHAPTER 1The dusk crept in from the desert, and shaded the dunes with purple. Like a thick velvet cloak it muted all sounds, so that the evening was tranquil and hushed. From where they stood on the crest of the dune they looked out over the oasis and the complex of small villages that surrounded it. The buildings were white with flat roofs and the date palms stood higher than any of them except the Islamic mosque and the Coptic Christian church. These bastions of faith opposed each other across the lake. The waters of the lake were darkling. A flight of duck slanted down on quick wings to land with a small splash of white close in against the reed banks. The man and the woman made a disparate couple. He was tall, though slightly bowed, his silvering hair catching the last of the sunlight. She was young, in her early thirties, slim, alert and vibrant. Her hair was thick and curling, restrained now by a thong at the nape. of her neck. ""Time to go down now. Alia will be waiting."" He smiled down at her fondly. She was his second wife. When his first wife died he thought that she had taken the sunlight with her. He had not expected this last period of happiness in his life. Now he had her and his work. He was a man happy and contented. Suddenly she broke away from him, and pulled the thong from her hair. She shook it out, dense and dark, and she laughed. It was a pretty sound. Then she plunged down the steep slip-face of the dune, her long skirts billowing around her flying legs. They were shapely and brown. She kept her balance until halfway down, when gravity overwhelmed her and she tumbled. From the top he smiled down on her indulgently. Sometimes she was still a child. At others she was a grave and dignified woman. He was not certain which he preferred, but he loved her in both moods. She rolled to a halt at the bottom of the dune and sat up, still laughing, shaking the sand out of her hair. ""Your turn!"" she called up at him. He followed her down sedately, moving with the slight stiffness of advancing age, keeping his balance until he reached the bottom. He lifted her to her feet. He did not kiss her, although the temptation to do so was strong. It was not the Arab way to show public affection, even to a beloved wife. She straightened her clothing and retied her hair before they set off towards the village. They skirted the reed beds of the oasis, crossing the rickety bridges over the irrigation canals. As they passed, the peasants returning from the fields greeted him with deep respect. ""Salaam aleikum, Doktari! Peace be with you, doctor."" They honoured all men of learning, but him especially for his kindness to them and their families over the years. Many of them had worked for his father before him. It mattered little that most of them were Moslem, while he was a Christian. When they reached the villa, Alia, the old housekeeper, greeted them with mumbles and scowls. ""You are late. You are always late. Why do you not keep regular hours, like decent folk? We have a position to maintain."" ""Old mother, you are always right,"" he teased her gently. ""What would we do without you to care for us?"" He sent her away, still scowling to cover her love and concern for him. They ate the simple meal on the terrace together, dates and olives and unleavened bread and goat's milk cheese. It was dark when they finished, but the desert stars were bright as candles. ""Royan, my flower."" He reached across the table and touched her hand. ""It is time to begin work."" He stood up from the table and led the way to his study that opened out on to the terrace. Royan Al Simma went directly to the tall steel safe against the far wall and tumbled the combination. The safe was out of place in this room, amongst the old books and scrolls, amongst the ancient statues and artefacts and grave goods that were the collection of his lifetime. When the heavy steel door swung open, Royan stood back for a moment. She always felt this prickle of awe whenever she first looked upon this relic of the ages, even after an interval of only a few short hours. ""The seventh scroll,"" she whispered, and steeled herself to touch it. It was nearly four thousand years old, written by a genius out of time with history, a man who had been dust for all these millennia, but whom she had come to know and respect as she did her own husband. His words were eternal, and they spoke to her clearly from beyond the grave, from the fields of paradise, from the presence of the great trinity, Osiris and Isis and Horns, in whom he had believed so devoutly. As devoutly as she believed in another more recent Trinity. She carried the scroll to the long table at which Duraid, her husband, was already at work. He looked up as she laid it on the tabletop before him, and for a moment she saw the same mystical mood in his eyes that had affected her. He always wanted the scroll there on the table, even when there was no real call for it. He had the photographs and the microfilm to work with. It was as though he needed the unseen presence of the ancient author close to him as he studied the texts. Then he threw off the mood and was the dispassionate scientist once more. ""Your eyes are better than mine, my flower,"" he said. ""What do you make of this character?"" She leaned over his shoulder and studied the hieroglyph on the photograph of the scroll that he pointed out to her. She puzzled over the character for a moment before she took the magnifying glass from Duraid's hand and peered through it again. ""It looks as though Taita has thrown in another cryptogram of his own creation just to bedevil us."" She spoke of the ancient author as though he were a dear, but sometimes exasperating, friend who still lived and breathed, and played tricks upon them. ""We'll just have to puzzle it out, then,"" Duraid declared with obvious relish. He loved the ancient game. It was his life's work. The two of them laboured on into the cool of the night. This was when they did their best work. Sometimes they spoke Arabic and sometimes English; for them the two languages were as one. Less often they used French, which was their third common language. They had both received their education at universities in England and the United States, so far from this very Egypt of theirs. Royan loved the expression ""This very Egypt"" that Taita used so often in the scrolls. She felt a peculiar affinity in so many ways with this ancient Egyptian. After all, she was his direct descendant. She was a Coptic Christian, not of the Arab line that had so recently conquered Egypt, less than fourteen centuries ago. The Arabs were newcomers in this very Egypt of hers, while her own blood line ran back to the time of the pharaohs and the great s20pyramids. At ten o'clock Royan made coffee for them, heating it on the charcoal stove that Alia had lit for them before she went off to her own family in the village. They drank the sweet, strong brew from thin cups that were half-filled with the heavy grounds. While they sipped, they talked as old friends. For Royan that was their relationship, old friends. She had known Duraid ever since she had returned from England with her doctorate in archaeology and won her job with the Department of Antiquities, of which he was the director. She had been his assistant when he had opened the tomb in the Valley of the Nobles, the tomb of Queen Lostris, the tomb that dated from about 1780 nc. She had shared his disappointment when they had discovered that the tomb had been robbed in ancient times and all its treasures plundered. All that remained were the marvellous murals that covered the walls and the ceilings of the tomb. It was Royan herself who had been working at the wall behind the plinth on which the sarcophagus had once stood, photographing the murals, when a section of the plaster had fallen away to reveal in their niche the ten alabaster jars. Each of the jars had contained a papyrus scroll. Every one of them had been written and placed there by Taita, the slave of the queen. Since then their lives, Duraid's and her own, seemed to have revolved around those scraps of papyrus. Although there was some damage and deterioration, in the main they had survived nearly four thousand years remarkably intact. What a fascinating story they contained, of a nation attacked by a superior enemy, arched with horse and chariot that were still alien to the Egyptians of that time. Crushed by the Hyksos hordes, the people of the Nile were forced to flee. Led by their queen, Lostris of the tomb, they followed the great river southwards almost to its source amongst the brutal mountains of the Ethiopian highlands. Here amongst those forbidding mountains, Lostris had entombed the mummified body of her husband, the Pharaoh Mamose, who had been slain in battle against the Hyksos. Long afterwards Queen Lostris had led her people back northwards to this very Egypt. Armed now with their own horses and chariots, forged into hard warriors in the African wilderness, they had come storming back down the cataracts of the great river to challenge once more the Hyksos invader, and in the end to triumph over him and wrest the double crown of upper and lower Egypt from his grasp. It was a story that appealed to every fibre of her being, and that had fascinated her as they had unravelled each hieroglyph that the old slave had penned on the papyrus. It had taken them all these years, working at night here in the villa on the oasis after their daily routine work at the museum in Cairo was done, but at last the ten scrolls had been deciphered-all except the seventh scroll. This was the one that was the enigma, the one which the author had cloaked in layers of esoteric shorthand and allusions so obscure that they were unfathomable at this remove of time. Some of the symbols he used had never figured before in all the thousands of texts that they had studied in their combined working lives. It was obvious t...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Fans of Indiana Jones who haven't yet encountered Smith's novels will enjoy any of his adventure tales. In his latest a beautiful Egyptian woman with a doctorate in archaeology and a wealthy British adventurer search the Ethiopian highlands for the treasures of an ancient tomb. The pace never flags as the heroes overcome each obstacle between them and the Pharoah's golden fortune. Narrator Cazenove, who  has a fine gift for vocal characterization, brings the story to life. His British accent is clear to American listeners. The abridgment doesn't interfere with the substance and pace of the story as it sometimes can.  B.V.   (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;historical;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
B000BY42T0,"BARSKA Blackhawk 20-60x60 Waterproof Straight Spotting Scope w/ Tripod, Soft Carry Case & Premium Hard Case Setting the pace for design, dynamics, and technical precision, the Blackhawk  spotting scope soars high in ultimate performance. Engineered with unsurpassed optical  performance and durability by Barska technicians--who understand the harsh  conditions scopes have to endure--the Blackhawk is designed for the discriminating  hunter who demands only the very best. Details include multi-coated optics, a massive  objective lens, and complete waterproof and fogproof protection.  Features:  Magnification: 20-60x Objective lens diameter: 60mm Prism system: Porro Eyepiece system: Straight Optical coating: Multicoated Field of view: 91 feet at 1,000 yards (20x); 45 feet at 1,000 yards (60x) Close focus distance: 23 feet Exit pupil: 3mm at 20x; 1mm at 60x Exit relief: 18mm at 20x; 15mm at 60x Extensible sun shade: Yes Length: 13.84 inches Weight: 1.7 pounds Tripod: Panhead lever Multicoated optics maximize light transmission for superior brightness and clarity Massive objective lens increases light gathering ability to produce brighter images in  low-light conditions Complete waterproof and fogproof protection on selected models Sight tube for quick targeting on larger models Rubber armor designed to protect and absorb shock Ergonomically designed to enhance overall handling Ideal for all-weather conditions Limited lifetime warranty	Setting the pace for design, dynamics and technical precision, Blackhawk soars high in ultimate performance. Engineered with unsurpassed optical performance and durability by those who understands the harsh hunting conditions scopes have to endure. Designed for the discriminating hunters who demands only the best. Be it a compact or a large scope that set your sights, Blackhawk spotters set the standard for portability, optical performance and value.In addition, the new Mossy OakBreak Up Camouflage model helps you blend in on your hunt! Backed by Limited Lifetime Warranty.",binoculars;camera & photo;electronics;hunting;hunting & fishing;hunting optics;sports & outdoors;spotting scopes;telescopes;telescopes & optics,10
0671729667,"Lifespan: Who Lives Longer-And Why While our Neolithic ancestors rarely lived beyond age 30, people in today's relatively prosperous democracies can expect to live 75 to 79 years. Moore's ( Heart Failure ) sure-to-be controversial study of longevity frequently challenges conventional wisdom. Reviewing the latest studies, he finds that obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels have much less impact on life expectancy than is commonly assumed, and that treatment for these risk factors does not appreciably enhance longevity. Your parents' lifespan is an unreliable guide to how long you will live, he reports. A fellow at George Washington University's Center for Health Policy Research, Moore predicts a major deadly influenza epidemic and investigates the ways new viruses emerge. Assessing the impact of marriage and work on longevity, he concludes that people who live longest are those who adapt most successfully, regardless of stress. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A disturbing examination of the diverse and interacting  factors that influence the human life span, plus a brief look at  some attempts to alter the aging process.  Moore, a science writer with a penchant for stirring up  controversy (Heart Failure, 1989), argues that risk factors such  as obesity, hypertension, and elevated cholesterol levels have  been oversold and that individual efforts to control them have  little effect on achieving long life. (The exception is smoking,  which he acknowledges has a measurable life-shortening effect.)  Having long-lived ancestors doesn't help much either. Your best  bet, Moore says, is to be a healthy, well-educated, well-  adjusted, professionally employed member of a stable, prosperous,  democratic society. War, famine, and disease have always been the  greatest threats to human life, and it is on infectious diseases  that Moore focuses his attention. The relationship between humans  and microscopic life-forms is constantly changing, and organisms  that are harmless in one environment may become deadly under  different circumstances. Moore also warns against overconfidence  about our mastery of disease: Influenza, which killed millions  earlier in this century, remains a threat, and new viruses such  as AIDS could reverse recent gains in human longevity. Theories  about why 115 years appears to be the maximum life span and  research into how this might be altered are examined in the final  chapters, while the author's documentation is tucked away in an  end-of-book section.  An authoritative, accessible, and lively study that may  unsettle those who prefer to feel in firm control of their  destiny. -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.",basic sciences;books;fitness & dieting;health;medical books;medicine;medicine & health sciences;new;physiology;used & rental textbooks,10
B000P29ZJK,"Geometric Data Analysis: An Empirical Approach to Dimensionality Reduction and the Study of Patterns ""...provides a valuable summary of data reduction."" (Technometrics, May 2002)""...effectively describes and summarizes an emerging new field, namely, scientific data modeling and analysis."" (Mathematical Reviews, 2003h)	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This book addresses the most efficient methods of pattern analysis using wavelet decomposition. Readers will learn to analyze data in order to emphasize the differences between closely related patterns and then categorize them in a way that is useful to system users.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",algorithms;artificial intelligence;books;computer science;computers & technology;databases;human vision & language systems;machine vision;pattern recognition;programming,10
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0865620814,"Chicks & Monsters, Vol. 1: A Collection of Scary Tails Bill Bronson",arts & photography;books;comics & graphic novels;erotic;erotica;graphic novels;horror;literature & fiction;other media;science fiction & fantasy,10
0684868822,"Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present In Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West, 1950 to the Present, Larry McMurtry gives us a depleted West. The West of McMurtry's own writing is wildly various, filled with dead ends and bright ideas, lonesome cowboys and garrulous socialites. In the 20 stories he's chosen for this anthology, it is instead an undifferentiated territory of losers: you've got your sad sacks, your screwups, your lost souls. The lucky have all gone to live somewhere else. In any anthology, there is usually one story that rolls up its sleeves and clobbers all the others. Here it is Annie Proulx's haunting ""Brokeback Mountain,"" the secret history of two male ranch workers who fall in love and carry on a life-long affair. Her opener also happens to give a perfect view of the landscape found in this collection:  ""They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat, up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high-school drop-out country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life."" Sometimes the poverty is slicked up with romance, as in Jack Kerouac's ""The Mexican Girl,"" a lightning-hot excerpt from On the Road: ""Terry and Raymond sat in the grass; we had grapes. In California you chew the juice out of the grapes and spit the skin and pits away, the gist of the grape is always wine. Nightfall came. Terry went home for supper and came to the barn at nine o'clock with my secret supper of delicious tortillas and mashed beans. I lit a wood fire on the cement floor of the barn to make light. We made love on the crates."" We read of Wallace Stegner's Saskatchewan, Richard Ford's Wyoming, Mark Jude Poirier's suburban Tucson. Each story thoughtfully renders disappointment. Proulx's Jack Twist says it best: ""Nothin never come to my hand the right way."" The writing is above reproach, the  stories are compelling, but by the end of the book they seem to be all the  same story. Surely the West is bigger than this. --Claire Dederer	No, not Louis L'Amour, but 20 tales of the West from the likes of Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Jack Kerouac. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	The severities of pioneer life yield up no Prousts, novelist McMurtry observes in his terse introduction to this varied gathering of short fiction by contemporary writers who at one point or another in their careers have taken as their subject life in the American West. His point about pioneer life is that until recently most of those who wrote about the West were outsiders, not the native-born, and they wrote about a West filtered through their romantic or ideological notions of what it was. Not until the 1950s did significant numbers of writers, either born in the West or longtime residents, begin to deal with its complex history and somewhat grim present. Wallace Stegner, a founding father of the modern western tradition, is necessarily present (Buglesong). Some of the other choices are also necessary if unsurprising: Tom McGuane (Dogs); Richard Ford (Rock Springs); and William H. Gass (a classic tale, The Pedersen Kid). William Hauptman (the wonderful Good Rockin' Tonight), Rick Bass (Mahatma Joe, one of his most precise and effective stories), Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), and Raymond Carver (The Third Thing That Killed My Father) are among the other well-known figures here. Dagoberto Gilb, Louise Erdrich, and Leslie Marmon Silko stand in as representatives of the upsurge in western fiction being produced by Hispanic and Native American writers. And several less well-known authors (Dave Hickey, Mark Jude Poirier, and Jon Bllman) indicate the still-vibrant nature of the tradition.A useful survey, and a nicely varied compendium of vigorous tales. -- Copyright  2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Adam Woog The Seattle Times A fine collection....Every contributor, famous author or not, is strong and sure-footed.Sybil Downing The Denver Post It has been said that good short stories create a single impact that sticks with the reader. Every story in this anthology qualifies.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. His other works include two collections of essays, three memoirs, and more than thirty screenplays, including the coauthorship of Brokeback Mountain, for which he received an Academy Award. He lives in Archer City, Texas.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Introduction  Still Wild is meant to remind readers of, or introduce them to, short fiction by twenty good writers who, at one point or another in their careers, have taken as their subject life in the American West -- but taken it in a special way. Theirs is not so much the West of history or the West of geography as it is the West of the imagination: funny, gritty, isolate, searing, tragic, complex.  Part of my intent as a compiler has been to assemble a coming-of-age anthology, because it seems to me that it has only been in the second half of the twentieth century that the West has come of age as a producer -- as opposed to an importer -- of first-rate writers. From the time of the California gold rush to at least the end of World War I, most of the writers who achieved popularity by writing fiction set in the West -- writers whose work aspired to be at least a rung or two above the dime novel or the family anecdote -- came from the East. Jack London was a native, but most were not, and the work of Owen Wister, Charles King, Zane Grey, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, and others reads now like dude-ranch fiction, a sort of white-collar pulp. Many of these writers loved the West deeply, and, once they found it, never left it, but, still, they wrote as outsiders: fans, rather than natives; and, as fans, they were likely to wax romantic about the western life that they saw, or, perhaps, imagined.  Most of them wrote for the illustrated magazines of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, where they were matched in their romanticism by two generations of equally romantic illustrators: Frederick Remington, Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Schreyvogel, Frank Schoonover, Nick Eggenhofer, Edward Borein, Will James, and others. Most of the stories were quite flimsy; the writers needed the illustrators and perhaps were not aware to what an extent they were in competition with the artists whose drawings supported their stories.  Indeed, competition with the image is a factor in the development of western writing that is seldom mentioned, though it was certainly serious. The grandeur of western landscape drew gifted painters immediately; gifted writers followed in their wake. Washington Irving's  Tour of the Prairies(1835) contained some fairly vivid word pictures, but not as vivid as the actual paintings of George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, Alfred Jacob Miller, or Thomas Moran. Then, before the painters quit, the camera arrived, followed in only a few decades by the motion pictures, which, throughout the whole of the twentieth century, competed vigorously not just with western literature but with all literature, though it was probably in relation to the West that the challenge movies raised to literature was most acute. It takes a genius-level descriptive sentence to compete with the beauty of horses running, a pure kinetic joy that can be had in even the trashiest western films.  Image-competition apart, there were other reasons why good writers, in any sort of critical mass, were slow to appear in the West, the main one being that until the 1950s much of the West either wasn't settled enough or hadn't been settled long enough to produce first-rate writers. The severities of pioneer life yield up no Prousts. The native peoples of the nineteenth-century West, whether of the plains, the desert, or the coast, at least had societies, whereas the whites who fought them and displaced them for a time, and a considerable time, mainly just had families. Writers need schooling, need to have at least some contact with a society that values literary effort, but it was not until almost the midpoint of the twentieth century that literate society and reasonably good schooling could be assumed in the West.  Though it may startle several of them to hear it, the simplest thing one can say about the writers in this anthology is that they are not self-educated. Though only a few of them, notably Wallace Stegner and William H. Gass, made full and prominent careers in the academies, all of them have at least drifted through a college campus and gone to a party or two -- by which I mean that all of them write with a developed awareness of literary tradition. Wallace Stegner and Jack Kerouac wrote very different prose; Stegner stayed in the academy, whereas Kerouac left it, but both were men who had studied hard, and the same can be said for most of the writers whose stories I have chosen for this book. The younger among them may have gone to school to Donald Barthelme or Raymond Carver, the older ones to Chekhov, Hemingway, Lawrence, Joyce, or Faulkner, but they are all aware -- as earlier generations were not -- that there had once been giants in the land and that they must first read them if they hope to extend what they had done.  Perhaps the most famous quote in D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature, published in 1924, is this: ""Never trust the artist. Trust the tale.""  I take that to mean that, having located and arranged these twenty stories, I now have license to leave, so that the process of trusting can begin. I could go through the table of contents, pointing out the obvious: that Wallace Stegner never lost sight of the cruelty within the beauty of the West, that Jack Kerouac, in ""The Mexican Girl,"" wrote a great love letter to L.A., and so on. But to track through these twenty stories and chart, for the reader, their themes and affinities, is not my job. Better to go to Lawrence again, to the essay called ""The Spirit of Place,"" written in 1924:  The real American day hasn't come yet. Or at least, not yet sunrise. So far it has been the false dawn....  It is no longer 1924. By the time of Lawrence's death, only six years later, Hemingway and Faulkner had already published their best work. The sun had well risen, and it's up there still. The writers in this book all work in the strong western sunlight of the real American day.  -- Larry McMurtry   Copyright  2000 by Larry McMurtry	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;contemporary;general;genre fiction;literature & fiction;short stories;united states;westerns,10
0521402662,"A History of Pianoforte Pedalling (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) ""Although this is admittedly a highly specialized study, it is one that should not be neglected by musical historians, or by pianists who are interested in improving their understanding of the music of the past.""   Notes""Rowland has done a great service by gathering together all of the 'hard' evidence: quotations from treatises, descriptions of performances, students' accounts, and musical examples with composers' pedal markings. Pianists will find much that is fascinating ...""   Early Keyboard Journal	David Rowland traces the history of piano pedalling from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to its first maturity in the middle of the nineteenth century and beyond. Pedalling technique was a major feature of nineteenth-century piano performance and, coupled with new developments in piano structure, many composers were inspired to write innovative works for the literature. Rowland examines this through the technique and music of composerSHpianists such as Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin and follows the transition from harpsichord and clavichord to pianot. The book also includes an appendix of translated extracts from three well-known piano-pedalling tutors.",arts & photography;books;history & criticism;humanities;instruments;music;new;performing arts;piano;used & rental textbooks,10
0316197300,"Dimaggio: The Last American Knight Joe DiMaggio was born near San Francisco in 1914, the son of Italian immigrants. With the help of his brother Vince, who had already turned pro, he secured a position with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. Although he led the league in almost every offensive category, a bum knee scared off many clubs until the New York Yankees took a chance and purchased him for $25,000. DiMaggio made his debut with the Yankees in 1936, leading them to the first of four consecutive pennants. Durso, a sportswriter for the New York Times, presents the events that made the Hall of Famer's career: his 56-game hitting streak in 1941; his three MVP awards; and his play in 10 World Series. Durso also examines the man behind the Yankee Clipper: the tough negotiator; the lonely, insecure autocrat who often felt betrayed; and, after baseball, the spokesperson for the Bowery Bank and Mr. Coffee. The author also reviews his marriages, the first to Dorothy Arnold, the mother of his only child, a son; and then to Marilyn Monroe. The Monroe-DiMaggio marriage of nine months was fraught with jealousy on DiMaggio's part, and Durso reports that their relationship hit the skids during the filming of The Seven Year Itch. Even 33 years after her death, DiMaggio, who did not remarry, remains devoted to her memory, sending flowers three times a week to her crypt. A solid if not revelatory bio about an American icon who is uncomfortable with that status. Photos. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	DiMaggio is still adored by countless fans who witnessed his graceful and seemingly effortless play. Durso, a veteran sportswriter, has written a lucid biography that is not uncritical of the ""Yankee Clipper."" Of the many books on DiMaggio, this is the best.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.",( d );a-z;baseball;biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;dimaggio;joe;people;sports & outdoors,10
B00004THYY,"Irwin 10232 UniBit 3/16-Inch to 1/2-Inch 1/4-Inch Shank Step Drill Bit The  #2 UniBit Step Drill has 6 holes--3/16-inch to 1/2-inch hole sizes with increments of 1/16-inch; shank size is 1/4-inch.  Each UniBit step drill has an easy-to-sharpen, non-skid tip which eliminates skidding and the need for center punching;  the tip gives sure starts even on curved surfaces.  The single-fluted cutting edge that you will find on the UniBit step drills helps assure true round holes and allows greater control.  They are constructed of industrial grade high speed molybdenum steel and heat treated to assure maximum durability.  The UniBit step drill has 3 flatted shanks, which prevents slipping in drill chuck.  The multiple steps on each UniBit eliminates the need to maintain a toolbox full of specific size drill bits.  Full lifetime warranty--each UniBit step drill is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for the life of the tool, except for damage caused by abuse, misuse, or alteration.	Hanson Step Drills save time by eliminating the need to change drills when drilling round holes in thin materials. Each smaller size drill also acts as a pilot for the next size. The single radial flute assures perfectly round holes. Use on steel, brass, aluminum and other thin materials. Step Drills are self-starting and will not slip.Drill diameters etched in flute for easy identification.",brad-point drill bits;cutting tools;drill bits;industrial & scientific;industrial drill bits;metalworking & multipurpose drill bits;power & hand tools;power tool accessories;step drill bits;tools & home improvement,10
B000I0QDUI,"Celestial Seasonings Red Tea Moroccan Pomegranate -- 20 Tea Bags Blendmaster's Notes ""Native only to the mountainous Cederberg region of South Africa, Rooibos (or red tea) is naturally sweet and has a slightly nutty flavor with hints of cherry and toffee. We've infused pure Rooibos with scarlet red pomegranates and just the right amount of tart and fruity hibiscus to create a delightful caffeine-free blend that is uniquely thirst quenching both iced and hot."" -Charlie Baden, Celestial Seasonings Blendmaster since 1975 Rooibos: The Story of the Red Bush The indigenous people of South Africa have enjoyed healthy Rooibos (or ""red bush"") tea for centuries. Like green tea, the needle-like leaves of the Rooibos plant contain potent antioxidants, but are naturally caffeine free and rich in calcium, zinc and other nutrients. We've infused authentic African Rooibos with succulent fruits and exotic spices to create our distinctive red tea blends. Discover this magical confluence of good health and great taste for yourself!",beverages;grocery & gourmet food;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;serveware;tabletop;tea;tea samplers;tea sets;teapots & coffee servers,10
0934678898,"Barbie Unbound: A Parody of the Barbie Obsession If titles like ""Grunge Barbie,"" ""Hot Flash Barbie,"" ""Shock Jock Barbie,"" and ""Barbie D'Arc"" make you chuckle, this book might be for you. If your consciousness-raising group is having a reunion to celebrate the day you burned your bras and changed your lives, this book might provide some party games.  If you'd consider letting a ""Ken"" into your life as long as he enrolls in a twelve-step program for Barbie detox, this book might be for you. If your foyer has a ""Martha Stewart doesn't live here"" doormat, this book might be for you, too. However, let the reviewer's prerogative prevail. I didn't laugh! Humor, of course, comes in many flavors just like ice cream. I don't like chocolate, which might make some doubt my trustworthiness as a reviewer. Worse yet, I don't feel threatened by Barbie. She's a boring doll. Why can't concerned people ignore her popularity and provide interesting, imaginative alternatives for girls? Is more PC bashing useful? In search of fairness, I flashed the forty photographs in front of a few friends. They said tepidly, ""That might be interesting,"" or ""It's an important topic,"" but none of them asked for a closer look. -- From Independent Publisher",books;criticism & theory;feminist theory;history & criticism;humor;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;parodies;politics & social sciences;women's studies,10
B000FCKRTW,"My War at Home An arranged marriage at 16 to a man she has never spoken to ignites Afghan American Sultan's search for her place in the two cultures she considers her own. The 27-year-old who made the documentary From Ground Zero to Ground Zero with Jon Alpert describes in this accessible memoir how she became an advocate for women's rights in Afghanistan: after divorcing her husband and witnessing 9/11, Sultan's soul-searching becomes a mission to promote understanding between Afghans and Americans. While the book begins with the rich details of her traditional wedding, Sultan is not in her element here, tending to give her characters little depth. The author, who supported action against the Taliban, hits her stride when she moves from the personal to the political, describing, for example, organizing a conference on women and the Afghan constitution, or meeting an Afghan farmer whose wife and all but one of his children were killed in a U.S. attack. Would this boy grow up to be America's enemy? Sultan wonders; if al Qaeda members were hiding in Texas, would AC-130 gunships, spewing bullets from a rotating cannon be used? Though this politically driven book may age quickly, it is a time capsule that will appeal to a wide audience. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	In a time when globalization is bringing people together, but cultural and religious divisions seem starker than ever, My War at Home should be required reading. This engaging memoir reveals the power of the human spirit in bridging even the widest divides. -- Swanee Hunt, former U.S. ambassador to Austria and current director of Harvard University's Women and Public Policy Program	As an entrepreneur and international human rights advocate, Masuda Sultan works with a number of organizations, including Women for Afghan Women and the Business Council for Peace. Just twenty-seven years old, Masuda has a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.	Chapter 1: The Second Most Important Day    The pleasure of God is the pleasure of the parents. -- Islamic saying    At sixteen, I finally had the guts to make the call to my new husband. With my reluctant acceptance, my parents had arranged my marriage to a doctor fourteen years my senior.   I had been planning to call him for weeks now, trying to find the right opportunity, and backing out at the moment it was no longer a fantasy but a step closer to hearing his voice. I had to hurry because my mother was going to be back soon, and my younger sisters could come out into the living room at any moment.   As I dialed the operator, I felt a flash of hot fire spread across my face. It rushed through my body. I'd like to make a collect call, I said uncertainly to the operator -- I hoped she would tell me I couldn't and put me out of my misery. I had found the number under Doctor in the neatly written phone book my father kept next to the telephone. I hated that this was the way I was first to speak with my husband. I felt cheap, but there was no other way I could call him without my parents finding out. What if he didn't recognize who I was? They only ask your name on a collect call, and this wouldn't give me enough time to say, I'm Masuda, the girl you married three months ago, remember?   What if he knew who I was and still refused my call? Would he think I was a shameless American girl? After all, he had called my parents about once a week after the ceremony to see how everyone was doing, but had made my mother proud by never asking about me. That meant that he was either very conservative, too shy to ask my parents about me, or both. In any case, it was a very appropriate way to behave, according to Pashtun culture.   Masuda Sultan. I rushed to say my full name before the operator's recorder stopped. Ring . . . Ring . . . I tapped the top of the black wooden entertainment system on which the phone was resting. I was somewhat disappointed he wasn't home on a Sunday afternoon. Could he be out with a woman? I knew nothing about his personal life but wondered about it.   On the third ring, he picked up. I rushed to fill the copper wires that connected us. Salaamwalaikum. This is Masuda. I'm sorry to call you this way, but I just felt that we should be speaking, and um -- if it's a problem I can hang up and we can pretend this never happened. I was so frightened that I wished I had never called.   No, no, it's fine. Don't worry. I wanted to jump in the air. So how are you? he asked.   Oh, not bad, just um, home.   He was sweet. I was ecstatic that he was happy to hear from me. This was my husband, but it felt like I was calling a secret boyfriend, which made it all the more fun. We went on to talk about his long hours at work as a doctor at the clinic.   I explained that it was already becoming too late for me to apply to college, but that my college counselor at school felt I had a really good shot at some top schools. My parents told me not to apply, to wait and see what happens. I brought up the college issue in particular to see if he really was comfortable with my attending school.   A few months back, when my parents asked me if I would agree to marry their choice, I had objected at first, saying that at sixteen it was too early for me to get married, and I wanted to go to college. My parents asked me who I would marry later on, and if I already had a boyfriend. Of course not! I said, feeling defensive, and under suspicion.   Then who will you marry, if not our choice? Maybe you are too young, but this is an opportunity you may never have again. We think you're mature enough.   They were worried they would not find a good match for me if we waited any longer, because I would then be way too educated for most Afghan men from families my parents would have known in southern Afghanistan before the war.   Eventually, I caved in, seeing the merits of my parents' choice, and not having anyone else in mind. I only asked that I be allowed to continue my education through college. My parents agreed to request that Nadir's brother, who had approached them to ask for my hand in marriage, talk to Nadir about this one condition. Nadir's brother reported back to say this was acceptable.   Because there had been so many people involved in the agreement, I wanted to be sure that Nadir really valued my college education. I was relieved that he did, although he didn't give me much direction about where to apply. It was only our first call, and I had done a lot simply by achieving contact.   I had just had my first conversation with my new husband, and he suggested I call him back collect as often as I wanted. As I hung up the phone, I turned around to see my sisters in the living room. They were looking up at me curiously. I couldn't ask them what they heard or knew, because I didn't want to bring attention to it. I only hoped that they didn't notice anything, even though my face must have been red from the feeling of hot flames emanating from it.      I longed to know who my husband really was. I blamed the discomfort I had felt at times, the dead silence on the phone, on the way in which we had met. Or perhaps it was because I was a complete amateur and had never been in a relationship before. Maybe he was being nice by not saying much, and giving me an opening with his silence to talk about myself and ponder any random thought I desired. Nadir was probably the smartest man I'd ever met, so I trusted his instincts. I also knew that our children would be very intelligent, if nothing else. But I wished that he could have told me how much he enjoyed speaking to me, that he looked forward to our wedding, and our life together.   I remembered the first time I met him. He came over to my parents' home for dinner, with his brother and his brother's wife. As in most melmastias, or occasions where we had guests, we had spent two days preparing for their arrival. The first day my father, or Agha, had shopped for fresh halal meats and groceries, while the rest of us cleaned all day, making the entire house spotless. The day of the melmastia, we rose to the comforting aroma of sauted onions, a task that Moor, or mother, had begun long before we had come to our senses. We soon joined in, washing sprigs of mint and cilantro, using the mortar and pestle to squash garlic into a paste, and stuffing chopped meat into mantoo, spicy Afghan dumplings over which mint yogurt is poured before serving. We spent the day cooking enough food for at least twice the number of guests expected, fretting over whether it would be too little. The worst embarrassment in melmastia is not having enough food. That point is not marked by people leaving hungry, or whether the food is finished, but by whether anyone eating must question their desire to reach for a particular dish because there may be someone else who wants some. In other words, the guests must eat freely and to the greatest extent possible. Guests must also never exert themselves or be left wanting anything. They must sit and be catered to, although female guests who feel close to the family often insist on helping to clean up.   I greatly enjoy serving guests, probably because our whole family has always considered it a pleasure. Like an orchestra, our family would manage all of the details and minor crises together. This is when our sense of being a team was perhaps strongest. When it's time to serve dinner, Agha checks on the food constantly as Moor heats it up, and we are all assigned tasks. In the race to get all the dishes out at the same time so that they remain as hot as possible, we maneuver around one another in the kitchen. As I duck to avoid the large tray of aromatic basmati rice being passed over my head, run a mitten over to my mother to handle the pot, and ask Agha to remove the Afghan bread toasting in the oven before it burns, we each try to be our best and most efficient. All this is done with the goal of making minimal noise and trying to appear smooth to our guests. Sara decorates the eggplant and tomatoes with chopped peppers and fresh cilantro, like a skilled artist proud of her craft. I try to catch what's been forgotten, like bringing out the pickled lemons Agha has jarred weeks ago in preparation. My youngest sister, Aziza, helps with the easiest chores, like preparing the salad, while nagging our mother for more adult responsibilities, such as preparing a whole stew of chicken and curry.   The night of Nadir's visit, my mother asked me to bring drinks to our guests, so I walked to the living room balancing a tray of glasses filled with orange juice and placed on saucers with a napkin folded into a triangle under them. One never served a drink to a guest in our house without a saucer and napkin for the glass to rest on, and the glass on top of a decorated silver tray. On another occasion, I had carried a glass of water to a guest with my bare hands, only to see the look of desperate shame on my father's face. He shrunk before my eyes, but I felt I couldn't turn back. I was already standing in front of the guest with the glass of water.   As I walked over to Nadir with the tray of orange juice, I noticed the front of his foot was perched on the coffee table, his toes curled around the top corner. How rude! I thought. While it was customary to take off our shoes inside the house, putting your foot on the coffee table was bad manners by any standard. As I got closer I hoped he'd make room for my tray, but he didn't budge. I couldn't bear to look at his face. I stared at his foot as I walked closer and closer, getting nervous about what I would do if he didn't move. I fixated on his big toe, which was clean and well groomed, but hairy. I didn't want to have to tell him to move his foot. That would have been confrontational, and I was too shy to point it out.   Finally, as I stopped and stood before him, his big toe moved. This was my introduction to Nadir. The next time I saw him, we were married, thr...",biographies & memoirs;books;islam;kindle ebooks;kindle store;memoirs;religion & spirituality;specific groups;women;women in islam,10
0064434397,"Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea National Book Award winner Thomas's ""lyrical"" poems celebrate the beauty and heritage of African Americans; PW added that the illustrations ""emphasize the warmth and love that imbue the book."" All ages. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""A must."" (Pointer rview) -- --The Kirkus Reviews	Joyce Carol Thomas is an internationally renowned author who received the National Book Award for her first novel, Marked By Fire, and a Coretta Scott King Honor for The Blacker the Berry and for her first picture book, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea. Her picture book I Have Heard of a Land received a Coretta Scott King Honor and an IRA/CBC Teachers' Choice Award and was an ALA Notable Book. Her other titles include The Gospel Cinderella, Crowning Glory, Gingerbread Days, and A Gathering of Flowers. Ms. Thomas lives in Berkeley, California.Floyd Cooper received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper received a degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma and, after graduating, worked as an artist for a major greeting card company. In 1984 he came to New York City to pursue a career as an illustrator of books and now lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children.",african-american;books;children's books;explore the world;family life;multicultural stories;multigenerational;social situations;travel & cultures;united states,10
1560988444,"BACKBEAT: Earl Palmer's Story By the time Earl Palmer moved from New Orleans to join the Los Angeles session musician Mafia in 1957, he'd already had a couple of careers in entertainment. As a kid tap dancer in black vaudeville, he saw the country, crossing paths with the likes of Art Tatum and Louis Prima before embarking upon a stint in the segregated World War II Army (""You was always running into stuff you didn't like. At first you took it. After two years you ready to hurt somebody""). Back in Louisiana, he took up work as a jazz drummer, little knowing that he'd soon be part of a revolution in music. As a regular on the scene, Palmer played on the seminal sides by Little Richard, Fats Domino, and many other R and early-rock & roll performers. Marked by a preternatural sense of propulsion and delightfully sly fills, Palmer's drumming was an indispensable part of shaping the new sound. By the '60s, he was working with Sinatra and Phil Spector, playing jazz (his first love) in clubs and contributing to dozens of movie and TV soundtracks (you'll hear him next time you watch Harold and Maude, Cool Hand Luke, or a rerun of M.A.S.H. or The Odd Couple). Backbeat is an incisive, frequently hilarious read that opens doors on recording studios, show business, and race in America. --Rickey Wright	Earl Palmer, the New Orleans jazz musician who became one of rock and roll's great drummers, is a name known chiefly to connoisseurs. By transforming rhythm and blues' lope into a powerful headlong thrust, he propelled hits by Little Richard, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke, Ritchie Valens, Ike and Tina Turner, Ricky Nelson, the Beach Boys, the Supremes and the Mamas and the Papas, among others. Moving to Los Angeles in 1957, Palmer practically lived in the studio for the next dozen years, co-creating hundreds of hits as drummer or arranger, though never sharing royalties or credits. Between sessions, he played big-band pop and jazz with Sinatra, Gillespie, Basie and Ray Charles, besides doing film and TV soundtracks. In a vibrant oral autobiography, Scherman (who edited The Rock Musician and co-edited The Jazz Musician) lets Palmer tell his own story through interviews, adding chapter introductions and meticulous, informative endnotes that often amount to brief essays. Born in 1924, Palmer joined his mother and aunt on the black vaudeville circuit around age eight as a professional tap dancer. In World War II, he issued live ammo to his noncombatant mates during training (so they could shoot back at racist whites); tried to go AWOL before shipping out; and took a two-week joyride through France. A great raconteur, at once hip, opinionated and irreverent, Palmer reels off stories and lets the good times roll. This exhilarating book offers a rare first-person window on the New Orleans musical scene from honky tonk to bebop, the insular world of black vaudeville, the bitter combat experience of African-Americans during WWII, and rock's early days. 32 photos. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	From his show business debut at the age of five, tap dancing with his mother and aunt in the last days of black vaudeville, Earl Palmer grew up to become the beat of popular American musical culture. After a stretch in the service during World War II, Palmer returned to his native New Orleans and began drumming with Dave Bartholomew's legendary band. By the time the rock'n'roll era was in full swing, Palmer was right there, playing with Little Richard, Fats Domino, and Sam Cook. In the 1960s he made a comfortable living as one of Los Angeles's top studio musicians. His behind-the-scenes influence continued to be felt through his work with the musician's unionAhe was instrumental in seeing to it that musicians received royalties when Hollywood started using oldies as a standard part of the soundtracks of the 1980s. Music writer Scherman's ""as told to"" style is rich with anecdotes and stories, some of the most amusing being the ledgers from Palmer's session work with acts from Jimmy Durante to Bonnie Raitt. Entertaining and informative; recommended for all public libraries.ADan Bogey, Clearfield Cty. P.L. Federation, Curwensville, PA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Music critic Scherman (editor, The Rock Musician,  not reviewed, etc.) presents the story of drummer Earl Palmer, one of the foundational figures in rock, who witnessed the changes in race relations and the world of popular music from the vaudeville days to the present. Scherman provides the introduction to each chapter of this biography, and then presents transcriptions from his 125 hours of taped interviews with Palmer. This allows Palmers particular blend of New Orleans black dialect and vaudevillian wordplay to take center stage in the story of his life. Recounting everything from his very earliest memories of New Orleanss Treme neighborhood in the 1920s and '30s up through the rock scene of the 1980s, Palmer presents a very personal overview of the century. While his worthiness as a biographical figure rests largely on his work with such notables as Ritchie Valens, the Righteous Brothers, Tina Turner, the Beach Boys, and dozens of other rock musicians, he also worked with jazz luminaries like Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, and Dizzy Gillespie, and thus is able to offer a look at the intersection of these musical realms. Unfortunately, nearly half the book is spent on the minor details of his early life, prior to his arrival in the halls of fame. The oral style also doesnt serve the book well: Palmer has a tendency to ramble (reading occasionally to a page containing two and three short, vaguely related anecdotes). Palmers speech is also far from G-rated; among many crudities are such recollections as I got bombed off homemade vodka and fucked one of the only chicks that wasnt big and fat. Somehow, this fails to seem charming. The final sections detailing his work with major musicians are more engaging and funny, as when he says incredibly of a recording session with rock superstar Neil Young, Im telling you, man, I dont remember it. While the discussions of rocks formative years make for interesting reading, Palmers personal story does not, and this book will probably appeal most to rock history completists. (32 b photos)  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	""...Tony Scherman combines Earl Palmer's autobiographical narrative with historical context, giving us a picture of a fascinating American life... Scherman's introductions, placing Palmer's life in the context of larger historical events and the history of American race relations, are eloquent and informative.... [T]he concluding appendix of 'Selected Singles, Albums, and Film and Television Soundtracks Featuring Earl Palmer' is a treasure trove, the real monument to his musical stature."" -- The New Orleans Times-Picayune, Susan Larson, April 25, 1999""A vast adventure that parallels many of this century's most crucial musical and cultural moments.... Recounted almost exclusively via firsthand oral history, Palmer's tale unwinds with the easygoing flow of a between-sets session out back of a New Orleans nightclub... [H]is languorous, salty storytelling style, peppered with some of the most unruly vernacular you will ever encounter, is thoroughly engaging, and by the book's end, the reader seems to be on an intimate basis with Palmer-the greatest friend you may never actually meet.... Backbeat reveals a great deal of previously unknown information, and is loaded with hysterically funny episodes (involving everyone from Pat Nixon to Angela Davis) as well as intensely personal and deeply touching moments.""   -- Jonny Whiteside, Los Angeles Weekly, July 23-29, 1999""An important story that presents telling details of how our culture works.... A gem.""   -- Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 1999""It isn't until nearly the end of the book that Earl Palmer makes passing reference to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yet by that point in Tony Scherman's ""Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story,"" the reader has long since been convinced that the exclusion of rock and roll's pioneering percussionist renders inclusion an empty honor-that his impact, influence, and accomplishment are far greater than those of the vast majority enshrined....Though Palmer's voice dominates ""Backbeat,"" Scherman is more than his subject's transcriber, and it's the shaping, depth, and annotation he brings to the project that makes this Scherman's book. Rarely has the process through which musical regionalism went from the margins to the mainstream been described so succinctly.""  -- Don McLeese, Austin American-Statesman, August 5, 1999""Terse, shapely and evocative. In pushing the spotlight onto Palmer's life and work, Scherman performs a valuable service to the cultural legacy of this nation.... ""Backbeat"" is a book you listen to as much as read. Palmer's narrative voice goes through you like a straight shot of smooth, strong whiskey.""  -- Gene Seymour, Newsday, August 22, 1999	Tony Scherman has written about American music and culture for more than two dozen publications, including the New York Times and Rolling Stone. He edited the anthology The Rock Musician and co-edited its companion volume, The Jazz Musician. He lives in Rockland County, New York.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	""Tony Scherman has taken the time to listen to the life-beat of Earl Palmer. Scherman takes Palmer's words and weaves them into a powerful first-person narrative. The book is filled with wonderful anecdotes. It is the sheer eloquence of Earl Palmer's words-which at times pack the emotional power of a bluesman's growl-that makes this book so impressive.""",african-american & black;arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;ethnic & national;humor & entertainment;music;rock,10
078794047X,"Emotional Eating: What You Need to Know Before Starting Your Next Diet ""This pioneering book gives individuals the tools they need to take charge of their emotions . . . and effectively manage their weight. Highly recommAnded."" (John P. Foreyt, Ph.D., director, Nutrition Research Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine)""Anyone who has struggled with eating and weight will feel empowered by Abramson's emphasis on self-determination. . . . Emotional Eating is a very important addition to the bibliotherapy library."" (BrAnda L. Wolfe, Ph.D., director, Research/Client Relations, Jenny Craig, Inc.)	Read This Book Before You Start Your Next DietThere is nothing emotionally neutral about eating. Food and feelings are so powerfully intertwined that depression, anxiety, boredom, and loneliness can transform a harmless nosh into an out-of-control binge.How can you lose weight when your emotions keep getting in the way?Dr. Edward Abramson has developed a proven plan that can help almost anyone get off the Andless roller coaster of emotional eating and learn how to take control. Based on solid scientific studies and clinical research Emotional Eating reveals how to And destructive eating habits by learning to identify individual emotional triggers and develop healthy alternative behaviors. Written for anyone who has tried to diet and failed, the book is filled with practical techniques and self-scoring assessment tests that will help to And the destructive cycle of emotional eating.Emotional Eating was a Book of the Month Club Featured Alternate Selection and has been highlighted in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post.	Read This Book Before You Start Your Next DietThere is nothing emotionally neutral about eating. Food and feelings are so powerfully intertwined that depression, anxiety, boredom, and loneliness can transform a harmless nosh into an out-of-control binge.How can you lose weight when your emotions keep getting in the way?Dr. Edward Abramson has developed a proven plan that can help almost anyone get off the Andless roller coaster of emotional eating and learn how to take control. Based on solid scientific studies and clinical research Emotional Eating reveals how to And destructive eating habits by learning to identify individual emotional triggers and develop healthy alternative behaviors. Written for anyone who has tried to diet and failed, the book is filled with practical techniques and self-scoring assessment tests that will help to And the destructive cycle of emotional eating.Emotional Eating was a Book of the Month Club Featured Alternate Selection and has been highlighted in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post.	EDWARD ABRAMSON is a professor of psychology at California State University, Chico. He also maintains a private practice, specializing in eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and depression.",books;diets & weight loss;eating disorders;emotions;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;other diets;psychology & counseling;self-help,10
1404800360,"Out and about at the Apple Orchard (Field Trips (Picture Window Hardcover)) Kids love field trips but they are not always possible or practical. This book offers a colorfully illustrated alternative beginning with a list of """"things to find out"""" that helps to focus readers before the fictional field trip begins. --Children's LiteratureStraight-forward, easy to understand text. --Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Diane Mayr is a Capstone Press author.",agriculture;books;children's books;farm life;forests & trees;nature;nature & how it works;science;travel & cultures;where we live,10
081353125X,"Women Confronting Retirement: A Nontraditional Guide Why publish a collection of thoughts about retirement from women? One, an inordinately large percentage of soon-to-retire baby boomers are career women. Two, this population represents the first large wave of females continuously in the workforce. And, three, women traditionally have not needed to confront the issues of work cessation, identity loss, and income diminution . . . until now. Responding to a posted request for thoughts and articles, 38 well-educated women in 32 separate articles voice their fears and hopes about the big ""R,"" many of which are surprisingly similar. Editors Bauer-Maglin and Radosh divide comments into three sections: thinking about retirement, stages of retirement, and never retiring. It is intriguing to note that most segue into some form of both work and play, while still considering options such as Peace Corps volunteer or second careers. The dictate ""follow your muse"" infuses the articles by those who appear to be happiest after retiring from the workforce. Valuable life lessons. Barbara JacobsCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Nan Bauer-Maglin is the academic director of the City University of New York Baccalaureate Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She co-edited Women and Stepfamilies: Voices of Anger and Love, and 'Bad Girls/Good Girls': Women, Sex, and Power in the Nineties (Rutgers University Press). Alice Radosh has taught psychology at Brooklyn College, directed the New York City Mayor's Office of Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Services, and served as senior program officer at the Academy for Educational Development. She is now retired.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;business & investing;economics;labor & industrial relations;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;social work;specific topics;women's studies,10
0806958677,"The Five-Elements Wellness Plan: A Chinese System for Perfect Health Improve your health, relieve ailments, and control your weight with the therapeutic Five-Elements Plan. It's a modern adaption of the 3,000-year-old traditional Chinese diet and medical principles that will enable you to choose wholesome foods and preparation methods based on the needs of your own body. This system doesn't require great cooking skills or exotic ingredients, and you won't have to count calories and nutrition values. You'll even be able to select meals at restaurants following these guidelines. Whether you want to prevent colds or enhance vitality, are unhappy with your weight or have trouble concentrating, eat healthfully and with gusto using the Five-Elements Plan.	In her study of traditional Chinese medicine, Barbara Temelie, a native of Germany, has devoted herself specifically to the subjects of nutrition, healthy lifestyle, and Eastern psychology. The ideas she expresses in this book are not only based on her understanding of TCM but also on her many years of working as a nutritional counsellor.",alternative medicine;books;chinese medicine;diets & weight loss;fitness & dieting;health;history;medical books;nutrition;other diets,10
0595180108,"Welcome To Our Minds We are six teens aged 17 to 19 years who have written some things we would like to share. Currently, we live in the New Jersey/PA area, but next year five of us scatter like leaves in the wind off to colleges, the other one is lucky and already there. Send us e-mail! WTOM_Arthur@hotmail.comWe are Arthur!",anthologies & literary collections;books;consciousness & thought;contemporary;essays;essays & correspondence;general;literature & fiction;philosophy;politics & social sciences,10
1413465838,"Mastering the New SAT Essay: Seven Simple Steps Elizabeth Drumwright, Director of Guidance at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has coached students in Verbal SAT Preparation for over ten years. She has taught Composition at Eastern University and at Valley Forge Military College in Pennsylvania. She formerly chaired the English Department at Marianas High School in the Northern Mariana Islands.   	Ms. Drumwright earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She graduated with her B.A. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;college & university;education & reference;new;sat & psat;study guides;studying & workbooks;test prep & study guides;test preparation;used & rental textbooks,10
B0006IU7J0,"127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In) One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told, Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home. It started out as a simple hike in the Utah canyonlands on a warm Saturday afternoon. For Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old mountaineer and outdoorsman, a walk into the remote Blue John Canyon was a chance to find himself in his element: alone, with just the beauty of the natural world all around him. In a deep and narrow slot canyon, Aron was climbing down off a wedged boulder when the rock suddenly, and terrifyingly, came loose. Before he could get out of the way, the falling stone pinned his right hand and wrist against the canyon wall. And so began six days of hell for Aron Ralston. With scant water and little food, no jacket for the painfully cold nights, and the terrible knowledge that he'd told no one where he was headed, he found himself facing a lingering death, trapped by an 800-pound boulder 100 feet down in the bottom of a canyon. As he eliminated his escape options one by one through the days, Aron faced the full horror of his predicament: By the time any possible search and rescue effort would begin, he'd most probably have died of dehydration, if a flash flood didn't drown him before that. Using the video camera from his pack, Aron began recording his grateful good-byes to his family and friends all over the country, and documenting a last will and testament with the hope that someone would find it. The knowledge of their love kept Aron Ralston alive, until a divine inspiration on Thursday morning solved the riddle of the boulder. Aron then committed the most extreme act imaginable to save himself.",adventurers & explorers;biographies & memoirs;books;inspirational;mountain climbing;mountaineering;religion & spirituality;specific groups;spirituality;sports & outdoors,10
0374335273,"I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote (Melanie Kroupa Books) Starred Review.  Grade 2-4Statues of Esther Morris are found in front of the Wyoming State Capitol and in the United States Capitol, yet she is not as well known as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton. White tells the story of the woman's achievements in helping to gain the vote for women in Wyoming and as the first female judge and the first woman in the United States to hold political office. However, even the author admits that only the barest facts are known about her subject's early life, her millinery business, and her two marriages. As a result, readers are given an appealing, inspiring story, but is it historical fiction or nonfiction? White is successful in depicting a strong, dynamic woman. Whether brewing tea or learning to sew, from an early age Esther adamantly states, I could do that!the mantra of her life. From New York to Illinois to the Wyoming Territory, Morris takes care of herself and her family while championing the abolitionist and suffragist causes. Carpenter's bright, lively chalk illustrations contribute to the cheerful, fast-paced tone of the story. Her work complements the understated text with humor-filled illustrations. To discuss voting and elections with young children, this title would work well with Emily Arnold McCully's The Ballot Box Battle (Knopf), or Elinor Batezat Sisulu's more modern The Day Gogo Went to Vote (Little, Brown, both 1996), set in South Africa.Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	*Starred Review*  Gr. 2-4. Hatmaker, wife, mother, pioneer, and activist, Morris was instrumental in getting the vote for women in Wyoming, the first state to pass such a law. After a local judge resigned in outrage, Morris added insult to injury by taking his job--thereby becoming the first woman in the U.S. to hold public office. Inspired by the facts of Morris' life and punctuated throughout with the woman's read-aloud-friendly affirmations of ""I can do that!"" this may appeal to young readers more than Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge's fact-filled but workmanlike When Esther Morris Headed West (2001). White's carefully shaped text is amplified by Carpenter's folksy oils, which combine prim, period details and witty exaggerations in the spirit of her illustrations for the tall tale Loud Emily (1999). Children drawn by jacket art showing Esther as a little girl may be surprised that the story mostly features a grown woman, but they'll be quickly won over by a character so determined that, once an idea occurred to her, ""it was more likely that things were about to change than that things would stay the same."" An author's note and suggestions for further research conclude a well-crafted story that secures Morris a deserved place in the sorority of redoubtable picture-book heroines. Jennifer MattsonCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""White's carefully shaped text is amplified by Carpenter's folksy oils, which combine prim, period details and witty exaggerations. A well-crafted story that secures Morris a deserved place in the sorority of redoubtable picture-book heroines."" -- Starred, Booklist ""Lively."" --The New York Times Book Review""White's text vividly builds a larger-than-life character. Carpenter's sunny illustrations make the most of Esther's actual size (six feet) and inner strength. A rollicking good story."" -- Kirkus Reviews""Carpenter's paintings, which combine Giselle Potter's grace with a slightly rough-hewn Western edge, are especially entertaining and effective at depicting Morris as a pillar of steadiness and calm."" -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books	Linda Arms White's humorous books include Comes a Wind, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. She lives outside Allenspark, Colorado.  Nancy Carpenter has written and illustrated many books for children, including Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, and Twister by Darleen Bailey Beard. She lives in Brooklyn,New York.",1800s;biographies;books;children's books;historical;historical fiction;history;literature & fiction;social situations;united states,10
0805065067,"The Hungry Years: A Narrative History of the Great Depression in America The late 1920s were a strange moment in American history: a time when it seemed possible for peace to reign around the world, with the United States as its supreme enforcer, a time when, as  T.H. Watkins writes, ""instant gratification in the matter of clothes and gadgets and even automobiles bloated consumer credit"" and when speculation on the stock market reached rampant, unsettling highs. The moment ended in the failure of the market, then of the banks, and finally of the whole economy, leading to a massive depression that would last for a decade. Published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the crash, The Hungry Years offers a sweeping history of those terrible times. Watkins is slow to lay blame but quick to praise. He credits, for instance, the much-maligned Herbert Hoover, the president under whose watch the depression began, for his efforts in attempting to contain the widespread psychological damage that economic hardship wrought. He also offers a sometimes critical but generally appreciative account of the massive federal programs that the Roosevelt administration put in place to revive the economy--programs often characterized as giving working men only shovels on which to lean. But more important, he praises ordinary Americans for looking beyond immediate self-interest to find ways to help one another--and these ordinary Americans are the real heroes of Watkins's vigorous and exemplary historical narrative. --Gregory McNamee	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	An entire library of books exists on various aspects of the Depression in America. It is therefore a daunting challenge to build something fresh and worthwhile using the well-worn facts and interpretations that form the bedrock of this literature. Montana State University's Watkins (Righteous Pilgrim, etc.) rises to the occasion, artfully assembling carefully selected anecdotes to deliver a brilliant, ground-level portrait of America as it struggled through the long and painful decade of the 1930s. Watkins makes good use of obscure memoirs, oral histories and local press clippings, taking readers deep into the lives of men and women (sharecroppers, auto workers, lumberjacks, students) as they navigated the catastrophe. People had various techniques for coping with the crisis. Some of the techniques were ingenious, many more were pitiful and some were downright evil. Watkins documents the search for scapegoats, especially the rise of virulent anti-Semitism propounded most notably by radio demagogue Father Charles Coughlin. And he elegantly portrays the radicalization of the masses and the rise of the American Communist Party. Exhaustive, eloquent and engaging, Watkins's graceful narrative simultaneously paints a panoramic picture of America and delves, with great understanding and sympathy, into the details of individual lives. No one with an interest in 20th-century American history can afford to miss it. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	One reason the years 1929-39 are known as the Great Depression is that so many Americans became deeply dispirited; some people came to question the fundamentals of a society where things had gone so awry, though others were able to rekindle hope. That's the story Watkins tells here. Largely a sweeping synthesis based on extant historical literature, this book explores how everyday Americans across the country coped with economic disaster. If the story seems somewhat familiar, Watkins, whose previous writings include Righteous Pilgrim, a much-praised biography of Harold Ickes, infuses it with a freshness that makes for compelling reading. Of course, there are reservations. Not everyone suffered during the Depression; nor do we hear much about the diversion provided by popular culture, notably radio and professional sports. These quibbles aside, readers with an eye for vivid narrative will enjoy this lively journey through 1930s America. Recommended for public and academic libraries.ABrooks D. Simpson, Arizona State Univ., Tempe Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	An excellent writer of history, as in his biography of New Dealer Harold Ickes (Righteous Pilgrim, 1990), Watkins here vows to make the Great Depression as experienced by ordinary people ""as rich and full and true as [he] can make it."" A formidable task, but Watkins ably succeeds. His strategy is to get beyond the Beltway (if Washington, D.C., had one in the 1930s); and, consequently, the alphabet organizations--NRA, RFC, CCC, WPA, et cetera--come to the fore mainly when Watkins summons them in describing how they affected the people of a particular town or locality. His opening section excels in imparting the feelings with which people reacted to the crash of 1929--forced optimism, followed by bewilderment, crushed pride, and deepening fear. The middle class was particularly despondent, reluctant to depart from the ethos of self-reliance to ask for help. The vignettes Watkins selects are gritty, visceral, and seamlessly sutured to the federal programs that rolled out in the course of the decade, making this a signal addition to the rich historiography of the Depression.  Gilbert Taylor	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Timing this retrospective meditation for the 70th anniversary of the 1929 stock  market crash, critically acclaimed historian Watkins (Montana State Univ.; The Great Depression, 1993, etc.) takes a long, painstaking look at the 20th century's transformative economic event. The Depression changed America forever, Watkins makes clear: from the sunny, business-of-America-is-business prosperity engine of the 1920s, the nation suddenly transmogrified into a land of hoboes, itinerant industrial and farm laborers, and polarized masses of workers and industrialists. The nation, caught up in malign economic forces beyond the grasp of market theoreticians, seemed to many to be on the brink of revolution. In retrospect, the US was apparently spared this fate by some adventitious events, especially by the election of Franklin Roosevelt and the uplifting psychological effect of the sometimes absurd but often inspired policies of his New Deal. While not neglecting the lasting impact of the New Deal, Watkins's focus here is on portraying the experience of ordinary Americans during the Depression. After sketching the crisis from the 1929 crash through the eve of the New Deal in chronological fashion, Watkins takes an anecdotal approach in depicting the explosive brew of radicalism, hope, despair, and class war that ignited violence in both rural and urban areas. Watkins details the solutions Americans turned to with both despair and optimism: the New Deal on the one hand, which focused on putting America back to work and reigniting hope through welfare and relief, and the nascent labor movement, infused as it was with radical and communist elements. Watkins also narrates the incredible suffering of migrant workers, Okies, and sharecroppers in the hell that had become rural America. Watkins ends with a look forward from 1939, as the nation limped into economic recovery and slowly came to grips with inequalities at home and a crisis abroad that would finally transform America.  A superb telling of one of modern US history's most painful chapters.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""A terrific, moving book. The Hungry Years is narrative history at its best.""--Geoffrey C. Ward""A tour de force, an epic saga brimming with unforgettable anecdotes, glorious storytelling, and sound judgment. As a Great Depression historian, Watkins is in a class of his own.""--Douglas Brinkley, director, The Eisenhower Center""A big-hearted, abundant narrative...Watkins draws compelling portraits of people oscillating between despair and hope and a political culture in the midst of historic transformation.""--Henry Mayer, The Washington Post Book World	The author of numerous books, T.H. Watkins was perhaps best-known as the author of Righteous Pilgrim, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He died in 2000. At the time of his death he was Wallace Stegner Distinguished Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University.	""Watkins draws compelling portraits of people oscillating between despair and hope and a political culture in the midst of historic transformation.""",20th century;americas;books;history;humanities;modern (16th-21st centuries);new;united states;used & rental textbooks;world,10
B0009DTAZ4,"Orthogel 32oz Pump 16oz Pump Dispenser The 16oz ORTHOGEL Screw Down Pump Dispensers are typically used by healthcare professionals, Massage Therapists, Physical Therapists and Sports Trainers. ORTHOGEL Advanced Cold Therapy Pain Relief Gel is a FDA compliant nonprescription drug in the class referred to as topical analegesics. Topical analgesics are used for the temporary releif of pain. Orthogel is a welcomed alternative by healthcare providers to topical analgesics that do not contain other complementary ingredients. We believe that these additional complementary ingredients are an improvement over conventional topical analgesics. ORTHOGEL Advanced Cold Therapy Pain Relief gel is greaseless, stainless and contains no lingering odor. The affects are deep penetrating and long lastng. We are proud that our unique formula consists of only high quality ingredients. We take extra care to make sure that each and every component of this formula is of the highest quality available. We search for the highest quality ingredients such as: ILEX, Menthol, Camphor, OptiMSM, PUREFLEX Glucosamine, WOKVEL Boswellia Serrata, Curcumin, Aloe and Vitamin E. ILEX is extracted from a holly shrub grown in South America and has been used by the Paraguay Indians to enhance the effects of their medicines for centuries. These superior materials are all utilized to manufacture our high quality topical analgesic pain relief product in a FDA approved facility. We believe we have created not only an advanced topical analgesic, but on the best on the market.",alternative medicine;arthritis;health & personal care;health care;joint & muscle pain relief;manipulation therapies;pain relief rubs;pain relievers;rubs & ointments;treatments,10
0809322781,"Brandy, Balloons, & Lamps: Ami Argand, 1750-1803 As a collector of early lighting instruments, John J. Wolfe has served as a consultant on and a contributor to the chapter on lighting in the French Ministry of Cultures encyclopedia Les Objets Civil Domestiques. He was a lighting consultant for and a contributor to the restoration of the Matthew Boulton eighteenth-century home in Soho, Birmingham, England, and he assisted the Marie of Versoix, Switzerland, in the restoration of the collection of original Argand manufactured products. Wolfe is a founding member of the Historic Lighting Club of Great Britain and the author of numerous articles for their publication as well as for the Rushlight Club of the United States. He frequently lectures on Ami Argands historic contribution to lighting in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He resides in Normandy, France.",biographies & memoirs;books;europe;france;historical;history;history & philosophy;professionals & academics;science & math;scientists,10
0072483962,"Human Communication: Principles and Contexts Dr. Stewart Stu Tubbs is the Darrell H. Cooper Professor of Leadership and is the former Dean of the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University. He received his doctorate from the University of Kansas, his Masters and Bachelors degrees are from Bowling Green State University. He has completed postdoctoral study at Harvard Business School and at Stanford Graduate School of Business.    Dr. Tubbs has consulted for numerous corporations and has won three awards for his outstanding teaching. In 1994 he received the Outstanding Leadership Award in London, England from the Academy of Business Administration.    He is the author of A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction (7th ed.), 2001 and co-author with Sylvia Moss of Human Communication (8th ed.), 2000, both published by McGraw-Hill. He also is the author of a monthly newspaper column entitled Insights.",books;communication;communication & journalism;communications;education & reference;language & grammar;new;speech;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0520249909,"Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America ""A masterful and moving account of the black community in Los Angeles during the first half of the 20th century.... Urgent and intimate, lively and even endearing."" - Los Angeles Times Book Review ""Densely populated with rich personal detail and provocative interpretation."" - Library Journal""	Douglas Flamming is Associate Professor of History at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984 (1992), winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Award.",20th century;african-american studies;americas;books;history;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;state & local;united states,10
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0892740612,"The Tongue: A Creative Force Charles Capps is a retired farmer, land developer, and ordained minister who travels throughout the United States sharing the truth of God's Word. He has taught Bible seminars for thirty years, sharing how Christians can apply the Word to the circumstances of life and live victoriously. Besides authoring several books, including the best-selling ""The Tongue, A Creative Force,"" and the minibook God's Creative Power, which has sold over 3 million copies, Charles Capps Ministries has a national daily syndicated radio broadcast and a weekly television broadcast aired over several networks called ""Concepts of Faith.""",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;christianity;church history;education & reference;history;religion & spirituality;religious;world,10
0471751472,"The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits: A Proven System for Building Wealth in the Financial Markets (Wiley Trading) "" 'Years ago Fortune magazine ran a powerful campaign about its media power under the slogan, There is nothing more powerful than a trend. In reality there is something more powerful than a trend, and that is being able to perceive the beginnings and ends of trends.' That is the succinct and lucid opening to chapter one of Chuck Dukas and T. Parker Gallaghers new book, The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits, and I doubt anyone could say it better. ... This book is perfect for those interested in making the trend their friend."" -- Elizabeth Thompson (SFO Magazine/May 2006)	As a trader or investor, there are a variety of ways to make money in the financial markets. But if you really want to make the most of your time in the markets, look no further than The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits.Based on their many years of experience in teaching, coaching, and mentoring hundreds of traders and investors, author Chuck Dukas (President of TRENDadvisor.com) along with T. Parker Gallagher know what it takes to succeed in today's dynamic markets. And now, with The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits, they outline an integrated approach to market analysis and a sound trading strategy, known as the TRENDadvisor Diamond Methodology, that will allow you to make serious money in any marketbull or bear.Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, this comprehensive guide will help you develop a methodology to determine whether a stock, mutual fund, commodity, or any other financial instrument is something you should buy or selleither as a trade or as an investment. To do this, you'll become familiar with how the market cycles through its various stages; how you can identify what phase the market is inrecovery, accumulation, bullish on the buy side, warning, distribution, bearish on the sell side; and how to trade these various market phases. To complement this information, Dukas provides a technical toolkit to help you analyze both uptrends and downtrends as well as guide you in making razor-sharp entry and exit decisions. His wide-ranging and thorough explanations of how technical indicators are calculated, how they behave in different market conditions, and how to use them when trading in these different conditions offer both perspective and guidance to the professional and less experienced trader and investor.Rounding out this discussion, Dukas moves away from technical indicators and setups to show you how to develop a trading or investing plan. Along the way, Dukas reveals how to integrate your analysis into that plan and examines how a well-developed plan can help you stay disciplinedeven under the most difficult circumstances.   Whether you're a seasoned professional trader or newcomer to the world of investing, you must develop a defined methodology and consistently apply it to control risk, preserve capital, and harvest profits. The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits can show you how to do this and much more as you make your way through today's markets.	Praise for The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits""And it is authors like Chuck Dukas who continue to raise the bar for all of us when he writes that technical indicators will act differently during the six stages of his Diamond. He wants his readers to understand that we should all approach the market with a trading plan and the discipline to carry out that plan. Enjoy Chuck's book, I certainly did.""From the Foreword by Ralph Acampora, Managing Director of Research, Knight Equity Group""Identifying a market's trend, defining a process to time entries and exits, and applying a prudent money management approach are all essential components to consistent and long-term trading and investment success and profitability. With clarity and detail, Chuck Dukas presents a much needed prescription to introduce these important elements into one's trading regimen. This book is essential reading for anyone who operates in the markets and intends to be a survivor.""Tom DeMark, President, Market Studies, Inc.""Chuck Dukas has developed an interesting life-cycle framework for equity analysis rooted in traditional technical analysis concepts that harkens back to the pioneering work of Stan Weinstein. Model builders will no doubt be anxious to test these ideas in the crucible of the markets.""John Bollinger, CFA, CMT, www.BollingerBands.com""This book, The TRENDadvisor Guide to Breakthrough Profits, not only is a valid comprehensive guide to exploiting profit opportunities in modern equity markets, but also has the virtue of being written by a seasoned professional with a real time record of doing just that. This is no 'pie in the sky' wanna-be trader's hope chest, but a well thought-out, clear exposition of how equity markets actually work, and how to make money from them.""Mike Epstein, Visiting Scholar, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, and a member of the American Stock Exchange Board of Governors	CHUCK DUKAS is a Principal in a hedge fund and President of TRENDadvisor.com, a Web site that provides trading recommendations and education services to better equip traders to understand the markets and prepare them to trade independently. He is also President of the New England chapter of the Market Technicians Association. Dukas has written articles for Technical Analysis of Stocks  Commodities and Stocks, Futures and Options Magazine and frequently appears on media shows on the East Coast.T. PARKER GALLAGHER is a trader and investor. He manages a hedge fund, develops trading systems, trains traders, and advises portfolio managers on technical analysis and trading. He has an economics degree from Harvard University, an MBA from Babson College, and is an affiliate member of the Market Technicians Association. He has guest lectured at Babson College's Olin Graduate School of Business, MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering, and has conducted numerous workshops and training seminars around the country.",books;business & finance;business & investing;economics;finance;investing;new;popular economics;stocks;used & rental textbooks,10
1568600615,"Successful Nonfiction: Tips and Inspiration for Getting Published Successful Nonfiction is a collection of pointers and affirmations for those nonfiction writers who view their books as ""products"" and their readers as ""customers."" Self-publishing guru Dan Poynter weaves together real-life publishing anecdotes, quotations from writers, and information from his own research and vast experience to comment on everything from combating procrastination to knowing when to call in a ghostwriter. He can tell you where to place your photograph (not on the cover, please), how much to invest in illustration, and when it makes sense to collaborate (""do not collaborate,"" he warns, ""with someone you would not go camping with""). He explains why autograph parties are bad and bad reviews are good. Poynter's pagelong tidbits are short but pithy. If you want to write nonfiction but are unfamiliar with the publishing business, this is a good place to start. You'll learn to recognize when it's time to turn to a book doctor, why proofreading is not to be skimped on, and that, sometimes, self-publishing is the preferred path (""since it takes most publishers 18 months to turn a manuscript into a book, chances are high you will be first if you publish yourself""). And, just in case you were debating whether to write a novel or a how-to, remember: ""Fiction writers tend to be creative, interesting people who are fun at parties. But nonfiction writers drive better cars.""  --Jane Steinberg	Barnaby Conrad, Founder and Director, Santa Barbara Writers Conference          ""This book is so reduced, so concise, so easy to grasp--so if you're really serious about writing grab it.""       Ray Newton, National Coordinator, Reader's Digest Writing Workshops          ""The advice contained in this book comes from those who have succeeded in their writing careers. The sensible counsel in this well-written anthology has immediate and long-term benefits for the serious writer.""       Nat Bodian, The Book Marketing Handbook          ""(This book is) loaded with practical and inspirational tips for writing success.""       Jack Canfield, Co-author and editor of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul- series          ""The information in this book is worth thousands of dollars. Don't even think about writing or publishing a nonfiction book without it!""       Gordon Burgett, Publishing to Niche Markets          ""Dan Poynter is a wealth of publishing information. That makes what he's selected to share all that more valuable.""       Mary Embree, Literary Consultant and Founder of the Small Publishers, Artists and Writer's Network          ""Dan Poynter's Successful Nonfiction is a must read. He gives many valuable tips that can move you light years ahead in your work. I plan to keep his book on my desk alongside my Chicago Manual of Style and Roget's Thesaurus.""       Robert W. Bly, Getting Your Book Published          ""The main reason people don't finish their books is lack of motivation. If this book doesn't inspire you to finish your manuscript and get it into print, nothing will.""       John Tullius, Founder and Director, Maui Writers Conference          ""There are not many perfect books but this is one of them. It provides two of the three 'in words a writer needs to succeed--information and inspiration. The third is inner drive, but the writer must provide that himself. And Dan delivers it all with the greatest weapon a writer has at his disposal--fun. Dan k	      --This text refers to the 							Kindle Edition	 edition.",authorship;books;education & reference;journalism & nonfiction;language & grammar;publishing & books;reference;research & publishing guides;words;writing,10
0847686272,"Nagarjuna and the Philosophy of Openness McCagney's work offers a detailed exposition and challenging interpretation of Nagarjuna's ideas. (International Journal Of Hindu Studies )This is an interesting and valuable addition to the steadily growing corpus of literature on Nagarjuna, the celebrated Madhyamaka Buddhist philosopher and patriarch. The distinguishing contribution of McCagney to our understanding of Nagarjuna's philosophy is her detailed and painstaking investigation into the early Buddhist and Mahayana backgrounds of Madhyamaka school....This fine work will benefit all students of Madhyamaka....Excellent bibliography and copious notes. Upper-division undergraduate; graduate; faculty. (CHOICE )	Nancy McCagney is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Delaware.",books;buddhism;christian books & bibles;eastern;education & reference;other eastern religions & sacred texts;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;theology,10
0670033103,"Missing Men: A Memoir Joyce Johnson has led the kind of life the rest of us only see in novels; who else gets to share a childhood stage with Marlon Brando dressed up as a bear? In her first two works of nonfiction, Door Wide Open and the award-winning Minor Characters, Johnson chronicled a beat coming of age through the lens of her brief relationship with Jack Kerouac. Missing Men fills in the gaps in this bohemian life story even as it highlights them. Fittingly enough for a woman who married two abstract painters, it's a book about negative space. Three extended reminiscences--one for her childhood, one for each of her marriages--tease out the patterns in a life that ""shaped itself around absences."" Missing men defined those she loved: her iron-willed mother, whose immigrant father killed himself when she was five; her two husbands, each fatherless, each with his own burden of tragedy and rage; Johnson herself, left behind with her freedom and her art. The writing, as always, is lovely and precise. Whether she is recounting the home-sewn dresses of her mother's lonely girlhood or the ""metallic sputter"" of the old red motorbike that ends her first marriage, Johnson breaks your heart with the tellingly chosen detail. --Mary Park	Best known for her chronicles of the beats, Minor Characters and Door Wide Open (with Jack Kerouac), Johnson returns to those times as she retells the story of her life with-and without-the men who mattered most to her, including the grandfather for whom she was named, who committed suicide before she was born. ""[M]y life has shaped itself around absences,"" she writes, ""first by happenstance; ultimately, perhaps, by choice."" These absences form the structure of this fine memoir. The first section covers Johnson's early years as a child actress and her mother's intense desire for her to make something of herself. It ends with her mother, who goes on to become her ""negative muse,"" poisoning her relationship with her father when she is 12. The second section focuses on Johnson's brief but intense relationship with her first husband, the painter James Johnson, whose early death left her a widow at 27. He left his mark in many ways-from an appreciation that ""the difference between life and death... could hang on a few inches"" to her last name. Finally, Johnson dissects her short-lived second marriage to artist Peter Pinchbeck and her growing awakening to her own self-worth. Shortly before she leaves him, Johnson thinks, ""How was it that I could be important enough to have my name in Newsweek, while at home I was little more than a housemaid?"" Her deceptively simple prose cuts through the past, where ""memories settled on stuff like dust."" Photos. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	In her National Book Critic Circle Award-winning memoir, Minor Characters (1983), Johnson reflected on her involvement with Jack Kerouac. Here she illuminates three more impossible yet life-defining relationships as she chronicles her warped childhood and her two doomed marriages, each to painters radically ill at ease in the world. Johnson's unhappy mother steals the show in the first half of this masterfully distilled and compulsively readable remembrance, just as she hijacked her only child's childhood by virtue of her outsize and vicarious ambitions for her. Precocious and pretty, Johnson became a child actor whose every waking hour was filled with instruction and rehearsal. But it was literature that spoke to her soul, and she became a novelist and a book editor, supporting her difficult and inept husbands and her son. As Johnson tells the sad stories of her first husband's early death and her second husband's lifelong struggles, she reveals the revelations and pitfalls of the artistic life and the expectation in the New York art world of the 1960s and 1970s that artists' wives would sacrifice themselves on the altar of male creativity. Johnson's astute, witty, and mesmerizing memoir, a tale of romance, grief, and resilience, is radiant with compassion and rich in wonder at life's unpredictable demands. Donna SeamanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""Perceptive, engaging.... A memoir of easy grace and lively intelligence, filled with striking portraits of individuals, a time, and a place.""  Kirkus Reviews   ""A big-hearted, commonsensical, thoroughly adult book."" The Washington Post   ""A memoir to savor, shot through with rueful humor and haunting compassion."" Phillip Lopate	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Joyce Johnson is the author of three novels, including The Night Caf. Her other books include Minor Characters, which was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 19571958.	Missing Men is the third work of nonfiction that Joyce Johnson has devoted to the men who filled her life in the 1950s and '60s. The first, Minor Characters, is a memoir of her love affair with Jack Kerouac and her intimate association with others prominent in the Beat Generation; wistful, perceptive and self-effacing, it may well be the best book ever written about the Beats, which is a higher compliment than it first may seem. The second, Door Wide Open, collects the letters she and Kerouac exchanged in 1957 and 1958, letters that were unavailable for publication when Minor Characters appeared; it is essentially a footnote to the memoir, but its portrait of the author in her youth is uncommonly engaging and revealing.Now comes Missing Men, the title of which is deliberately two-edged: It is about men now missing from her life, and it is about missing those men, coming to terms with their absence and accepting the complicated but essential roles they played. The first is her grandfather, Samuel Rosenberg, whom Johnson actually treats quite briefly but whose importance is disproportionately large. He was an immigrant from Poland who soon learned that ""the intellectual achievements that had made [him] seem a promising young man in Warsaw had no negotiable value"" in the factories of New York, where ""the mistakes made by my grandfather's clumsy, shaking hands would lead to his downfall"" and ultimately, in 1908, to his suicide. Though Johnson was born long after his death, throughout her life ""I would seek ways of resurrecting him . . . in exiles, in artists who could not find acceptance, in the rage and sadness of these men that would make me fall in love with them and ultimately leave me alone again with my freedom."" There was Kerouac, of course, but he is only a minor character in Missing Men, a memory against which are played out the stories of the two men whom she married, Jim Johnson -- who gave Joyce Glassman his name, ""and it's the one I've kept"" -- and Peter Pinchbeck, with a name ""Dickens or Thackeray could have dreamed up."" Both, rather incredibly, were abstract expressionist artists. Both were intensely, almost fanatically serious about their work, but both failed to find influential critical approval or marketplace success, and both died unknown and unrecognized.By the time Jim Johnson came into her life, Joyce Glassman was ready for a serious attachment. Pushed endlessly forward by a mother whose ""role as my impresario had given her an outlet for her ambition, ingenuity, and restlessness,"" she attended the Professional Children's School in New York and had a stage career of sorts as a child actress, including a long stretch as an understudy in ""I Remember Mama."" She had rebelled against her staid, conventional New York Jewish upbringing with the Kerouac affair and another, when she was 19, with ""a thirty-year-old instructor from Barnard, a magnetic, troubled man with a limp and a wandering eye, in the midst of a divorce."" Consciously or not, she seems to have been looking for stability, though what she got from Jim Johnson was something else altogether.She met him at a party in 1962, when she was in her mid-twenties. He was 37 years old, a veteran of World War II whose experiences aboard a minesweeper had left him with ""a piercing sense of mortality."" He'd come to New York from Ohio, where he'd been married for a decade and had two small boys; he was, according to an Ohio newspaper, a ""widely known local artist"" who'd left all that behind to seek his mark in Greenwich Village. Joyce fell for him fast: ""I was very susceptible to a certain kind of man -- maybe Kerouac had been the prototype -- a man who didn't have caution in him, who said what he thought without filters. I never fell in love with anyone who needed to ask me what I was thinking."" He was also a drinker:""I wasn't troubled at first about the drinking. Everyone drank in the small downtown world I knew, although I didn't care much for alcohol myself. . . . The painters had a rough-and-tumble style -- even the women painters were macho. Drink seemed to go with the territory. There was something about the riskiness of abstract expressionist painting, the sheer hubris of the desire to put something on canvas no one had ever seen before, the terror of failing or running dry, that led to the need to keep seeking oblivion. Or maybe there were lives like Jim's that resulted in certain kinds of artists."" They moved in together, in close quarters: ""Sometimes I thought it was our love that left no room, because I'd never known anything like it before. It was the real thing, equal on both sides. I knew it was the reason he sometimes drove me crazy by caring so much about what I did with my life."" She was in the early phase of a career in book publishing and was doing her own writing as well, but Jim was the center of her life. They got married; he had the drinking under control for a while. As a gesture to the reckless side of himself, he bought a motorcycle, a Harley 220. She was desperately afraid he would kill himself on it, and in December 1963 he did just that, smashing into the rear of a truck at 3 a.m. at the corner of Grand and the Bowery.She was devastated, but life does have a way of going on. The next year she met Pinchbeck, a Brit whose ""heart had been set upon leaving England ever since his first sight of American abstract painting at an exhibition in London."" His ""boyish geniality disguised his single-minded determination."" They got married and soon had a son, Daniel, though for many years Peter's performance as a father fell considerably short of what Joyce desired: ""I kept waiting for him to turn into a father, but he remained a baby admirer, a sort of detached bachelor uncle, intrigued but wary of involvement."" His work was all, but he was too stubborn and independent:""He detested the whole process of trying to find a dealer, the humiliation of making the rounds with slides, setting up appointments for studio visits that always seemed to get cancelled or postponed, being charming when it didn't suit him to people whose taste he didn't really respect. . . . Peter's kind of eccentricity -- the dogged seriousness he could never disguise, the anger that began to mount in him noticeably after continual disappointments -- did not serve him well as the art world became increasingly giddy and hedonistic. He adhered to the strangely pure idea that the power of his work should speak for itself -- with huge fluctuations of hope and despair, he would spend the rest of his life awaiting discovery."" The marriage waxed and waned, and finally withered away. ""Peter's real forte had always been friendship,"" and the two liked each other better apart than together. Peter set up his own living quarters, and he and Daniel began to connect with each other. Peter ""grew into a father -- not a conventional father perhaps, but a father who loved his son."" Joyce meantime had become one of the more successful and most respected editors in Manhattan, as well as a novelist in her own right. She often went to Peter's showings: ""it seemed necessary to him to have me there, just as it had become necessary to me not to lose track of Peter, to touch base with him every now and then. However we had once disappointed each other, we went way back, we shared a son. We were both old enough and had lost enough to value continuity."" Eventually, early in the new millennium, Peter died, but it is his life that Joyce Johnson remembers, that of a man with a ""passionate longing to open eyes, to share his visions with anyone who cared to look, which was, I realized, the kind of love stored up inside him that he'd always had to give."" It is here, in these few affectionate and heartfelt words, that the central quality of Missing Men can be found. All of these men -- Samuel Rosenberg, Jack Kerouac, Jim Johnson, Peter Pinchbeck -- were difficult to themselves and difficult to her, but each of them brought something into her life that remains with her to this day. Unlike so many memoirs in which authors repay the real or imagined grievances inflicted upon them by others, in Missing Men Joyce Johnson reaches out to all these complicated people and thanks them for what they gave her. It is a big-hearted, commonsensical, thoroughly adult book.   Copyright 2004, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved.	Preface   I once had a husband who started obsessively painting squaresthree squares in shifting relationships to each other on what appeared flat ground, colored emptiness. He explained to me that the negative space in his work was as important as the positive, that each took its form from the other. What interested him most was the tension between them. I remember being fascinated by his concept of negative space, though negative seemed the wrong word for something that had so much presence.   I was still young then, too young to look at my history and see how my life has shaped itself around absencesfirst by happenstance; ultimately, perhaps, by choice.    one  Samuel Rosenbergs Daughters   Toward the end of her life, when I thought my mothers defenses were finally down, I asked whether she remembered her fathers death, which occurred when she was five years old. Oh, yes, she replied brightly. He was in a trolley car accident, and we never got the insurance. Then she looked at me with the glimmer of a crafty smile. Youve asked me too late. Ive forgotten everything.   She had never spoken of what it was like to grow up without a father. In fact, she seemed to lack a recollected girlhood, except for one memory she was willing to call up: the Victory Garden shed tended during World War I, when her family was living near Bronx Park. Her garden was at the top of a long hill. When she was in her nineties, her mind kept wandering back to that sunlit patch of earth, and she would marvel over and over that the carrots she grew there were the sweetest shed ever tasted. Otherwise, except for her singing, which had pre-dated my arrival into the world, it was as if my mothers life and memories had begun with me.    I have a trained voice, Id sometimes hear her tell people. In a bitter way, she seemed proud of that fact. On the music rack of our baby grand was an album of lieder by Schubert, her favorite composer. Once in a while, when one of my aunts induced her to sing, she would reluctantly sit down on the piano bench to accompany herself, and her voice would sound to my astonished ears like the performances that issued from the cloth-covered mouth of our wooden radio. Whatever was classical was welcomed into our living room, but if you switched to the wrong station and got the blare of a blue note, my mother would give it short shrift. Popular, as she dismissed all music that was not classical, was dissonant and therefore no good, with an exception made for melodies from certain Broadway shows. For months she dusted and cut out her dress patterns humming My Ship, a song from Kurt Weills Lady in the Dark. She even decided to teach it to me, though it was really too difficult for a four-year-old. My ship has sails that are made of silk, I remember singing shyly for my aunts and my father, with my mother prompting, The decks are trimmed with gold, in her radio mezzo as I faltered.    When I was older, I learned that she had actually been serious about her singing, with ambitions of performing Schubert on the concert stage; at some point, though, she had simply given up. The family didnt want her going on tour, she told me, and besides, there had been no money for further voice training. But perhaps her need and will to sing hadnt been strong enough. I never felt my mother was passionately musicalor passionate about anything except the rarefied, lonely life she envisioned for me with her at my sideeffectively shutting out all other relationshipsas she guided me toward my destiny of early success.    Her singing may really have been a means to ends other than music itselfa way of setting herself apart as special, a possible escape route from the blight that had descended upon her sisters. Most of all it may have represented her sole bearable connection to the cultured, artistic father she scarcely remembered, the one thing she had from Samuel Rosenberg in the way of a birthright, which she would pass on to menot as a gift but as an obligation to be lived out, on her terms.    I was once shown a photograph from another century of a slender, bearded young man. It was right after my grandmother died, when the wall around the past briefly became permeable. This is your grandfather Samuel, Aunt Anna said, before snatching the picture from my hands as if she just realized shed committed an indiscretion.    Id seen a man with bleak, grief-stricken eyes, one hand on an open book as if distractedly keeping his place, the other clenched into a fist. I was sixteen, I had questions. My mother and her older sisters had always told me I was like himlike him in that Id inherited the talent he had for writing. Theyd said he was a poet and a scholar, the descendant of a long line of eminent rabbis in Warsaw. At the age of thirty-seven, hed died of some illness. That was the story.    I asked my aunt what illness hed died of. She fell silent, then in a terse, matter-of-fact way let me hear the truth. On April 12, 1908, my grandfather, who had injured his hands in some factory and been out of work for a while, had turned on the gas and killed himself. Dont tell your mother I told you.    A few days later my mother uncharacteristically took me into her confidence: she and my aunts had found some writings of my grandfathers among my grandmothers papers, and they had burned them. Burned them? I remember feeling bereft and estranged, as if something that should have been mine had been stolen from me. Why did you do that? I demanded, sure that part of the answer was the suicide my aunt had forbidden me to mention.    My mother seemed startled that I would care so much, that I would suddenly have such interest in someone Id never known. They were private, she said. They were not for anyone to read.    But poems are written to be read. I knew that at sixteen. I wondered whether shed lied to me about burning everything. Years later I searched her papers for some yellowed pages with lines in Yiddish or Hebrew, but found nothing in my grandfathers hand.    My mother died with three suitcases still lined up under the piano, exactly where shed put them in 1984 when shed moved into her last apartment. In the days when suitcases were called valises, the flaking brown leather one had accompanied my father on business trips to Patchogue or Asbury Park; the blue-and-tan pair had vacationed in the Catskills or in Florida with my mothers older sisters. She, the sole survivor of that generation, had ended up their custodian, as if my father and my aunts had one by one gone off on their holidays, forgetting to bring their luggage.    Although shed always been house-proud, she didnt seem to care that the suitcases spoiled the look of her new living room. She needed to go through them slowly, she told meslowly and with care. But, Ma, what on earth are you looking for? Id ask her. For something of value, shed answer cryptically, as if she expected to find a misplaced diamond or stock certificate.    I didnt press her for details. If I probed, I knew shed pull back altogether or Id get that glassy smile of hers as she deliberately threw me off track. I was in my fifties now, but since my teens, Id had difficulty talking to my mother without a filter of ritualized politeness, and I was still careful to reveal only the things about myself that she might find acceptable. Our conversations had little content. I had the feeling that was the way she wanted it. When it came to the adult stranger who was her daughter, she preferred not to deal with too much reality.    A month after her death, I reluctantly spent my first day in her apartment dumping old sweaters, yellowed handkerchiefs, and ancient tea towels into plastic garbage bags. In her desk, I found bundles of old letters and papers and a collection of address booksmost had hardly any names written on their pages; a few were completely blank.    Deciding to tackle the suitcases, I dragged them into the middle of the living-room floor. All theyd ever contained were photos, hundreds of them, not only unfamiliar old snapshots of members of my family but studio portraits mounted on heavy cardboard the kind that used to be shot in storefronts by professionals squinting into one of those big black cameras with accordion fronts.    The decades were as scrambled as the contents of my mothers chests of drawers. You might pull out a sepia portrait of Aunt Anna and Aunt Leona as tiny grave-faced children in Warsaw in the 1890s, followed by a shot of me looking out at the world in surprise from a baby carriage in Brooklyn in 1935; then my mother would appear, attempting to smile in an unbecoming cloche and dress in the flapper era, or in a colored Polaroid from 1960, wearing black on her trip to Israel right after my father died. Perhaps shed sometimes pored over these pictures with her magnifying glass under the Chinese lamp on the dining table, but there was no sign shed ever gone through them with the intention of labeling them or creating order. I had the feeling shed left it to me to make what sense of them I could. Maybe shed never looked at them at all, kept putting it off until her memory went and what might have troubled her once didnt matter anymore. I have a very good forgettery, she had taken to saying with eerie satisfaction.    I was not surprised when my grandfather turned up forty-five years after Id last seen himimmediately I recognized the portrait Aunt Anna had put out of sight. Then I was excited to come upon an ethereal old ma...	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;entertainers;ethnic & national;jewish;memoirs;specific groups;women,10
0151006474,"The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase How many times have you wanted a new life? Would you exchange yours for someone else's? These are the questions faced by Damien March in the opening pages of Marcel Theroux's Confessions of Mycroft Holmes. After his uncle Patrick's death, Damien learns that he has inherited a ramshackle property on the isolated island of Ionia, off the coast of Cape Cod. Should he abandon his life in London--and his career as a BBC journalist--and head west? That he does. But once he reaches the house, he's confronted with decades' worth of collected junk, which Patrick's will explicitly prevents him from discarding.  Damien also meets a number of characters on the island, all of them part of his late uncle's life. One of these acquaintances unknowingly delivers to him an unfinished manuscript that Patrick was writing about Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft. The story arouses Damien's suspicions about his uncle's black-sheep existence. Ultimately, though, it leads him to discover the truth about his own family--and himself. His sudden plunge into the hard facts brings to mind ""that moment suspended between the rock and the ocean when you bunch your knees up and anticipate the cold shock of the water."" And by the end of the novel, Damien is enlightened: his search has answered questions he did not even know to ask.  --Elizabeth Potter	Although this tale of a man's investigation into the truth of his family history is written with much shrewd wit and a sensitive eye for the nuances of human failure, it delivers too little, too late. The main thread of the story is promising. Damien March, an American-born BBC journalist, inherits a house from an eccentric novelist uncle in the States. He soon scraps his job and goes to live on his uncle's dilapidated estate on an island off the coast of Cape Cod. Shortly after he moves there, numerous seemingly disconnected events occur. He meets a deaf neighbor and her two children. He is robbed. One of his uncle's eccentric ex-girlfriends comes poking about the estate. Then Damien lays his hands on a box of his uncle's manuscripts. Included in the box is the start of a whimsical mystery to be solved by Sherlock Holmes's wiser older brother, Mycroft. Not so whimsically, this mystery, with its close resemblance in plot and cast to the actual history and population of the island, suggests that Damien's uncle may have killed his deaf neighbor's brutish drunkard husband many years ago. This catalogue of a complex character's past is intriguing, and Theroux's prose is by turns lyrical and elegant, but the buildup to the discovery of the pivotal manuscript is long-drawn-out and tedious. This second novel by Theroux stands as a pleasant but unremarkable follow-up to A Stranger in the Earth, mildly frustrating, mildly entertaining and generally innocuous. (Mar.) Forecast: An East Coast author tour should draw audiences curious about Theroux as a writer in his own right, but also as a literary scion. And if media pick up on the tantalizing parallels with Theroux family history Paul Theroux, Marcel's father, also owns a house on Cape Cod the roman ? clef factor may spark sales. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Damien March works for the BBC in London on the night shift. His work is not very challenging, but he has no aspirations to change it. When he receives a telegram from his father, telling him that his Uncle Patrick has died, Damien feels compelled to return to the small island off Cape Cod where his uncle lived and where the March family spent many happy summers. After the funeral, Damien is shocked to find that his uncle has left him almost everythingDwith strings attached. Patrick's house is jammed with collections of oddities, all of which are to be maintained as a perpetual museum to his memory. Damien finds a manuscript, written by his uncle, that is loosely based on Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother. As he reads, Damien becomes convinced that he is not reading pure fiction. When Mycroft commits a brutal murder, Damien knows that Patrick is trying to tell him something. But what? And about whom? In his search for the meaning of the story, Damien discovers a family secret that changes his life. Theroux tells this story well; his language is elegant, his characters are genuine and well rounded, and the novel's odd circumstances mix and flow into a very readable whole. This is Theroux's second novel (after A Stranger in the Earth). Recommended.DJoanna Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island, Coll. of Continuing Education Lib., Providence Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A witty satire . . . had me roaring with laughter at 2 a.m.""-Esquire -- ReviewTheroux's sly observation and gentle empathy make him a talent to watch, smiling.""  -- Vogue	Marcel Theroux was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1968. He studied English at Cambridge and international relations at Yale. He worked in television news in Boston and New York, and now lives in London.",books;contemporary;family saga;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
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0060952865,"The Quality School ""This should be required reading by every school administrator, every teacher, every board member and all university faculty involved in the training of teachers.""--Dr. Albert Mamary, Superintendent of Schools, Johnson City, New York	William Glasser, M.D., is a world-renowned psychiatrist who lectures widely. His numerous books have sold 1.7 million copies, and he has trained thousands of counselors in his Choice Theory and Reality Therapy approaches. He is also the president of the William Glasser Institute in Los Angeles.",administration;books;education & reference;education & training;education theory;educational psychology;medical books;psychology;reform & policy;schools & teaching,10
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0323024971,"Clinical Respiratory Medicine, 2e REVIEW OF THE LAST EDITION: ""A useful addition to the literature....It provides concise, essential information....A very readable, well-illustrated book.""-NEJM	Provides all of the information you need to successfully identify, treat, and manage respiratory diseases and disorders	Richard K. Albert, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado, Chief, Medical Service, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA; Stephen G. Spiro, BSc, MD, FRCP, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Consultant Physician Genral and Thoracic Medicine, Univesity College London Hospitals NHS Trust, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK; and James R. Jett, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine and Medical, Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN",books;clinical;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;medicine & health sciences;new;pulmonary;pulmonary & thoracic medicine;used & rental textbooks,10
0789208393,"Wristwatch Annual 2005: The Catalog of Producers, Models, and Specifications Peter Braun is editor-in-chief of Germanys renowned wristwatch magazine Armbanduhren.",almanacs & yearbooks;antiques & collectibles;antiques care & reference;books;clocks & watches;crafts;crafts & hobbies;education & reference;hobbies & home;reference,10
0898709288,"The Bible and the Qur'an Jomier carefully presents what the Qur'an teaches about the Hebrew and Christian bible. He contrasts the essential Muslim teachings with the Jewish and Christian understandings of themselves. Jomier is both sympathetic and critical. This is an excellent text in which to understand just what Islam means when it talks of Jewish or Christian sources in the light of its own traditions. --James Schall, S.J., Georgetown University",books;catholicism;christian books & bibles;comparative religion;islam;quran;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;theology,10
0761951709,"Introducing LISREL: A Guide for the Uninitiated (Introducing Statistical Methods series) `This is a good book because it does what it says on the tin, providing the uninitiated with an introduction to LISREL of quite exceptional clarity, but does so without patronising its readersor shying away from the fact that LISREL involves some fairly demanding statistics and that its successful application requires a rigorous approach to model formulation' - International Journal of Market Research	Adamantios Diamantopoulos joined the University of Vienna in February 2004 from Loughborough University Business School, UK, where he held the Chair of Marketing and Business Research. He was previously Professor of International Marketing at the European Business Management School, University of Wales Swansea, where he headed the Marketing Group. During 1996-1999 he also held the Nestl Visiting Research Professorship of Consumer Marketing at Lund University, Sweden. Other past academic posts include full-time appointments at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Strathclyde, and Visiting Professorships at the University of Miami (USA), Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), Universit Robert Schuman (France), Dortmund University (Germany), University of Bern (Switzerland), Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (Greece) and University of Leeds (UK). He has taught at fifteen university institutions in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Slovenia and the USA and has collaborated with several international companies. In addition to his Chair at the University of Vienna, he currently holds a Visiting Research Professorship at Loughborough University, UK. He is also a visiting Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.He holds a BA and MSc degree from Heriot-Watt University, a PhD degree from the University of Strathclyde and a DLitt degree from Loughborough University. In 2000, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy of Management.Judy A. Siguaw is the Founding Dean of ACTE partner organization the Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management.  Holding the position of Professor of Marketing in the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University and the J. Thomas Clark Chair in Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise, Dr. Siguaw earned her doctorate in 1991 from Louisiana Tech University.  She has been published in more than over 45 business and trade journals, contributed to four books and authored 29 conference papers.  Dr. Siguaw's research interests include personal selling, sales management, customer relationships, channels of distribution, and marketing strategy.  She is currently at work on numerous journal manuscripts in these areas, as well as a book on best practices in the Asian hospitality industry.",books;education & reference;mathematics;new;politics & social sciences;reference;research;science & math;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
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0471162892,"Entrepreneur Magazine: Organizing and Promoting Seminars This guide covers everything you need to know to run a seminar business, including how to identify marketable seminar topics; how to find and recruit qualified speakers; how to plan, promote, market, and price seminars; how to locate facilities; and how to find and work with temporary staff at the event.	From Entrepreneur Magazine, everything you need to know to run a successful seminar business Seminars are big business-not only for those in front of the audience, but for those behind the scenes as well. Organizing and promoting seminars is a highly lucrative practice that brings in more than $100 million per year. If you're considering entering this profitable arena, you'll need the thorough, practical advice and guidance you'll find in this comprehensive and accessible new guide. Written by the experts, Organizing and Promoting Seminars is a complete A-to-Z guide on how to start, run, and grow your own seminar business. From defining your market and pricing your service to keeping records and attracting sponsors, here's where you'll learn how to:* Identify marketable seminar topics* Find and recruit qualified speakers* Select appropriate locations* Calculate start-up costs and manage expenses, fees, and taxes* Work with temporary seminar employees, office and on-site personnel* Advertise and promote your seminars through print media, direct mail, and the Internet* Handle licenses, permits, insurance, and other legal considerationsAlso available from the Entrepreneur Magazine library: The Entrepreneur Magazine Small Business Advisor The Entrepreneur Magazine Small Business Answer Book Making Money with Your Personal Computer Small Business Legal Guide Starting an Import/Export Business Successful Advertising for Small Businesses Special Offers! Free issue of Entrepreneur Magazine 50% Discount on Entrepreneur Magazine subscription 1/2 price admission to any Entrepreneur Magazine Small Business Expo Discount on American Entrepreneurs Association membership See details and coupons in back of book.	ENTREPRENEUR Magazine is the banner publication of the Entrepreneur Media, Inc. It has the largest newsstand circulation of any business monthly and has a total ABC audited circulation of 510,000. The Entrepreneur Media, Inc. also publishes Business Start-Ups and Entrepreneur in Mexico.",books;business & finance;business & investing;economics;education & reference;entrepreneurship;management & leadership;new;small business & entrepreneurship;used & rental textbooks,10
0694518530,"If It's Going to Be It's Up to Me: The Eight Proven Principles of Possibility Thinking The dynamic founder of the Crystal Cathedral distills a  life-time of motivational wisdom into eight powerful principles that  inspire, challenge and guide readers to see and seize unlimited  possibilities within themselves. Robert Schuller's phenomenally  powerful ""Hour of Power"" television show (the most-watched religious  program in the United States) has been inspiring 20 million viewers in  184 countries each week for nearly three decades.  Now Schuller reaches  across denominational lines to articulate the uplifting message at the  heart of his Possibility Thinking:  If you can dream it, you can do it!  Addressing goals, priorities, planning, committment, timing and  fortitude, Schullers practical, upbeat lessons show readers how to  ignite the ""dynamic energy""  that allows them to realize their  opportunities for success, joy and fulfillment.  Peppered with  autobiographical anecdotes and the real-life success stories of people  from every walk of life,  If Its Going To Be, Its Up To Me   is a profoundly inspirational vision of belief in action.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Dr. Robert A. Schuller founded the Rancho Capistrano Minstry, cohost ""Hour of Power,"" the most wiedly watched religion program in America, and is heir to the Crystal Cathedral ministry",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;inspirational;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality;success,10
0671573993,"Dr. Fulford's Touch of Life the Healing Power of the Natural Life Force Fulford, a 90-year-old osteopath who first came to the attention of readers in Andrew Weil's best-selling Spontaneous Healing (LJ 5/15/95), offers holistic advice on achieving good health.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Readers of Andrew Weil's Spontaneous Healing (1995) will recognize Fulford, the osteopath whose remarkable success inspired Weil to seriously investigate ""alternative"" medicine. Now in his nineties, Fulford remains in (reduced) practice and here, with Stone's help, relays his advice for good health. That counsel arises from a conception of the body that is as holistic as many an Oriental medical system, as firmly based in love as Christianity. The body is composed of interdependent parts and functions; a problem manifested in one part or function may require ministering to others. Mental and emotional as well as physical traumas must be identified and treated, so Fulford seeks to know patients as persons. A good, individualized diet; easy, regular breathing; meditation; moderation in all things--especially, these days, in that other essential, exercise; and controlling desire are some of the things Fulford specifically enjoins. Given the sweetness of his voice and temperament as well as a large publicity effort by Pocket, his adviser just may match Weil's best-seller in popularity.  Ray Olson	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Andrew Weil, M.D.  ...If medicine is to come back into alignment with great healing traditions and satisfy the needsand desires of those who are sick, it must rediscover the truths that Bob Fulford expresses. -- Review	Robert C. Fulford, D.O., began practicing his unique approach to healing in 1941 and spent most of his career in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area, and later in Tucson, Arizona. He still lectures across America, instructing young doctors in healing techniques. Dr. Fulford lives and practices on a limited basis in rural Ohio.",alternative medicine;books;exercise & fitness;fitness & dieting;healing;health;injuries & rehabilitation;massage;naturopathy;politics & social sciences,10
0071468072,"McGraw-Hill's SAT I with CD-Rom, Second edition (McGraw Hill's College Review Books) THE FASTEST WAY TO A HIGHER SCORE  The only book that gives you the reasoning skills you need to master the new SAT!      The most effective way to prepare for the new SAT is here! America's most trusted name in learning brings you McGraw-Hill's SAT I, the only guide based on developing your reasoning abilities--the very skills the SAT is designed to measure--so you can out-think the test and find the right answers.    This powerhouse preparation guide helps you master eight essential thinking skills, allowing you to approach any problem from any angle--and solve it quicker and easier, even if it's a question type you haven't seen before. You get an in-depth look at all the changes to the SAT--including comprehensive coverage of Algebra II, critical reading, and the English Essay, and an included CD Rom features practice and diagnostic tests to help hone your test taking skills. You also get valuable time- and stress-management strategies to help you stay focused, calm, and confident.    No other test prep guide gives you:      The 8 essential thinking skills that work for any problem in the math, critical reading, and essay sections   10 full-length simulated SATs and 20 practice essays   7 simple, proven steps to writing a winning essay   College Hill's breakthrough method for increasing your score	Christopher Black, M.A., Ed., is the founder and co-director of College Hill Coaching, and the creator of the College Hill Method for developing reasoning skills. He has been a consultant to some of the nation's leading educational publishers and software developers.    Mark Anestis is the codirector of College Hill Coaching and is the author of McGraw-Hill's 5 Steps to  a 5 on the AP Biology Exam.    College Hill Coaching provides high-quality academic tutoring and standardized test preparation and is one of the foremost providers of individual tutoring services in the country.",books;college & university;education & reference;new;sat & psat;study guides;studying & workbooks;test prep & study guides;test preparation;used & rental textbooks,10
0590484109,"We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 Young people feeling like they can't change the world should read Joan Dash's We Shall Not Be Moved. In 1909, teenage girls led some 30,000 shirt cutters, pressers, and finishers in the largest strike of women workers ever known in the United States. These young women, who lived near poverty and spoke different languages, nevertheless brought the shirt-making industry to a halt for more than 13 weeks. Not only did it unite factory workers, it gained crucial support from college-educated suffragists and from women in high society, often called the mink brigade. The strike, which began in New York and spread to Philadelphia, ultimately led to a settlement between more than 300  manufacturers and the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Dash brings a novelist's skill to her descriptions of Lower East Side streets,"" said PW of this ""colorful and perceptive"" account of a factory strike that ended in victory for maltreated female workers. Ages 10-up. (Jan.)rCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Grade 7 Up-Generally, people think of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York as the event that caused labor unrest and reform in sweatshops and threadmills. What this book does is put that misperception to rest. Even before the horror of that fire, there had been much effective action to improve working conditions, especially for immigrant workers in the garment industry. The Factory Strike of 1909 brought together women from all over the country and from all walks of life on behalf of individuals working in extraordinarily oppressive conditions. Dash concentrates on telling the story of the strike and of the personalities that emerged from it. Her epilogue gives a projection of what happened to these remarkable women-and a few men-after the strike was over and they resumed their lives. Lively reading, even for those who are not historically inclined.?Ruth K. MacDonald, Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MACopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Gr. 6^-10. Women's labor history has been getting a lot of attention lately, from Kraft's  Mother Jones (1995) to Colman's Rosie the Riveter (1995). Now Dash gives a lively account of the first strike of women workers, in 1909, and the struggle to form a permanent women's trade union. She describes the appalling wages and conditions in the shirtwaist factories, where most of the women were impoverished Jewish immigrants. She also tells of the hunger, overcrowding, and disease in their tenements on New York's Lower East Side. Focusing on some of the dynamic leaders, Dash shows that the workers on the picket line fought the traditional passive view of women in their families and in the male-dominated union, even as they resisted bigotry in the general population and corruption in authority. Several chapters describe the society women, ""the mink brigade,"" who reached across class to picket with the strikers and help fund and publicize the struggle. This is strong feminist history. It's frustrating that, though there is a bibliography, no sources are cited, even for direct quotes.  Hazel Rochman	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	... full of light and air and words of its era ... -- The New York Times Book Review, Nathan Ward	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",1800s;20th century;books;children's books;education & reference;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);politics & government;social situations;united states,10
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B000FMRQEG,"Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent: A Guide for the First Year (Contemporary Psychology) ""A must read for teachers, guidance counselors, coaches and anyone else in the teaching profession because it is an essential and long-overdue guide. So many times we wonder how we should try to help or what we should say to young people facing this difficult situation. With help from Drs. Lewis and Lippman, this unsure path becomes clear.""-Donna Pellar, Vice President and Past President Maine Township School Board, District 207	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	The mourning of a parent's death can take many yearsfor some it may take a lifetime. The first year of separation, however, is often the most difficult and heart wrenching. The first birthday, holiday, spring, summer, autumn, and winter spent without the loved one often revives or increases the pain. This unique guide is organized according to a timeline of a child's first year of mourning the loss of a parent. It is a warm, insightful, yet practical guide to help the families and community members surrounding a child who has suffered such a loss to anticipate and cope with the many difficulties that arise. Practical suggestions for providing comfort, information, and advice are provided for adults struggling to help children endure the trauma. A range of difficult situations that bereaved children encounter are identified, helping to prepare adults for a child's potential reactions and providing them with realistic coping strategies.Lewis and Lippman, child psychologists who have provided therapy to children who have lost a parent, suggest answers to questions that these children frequently ask. They offer methods for dealing with particularly difficult times such as birthdays, and share practical advice for everyday situations and events. They begin with helping the child through anticipation of death, if it is expected, or through the initial shock of unexpected death. Poignant vignettes from the therapists' experience dealing with young and older children are included.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;death & grief;family relationships;fitness & dieting;grief & bereavement;health;parenting;parenting & relationships;psychology & counseling;self-help,10
082941584X,"Loyola Kids Book of Heroes: Stories of Catholic Heroes and Saints throughout History Author Amy Welborn explains why having heroes is important for children in Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, a companion to her popular Loyola Kids Book of Saints. Welborn tells the stories of devoted Christians, including Blessed Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day, and John the Baptist, who made significant contributions to people and the world around them.Welborn intoduces Christian role models who exemmplify the seven cardinal virtues--faith, hope, charity, temperance, prudence, fortitude, and justice, and lead children on their personal journeys of faith. Colorful illustrations and a delightful storytelling style bring these inspiring stories to life for young readers.	What do heroes do?Do they fight monsters? Sometimes, but they also hold the hands of  people who are sick and lonely. They build schools. They study the  planets. They forgive those who have harmed them. Heroes are people who  look at the world around them, see what needs to be done, and through  the grace of God find the strength to help others. In the thirty-six stories in Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, youll meet  a Catholic nun who stood up to the most infamous outlaw in the Old  West. Youll learn how entire villages of men and women devoted their  lives to building great cathedrals to show their love and respect for  God. Youll learn about John the Baptist, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta,  Charlemagne, St.Albert the Great, Dorothy Day, St.Patrick, and many  others. Most of all, youll learn that with Gods help anyone can be a  hero and make the world a better place.                                                               What do heroes do?Do they fight monsters? Sometimes, but they also hold the hands of people who are sick and lonely. They build schools. They study the planets. They forgive those who have harmed them. Heroes are people who look at the world around them, see what needs to be done, and through the grace of God find the strength to help others. In the thirty-six stories in Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, youll meet a Catholic nun who stood up to the most infamous outlaw in the Old West. Youll learn how entire villages of men and women devoted their lives to building great cathedrals to show their love and respect for God. Youll learn about John the Baptist, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Charlemagne, St.Albert the Great, Dorothy Day, St.Patrick, and many others. Most of all, youll learn that with Gods help anyone can be a hero and make the world a better place.	Amy Welborn is the general editor of Loyola Classics, a series of new  editions of the some of the most distinguished Catholic novels of the twentieth  century. She is the author of The Words We Pray, A Catholic Woman's  Book of Days, Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, Loyola Kids Book of  Saints (Loyla Press), De-Coding Da Vinci, and the Prove It! series  of apologetics books for youth (Our Sunday Visitor). Amy and her family live in  Birmingham, Alabama.Vitali Konstantinov's His first illustrated book was a result of the award in  the contest Scarpetta dOro and was released in 1998 at Le Marasche publishing  house in Italy. In 1999, Vitali started to work with the famous publisher Grimm  Press in Taiwan. He created picture biographies of Charles Darwin, Ludwig van  Beethoven, Antoni Gaud, and Alfred Nobel. The first book that was both written  and drawn by Vitali, Pourquoi les chiens font comme a?, was  released at La Joie de Lire in Switzerland. Vitali lives and works as freelancer  artist and illustrator in Marburg, Germany.	INTRODUCTION Whos Your Hero?If youre like most kids, you probably have at least one. Your hero might  be an athlete or a singersomeone who has used his or her talents in ways that  you hope to when you get older. Your hero might be a brave firefighter or police  officer. Or your hero just might be your own mom or dad.Good for you!Its really important to have heroes. Heroes help us learn how to live.  They help us see whats possible. They give us something to work for as we grow  up.But if you think about it, as great as those kinds of heroes are, there  just might be something missing. After all, whats the most important part of  your life? What do you have that is going to last your whole life, no matter  where you are or what youre doing? What is it thats even going to last after  you die?Your friendship with God. Thats right, your faith.Sure, life is filled with all kinds of exciting chances and possibilities.  God wants you to jump into life and experience them! He wants you to enjoy life  and make the most of it. Its great to work for those goals.But without a friendship with God that is above, beyond, and underneath all  that everyday busyness, our life can seem kind of empty at the end of the day.  Without friendship with God, we can also be tempted to use all those wonderful  gifts to hurt ourselves and others, rather than help.So if were friends with God, we just might need another kind of hero to  add to all the rest. We need some heroes who are close friends with God and who  put him first.Since Jesus rose from the dead and Christianity began, there have been  thousands of heroes like that. You probably have heard the names of some of  them. Some of the more famous heroes of faith have been recognized by the church  as being especially close to God; we call these people saints.But whether their names start with Saint, Blessed, Venerable, or just Mrs.  or Mr., all of these heroes have something in common: They all lived lives of  virtue, centered on friendship with God.Virtue is, quite simply, goodness. There are many ways to be goodbeing  patient, kind, and honest are just a few. Over time, Christianity settled on  seven of the most important virtues. These types of goodness really show what  loving God is all about.First there are three spiritual virtues:Faith When we have faith, God is our best friend. He comes first, no matter  what, and we believe what he says is true.Hope When we have hope, we trust that Gods promises are true, and we dont  let ourselves be discouraged.Charity Charity is another word for love. When we have charity, we love as  God loves, seeing every person we meet as Gods child and treating him or her  that way.Four more virtues are called moral virtues because they are the beginnings  of all of our good actions.Temperance When we practice the virtue of temperance, we treat the things  of this world properly. We are grateful for things as gifts of God, but we dont  put them in the place of God.Prudence When we practice the virtue of prudence, we make wise decisions.  We apply Gods love and wisdom to the choices we make.Fortitude When we practice the virtue of fortitude, were strong. We trust  that God is with us and that God will help us do the right thing, no matter  what.Justice When we practice the virtue of justice, we treat every person as a  child of God. We remember that God created the world to be a good, happy place  where everyone is treated fairly.None of these virtues are given to us when were born, ready to use like a  present. The seeds are there, but its up to us to make the virtues real in our  lives. God gives us the grace to live in faith, hope, and charity, but we have  to cooperate with him to make it happen.The people in this book are heroes who brought these seven virtues to life  in our world. Theyre not superheroes, thoughthey are just like you and  mehuman beings who were good at some things and bad at others. These heroes had  problems and joys. Some were adults when they did the things we admire them for;  others were kids about your age. But being strong or working for justice didnt  come easily to any of them. They had to dig deep within and let God help them,  just like you. Their goodness and holiness didnt happen overnight.These virtues can be hard to live by, but its like anything else: We have  to start small. After all, you can probably do big multiplication problems now,  but could you always? Could you always hit a ball as far as you can now? Could  you always play the violin so well? No, you couldnt.You started out small, with the little things. You learned your numbers,  then how to add and subtract, then your multiplication tables, and then even  harder math. You played T-ball first, then used a pitching machine, and now  youre the pitcher yourself! When you first picked up that violin, all you could  do was bang on the strings with your bow, and it didnt sound so greatbut  listen to you now!Its the same way with the life of faith and virtue. Sure, being strong  enough to start hospitals for the poor is pretty amazingbut this strength  started somewhere smallperhaps even in childhood, sharing food with a friend,  collecting pennies for the poor, and just looking at the world with compassion  and love.These heroes teach us many things. They teach us that no matter who we are,  we can be friends with God. They teach us about the happiness and joy that come  into our lives when we put our friendship with God first. And they teach us that  with Gods help, any of us can change the world. Any of us can be heroes,  too!FaithI am the way, and the truth, and the life. John 14:6 INTRODUCTIONJesus Is BornDid you ever have an invisible friend when you were little? Lots of kids  do, so dont be ashamed to admit it. Its really just a part of growing  up.These days, your friends arent invisible, are they? Theyre walking and  talking all around youat school, in your neighborhood, and on your sports  teams. It only takes a second for you to remember their names and what their  faces look like. You can even use your memory and imagination to see the way  they run or hear them tell a really bad joke.Being friends would be hard if you couldnt see, hear, or even touch these  boys and girls. It wouldnt be impossible, but it would be a pretty big  challenge.Faith is really nothing more than letting God be your best friend, but that  can be hard sometimes. We cant see or hear God the same way we can see and hear  our best friend walking on earth. Being friends with God seems to be different  than that. How can we start? How can we know where to meet God and start our  friendship of faith with him?Lucky for us, God understands everything, including this problem. Heres  how he solved it: He became one of us.Many hundreds of years ago, a woman named Mary and a man named Joseph held  a bundled-up baby in their arms. Huddled in a cave that served as a home for  animals somewhere around Bethlehem in southern Judea, they counted fingers and  toes, kissed a damp forehead, and thanked God for a healthy baby, born  safely.Mary and Joseph probably thought of other things, too, the night that baby  Jesus was born. They thought about all theyd been told about himbefore he was  even born.They remembered how Jesus had been created by God in a very special way  inside Mary, without Josephs help. They remembered their long, hard journey  from Nazareth in the north to Bethlehem in the south, where the government had  called them to be counted and taxed.And they remembered that this birth was full of surprises. Listening to  angels and watching the shepherds come to pray and honor their baby Jesus, they  understood that he was a gift. He was a gift like all babies are gifts, but even  more so. All babies hold promise and hope, but baby Jesus held an even greater,  more important promise than any other baby ever born.An angel had told Mary about this promise when he told her she was  miraculously carrying this child. The angel Gabriel had said that Marys baby  would be called Emmanuel, which means God with us.Talk about a great gift! Can you imagine any greater gift than that?In Jesus, God gave the world the most wonderful gift it had ever  knownhimself. This baby wasnt just a gift for his own family, he was a gift  for the whole world. The all-powerful, allloving God whod created the world was  wrapped up in a blanket, being fed by his mother, and peacefully going to  sleep.Sometimes, because God is so great and we are so small, we have a hard time  understanding God. Were sort of like a baby trying to figure out the big  grown-up world. Its very hard for us with our little baby brain to understand  whats going on. In the same way, we are babies in relation to God. We have a  hard time fi...",biographies;books;catholicism;children's books;christian books & bibles;christianity;education & reference;religions;religious;saints,10
007011269X,"The Cessna 150 and 152 ""... terrific publication... It's 250+ fact-filled pages provide you with everything you wanted to know about these planes right at hand.""  -- Cessna",aeronautics & astronautics;aerospace;astronomy & space science;aviation;books;education & reference;engineering;professional & technical;science & math;transportation,10
0872262820,"Ancient Egyptians Grade 4-8-The novel and intriguing feature of these volumes is their combination of myths and legends with the more typical historical and archaeological matter. For example, in Greeks, the myth of ""Arachne the Weaver"" is coupled with a two-page spread on clothing and jewelry. Each overview consists of a brief introduction, followed by succinct thematic paragraphs on various aspects of the topic, accompanied by small but clear, full-color photographs of objects from the civilization or energetic illustrations inspired by the ancients. Illustrative captions are in italics to distinguish them from the text of the mini-essays. By following narrative pieces with factual information about the society, the authors encourage students to see the culture in a more rounded manner, as well as provide a sharp lesson in distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction. Egyptians has a few errors. The opposite sides of the important Narmer Palette are shown, but both are referred to as the ""back."" When discussing trade and expansion, the author claims that ""Egypt's natural boundaries kept it safe from foreign invasion for 3000 years,"" which is simply incorrect. On this same page, a prominent feature of Thutmose III's reign-his almost inveterate seasonal military campaigning-is referred to as ""battles."" Even so, this is a handsome and well-constructed volume, and both it and its Greek companion bring a new manner of presentation to this area of children's nonfiction.Coop Renner, Coldwell Elemen-Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.",ancient;ancient civilizations;books;children's books;classics;fairy tales;folk tales & myths;historical fiction;history;literature & fiction,10
B0002TUD0Q,"Freud 63-158 2-Inch Slotting Cutter with 1/2-Inch Arbor 1/8""wide Slot Cutter Set W/Bearing 1/2""shank 9/16""cut depth 2""overall diameter. Produces slots and grooves for T-mouldings, spline joints, tongue and groove joints, and other applications.	Produces grooves 1/8"" to 9/16"" deep.  Bodies are heat treated for strength and computer balanced for vibration-free operation.  Features Freud's kickback-reducing design for added safety.  Includes three wing slotting cutter, arbor and ball bearing.  Application:  Cuts all composition materials, plywood, hardwood, and soft wood.  Use on hand-held and table-mounted portable routers.",cutting tools;industrial & scientific;joinery bits;power & hand tools;power tool accessories;router accessories;router bits;slotting cutters;three wing slotting cutters;tools & home improvement,10
B000MQFW7I,"KidKraft Hill Country Rocker in White (Adult Rocking Chair) Mom and Dad need a comfortable place to relax and watch the kids play. With our New Hill Country Rocker, adults can now enjoy the same comfort and quality that has been the basis of our children?s furniture for years.  Features:    Elegant design   Made of wood Sturdy construction Finished in White See assembly instructionshere",baby products;bouncers;chairs;furniture;gear;home & kitchen;jumpers & bouncers;living room furniture;rocking chairs;swings,10
096246483X,"Tiny Home to Call Your Own: Living Well in Just Right Houses This book might mark the beginning of a great and much-needed difference in the world...toward smaller homes. -- Nancy (Scooter) McMoneagle Tiny Homes is a wonderful answer to the problems of urban densification without compromising quality-of-life. Jill Marilley, City Engineer, Washington State  Who can afford half-million dollar houses going up everywhere? Im so happy to find this book as a solution --Kim Labbe, New Hampshire	Patricia Foreman and Andy Lee both Class A contractors and green conservation developers in Virginia. They have been building tiny homes for over a decade.  Pat n' Andy are the authors of several best selling books on sustainable small-scale agriculture including: Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, and Backyard Market Gardening.",architecture;arts & photography;books;buildings;crafts;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;professional & technical;small homes & cottages,10
020133982X,"Good Company: Caring As Fiercely As You Compete In this sequel to their first book, The Customer Comes Second (Morrow, 1992), the authors present the ongoing metamorphosis of their company, Rosenbluth Travel, while surveying other innovative companies identified in Robert Levening and Milton Moskowitz's The 100 Best Companies To Work for in America (Plume, 1993). The result is an internal examination of corporate culture that challenges the notion that corporations must be heartlessly competitive to succeed. The authors explain how Rosenbluth Travel reinvented itself based on an agrarian model, and though their discussion recalls work already done by Stephen Covey (e.g., The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Fireside, 1990), this book is valuable in admitting to the warts, wrinkles, and scars that can arise with the effort to institute change. If a flaw is to be found here, it is in the treatment of diversity-while organizations today are willing to go out of their way to promote cultural, racial, and gender diversity, they are still uncomfortable with diversity in thought, and the authors do not explore this problem sufficiently. An acceptable addition to a general library's business collection.ASteven Silkunas, SEPTA, PhiladelphiaCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.",biography & history;books;business & investing;business life;company profiles;ethics;human resources & personnel management;industries & professions;management & leadership;strategy & competition,10
0664251188,"Theology of Peace Stone (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) has collected 12 of Tillich's essays on peace, three of which are lectures that have never before been published. Together they span the period from 1938 to his death in 1965 and include his final sermon. Taken as a whole, these essays represent Tillich's effort to think theologically about peace. Always a realist, Tillich warns against utopian dreams of peace on Earth. Striving for peace is a Christian duty, but true peace remains a religious hope only realizable in heaven. Stone gives a good, brief introduction with a short analysis of each essay and provides background and publishing history. He discusses the significance of each in historical context, in relationship to the other essays, and in relation to Tillich's other writings. A useful collection on a timely theme; recommended for academic and public libraries.- C. Robert Nixon, M.L.S., Lafayette, Ind.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Paul Tillich (1886-1965), a renowned theologian, taught at several universities in Germany before moving to the United States. In the United States, he taught at  Union Theological Seminary in New York, Harvard Divinity School, and the University of Chicago. He is best known for his major three-volume work, Systematic Theology.",books;christian books & bibles;politics & government;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;religious studies;sociology;specific topics;theology;war & peace,10
0815728476,"Mismanaged Trade: Strategic Policy and the Semiconductor Industry The semiconductor industry is at the forefront of current tensions over international trade and investment in high-technology industries. In Mismanaged Trade? Kenneth Flamm traces the rivalry between U. S. and Japanese semiconductor producers from its origins in the 1950s to the experiment with ""managed trade"" embodied in the U. S. /Japan Semiconductor Trade Arrangements of 1986 and 1991 and the current debate over renegotiating elements of that agreement. Flamm provides a definitive analysis of this policy experiment and its consequences for the U. S. semiconductor producers and consumers, and discusses patterns of competition within the semiconductor industry. Using a wealth of new data, Flamm argues that significant changes in the trade regime for high-technology industries are needed to escape from the present impasse. He lays out the alternatives, from laissez-faire to managed trade, and argues strongly for a new set of international ground rues to regulate acceptable behavior by government and high-technology industries. Flamm's detailed analysis of competition within the semiconductor industry will be illuminating for those interested in the organization of high-technology industries as well as those concerned with trade and technology policy, international competition, and japanese industrial policies. The modern information age is dependent on communications, which is in turn dependent on the semiconductor. In this era of GATT, NAFTA, and a Japanese chronic trade imbalance, Mismanaged Trade? is a valuable insight into what the problems have been, continue to be, and are likely to be well into the next century between the U. S. and one of it's chief Asian allies and trading partners.  -- Midwest Book Review",books;business & investing;economics;industries & professions;information management;international;international & world politics;politics & government;politics & social sciences;popular economics,10
0823415767,"I Was a Third Grade Spy In I Was a Third Grade Science Project, Josh was hypnotized into thinking he was a cat. Now, in I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch, illus. by Herm Auch, Brian's dog, Artful, can talk and the canine's ability to report back on the doings of their nemesis, Emily, has its uses. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Grade 2-4-A perfectly silly sequel to Auch's hilarious I Was a  Third Grade Science Project (Holiday, 1998). This book  immediately engages readers with a laugh and a bit of a  shock-the first chapter is narrated by Arful the dog. In the  earlier title, his owner, Brian ""the Brain,"" and his friends  tried to hypnotize Arful into thinking he was a cat, but it was  Josh who developed a taste for raw fish, instead. Here, Josh is  returned to normal, but Arful can talk. Many short and  entertaining scenes ensue as the boys try to win the upcoming  talent show and send the dog to spy on the competition. The  canine's perceptions and worldview, shared for the first time  because of his new vocabulary, provide most of the laughs. The  short chapters are narrated alternately by Josh and Arful with  postage-stamp-sized illustrations at the beginning of each  chapter indicating whose turn it is to ""speak."" The pace of the  story suits the audience and the genre, and the language is well  balanced throughout. This title will be a welcome addition to  any collection looking for more funny, easy chapter books.Piper  L. Nyman, Fairfield/Suisun Community Library, Fairfield, CA   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Gr. 2-4. In I Was a Third Grade Science Fair Project (1998), Brian ""Brain"", Josh, and Dougie try to hypnotize Arful the dog into believing he's a cat. But the project misfires, and Josh actually becomes a cat. Even more startling, Arful begins to speak. This hilarious sequel retraces some of the science-fair exploits and launches into the new challenge, a talent contest. The boys must come up with a routine to best their nemesis, Emily Venable. That's when Arful becomes a spy, sneaking into the girls' planning meetings and reporting back to the boys, with plenty of funny misunderstandings. Arful's secret is finally revealed during the show with laugh-out-loud consequences, including gentle mockery of the school principal. Narrated in alternating chapters by Josh and Arful, this lively, intermediate chapter book is a good choice for introducing readers to the notion of multiple points of view; speaker icons at the bottom of each page reinforce help readers keep track. Illustrations by Herm Auch are scattered throughout the book. Gillian EngbergCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Lots of plain old the-boys-versus-the-girls fun.The Bulletin, RecommendedThe pace of the story suits the audience and the genre, and the language is well balanced throughout . . . a welcome addition to any collection looking for more funny, easy chapter books.School Library Journal	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Believe it or not?and you better believe it?Josh?s dog Arful can talk! This is very useful to Josh and his pals who want to win the school talent contest. First the boys have to find out what the girls are planning for the contest. That?s when they send Arful to get an earful by spying on the girls. Just wait until show time to see what Arful the spy uncovers.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Lots of plain old the-boys-versus-the-girls fun.The Bulletin, RecommendedThe pace of the story suits the audience and the genre, and the language is well balanced throughout . . . a welcome addition to any collection looking for more funny, easy chapter books.School Library Journal	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Mary Jane Auch and her husband Herm Auch are a husband and wife team of illustrators whose first picture book collaboration was The Princess and the Pizza. Mary Jane Auch is also known for her historical and humorous fiction for children and her hilarious poultry parody picture books. The Auchs live on a small farm near Rochester, New York.Mary Jane Auch and her husband Herm Auch are a husband and wife team of illustrators whose first picture book collaboration was The Princess and the Pizza. Mary Jane Auch is also known for her historical and humorous fiction for children and her hilarious poultry parody picture books. The Auchs live on a small farm near Rochester, New York. Visit www.mjauch.com to learn more.",animals;arts;books;children's books;crafts & music;dogs;literature & fiction;performing arts;school;social situations,10
B000AQFRL6,"NFL 16 oz. Crystal Freezer Mug NFL Team: Houston Texans CMFBHOU NFL Team: Houston Texans Features: -Keeps beverages colder than other freezer mugs.-Eliminates the need for ice.-Keeps drinks ''crushed ice'' cold for hours without the watered down affect of ice.-Place in freezer one hour or more prior to use.-Filled with non toxic, re-freezable crystals.-Material: Crystal.-Capacity: 16 oz..-Not recommended for dishwasher or microwave. Color/Finish: -Combines state of the art re - freezability with team colors and graphics.-Frozen crystals will turn a frosty white color. Dimensions: -Overall dimensions: 6'' H x 3'' W x 2'' D. Collection: -DuckHouse Dinnerware collection.",coffee mugs;cups;fan shop;home & garden;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;mugs;mugs & saucers;sports & outdoors;tabletop,10
B00020M7BI,"Enclume TR1 16-Inch Triangle, Hammered Steel Come and get it.  These dinner triangles are made of heavy-gauge hammered steel to bring the ring of the ""Old West"" to your home. Includes matching striker and hand-crafted leather hanging strap.",cookware;dress up & pretend play;drums & percussion;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;learning & education;musical instruments;pot racks;pretend play;toys & games,10
0471445924,"Black Kettle : The Cheyenne Chief Who Sought Peace but Found War Hatch, a former reporter, offers a fresh and comprehensive reassessment of Black Kettle, a charismatic nineteenth-century Cheyenne chief who advocated for peace with white Americans. A member of the Bowstring Society (a warrior caste), Black Kettle negotiated for tribal land protection and lessons in farming. Why did this particular warrior recognize that peace was the only way for his people to survive? Hatch tentatively suggests that Black Kettle regarded himself as a prophet and was motivated by more than military concerns. In spite of repeated betrayals by the U.S. Army--including the 1864 massacre at Sand Creek, in which one-third of Black Kettle's group were killed--the elder statesman continued to pursue a nonviolent compromise. But in 1868 Black Kettle and many of his fellow villagers were killed by George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry in the Washita River massacre. Although not as skillfully written as titles by Dee Brown, this biography is a welcome addition to studies of the American West. Rebecca MakselCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo.  Their names ring down through history as symbols of noble defiance against overwhelming odds. These great warrior chiefs challenged the might of the U.S. Army in desperate and doomed attempts to end white encroachment on their land and preserve their traditional ways of life. We honor their memories not for their success, but for their courage.  There was another great chief, no less courageous, who believed that the only way to save his people was by waging peace instead of war.  His name was Black Kettle.This is the first biography of one of the most intriguing figures in the history of the American West. It traces the life of Black Kettle from the days of his youth, when he proved his courage and leadership skills in battles against enemy tribes, through his elevation to chief of the Cheyennesand his realization that, for the good of his people, he must become a statesman rather than a warrior.  It documents his ceaseless efforts to achieve just treaties with the United States, even in the face of death threats from members of his own tribe, and describes his ultimate betrayal by the very authorities with whom he struggled to make peace.  Black Kettle survived one betrayal, the notorious Sand Creek Massacre, but the controversial battle at Washita Creek four years later cost him his life. This fascinating journey through the life of Black Kettle and the early days of the Cheyennes explores the social, political, cultural, and historical factors that shaped every interaction between the Cheyennes and white settlers. Author Thom Hatch analyzes important treaties, examines race relations in the nineteenth-century American West, and recreates the battles and the massacres that marked the Cheyennes rise and fall.  He also takes a fascinating look at tribal histories and customs and presents a memorable cast of characters, both famous and lesser-known, who played a role in shaping the frontier at this crucial time in history.Complete with sixteen stunning period photos and more than a dozen helpful maps of Cheyenne territory, Black Kettle tells a compelling and tragic story that is essential to understanding the history of the Plains Indians and the truth about how the West was lost by Native American tribes.	The Compelling, Tragic Story of a Great Cheyenne ChiefAs white settlers poured into the west during the nineteenth century, many famous Indian chiefs fought to stop them, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Geronimo. But one great Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle, understood that the whites could not be stopped. To save his people, he worked unceasingly to establish peace and avoid bloodshed. Yet despite his heroic efforts, the Cheyennes were repeatedly betrayed and would become the victims of two notorious massacres, the second of which cost Black Kettle his life. In this first biography of  black Kettle, historian Thom Hatch at last gives us the full story of this illustrious Native American leader, offering an unforgettable portrait of a chief who sought peace but found war.Praise For Thom HatchThe Blue, the Gray, and the RedClear and even-handed. . . . This popular history recounts grim, bloody, lesser-known events of the Civil War. . . . The slaughter of Black Kettles Cheyennes at Sand Creek . . . forms a devastating chapter.Publishers WeeklyThe Custer CompanionHighly recommended . . . a reliable and impartial guide to the subject and literature.Library JournalCuster and the Battle of Little BighornA work that is readable by itself, meticulously researched and clearly written.The Tulsa World	THOM HATCH, a former film and video writer, director, and producer, is the author of five previous books, including The Blue, the Gray, and the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War.  He has written extensively on the Plains Indians and lives in Colorado with his wife and daughter.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;historical;history;humanities;native american;new;used & rental textbooks,10
1572434511,"Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball (Honoring a Detroit Legend) Many listeners know Ernie Harwell, the longtime Hall of Fame  radio announcer for the Detroit Tigers, as one of the smoothest  and wisest voices in baseball. Oddly enough, in 1991 Tiger  management unceremoniously decided not to renew Harwell's  contract. After great fan protest, this decision was ultimately  overturned. Find out what the fuss is about in this easy-to-read  tale, which should be purchased by all libraries serving Tiger  fans and indeed by serious baseball collections nationwide.    Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Harwell has been the voice of the Detroit Tigers baseball team for more than 40 years. In 1991, the team's new owners--also owners of a nationwide pizza chain--decided to replace him. Pizza joints in Michigan started receiving bomb threats. Harwell was back behind the microphone the next season and is still going strong. This biography by New York Post columnist Keegan traces Harwell's life from childhood (growing up in Atlanta, he delivered Margaret Mitchell's newspaper) through his glory years with the Tigers. Testimonials from virtually every baseball star of the last half-century as well as anecdotes featuring such sports luminaries as golfer Bobby Jones and boxer Jack Dempsey spice the account nicely. There is plenty of Harwell's voice here, too, as well as that of his no-nonsense wife, Lulu. Harwell is a baseball institution and remains one of the game's most beloved ambassadors. Expect considerable interest in his story, especially among older fans, who will revel in the announcer's behind-the-scenes memories of the strong Tiger teams of the 1960s. Wes LukowskyCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Tom Keegan is the baseball columnist for the New York Post. He has worked previously in Baltimore, Chicago, and Los Angeles, and has been covering major league baseball since 1985. Helives in Norwalk, Connecticut. Al Kaline is a former Major League Baseball right fielder for the Detroit Tigers, and current front office official with the same team. He is a 18-time All-Star selection and a 10-time Gold Glove Award recipient. He was part of the team that won the 1968 World Series, a game which was broadcast by Ernie Harwell. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He lives in the Detroit area.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",20th century;baseball;biographies;books;history;midwest;modern (16th-21st centuries);sports & outdoors;travel;united states,10
1841768634,"Khe Sanh 1967-68: Marines battle for Vietnam's vital hilltop base (Campaign) Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.	Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 196970 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He is now a freelance writer.",20th century;asia;books;education & reference;history;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);united states;vietnam war;world,10
0684818876,"To Do Doing Done: A Creative Approach to Managing Projects & Effectively Finishing What Matters Most Hyrum W. Smith Chairman of the Board and Founder, Franklin Quest Productivity and inner peace increase when people accomplish what matters most to them. I recommend To Do...Doing...Done! as a reliable road map for choosing and completing the activities and projects that are indeed in harmony with their highest priorities.Linda Griffin Training Specialist, CompuServe Incorporated I've been using and teaching the four-step process described in this book since Lynne taught it to me in 1992. I am still amazed that such a simple process works on every project to which we apply it. The clear explanations and examples used throughout To Do...Doing...Done! bring incredible clarity to the task of managing projects. Kudos to Joyce and Lynne on a great book!	G. Lynne Snead is Program Director of Planning for Results with Franklin Quest and has presented the Franklin Planning for Results project and workload-management seminar to thousands of employees in major corporations throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.	Chapter 1: Creating A Personal VisionCOMING ATTRACTIONS:* Identifying values* Governing values* Values balancingWhat you must dare is to be yourself.Dag HammarskjoldThe subject matter of this chapter changed my life and made this book possible.In 1985 I was a marketing director and project manager for a computer engineering company in Provo, Utah. The word that best describes how I was feeling at that time of my life is ""overwhelmed,"" although ""out of control"" also comes close. I had recently taken on these new positions and really didn't know how to get the job responsibilities under control and properly managed.One day the president of the company announced a new training program offered by a company then called the Franklin Institute. Not wanting to hear from his often outspoken staff, the president didn't tell us what the training was, just when and where to show up. Having seen many training initiatives come and go, when I walked into the conference room and saw a day planner and training guidebook at each seat, I remember thinking, What harebrained idea are we chasing this time?Although I didn't realize it completely at the time, by the end of the day, my life had changed forever. During the session we learned how to use a day planner to get control of our time, to track and manage all those tasks that had previously slipped through the cracks. I also learned how to develop a referencing system that kept all that old-but-still-important information at my fingertips. I remember the excitement and the sense that I might be able to get my new job responsibilities under control by using this tool.But one part of the training day bothered me a lot. The presenter talked about building our productivity on the basis of our own personal values. He led us through an exercise to identify our values, defining them as the principles and qualities we cared most about in our lives. His point was that if our productivity was based on something other than our personal values, then even if we managed our time better and became more productive, we wouldn't be more personally satisfied.Being more productive may not mean being more satisfied.Philosophically that made sense to me, and I was amazed that I had never identified and prioritized my values before. The problem came when I actually had my list of values in front of me. Here were the things that I thought were most important in my life, yet when I compared my list to the life I was living, they didn't seem to have much in common.During that one-day training session, we didn't have enough time to fully develop and clarify our values, so during the next few weeks I finished the exercise. Working a little each day, I drew up a list of nine personal values, defined and clarified what they meant to me, and developed goals that related to each value. Since then I have added values to that list, but those original nine have never changed. They defined the qualities I felt were critical in my life, such as having a warm, healthy relationship with my son (at the time, I was a single mother of a seven-year-old), continuing my growth and development mentally and spiritually, financial security, healthy relationships, health and fitness, and so forth.The hardest part of working with these values was ranking them. I realized that while they were all vital to me, some were of higher value than others. The value that became my number one priority surprised me at the time, but I couldn't have chosen a better guidance system for how I wanted to live my life. It was ""Inner peace and well-being.""Once I had my values identified and goals defined for each, I could develop the list of specific dally tasks that would lead toward those goals. These tasks were plugged in to my day planner where they became more than just tasks; they were stepping-stones toward the life I wanted to lead.It's hard to describe what happened, but my life today, twelve years later, bears little resemblance to the life I was living then. The changes came unfailingly, sometimes slowly and sometimes rapidly, sometimes in expected ways but often from completely unexpected directions. Hyrum Smith often mentions that a plane flying from Los Angeles to Honolulu may be off course as much as 97 percent of the time! However, because the pilot knows exactly where the destination is, as soon as the plane veers slightly off course, he makes a correction. Getting to our destination does not require perfection; it simply requires a clear picture of where we're going and a willingness to change course as often as it takes to get there.* Ponder Point: Can you think of a time in your life when you were often off course but, through frequent corrections, wound up where you wanted to be?One of my first changes came when I realized that my list of values was incompatible with my job situation. It took a little more than a year, but with my values list in mind, I was eventually able to find an employer who was a better fit with my life direction.I also began to make progress on my other values, such as developing my intellectual and career growth through evening classes and reading as many books as possible, studying to become a practitioner in my church, focusing on health and physical fitness, and rearranging my schedule to have more time to spend with my son. None of this happened overnight, but gradually what I had clarified as my values steadily became my lifestyle. Now, as I look at my list of values, I can see that it has become my life, not just a wish list.JUST SAY YESIdentifying and prioritizing our life values is the first step in developing a life purpose, a process that may be the most important work we do in our life. Purpose pulls us in the direction we want to go. Many popular reform programs are based on a philosophy of ""Just say no!"" Unfortunately, those programs generally are not very successful because saying no to something is not as powerful as saying yes to an objective that we are passionate about.Purpose pulls us in the direction we want to go.For example, a friend of mine, after several years of working as a sales manager, recently reached a crossroads. His company had gone public, which created a sizable windfall for him. While it wasn't like winning Super Lotto, it was enough money to give Kevin some options -- travel, luxuries, retirement, even possibly a few harmful indulgences.But for Kevin the decision was easy because he had a life purpose. He had spent time identifying his life values, and he was clear about his biggest dream: establishing a camp for high-risk adolescents. He knew exactly what he wanted the camp to look like and how it would be operated. When the windfall came his way, he knew with great certainty what to do with it. Without that clear vision of his life purpose, Kevin might have used the money for things that would not have brought him the joy that building a camp for kids is now bringing him.For several years the corporate world has emphasized the importance of mission or vision statements. Well-thought-out vision statements provide a road map to guide the actions and decisions of people throughout the organization. Exciting, challenging vision statements engage the energies and enthusiasms of people, often creating incredible levels of peak performance. Just as vision statements help guide and motivate organizations, personal vision statements help individuals reach their highest level.* Ponder Point: Before continuing, write a one-sentence vision statement for your life. Notice whether this is an easy or difficult exercise. The more difficult it is, the more useful you will find the following material.For a personal vision statement to be effective, however, it has to be based on our deepest values. A vision statement of being the richest person in the world would be counterproductive for a person whose governing value was spending time with family or becoming a concert pianist.IDENTIFYING OUR GOVERNING VALUESSometimes people get concerned when we talk about values, because they think we're preaching or trying to impose our beliefs or principles on them. The following exercise is not about which values are right or wrong, good or bad. It's about understanding what's important in your life. I am passionate about nature and horses, and I love to spend time riding. For Joyce, riding horses is a pleasant diversion rather than a passion, and I'm sure there are folks who would consider riding a torture and see no value in it at all.Values tell us why we do what we do.By identifying our governing values, we begin to understand why we do what we do. Values are the underlying motivators of all of our actions. Living effectively means that everything we do is based on one or more of our values. One of my values is family, so when I hang out with my son or have a leisurely Sunday barbecue with my parents, that time is just as important as time spent working. Eventually we can look at each of our actions and ask ourselves what value is being supported by that action. We can also see gaps where our life is not supporting certain values, thus creating a life out of balance.Jot down five things you've done in the past few days and then identify the values related to those activities. We've provided four examples to get you started.Activity ValuesRiding my horse Nature, solitude, inner peaceGoing to a movie Family timeKayaking Adventure, natureGoing to work Financial security, contributionOne of the best ways to discover your values is to use a simple technique called ""mindmapping."" We will discuss this technique further in the next chapter, but for now, take the next five minutes and complete the mindmap template on page 28 with the principles and qualities that are most important to your life. For these few minutes, don't think about ...",books;business & investing;entrepreneurship;management;management & leadership;motivational;self-help;skills;small business & entrepreneurship;time management,10
1891121294,"Challenging Environmental Mythology: Wrestling Zeus Ah yes, a breath of fresh air.  You will love this book.  it's better reading than Bjorn Lomborg. -- Dr. John Chadbourne, Visiting Environmental Engineering Professor, Southern Methodist UniversityDini's masterful writing provides much food for thought for readers in search of alternatives. -- Steve Milloy, Publisher, Junkscience.comRead this book and you'll understand environmental issues with considerably more sophistication than the gullible reporters. -- Dave Kopel, Research Director, Independence InstituteThis book exposes the frauds that are praised by the environmentalists and reveals the truth about many environmental issues. -- Dr. J. Gordon Edwards, Professor Emeritus, Entomology, San Jose State University	Why would someone want to read this book? For decades, since the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, the environmental movement has continually had the ear of the media and the American public has been continuously barraged by information that is one-sided.  Very few Americans have ever heard ""the other side of the story.""  There has been no ability for Americans to receive information besides that which the media gives them. This book is extremely well referenced and serves as a ""pointer"" to scientific literature that flies in the face of what many of us believe regarding issues such as chemicals, EPA regulations, pesticides (especially DDT), nuclear power, radiation, and many others.  The book has been written to show Americans (and the rest of the world) that junk science is being used not only to sway our opinions, but as a basis for policy and law. One shining example of junk science being used to sway government policy is the banning of the use of DDT as a pesticide.  This book points to the scientifically proven fact that DDT is (and was) absolutely safe for the environment, had nothing to do with bird egg shell thinning, and that the banning of DDT has directly resulted in millions of deaths worldwide due to malaria.  It was an act of genocide, especially in the Third World, which in many countries had eradicated malaria, but now suffers again in record numbers due to pressure from American government and environmental organizations to ban the use of DDT.  The banning of DDT in America came from the hypotheses put forth by Rachel Carson in Silent Spring, none of which actually were based in the science of the time. We continually hear about how bad pollution is, yet, the fact is, the country has never been cleaner.  Whether its air, water, or soil, America is better now than it was when these issues came to the forefront.  In many cases within the book, outright lies by the environmental movement are pointed out, and in every chapter, real science from real scientists is referenced to challenge the status quo.  A chapter on journalists vs. scientists rips the door open by showing that journalists often admit that they are swayed by their beliefs and will actually twist scientific findings to fit their belief systems.  And, to most journalists, good news about the environment, is bad news. Several chapters point out how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is wasting billions of dollars every year trying to live up to standards that are not scientifically sound.  For instance, several billions are wasted to ensure that soil at Superfund sites contains so little chemicals that ""a child could eat a teaspoonful of dirt every day for the next 70 years"" without becoming ill.  How many children do you know that eat a teaspoonful of dirt every day, let alone for the rest of their lives?  One other important point that is exemplified throughout is the amount of money that could be used to combat the worlds worst carcinogen, poverty, instead of chasing down every part per billion of a chemical that is proven to be non-toxic by science. The key to this entire book is that science is being twisted by the media, and by activists, in order to further their agenda, and we all suffer for it.  Science is the most important component to creating policy, but when junk science is used to create policy, the entire world is affected.  Just ask the millions who have died of malaria, a disease that was being wiped out worldwide just 20 years ago. Even though this book is full of scientific findings and references literature from all over the world, it is written for a very broad audience and is often irreverent and humorous. Someone in government needs to have the guts to look at the findings in this book, and start taking shots at the Environmental Protection Agency for consistently and continuously wasting taxpayer dollars on programs that are not only based on ""junk science"" but are also chasing an ever receding zero.  Regulations and enforcement are unchecked, and someone needs to do a 'gut-check' and stop this out of control agency It is unfathomable, the fact that the most technologically advanced country in the world does not use science to create policy and regulations.  We use whatever is politically correct at the time, and no one has the guts to point this out at the highest levels.  Perhaps there is no one, but this book will hopefully be a foundation for a revolution against ""junk science,"" especially concerning the EPA	I am a supporter of the original intent of the environmental movement.  The forward thinking scientists who looked at the problems of our environment and lobbied for change are heroes in their own right.  But, their desire to learn, educate, and effect public policy has turned into a movement of scare tactics, junk science, politicking, and extreme activism. The environmental movement, using a supportive (and forgetful) media to its advantage, has never acknowledged the myriad of positive changes that have occurred over the last few decades.  The truth is not being told, or is hidden in obscure places where few tread.  This book is an attempt to provide everyone with the other side of the story.  I realize that many will not like what I have to say, however I make no statements without a solid scientific basis and years of research behind me.  My greatest hope is that readers will come away from this with a sounder knowledge of what science is really saying.	""In 32 sprightly chapters, Dini provides an excellent survey of the conflict between true environmentalism and the junk science which falsely claims the environmental mantle. This book is astonishing, because it demonstrates the recklessly unscientific nature of so much modern environmental policy. This book is infuriating, because it shows how a movement which claims to be interested in human health and welfare is literally killing millions of poor people in the third world. And this book is empowering, because it gives readers the intellectual tools to start fighting back to save lives and protect the environment. Read this book, and you'll understand environmental issues with considerably more sophistication than the gullible reporters who produce hysterical and ignorant stories based on press releases from interest groups.""   -Dave Kopel, Research Director, Independence Institute ""Jack Dini provides another needed and rational voice in the environmental debate. Dini's masterful writing provides much food for thought for readers in search of alternatives to the misanthropic and totalitarian goals of modern environmental activists."" Steve Milloy, Publisher, JunkScience.com	From the Foreword: In Challenging Environmental Mythology: Wrestling Zeus, Dini analyzes the foundation of every major environmental issue now clouded with political rhetoric.  At a time when the public can be throughly confused between fact and fiction regarding our environmental concerns, Dini comes along with the surgical precision of a brilliant physicist and the unusual ability to communicate with simple jargon free language that we all can understand. His brief essays deal with poorly understood distortions of human risk from the countless headlines which strike fear into the hearts and minds of our friends and neighbors daily: often them causing to take arms against a paper tiger.  When you reach the end of this book you will be enriched by wonderful science you will have learned from this modern Mr. Wizard and elated by the lifting of the weight of pessimism from your shoulders. Dr. Jay H. Lehr, Science Director, The Heartland Institute",books;conservation;earth sciences;environmental science;environmental studies;nature & ecology;new;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
0312227396,"An Introduction To the Canterbury Tales: Fiction, Writing, Context Helen Phillips is Senior Lecturer at the University of Glamorgan.",ancient & classical literature;books;british;christian books & bibles;criticism & theory;history & criticism;literature & fiction;medieval;movements & periods;poetry,10
0953132315,"Concise Grammar for English Language Teachers This attractive and thorough book was originally titled A Grammar Course for TEFL Certificate, but the author changed its title to reach a wider readership. The name change was a wise move in my opinion, for this book has features that could have easily been ignored by many teachers who should find it immensely useful. One of the elements to appreciate is the Teaching Notes. You will not regret reading them as Penston imparts wisdom not only on grammar but also on teaching methods and differences between language learners. --TESL Ontario Contact, Spring 2008	Although aimed at trainee English language teachers it [A Concise Grammar for English Language Teachers] will also prove to be an invaluable reference tool for practicing teachers, teaching assistants and students. The user-friendly layout and content may also appeal to ELT trainers. Each chapter provides succinct definitions, clear timelines, and relevant extracts from popular EFL textbooks. Relevant tasks, comprehensive tables and teaching notes are included within the chapters. A key for the tasks is included at the back and a good index makes the material easy to locate for lesson planning and general reference. In the appendix there is a basic level guideline covering beginner to advanced levels, which highlights the grammatical content and a few communicative functions of some popular EFL course books.	... as well as concise definitions and explanations, the book contains much teacher-friendly material in the way of visual aids (diagrams, charts, time lines), tables, inductive tasks, teaching tips and coursebook extracts which show how the language is taught in context. The tabulated information is particularly impressive, including a complete table of tenses and uses. The tasks assist the teacher in moving away from form towards an understanding of function, though some tasks attempt to cover too much ground at once - for example the modals matching task which covers thirty-five uses of modals in one exercise. The book is both concise and clearly laid out, ideal for the teacher who requires a quick reference and some useful teaching tips.",books;education & reference;grammar;language & grammar;new;schools & teaching;slang & word lists;used & rental textbooks;vocabulary;words,10
0297818260,"Pushkin Considered Russia's greatest poet as well as the spiritual father of its prose literature, Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) is best known to English-speaking readers for the Tchaikovsky opera based on his masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, and for his turbulent personal life. British poet and novelist Elaine Feinstein devotes plenty of time to the latter, displaying an almost Russian gusto for the details of Pushkin's many love affairs and the circumstances leading to the duel to defend his wife's honor in which he died. Among the recently uncovered material her biography includes are letters suggesting that the man who shot Pushkin had a homosexual relationship with a Dutch diplomat who protected him after the fatal event. But Feinstein also quotes extensively from various translations (including her own) to give a vivid sense of a writer with ""the facility of Byron, the sensuous richness of Keats and a bawdy wit reminiscent of Chaucer."" These English renderings do better justice to his sexy, light lyrics than to more serious efforts, and Feinstein's thorough biography does not entirely convey to Western readers Pushkin's epic importance in Russia. It certainly offers a vivid sense of his volatile personality--good-natured yet quarrelsome, witty yet painfully sensitive--and of the intricate social world in which he moved, that of the Russian empire at the height of its power. --Wendy Smith 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Shackled by police surveillance and czarist censorship, Alexander PushkinAarguably the Russian Shakespeare, although few realized it during his lifeAcould publish little that was both safe and up to his standards. Despite penury and political banishment, he produced works like Evgeny Onegin (1823-1831), the Byronic saga of a rake something like his young self, as well as Boris Godunov and The Bronze Horseman. As poet and novelist Feinstein (A Captive Lion: The Life of Marina Tsvetayeva) implies in her accessible biography, Pushkin was his own worst enemy. The impulsive, reckless, disheveled great-grandson of an African slave who was a favorite of Peter the Great, was his own worst enemy. He died, at 37, in a probably unnecessary duel, defending the honor of his wife, a frivolous, flirtatious St. Petersburg court beauty unworthy of his jealousy. The bicentennial year of Pushkin's birth in 1799 will spur other books, but very likely none in English will be more up-to-date in exploiting still-emerging documents about Pushkin's life and death. Feinstein's well-chosen extracts from the poet's writings illuminate his bawdy wit, his lyric intensity, his sensitivity to his attenuated but obvious African heritage, and his melancholy introspection. He once described a passionate woman he had bedded as ""A Comet without laws among/ The calculated round of stars""; in Feinstein's biography the words apply just as aptly to the great Russian writer himself. 22 b illustrations. (May) FYI: Serena Vitale's Pushkin's Button, one of Feinstein's sources for her account of the fatal duel, was reviewed in Forecasts, January 11.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Aleksander Pushkin (1799-1837), Russia's greatest poet, belonged to an old royal family that was trying to keep up with high society on a very meager income. Throughout his life, he battled his lack of funds and his African heritage. Feinstein, a poet, biographer (e.g., The Captive Lion: The Life of Marina Tsvetayeva), and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has written a very readable volume, accurately noting Pushkin's lack of activity in the Decembrist Revolution of 1826 but chronicling his literary support for that effort. She vividly describes his marriage to the beautiful Natalia Goncharova and her flirtations at court with Georges-Charles d'Anthes, which led to Pushkin's premature death in a duel protecting her honor. Feinstein liberally quotes from Pushkin's poetry to demonstrate his feelings and actions. The Soviet period (1917-89) distorted Pushkin's writings and influence on Russian society; here, Feinstein takes advantage of recently discovered materials and access to Soviet archives to shed new light on Pushkin's last years. Recommended for public and academic libraries.AHarry V. Willems, Southeast Kansas Lib. Syst., Iola Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	An accessible biography that emphasizes the contradictions in Pushkin's personality and how they contributed to his early death. In this bicentennial year of Pushkin's birthe, the author establishes herself as a good synthesizer. While Feinstein's (Lawrence and the Women: The Intimate Life of D.H. Lawrence, 1993) biography of Russia's great literary figure is up-to-date on the latest research, it will serve as a readable and reliable English-language biography for the general public rather than a groundbreaking study for literary critics. Feinstein presents Pushkin's life chronologically, from his birth and school days to his undoing in a dramatic duel and painful death. Chapters are concise and predictable. An introductory account of Russian imperial history falls into the trap of excessive shorthand, which leads to empty remarks such as the following about Peter the Great: he ``unquestionably wanted to make Russia great.'' From the start, Feinstein focuses on the juxtapositions within Pushkin's personality and his various situations in life: his perception of himself as ugly and his pride in his African ancestry; his liberal political views and his unsolicited role as the tsar's pet poet; his inheritance of his father's love of gossip and society and his need for solitude for work; and his marriage to the beautiful young wife whose flirtations (if not infidelity) led to an eruption of Pushkin's violent temper and the fatal duel that caused his death. For the general reader, Feinstein conveys some of the social complexity of Pushkin's era and life at the royal court. She also makes a particular effort to make Pushkin's works accessible and understandable in chapters that cover his most productive periods, offering excerpts to illustrate Pushkin's creative genius.  Feinstein's Pushkin is a far more conventional biography than Serena Vitale's recent Pushkin's Button, with its marked imaginative flair and foundation of original research. But for the general reader with no knowledge of Russian, it offers a solid introduction to this literary giant. (8 b illustrations)  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""This is the biography that we have long needed: sensitive, elegant, and excellently researched, it brings Pushkin vividly before us."" -- Antony Woods, The Times, London	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Elaine Feinstein is a prize-winning poet, novelist and biographer. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1980 and her work has been translated into many languages. She is the author of highly praised lives of Pushkin and Ted Hughes (the first biography).	Chapter OneImperial RussiaThe visible symbol of Imperial Russia was St Petersburg itself, built on marshy, frozen wastes at the edge of the Baltic in the early eighteenth century. It was the location chosen by Peter the Great as his window on to Europe, mainly because Peter hated Moscow, the ancient Russian capital, for its backwardness, crooked streets and murderous rebellions. He intended his city to have architecture of classical proportions, with broad streets, open, clean and eminently easy to police. The lives of innumerable peasants, soldiers, convicts and prisoners of war were sacrificed to that ambition. In sunshine, St Petersburg is one of the most glittering cities on the face of the earth, yet even at the time of its creation Peter's first wife put a curse upon it, and it remains at the mercy of floods to this day. As Nikolay Karamzin, the great historian whose life was in part contemporary to Pushkin, remarked, 'Petersburg is founded on tears and corpses.'The Court in St Petersburg, however, with its brocade coats from France, lace ruffles from the Netherlands and buckled shoes from England, was as splendid as any in Europe. The splendour concealed the violence that held the autocracy in place. Peter had declared his intention to break with the Asiatic barbarism of Moscow, but he used torture to impose his will, and sometimes even took part in person. Offenders were burned with hot irons, broken on the rack and had their tongues torn out. Peter had his own son, Alexis, tortured to death for alleged treason. The man whose 'will founded the city beneath the sea' unquestionably wanted to make Russia great. He founded an Academy of Sciences, a Russian public museum, a library and the first newspaper. He was physically inexhaustible and immensely gifted. However, the bulk of the population of his empire lived in poverty and illiteracy. Most of his people were peasants, and throughout the eighteenth century almost all of these were either serfs of private landowners or in bondage to the state. There was no bourgeoisie of a Western European kind. Very few Russians lived in towns, and of those who did most were desperately poor. Merchants depended on the patronage of the nobility, and had little opportunity for enterprise of their own. Bureaucrats were either of noble origin or ennobled on gaining high position, and there were very few intellectuals. All power lay in the Tsar, and the noblest officers of the land gained their power only from the confidence of the Emperor.Tyranny was easy to justify by the danger of rebellion, which was real enough. Weak rulers, such as those who succeeded Peter the Great, were murderously deposed in a series of palace coups, usually instigated by favourites with the support of the Guards regiments. Even Catherine II (r. 1762-96) who had come to power with the intention of reforming the condition of the peasants, gave up all idea of radical reform after the great peasant uprising (1773-5) under the Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev. In any case, Catherine was less liberal than Western admirers, who knew of her correspondence with Voltaire, liked to believe. Not only did she extend Russia's Imperial rule over several neighbouring peoples, she enacted a system of laws which put well over half the population of Russia in bondage to their owners. In Western Europe there had been no serfdom since the Middle Ages, and by the last quarter of the eighteenth century ideals of self-government and individual freedom had led to the establishment of the United States, a revolution in France and constitutional monarchy in Great Britain. Catherine wanted no such ideas to gain currency inside her own empire. In 1790 Aleksander Radishchev, who denounced the moral evils of serfdom in 'A journey from St Petersburg to Moscow' was sent to Siberia in chains for beliefs Catherine might once have praised for their compassion. Pushkin knew the skills she used and wrote of her: 'If ruling means knowing human weakness and using it, then Catherine deserves the awe of posterity.' Neither then nor in Pushkin's time were her sexual appetites, any more than those of later rulers, regarded other than indulgently by her Russian subjects.The power of Imperial Russia was at its height when Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was born in the last year of the eighteenth century, three years after Catherine's reign ended, during the short rule (1796-1801) of her son Paul I. As a Grand Duke, Paul had run his own estate with a private army dressed in Prussian uniform. As a Tsar, Paul became dangerously capricious. His closest advisors, even his wife and the mistress who adored him, all fell under Paul's suspicion. Some idea of his need to impose formal respect can be gained from Pushkin's story that when Paul met him as a year-old child in his pram, the Tsar reproached his nurse for not seeing that his cap was doffed in respect. It was said Paul peered anxiously at sentinels to make certain the guards had not been changed without his instructions. It was in this mood that he fortified the Mikhaylovsky Palace in St Petersburg and took up residence there on 13 February 1801, but his fears did not preserve him. Count Peter von Pahlen joined with several other officers to remove Paul forcibly from the throne and install his son, Alexander, who was thought to have liberal sympathies. Alexander was forewarned of the conspirators' intentions and assured that no harm would come to his father, but in the event Paul was strangled during the attempt to put him under arrest.Born under Paul I, Pushkin lived more than the first half of his life under the rule of Tsar Alexander I, an altogether more complex character than his father. Alexander's accession to the throne was greeted with tears of joy and people embracing in the streets of the capital. Nor was their enthusiasm altogether misplaced. 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",biographies & memoirs;books;criticism & theory;history & criticism;literature & fiction;movements & periods;poetry;renaissance;russian;world literature,10
088133748X,"Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa "" . . . a sobering, painful look at problems of a still-poor developing country that will be particularly instructive to international public health workers, nutrition educators, planners and clinical nutritionists concerned with Third World problems. It is a recommended reading.""   -- ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION 1995"". . . this book has two main advantages. First, it engages the reader, because it is well written. Second, it offers a broad scope for discussion of academic and practical issues.""   -- JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCES, Vol.27 1995""Katherine Dettwyler has written an easily accessible and particularly vibrant description of life in modern Mali . . . It offers a vivid portrait of Malian people and places as well as thoughtful account of the issues and problems that face anthropologists in the field.""  -- AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW, Vol. 38, No. 2 1995""The ongoing critique of ethnography has, happily, changed the genre, and today real people walk the pages of the best ethnographies. Dettwyler's DANCING SKELETONS is surely one of the best. The text emerges as an extended meditation on applied fieldwork as a gradual melding of people and meaning.""  -- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, Vol. 6, No. 5 1994	Also available by Katherine A. Dettwyler from Waveland Press: Cultural Anthropology and Human Experience: The Feast of Life (ISBN 9781577666813).	""Katherine Dettwyler has written an easily accessible and particularly vibrant description of life in modern Mali . . . It offers a vivid portrait of Malian people and places as well as a thoughtful account of the issues and problems that face anthropologists in the field.""  (African Studies Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, 1995) "". . . a sobering, painful look at problems of a still-poor developing country that will be particularly instructive to international public health workers, nutrition educators, planners and clinical nutritionists concerned with Third World problems. It is a recommended reading.""  (Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1995) ""The ongoing critique of ethnography has, happily, changed the genre, and today real people walk the pages of the best ethnographies. Dettwyler's Dancing Skeletons is surely one of the best. The text emerges as an extended meditation on applied fieldwork as a gradual melding of people and meaning.""  (American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 6, No. 5, 1994) "". . . this book has two main advantages. First, it engages the reader, because it is well written. Second, it offers a broad scope for discussion of academic and practical issues.""  (Journal of Biosocial Sciences, Vol. 27, 1995)",anthropology;archaeology;books;cultural;new;parenting;parenting & relationships;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
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0801025796,"New Testament Commentary Survey Serious students of the Bible want to know which resources are most valuable to add to their growing libraries. With an abundance of available tools, students often turn to trusted professors for advice. This book provides such advice from D. A. Carson, one of the most highly respected evangelical New Testament scholars.  Reviews of previous editions: ""Carson's work is most valuable and his perceptive remarks will serve pastors and students well.""-David S. Dockery, Review and Expositor ""This invaluable little book will find a valued place on the shelves of all those who regularly read and/or buy commentaries . . .  as a resource this is unmatched.""-Peter M. Head, Churchman ""I recommend this bibliographic essay highly. Readers of differing theological orientation will still find this a helpful list to put into the hands of students and pastors.""-Edgar Krentz, Currents in Theology and Mission  D. A. Carson (Ph. D., Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author or editor of more than forty books.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	D. A. Carson (Ph.D., Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author or editor of more than forty books.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Theologically I am an evangelical, but many of the positive assessments offered in these notes are in connection with books written from the vantage of some other theological tradition: the usefulness of a commentary sometimes turns on something other than the theological stance of its author-assuming, of course, commentaries are read critically, as they should be, whatever one's theological heritage. Conversely, just because a commentary stands within the evangelical tradition does not necessarily mean it is a good book.  It may be thoroughly orthodox, but be poorly written, or uninformed, or quick to import from other biblical passages meanings that cannot rightly be found in the texts on which comment is being offered. In other words, this Survey is a guide to commentaries, not orthodoxy.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",bibliographies & indexes;books;christian books & bibles;education & reference;history;publishing & books;reference;religion;research & publishing guides;writing,10
0300104642,"The Last of the Celts ""[T]here is nothing that the British or the French love more than a good old Celtic revival,"" writes Tanner. But the recent renaissance of interest in all things Celtic is ""vacuous,"" he continues, a mere mask for the rapid disappearance of genuine Celtic culture in the British Isles and Brittany. In this lively book, which is part travelogue and part social history, independent historian Tanner (Ireland's Holy Wars) records the results of his world travels in search of the remaining vestiges of Celtic culture. As he moves from Scotland and Belfast to Wales, Cornwall and Cape Breton, he discovers that English has replaced Celtic languages and that modernization has erased many of the remaining Celtic rituals and practices. He provides not only a portrait of modern society in flux in these regions but also a picture of each society's rich history. Tanner finds that Celtic music has become the vehicle for preserving the distinctive features of the Celtic past, although some musical spectacles that purport to preserve the culture, such as Riverdance, are more faux Celtic than the real thing. Tanner particularly laments the disappearance of such languages as Welsh, for without a living language, proverbs and other sayings that preserve a people's folkways are lost forever. This thoughtful book provides a very different, less optimistic perspective on today's Celtic revival. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	In this lively book, which is part travelogue and part social history, independent historian Tanner records the results of his world travels in search of the remaining vestiges of Celtic culture. . . . He provides not only a portrait of modern society in flux in these regions but also a picture of each societys rich history. . . . [A] thoughtful book.Publishers Weekly[A] lively and thought-provoking exploration of [the Celtic languages] status today.Michael Kenney, Boston Globe	Marcus Tanner is a freelance writer and journalist.",anthropology;books;cultural;history;humanities;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks;world,10
0323029922,"Pediatric Physical Diagnosis Electronic Atlas, (CD-ROM/DVD) This DVD lets you search and download over 2,500 visual representations of common and uncommon disorders	Basil J. Zitelli, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Diagnostic Referral Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and Holly W. Davis, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Child Advocacy Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA",books;clinical;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;medicine & health sciences;new;oncology;pediatrics;used & rental textbooks,10
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0312254113,"Rita Aero's Walt Disney World : The Essential Guide to Amazing Vacations ""This guidebook is the greatest! It saved us $50 per day in meals alone. Rita Aero made a perfect vacation come true.""--Maria Cole, Winchester, Virginia""In the bookstore, faced with many guidebook choices, I was confused as to which to pick. Fortunately, I chose Rita Aero's. A whole world opened up after reading this book.""--Alicia White, Cleveland, Ohio""We saved $600 on our last trip. Thank you!""--Debby Lloyd, United Kingdom""As a professional travel agent specializing in Orlando vacations, I advise all my clients to purchase Aero's guidebook. It is an invaluable planning tool with the most accurate information.""--Nanci Rossetti, Forest City, Pennsylvania""I have learned how to procure great discounts, find the perfect resort, eat some of the greatest meals, and plan the best Disney vacation possible with the help of Rita Aero's Walt Disney World guide.""--Jen Ducey, North Webster, Indiana""All of the secret, insider tips on what to see and how to tour the parks are priceless. We would have missed so many magical moments at the parks if it had not been for this book. Thanks a million, Rita!""--Mark Vance, Sussex, Wisconsin""I bought the Aero guidebook because it looked cool; since then it has become my Walt Disney World bible. It doesn't turn you into a theme park commando, like the other books insist on. It allows you to create the vacation that works for you.""--Pamela Kowzan, Greensboro, North Carolina""I shudder to think what planning a Walt Disney World vacation would be like without this book.""--Ramona Pinter, Daytona Beach, Florida""Endless tips, money-saving ideas, and a good read...a great book!""--Gennie Ballard, Whitmore Lake, Michigan""There is so much information that other guidebooks do not include. The attention to detail is marvelous. The best part of this guide is the password to the Readers Clubhouse! This is simply the most wonderful Web site on the Internet.""--Sharon Martin, Wixom, Michigan	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Rita Aero has written more than 15 books and is an award-winning book designer.  She has organized hundreds of tours for adult visitors to Walt Disney World.  She lives in Sausalito, CA.",books;disney world;florida;south;south atlantic;specialty travel;theme parks;tourist destinations & museums;travel;united states,10
1575050099,"Thomas Jefferson: Father of Liberty (Trailblazers) Grade 5-8-While Ferris offers standard biographical and background information about Jefferson's life, detailing his childhood, education, marriage and family life, and lengthy government service, she places those topics in a framework of his impressive intellectual and philosophical pursuits. She explains how his lifelong quest for knowledge and understanding both shaped his political beliefs and actions and allowed him to have a profound influence on the foundations of American democracy. That emphasis is the real strength of this book. The author is admiring of the man, but also discusses his struggle to balance his awareness of the evils of slavery against his ownership of slaves. She uses numerous primary sources. Well-chosen black-and-white period art and modern location photos add to the text. This book will serve a slightly younger audience than Milton Meltzer's Thomas Jefferson (Watts, 1991), which offers more detail about Jefferson's life and a strong analysis of the man and the slavery issue. Ferris moves beyond the standard great-deeds analysis found in so many biographies, thus providing an understanding of both the man and his continuing legacy.Mary Mueller, Rolla Junior High School, MOCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	In the Trailblazer Biography series, an entry that proceeds chronologically, through the highlights of Jefferson's life, from his boyhood in Virginia, college days, family, views on slavery, the construction of Monticello, his reluctant participation in the new government, retirement, and death, with an summary of his legacy. Throughout, Ferris (What I Had Was Singing, 1994) focuses on Jefferson's writings and his fanatical organization. The text is seamless in the coverage of Jefferson's public life, and will hold interest; it is less effective when offering a glimpse of the man's private life, e.g., the deaths of his children are mentioned without a hint of how he may have been affected. As a result, he remains a statesman in this volume, rather than a fully realized person. The complexities and contradictions (that he kept slaves while attempting to eliminate slavery) are rationalized, but not convincingly. Despite these flaws, this biography will attract readers too young for John B. Severance's Thomas Jefferson (p. 1293). (b reproductions, maps, notes, bibliography, index) (Biography. 9-13)  -- Copyright 1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.",( j );a-z;biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;children's books;jefferson;people;thomas;u. s. presidents & first ladies,10
0452279542,"The 100 Best Colleges for African-American Students: Revised and Updated Edition Erlene B. Wilson has written and produced literature about colleges for 10 years, including an advice column for college women as associate editor at Glamour magazine. She also co-founded Creative Planners, a college marketing firm that published and distributed an activities calendar for black students. She lives in Randallstown, Maryland.",african-american studies;books;catalogs & directories;college & university;college guides;education & reference;politics & social sciences;schools & teaching;social sciences;specific demographics,10
1582972796,"Writer's Idea Workshop: How to Make Your Good Ideas Great ""As we move deeper into the project we're developing, we sometimes sense it going flat. It lacks the inspiration that kept us going through the early stages of creation, and even though we're willing to suspend judgment, we can't shake the notion that the piece needs more of something... For an idea to work well, it needs to grow, to complicate itself with more ideas.""	Jack Heffron is a freelance writer, editor, actor and teacher. His short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines, and his nonfiction has appeared in Oxford American, Utne Reader, and ESPN's Total Sports Magazine among other. He has taught writing for more than 17 years and is the author of The Writer's Idea Book and co-author of Writer's Guide to Places. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.",arts & photography;authorship;books;education & reference;history & criticism;literature & fiction;publishing & books;research & publishing guides;writing;writing skills,10
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0393324338,"Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World Hill is touted as the greatest free climber in the world meaning  she climbs without gear, which could make for scary reading.   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Hill began climbing when she was 14, in 1970, scampering up a rock face while her companions turned away in exhaustion; by 1994, she had done something no other climber had ever done: made a free ascent of El Capitan's hideously challenging Nose. That's 3,000 feet of granite, straight up. This autobiography, written with veteran climber and author Child, is a must-read for fans of sport climbing (which is very different, Hill explains, from mountaineering). Naturally, she hits all the high spots in a career filled with them: El Capitan and Joshua Tree in Yosemite National Park, Granite Mountain in Arizona, Nevada's Heart of Darkness, the Gunks in New Jersey, and the ominously named Suicide Rocks in California. Hill has climbed them all, and plenty more. In the world of sport climbing, she's a superstar, and yet, unlike many autobiographies written by superstars, this book contains not a trace of ego or pretension. She is an ordinary person with an extraordinary gift; her story, which could have been aggressively self-promoting, is instead quietly inspiring. David PittCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	[Hill's] story...is one of unbelievable determination, quiet inspiration and extraordinary courage.  -- Publishers Weekly Daily, 23 May 2002	Lynn Hill has been featured in Life, Vanity Fair, Outside, Time, National Geographic, and in the IMAX film Extreme. She lives in Moab, Utah.Greg Child is a world-class mountaineer and the author of several books on climbing. He lives near Moab, Utah.",biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;hiking & camping;instructional;mountain climbing;mountaineering;specific groups;sports & outdoors;women,10
0131146246,"Invitation to Psychology (3rd Edition) Written in a compelling manner and loaded with real-world applications, this condensed version of Wade and Tavris' bestseller Psychology maintains its focus on critical thinking, attention to gender and multicultural issues, and commitment to the debates of psychology, and offers the support of companion websites that include test questions, web connections, message board, seven chapter corresponding premium site modules, web news, web survey, interactive lectures, guided reviews, and much more.  Covers five major areasyourself, your body, your mind, your environment, your mental health, and your life. Includes full chapters on the science of psychology; the theories of personality; development over the life span; neurons, hormones and the brain; sensation and perception; thinking and intelligence; memory; learning; behavior in social and cultural context;  psychological disorders; approaches to treatment and therapy; emotion, stress, and health; and the major motives of life: love, sex, food, and work.  For psychologists, psychotherapists, and readers interested in exploring the inner workings of the human mind.@BULLET = Features chapter-opening vignettes based on real newspaper stories, ""Get Involved"" hands-on application exercises and demonstrations; end-of-chapter ""Taking Psychology With You"" sections that draw on research in the chapter end-of-chapter sectionsDraws on research in the chapter.  @SUBBULLET = Helps students tackle topics of practical concern. Ex.___  @BULLET = ""Quick Quizzes""After each major section of the text.  @SUBBULLET = Actively tests students' comprehension. Ex.___  @CONTENTSBEG =	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	P style=MARGIN: 0pxCarole Wade is affiliated with the Dominican University in Califormia. Her Ph.D. is in cognitive psychology and her areas of interest include gender, ethnicity and a focus on the teaching and development of critical thinking skills.  P style=MARGIN: 0pxCarol Tavris earned her Ph.D. in social psychology and as a writer and lecturer focuses on educating the public about the importance of critical and scientific thinking in psychology.  P style=MARGIN: 0pxDr. Wade and Dr. Tavris are Fellows of the American Psychological Association and charter members of the American Psychological Society.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	TO THE INSTRUCTOR   Psychology textbooks have always had a little problem with length. William James's two-volume classic, Principles of Psychology (1890), took him twelve long years to write and weighed in at a hefty 1,393 pages. (And today's students think they have it hard!) Just two years after it was published, James followed it with Psychology, Briefer Course, which was much shorter, under 500 pages. But James was not happy with his briefer book; in a letter to his publishers, he complained that he had left out ""all bibliography and experimental details, all metaphysical subtleties and digressions, all quotations, all humor and pathos, all interest in short . . . ."" (quoted in Weiten  Wight, 1992).    The great James was probably too hard on himself; he was entirely incapable of writing anything dull or disjointed. Nevertheless, we kept his words in mind as we were working on our own ""briefer"" introduction to psychology. From the outset, we were guided by a philosophy that we hoped would help us avoid some of the pitfalls of the genre:    A brief book should be brief-not only in terms of pages, but in the number of chapters. The book's organization should be appealing and meaningful. Students at all levels need critical-thinking tools for evaluating psychological issues intelligently. Brief or long, a textbook needs to use examples, analogies, lively writing, and a strong narrative sense to pull students into the material and make it meaningful to their lives. Students remember more if they learn actively. Research on culture, gender, and ethnicity is as integral to psychology as is research on the brain, genetics, and hormones.    In the rest of this preface, we describe how we have tried to translate our philosophy about writing this book into reality, and what is new in this second edition.   1. Brevity   Even with a brief textbook consisting of 14 or 15 chapters, instructors often feel hard-pressed to cover the material in a semester or quarter. We decided, therefore, that 13 chapters would be ideal: enough to cover all the major topics, but few enough to give instructors some breathing room. A 13-chapter book allows you to spend some extra time on topics that students sometimes find difficult, such as the brain; to develop your favorite topics in greater depth; to take time at the beginning of the semester to get to know your students; or to use time at the end of the term to summarize and review.   2. A Meaningful Organization   We wanted the organization of this book to do two things: engage students quickly and provide a logical ""scaffolding"" for the diverse topics in psychology. The first chapter, which introduces students to the field and to the fundamentals of critical and scientific thinking, is followed by six sections consisting of two chapters each. The title of each section invites the reader to consider how the discipline of psychology can illuminate aspects of his or her own life and provides the reader with a personal frame of reference for assimilating the information:     PART ONE: YOUR SELF examines major theories of personality (Chapter 2) and development (Chapter 3). These are extremely high-interest topics for students, and will draw them into the course right away. Moreover, starting off with these chapters allows us to avoid redundancy in coverage of the major schools of psychologybiological, learning, cognitive, sociocultural, and psychodynamic. Instead of introducing these perspectives in the first chapter and then having to explain them again in a much later personality chapter, we cover them once, in this section.     PART TWO: YOUR BODY explores the many ways in which the brain, neurons, and hormones affect psychological functioning (Chapter 4), and the neurological and psychological underpinnings of sensation and perception (Chapter 5).     PART THREE: YOUR MIND discusses the impressive ways in which human beings think and reasonand why they so often fail to think and reason well (Chapter 6)and explores the puzzles and paradoxes of memory (Chapter 7).     PART FOUR: YOUR ENVIRONMENT covers basic principles of learning (Chapter 8) and the impact of social and cultural contexts on behavior (Chapter 9). Combining learning and social psychology in the same part is a break from convention, but we think it makes wonderful sense, for these two fields share an emphasis on ""extrapsychic"" factors in behavior.     PART FIVE: YOUR MENTAL HEALTH reviews the major mental and emotional disorders (Chapter 10) and evaluates the therapies designed to treat them (Chapter 11).     PART SIX: YOUR LIFE shows how mind, body, and environment influence emotions, stress, and health (Chapter 12) and the fundamental motives that drive people: eating and appetite, love and sex, and work and achievement (Chapter 13).    Naturally, a brief book will not include every topic that might be found in a longer book, but we have tried to retain all of those that are truly essential in an introductory course. In most cases, you will find these topics in the chapters where you expect them to be, but there are a few exceptions. For example, eating disorders are not discussed in the chapter on psychological disorders; instead, we discuss them in the context of psychological, genetic, and cultural factors in eating, overweight, and dieting (Chapter 13). Likewise, because we wanted to limit the book to 13 chapters, we chose not to include a separate chapter on consciousness, but we have not ignored this material; sleep and dreams are discussed in the brain chapter (Chapter 4), hypnosis in the memory chapter (Chapter 6), and drugs in a section on addiction in the disorders chapter (Chapter 10). If at first you do not see a topic that interests you, we urge you to look for it in the table of contents or the index.   3. Critical and Creative Thinking   Since we introduced critical thinking in the first edition of our longer book, in the 1980s, we have been gratified to see its place in the study of psychology grow. Without critical-thinking skills, learning ends at the classroom door.    In this book, too, our goal is to get students to reflect on what they learn, resist leaping to conclusions on the basis of personal experience alone (so tempting in psychological matters), apply rigorous standards of evidence, and listen to competing views. As in our longer book, we introduce eight basic guidelines to critical and creative thinking right away, in the first chapter, and then teach and model these guidelines throughout the book.    We use a critical-thinking icona lightbulbtogether with a ""tab"" like the one in the sample on this page-to draw the reader's attention to some (but not all) of the critical-thinking discussions in the text. The lightbulb and tab are meant to say to students, ""Listen up! As you read about this topic, you will need to be especially careful about assumptions, evidence, and conclusions."" The critical-thinking lightbulb also appears in Quick Quizzes (see the discussion of active learning on page xiv) to alert students to quiz items that give them practice in critical thinking.    True critical thinking, we have always maintained, cannot be reduced to a set of rhetorical questions or to a formula for analyzing studies. It is a process of evaluating claims and ideas, and thus it must be woven into a book's narrative. We try to model critical thinking for students in our evaluations not only of popular but unsupported cultural ideas, such as ESP and subliminal perception, but also of popular but unsupported academic ideas, such as Carol Gilligan's notion that the sexes differ in moral reasoning or Maslow's concept of a motivational hierarchy. Similarly, we try to model the importance of critical thinking and empirical evidence in our coverage of psychological issues that have evoked emotional debate, such as children's eyewitness testimony, multiple personality disorder, ""recovered"" memories, parental versus peer influence on children, the role of biology in addiction, definitions of racism and sexism, and many others. An emphasis on critical thinking is also integral to the book's new on-line media program (see below); students are not just given links to relevant web sitesthey are encouraged to think critically about the material they find there.   4. Liveliness and Relevance   Virginia Woolf once said that fiction is not dropped like a pebble upon the ground, but, like a spider's web, is attached to life at all four corners. The same principle applies to good textbook writing. Authors of texts at all levels have a unique opportunity to combine scholarly rigor and authority with warmth and compassion in conveying what psychologists know (and still seek to know) about the predicaments and puzzles of life:    The predicaments and puzzles that people care most about, of course, are those that arise in their own lives. Taking Psychology with You, a feature that concludes each chapter, draws on research reported in the chapter to tackle practical topics such as living with chronic pain (Chapter 5), becoming more creative (Chapter 6), improving study habits (Chapter 8), getting along with people of other cultures (Chapter 9), and evaluating self-help programs and books (Chapter 11).    However,: we also want students to see that psychology can deepen our understanding of events and problems that go beyond the personal. Each chapter therefore begins with a real story from the newsabout a 63year-old woman giving birth, an eyewitness whose mistaken testimony sent a man to prison for 11 years, the apparent rise of ""Internet addiction,"" a child who died during a session of ""rebirthing"" therapy in Coloradoand asks students how they might think critically about the issues the story raises.    This Psychology in the News feature is not merely a ""motivator"" to be quickly forgotten; each story is revisited at the end of the chapter, where concepts and findings from the chapter are used to analyze and evaluate the questions raised earlier. We think this device helps promote critical thinking and also helps students appreciate that psychology is indeed ""attached to life at all four corners.""   5. Active Learning   One of the soundest findings about learning is that you can't just sit there like a flounder while it happens. You have to be actively involved, whether practicing a new skill or encoding new material. In this textbook, we have included several pedagogical features designed to encourage students to become actively involved in what they are reading.    What's Ahead introduces each major section within a chapter. This feature consists of a brief set of questions that are not merely rhetorical but are intended to be provocative or intriguing enough to arouse students' curiosity and draw them into the material: Why do some people get depressed even though they ""have it all""? Why are people who are chronically angry and mistrustful their own worst enemy? What's the difference between ordinary techniques of persuasion and the coercive techniques used by cults?    Looking Back, at the end of each chapter, lists all of the What's Ahead questions along with page numbers to show where the material for each question was covered. This way, students can check their retention and can easily review if they find that they can't answer a question. This feature also has another purpose: Students will gain a sense of how much they are learning about matters of personal and social importance, and will be able to appreciate how much more psychology offers beyond ""common sense."" Some instructors may want to turn some of these questions into essay or short-answer test items or written assignments.    Quick Quizzes have been retained and adapted from our longer text because of their track record in promoting active learning. These periodic self-tests encourage students to check their progress while they are reading and to go back and review if necessary. The quizzes do more than test for memorization of definitions; they tell students whether they comprehend the issues. Mindful of the common tendency to skip quizzes or to peek at the answers, we have used various formats and have included entertaining examples in order to motivate students to test themselves.    As mentioned earlier, many of the quizzes also include critical-thinking questions, identified by the lightbulb symbol. They invite the student to reflect on the implications of findings and to consider how psychological principles might illuminate real-life issues. For example: What kinds of questions should a critical thinker ask about a new drug for depression? If a woman's job performance is declining, what else besides low achievement might be the reason? How should a critical consumer evaluate some expert's claim that health is entirely a matter of ""mind over matter""? Although we offer some possible responses to such questions, most of them do not have a single correct answer, and students may be able to come up with some valid, well-reasoned answers that differ from our own.    Get Involved exercises provide an entertaining approach to active learning. Some consist of quick demonstrations (e.g., swing a flashlight in a dark closet to see how images remain briefly in sensory memory); some are simple mini-studies (e.g., violate a social norm and see what happens); and some help students relate course material to their own lives (e.g., list the extrinsic and intrinsic reinforcers that might be involved in a diverse array of activities, from studying to prayer). Instructors may want to assign some of these exercises to the entire class and then discuss the results and what they mean.    Other pedagogical features include graphic illustrations of complex concepts; summary tables; a running glossary that defines boldfaced technical terms on the pages where they occur for handy reference and study; a cumulative glossary at the back of the book; a list of key terms at the end of each chapter with page numbers so that students can find the sections where the terms are covered; chapter outlines; and chapter summaries in paragraph form to help students review major concepts.   6. Coverage of Human Diversity   When the first edition of our longer textbook came out, some considered our goal of mainstreaming issues of gender, ethnicity, and culture into introductory psychology quite radicaleither a sop to political correctness or a fluffy and superficial fad in psychology. Today, the issue is no longer whether to include these topics, but how best to do it.    From the beginning, our own answer has been to raise relevant studies and issues about gender and culture in the main body of the text, and we continue to do so. Are there sex differences in the brain? This controversial and fascinating issue belongs in the brain chapter (Chapter 4). Do people from all cultures experience and express emotion the same way, and do women and men differ in ""emotionality""? These topics belong in the emotion chapter (Chapter 12). In addition, Chapter 9, ""Behavior in Social and Cultural Context,"" highlights the sociocultural perspective in psychology and includes an extended discussion of ethnic identity, ethnocentrism, prejudice, and cross-cultural relations.    We include important findings on gender differencesand similaritiesin our discussions of many psychological topics, including (among others) adolescent development, the brain, social norms and roles, depression, eating disorders and body-image problems (in both sexes), emotion, socialization, hormones, love, menopause and menstruation, moral reasoning, object-relations theories of personality development, pain, weight and dieting, and work motivation. And of course we consider not only differences and similarities in sexualityin biology, attitudes, motives, orientation, scripts, and ""drive""but also the evolutionary, psychological, and cultural theories that have been proposed to explain those differences and similarities.    Similarly, we discuss findings on culture and ethnicity to show how a cultural level of analysis helps us better understand group differences in addiction rates, emotional disorders such as anxiety and panic, the diagnosis of mental disorder, behavioral rules and norms for such ""personality"" traits as cleanliness and risk-taking, conversational distance, notions of time, sexual attitudes and behavior, the effectiveness of medication and psychotherapy for various disorders, the display of emotion, IQ scores, attitudes about the ideal body and how those attitudes affect physical and psychological health, and cognitive processes such as moral reasoning and the fundamental attribution error. We discuss cultural influences on universal human processes such as infant development, attachment and bonding, the ""Big Five"" personality traits, language, perception, memory, taste preferences, cognitive development, self-identity, and performance in school. And we discuss cultural universals such as ethnocentrism, prejudice, ethnic identity, stereotyping, and group conflict, as well as findings from social psychology and cross-cultural psychology about ways that groups in conflict might resolve their differences or at least learn to live with them.    A book's coverage of gender and culture, however, cannot be adequately assessed solely in terms of the number of times group differences and characteristics are mentioned. There are hundreds of gender and cultural differences that, though reliable, are trivial and do not warrant space in an introductory textbook. We would rather devote space to in-depth discussions of issues where differences between the sexes or between ethnic groups really matter. For example, it is not enough to say, in passing, that women are more likely than men to seek treatment for depression, or that Japanese schoolchildren have higher math scores than American children, without explaining why these differences might exist. Mainstreaming gender and culture also means discussing the larger controversies that these sensitive topics invariably produce. Do men and women differ in the nature of the ""sex drive,"" and how should we assess evolutionary and cultural explanations of gender differences in sexuality and love? (See Chapter 13.) What, exactly, do we mean when we say someone is ""racist"" or ""sexist""is this a matter of unconscious attitudes, conscious beliefs, or actual behavior? (See Chapter 9.)   What's New in this Edition?   In this second edition of Invitation to Psychology, we have retained the first edition's basic approach, organization, and pedagogy. Many of its features have been tested by time and student reaction; students and instructors like them.    Any new edition, however, offers its authors and publisher an opportunity to expand and improve a book's features. For the second edition of Invitation to Psychology, Prentice Hall has created a smashing new on-line media program, accessed through the book's website: www.prenhall.com/wade. Marginal icons throughout the text direct students to web links related to the material, video clips, simulations and animations of figures and tables, readings, activities, and an on-line study guideall intended to promote active learning and stimulate intellectual curiosity.    A new edition also permits authors to streamline language, cast a fresh eye on the internal organization of chapters, and replace dated examples or stories with more current ones. This we have done. And of course, we have carefully updated material throughout the book with cutting-edge research and critical discussions of current issues, as users of our books have come to expect. Here are just a few examples from each chapter.     CHAPTER 1 (WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?): We clarified two of our critical-thinking guidelines and added a discussion of why control groups are crucial in nonexperimental as well as experimental studies.     CHAPTER 2 (THEORIES OF PERSONALITY): We reorganized the section on temperaments; modified and sharpened the section on evaluating genetic theories of personality; and added findings on regional variations in cultural expectations regarding personality traits.     CHAPTER 3 (DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN): We made significant changes in the organization of this chapter. We also added important new material, including, for example, a discussion of parental versus peer influence on children's development and recent research questioning Ainsworth's explanation for differing attachment styles in children.     CHAPTER 4 (NEURONS, HORMONES, AND THE BRAIN): We updated and expanded our discussion of the exciting research on precursor cells and neurogenesis; added a description of functional MRI; and added research showing the effects of experience on the brains of musicians, cab drivers, and bilingual persons.     CHAPTER 5 (SEN5ATION AND PERCEPTION): We added several recent studies and significantly reorganized the discussion of pain, which now includes material on Ronald Melzack's neuromatrix theory.     CHAPTER 6 (THINKING AND INTELLIGENCE): We revised the section on culture and testing, deleting some material but adding a discussion of stereotype threat; added recent criticisms of the ""intelligences"" approach; and added recent findings on numerical abilities in nonhuman primates.     CHAPTER 7 (MEMORY): We revised and updated the section on children's eyewitness memory, devoting considerable space to this topic because of its social and legal relevance, and because research on this topic shows the important role that psychological research can play in real life; and we replaced the short section on motivated forgetting with a longer discussion on psychogenic amnesia and the controversy over repression.     CHAPTER 8 (LEARNING): We deleted the discussion of classical conditioning's role in drug tolerance and withdrawal, which involves compensatory responses and thus is difficult for introductory students to grasp. Instead, we now discuss the role of classical conditioning in reactions to medical treatments-both misery and relief. We also revised our discussion of punishment to include research on the effectiveness of consistent punishment in reducing recidivism in young criminals.     CHAPTER 9 (BEHAVIOR IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT): This chapter contains major organizational changes, along with new research on deindividuation, the difference between hostile and ""benevolent"" sexism, and implicit measures of prejudice.     CHAPTER 10 (PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS): We strengthened our critical discussion of the Rorschach because of new research questioning much of its reliability and validity; added research on antisocial personality disorder (including a study of APD-like behavior in chimpanzees); and added research supporting the view that addiction can be the result as well as the cause of drug abuse.     CHAPTER 11 (APPROACHES TO TREATMENT AND THERAPY): We updated and expanded our discussion of the ""scientist-practitioner gap""; added a critical discussion of the growing alliance between researchers and pharmaceutical companies that fund their work; and updated the list of problems for which cognitive and behavioral therapies are the treatments of choice.     CHAPTER 12 (EMOTIONS, STRESS, AND HEALTH): We reorganized and updated the section on stressors that affect the body; added research on how locus of control affects health; and added work on the benefits of overcoming adversity.     CHAPTER 13 (THE MAJOR MOTIVES OF LIFE): We revised and updated much of the material in this chapter, in our discussions of male and female sexuality, biological theories of sexual orientation, and the genetics, psychology, and culture of weight and body shape. In the latter section, we added new research that questions set-point theory, which cannot account for the worldwide obesity epidemic. We discuss the role of cultural norms in determining the ""ideal body,"" and the risks to health when that ideal is either too thin or obese. And we have added new studies suggesting that North American men are succumbing to body image problems, too.    A more complete list of additions, deletions, and changes is available from your Prentice Hall representative.    Invitation to Psychology, Second Edition, also contains a brand-new art program. We have replaced graphic illustrations with those found in our longer book, which are pedagogically clearer. We are especially delighted with the new anatomical art, which was prepared by exceptional artists who are also physicians; they really know what they are doing! We think you will find their anatomical drawings to be colorful, accurate, and, above all, student-friendly.   The Supplements Package  For the Instructor   Instructor's Resource Manual Prepared by Virginia Diehl of Western Illinois University, this manual contains a wealth of material to help you plan and manage your course, including: ""teacher-to-teacher"" discussions, chapter learning objectives and outlines, detailed lecture suggestions and ideas, demonstrations and activities, review and critical-thinking exercises, handout masters, transparency suggestions, and video and media resources for each chapter.    Test Item File Prepared by Cathleen McGreal of Kalamazoo College, this test bank contains over 3,000 multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer, and essay questions that test factual, applied, and conceptual knowledge.    Prentice Hall Test Manager One of the most popular test-generating software programs on the market, Test Manager is available in Windows and Macintosh formats and contains a Gradebook, Online Network Testing, and many tools to help you edit and create tests. The program comes with full technical support and telephone ""Request a Test"" service.    Prentice Hall's Introductory Psychology Transparencies, Series V Designed in large-type format for lecture settings, these full-color overhead transparencies add visual appeal to your lectures by augmenting the visuals in the text with a variety of new illustrations.    Powerpoint Slides and Online Graphics Archive Available in the Faculty Module of the Premium Companion Website, each chapter's art has been digitized and is available for download into any presentation software. Powerpoint lectures for each chapter are also available for download.    Prentice Hall Video Libraries Prentice Hall has assembled a superior collection of video materials, which range from short lecture launchers to full-length detailed features for use in the Introductory Psychology course. The videos below are available to qualified adopters.    ABC News Videos for Introductory Psychology, Series III consists of segments from ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings, Nightline, 20/20, Prime Time Live, and The Health Show. The Alliance Series: The Annenberg/CPB Collection is the most extensive collection of professionally produced videos available with any introductory psychology textbook. Selections include videos in the following Annenberg series: The Brain, The Brain Teaching Modules, Discovering Psychology, The Mind, and The Mind Teaching Modules. Films for the Humanities and Sciences  A wealth of videos from the extensive library of Film for the Humanities and Sciences, on a variety of topics in psychology, are available to qualified adopters. Contact your local Prentice Hall representative for a list of videos.   Media Support for Invitation to Psychology, Second Edition   Both professors and students will find many useful resources in the media program accompanying this text.    www.prenhall.com/wade Premium Companion Website Every new book comes with FREE access to this extensive online study resource, prepared by Lynne Blesz-Vestal, Ph.D. Designed to reinforce each chapter's main concepts, this site includes extensive online support and informationsimulations, activities, weblinks, videos, readings, and quizzes. These features are keyed to specific material and are identified by icons throughout the text.    The online Study Guide portion of the site allows students to review each chapter's material, take practice tests, research topics for course projects, and more. Professors should visit the Faculty Module of the site to download electronic versions of the Instructor's Resource Manual, Powerpoint Slides for each chapter, and an Online Graphics Archive.    Video Classics in Psychology Using the power of video to clarify key concepts presented in each chapter of Invitation to Psychology, Second Edition, this CD-ROM includes many of the best-known classic experiments and interviews with renowned contributors to the field of psychology. It includes clips of Milgram's obedience study, the visual cliff, Little Albert, Pavlov's dog, Harlow's monkeys, and Bandura's bo-bo doll study, to name a few, and conversations with Skinner, Lorenz, Piaget, Erikson, Jung, and Hilgard. The CD-ROM is packaged FREE with each new text, and it works in conjunction with the Premium Companion Website.    ContentSelect Research Database Prentice Hall and EBSCO, the world leader in online journal subscription management, have developed a customized research database for students of psychology. This database provides free and unlimited access to the text of over 75 peer-reviewed psychology publications. You can access this research database by going to the Invitation to Psychology, Second Edition Premium Companion Website and clicking on the ContentSelect button.    Mind Matters CD-ROM Free when packaged with a new text, Mind Matters features interactive learning modules on history, methods, biological psychology, learning, memory, sensation, and perception. Each module combines text, video, graphics, simulations, games, and assessment to reinforce key psychological concepts.    Online Course Management For professors interested in using the Internet and online course management in their courses, Prentice Hall offers fully customizable online courses in WebCT, BlackBoard, and Pearson's Course Compass powered by BlackBoard to accompany this textbook. Contact your local Prentice Hall representative or visit www.prenhall.com/demo for more information.   For the Student   Study Guide Written by Sherri Jackson of Jacksonville University and Richard Griggs of University of Florida, this student workbook helps students master the core concepts in each chapter. Every study-guide chapter contains chapter overviews, guided-review exercises, key terms, quizzes, sample answers for the ""What's Ahead"" questions from the text, and multiple-choice practice tests.    Psychology on the Internet: Evaluating Online Resources This hands-on Internet tutorial features Web sites related to psychology and general information about using the Internet for research. This supplement is available FREE when packaged with the text and helps students capitalize on all the resources that the World Wide Web has to offer.   Supplementary TextbooksAvailable for Packaging   The following workbooks and supplementary textbooks are available in specially discounted packages with the textbook or as stand-alone supplements:    Psychobabble and Biobunk, Second Edition by Carol Tavris. This expanded and updated collection of opinion essays, written for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Scientific American, and other publications, encourages debate in the classroom by applying psychological research and the principles of scientific and critical thinking to issues in the news.    Forty Studies that Changed Psychology, Fourth Edition by Roger Hock of Mendocino College presents forty seminal research studies that have shaped modern psychological study, This paperback supplement provides an overview of each ground-breaking study, its findings, the impact these findings have had on current thinking in the discipline, and the most notable extensions and follow-up studies.    How to Think Like a Psychologist: Critical Thinking in Psychology, Second Edition by Donald McBurney of the University of Pittsburgh. This brief paperback uses a question-and-answer format to explore some of the most common questions students ask about psychology.    The Psychology Major: Career and Strategies for Success by Eric Landrum, Idaho State University, Stephen Davis, Emporia State University, and Terri Landrum, Idaho State University. This brief paperback provides valuable information on career options available to psychology majors, tips for improving academic performance, and a guide to the APA style of research reporting.    Experiencing Psychology by Gary Brannigan, SUNY, Plattesburg. This hands-on activity book contains 39 active-learning experiences corresponding to major topics in psychology to provide students experience in ""doing"" psychology.   TO THE STUDENT   If you are reading this introduction, you are starting your introductory psychology course on the right foot. It always helps to get a general picture of what you are about to read before charging forward.    Our goal in this book is to guide you to think critically and imaginatively about psychological issues, and to help you apply what you learn to your own life and the world around you. We ourselves have never gotten over our initial excitement about psychology, and we have done everything we can think of to make the field as absorbing for you as it is for us. However, what ,you bring to this book is as important as what we have writtenwe can pitch ideas at you, but you have to step up to the plate to connect with them. This text will remain only a collection of pages with ink on them unless you choose to read actively. The more involved you are in your own learning, the more successful the book and your course will be, and the more enjoyable, too.   Getting Involved   To encourage you to read and study actively, we have included some special features:     Every chapter opens with Psychology in the News, an actual story from the media related to issues that will be discussed in the chapter. Do not skip these stories! We return to them at the end of the chapter, to show you how findings from psychology might help you understand each story in particular and others like it that you will encounter. How do you feel about a 63-year-old woman who gives birth to a baby? Why would star athletes who could easily attract consenting sexual partners nonetheless commit date rape? What motivates a man to recover from cancer and go on to win the Tour de France bicycle race? As you read the chapter, try to link its findings and ideas to the opening story and come up with your own insights. If you do this, you will find that studying psychology will not only help you with your own problems and goals, but will also increase your understanding of the world around you.     Each chapter contains several Get Involved exercises, entertaining little experiments or explorations you can do that demonstrate what you are reading about. In Chapter 2, for instance, you get to see where you fall on an inventory of basic personality traits, and in Chapter 11, we will show you how your own thoughts affect your moods. Some Get Involved exercises take only a minute; others are ""mini-studies"" that you can do by observing or interviewing others.     Before each major section, a feature called What's Ahead lists some preview questions to stir your curiosity and indicate what that section will cover. For example: Why does paying children for good grades sometimes backfire? Do people remember better when they're hypnotized? What do psychologists think is the ""sexist sex organ""? Do men and women differ in the ability to love? When you finish the chapter, you will encounter these questions again, under the heading Looking Back. Use this list as a self-test; if you can't answer a question, go to the page indicated after the question and review the material.     In Chapter 1, we will introduce you to the basic guidelines of critical and creative thinkingthe principles we hope will help you distinguish unsupported claims or ""psychobabble"" from good, scientific reasoning. The identifying icon for critical thinking is a lightbulb. Throughout the book, some (but not all) of our critical thinking discussions are signaled in the text by a small tab that includes the lightbulb and the topic being critically examined, like the one shown here. We will be telling you about many lively and passionate debates in psychologyabout sex and gender differences, therapy, memory, ""multiple personality disorder,"" and many other topics-and we hope our coverage of these debates will increase your involvement with the ongoing discoveries of psychology.    Every chapter contains several Quick Quizzes that test your understanding, retention, and ability to apply what you have read to examples. Do not let the word ""quiz"" give you a sinking feeling. These quizzes are for your practical use and, we hope, for your enjoyment. When you have trouble with a question, do not go on; pause right then and there, review what you have read, and then try again.     Some of the Quick Quizzes contain a critical-thinking item, denoted by the lightbulb symbol. The answers we give for these items are only suggestions; feel free to come up with different ones. Quick Quizzes containing critical-thinking items are not really so quick, because they ask you to reflect on what you have read and to apply the guidelines to critical thinking described in Chapter 1. But if you take the time to respond thoughtfully to them, we think you will become more engaged with the material, learn more, and become a more sophisticated user of psychology.     At the end of each chapter, a feature called Taking Psychology with You draws on research to suggest ways you can apply what you have learned to everyday problems and concerns (such as how to boost your motivation, improve your memory, and become more creative) as well as more serious ones, such as how to live with chronic pain or help a friend who seems suicidal.     Throughout each chapter you will find media icons directing you to on-line activities, quizzes, simulations, videos, web sites, and readings that will reinforce your learning and help you do well in your course. First read the chapter; then, to get to these features, simply go to www.prenhall.com/wade, using the access code provided when you purchased your new book.   How to Study   In our years of teaching, we have found that certain study strategies can vastly improve learning, and so we offer the following suggestions. (Reading Chapter 7, on memory, and Chapter 8, on learning, will also be helpful.)     Before starting the book, read Contents at a Glance (p. v) to get an overall view of the book's organization. Before starting a chapter, read the chapter title and major headings to get an idea of what is in store. Browse through the chapter, looking at the pictures and reading the rest of the headings.     Do not read the text as you might read a novel, taking in large chunks at a sitting. To get the most from your studying, we recommend that you read only a part of each chapter at a time.     Instead of simply reading silently, nodding along saying ""hmmmmm"" to yourself, try to restate what you have read in your own words at the end of each major section. Some people find it helpful to write down main points. others prefer to recite main points aloud to someone elseor even into a tape recorder. Do not count on getting by with just one reading of a chapter. Most people need to go through the material at least twice, and then review the main points several times before an exam.     When you have finished a chapter, read the Summary. Some students tell us they find it useful to write down their own summaries first, then compare them with the book's. Use the list of Key Terms at the end of each chapter as a checklist. Try to define and discuss each term in the list to see how well you understand and remember it. If you need to review a term, a page number is given to tell you where it is first mentioned in the chapter. Finally, review the Looking Back questions to be sure you can answer them.     Important new terms in this textbook are printed in boldface and are defined in the margin of the page on which they appear or on the facing page. The marginal glossary permits you to find these terms and concepts easily, and will help you when you study for exams. A complete glossary also appears at the end of the book.     The Study Guide for this book, available at your bookstore, is an excellent learning resource. It contains review materials, exercises, and practice tests to help you understand and apply the concepts in the book.     If you are assigned a term project or a report, you may need to track down some references or do further reading. Throughout the book, discussions of studies and theories include citations that look like this: (Aardvark Sr Zebra, 2001). A citation tells you who the authors of a book or paper are and when their work was published. The full reference can then be looked up in the alphabetical Bibliography at the end of the book. At the back of the book you will also find a Name Index and a Subject Index. The name index lists the name of every author cited and the pages where each person's work is discussed. If you remember the name of a psychologist but not where he or she was mentioned, look up the name in the name index. The subject index lists all the major topics mentioned in the book. If you want to review material on, say, depression, you can look up ""depression"" in the subject index and find each place it is mentioned.    We have done our utmost to convey our own enthusiasm about psychology, but, in the end, it is your efforts as much as ours that will determine whether you find psychology to be exciting or boring, and whether the field will make a difference in your own life. This book is our way of inviting you into the world of psychology. our warmest welcome!     Carole Wade  Carol Tavris   	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;fitness & dieting;general;health;medical books;new;psychology;psychology & counseling;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0805240179,"Foreign and Female As portrayed by Florida-based political consultant Weatherford in this comprehensive survey, immigrant European women were at once vulnerable and resilient. While most of them accompanied male relatives to America, many made the journey alone as unmarried women, or with their children to rejoin husbands after prolonged separations. Although the majority of these women were uneducated, some left eloquent letters and journals drawn upon here by the author. Fatalism, she shows, was a common attitude among the women; annual pregnancies were expected to ensure potential earners and compensate for high infant mortality. Weatherford records the toll that hardship and adjustment to American lifein cities and on farmstook on the health of these women, their marriages and the family structure; and depicts the chaotic conditions caused by wars, westward migration, industrialization and labor unrest, amid which women sought to create an independent life for themselves and their children. As one of them put it, ""I learned in America not to be afraid."" Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.	This history relies chiefly on vignettes and anecdotes to evoke the quality of life for immigrant women in America. Weatherford surveys many different immigrant groups, including those on the frontier as well as in the cities. Her discussion takes in courting practices, sexual mores, marriage, pregnancy, birth, homes, food, clothing, childrearing, work, separation, desertion, divorce, religion, family relationships, and acculturation. Although the book lacks sufficient context for the discussion and contains little analysis, lay readers should find this treatment both entertaining and instructive. Recommended for public libraries. Cynthia Harrison, American Historical Assn., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.",19th century;20th century;books;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;teens;women's studies,10
B000FBFCCU,"The World of Goods (Collected Works) Mary Douglas is one of England's most distinguished anthropologists. She is author of, among many other works, Purity and Danger (1966), Natural Symbols (1970), and Implicit Meanings (1976).Baron Isherwood is an English economist and specialist on consumer behaviour currently with the Department of Health and Social Security in England.",anthropology;archaeology;books;cultural;education & reference;kindle ebooks;kindle store;politics & social sciences;reference;social sciences,10
1841721069,"Great Escapes: Inspirational Homes in Stunning Locations Judith Miller is an established and internationally renowned author of books in the field of interior design and architecture.  In addition to being co-founder of the hugely successful Miller's Antiques Price Guide, she was responsible for writing the best-selling Period Details, Period Style, Country Style, and The Style Sourcebook, as well as Wooden Houses.  She also contributes to magazines, radio, and television in Europe and the U.S.  On top of this already heavy workload, she somehow manages to find time to present four television series on interiors, including the hugely popular BBC Television's ""'House Detectives""'.Simon Upton is one of the most sought-after magazine and book photographers in Britain and the U.S.  His work takes him across the globe, where he photographs interiors for a number of leading style magazines such as World of Interiors, House and Garden, Elle Decor, and Totler.  He has also contributed to several books and was the photographer for Pure Country and Living in London.",architecture;books;buildings;crafts;decoration & ornament;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;interior design;professional & technical,10
0131126822,"Check In; Check Out: Managing Hotel Operations Check-In Check-Out has been a mainstay text for hotel educators, and a reference source for industry professionals, for over 30 years.      Frequent revisions by the authorsa father-and-son teamhave kept the book current and complete. Both bring a depth of professional and educational experiences to the seventh edition.      Among the many features of the latest revision are:      Comprehensive treatments of central and global reservation systems  Over 4,000, cross-referenced listings in the index  Revised folio explanations that accommodate both accountants and non-accountants  Many carefully selected photographs and exhibits illustrating the textual material  Coverage of industry issues not found in any other texts  End-of-chapter questions and answers, problems, Web sites, and tidbits  A complete glossary; a book in itself  Application of yield management to a rapidly changing industry  Recognition of the many third parties with whom the industry must deal  Emphasis on the role of sleep, including beds and bedding, as the real product of lodging management  Special attention to the organizational changes that have taken place in hotelkeeping  Distinct outline headings to improve readability and comprehension  Historical perspective that locates issues within the framework of operations  Use of professional vocabulary  Explanation of the importance of brands and branding  Special topics such as franchising, room taxes, and timesharing along with other important issues facing the lodging executive  Description of the impact of electronic communication on hotel management	Dr. Gary K. Vallen is a full professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University. He joined that program in 1988 as one of its founding faculty, bringing 16 years of industry experience to the classroom. Part of that resume included vice president and assistant general manager of a casino, hotel sales manager, financial and operational analyst, and associate manager for private clubs.        Dr. Vallen received his undergraduate degree in hotel administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Despite the long hours of industry, he simultaneously worked and earned an MBA at the University of Nevada, Reno. His Ed.D. degree with an emphasis in hospitality education (Northern Arizona University) was earned after he began teaching. In addition to Check-In, Check-Out, Dr. Vallen coauthored An Introduction to Hospitality Management and has published over three dozen refereed articles and conference proceedings. He is on the editorial boards of six professional journals.        Professor Vallen operates Gary Vallen Hospitality Consultants, which specializes in hosted casino nights for clients of destination management companies and in visitor analyses for festivals, fairs, rodeos, and ski slopes. He has developed and carried out numerous secret-shopper evaluations for both hotels and restaurants. The Southwest location has enabled him to assist many Native American groups, including the Hopi and Navajo, but he is also well known for his rural tourism expertise.        Dr. Jerome J. Vallen was the founding Dean of the College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and served in that capacity for 22 years. He is now professor emeritus/dean emeritus. Jerry Vallen returned to the classroom for a short period before taking an assignment as founding dean of the Australian International Hotel School, Canberra.        After earning a baccalaureate degree at Cornell, he entered the hotel industry, carrying with him the food experience gained from the family's small chain of four restaurants. For several years, this author taught and worked in industry. Dr. Vallen earned a master's degree in educational administration (St. Lawrence University) and a doctoral degree from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.        He has coauthored a book on hotel management and edited a work on thl legal basis for obtaining a gaming license in Nevada. Professor Vallen has served as a consulting editor for textbook publishers; a traveling consultant to the U.S. Department of Commerce that has carried him to over three dozen countries; an outside examiner for the University of the West Indies; president of a consulting company; member of the board of several private companies and public entities; and president and chairman of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (CHRIE).        Such diverse groups as the University Alumni Association, the Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association, and the Educational Institute of the American Hotel  Lodging Association have honored him. So has CHRIE, with its prestigious H.B. Meek Award. Jerome Vallen has been cited in the Congressional Record and named among the 100 most important Las Vegans of the 20th century.	Welcome to the seventh edition of Check-In Check-Out, a hotel management text. Like the previous editions, which span 30 years, this release is current and complete. The work has kept step with each new, unfolding development in a business that is dynamic and challenging. In keeping with the book's tradition, there are no shortcuts, no superficial changes. The rewrite is complete. Accuracy, currency, and depth of coverage have been and continue to be the hallmarks of this lodging management text.    Sales of guest rooms is the industry's largest income producer as well as its most profitable operating segment. Because the success of this critical department depends on the support of other units, some external to the organization, the discussion focuses on a broad view of lodging management. References throughout the chapters range from human resources to engineering; from accounting to telephone systems; from credit cards to email communications; from legal matters to travel agents; from environmental issues to global distribution systems; from spas to hurdle pricing. Lodging management is an integral part of the world of business. The book's contents provide for that.    Previous users will find new resources: Web site addresses is one example. Researchers will find expanded references: A definitive glossary is one example. Students will find in-depth coverage of content offered in no other hotel textbook: The impact of other events on lodging's future, such as Web reservations, is one example. Operating managers will find answers to the how to: How to empower employees to settle complaints is one example.    Welcome to the latest edition of a tradition in hotel operations and education.",books;business & finance;business & investing;hospitality;industries & professions;new;service;travel;travel & tourism;used & rental textbooks,10
0451523520,"Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained John Milton (9 December 1608 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth (republic) of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica, (written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship) is among history's most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and freedom of the press.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.	PARADISE REGAINED is concerned with the devil's temptation of Christ in the wilderness. It's a substantial subject; nonetheless, the work is often seen by critics as a coda to Milton's masterwork, PARADISE LOST. Anton Lesser, a longtime member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, takes us inside Milton's seventeenth-century blank verse with remarkable clarity and emotion. One can almost hear Milton grappling with the English Civil War, the Reformation, and his personal quest to express Christ's divinity through heightened yet comparatively modest phrases. Lesser's voice is completely at one with Milton's subject matter, meter, and language. After three centuries, this work is much more accessible than one might think.  B.P.  AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.",books;british;english literature;humanities;literary;literature;literature & fiction;new;poetry;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FQJ8AC,"Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality: Methods for Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits The premise of Improving Data Warehouse and Business  Information Quality is that the quality of information stored in a  database is just as measurable as the quality of the cars that come  off an assembly line. Furthermore, database managers can take steps to  ensure that their databases collect the best possible information.   This is a dense book, loaded with management jargon, statistical  analysis, and complicated flow diagrams. You won't succeed in skimming  casually through it, and you will probably get more out of the book if  you have some experience with quantitative management techniques.   Regardless, this book makes excellent reading for those taking the  holistic approach to database design, in which a good database  considers where the information comes from, how it is used, and what  results come from that use. English covers some methods for extracting  information from various sources--through surveys and other  methods--before launching into an elaborate discussion of  information-quality metrics. --David Wall	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	A comprehensive guide to quality improvement from the leading expert in information and data warehouse quality.Each year, companies lose millions as a result of inaccurate and missing data in their operational databases. This in turn corrupts data warehouses, causing them to fail. With information quality improvement and control systems, like the ones described in this book, your company can reduce costs and increase profits from quality information assets. Written by an internationally recognized expert in information quality improvement, Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality arms you with a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for ensuring data quality both in source databases and the data warehouse. With the help of best-practices case studies, Larry English fills you in on:* How and when to measure information quality.* How to measure the business costs of poor quality information.* How to select the right information quality tools for your environment.* How to reengineer and cleanse data to improve the information product before it reaches your data warehouse.* How to improve the information creation processes at the source.* How to build quality controls into data warehouse processes.AUTHORBIO: Larry P. English is the leading international expert in the field of information and data warehouse quality. He is a columnist for Data Management Review and a featured speaker at numerous Data Warehousing Conferences. Larry chairs Information Quality Conferences held around the world.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;business & investing;computer science;computers & technology;data warehousing;databases;industries & professions;information management;information systems;software engineering,10
1878576208,"Skeleton: Bones, Joints And Ligaments Chart Other recommended charts include: MERIDIAN CHART, SUPERFICIAL & DEEP MUSCLES, and ANATOMY POSTER.",anatomy;atlases;atlases & maps;basic sciences;biological sciences;biology;books;education & reference;medical books;science & math,10
0791413950,The Canon of Supreme Mystery: A Translation with Commentary of the T'ai hsuan ching by Michael Nylan (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) Text: English (translation) Original Language: Chinese,asia;books;china;confucianism;history;occult;other eastern religions & sacred texts;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality,10
0415186072,The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization' (Experiences of Archaeology) 'A useful overview of recent research.' - The Times Higher Education supplement.'A Fascinating reconstruction of the evolutionary processes from the development of agriculture through the rise of the great Sumerian cities ... highly recommended.' - Religious Studies Review	Charles Keith Maisels is at the University of Bristol. He is author of The Emergence of Civilization (Routledge 1993).,ancient;archaeology;books;history;humanities;middle east;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0310223482,"The Experiment: What Would Happen If You Really Tried to Live Everyday As Jesus Would? Based on WWJD, this captivating, frank novel will inspire teens ages 11-16 to live like Jesus-not because life will get easier, but because it will get much better.	Todd Temple, a long-time youth worker, is head of 10 to 20, an organization that works through such groups as Youth for Christ to provide events and discipleship opportunities for teenagers. Todd is the author of numerous books, including the popular Creative Dating. He lives near San Diego, California.",books;children's books;christian;christianity;jesus;literature & fiction;religions;religious fiction;school;social situations,10
078579333X,"The Commandos: The Inside Story of America's Secret Soldiers Despite General Schwarzkopf's reluctance to employ them, more than 7000 U.S. special-operations personnel took part in Desert Storm. Waller, a Newsweek reporter, describes an Air Force special-ops helicopter raid that knocked out early-warning radar in Iraq, a Navy SEAL mission on Kuwait's coastline that pinned down two Iraqi divisions, a deep-penetration mission into Iraq by Green Beret teams and the destruction of Scud missiles by Delta Force commandos. There is also a chapter on the contribution of the Army's 4th Psychological Operations Group, which dropped tons of propaganda leaflets that purportedly prompted the surrender of thousands of Iraqi soldiers. Waller argues convincingly that Schwarzkopf, the theater commander, bypassed many opportunities to deploy special-ops forces effectively during the Gulf War, and ascribes his reluctance in large part to the U.S. high command's traditional distrust of ""elite"" troops. Based on interviews with some 200 members of the special-operations community and his observation of its training methods, Waller has written a revealing, involving appraisal of the nation's most highly trained and specialized soldiers. Photos. First serial to Newsweek; Military Book Club main selection. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Waller ( Congress and the Nuclear Freeze , LJ 6/1/87) attacks his new subject with impunity. The OSS played a heroic role during World War II. The Green Berets have been vilified as the Vietnam War's loose cannons. What of todays's commando types? Did they measure up during Desert Storm? In a dynamite prologue, Waller drops the reader along with eight Green Berets behind Iraqi lines gathering intelligence: the eight stand off a reinforced Iraqi infantry company until extracted by helicopters. A chapter each is invested in illustrating the stringent training and selection procedures Green Berets, SEALS, Delta Force, and Pave Low pilots undergo. The book's second half deals with Desert Storm. Waller argues that the Special Forces remain too politically sensitive for their deployment to be left in the military's hands; their role, as ever, must confine them to the shadows. Highly recommended for modern military collections.- Richard Paul Snyder, Cty. of Los Angeles P.L., LakewoodCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	An experienced Pentagon correspondent has produced this superior, up-to-date history of U.S. special operations units. Waller emphasizes special forces and the SEALs, providing exceptionally valuable and complete accounts of their training. He goes on to describe, in comparable detail and with both balance and insight, their rather spotty record in Panama and their much better coordinated and more effective efforts in the Persian Gulf. Interspersed with these narrative portions are vivid portraits of the truly original figures who make up such a large part of any special operations team and accounts of these figures' ongoing difficulties with interservice coordination and hostility from more conventional (usually more senior) military leaders.  Roland Green	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	From a Newsweek correspondent who's seen them in action on a number of fronts: an absorbing and informative briefing on the American military's elite but covert forces Drawing mainly on personal observations and interviews with over 200 of the roughly 46,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen who comprise the US Special Operations Command, Waller focuses on four outfits--the Army's Delta Force and Green Berets, the Navy's SEALs, and the so-called cowboys who fly the Pave Low helicopters that, among other missions impossible, put commando units where they have to be by day or night. While he went along on the rigorous, realistic field exercises many such cadres employ to separate the men from the boys, the fortysomething author was obliged to tap retired veterans and the precious few manuals that are publicly available for insights on how Delta Force screens and trains its counterterrorist and hostage-rescue squads. Even so, Waller offers vivid accounts of what America's shadow warriors (the disciplined latter-day equivalents of WW II's apocryphal dirty dozens) are prepared to do and what they have done in the post-cold war era. Cases in point range from the 1989 breakout of a US businessman from a Panama City prison through a host of reconnaissance forays, airborne raids, and diversionary feints behind Iraqi lines during Desert Storm. Covered as well are the turf battles unconventional troops must fight with the Pentagon's establishment, which regards them as an alien element in the nation's arsenal. An evenhanded appreciation of special forces and their varied roles in a Global Village that, despite the USSR's collapse, falls well short of being a peaceable kingdom. (First serial to Newsweek; Main Selection of the Military Book Club) -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;genre fiction;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;teens;used & rental textbooks;war,10
0761529314,"Lessons from the E-Front : 50 Top Business Leaders Reveal Their Hard-Won Wisdom About Building a Successful High-Tech Enterprise The only distinguishing feature of Internet-age business is that it involves the Internet, says the founding editor of investor-oriented RagingBull.com; otherwise, standard business practices still prevail. Engaging, direct and clear, Ragas makes valid points--the best products and services are fueled by passion; a new company must be dramatically better than an established competitor to succeed--and backs them up with quotes from entrepreneurs, ending each chapter by hammering his message home again. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Ragas, founding editor of RagingBull.com and a stock analyst for  a weekly radio show, here interviews 50 entrepreneurs involved  in the New Economy to compile their thoughts on starting and  growing a successful business. The founders of Yahoo!, FatBrain,  PlanetRx, Netscape, eBay, and InfoSpace explain where they went  wrong and what they've done and do right. Each chapter focuses  on a specific issue such as securing venture capital, going  public, attracting and retaining great employees, and,  especially, ""building a successful digital business model.""  Though this work is clearly and concisely written, its interview  format is sometimes distracting and confusing. A great number of  books on e-commerce are available, and this one presents more  than a single viewpoint. Academic, public, and special libraries  should collect several so aspiring electronic entrepreneurs can  study current ideas and different styles. Susan C. Awe, Univ. of  New Mexico Parish Lib., Albuquerque   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Provides entrepreneurs with the tools they need to become successful.From the foreword by TIM DRAPERDuring a time when plenty of painful lessons are being learned, Lessons from the E-Front could become a battle guide for the walking wounded. It's a must-read.THOM CALANDRA, editor-in-chief, CBS MarketWatchMatt Ragas captures the entrepreneurial spirit with real-life lessons and stories but without the jargon and grand academic theory. His insightful analysis cuts to the core of running a business in a time of rapid technological change and market volatility.BILL MARTIN, founder, Raging Bull Inc.Valuable reading for all would-be entrepreneurs as well as seasoned veterans.DAVID BOHNETT, founder, GeoCitiesAn excellent guide for entrepreneurs, full of thoughtful pragmatism.GARY RIESCHEL, executive managing director, Softbank Venture Capital	Every business analyst, academic, and critic has a theory for why a company succeeds or fails. But the most important lessons and the best battle stories come from the entrepreneurs themselves?the leaders on the frontline who fight day-in and day-out to make their companies flourish while others crumble to dust.In Lessons from the E-Front, successful entrepreneur and business commentator Matthew W. Ragas interviews 50 of today's top business leaders from leading high-tech companies and uncovers their hard-won wisdom. With over 1,000 years of combined business experience, these warriors tell you how they survived the technological maelstrom, weathered defeats in the marketplace, and thrived on their victories. Forget the New Economy. Ignore the hype, spin, and bull. The invaluable lessons and priceless wisdom in this book reveal the gritty strategies necessary to build a sound enterprise.Each engrossing chapter illuminates a specific issue every company and entrepreneur must consider. Through the needle-sharp questions, candid answers, and poignant commentary, you'll discover how to:?  Develop a killer new product or service?  Create a bulletproof brand image?  Master the art of targeted marketing?  Understand where the marketplace is headed?  And much, much moreIf you want to learn what the Internet shakeout really means and how your business can benefit from it, this book is for you.	Provides entrepreneurs with the tools they need to become successful.From the foreword by TIM DRAPERDuring a time when plenty of painful lessons are being learned, Lessons from the E-Front could become a battle guide for the walking wounded. It's a must-read.THOM CALANDRA, editor-in-chief, CBS MarketWatchMatt Ragas captures the entrepreneurial spirit with real-life lessons and stories but without the jargon and grand academic theory. His insightful analysis cuts to the core of running a business in a time of rapid technological change and market volatility.BILL MARTIN, founder, Raging Bull Inc.Valuable reading for all would-be entrepreneurs as well as seasoned veterans.DAVID BOHNETT, founder, GeoCitiesAn excellent guide for entrepreneurs, full of thoughtful pragmatism.GARY RIESCHEL, executive managing director, Softbank Venture Capital	Matthew W. Ragas, the founding editor and former director of content development for RagingBull.com, is president and chief analyst for Matthew Ragas  Associates, a business development firm. He is the founder and editor of the Ragas Report, and his articles on business and investing have appeared on RedHerring.com and Internet.com, as well as other publications. He lives in Orlando, Florida, and can be contacted by visiting /www.lessonsefront.com.",books;business & investing;computers & technology;e-commerce;industries & professions;leadership;management;management & leadership;motivational;software,10
0789496739,"American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide Dedicated to enhancing the quality and professionalism in the practice of medicine, American College of Physicians includes more than 115,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students and is the nation's largest medical specialty organization.",books;diseases & physical ailments;education & reference;emergency;fitness & dieting;health;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;reference,10
0451628632,"Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic (Mentor Series) This collection of 23 short pieces of fiction and autobiographical narrative focuses on the passage from girlhood to womanhood in late 20th-century America. The adolescent girls in these selections are poor and white (as in  Judy Troy's ""The Way Things Will Be""), middle-class black (as in  Andrea Lee's ""New African""), are privileged Latinas (as in  Julia Alvarez's ""Trespass""), and come from a variety of other backgrounds that are meaningfully explored by such writers as  Amy Tan,  Gloria Naylor,  Gish Jen,  Mary Crow Dog,  and others.	YA-Vivid, vibrant stories of women coming of age in a variety of ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds within the United States during the last 75 years. Distinguished by a ring of authenticity, both the fictional and autobiographical accounts are compelling, evoking recognition and empathy.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;contemporary;general;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;short stories;social sciences;united states,10
B00020Y414,Weber Style 18701 Professional-Grade Barbecue Fork This barbeque fork is just what you need for lifting large cuts of meat from the grill.  A must have for carving birds and roasts.  18 inches long.  Made of 304-grade stainless steel.,all weber;barbecue accessories;barbecue forks;barbecue tools;barbecue utensils;grill & smoker accessories;grills & outdoor cooking;lawn & garden;patio;weber,10
006092652X,"The Sacred Chain: History of the Jews, The Full of unorthodox opinions, Cantor's searching, critical, captivating history of the Jewish people is bound to be controversial. He deems the biblical account of Jewish origins, featuring Abraham and Moses, ""a romantic fantasy"" in light of historical and archeological research. In chapters rich in sociological insight, he discusses the fate of Jews in the Roman empire and medieval Christendom; the symbiotic interaction of Jews and Muslim Arabs in Spain and the Mediterranean; the ""Jewish Reformation"" undertaken by Hasidism, Kabbalism and other movements; European Jews' emancipation and their key role in the vanguard of cultural modernism; the Holocaust and the creation of Israel. Building on the work of David Wyman and other historians, he indicts American Jewry for failure to take action that might have mitigated the Holocaust. Cantor, a prolific historian and professor at New York University, sets the achievements of Jesus, Maimonides, Buber, Spinoza, Freud and others in the context of Jewish and world history. Contemporary American Jews may be committing ""racial suicide by intermarriage,"" opines Cantor; nevertheless, he maintains, ""the Jews have fulfilled their role in history"" by giving the world monotheism and puritanical ethics, and spawning Christianity and Islam. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This is the most recent comprehensive history of the Jews in the English language. Cantor is his usual provocative self in delineating what he sees as the meaning of Jewish ethnicity and the significance of Jewish history. (LJ 11/15/94) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Norman Cantor, an eminent scholar, professor, and writer, traces the turbulent history of the Jews through 3,000 years, presenting a narrative that involves what he refers to as intellectual criticism and historiographical assessments of leading themes. Cantor begins with a discussion of the origin of the Jews, calling the Hebrew Bible's historical narrative of the Jewish people through 15 centuries before the Christian Era ""weak and nonverifiable."" He continues by focusing on such historic events as the Jews' covenant with God, Pharisaic and Hellenistic Judaism (in what he terms ""Jewish diversity""), and the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the Jewish decline in the first half of the first millennium of the Christian Era. Here, too, are chapters on the Mediterranean renaissance, the growth of Ashkenazic and Sephardic cultures, the Jewish reformation, modernity and emancipation, and the Holocaust. As for the future, Cantor insists that only the establishment of certain provisions--or the coming of the Messiah--can save the Jewish people from extinction through assimilation and intermarriage. The coming of the Messiah is more likely, he believes. Cantor gives the reader a penetrating history of Jewish experiences and achievements throughout the ages--one of the most comprehensive and insightful works to be published in its field.  George Cohen	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Caveat emptor: This is most definitely not ``the history'' of the Jews. It is, rather, a series of very free-flowing exercises in what the author refers to as ``historical sociology.'' Cantor (History, Sociology, Comparative Literature/New York Univ.; Inventing the Middle Ages, p. 106, etc.) is attempting a huge tripartite task: to write a history of the Jews, to provide a historiographical commentary of some major works on Jewish history, and to offer a cultural critique of modern Jewish life. For the complex saga of the Jews, this is an utterly unrealistic goal for a one-volume work, especially by someone who hasn't specialized in Jewish history. Perhaps the foremost problem here is the author's unsympathetic attitude toward Judaism and observant Jews and his lack of knowledge about them. Cantor dredges up the hoariest stereotypes, claiming for instance that in the late Middle Ages ``the rabbinate drugged itself into comfort with the narcotic of the Cabala, an otherworldly withdrawal into astrology and demonology.'' He also gets far too many facts wrong (he claims that the biblical heroine Esther was Mordechai's sister, when in fact she was his ``uncle's daughter''). Some major developments in Jewish history are scarcely mentioned, such as the origins and development of the Reform and Conservative movements. Cantor champions such Jewish thinkers as Freud, Wittgenstein, and Lvi- Strauss, who played a key role in shaping the culture of modernity. He appears to have little familiarity with intellectual leaders within the Jewish community such as Franz Rosenzweig, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. Thus he rather harshly- -and unjustly--critiques Jewish religious life for not responding sufficiently to the culture of modernity (although he never makes clear exactly what he means by this); yet non-Orthodox Jews have been so accommodating to modernity that, as Cantor acknowledges, traditional Jewish culture has become very attenuated. The lack of footnotes or other documentation is further evidence that this is an intellectually shoddy book. (32 pages b photos, not seen) -- Copyright 1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Polemic and stimulating...an iconoclastic assault on contemporary Jewish self-imagery based on many of the latest academic studies."" -- --New York Times Book Review	Norman F. Cantor was Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. His many books include In the Wake of the Plague, Inventing the Middle Ages, and The Civilization of the Middle Ages, the most widely read narrative of the Middle Ages in the English language. He died in 2004.",books;education & reference;europe;history;holocaust;jewish;judaism;military;religious;world,10
B000FJGOCY,"Marine Ecological Processes ""No question that this superb second edition...will receive much appreciation. It provides an excellent source of information and inspiration for both students and professional marine biologists."" Crustaceana	The oceans represent a vast, complex and poorly understood ecosystem. Marine Ecological Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader with a lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts, approaches, and methods of this evolving discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book focuses on the processes controlling marine ecosystems, communities, and populations and demonstrates how general ecological principles--derived from terrestrial and freshwater systems as well--apply to marine ecosystems.Global warming and increased eutrophication and wetland destruction in recent years has made the study of ecological processes even more important for the preservation of marine environments. This thoroughly updated and expanded edition will provide students of marine ecology, marine biology, and oceanography with numerous illustrations, examples, and references which clearly impart to the reader the current state of research in this field: its achievements as well as unresolved controversies.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",animals;biological sciences;biology;books;earth sciences;ecology;environmental science;fish & sharks;marine biology;science & math,10
0521392748,"Interpersonal Comparisons of Well-Being (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) ""The issues discussed in this volume are fundamental to considerations of distributive justice and welfare economics.""   Contemporary Sociology""A central message of this book is the inescapable nature of interpersonal comparisons of well being, and the centrality of fundamental philosophical values to these comparisons.  It is not a criticism to say that it leaves the reader with more questions than it answers, because the issues it addresses are fundamental and complex....Economists of all types will find this an important book--stimulating, yet also somewhat disquieting.""   Lars Osberg, Journal of Economics Literature	Constituting the most advanced and comprehensive treatment of one of the cardinal issues in social theory, a diverse group of social scientists address the problems, principles and practices involved in comparing the well-being of different individuals.",books;ethics;ethics & morality;history & surveys;humanities;modern;new;philosophy;politics & social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
2843236231,"Carolina Herrera: Portrait of a Fashion Icon Whatever the inspiration, Herrera's clothes have consistently had one thing in common--a purity that those who use the fashion-speak she loathes would call 'classic' and 'glamorous. --Town & Country	Alexandra Kotur is a senior features editor at Vogue, where she develops feature stories and works closely with photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Jonathan Becker, and Steven Klein on portraits and major portfolios for the magazine.",arts & photography;books;commercial;crafts;crafts & hobbies;fashion;fashion design;graphic design;hobbies & home;photography,10
B00002NCGB,"Teknor Apex Basic Garden Hose Light duty garden hose made from reinforced vinyl	Apex Light-duty Garden Hose for a variety of garden needs. 3-ply reinforced nylon construction with solid brass coupling. U.S.A. Application: Garden, Color: Green, Diameter (in.): 5/8, Hose Length (ft.): 100, Material: 3-ply reinforced nylon",garden center;garden hoses;gardening;hoses & accessories;lawn & garden;mowers & outdoor power tools;patio;power & hand tools;tools & home improvement;watering equipment,10
0613621492,"Mere Christianity (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) In 1943 Great Britain, when hope and the moral fabric of society were threatened by the relentless inhumanity of global war, an Oxford don was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity. Over half a century after the original lectures, the topic retains it urgency. Expanded into book form, Mere Christianity never flinches as it sets out a rational basis for Christianity and builds an edifice of compassionate morality atop this foundation. As Mr. Lewis clearly demonstrates, Christianity is not a religion of flitting angels and blind faith, but of free will, an innate sense of justice and the grace of God.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The late Lewis, Oxford professor, scholar, author, and Christian  apologist, presents the listener with a case for orthodox  Christianity. This is definitely not the shouting, stomping,  sweating, spitting televangelist fare so often parodied; Lewis  employs logical arguments that are eloquently expressed. He  describes those doctrines that the four major denominations in  Britain (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic)  would have in common, e.g., original sin, the transcendent  Creator God, and the divinity of Jesus as well as his atonement  and bodily resurrection. Geoffrey Howard reads both works, and  his performance is superb; he is clear and unhurried, giving  just the right emphasis and/or inflection. The volume on the  Blackstone edition is recorded at a higher level than  HarperAudio's. Otherwise there were no perceived differences in  the recordings. If your institution can afford it, the  Blackstone production would be preferred because of its sturdy  case and the announcement of side changes. Whether or not one  agrees with Lewis's arguments, it is a pleasure to hear such a  skillful reading of an eloquent work. Public libraries as well  as institutions that teach religion/theology or speech should  consider. Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll.,  Lynchburg   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	'He has quite a unique power for making theology an attractive, exciting and fascinating quest.' Times Literary Supplement 'Lewis seeks in Mere Christianity to help us see religion with fresh eyes, as a radical faith whose adherents might be likened to an underground group gathering in a war zone, a place where evil seems to have the upper hand, to hear messages of hope from the other side.' Kathleen Norris	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Mere Christianity is the most popular of C. S. Lewiss works of nonfiction, with several million copies sold worldwide. Heard first as radio addresses and then published as three separate books, this book brings together Lewiss legendary broadcast talks in which he set out simply to ""explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times."" It is a collection of scintillating brilliance which remains strikingly fresh for the modern reader, and confirms C. S. Lewiss reputation as one of the leading Christian writers and thinkers of our age.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.	Born in Ireland in 1898, Clive Staples Lewis gained a triple First at Oxford and was Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen College from 1925-54, where he was a contemporary of Tolkien. In 1954 he became Professor of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge. C. S. Lewis was for many years an atheist, until his conversion, memorably described in his autobiography 'Surprised by Joy': ""I gave in, and admitted that God was God ... perhaps the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England."" He is celebrated for his famous series of children's books, the Narnia Chronicles (which have been filmed and broadcast many times), as well as his literary criticism and science fiction. C. S. Lewis died on 22nd November 1963.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Considered a significant twentieth-century book by Christians of various traditions of faith, MERE CHRISTIANITY is well-suited to being read because the book is a revised version of some addresses given by Lewis, an Oxford literature professor, on the BBC in the early 1940s. Thus, the text, which makes an argument for Christianity, was written in an informal, conversational style. With his tenor voice, Howard sounds like a friendly academic and reads with appropriate pauses and emphasis. His subdued Oxbridge (the English accent of Oxford and Cambridge) accent is inviting and pleasant, showing none of the pretention one might expect from an Oxford don.  M.L.C.  AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;children's books;christian books & bibles;christianity;humanities;new;religion & spirituality;religious studies;theology;used & rental textbooks,10
0631188274,"Beginning Syntax ""This is a well-organized and down-to-earth book. It will help anyone in search of an introduction to grammatical analysis and to the main patterns of English grammar. It is informative without being daunting."" Richard Hudson, University College London""Its purpose is clear; to provide undergraduates with a university-level introduction to English grammar; and it succeeds impressively in its two aims. Two strengths are evident throughout: clear explanations and useful examples.""  Terence Odlin, Ohio State University	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	This is an elementary introduction to syntactic analysis. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject whatsoever, it is intended for students who are encountering such analysis for the first time. For those embarking on a longer term study of syntax, this will be a valuable and quickly assimilated foundation course. For students who will need to use syntax as a basic descriptive tool - such as trainee teachers, speech therapists or students of literacy style - the book provides a framework for their analysis and practice in its use.The book begins by looking at the use of generalizations in describing sentence structure and the basis for word categories. It then moves through increasingly more complex constructions giving students plenty of opportunity by way of practical exercises to understand the basis of each analysis before moving further. The aim of the book is not to explore complex issues of argumentation. Its emphasis is on practical ""hands on"" analysis.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Linda Thomas is Senior Lecturer in English Language, Roehampton Institute, London.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;grammar;humanities;language & grammar;linguistics;new;used & rental textbooks;words,10
1889833398,"Concord, Massachusetts (Boston & Concord) A native of St. Louis, John Kennard earned his MFA from Indiana University in 1978 and moved to Concord in 1987. Making his living as a corporate and editorial photographer, he is at heart a documentarian. His work has appeared in a variety of publications and is in numerous public and private collections.",americas;arts & photography;books;boston;history;massachusetts;photography;state & local;travel;united states,10
097198140X,"GPS Navigation Guide By Jack W. Peters from Eugene, Oregon.  Jack is a longtime  enthusiast for outdoor adventure ranging from desert racing, search &  rescue, exploring and gold mining. Jack is also the publishing of the  online GPS magazine, gpsnagigatormagazine.com  Jack's second release  is a complete guide for vehicle-based off-road travel, Off-Road Field  Guide.",adventure;books;education & reference;hiking & camping;instructional;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;study guides;studying & workbooks;travel,10
0671034448,"Station To Station : The Secret History of Rock & Roll on Television Marc Weingarten is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, US Weekly, Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, and Vibe. He lives in Los Angeles.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;rock;television;theory,10
1579220703,"Professors Are from Mars®, Students Are from Snickers®: How to Write and Deliver Humor in the Classroom and in Professional Presentations Ronald A. Berk is Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics and Measurement and former Assistant Dean for Teaching, The Johns Hopkins University. He received the Universitys Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 1993 and Caroline Pennington Award for Teaching Excellence in 1997 and was inducted as a Fellow in the Oxford Society of Scholars in 1998.He has published 11 books and 130 journal articles / chapters. These publications reflect his unwavering commitment to mediocrity and his motto: Go for the Bronze! He is a popular speaker on teaching and assessment throughout the U.S. and Europe.",books;business & investing;college & university;education & reference;instruction methods;pedagogy;reference;research & publishing guides;schools & teaching;writing,10
1887895507,"Black Gloves, White Magic (A Boner Book) the 16 stories here may satisfy you. There is a lot of variety here in terms of what types of objects are rubber, how they are used, and where they are used. The stories are primarily in first person but equally split between bottom and top view.There is plenty of hard-core fantasy to be found here. Cops, truckers, municipal workers and magicians populate ""Black Gloves, White Magic,"" but Tim also injects an understanding of the philosophy of kink and those men who inhabit the lifestyle that most writing in this field lacks.This book is a must read for any guys into kink who like to use their brains, too!	When you think of Rubber/SM stories, you think of Tim Brough. Editor of two important rubber/latex publications, containing countless hot, steamy tales of lusty adventure, plus authoring his own classic accounts of this mysterious genre.",books;erotica;fitness & dieting;gay & lesbian;health;literature & fiction;psychology & counseling;self-help;sex;sexuality,10
0517701375,"Kovels' Dictionary of Marks -- Pottery And Porcelain: 1650 to 1850 (Kovels' Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain) As millions already know, any book carrying the Kovel byline will be as reliable, informative, and fact-filled as any collector could wish.--American Country CollectiblesWhat the Kovels don't know about antiques isn't worth knowing.--House BeautifulThe Kovels are arguably the authorities on antiques and collectibles in this country.--Los Angeles Times	Completely different from any other book of marks ever published, this dictionary provides the quickest way to identify American, English, and European porcelain. Once a piece is identified, research and experience (the color, texture, weight, and general ""feel"") tell the rest of the story.The unique index of 5,000 marks, listed by prominent features and with a complete cross-reference, shows at a glancegeographical location of mark, factory or family name of manufacturer, type of ware, method of producing the mark on the object,color of the mark, anddate when the mark was used.The authors have included a foreword, bibliography, index of manufacturers, and a reliable guide to the often misunderstood marks of Delft, Sevres, and England 1842-1883.	Kovels' American Art PotteryThe Collector's Guide to Makers, Marks, and Factory Histories.The ultimate A to Z collector's guide to 104 potteries and 95 tile factories. Marks, dating information, and hundreds of clues to help the collector identify all types of art pottery.Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price ListThe best-selling annual price guide to the antiques market. More than 50,000 items listed. Over 500 illustrations in color and black-and-white and hundreds of factory marks and identifying logos.Kovels' Bottles Price ListCurrent prices of over 10,000 old and modern bottles. Over 200 color and black-and-white illustrations.Kovels' Depression Glass & American Dinnerware Price ListHere are the latest, most accurate prices for the inexpensive pastel-colored glassware that first became popular in 1925 and the ceramic dinnerware produced during the same period.Kovels' Guide to Selling, Buying, and Fixing your, Antiques and CollectiblesThe most comprehensive collector's source book available for repairing, selling, buying, and caring for antiques and collectibles.Kovel's Know Your AntiquesRevised and Updated EditionThe best guide in print today for beginning collector's. Learn how to recognize, evaluate and purchase virtually any type of antique like an expert.Kovels' Know your CollectiblesUpdated EditionThe up-to-date illustrated guide to today's collecting trends: pottery, porcelain, silver, glass, furniture, toys, and other collectibles made since 1890.Kovels' American Silver1650 to the PresentA guide to identifying marks and monograms that appear on silver. Each listing includes working dates, location, mark (if known), and bibliographic references. Over 10,000 silversmiths are listed.Kovels American Country Furniture1780-1875The introduction to American country styles, with more than 700 photographs of authentic period pieces. Identification of styles, construction, woods, finishes, hardware, and other details.	Ralph and Terry Kovel are the best-known writers on antiques and collectibles in America. They have written more than 75 books, including the annual Kovels' Antiques  Collectibles Price List. Their national newsletter, Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, has over 150,000 subscribers.The Kovels also write columns for House Beautiful and 150 newspapers, publish articles, and appear on television and radio talk shows.",antiques & collectibles;arts & photography;books;ceramics;crafts;crafts & hobbies;education & reference;hobbies & home;other media;pottery & ceramics,10
1565891503,"The Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita More valuable for both casual readers and scholars is Bhagavad  Gita: Annotated & Explained, which clarifies the text for  Western readers unfamiliar with Indian culture and terminology.  Swami, an Indian monk, and Burroughs, an American religion  scholar, allow the Gita to stand in its own historical and  cultural context in a logical organization: a translation of the  Gita sits on the right-hand page with corresponding notes on the  left. Including an annotated bibliography of other translations  and commentaries on the Gita accessible to Western readers, this  guide is recommended for both academic and public  libraries. James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VA   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A masterpiece of wisdom that inspires. It's time we stop arguing about religion and get on with practicing it. -- Justin Epstein, Minister, The Unity Center of New York and host of the television show, Practical SpiritualityExperience a spiritually renewing baptism perceiving the single message: the purpose of life is the realization of God. -- Abbot George Burke, Light of Christ Monastery, author of An Eagles FlightGreat reading for an age in which institutionalized religion must give way to the individual's inner spiritual search. -- Dr. David Frawley, author of Yoga and AyurvedaShows us how the profound truths within each wisdom tradition align beautifully with each other, and with our inborn gifts. -- Mary Manin Morrissey, author of Building Your Field of DreamsThis insightful book plumbs the universal realms of spirituality...showing us how to achieve spiritual transformation. -- Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening to the Sacred	Walters sheds light on many of the famous passages from both texts, showing their practical relevance for the modern day and their potential to help us achieve lasting spiritual transformation. His inspiring elucidation of the ancient texts gives us convincing answers to questions long considered imponderable, questions such as:   1. Why is everyone destined to become ""Christ-like""?  2. Why are ""good works"" alone not enough?  3. Why is love the most powerful force?  4. What is the true meaning of the ""Golden Rule""?  5. Are material desires spiritually harmful?  6. What is the best way to read the Scriptures?  7. How do I find a true teacher?   Through its answers to such questions, ""The Promise of Immortality"" will renew your faith and recharge your soul.   ""The Promise of Immortality"" clarifies apparent differences in religious teachings to reveal a timeless, underlying truth. Walter thus makes a convincing case for the potential unity of all religious belief, and the possibility of an unprecedented era of cooperation among the world's religions.	J. Donald Walters (Swami Kriyananda) is an internationally known author, lecturer, and composer. Widely recognized as one of the worlds foremost authorities on meditation and yoga, he has taught these principles and techniques to hundreds of thousands of students around the world. An advocate of simple living and high thinking, his more than 80 books emphasize the need to live wisely by ones own experience of life, and not by abstract theories or dogmas. In 1968, Walters founded Ananda Village in Nevada City, California, dedicated to spreading the spirit of friendship, service, and community throughout the world. Ananda is recognized as one of the most successful intentional community in the world. Today, over 1,000 people reside in five Ananda communities throughout the U.S. (Seattle, Palo Alto, Portland, Sacramento and Ananda Village) and in Europe. The European retreat and community located in Assisi, Italy, also serves Ananda meditation groups in Europe, Croatia, and Russia. Both the Nevada City and Assisi communities have world-renowned guest retreat facilities where thousands of visitors annually visit for renewal or instruction in many aspects of meditation, yoga, and the spiritual life. Walters has also established ""Living Wisdom"" schools for grades K-12 in Nevada City, Sacramento, Portland, and Palo Alto. Mr. Walters books and music have sold over 3 million copies worldwide and been translated into 28 languages. He is the author of more than 80 books on a variety of topics including leadership, education, creativity, and moral values. His Best-selling titles include Awaken to Superconsciousness, Meditation for Starters, God Is for Everyone,The Art of Supportive Leadership, The Path  One Mans Quest on the Only Path There Is, Money Magnetism, The Essence of Self-Realization, Affirmations for Self-Healing, Education for Life, and his best-selling Secrets gift books. A composer since 1964, Walters has written over 400 musical works. His music is inspiring, soothing, and uplifting. Many of his new albums are instrumental works with brief affirmations or visualizations. Chuck Dilberto, of Awareness Magazine says, ""Walters words and music are full of his life and light. His sole intention is to heal, something we could all use during these chaotic times"". His recent albums include Secrets of Love, Music to Awaken Superconsciousness, Windows on the World and Surrender: Mystical Music for Yoga. As a composer, Walters is best known for the top-selling albums Mystic Harp and Mystic Harp 2, featuring the legendary harpist Derek Bell, of the 5-time Grammy Award-winning group The Chieftains.",bhagavad gita;books;comparative religion;free will & determinism;hinduism;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;religious studies;spirituality,10
0970725817,"Right from God Is your mind constantly flooded with ideas? Are you constantly jotting down notes on scraps of paper or awakened in the middle of the night with a desperate need to write? But you don't feel as if you have enough time, or that you're not educated, experienced, or talented enough to write a book? All of the aforementioned are symptoms of a book fighting to be born through you. Based on proven methodology established over two decades ago by Bird, an author of 13 books, this book shows how you can self induce the exact same space, mood, and inspiration that has led to the completion of every best-selling book ever written. And, the best part is that Bird's methods enable you to complete that long-awaited release of your book or screenplay in 90 days or less of your spare time.     Topics to be covered include:     * Releasing the book that already is within you     * Finding the discipline, commitment and courage you need to pursue your literary career     * Two techniques that will knock your book-writing socks off     * Two hours a day is all you need     * No more editing     * Cut your research time by 98%     * Write faster and better than you ever could have imagined     * Its time to become the author you already are now!	Tom Bird has been hard at work proving, refining, and teaching his revolutionary approach to writing for nearly a quarter-century, which is longer than the total collective time Gabriele Rico (Writing the Natural Way - Tarcher Books), Julia Cameron (The Artists Way - Tarcher Books), Betty Edwards (Drawing on the Right Side of Your Brain - Tarcher Books), and Natalie Goldberg (Writing Down the Bones - Shambhala) had put in before they wrote their best-selling books on writing and drawing.    A publicist for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seasons when the team last won a World Series, Toms breakthrough insight led directly to the sale of his first book, Willie Stargell (Harper & Row, 1984), which he, at the age of 26, co-authored with recently deceased Hall of Fame, big leaguer Willie Stargell.     Tom began presenting writing courses based on his revelation at the University of Pittsburgh in 1984.  Immediately, word spread about his unique ability to release students inner writer. The demand from those eager to benefit from his powerful techniques and principles has since led him to over 900 teaching appearances at over 90 different colleges and universities.     A prolific writer, as well as teacher, Tom has penned nine additional books since the publication of Willie Stargell, and his byline has appeared in dozens of publications. Subsequent books include KnuckleBALLs (Freundlich Books, 1986), co-authored with big league, Hall of Famer Phil Niekro; Hawk (Zondervan, 1996), written with future Hall of Famer Andre Dawson; POWs of WWII: Forgotten Men Tell Their Stories (Praeger, 1990); Fifty-Two Weeks or Less to the Completion of Your First Book (Sojourn, 1990); and Literary Law (Sojourn, 1986). He has also contributed to such distinguished magazines and newspapers as Parade, USA Today, The American Banker, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Sail. Recently, he recreated the experience of his revolutionary workshops in an interactive computer program for writers,  The Authors Den.    Toms continued success as a writer has led his work to be featured in USA Today, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Sun-Times and over 100 other publications.  His writing has also been featured on most of the top nations news and interview programs including the David Letterman Show, The Tonight Show, CBS Morning News, The Today Show, The Charlie Rose Show, CBC, and the 700 Club.     A year and a half ago, Tom founded the Ambassador University, a long-distance writing school from which he offers his Intensive Writing Program (IWP), that leads his students to the completion of his or her first two books in record time.",books;creative writing & composition;education & reference;humanities;journalism & nonfiction;literature;new;research & publishing guides;used & rental textbooks;writing,10
0892811919,"The Secret Teachings of the Tao Te Ching It would be hard to find a better qualified interpreter of this classic than Mantak Chia. He deserves to be recognised as one the great figures in 20th and 21st century communication across health, spiritual and cultural boundaries. (Reg Little, New Dawn, Mar/Apr 2007)	TAOISM / EASTERN PHILOSOPHY  For over 2,500 years the words of the Tao Te Ching, the primary scripture of Laoism and Taoism, have been regarded as among the greatest treasures of the world. Lao Tzu, whose name means the ancient child, wrote these essential verses that have both confounded and conferred blessings on humankind. Now Taoist masters Mantak Chia and Tao Huang guide readers through the origins of this philosophy, the meaning behind its 5,000 pictographs, and the way of living that generations have followed.  While the text of the Tao Te Ching has been passed down in literary form for generations, the essence of the text can be understood only through heart awakening--a true integration of body and mind--made possible with the insights and exercises in this book. The authors analyze Lao Tzus teachings, line by line, and offer meditations, interpretations, and energy cultivation practices that illuminate the true meaning of this classic text.  A student of several Taoist masters, MANTAK CHIA founded the Healing Tao System in North America in 1979 and developed it worldwide as European Tao Yoga and Universal Healing Tao. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and the author of twenty-five books, including the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man. TAO HUANG was born in Dingxi in Northwest China. In 1990 he came to the United States to present the teachings of Laoism and the practices of Taoism. He is the author of Laoism: The Complete Teachings of Lao Zi.	A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in North America in 1979 and developed it worldwide as European Tao Yoga and Universal Healing Tao. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and the author of 25 books, including the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man. Tao Huang was born in Dingxi in Northwest China. In 1990 he came to the United States to present the teachings of Laoism and the practices of Taoism. He is the author of Laoism: The Complete Teachings of Lao Zi.	Chapter 1--Wordless Uttering of the TaoThe Tao that is voiced is no longer that of eternal Tao.The name that has been written is no longer that of eternal name.The nameless is the beginning of the cosmic universe.The named is the mother of the myriad creatures.Being at peace, one can see into the subtle.Engaging with passion, one can see into the manifest.They both arise from a common source but have different names. Both are called the mystery within the mystery.They are the door to all wonders.Defining the TaoThe word Tao (pronounced dow) is used with increasing frequency in English language and literature. Tao represents something that is profoundly subtle and impossible to grasp with the conceptual mind. For Lao Tzu, the Tao is a mysterious, numinous unity underlying and sustaining all things. It is inaccessible to normal thought, language, or perception. Understanding its meaning is paramount to viewing the magnificence of the cosmos, tapping into the mystery of the universe, and the origin of nature. It encompasses the vast, outer reaches of the universe; it is invisible, unfathomable, and unreachable; mystical beyond comprehension; forever silent, unmoved, and sublimely peaceful. Before the reality of the Tao, the voice can no longer utter sound, the eyes can no longer express their curiosity, and movement is halted. Philosophy cannot define it. Science cannot calculate it. To define the Tao is to listen to silence, observe nakedness, and activate stillness. It is to communicate with your inner voice, awaken your innate talent, find a home with eternal beauty, and release your full potential.To define the Tao is to stand on the highest mountain peak, swim in an ocean of love, and soar with the dove in the valley of death. To sense the Tao is to stand in a cool spring shower; to view the Tao is to observe from a high tower; to smell the Tao is to breathe in a fragrant flower. Communicable Tao and Incommunicable TaoCommunicable TaoThe Tao is expressed through our power of communication, from the primary power of the voice: the manifestation of inner consciousness and our spiritual trumpet. Verbalization is the gateway to the Tao through the breath of life and vibration of sound. At the time that oral communication no longer served our human needs and expectations, letters and numbers were employed symbolically.The voice is a powerful force that can reach from one person (dead or alive) to the multitudes, permitting the self to be expressed, to touch hearts, to justify morality, and verify deeds accomplished. Our inner justice is a direct spiritual communication that goes beyond ego-anticipation and social culture; it is an actualization process of human willpower.Lao Tzu states, The Tao that is voiced is no longer that of eternal Tao. The name that has been written is no longer that of eternal name. The Tao that is voiced is, in essence, the communicable Tao of inner self that connects deeply to both our microbiological and psychological self as well as our macrocosmic and celestial self. Inner VoiceWithout the inner voice, our most sacred spiritual vessel, God is not alive, the Tao is not present, and the self is not active. It characterizes the beauty, meaning, and strength of life. It can be silent or immeasurably powerful. We often turn a deaf ear to this inner voice and rely on the external world, on external authority and discipline, to define our life as something meaningful, leaving us with confusion and distortion of our lifes true meaning.In order to establish a clear relationship with the sacred vessel of our inner voice, the first set of meditation practices in this book begins with finding, restoring, and listening to our inner voice in any given circumstance or crisis. To develop your attunement to your inner voice:1--Sit upright with your spine straight. Be simultaneously relaxed and alert. Place one hand on top of the other, and place both hands over your heart. 2--Listen intently to the sound of silence. You will begin to recognize a combination of spiritual voice and personal voice.3--Pay attention to the most immediate direction and clear message. This is the manifestation of your inner voice.4--Verbalize it inwardly, whether or not it makes sense to you.5--Name it with no preconceived notion.6--Meditate upon it as a part of the visualized journey of your life before it actually takes place.7--Connect your own name with it. See how it conforms to you and your personality.8--Make it work for you. It is the divine plan and your decision must be made now.",books;eastern;mysticism;new age;other eastern religions & sacred texts;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;tao te ching;taoism,10
1590522796,"Winter Winds (Seaside Seasons #4) Gayle Roper has written more than thirty-five books. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Holt Medallion, the Reviewers Choice Award, and a Readers Choice Award. A popular speaker at nationwide womens events and writers conferences, Roper lives with her husband, Chuck, in Pennsylvania. They have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren.",books;christian books & bibles;contemporary;contemporary women;domestic life;fiction;literature & fiction;religion & spirituality;romance;women's fiction,10
0809128381,"Pseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality) Text: English, Greek (translation)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;history;religion & spirituality;religious;spirituality;theology;world,10
0806642653,"Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies (Revised Edition) ""...a book that inspires, educates and motivates.""  -- The	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Practical suggestions guide parents and children through the grief process: --Updated version addresses current issues children face --Gives parents tools to aid grieving children --Offers emotional and spiritual growth for children who have suffered loss --Written by a licensed social worker and grief counselor	Theresa M. Huntley is a licensed independent clinical social worker in the Hematology/Oncology program at Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, Minn. She has also worked as a children's loss and grief counselor.",books;counseling;death & grief;fitness & dieting;grief & bereavement;health;parenting;parenting & relationships;psychology & counseling;self-help,10
1884369723,"Abraham's Kind of Faith For more than 40 years, R.G. Hardy has been recognized by the calling of a powerful prophetic anointing and message of salvation, diving healing, and deliverance through the authority of the Name of Jesus. By this anointing of power, he has demonstrated the message of the Gospel with signs following as God confirms His Word through the resurrection power of His son, Jesus Christ. Through the years, Brother Hardy hosted many of the crusades for the healing evangelists of the 1950's and 1960's. He has a rich heritage founded in the Pentecostal movement. Many ministers have received early training under his leadership and revelation anointing that is manifested when he ministers. In this world of compromise, R.G. Hardy has not compromised the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. He has and still is ""earnestly contending for the faith of our fathers.""",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;christianity;humanities;new;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;used & rental textbooks,10
0967107717,"A View from the Year 3000 This book is a sort of sequel to my first book, ""The  100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History.""  The  format of the two books is almost identical; but whereas the first  book covered only the past (and was therefore non-fiction) this book  attempts to peer into the future as well as the past (and is therefore  an unusual combination of non-fiction and fiction).  I expect that  those of you who read my first book will find this one even more  thought-provoking.	Michael H. Hart was born in New York City in 1932.  He  received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he majored  in mathematics.  He later received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Princeton  University.  He also has an M.S. in physics, and M.S. in computer  science, and a law degree.  He has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight  Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland; at Computer Science Corporation, in  Falls Church, Virginia; and at the National Center for Atmospheric  Research, in Boulder, Colorado.    Dr. Hart is the author of ""The 100: A Ranking of the Most  Influential Persons in History"" (1978, Hart Publishing Company;  revised edition, 1992, Citadel Press).  He is also co-editor (and part  author) of the anthology ""Extraterrestrials: Where Are They?"" (1982,  Pergamon Press; revised edition, 1995, Cambridge University Press).  In addition, he has published a variety of technical articles in  scientific journals.    Dr. Hart was for many years a college professor.  He taught courses in  astronomy, in physics, and in the history of science.  He is now a  full-time writer.",biographies & memoirs;books;literature & fiction;philosophers;professionals & academics;science & math;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;technology;united states,10
0046230165,Maritime Economics 'It is a pleasure to come across a book on economic theory that does not send you instantly to sleep.' - Fairplay'A first rate introduction to the industry.' - The Manchester School'This is a book which will provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in the industry.' - Transportation and Planning Technology'Should prove one of the best introductions to shipping market economics.' - Seatrade'Authoritative tone.' - Lloyds List	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.,books;business & finance;business & investing;commerce;economics;industries & professions;new;professional & technical;transportation;used & rental textbooks,10
0345423321,"Dreamtime Alice In this memoir, Australian novelist Sayer (Blind Luck, Univ. of Queensland, 1994) recounts a young girl's dream to be part of her father's world. A jazz drummer who lives only for his art, Gerry Sayer is an absent father and an indifferent husband. Fleeing an alcoholic mother and her abusive mate, Mandy joins her dad to pursue a career as street performers in New York City and New Orleans. Sayer writes in graceful, often poetic prose of her tap dancing to the beat of Gerry's drum. The thrills of performing with her father, however, are dampened by the allure of drugs, fear of sexual exploitation, battles with thieves and blackmailers, and dreary nights in fleabags. Sayer's bittersweet journey leads finally to love and allows her to view herself and her family relationships in a new light.?William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNYCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Winner of the Australian/Vogel Award (1989) for her first novel, Mood Indigo, and recently named one of the ten Best Young Australian Novelists by the Sydney Morning Herald, Sayer makes her American debut with this compelling memoir of her experiences while living on the edge with her father as a busker in the magical, menacing underworlds of New Orleans and the streets of New York. Sayer's father was a jazz drummer in Australia. His intermittent here-one-minute-gone-the-next presence and his legends of excess while anywhere but beside his unstable family drove Mandy to seek him out. Together they set out for the streets of New York. Tap dancing to his drum riffs, negotiating his down-times of alcohol and drugs as well as the up-times of cocaine-induced ambition and frenzied visions of success, Sayer ``became a lodger in my father's castle . . . surrendering . . . to the indomitable architecture of his imagination.'' Her narrative voice is vivacious and exact, no matter how grim the tales she tells. There are many points in the book when Sayer finds her younger self tempted to undermine her artistic voice in favor of her father's pull toward self-destruction. Her poetic style captures the stench of the flophouse, the grinding ache of feet that have tapped the sheen off the pavement, and the reality of life for a young girl who continues to yearn, blindly, for her father's love. Love does indeed save her, but it is self-love, her determination to finally and forever distance herself from her father's dreamtime dance. She becomes at last ``her own magician,'' finding a liberating power in the magic of words. This memoir is about finding magic in the voice of expression. It is an incredibly vivid tale, filled with gutsy ingenuity and the stark range of emotion that Sayer survives. Her will to be heard may be tap-danced to her fathers drum but it echoes clear off the page. (Author tour)  -- Copyright 1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	I was one  of many Ballantiners who simply fell in love with this book. What a story she tells,what rich characterization, what writing style, what a fine young writer.  I now want to read herfiction if it ever gets published here in the states. Mandy is a writer we'll be hearing lotsfrom in the future, I predict.Beverly Robinson	""I danced and danced because the neon light across the road had just blinked on, because it was the middle of spring, because I was twenty-one, because my father was playing beside me. . . .""In this vivid, seductive, gorgeously written memoir, Mandy Sayer recounts the fascinating years she spent performing on the streets of New York and New Orleans with her father. Gerry Sayer was a jazz drummer, a beguiling Irish charmer with a million stories and an insatiable love for jam sessions and all-night parties. Mandy grew up captivated by his outrageous tales even after he left the family for good and her mother descended into the distance of drink. When her siblings failed him by rejecting the bohemian performing life, Mandy saw her chance to become a character in his stories, part of the only life he really loved. So she learned to tap-dance, and they set off together to satisfy their grand ambitions on the toughest stage in the world--New York.Driven by their dream of making it big, Mandy and Gerry arrived in the city with no place to stay and only costumes to their names. They became part of the thrilling, precarious world of street performers--jugglers, magicians, fire-eaters, dancers--who eked out their livings at the mercy of the elements, the cops, complaining neighbors, and lurking thieves. In cinematic detail, Sayer tells of the first exhilarating season in New York City, earning $200 a night on Columbus Avenue; offsetting the physical pain of endless performance with the incomparable rush that accompanied it; the long, difficult winter in New Orleans, surviving on avocados and raw vegetables in unheated apartments; and their final unforgettable return to New York. Entwined with this singular story of a busker's life is the deeper, more intimate story of Mandy's transformation from a girl searching for her father's love into a woman who could invent her own language and find her own voice. For ultimately Dreamtime Alice is a triumphant record of a young woman's discovery that she could create her own story at last.	""What a pilgrimage is Dreamtime Alice, with its wonderful strangeness, its vivacity, its energy and its narrative power to charm. This is wonderful storytelling from a novelist Australians already know but who deserves a host of U.S. readers as well.""--Thomas Keneally   Author of Schindler's List""You're going to love Alice--her sassy voice, her bad father, her wonderful adventures. And most lovely of all--her language. Mandy Sayer's storytelling is unforgettable music.""--Maxine Hong Kingston   Author of Woman Warrior	Mandy Sayer studied tap dancing with Cookie Cooks and Brenda Buffalino and later joined the Bill Evans Dance Company. Her first novel, Mood Indigo, won The Australian/Vogel Award in 1989; her latest, The Cross, was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel and has been nominated for the 1997 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She has also been named one of the ten Best Young Australian Novelists by the Sydney Morning Herald. She received an M.A. in creative writing from Indiana University.	It was back into the Manhattan subway system that Gerry and I wandered in search of Columbus Avenue. We'd awakened after only four hours' sleep and had spent the rest of the day practicing for our great Upper West side debut. We were still feeling the effects of the coke, and rather enjoyed the sight of ourselves bungling through the turnstiles with a plywood tap board, cassette player, side drum, stands, cowbells, woodblocks, and my wooden case.Navigating was left up to me, racing ahead of my father in my eagerness, for Gerry doesn't have much sense of direction. (Once, when I planned to part with him on 42nd Street and meet up with him again on 34th, he was convinced he'd get lost along the way.)I bounced up the platform to find the subway map. As I stood studying its network of colored veins, out of the corner of my eye I saw a man dressed in sneakers and a woman's thigh-length jacket. I glanced at the map, then back at him, finally realizing he was standing there masturbating, as if he were at home, alone in his own bathroom. The few people nearby didn't seem to take any notice. After he finished raining onto the tracks, he looked at his right hand as if he might discover his fortune in it, then wiped it on the sleeve of his jacket.When I'd finished inspecting the map, I returned to Gerry and told him we were catching the A train. He seemed more interested in that piece of information than my anecdote about the masturbating man. He began scatting Ellington's famous introduction to the song, and I bobbed up and down and couldn't help but sing the lyrics.The A train didn't stop at 72nd Street, but thundered all the way up to 125th, the subway stations flashing by like frames in a film. The song was right: It was the quickest way to get to Harlem. I vowed to Gerry I would learn to read the maps better. We waited around for about fifteen minutes, then lugged all our gear onto the B train. By the time we emerged from the 72nd Street subway station, it was pushing half-past eight. We found ourselves marching by the Gothic spires of the Dakota, a sprawling stone apartment block that looked more like a Transylvanian castle, complete with black iron gates and a doorman with a toothy smile. I imagined John Lennon's blood on my shoes, that I was leaving red footprints along the sidewalk as we drew toward the hazy glow of Columbus Avenue.The intersection at which we found ourselves looked promising, busy with handsome people promenading up and down, no doubt in search of the latest outdoor cafe or Japanese restaurant, taking their time, wanting to be seen by each other, gazing into boutiques boasting hundred-dollar dresses and Levis with holes already worn into the knees.The widest corner was the one outside the Chemical Bank. As we warmed up, a crowd began to grow around us. Like the old pros we considered ourselves to be, we didn't rush in willy-nilly to entertain them, but continued to prepare ourselves for the coming night. I suppose you could call it a kind of street performer's foreplay. Gerry had his head down and allowed the triple parradiddles to escape from his snare while I turned my back to the audience and no doubt showed off with some fancy step I could never quite work into a routine.New Yorkers simply drool over anything new. Telephones shaped like Einstein's head (the top lifts off and you speak into his cerebellum), dresses made out of parachutes, pet iguanas you can walk on a leash, singing toothbrushes, tattooed foreskins, and cinnamon cigarettes. I don't think I'm kidding myself when I admit that the reason they hoorahed us and made airplanes out of their bills and flew them into our bucket was because we were different. A welcome change from the Italian magician on the corner of 71st. We weren't like Ralph the Button Man or the breakdancers farther up who spun on their heads and backs across flattened cardboard boxes. Had we announced ourselves, our accents would have charmed them even more, but we were naive young pups back then, and it would be quite a few months before we realized our tongues increased our earning power.We wanted to be like them. Our act, and when I say act, I mean the act we lived as well as the literal act on the street, was an homage, a tribute to their music and dance, from Louis Armstrong to Thelonius Monk, Bill Bojangles Robinson to Gregory Hines. We were just too green then to realize that their hoots and howls were mostly just an expression of their love of something new. The crowd up there was young and white and would probably go home that night and listen to Madonna or Billy Idol.Someone went mad with a Polaroid and it began spitting out pictures of us on that corner. In the break the photographer gave me a damp image that would join the scores that would be taken over the following years on the streets. Slipped into a folder under the bed in which I now write, the images look like an assembly of orphans. The cities and backdrops change, but the atmospheres are consistently urban, and there was always some roving photographer with a penchant for the romantic who caught me at a tired moment between shows, slumped on my wooden case and tightening the loose taps on my shoes.In the photograph, I'm wearing black stockings, a short-sleeved leotard, a gray and white cotton waistcoat, and a top hat. From the angle at which the photograph is taken, Gerry's right drumstick seems much longer than it could have actually been, and it looks as if he's jabbing me in the leg with it. But we are grinning, oh yes. We and the crowd are having a scandalously good time. You can almost hear the celebratory, euphoric noise pressing through the gloss of the photographic paper.The photograph, of course, does not anticipate what happened during the next break only a few minutes later. I was taking a long pull on a bottle of water when I looked up to see four black men scowling down at me. They were all well over six feet tall, and were elevated even further by virtue of the roller skates strapped to their feet.This is our spot! cried a man with a red sweatband around his head.His mate, dressed only in a pair of shorts, skated in a wide arc across the corner as if he were marking out his territory.We work here every night! added a third.The crowd obviously didn't want to get involved and gradually drifted off.I hugged my water bottle to my chest and meekly produced the street performer's hackneyed refrain: But we were here first.This is ours, volleyed back the red headband. We've worked here two years.I stumbled a bit with my return. A pathetic cliche I'd heard guitar players swap in Sydney's Central Station tunnel: But you don't own it.Already the others were skating in circles and figure eights across the sidewalk, careening dangerously close to Gerry's snare drum, fanning us eith the breeze their darting bodies created. What I now call Pitch Etiquette was ambiguous to me then, when we were just beginning to feel our way through the busker's cloudy moral universe. When the red sweatband shouted that they needed this particular corner because of the smooth concrete with which it was paved, it seemed like a good enough excuse to me and we packed up our gear and left.We straggled on up the avenue, still trying to maintain the nervous optimism that had propelled us into the night. On the other side of the street we discovered the Pioneer Supermarket. The sidewalk had a few disadvantages--the lighting was minimal, the pedestrians were scarce, and there was quite a bit of litter about. But I became enamored with the place the moment I jumped onto a metal covering secured over the opening of a delivery shaft in the pavement. On it my feet transcended the loud opera of traffic, sirens, and chatter, and I experienced a sudden rush of pleasure in hearing my formerly muted riffs rise up and bounce off the third and fourth floors of the brownstones, echoing down the avenue over the ghetto blasters and car horns. I was Gene Kelly with a lamppost, Houdini with a padlock, Jesse James with a good horse and gun. I intimidated pedestrians with my gorgeous noise, matching the boom of my father's snare.Of course, such rampant anarchy could not go unchecked for long. In less than fifteen minutes I noticed a sleek black-and-white car pulling up before us. And out stepped uniformed Sergeant Herb Browning, white-faced, pointy-nosed, thin-lipped, sucking in what was obviously a developing beer paunch.Herb Browning would, in the coming weeks, become my Achilles' heel, the omnipotent thorn in my pirouetting side. But during that first encounter, all I could think of was the nervy, uptight ranger on the children's television show, Yogi Bear. (Gerry of course was Yogi and I was the tag-along Boo-boo. Ah, but Mr. Ranger, sir!)Browning was shaking his head as he walked toward us. Ok, folks, he said. Wrap it up right now. Everyone's complaining about the noise.I stepped off the metal covering. He looked down at my shoes and then thumbed over his shoulder at the apartments and shop fronts.The folks in the supermarket, too, he said. Cashiers. Grocery boys. Even the produce assistant manager.Gerry's eyes widened. I could tell he was going to make some sarcastic remark about produce assistants and what they could do with their cabbages. But then he must have thought the better of it, for he",arts & literature;australian;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;literature & fiction;specific groups;women;world literature,10
0140098747,"Bitter Harvest The Posse Comitatus, who believe that a Jewish-Communist conspiracy to assume U.S. leadership is under way, inspired North Dakota farmer Gordon Kahl to stop paying taxes; Kahl was killed in one of the shootouts with the law that followed aborted attempts to arrest him. ""Corcoran . . . does a masterful job of depicting a decaying rural America where a fanatical far right has emerged,"" said PW. Photos. Author tour. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.",20th century;americas;biographies & memoirs;books;history;military;murder & mayhem;state & local;true accounts;united states,10
B000BWCBM2,"Hurst 1148429 Indy Boot and Plate Kit Designed for use with Hurst Indy Shifter, this popular economy boot comes with chrome trim ring and all mounting hardware.",automotive;body;body & trim;boots;clutches & parts;drive train;paint;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts;transmission & drive train,10
155874696X,"The Cult of the Born-Again Virgin: How Single Women Can Reclaim Their Sexual Power The concept is not a new one: Eve practiced celibacy until the snake tempted her into trading the Garden of Eden for sexual delights; Queen Elizabeth I held on to her virginity as if her kingdom depended on it. All well and good in more repressed times, but is celibacy a reasonable lifestyle choice for women of the sexually liberated 21st century? It may seem like a hard sell, but Keller, a former newspaper and magazine journalist, offers compelling reasons for women to take a break from sexual relations. Calling upon her own experiences and those of women across the country who have not found contentment or joy in their relationships, she details how both short-term and permanent abstinence commonly lead to new confidence and self-esteem. Contending that ""tak[ing] sex off one's activity list and put[ting] it on the list of what is revered"" enhances one's sense of personal power, control over one's sexuality and the ability to focus on goals (including attracting a better mate)--and also allows more time for nurturing oneself, developing one's spirituality and improving one's health and finances--Keller may overstate the potential benefits. Still, most people experience times when concentrating on these areas while putting sex aside would be a smart move. Although becoming a BAV may not appeal to most women at first, reading this apparently radical but well-argued book may spur many to rethink their initial response. (Feb.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	The Born Again Virgins are part of a movement of single thought happening across the culture.  In response to the influences on generations of women since the Feminist Revolution, this book represents a return to balance and a chance to make it just as socially acceptable for a woman to say No as there is pressure to say Yes to sexual behavior before she's comfortable.	This book is based on my research and work in the field of human sexual behavior.  The premise of the book is that if your current actions were enough to produce more of what you want, more of it would already be in your life.  Through this book, online classes, live workshops and talks and the media this book is generating, and our website (which features a FREE born again virgin club) we look to unite and strengthen like minded women.  Through the processes and awarenesses brought out in the book and my other work, I hope to create healthy women, who enter healthy relationships that last, thereby creating stable homes for our children and by example, our grandchildren.  The Born Again Virgin movement is about choosing celibacy unless or until one falls in love, and living in the incredible shimmering benefits that result from that choice!	Wendy Keller, thirty-four, has been single-again for five years since the end of her ten-year marriage. She is a mother, a former professional magazine and newspaper journalist, and the author of more than a dozen unrelated books. In 1989, Wendy founded ForthWrite Literary Agency and Speakers Bureau. She lives and works in Malibu, California.",books;fitness & dieting;health;personal transformation;politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;self-help;sex;sexuality;women's studies,10
B0002MA3OY,"Optilux H71020051 Model 1300 Round 12V/55W Halogen Driving Lamp Kit Optilux Model 1300 Driving Lamps feature a clear round lens in a stylish die-cast black metal housing. These lamps are SAE compliant and each kit contains two lamps, two 12V/55W H3 Halogen bulbs, heavy-duty mounting brackets, illuminated switch, and a deluxe wiring harness.",automotive;driving & fog lights;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lights & lighting accessories;performance lighting;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts,10
B000A0A3ZM,"Intech Beta Ti Golf Balls (36 Pack) Enjoy tour performance every time you step on the course with the Intech Beta Ti golf balls. This 36-pack of Beta Ti balls offers such features as a Surlyn cover, 432 dimple technology, and a two-piece construction. The star of the show, however, is the large fluid metal core, which yields explosive results with every swing. The pack carries a one-year warranty.	Enjoy tour performance every time you step on the course with the Intech Beta Ti golf balls. This 36-pack of Beta Ti balls offers such features as a Surlyn cover, 432 dimple technology and a two-piece construction. The star of the show, however, is the large fluid metal core, which yields explosive results with every swing. The pack carries a one-year warranty.",computer components;computers & accessories;distance balls;electronics;golf;golf balls;sports;sports & outdoor play;sports & outdoors;toys & games,10
1880284669,"Silence is Golden: Connor Westphal Mystery Penney Warner, the prolific author that she is, has had over 50 books published, fiction and non-fiction, for adults and children, and has received national awards and garnered excellent reviews. She has been printed in 14 countries, including Russia, France, Spain, Germany, Holland, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, India, Israel, Poland, Japan, and China.   Penny Warner earned a Bachelor's degree in Child Development and a Master's degree in Special Education, and has taught child development at the local college for over 20 years. She also teaches writing tips at conferences across the country, including Pikes Peak, Whidbey Island, San Francisco, Jack London, and dozens of others, as well as belonging to Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, SCBWI, Women Writing the West, and California Writers Club.",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;mystery;thriller & suspense;united states;westerns,10
1565231325,"Carving Wood Spirits in Tree Bark: Capturing Unique Faces & Expressions in Wood Joyce Buchanan has taught carving formore than10 years. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.",books;carving;crafts;crafts & hobbies;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;how-to & home improvements;projects;wood crafts & carving;woodworking,10
0201781301,"Computer Science: An Overview This classic book provides an overview to the field of computing, with new material on networking, C#, XML, and Java, making it the most current book available.   The seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to discuss important trends in such areas as networking and the Internet, software engineering, public-key encryption, and artificial intelligence. The discussions of the ethical and legal issues revolving around computing have been expanded in this edition.   This book is for those who are interested in taking a tour of the field of computer science, as well as those taking an introductory course on these topics.	J. Glenn Brookshear is an Associate Professor at Marquette University. He received his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University in 1975, then was hired by Marquette to build a strong Computer Science curriculum. In addition to his highly successful Computer Science: An Overview, Brookshear has authored Theory of Computation: Formal Languages, Automata, and Complexity,  also published by Addison-Wesley.",books;business & finance;business & investing;computer science;computers & technology;education & reference;new;office automation;skills;used & rental textbooks,10
1591136881,"The Second Great Depression Warren Brussee spent 33 years at GE as an engineer, plant manager, and engineering manager. He earned his engineering degree at Cleveland State University and attended Kent State towards his EMBA. The author has written two other books, Statistics for SIX SIGMA Made Easy and  All About Six Sigma.	I had two neighbors in the late nineteen nineties, one a retired doctor and the other a retired small business owner, who were never seen in the daytime when the stock market was trading. But in the evenings, they would have smiles on their faces akin to those of teenage boys who, the evening before, had talked their girlfriends into the backseat of their cars. These neighbors had both become day traders, and each of them felt that they had discovered the secret to wealth. Neither of them ever shared with me their ""methods"" of playing the market, but their wives worried that they were buying stocks based on hunches, rumors, recent headlines, etc. Apparently no in-depth analysis of stocks was being done, nor did they make any effort to see if they were doing any better than the market in general. All they cared about was that, on an almost daily basis, their on-paper worth was increasing. They believed that they had discovered the secret to making a lot of money without working!    They werent alone in their craziness. Something strange was happening to most of the country during the nineties. Computer nerds, who were never thought to be giants in the practical world of business, were given almost unlimited funds to pursue their latest business ideas related to the net or other software ventures. These newly ordained entrepreneurs told everyone that their dot-com businesses did not have to make a profit; that the idea was to develop a customer base using information technology, and the profits would come later. They used esoteric measures, like ""eyeballs,"" to determine how many people were visiting their websites, which they felt was a measure of their business success. Or they counted how many other worthless web sites were sending visitors to THEIR worthless site. They didnt even bother estimating when they would make a profit, nor was there any analysis of what those future profits would be. They said that the important criterion in these new-era businesses was generating customers; profits would just naturally come later. Some of their projections of customer base growth took them quickly to exceed the population of the world, but no matter. Venture capitalists and investors believed them. So did my neighbors. We ALL believed!    Not only were investors like my neighbors sucked in; grizzled CEOs of large companies, who should have known better, gazed at these dot-com companies in awe. These were the same executives that, just a few years before, were trying to look, act, and dress like the Japanese, who were the previous rock stars of industry. These techie-wannabe executives tried to do high-fives and make their companies look and perform like the dot-coms. These experienced executives took crash courses on using the net. Of course, this was only after one of their in-house techies bought them computers and taught them how to boot up. GEs CEO Jack Welch even bragged that investors looked at GE as being equivalent to a dot-com company. He made all GE executives take courses on surfing the net, and each individual business within GE had to set up their own web site where customers could peruse that businesss management and product lines. Any project having interaction with the net got priority corporate funding. Jack Welch and many other corporate heads also did what was necessary to make their stock prices act like dot-com stocks. No matter that most of the perceived financial gains during this era came from accounting creativity that made bland corporate performance look stellar by pushing costs into future years and doing other financial wizardry.    Baby boomers, who were wondering if they were going to be able to keep up with the gains realized by their parents generation, suddenly saw their salvation. Like my day-trader neighbors, the baby boomers would buy stocks in this new era stock market and watch their riches grow. As more and more of them bought stocks, the demand drove prices up to ridiculous levels. The feeding frenzy had begun. As a result of all this buying pressure, in the later years of the last century the stock market performed brilliantly.     It wasnt just nave investors who got overconfident in their abilities related to the market. In 1994, Bill Krasker and John Meriwether, two winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, started a company called Long Term Capital Management (LTCM). These two ""geniuses"" had done massive data analysis on the ""spreads"" between various financial instruments, like corporate bonds and Treasury bonds. When these spreads got wider than what was statistically expected (based on their computer program), LTCM would buy the financial instrument likely to gain from the correction that was expected to occur shortly.     Using this methodology, LTCM was unbelievably successful for four years. By leveraging their money, they had gained as much as 40% per year for their investors, and Bill Krasker and John Meriwether got very wealthy.     They were so successful that, by 1998, LTCM had $1 trillion in leveraged exposure in various financial market positions. Then, LTCM became victim of the ""fat tail"" phenomena, which is where a normally balanced distribution of data now has a lot of data far out to one end of the distribution tail. The reason this happened is that everyone who played in similar financial markets all decided to get out at once, and LTCM was seeing results that their computer models had predicted would not statistically happen in more than a billion years! Unbeknownst to them, because of the sudden exit of the others playing this financial game, the relationships of the ""spreads"" between various financial instruments had changed, which made the earlier computer-generated probability predictions invalid.    The risks that LTCM had taken were so dangerous that LTCM was close to upsetting the whole worlds financial institutions. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and several of the worlds major banks got together to offer additional credit to LTCM to successfully avert this potential global financial disaster.",books;business & investing;credit ratings & repair;economics;finance;investing;microeconomics;personal finance;public finance;stocks,10
1885266758,"The Presence Angels  Anna Jameson At Niagara: The Whirlpool  Antique Shop  Appling  At T.s. Eliot's Columbarium, East Coker  Big Things Dancing  Billy Bishop  Cancer  Chinatown  The Correspondent  Cottage  Death Apples  Elegy For A Grandfather  Flamboyant Tree  Four Lullabies For A Newborn Daughter: 1. The Presence  Four Lullabies For A Newborn Daughter: 2. Where Did You Come From?  Four Lullabies For A Newborn Daughter: 3. Baby Song  Four Lullabies For A Newborn Daughter: 4. The Intercession  Garden  Hammock  In The Garden Of The Isituto  Ithaca  Jonathan's Porch  The Learning Process  Life Without A Daybook  Mavety Street  The Melting  Mississippi Rain  Mr. Lill's  My Computer Sleeping: A Lullaby  New Year's Day, 2000  Orpheus And Eurydice  Rugged  The Shadow  Speaking Chinese; 1) Ernest Ludwig Meyer, 1865-1953  Speaking Chinese; 2) Ida Evelyn Reid Miller, 1893-1975  Success  Volcano -- Table of Poems from Poem Finder",american;books;family relationships;literature & fiction;love & romance;love poems;parenting & relationships;poetry;relationships;self-help,10
0736002359,"Exercises for Elite Golf Performance """"""""This program has been a great asset to me. My flexibility is greater, my endurance level has increased, and I feel stronger through 18 holes."""" ""Bob DuvalSenior PGA TOUR winner and top 30 money leader """"""This program has created a lifestyle change for me. I see this as a vehicle to better my general health and my golf game. I'm stronger and more flexible. This program is a necessity to extend my career. I only wish that I had started at a younger age.""""""Tommy Aaron1973 Masters Champion """"""This program was developed to prepare me for the Senior PGA TOUR. At 47, I had earned less than $100,000 in TOUR winnings for three consecutive seasons. Within two years I increased my strength, flexibility, and stamina, finishing 70th on the money list and earning over $300,000. I had the same wife, family, and equipment and played the same number of tournaments, so I knew this program was the difference. I'm hitting the ball longer than ever before. Kelly has taken me to a new level.""""""Larry NelsonTen-time PGA TOUR winner, four-time Senior PGA TOUR winner, 1981 and 1987 PGA Champion, 1983 U.S. Open Champion ""	""    """"This program has been a great asset to me. My flexibility is greater, my endurance level has increased, and I feel stronger through 18 holes."""" Bob DuvalSenior PGA TOUR winner and top 30 money leader""""This program has created a lifestyle change for me. I see this as a vehicle to better my general health and my golf game. Im stronger and more flexible. This program is a necessity to extend my career. I only wish that I had started at a younger age.""""Tommy Aaron1973 Masters Champion""""This program was developed to prepare me for the Senior PGA TOUR. At 47, I had earned less than $100,000 in TOUR winnings for three consecutive seasons. Within two years I increased my strength, flexibility, and stamina, finishing 70th on the money list and earning over $300,000. I had the same wife, family, and equipment and played the same number of tournaments, so I knew this program was the difference. Im hitting the ball longer than ever before. Kelly has taken me to a new level.""""Larry NelsonTen-time PGA TOUR winner, four-time Senior PGA TOUR winner, 1981 and 1987 PGA Champion, 1983 U.S. Open Champion ""	""This program has been a great asset to me. My flexibility is greater, my endurance level has increased, and I feel stronger through 18 holes.""  Bob Duval Senior PGA TOUR winner and top 30 money leader ""This program has created a lifestyle change for me. I see this as a vehicle to better my general health and my golf game. Im stronger and more flexible. This program is a necessity to extend my career. I only wish that I had started at a younger age."" Tommy Aaron 1973 Masters Champion ""This program was developed to prepare me for the Senior PGA TOUR. At 47, I had earned less than $100,000 in TOUR winnings for three consecutive seasons. Within two years I increased my strength, flexibility, and stamina, finishing 70th on the money list and earning over $300,000. I had the same wife, family, and equipment and played the same number of tournaments, so I knew this program was the difference. Im hitting the ball longer than ever before. Kelly has taken me to a new level."" Larry Nelson Ten-time PGA TOUR winner, four-time Senior PGA TOUR winner, 1981 and 1987 PGA Champion, 1983 U.S. Open Champion	Since 1994, Kelly Blackburn has been the fitness consultant and personal fitness trainer for players on both the PGA TOUR and Senior PGA TOUR. She has worked closely with Fred Couples, Larry Nelson, Dave Stockton, Hubert Green, Bob Duval, Hale Irwin, and many others. She is also the creator and host of the PGA TOUR Fitness Center featured on pgatour.com.Blackburn is president of Elite Personal Fitness Trainers, which specializes in locating fitness professionals to assist players with their fitness goals. She is also a fitness columnist for GolfLife Magazine and is on the advisory board for MET-Rx Nutrition. She has been developing specialized fitness programs to help individuals achieve their fitness goals for more than a decade.Blackburn lives in Atlanta, Georgia.",books;coaching;contemporary;education & reference;education theory;golf;literature & fiction;schools & teaching;sports & outdoors;training,10
1552042251,"Shadows at Sunset Stuart (Shadow Lover) crafts another steaming suspense novel with this tale of ghosts, revenge and lust in Southern California. Jilly Meyer single-handedly holds together one of L.A.'s most dysfunctional families, mothering her adult siblings, Dean and Rachel-Ann. Despite pressure from their villainous multimillionaire father, Jackson Meyer, Jilly won't abandon her siblings or their crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion, which he wants to have demolished. La Casa de Sombras (House of Shadows) was the scene of a notorious Hollywood murder-suicide in the '50s, and glamorous ghosts still haunt the lonely place, seen only by fragile, recovering substance abuser Rachel-Ann. Enter Coltrane, a solitary, enigmatic, drop-dead gorgeous man who manages Jackson's legal affairs. Convinced Jackson murdered his mother years ago, Coltrane is bent on revenge, sabotaging Jackson's illegal business dealings and planning to seduce one of his daughters. The sexual tension between stubborn, long-legged Jilly and Coltrane is palpable, and the secondary romance between Rachel-Ann and her long-lost love is endearing. Incest, sex, multiple murders, sex, betrayal, sexAit's the usual enthralling mix fans expect from Stuart, arguably romantic suspense's most popular novelist. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;family saga;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;romance;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0316714720,"Reclaiming Our Lives: Hope for Adult Survivors of Incest Sharing one's experience with others is essential to overcoming the legacy of fear, guilt and loss of self-esteem bequeathed to the typical incest victim, according to journalist Poston, once a victim herself, and psychotherapist Lison, who leads incest support groups. Each chapter of this constructive guide begins with an account of some aspect of Poston's abusive experience, followed by a sensitive account of how Lison's patients cope with theirs (denial, as the authors demonstrate, is a common but futile tactic). Discussing symptoms that indicate a need for therapy, Poston and Lison outline 14 healing phases and offer practical hints to foster recovery. Above all, they warn against escape into alcohol, drugs or overwork, and emphasize that healing depends on rebuilding trust in oneself and others. First serial to New Woman; Psychotherapy Book Club selection. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Writing to help adult women whose childhood was marred by incest, each co-author approaches this once-taboo topic from a different perspective. Poston writes poignantly of her shatteringly abusive childhood, while therapist Lison adds painful case studies and analyzes the shared characteristics of each victim's experiences. Whether the abuse was perpetrated over many years or in a single incident, the victims' lives were indelibly marked. Now adults, they find childhood coping mechanisms inappropriate, and Lison responds to their need for a new way to cope by outlining specific steps for recovery. The book, although focusing exclusively on female victims, illuminates this societal problem for everyone and offers ways victims can achieve wholesomeness and a positive self-image.- Carol R. Glatt, Northeastern Hosp . of PhiladelphiaCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Carol Poston is a professor of English at Saint Xavier University. Mother of two grown children, she lives with her husband in Chicago.Karen Lison is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in the treatment of adults who were abused as children. She lives and has her practice in Chicago.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",abuse;books;family health;family relationships;fitness & dieting;health;parenting & relationships;psychology & counseling;self-help;sex,10
1928905005,"Day Outings from San Diego on a Tank of Gas, Fourth Edition After ten years of traveling and living outside her native San Diego, Rebecca Sanders decided to rediscover her hometown and write about it.  This well-researched guide is her travel writing debut.  Sanders shares her vast knowledge on the ever-changing area through local seminars and articles.  She resides in San Diego County, where she has lived for more than twenty years.  Sanders worked in the marketing and advertising industry in New York City and Denver before becoming a full-time writer.  She holds a bachelor of science degree in Journalism & Mass Communication from University of Colorado at Boulder.",books;california;food;lodging & transportation;pacific;road travel;san diego;travel;united states;west,10
0871162148,"Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains: 41st Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums (Tourist Trains Guidebook) The Empire State Railway Museum, established in 1960, is dedicated to bringing historic railroads to life, along with the people and towns they served. Its home, the former Ulster and Delaware Station in Phoenicia, New York, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;food;lodging & transportation;professional & technical;railroad travel;railroads;specialty travel;tourist destinations & museums;transportation;travel,10
1560252057,"The Soul of Surfing World Surfing Champion for 1968, Fred Hemmings has been riding waves for over 40 years. He lives in Oahu.",americas;arts & photography;books;history;photography;sports & outdoors;state & local;surfing;united states;water sports,10
0810844370,"Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions ...any with a curiosity about the musical theatre of the past half century or a passing interest in the creative process behind it will find gems here....The real meat of the book is in free-ranging discussions of Sondheim's choices, tastes, and reflections on music and theatre throughout and beyond his own career. I started to fold the edges of pages that had something juicy on them...and soon found I was folding nearly every page. (Rob Kendt Back Stage West )For the Sondheim nut, and I count myself among them, it's hard to imagine a more intriguing read. (Bob Mondello )A fascinating read for even a casual admirer of Sondheim's work. (The Sondheim Review )Finally, Mark Horowitz's contribution to Sondheim studies...The interviews are top notch: Horowitz has managed to relax Sondheim into loquacity, technical generosity and humour far more than most, perhaps all, of his predecessors (and there are many)...An enormous amount of insight into Sondheim's motivations and aims can be gleaned from what he says in the pages. (Stephen Banfield Musical Times (Uk) )Sondheim may be a brilliant subject, but the well-prepared interviewer, Mark Eden Horowitz, is himself smart, probing, and refreshingly self-effacing. All of which makes this book essential reading for those with any interest in musical theatre. (The Whole Note )Sondheim devotees will be forever grateful to Library of Congress music specialist Mark Horowitz for the interviews he conducted with Sondheim in 1997, the most extensive about how the composer works and the basis of an upcoming book, Sondheim On Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions. (Brown, Chip Smithsonian Magazine )In these remarkable dialogues Mark Horowitz has elicited cogent, illuminating insights into the creative process from Stephen Sondheim, the ever-astonishing titan of the musical stage. (Robert Kimball )...a wonderful achievement....Horowitz's contribution to the conversation is astonishing in the questions he thinks to ask and the deep understanding of Sondheim's work, and musical theatre in general, that he brings to the table. (Card, Orson Scott Www.Hatrack.Com )	Mark Eden Horowitz is Senior Music Specialist at the Library of Congress where he has worked as archivist or co-archivist for the Library's collections of the manuscripts and papers of Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Vernon Duke, Jascha Heifetz, Jerome Kern, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Vincent Youmans.",arts & photography;books;composition;composition & performance;education & reference;music;musical genres;musicals;reference;theory,10
0847822486,"Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History It is no surprise to see a photograph by Catherine Opie on the front of this handsome and groundbreaking volume on lesbian art. Opie is now represented in most of the best public collections in America, and her inclusion, along with the current rise of Nicole Eisenman, suggests that the market for specifically lesbian imagery (as opposed to erotica, which has always had an audience) has finally widened to include the great art institutions that still set the canon for contemporary art. Although the text of Harmony Hammond's wonderfully rich book is a little too dense for casual consumption, the history she offers--especially of the middle decade represented here, the 1980s, with its porn wars and the emergence of both postmodernism and postfeminism alongside a remarkable boom in the art market--can be found nowhere else, and certainly not in so graceful a form, lavishly illustrated and perceptively annotated. --Regina Marler	Lesbians have an uneasy relationship with the art world establishment. When painter Jody Pinto wanted her work to appear in the 1978 ""Lesbian Show,"" her art dealer informed her that ""if she exhibited as a lesbian, she could say good-bye to the gallery's representation of her work."" More than another decade passed before artists openly celebrated their sexual identities in a Houston show entitled ""Out! Voices from a Queer Nation."" Hammond, an art teacher and cofounder of Heresies Magazine as well as an artist, documents three decades of post-Stonewall efforts to find acceptance and recognition for painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography by lesbian women. The author contends that ""lesbian art is not a stylistic movement but rather, in its simplest definition, art that comes out of a feminist consciousness""; she then shapes her inquiry to those who fit her definition. Hammond combines a historical overview of art shows, conferences and publications with written portraits of, and interviews with, representative artists from diverse backgrounds. Internationally recognized artists like Kate Millett, Louise Fishman and Catherine Opie rub elbows with those known primarily within political circles. While the writing offers little in the way of formal analysis, the collection itself is a handsome tribute to lesbian creativity. Illus. (Aug.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""Only pioneer lesbian artist and activist Harmony Hammond could have come up with this fascinating book. Long awaited, and well worth waiting for, it is already a classic as it hits the shelves. Lesbian Art in America fills in the gaping holes in feminist art history and is written with passion from a depth of experience and scholarship. As the first and only book of its kind, it is a must for all students of contemporary art.""--Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Feminist Essays on Art""This much needed comprehensive survey of lesbian art since 1970 should become a classic. The exposure of such a tremendous variety of work, so richly grounded in the many political issues vital to women's liberation, should help to establish the credibility of the lesbian subject in art. It should also move this important body of work closer to inclusion in the mainstream of Western art.""--Jill Johnston, author of Lesbian Nation""This is the book we have been waiting for, the first comprehensive history of lesbian art that firmly roots it in the seismic upheavals of feminist and queer liberation politics. Hammond is the consummate insider to the world she describes, the Vasari of lesbian art. Her impassioned and wonderfully readable tale should convince art lovers and historians of the import of this sadly neglected facet of American history, even as it convinces queer historians and theorists of the centrality of art to our developing social landscape.""--Jonathan David Katz, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Studies, City College of San Francisco""Harmony Hammond's book is a rare combination of copious research, passionate convictions, and sophisticated knowledge of current theoretical debates--the result is a treasure trove of information, politics, and ideas about contemporary lesbian art in America.""--Moira Roth, Trefethen Professor of Art History, Mills College, coauthor with Jonathan Katz of Difference/Indifference: Musings on Post Modernism, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage""This is pioneer work. That rare and precious thing: other books will follow now. But this is the first.""--Kate Millett, artist and author of Sexual Politics	A member of the first generation of post-Stonewall, gay and lesbian artists, Harmony Hammond was a founder of the pioneering feminist gallery A.I.R. in 1972 and a cofounder of Heresies magazine in 1976. She is now on the faculty of the art department of the University of Arizona, Tucson.",arts & photography;books;gay & lesbian;history;history & criticism;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;themes;women in art,10
0028605608,"10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports & Speeches (Arco 10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports & Speeches) Got a looming deadline and a bone-dry idea tank? Take a gander  at Kathryn Lamm's compendium, which includes thousands of ideas from  every discipline--English, history, social studies, journalism, art,  and so forth. The range of topics is truly dizzying. And the ideas are  ranked from average difficulty (""Swimming safety"") to those requiring  specialized knowledge (""Compare the Romanesque architecture of  Ste. Madeline of Vezelay and St. Benoit-sur-Loire, France"").",academic & commercial;books;creative writing & composition;education & reference;humanities;literature;new;research & publishing guides;used & rental textbooks;writing,10
052153075X,"Camino al español: A Comprehensive Course in Spanish 'Camino al espaol is a no-frills, though attractive, comprehensive and often imaginative textbook that fills a significant gap in the market.' Times Higher Education Supplement'... Camino al espaol is a first-rate beginner's course that fills a space in the teaching of Spanish to adults and young adults. For schools with Spanish A level, further education colleges and university departments requiring new materials for Spanish beginners, this course is undoubtedly worthy of consideration.' Vida Hispnica	This intensive course is designed to lead the adult beginner to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish. The course gives balanced attention to the four key skills: listening comprehension and speaking skills are supported by quality audio materials, while answer keys support written work and grammar-acquisition exercises. Authentic written materials develop reading skills. Based on a style of Spanish easily understood by most speakers, peninsular and Latin American forms and usage are thoughtfully explained Features an abundance of pair and group work activities  Includes authentic materials  Extensive reference features Teachers' guidelines	Consuelo de Andres Martinez is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Plymouth. She is co-author of A buen puerto: Tipos de Cambio.Eugenia Ariza Bruce is a language tutor in the Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Sheffield, where her major interest has been developing material for listening comprehension.Christine Cook has recently taken up a post as European Administrator in the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield and tutors in both Spanish and German.Isabel Dez-Bonet teaches Spanish at the University of Sheffield. Her main areas of interest are language teaching methodology and pragmatics.Anthony Trippett is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield. He has been engaged in teaching and organising courses of Spanish for beginners for more than 25 years. Anthony Trippett initiated this project and has been its administrative coordinator.",books;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;humanities;instruction;new;spanish;used & rental textbooks,10
0764226916,"Fit Eternity ""shares  [her clients] stories and her diagnoses and recommendationsstories are compellingRecommend to women who struggle with body image and weight."" -- CBA Marketplace	Dr. Deidre Little, a speaker and a writer, is a certified nutritionist and chiropractor. She has been the co-host of health and fitness radio programs and is president of Fit for Eternity Ministries. She makes her home in southern California.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;diseases & physical ailments;exercise & fitness;fitness & dieting;general;health;physical impairments;women's health,10
0310211948,"God's Outrageous Claims In this extended tract, Strobel effectively cites instances of tragedy and depravity from the years he was a hard-bitten, atheistic Chicago Tribune reporter. He is now a Christian and a teaching pastor at that paragon of contemporary congregation-building success, Willow Creek Community Church, and he doesn't let the anecdotes distract from his main thrust: presenting Christian principles programmatically, in the manner of self-improvement how-to's on health, psychology, and business development. Besides the ""discoveries"" announced by the chapter titles (""There's Freedom in Forgiving Your Enemies,"" ""A Dose of Doubt May Strengthen Your Faith,"" ""Jesus Is the Only Path to God,"" and other propositions that arise out of basic Christian doctrine), in several chapters, Strobel suggests smaller programs for integrating the discoveries into personal behavior and belief. He is best when he sticks to matters of the spirit and interpersonal relations and to the Bible, Willow Creek's ministry, and other evangelical writers for authority. When he goes afield in the chapter on sexual morality to matters of criminology and psychology, he fails to adequately bolster his assertions with citations from those disciplines. Most winningly, however, he completely avoids the political advocacy that turns so many away from similar proselytizing books.  Ray Olson	Live a powerful, fruitful, authentic Christian life by understanding the incredible claims of God.  Merchandising	Lee Strobel, with a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale, was an award-winning journalist for 13 years at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. He was a spiritual skeptic until 1981. Today he serves as teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago. He is the best-selling author of Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary, What Jesus Would Say, and The Case for Christ	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Lee Strobel presents thirteen phenomenal claims by God that can change the entire trajectory of your life and revolutionize your attitude, your character, and your relationships. Take the Bible seriously and youll discover that God makes some pretty amazing claims about youand about what he wants to do in your life. Gods Outrageous Claims examines important assertions that can transform your life into an adventure of faith, growth, and lasting fulfillment.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Lee Strobel was an award-winning journalist for thirteen years at The Chicago Tribune and a spiritual skeptic until 1981. Today he serves as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and is author of Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary and What Would Jesus Say? He and his wife, Leslie, are the parents of two college-age children and live in Barrington, Illinois.	Chapter OneOutrageous Claim #1Theres Freedom in Forgiving Your EnemiesAssociated Press reporter Terry Anderson was held hostage in Lebanon for nearly seven years. He was chained to a wall in a filthy, spider-infested cell. He suffered through sickness. He endured mental torture. He longed for his family. He was ground down by the dull ache of incessant boredom.Through it all, he was given one book the Bible and as he devoured it in a search for words of hope, he came across what appeared to be outrageous words of hopeless navet: You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy,  Jesus told a crowd. But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.1Can you imagine how outlandish that command must have seemed to Anderson after spending 2,455 mind-numbing days in cruel captivity? Love whom? Pray for whom? Show kindness toward those who brutalized me? Exhibit compassion toward those who callously extended none to me? Is Jesus a cosmic comedian or merely a starry-eyed idealist?Finally Anderson was released on December 4, 1991. Journalists clustered around and peppered him with questions. They wanted to know what his ordeal had been like. They wanted to know his plans for the future. But then one reporter called out the question that stopped Anderson in his tracks: Can you forgive your captors? What an easy question to pose in the abstract; what a profound issue to ponder honestly amid the grim reality of harsh injustice.Anderson paused. Before the words of his response could come out of his mouth, the Lords Prayer coursed through his mind: Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.2Then this victim of undeserved suffering spoke. Yes, he replied, as a Christian, I am required to forgive no matter how hard it may be.3Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded as one of the most breathtaking and gut-wrenching challenges of his entire Sermon on the Mount, a speech renowned for its outrageous claims. There was no record of any other spiritual leader ever having articulated such a clear-cut, unambiguous command for people to express compassion to those who are actively working against their best interests.Jesus has done it again!But wait. Hold on a moment. Maybe this command isnt so outlandish after all. Perhaps its actually a prescription that benefits both those who forgive and those who are forgiven. Maybe there are a host of benefits that come with fostering an atmosphere of grace rather than an environment of maliciousness.The truth is, Gods wisdom works. Choosing to forgive instead of hate can turn out to be one of our greatest blessings in disguise if we understand how this extraordinary principle works.The Rivals around UsLove my enemies? I dont have any enemies do you? Nobody has ever shoved a machine gun under my chin and herded me into a dank cell for seven years. Nobody has ever brutalized me the way Terry Anderson was abused.But even in the civilized United States, we do have enemies. They may not be armed terrorists, but to one degree or another we all have adversaries or opponents toward whom we feel animosity.He may be the owner of a competing business whos stealing your best customers, and if youre honest, youll admit that you hate him for putting your livelihood in jeopardy. She may be a colleague whos fighting against you all too successfully for bonuses and advancement. He may be the midlevel executive whos firmly entrenched above you in the corporate structure, and you resent him because hes blocking your way to the top.If youre management, your adversary may be the union, or vice versa. Your enemy might be the people who hold opposing views on abortion or homosexuality, and youve gone beyond disagreeing with their opinions to despising them as people. It might be a teacher who refuses to cut you any slack. Or the girlfriend who broke your heart. Or the father who stunted your self-esteem. Or a former friend who broke your confidence and spilled your secrets to the world. Or the ex-spouse who trashed your marriage. Or the recalcitrant employee who just wont get on board with your policies. Or the classmate whose popularity eclipses yours. Or the colleague who is reaping all the recognition that you deserve.When I was a journalist at the Chicago Tribune, I had plenty of enemies. They were reporters at the Sun-Times, the Daily News, and the various broadcast stations who would strive to beat me to stories. I felt intense malice toward them because in order for them to succeed, they had to cause me to fail. Even now that Im a pastor although Im terribly embarrassed to admit this I sometimes jealously view others as opponents if they are better received as speakers, writers, or leaders. Such can be the depth of my own sinful pettiness.We all have rivals. In fact, let me press the issue further by asking you to get specific: Who are the adversaries in your life? What are their names? Actually bring one of their faces into your mind, because I dont want us to stay merely in the realm of the hypothetical. Lets talk about real people, real relationships, real conflict and the road toward real healing.Whats Love Got to Do with It?Exactly what do you need to do about that person youve brought into your mind? Its too general just to say that youre supposed to love him or her. Should you stop competing with this individual? Should you become best buddies or golfing partners? Should you go on Caribbean cruises together? Should you treat him or her like a son or daughter?Jesus was very precise in choosing a word for love that doesnt imply emotion as much as it suggests attitude and action. As difficult as it sounds, hes urging us to have a humble, servant demeanor toward people who are our adversaries. To look for the best in them and offer help as they need it. To have a sense of goodwill and benevolence toward them in spite of their lack of the same toward us. To pray for their welfare and the well-being of their families. Even though we may continue to compete with them, we are to do so fairly and respectfully, not maliciously as if were trying to destroy them.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	God's Outrageous Claims Copyright  1997, 2005 by Lee Strobel This title is also available as a Zondervan audio product. Visit www.zondervan.com/ audiopages for more information. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 ISBN-13: 978-0-310-26775-1 ISBN-10: 0-310-26775-7 International Trade Paper Edition All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version. NIV. Copyright  1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. The website addresses recommended throughout this book are offered as a resource to you. These websites are not intended in any way to be or imply an endorsement on the part of Zondervan, nor do we vouch for their content for the life of this book. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means --- electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other --- except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Interior design by Beth Shagene Printed in the United States of America 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 / ?DCI / 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 OUTRAGEOUS CLAIM #1 THERE'S FREEDOM IN FORGIVING YOUR ENEMIES Associated Press reporter Terry Anderson was held hostage in Lebanon for nearly seven years. He was chained to a wall in a filthy, spider-infested cell. He suffered through sickness. He endured mental torture. He longed for his family. He was ground down by the dull ache of incessant boredom. Through it all, he was given one book --- the Bible --- and as he devoured it in a search for words of hope, he came across what appeared to be outrageous words of hopeless naivete: 'You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy,' ' Jesus told a crowd. 'But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.'1 Can you imagine how outlandish that command must have seemed to Anderson after spending 2,455 mind-numbing days in cruel captivity? Love whom? Pray for whom? Show kindness toward those who brutalized me? Exhibit compassion toward those who callously extended none to me? Is Jesus a cosmic comedian or merely a starry-eyed idealist? Finally Anderson was released on December 4, 1991. Journalists clustered around and peppered him with questions. They wanted to know what his ordeal had been like. They wanted to know his plans for the future. But then one reporter called out the question that stopped Anderson in his tracks: 'Can you forgive your captors?' What an easy question to pose in the abstract; what a profound issue to ponder honestly amid the grim reality of harsh injustice. Anderson paused. Before the words of his response could come out of his mouth, the Lord's Prayer coursed through his mind: 'Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.'2 Then this victim of undeserved suffering spoke. 'Yes,' he replied, 'as a Christian, I am required to forgive --- no matter how hard it may be.' Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus' decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded as one of the most breathtaking and gut-wrenching challenges of his entire Sermon on the Mount, a speech renowned for its outrageous claims. There was no record of any other spiritual leader ever having articulated such a clearcut, unambiguous command for people to express compassion to those who are actively working against their best interests. Jesus has done it again! But wait. Hold on a moment. Maybe this command isn't so outlandish after all. Perhaps it's actually a prescription that benefits both those who forgive and those who are forgiven. Maybe there are a host of benefits that come with fostering an atmosphere of grace rather than an environment of maliciousness. The truth is, God's wisdom works. Choosing to forgive instead of hate can turn out to be one of our greatest blessings in disguise --- if we understand how this extraordinary principle works. THE RIVALS AROUND US Love my enemies? I don't have any enemies --- do you? Nobody has ever shoved a machine gun under my chin and herded me into a dank cell for seven years. Nobody has ever brutalized me the way Terry Anderson was abused. But even in the civilized United States, we do have enemies. To one degree or another we all have adversaries or opponents toward whom we feel animosity. He may be the owner of a competing business who's stealing your best customers, and if you're honest, you'll admit that you hate him for putting your livelihood in jeopardy. She may be a colleague who's fighting against you --- all too successfully --- for bonuses and advancement. He may be the midlevel executive who's firmly entrenched above you in the corporate structure, and you resent him because he's blocking your way to the top. If you're management, your adversary may be the union, or vice versa. Your enemy might be the people who hold opposing views on abortion or homosexuality, and you've gone beyond disagreeing with their opinions to despising them as people. It might be a teacher who refuses to cut you any slack. Or the girlfriend who broke your heart. Or the father who stunted your self-esteem. Or a former friend who broke your confidence and spilled your secrets to the world. Or the ex-spouse who trashed your marriage. Or the recalcitrant employee who just won't get on board with your policies. Or the classmate whose popularity eclipses yours. Or the colleague who is reaping all the recognition that you deserve. When I was a journalist at the Chicago Tribune, I had plenty of enemies. They were reporters at the Sun-Times, the Daily News, and the various broadcast stations who would strive to beat me to stories. I felt intense malice toward them because in order for them to succeed, they had to cause me to fail. Even now that I'm a Christian author and speaker --- although I'm terribly embarrassed to admit this --- I sometimes jealously view others as opponents if they turn a better phrase or score higher with audiences. Such can be the depth of my own sinful pettiness. We all have rivals. In fact, let me press the issue further by asking you to get specific: Who are the adversaries in your life? What are their names? Actually bring one of their faces into your mind, because I don't want us to stay merely in the realm of the hypothetical. Let's talk about real people, real relationships, real conflict --- and the road toward real healing. WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? Exactly what do you need to do about that person you've brought into your mind? It's too general just to say that you're supposed to love him or her. Should you stop competing with this individual? Should you become best buddies or golfing partners? Should you go on Caribbean cruises together? Should you treat him or her like a son or daughter? Jesus was very precise in choosing a word for 'love' that doesn't imply emotion as much as it suggests attitude and action. As difficult as it sounds, he's urging us to have a humble, servant demeanor toward people who are our adversaries. To look for the best in them and offer help as they need it. To have a sense of goodwill and benevolence toward them in spite of their lack of the same toward us. To pray for their welfare and the well-being of their families. Even though we may continue to compete with them, we are to do so fairly and respectfully, not maliciously as if we're trying to destroy them. Technically, we aren't being asked to like the other person, because that would require an emotion that we sometimes can't conjure up, despite our best intentions.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;inspirational;motivational;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality,10
075381384X,"Don Quixotes Delusions Perhaps it is fitting that all is not what it appears to be in this travel ode to Spain and its best-loved fictional character, Don Quixote, the titular subject of Cervantes's 1605 novel. At first, France (Bad Times in Buenos Aires) seems poised to write about the continuing importance of Quixote in modern-day Spain. However, when the author sets up a return to Madrid after living there as a student in 1987, a time comparison looms large. Both themes crash in a very shaky beginning. When establishing her story, France repeats details that might be considered lurid (the brothel across the street, the junkies in the doorway) and forsakes essentials: Who is she and why is she so taken with Don Quixote and Spain? France drops hints, but they are wholly unsatisfying (e.g., ""My university studies demanded that I spend a year in Spain and I had chosen the capital, where I knew no one""). ""Things seemed not to have changed much in the intervening years,"" she writes, without revealing how many years had intervened. Two years? Twelve years? The first clue comes three pages later, in this ungainly sentence: ""The house was a wreck when we lived in it, and ten years on it had become more desperate."" France doesn't hit her stride until chapter six; from there on out, both style and substance shine. France reflects on a few highlights of Spain's political and social history; she cross-references these with various interpretations of Don Quixote. Spaced out over several chapters, France's overview of what is often cited as the world's first novel is excellent and functions equally well as a refresher or introduction. Throughout, France recalls life as a 20-year-old in Madrid amid a rich cast of characters, from her incredibly beautiful roommate, Carmen, to her lover, a Peruvian revolutionary. France's passion and curiosity for her subjects are contagious, and in the end she proves she is clearly up to the task.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	British-born France (Bad Times in Buenos Aires) spent time as a  student in central Spain in 1987 when the post-Franco euphoria  was at its height and returned some ten years later to see  whether much has changed in the country. Using Spain's greatest  literary masterpiece, Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote de la  Mancha (1605), as a springboard to discuss the Spanish character  and way of life, France contrasts the adventures of Cervantes's  characters with her own to present a compelling portrait awash  with frank observations of the people she met and the cities and  villages she visited on both journeys. In the end, France  concludes that although much has indeed changed in Spain since  her first visit, much has also remained the same. Readers come  away with a better understanding of Spanish civilization as well  as the distinct style, origin, and inevitable cultural impact of  Cervantes's masterpiece. Although not scholarly in tone, this  travelog belongs in academic as well as public libraries because  of its literary character and its focus on the novel  itself. George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA    Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Initially published in Britain in 2001, this travel book blends history (or, in this instance, literature) with itinerary. France, an English writer (Bad Times in Buenos Aires, 1999), juxtaposes Cervantes' national epic and his main character, Don Quixote, along with Cervantes' life itself, to demonstrate how they still resonate so strongly in today's Spain. France's travels in Spain are spaced a decade apart from her student year in Madrid in 1987 to a return visit in 1998. Through it all, France has a humorous gift attached to a wry sense of the ridiculous, always tempered by sympathy for the travails and foibles of her subjects. Quixote believed he could make things true by believing in them hard enough, but the author says that ""in the end, he was unable to sustain the delusion."" So she finds in modern Spain, a land looking to join the modern world but still dogged by unbelievable corruption. Allen WeaklandCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	An adroit narrator, with an eye for deft character sketches...a sophisticated, multi-layered book. -- Sunday Times (London)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Miranda France was born in 1966 and was brought up in East Anglia and Sussex. She read Spainsh and Latin American Studies at Edinburgh University, which included a year in Madrid. In the early 1990s she lived in Brazil and Edinburgh and then Buenos Aires, and in 1996 she won the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for a piece about her time in Buenos Aires. Her first book, Bad Times in Buenos Aires, was published in 1998. She lives with her husband and young son in London",books;education & reference;europe;general;pictorial;research & publishing guides;spain;travel;travel writing;writing,10
069105889X,"Communities of Violence Nirenberg's argument is elegant and precise.... [His] superb scholarship has done a great service in a matter of great importance, and not only to historians. (Edward Peters The Historian )[This book] is written with a stylistic flair that makes it a pleasure to read, a model of historical research and exposition at its best. (Marc Saperstein American Historical Review )Nirenberg has ventured unescorted down all manner of unexplored paths.... This is a highly sophisticated piece of work, clever in the best sense of the word, rich and variegated, a treasure-house of perceptive scholarship, sensitively nuanced, beautifully controlled, a delight to handle and a joy to read. (Peter Linehan Medium Aevum )	David Nirenberg is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Cultures at Rice University.",books;history;humanities;medieval;minority studies;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;used & rental textbooks,10
0070306362,"Schaum's Outline of Analog and Digital Communication Master analog and digital communications with Schaum's--the high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams! Students love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensible study guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's! If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you: Brush up before tests; Find answers fast; Study quickly and more effectively; Get the big picture without spending hours poring over lengthy textbooks. Schaum's Outlines give you the information your teachers expect you to know in a handy and succinct format--without overwhelming you with unnecessary details. You get a complete overview of the subject. Plus, you get plenty of practice exercises to test your skill. Compatible with any classroom text, Schaum's let you study at your own pace and reminds you of all the important facts you need to remember--fast! And Schaum's are so complete, they're perfect for preparing for graduate or professional exams. Inside, you will find: Clear explanations of the mathematics behind signal and linear   system analysis; 434 fully solved problems; A full treatment of communications theory; An introduction to information theory and coding. If you want top grades in your electrical engineering communications theory course, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! Chapters include:  Signals and Systems. Amplitude Modulation. Angle Modulation.  Digital Transmission of Analog Signals. Probability and Random Variables. Rnadom Signals and Noise. Performance of Communications Systems in the Presence of Noise. Information and Coding oAppendices on: Fourier Transform; Bessel Function Jn(); The Complementary Error Function Q(z); Selected Mathematical Formulas; Symbols and Abbreviations.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;electrical & electronics;engineering;networking;professional & technical;study guides;studying & workbooks;telecommunications,10
1556524404,"Odyssey to Ushuaia: A Motorcycling Adventure from New York to Tierra del Fuego ""A must for any 'real human' vaguely interested in motorcycle travel or adventure.""  -- MotorcycleJournal.net""An amusing tale"" -- Tom Reece, Friction Zone""Honest, engaging account"" -- Spirit""Loaded with insider information . . . full of crazy stories."" -- Motorcycle Product News""More fun than I've had sitting down in a long time"" -- John Greenya, The Star Ledger""The best ride account since Notch Miyakes Purple Mountains . . . Fully recommended with all four cylinders."" -- Minnesota Motorcycle MonthlyIt's a fast-paced book. You won't be bored.  -- South American Explorer	Andrs Carlstein is a technical writer for a computer software company in New York City. He lives in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.",automotive;books;general;motorcycles;professional & technical;racing;south america;sports & outdoors;transportation;travel,10
0595220509,"Wired for Murder Betty Bradford Byers is a native of St. Cloud, FL, and is a former Verizon human resources specialist. She's a graduate of Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA with a BA degree in Journalism. Wired for Murder is her first novel. She and her husband, James, reside in Brandon, FL.",books;contemporary;fiction;gay;gay & lesbian;literature & fiction;mystery;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0300107730,"Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred A prolific historian and theorist of international relations, Lukacs (The Hitler of History) offers a compact view of political change in Europe and the United States from the Napoleonic Wars to the present, with a particular focus on his area of expertise, WWII and the decades just before and after. For him, Western democracy as we have known it may have already begun to follow a course similar to that of Nazi Germany, where demagogic populists seized power, took control of the media and brainwashed their way through subsequent ""elections."" Lukacs derides familiar models of modern politics that pit liberals against conservatives; true conservatives, who stress aristocracy and traditional authority, have (he argues) been in decline since at least 1870. Instead, modern history shows a steady increase in popular sovereignty, in the power of public opinion and in the appeal of aggressive nationalism, which tends to control that opinion given a chancewith the aid of mass media. Lukacs decries the ""devolution of liberal democracy into populism"" and ""popular nationalism,"" especially but not only under George W. Bush. He also decries gay marriage, television, contemporary feminism, ""permissiveness"" and American ""decadence."" His hauteur, fast pace and frequently cantankerous asides may impede what is otherwise a thoughtful warning from a very knowledgeable source. (Mar.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	*Starred Review*  Lukacs has written imaginatively (A Thread of Years, 1998) and persuasively (At the End of an Age, 2002) about the present as the conclusion of an era. That he also descries the rough beast shuffling on the immediate horizon this concentrated discussion of political modes and motivations attests. Aristocracy and monarchy died in the modern era, and democracy prevails as the regnant form of governance. Moreover, such styles of democracy as socialism and liberalism have failed, overpowered by nationalism and populism; for instance, Russia turned from an international to a national socialism under Stalin and never reverted, while the prevalence of politics by poll and publicity in the West has marginalized political parties, encouraged charismatic candidates, and led politicians to be concerned with what ""the people"" want. The temptations of crude majoritarianism and of strongmen embodying national destinies are rampant. Lukacs believes deeply in the power of ideas and insists upon defining terms precisely, based on their actual usage and effects; this accounts for some of the most striking passages, such as his discrimination of fascism from national socialism, in a book so dense and cogent that many will want to read it repeatedly and refer to it often. Ray OlsonCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""Mr. Lukacs... writes a particularly rich and textured history...."" -- Steve Goode, The Washington Times""Provocative.... Lukacss work provides a valuable framework for understanding the consequences of change that reorders the world...."" -- Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post...a particularly rich and textured history. . . . -- Steve Goode, Washington Times[Mr. Lukacs] will arouse thought as he always does and stir the emotions more than usual."" -- Jacques Barzun	The esteemed historian John Lukacs tells the story of American democracys media-driven and dangerous drift toward populism since World War II.Democracy has changed substantially since the second World War, evolving into a dangerous and possibly irreversible populism, says John Lukacs in this intensely interestingand troublingbook. The esteemed historian offers biting, timely, and controversial observations on the power of the media and the precarious state of American democracy today.	""In taking up Tocquevilles theme, Democracy in America, our most perceptive and far-ranging historian corrects many misconceptions about the recent past and deals commandingly with this countrys zeal to implant our blend of freedoms abroad. He will arouse thought as he always does and stir the emotions more than usual.""Jacques Barzun	John Lukacs writes widely on American and European history. He is one of the worlds great experts on Churchill and on Hitler.	The publishers of John Lukacs's new book believe that it is ""sure to inspire lively  debate about the precarious state of American democracy today."" They may be right, but I doubt it. Books that have that effect are almost always ones that advance a big, bold, easily graspable thesis and then proceed to develop it in an uncomplicated way. Lukacs's latest work  --  he has published more than 20 books of history, including such classics as Five Days in London, May 1940 and The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler  --  is not of that kind. It is, rather, a rich and sober meditation by a mind that knows much, including the limits of what it knows, about the nature, relationships and mutations of the forces that have shaped the politics of the Western world over the past century. Its mood  --  allowing for occasional waspish deviations, as when he dismisses one widely respected theorist as ""a muddled and dishonest thinker"" and another as ""an idiot savant""  --  is discursive and reflective, almost elegiac at times.Its structure is not simple and linear but convoluted. Lukacs's approach involves circling around and around his key concepts  --  democracy and populism, patriotism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, socialism and fascism  --  viewing them from different angles, making subtly different points about them, showing how they have mutated over time and how their relationships to one another have altered. While it lacks the hurly-burly heat and excitement of the op-ed page, this kind of calm and unhurried analysis has its charm and is more likely to cast light. If Lukacs does not advance anything as overt and explicit as a thesis, he does develop two very important themes, one implicitly and the other directly. The first, implicit one is a denial of what has become a crucial article of faith for many Americans, including some leading intellectuals: American ""exceptionalism."" This is a belief of enormous importance in determining how the United States uses its immense power to deal with the rest of the world. The belief  manifests itself in many ways: in the assertion of a divinely ordained mission; in an insistence on the U.S. right to apply double standards in its own favor and reject ""moral equivalence""; in the claim to the indispensability of U.S. participation in all matters; in the insistence that, while every other country's power needs to be balanced and contained, it is iniquitous and insulting to suggest that America's power needs to be. In short, America's exceptional nature  --  as a cause as well as a country  --  entitles it to exceptional treatment and rights. This belief, as much as the crude fact of American power, explains what the foreign policy scholar Stephen R. Sestanovich has recently christened ""American maximalism"" in U.S. dealings with the rest of the world. Lukacs does not deal with the notion of American exceptionalism directly. But his views on the subject are perfectly evident from the way in which, as he moves freely back and forth between discussing European and American politics, he always assumes that the same forces have been and are at work on both sides of the Atlantic. There have been important differences, of course, but they have been differences of circumstances (particularly the uneven impact of the two world wars) rather than of essences. To Lukacs, the United States and the rest of the political world are part of the same universe of discourse, subject to the same laws of cause and effect and to the same standards of judgment. The second, and explicit, theme of Lukacs's book (made even more explicit in the concluding chapter he has added to a new edition of an earlier history of the United States, A New Republic) is the decline of the American political culture and society. This has occurred and even gathered momentum as the country's power has grown. Lukacs is not alone, of course, in identifying this decline, which has been a principal theme of conservative lament for many years. In the immediate aftermath of the Cold War, for example, no less a figure than Irving Kristol was writing of ""clear signs of rot and decadence germinating within American society."" Kristol blamed it all on liberalism. Lukacs too dilates on the weakness and failure of liberalism, but he also identifies other culprits, among them the displacement of patriotism by an increasingly raucous nationalism, the collapse of democracy into a manipulative populism, the wave of public religiosity and the decline of public education. He writes of an ""immense coarsening of civilized life"" and observes that ""the founders of the Republic may have overestimated the potential intelligence of the people. But two centuries later the opposite has occurred. The symptoms of a cynical, often crude, underestimation of the mental and spiritual capacity of the people are all around us.""  It is when one considers Lukacs's two themes together that the nature of what one might term the American problem becomes evident. While the United States asserts the right and duty to lead and transform the world on the basis of its claimed exceptional status, the country's internal condition is deteriorating to a point that alarms good judges and sincere patriots. All this was evident before Sept. 11, 2001. But the true historical import of what happened on that day may turn out to be that it tipped America's priorities decisively away from the work of healing itself by restoring the integrity and vitality of its own democracy, and toward installing quasi-democracy in unlikely places under the shadow of its military might.Reviewed by Owen Harries Copyright 2005, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved.",20th century;books;democracy;history;ideologies & doctrines;modern (16th-21st centuries);political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;united states,10
B000MAHC2C,"Getting Lucky (Marine) Marine Zach Taylor is stubborn, overbearing and paranoid. But he's also handsome, which counts for a lot in Andersen's sexy romances (Head Over Heels, etc.). When he comes home on leave and meets curvaceous chef Lily Morrisette at his sister's place, he immediately assumes that she's after Glynnis's substantial trust fund. On the rare occasions he stops making her life miserable on this account, it's only because he suspects Glynnis's new fiancee, David, of the same thing. Upon discovering that Glynnis has gone to visit David's family, Zach rushes off to save his sister with Lily in tow. After that snafu is untangled, a Colombian with a grudge against Zach kidnaps Lily. Zach is surprisingly ineffective and unlikable right up to his 11th-hour romantic capitulation, while Lily's sexual, culinary and financial sophistication seems unusual for a woman who curses by saying holy petunia and oh, poop. But perfect pacing, steamy sex and a fun cast of secondary characters make up for what's missing in character consistency. From David's belatedly blossoming sister to Zach's charming Marine buddies, the story's supporting cast adds human warmth and an extra dose of fantasy. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	New York Times bestselling author Susan Andersen lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of a really long time and their kitty boys, Boo and Mojo.",books;contemporary;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;mystery;romance;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0743442482,"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai : Across the Eighth Dimension Chapter OneSitting here safely in the stained-glass enclosed study of the Banzai Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Strategic Information, I am at last able to look back on the events of the twelfth and thirteenth of June past with a certain remove and, I may say, a sense of profound relief that the worst did not occur when it seemed as though it might. For this, the world has to thank Buckaroo Banzai, that rare combination of cunning and civilized breeding, who was contacted by representatives of the Nova Police, whose very existence until that time was unknown to us; but perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself. A bit of history may be helpful here for our youthful readers.One evening I made my way down from the bunkhouse, as the top floor of the Banzai Institute is called by those of us fortunate enough to be residents, and on passing the projection room looked in to see Buckaroo Banzai sitting alone while a faded eight millimeter home movie print flickered on the screen. It was a sight I had witnessed on more than one occasion, the man alone with his thoughts and whatever memories the images on screen rekindled, and I mention it here only because of the fortuitous timing. It was only days before the scheduled test run of the new Jet Car in Texas, and the events on the screen took on a special meaning, bearing as they did on the present.On the screen, a Texas vista, made broader by the sweep of the camera, served as a backdrop for a 1950-model Ford automobile and an expedition of five individuals dressed in the style prevalent in that arid habitat, in boots and hats of the American Southwest. In my mind's eye now I see them smiling, waving at the camera. It looks more like an outing in the country than a scene of any scientific expedition. Certainly there is no presage of what is to come, not the faintest hint of danger. Comprising the group portrait are two Oriental men, two Caucasian men, and a single Caucasian woman. The sun is sweltering, thermal waves rising off the desert floor which is a dry lake basin. In one corner of the picture I recall surveying instruments, a theodolite. The operator of the camera shifts its focus repeatedly amongst the companions, his hand not the steadiest, and shooting from a lower angle relative to the subjects. He is in fact the young Buckaroo Banzai, a precocious boy of four years, and he now comes into view as one of the Orientals walks forward to take the camera.Young Banzai is a boy like any other, racially mixed, wearing a red hat and a six-shooter, possessing what all children most require, a pair of loving parents. The Caucasian woman and the remaining Oriental embrace him warmly, and the film changes scenes.Standing in the doorway of the projection room, I noticed Buckaroo stir. Something in him surged to his throat, and he exhaled audibly. More than thirty years later, the recollection of what was to follow on the screen still made it almost unbearable for him to watch. I must confess to feeling convulsed myself every time I have seen the footage.Imagine a long torpedo with wheels and a cockpit cut into it so that it might accommodate a crew of two, and imagine yourself further to be the four-year-old Buckaroo watching from behind a sandbagged shelter as your father, at the wheel of the streamlined vehicle, presses the starter only to be engulfed in searing flames. Your mother screams, releases your frightened hand, and plunges herself into the fire in an effort to save your father. An explosion terrible to behold sucks the air out of your lungs, and only the body of your father's closest friend thrown recklessly across your own saves you from being pelted with bits and pieces of your parents.For a long time after the film finished and slapped against the reel, Buckaroo did not move. Finally, because I suppose I could bear the pathetic sight no longer, I stepped forward, placed my hands on his shoulders.""Buckaroo -- ?""He looked up, trying to compose himself. ""Hey, Reno -- "" he said, sitting up straighter. ""I thought everybody was asleep.""""Just going downstairs for a beer. Can I get you one?""""No, I'm all right. Think I'll go to bed. I was just trying to see if there was anything we could learn.""""Still think it was an incendiary device?"" I asked, fully aware of the answer.""It had to be.""I nodded. ""Xan?""""Who else? I can't prove it, though.""""What difference would it make if we could?"" I said, knowing that getting Xan out of his stronghold in Sabah would be like extracting the incisors of a wildcat. No one knew this better than Buckaroo, who had actually been there and had seen the relic city of caves hacked out of mountainous jungle, teeming with brigands and assassins from every corner of the world, afforded by Xan a sanctuary from which they could come and go with impunity.Buckaroo stood up, resigned to going to bed. ""Not a helluva lot,"" he said. ""I can only kill him once. Good night, Reno.""""Good night,"" I said. ""What time we leaving tomorrow?""""Bus pulls out at ten-thirty.""""See you in the morning, Buckaroo.""He nodded. I took the film from the projector and went down the hall to the archives to file it. As I suspected, Mrs. Johnson was still awake, listening to another batch of demo tapes submitted to the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the musical group of which Buckaroo and I were members. One of those persons who languishes by day and does not seem to come fully alive until the middle of the night, Mrs. Johnson, at nineteen the premature widow of Flyboy, was just gathering momentum. Over the indescribable din of a song called ""Merry as a Monkey,"" she said hello and asked if Buckaroo had said anything about her going to the Jet Car test.""To me?"" I said. ""Was he supposed to?""""Well, it's been nearly six months.""By that I supposed she meant her apprenticeship which preceded internship, which in turn preceded residency. In the manner of a hospital, only interns and residents were allowed to go on actual operations, which I pointed out to her.""But this isn't technically an operation,"" she said. ""It's a tour.""True, we were presenting musical shows in three cities along the way, but that was mainly for gas money. Our clear mission was the Jet Car test, and beyond the Jet Car test there was the real Jet Car test of which only Buckaroo and the residents were apprised. And despite the perceived nature of the trip, any trip, there was always the lurking menace of Xan, capable of the basest atrocities. I said this to her.""Anyway,"" I said. ""The problem is that with the Seminole Kid, Pecos, and the Argentine with Cousteau on the Calypso, we're a little short around here.""""Go suck eggs,"" she said.So much for my explanation. I smiled, remembering my-self at her age when my quick temper had been legendary. Buckaroo in fact had more than once seen fit to needle me by reciting one of his Oriental maxims: ""Young blood needs little flame to boil."" I mentioned this to her, and she found it singularly amusing, as if I should have ever been her age.""See you when we get back,"" I said on my way out the door.""Good luck,"" she called after me.Copyright copy; 2002 by",adventure;books;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;movie tie-ins;occult;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;space opera,10
1879102919,"GIS for Everyone If you would like to learn more about Geographic Information Systems, participate in a dicussion with other readers, or download geographic data about your neighborhood, visit us at www.esri.com/gisforeveryone.  Although, the best way to learn what GIS can do is to use it, so buy this book and get started making your own maps.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	David Davis is a technical writer at ESRI. He lives in Redlands, California.	If you selected this book, it's possible you did so because your eye was attracted to the maps on the cover, or you were curious about the term ""geographic information system"" and it's acronym GIS. Or maybe not. But it's entirely possible that you're one of those people who dreamed as a kid about visiting far-off lands, that you have a desk drawer somewhere stuffed with National Geographic maps dating back to 1968 - not to mention a road atlas so tattered and beat up only you can read it. It's possible as well that you've bookmarked half-dozen sites on your web browser that let you do things like chart hurricanes, or that bore your kids with school report facts about the surface area and exports of France.  Maybe you're one of those people who just likes knowing stuff about the world around you, or even if you have'nt looked at a map in years.  No matter which group you fall into, you're in luck, and not just because you selected this book. You're in luck because you live in a time when the quality and quantity of information about the world around you - geographic information - is expanding at an astonishing rate.  It's possible now to make maps in minutes, from information freely available on the internet - maps so packed with useful information accessible with only a few mouse clicks, that they're no longer just maps. Rather they're smart maps, made possible by geographic information systems (GIS).  Everyone, including people who never look at a map, will find they can make life much easier and more interestring. GIS has been around for years, but the digital revolution has created, and continues to create, many new applications for the technology. GIS is now used by industries and governments worldwide in ways unimaginable only a few years ago. GIS technology is helping people make better decisions in a host of areas, such as agricultural and natual resorces management, and enviromental control.  It's helping businesses streamline customer service operations,coordinate enterprisewide problem-solving, and revolutionize logisitical planning.  It's saved millions of dollars through increased productivity and efficiencies. A GIS is a kind of supermap, computer software that links geographic information (where things are) with descriptive information (what things are like).  Unlike a flat paper map, where ""what you see is what you get,"" a GIS can have many layers of iinformation underneath its surface.  Moreover, that descriptive information is virtually unlimited in both depth and breadth. If you look at a road on a paper, about all you see is a name and maybe a highway number.  If you click on the same road in a GIS map, you might find not only its name, but also how many lanes it has, when it was built, what the road surface is made of, when it was last painted, and whether you can see that spot on the road from a mountain 20 miles away.  With the right software, you can even create an animated scene in which you're flying down the road as if in a helicopter. And everyone can use a GIS.  It's not just technology for industries and governments.  You can use a GIS at home - to show the most scenic route to a vaction spot, to draw maps to a garage sale or for school reports, or to chart the housing prices and SAT scores in an area you're thinking of buying a home.  You can use GIS at work - to chart where your best customers are likely to live, where the cheapest office space is, or just to find out how many Italian restaurants there are within ten minutes of your office. Most of this kind of information is a lot easier to get than you think.  Local and state governments, as well as the federal government, provide the bulk of it, and those governments put it on the Internet.  What they don't put on the Internet is ususally available down at city hall or the county courthouse or the local library.  And most of the time, since it's public information, it's free. The tool that allows you to explore all this digital information, a software program called ArcExplorer, comes free on the CD included with this book. It does a lot and it's easy to learn,  Once you've mastered it, we can show you how to get even more powerful software. In this book, we'll introduce you to some of the basic ideas behind creating digital maps, and then with the help of the CD, you'll put these ideas to work by following simple step-by-step instructions. You'll use real information from cities around the world.  By the end of the book, you'll be able to create stunning digital maps for any purpose, using data from sources all over the Internet.  You'll be hooked on GIS.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;computers & technology;earth sciences;geography;gis;graphics & multimedia;information systems;programming;science & math;software,10
0310252571,"Native Son (American Patriot Series, Book 2) Ms. Hochstetler has crafted a story full of intrigue, romance, and heart-racing action, all woven around the most accurately portrayed historical events and settings this reader has ever seen.--Kaye Dacus, author of The Ransome TrilogyAn intensely moving story, impeccably researched and excellently written. . . . Hochstetler expertly weaves a tale of historical fiction with a romance that must survive the trials and dangers of the times. Outstanding!--Erika Osborn, Christian Book Previews.comPassages of Native American spirituality struck me with beauty and authenticity, affirming the universality of common truth. Heartbreaking and brutal at times, Carleton's journey in particular resonated with me. . .Almost Michener-esque in scope, this is a historical fiction piece worthy of note.--Kathleen L. Maher	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	J. M. Hochstetler strikes again! Native Son picks up where Daughter of Liberty left off and doesnt let go of the reader even beyond the last word on the last page. Ms. Hochstetler has crafted a story full of intrigue, romance, and heart-racing action, all woven around the most accurately portrayed historical events and settings this reader has ever seen. Her charactersmain and secondarycome alive on the page and stay with the reader long after the book is over. The spiritual conflict is both touching and challenging. J. M. Hochstetler is a skilled author whose style engages and allows the reader to get lost in 1775 . . . and makes me want to beg for more! I cant wait to read the next installment. Kaye Dacus, author of The Ransome Trilogy I read Daughter of Liberty a year ago and thought J. M. Hochstetler brought American history to life in that book. I hoped at the time shed write a novel about every major battle in the American Revolution. I got my wish in Native Son, but not quite the way I expected. Hochstetler introduced me to a fascinating aspect of the revolution here, and Id say more except I dont want to give away too much of the first book. If you havent read that book, I highly recommend you read the series in order. I loved the glimpse into the lives of George Washington as he built his guerrilla forces into a fighting army, and the names and actions of the factual British Generals, intermixed with the fictionalized daring of our heroes. Fiction like this is a great, fun way to teach history. Mary Connealy, author of the Kincaid Brides Series Native Son is an amazing and intricately woven sequel to Daughter of Liberty. . . . The author sucked me right into 1775 and I felt like I was living in a dangerous worlda cross between The Patriot and The Last of the Mohicans. Unlike many historicals, this one doesnt gloss over the elements of the era, and feels authentic right down to the horrors of war. Temptations experienced by characters are not smoothed over and, in fact, add to the tension and beauty of the story. The different cultures are expertly contrasted, and you feel Carletons pain over having to choose, especially being a wanted man on all sides. This well-written novel had me up late and sitting on the edge of my seat, plucked at my heartstrings, then held me captive standing at the finish line, begging for more. This author is changing the face of historical fiction! Michelle Sutton, author of Letting Go	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	A secret courier for General Washington, Elizabeth Howard has strong loyalties to her country and equally strong feelings for blond-haired officer Jonathan Carleton. But they put their feelings on hold when Washington assigns Elizabeth to Boston, and Carleton to the Iroquois territory to negotiate with the Indian tribes. While an assignment, Carleton is kidnapped by the Seneca and carried deep into Indian territory. Word of this reaches Elizabeth and she fears for his life. But Washington learns that the British will attempt to take New York, and he dispatches Elizabeth to the city. She quickly gains entre to prominent British circles and access to intelligence that Washington desperately needs. When Elizabeth learns that a blond- haired warrior is leading the Shawnee in raids against British outposts on the frontier, she believes this warrior must be Carleton. A determined Elizabeth quietly slips away on a perilous journey deep into Indian territory to find Carleton and bring him home.	J.M. Hochstetler is an author, an editor with Abingdon Press, and a historian.  Her interest in the American colonial and Revolutionary War eras  grew out of the experiences of her Anabaptist ancestors who immigrated to America from Europe seeking religious freedom.  For more information about the author and the American Patriot Series, visit www.jmhjochstetler.com.	Native Son Copyright  2005 by J. M. Hochstetler Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hochstetler, J. M. Native son / J. M. Hochstetler. p. cm.---(American patriot series ; bk. 2) ISBN-10: 0-310-25257-1 (softcover) ISBN-13: 978-0-310-25257-3 (softcover) 1. United States---History---Revolution, 1775--1783---Fiction. I. Title. PS3608.O28N38 2005 813'.6---dc22 2005003532 All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the King James Version. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means---electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other---except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Published in association with Hartline Literary Agency, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235. Interior design by Michelle Espinoza Printed in the United States of America 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 /?DCI/ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Chapter 1 'No chance to get away to see Beth tonight, I take it,' Major Charles Andrews ventured. Brigadier General Jonathan Carleton threw his aide a brooding look as he urged his bay stallion forward, farther out of earshot of the riders trailing down the road behind them. It was nearing two o'clock, Sunday, July 2, 1775. Pulling off his wide-brimmed slouch hat, he wiped his brow with the back of his gloved hand before settling it back on his head with a jerk. 'We'll undoubtedly be tied up with the generals until late.' Andrews pulled his mount alongside Carleton's. 'I thought you'd break away yesterday when we stopped at Watertown to meet with the Provincial Congress.' Carleton shook his head in frustration. 'The General insisted I stay. But I intend to see Beth tonight, even if it's past midnight before we get there.' 'Washington has kept you on a short rein ever since we met him in New York.' 'All to your credit, Charles. If you hadn't felt obliged to share every minute detail of my arrest and imminent hanging, we'd have been in Roxbury days ago.' 'It's a good thing the General is being cautious,' Andrews countered. 'If Isaiah hadn't been on the alert on the road to New York, Gage's agents would have us aboard ship to England by now, trussed up like a covey of Christmas geese.' 'And thank you for contributing a report on that little incident too,' Carleton returned sourly. 'You managed to persuade Washington that the price Gage has put on my head---and on yours---will prove too tempting for someone whose need for cold coin is greater than his allegiance to the cause of liberty.' Andrews returned a grin. 'I'm a small fish. It's you Gage wants. Considering the reward he's offering, he obviously means to exact revenge for his humiliation at your hands. After all, you did pluck him clean of all the intelligence the Committee of Safety could have hoped for---while nestled sweetly in the General's bosom.' Carleton's face clouded. 'That's what I despise about this. I should never have allowed myself to be persuaded to take on such a dishonorable role.' 'But spying in time of war is an ancient and necessary profession--- even a biblical one. Don't forget the twelve Hebrews who spied out the land of Canaan for Moses.' 'Yes, and because they listened to the ten who had no faith instead of the two who trusted God, the children of Israel wandered in the desert for the next forty years,' Carleton responded with a short laugh. The day was hot and humid following an early morning rain. Lazy wisps of cloud drifting inland from the ocean dotted the cerulean sky overhead. At ground level, between the low, wooded hills four miles from Boston Harbor, the breeze barely stirred the trees that shouldered each other along the road's edge, and each plop of the horses' hooves onto the sandy soil kicked a plume of gritty dust into the air. 'I hate to admit it, but in this heat these buckskins are no more comfortable than our new uniforms would have been. And it occurs to me they'd make a better impression on Ward and his staff than Indian dress.' Andrews surveyed Carleton's dusty leather hunting shirt, leggings, and moccasins that matched his own. 'You're undoubtedly right. They're already suspicious enough of you southerners being foisted on them without their having any say in the matter. I can imagine what they'll think if your former connection to the Shawnee comes out. But, alas, it's a tad late to transform ourselves into proper officers now.' 'I'd as soon arrive in war paint with my head shaved,' Carleton growled. 'Let them think we're true savages, and maybe they'll mend their ways. But then, I've never been renowned for being exceptionally politic.' 'That's an understatement, my friend. And speaking of diplomacy, how much have you told the General about you and Beth?' Carleton grimaced. 'Too deuced much, I fear. He seemed extraordinarily interested in Beth's role as spy and smuggler for the Sons of Liberty. But when I mentioned our intent to marry, he changed the subject rather abruptly.' Andrews raised an eyebrow. 'Do you think he opposes your plans?' His mouth tightening, Carleton turned in the saddle to measure the distance to the officers who rode at a leisurely pace behind them. All except their commander appeared too involved in conversation to pay him and Andrews much attention. As Carleton's glance met his, however, Washington spurred his stallion forward. 'I suspect I'll soon find out,' Carleton said in an undertone as Washington closed the distance between them. Both officers saluted as the newly elected commander of the Continental Army drew up beside them. Forty-three years old, with auburn hair and grey-blue eyes that smoldered with an inner fire, General George Washington exuded an immense physical energy that was both intimidating and highly attractive. A born horseman, powerful in build despite narrow, sloping shoulders, he possessed a natural charm that equally drew men and women to him. On occasion, however, Carleton had witnessed the prodigious temper that lay beneath that charm. Most of the time it was clamped under iron control, but it was a force Washington had learned how to unleash to the greatest effect when other means failed to motivate those under his authority. Studying his commander, Carleton harbored no doubt that the Continental Congress had chosen the right man for the difficult and delicate responsibility of molding into an effective fighting force the undisciplined and often contentious militia units besieging Boston. Considering the conflicts between the various factions in the Congress, he was confident the choice had resulted from much more than a merely human decision born of political considerations. 'I expect you are impatient to call on that young lady of yours,' Washington observed. Carleton forced a smile. 'Indeed, I am. Miss Howard and I---' 'Unfortunately, I am going to need you at Cambridge until late,' Washington cut him off. 'We have urgent business to settle with Ward and his staff before any of us will be free to attend to personal interests.' Carleton felt Washington's penetrating gaze on him, but deliberately did not meet it. Keeping his expression and tone carefully neutral, he said, 'I wait upon your convenience, sir.' Frowning, he stared along the curve of the road that stretched before them to the small town of Cambridge, currently the center of the rebel army besieging Boston and its garrison of British troops commanded by Lieutenant General Thomas Gage, commander in chief of His Majesty's armies in North America. To their right, the land sloped to the banks of the Charles River, where the knee-deep grasses had",books;christian books & bibles;contemporary;fiction;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;religion & spirituality;united states;westerns,10
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1894222113,"Lizards Don't Wear Lip Gloss (Abby and Tess Pet-Sitters) (Abby and Tess Pet-Sitters) ... welcome Canadian alternatives to Cam Jansen and Pee Wee Scouts. CM Canadian Review of Materials, 2001The absurd situations promised by the titles are plausibly developed in the stories, and quite likely to tickle the funny bone of a young reader. Quill  Quire, 2000	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Trina Wiebe received her first typewriter for Christmas when she was eight years old and has been writing stories ever since. She now lives in Invermere, British Columbia, where she spends her time reading and writing, taking walks along the beach with her family and volunteering in her children's classrooms on a regular basis. Trina is also the author of the Max-a-Million series.",action & adventure;animals;books;children's books;family life;humor;pets;reptiles & amphibians;siblings;social situations,10
0803984243,"Using Computers in Qualitative Research `This book stands as one of the must-read books for qualitative and would be qualitative researchers... deserves reading because of the important issues and themes presented.' - Qualitative Health Research  `An impressive mixture of discussion and explanation which achieves its aims of being both a review and a primer.' - Systems Practice	My research interests are in criminology, socio-legal studies, social research methodology, and new technologies for social research. In criminology I have particular expertise in policing, having conducted studies of police training, police occupational culture, community and neighbourhood policing, equal opportunities in the police service, police corruption, and comparative research on international police systems. In socio-legal studies I have particular interests in the criminal courts and the experiences of lay people during the criminal trial process. My study of lay participants' experience of trials of cases of physical violence won the Socio-Legal Studies Association Hart Prize 2007 for the Best Socio-Legal Book.In social research methodology my primary expertise is in qualitative methods, particularly the practice and ethics of participant observation, the status of interview data, and software for the analysis of qualitative data, in which latter I co-direct the UK national centre for qualitative software. I also have substantial expertise in multiple-method research and methodological 'triangulation', secondary analysis of archival qualitative data, online research methods, and the application of grid and high performance computing to social research, where I have a particular interest in the use of Access Grid technology for 'virtual fieldwork'. My paper on the latter was shortlisted for the Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence 2007.My research has been sponsored by, inter alia, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Fulbright Commission, the US Department of Defense, the Home Office, the UK Police Foundation, the US Police Foundation, Surrey Police Authority, Surrey Police, the Metropolitan Police, the Swiss Information and Documentation Service, the Deutsche Zentral Archiv, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Thales plc, Electricite de France, Volkswagen Stiftung, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.",books;education & reference;new;politics & social sciences;reference;research;research & publishing guides;social sciences;used & rental textbooks;writing,10
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038533723X,"Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir Readers of Shapiro's memoir may find themselves wishing her romantic history contained more than five heartbreaking men. Cruel as this may sound, Shapiro's often funny and always heartfelt recollections of past relationships are so entertaining, it's a shame she doesn't have an endless supply of material. The seasoned journalist (the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, etc.) was initially inspired to track down her former lovers when an old college flame found her six months before her 40th birthday, at a time when, although happily married, ""I was staggering through a vulnerable stretch of midlife crisis: `my no-book-no-baby-summer.' "" Her and Brad's casual but emotionally freighted meeting (where Brad's features ""seemed splattered across his face like a platypus"") left Shapiro with a hankering for the lowdown on her other great loves. And so, in part as an escape from the disappointment of infertility, she embarked on a cross-country jaunt to reconnect with her beaux: the beach boy, the biographer, the aptly nicknamed ""root canal"" and her remarkably tolerant husband, Aaron. In the end, she admits ""all of my old boyfriends had lost their luster. They'd been demystified, reduced to friendship. That's what I'd been doing these past six months-I had successfully declawed my past."" Luckily for her audience, the result is a delightfully kaleidoscopic autobiography of an impulsive and passionate woman who comes of age with style.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A delightfully kaleidoscopic autobiography of an impulsive and passionate woman who comes of age with style.... Shapiros often funny and always heartfelt recollections of past relationships are so entertaining, its a shame she doesnt have an endless supply of material.Publishers Weekly	On sale 1/20/04!  In this honest, hilarious, fiercely intelligent memoir, journalist Susan Shapiro dares to do what every woman dreams of: track down the five men who'd broken her heart and find out what really went wrong. Between the ages of thirteen and thirty-five, Susan had plunged into love, heart-first, five times. One bad breakup was more hurtful and humiliating than the next. With insight and daring, Susan chronicles her six-month-long journey back down a road strewn with romantic regret. Although for years she'd blamed her boyfriends for their flagrant infidelity, ludicrous faults, and immature foibles, to her shock she can now suddenly pinpoint the exact moment where she herself screwed up each relationship. A successful freelance writer living in Manhattan, Susan Shapiro was in the midst of a midlife crisis she called her ?no-book-no-baby summer.? Married for five years to Aaron, a workaholic TV comedy writer always on the road, she was beginning to wonder if she'd remain book- and babyless forever. Then the phone rang, and it was Brad, a college flame who'd become a Harvard scientist with a book coming out. Susan offers to interview him, and she winds up launching into all the intense, invasive questions she'd always wanted to ask him. To her surprise, he answers them! This ignites a spark that sends her on a cross-country jaunt back through her lust-littered past. While Brad is still single, she finds that Heartbreaks Number Two, Three, and Four are not.  George, a theater professor, and Richard, a music biographer, are happily married with children. Tom, a handsome blond lawyer in L.A., is getting divorced. Just as it's becoming easy to worm her way back into her exes' good graces, she crashes head-on with David, a wry Canadian root canal specialist. (""It?s the equivalent of what you did to me emotionally,"" she tells him.) She then gut-wrenchingly relives the agony of splitting up with her first love all over again. Yet somewhere between the tantalizing what-ifs and bittersweet might-have-beens, she finds what she's been searching for all along.Part relationship manifesto, part confessional, and part valentine to the males in her life she adores, Five Men Who Broke My Heart is for anyone who has ever wondered what became of their first love. Or second, third, fourth, or fifth?	A delightfully kaleidoscopic autobiography of an impulsive and passionate woman who comes of age with style.... Shapiros often funny and always heartfelt recollections of past relationships are so entertaining, its a shame she doesnt have an endless supply of material.--Publishers Weekly	Susan Shapiro has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Salon.com, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Jane.	1July 2000Mr. Studrocket I slipped on the black slingbacks Id borrowed from my best friend, Claire. The last time I risked such high heels was at my wedding. I tried to walk without wobbling, praying that the added height hid the nine pounds Id gained since he last saw me. In two decades as a journalist Id never been this nervous for an interview. Yet Id never interviewed anyone Id been in love with before.I hadnt seen Brad in ten years. In ten minutes he was coming back to see me. Not to say Im sorry, I cant forget you, or better yet, No woman has ever been able to replace you. No, after a decade, Brad was finally seeking me out againto help him get book publicity.I pulled a tight black T-shirt over my long flowing Indian skirt, adding silver bracelets. Too Greenwich Village, which I feared I was, but sexy, which I feared I wasnt. At least I had a tan. Whipping the shirt off, I switched from my sports bra to a black Wonderbra, turning my respectable breasts into major knockers, a Gloria Steinem acolyte suddenly Living Barbie. I would rather be dead than dowdy for this reunion. I tried a tighter black teemuch betterspraying Opium perfume down my faux cleavage. Lining my lips Midnight Red, I caught a spark from my diamond ring in the mirror. My hand was shaking.Out of the thousands of days wed been out of touch, Brad could not have picked a worse one to reconnect. Six months before my fortieth birthday, I was staggering through a vulnerable stretch of midlife crises: my no-book-no-baby summer. That morning Id received two faxes. The first, from my gynecologist, summed up results of fertility tests explaining why, for the last year, my husband, Aaron, and I had been unable to conceive a child. My reproductive system seemed to be in fine working order. Aarons wasnt. The problem was his low sperm count and the lack of his sperms motility. According to the doctor, the medication hed been taking wasnt increasing the amount of his sperm or making it swim any faster.The second letter, from my agent, listed the last five publishing houses that had passed on the novel Id spent five years writing. It felt like she was saying, The only baby you have is ugly, we dont want it.I threw both letters down the incinerator in the hall, destroying the evidence before anybody else could see it. Rushing back to answer the phone, I thought it would be Aaron, calling from the airport to say his flight was delayed. But it was Brad, the man whose children I could have had twenty years ago, now a Harvard professor, saying, Hi Sue. I just landed in New York. I have a book coming out, as if wed last spoken yesterday. Brads timing always sucked. Today it was so bad it seemed destined.Hey, thats great, Id said, equally casual, feeling surprisingly jazzed to be on the phone with him. I had an urge to see him in person. What are you doing for lunch?Coming to see you, hed answered, presumptuous as always, though I had just issued the invitation.Bring me a galley. If I have time, maybe Ill write about your book, I threw out, turning my big date with Brad into a business opportunity to avoid anxiety. Or was it rage?What the hell did he meanhe had a book coming out. I was the writer! Id recited Robert Louis Stevensons I Had a Little Shadow by heart when I was two. My mother taped it, I had proof. In first grade I won an award for filling out the most notebooks in the history of Shaarey Zedek Hebrew School, twelve hundred blue notebooks crammed with Hebrew letters I couldnt read. In my family, achievement was redemption.According to Shapiro legend, my father proposed to my mother by saying: I just got into medical school in the Midwest. You coming or not? They fled the Lower East Side and eventually settled in suburban Michigan. Of their four offspring, I was the first and the only girl. I was quickly followed by Brian and Eric, both redheaded and freckled like my mother, and Michael, the youngest, whose hair was dark as mine. I always thought the defining event of my emotional landscape was being usurped of firstborn power thrice, by three brilliant science-brain brothers. Picture it: Queen Sheba for seventeen months, then dethroned, dethroned, dethroned.While I had my mothers twenty-twenty vision, my brothers were all nearsighted like my father. They wore gold-rimmed glasses with thick lenses and viewed the world as their laboratory. They dissected frogs in the kitchen sinkmerrily holding up body parts that pulsated after they were amputatedand kept calves esophagi in the freezer and live bees in jars in the refrigerator. (The first to freeze won. Then theyd try to resuscitate them.) By the time I was ten, family dinners were dominated by The Disease Game, where one called out symptoms, the other diagnosed.Forty-two-year-old Cambodian refugee vomiting blood? asked my father.Schistosomiasis! jumped in Brian, my oldest, biggest, loudest brother.Good! You know more than your old man already. My father spooned gravy on his steak. Thirty-four-year-old white woman with perforated uterus.Could be endometriosis, guessed the middle son, Eric, the diplomat.Botched abortion, probably, weighed in Michael, the smallest Shapiro. Pass the potatoes.Id eat alone in my pink room, memorizing Sylvia Plaths Ariel and plotting escape.I thought Id found it at sixteen, when I started the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Yet on my first day of freedom, freshman year, I gravitated right to Brad, a patronizing, macho biology major.Do you have a light? I stopped to ask him in the dormitory lobby.He took the Virginia Slim Menthol from my lips and broke it in two.Who the hell do you think you are? I yelled. Id already decided to be a raging feminist poet. I had no use for this intrusive, oversized prep in a blue-and-gold sweatsuit.Im Brad, he said. Dont smoke, its bad for you.I noticed his gigantic shoulders. Out of all the first-years, his were the broadest. So are you, I said, digging into my backpack for my own match. I found one, lit another Virginia Slim Menthol, and walked away, smoke trailing.He followed me to my dorm room, where he scanned my schedule (Romantic Poetry, Journalism 101, Modern Drama, Psych. of Deviant Behavior) and declared it worthless. An alliance with a male, fraught with fierce rivalrywhat could be more familiar? I declared him worthless and he wrestled me to the floor. I put him in a choke hold my brothers had taught me, never imagining the hold hed wind up having on me. Or that it would last, off and on, for fifteen years, from age sixteen to thirty-one. The worst years to be off and on in love with anybody.By the time I was twenty, Id graduated, sworn off Brad and the Midwest and braved New York City solo. I earned my masters degree in English and toiled, for thirteen thousand dollars a year, as a peon at The New Yorker, eventually finding a way to almost make a living freelancing and teaching. Six months after school ended, Brad surprised me by moving to Manhattan too. Not for me, but for an opportunity to work as co-CEO of a medical research company. When that failed, he decided to get his Ph.D. in biology. Why did he get to publish a book? I didnt invade his space by curing cancer.Half linebacker, half bespectacled science nerd (like the males I knew best), Brad hadnt taken an English class since tenth grade. His letters to me, in his sloppy third-grade handwriting, were hidden in a shoebox in the back of my bedroom closet where my husband wouldnt find them. The most profound one read, If I was capable of loving someone it would be you, but Im not so I dont.During our brief phone conversation, hed said he was a tenured professor (I was an adjunct) and that hed wound up selling that failed science company for seven figures. He also mentioned (okay, I asked) that he was datingbut not married, engaged, or living withKim, a twenty-four-year-old graduate student he could have twenty children with. To make Satans Circle complete, my returning WASP-alpha-male-ex had published a self-help book on primal instincts and self-destructive impulses, like the kind I should have suppressed when I told him to pick me up at my apartment.It could have been worse. I could have been single and idiotically hoping I would end up with Brad, as I had for eleven years after college. What had thrown me was the way he slept with his knees over my legs, locking me in. I liked to sleep as far away as possible, back turned. But the minute he lost consciousness, Brads heavy limbs draped over me like an avalanche. I couldnt move, more physically entangled than Id ever slept with anyone. Sure that it meant something other than thats how he slept with women. Plural. Always plural.Not that it mattered now. I was happily married to Aaron, who didnt sleep as close but stayed. Aaron was ten years older, four inches taller, twenty times wittier, and a thousand times more loyal than Brad. I was thinking in numbers, subtotalling everything: years, mistakes. Not that I was comparing. This was just a lunch interview and Id done hundreds. Expertly, on deadline. Hell, Id taught an NYU class called Interviewing and didnt even...",arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;love & romance;memoirs;relationships;self-help;specific groups;women,10
0385499019,"The Wedding Dress Diet Bursting with information, inspiration, and advice, The Wedding Dress Diet is the next must-have for every bride's trousseau.An upcoming wedding is the ultimate weight-loss motivator.But many brides-to-be resort to fad diets and end up disappointed with the results--either they don't lose the weight, or their health and energy are lost along with it.Finally, in The Wedding Dress Diet, Robyn Flipse and Jacqueline Shannon describe a sensible weight-loss plan that readers with one year, six months, or three months to go before the big day can follow, so they can look good and feel terrific when they say ""I do.""Combining good nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction techniques, the book helps frantic fiances cope with the frenzy of fittings, showers, and shopping dates.Not only does it outline an effective eating and exercise program geared to the date of the ceremony; it also provides everything from bridal registry ideas for outfitting a slim kitchen to tips on choosing the most flattering dress, no matter your weight.Diet books come and go, but The Wedding Dress Diet is the one that every bride--and many bridesmaids and mothers-of-the-bride, too--will want to own.Finally, in THE WEDDING DRESS DIET, Robyn Flipse describes a sensible plan that readers with one year, six months, or three months to go before the big day can follow to lose weight sensibly so they'll look and feel terrific when they say ""I do."" Combining good nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction techniques, the book helps frantic fiances cope with the frenzy of fittings, showers, and shopping dates. Not only does it outline an effective eating and exercise program geared to the date of the ceremony, but it also provides everything from bridal registry ideas for outfitting a slim kitchen to tips on choosing the most flattering dress, no matter your weight.Diet books come and go, but THE WEDDING DRESS DIET is the one that every bride--and many bridesmaids and mothers-of-the-bride, too--will want to own. -->	Robyn Flipse is a registered dietitian who has run a busy nutrition-counseling practice in New Jersey for the last fifteen years.She has been featured on network and cable television programs such as CNN and Lifetime, and has been widely quoted in professional and consumer publications, including USA Today, Good Housekeeping, and Environmental Nutrition.She still fits into her wedding dress.Jacqueline Shannon is an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in health, parenting, and women's issues.In addition to her columns for Cosmopolitan, her work has beenpublished in Redbook, Woman's Day, Mademoiselle, Fitness, Health, Seventeen, McCall's, Working Woman, and numerous other national publications.She is also the author of Why It's Great to Be a Girl, Sexy at Any Size, and New Mother's Body Book.She lives in La Mesa, California.	Introduction: Wedding Dress WoesTwo weeks before her June 28th wedding, Jacy Johnson*, twenty-eight, went for the final fitting of her wedding dress. As she stood on a raised platform for the seamstress, Jacy was stunned to see that her stomach pooched out quite noticeably in the floor-length tube of a slip dress similar to the one worn by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in her marriage to John F. Kennedy, Jr., a few years earlier. Jacy called this to the attention of her mother and the seamstress. The seamstress clucked her tongue sympathetically. You can always wear shapewear, she said, heading off to find what our mothers used to call a girdle so that Jacy could see just how much the pooch could be masked. The tummy terminator nearly took Jacy's breath away with its industrial-strength Lycra and stays. Worse, the pooch was still apparent.Jacy's mother sighed heavily. That's what you get for ordering a dress six months in advance.Like I had a choice, Jacy snapped, glaring at her mother. But when she got home and stepped on the scale, she knew her mother had a point. She'd packed on several pounds. She couldn't lay the blame entirely on the glasses of champagne she'd been lifting at various premarriage celebrations with her friends, or the rich sugary pastries, cream soups, and chocolate-dipped strawberries she'd scarfed at the bridal showers. Having had to run around seeing to all the details of her huge, elaborate wedding during her lunch hours as a corporate communications specialist at a San Diego--based company, Jacy was forced to opt for fast-food lunches or quick stops at 7-Eleven for microwaved hot dogs and burritos.Well, Jacy vowed, this was war. She had two weeks to wage a pooch putsch. She did some research on the Internet, scanning the archives of women's magazines for diets that promised to help a reader doff ten pounds in two weeks or less. She settled on an extreme version of what's commonly known as the Dr. Atkins diet. She ate vast quantities of protein and some fat, but zero carbohydrates. For two weeks, Jacy downed nothing but meat and cheese. No carbs. No vegetables or fruit. Water weight poured off of her. She was constantly in the bathroom. Within eleven days, she'd lost eleven pounds. Two days before the wedding, however, she woke up with a painful, swollen tongue. It hurt to talk. It hurt to swallow. She visited her doctor. It's either a virus that will go away in a few days, or your diet has been very poor, the doctor told her.When her big day arrived, Jacy's tongue still hurt. She could barely find the energy to walk down the aisle wearing her ornate, heavy headdress. She was exhausted. She and her new husband had to leave their expensive, carefully planned reception much earlier than they'd expected. On her Hawaiian honeymoon, Jacy indulged herself in breads, rice, pasta, potatoes-all the carbs she'd been craving. She felt bloated on the beach in Maui and refused to let her new husband take pictures of her in her bikini. Back on the mainland, she discovered she'd regained every bit of the weight she had struggled to lose . . . and then some.Jacy grins sheepishly when she relates this tale, then tells us a friend of hers--let's call her Lisa--can top it. Seems Lisa was so desperate to lose ten pounds in the week before her own wedding that she went to a seven-day, boot-camp-like fasting camp in which only water was served. By the fourth day, Lisa was so starving that she stole a packet of honey from the staff dining room and brushed her teeth with it, spitting it out so that the medical supervisors wouldn't catch on to her cheating.Professionally, we, the authors, have heard dozens of similar horror stories--Robyn, as a registered dietitian who has maintained a thriving nutrition counseling practice since 1985, and Jacqueline, a long-time freelance health writer who not too long ago wrote both the health and diet columns in Cosmopolitan magazine.The typical bride-to-be's desperate vow--I must look perfect on my wedding day--is a mantra we hear in our personal lives, as well. Within the last year, Robyn participated in two weddings-once as mother of the groom, once as sister of the bride. Jacqueline was twice a bridesmaid. Earlier in our lives, each of us was a bride. We know well that for every woman who has ever walked down the aisle or under a huppah, the size label sewn inside that wedding dress is a number that she lives with forever. (And she's got the photos and videotapes to prove it!) Years later, she may not remember the names of all of her bridesmaids, but she will remember whether she was a size six or a size sixteen as she took her vows.And who can blame women for obsessing about looking the best they'll ever look at this pinnacle event? After all, a typical woman's wedding day is the one day in her life that she's guaranteed to be the star of the show, the center of attention, the person in the spotlight. All eyes will be on her. Even celebrities who are accustomed to living their lives under the constant scrutiny of the public eye feel a special paranoia about their wedding day. In the weeks before her wedding to Great Britain's Prince Edward, Sophie Rhys-Jones, for example, underwent a bizarre treatment called a Frigi-Thalgo body wrap in order to help her lose twenty pounds. If you can believe the tabloid press, Sophie was smeared with a foul-smelling seaweed concoction and then wrapped mummy-style in cold, wet bandages, according to the Star. Ugh! It's described as a bit like sitting in your wet clothes after you come in from the rain. Except that you stink, too.Sarah, the former Duchess of York, aka Fergie and Sophie's sister-in-law--or whatever you call their relationship in light of Fergie's divorce--recently rolled her eyes as she recalled the drastic steak-and-oranges diet she tried the month before her 1986 wedding. She rounded out those deadly boring diet meals with injections and pills--and we're not talking vitamins, either, she said. Your hair falls out and your skin's a mess, but you lose weight! I lost twenty-six pounds in four weeks.Not long after, the five-foot, eight-inch duchess ballooned to 210 pounds.Do we believe that women are far too hard on themselves when it comes to body image? Absolutely. Do we also accept the reality that almost all brides-to-be go on a diet? That, too. One of us--Robyn--can document the fact that prospective brides are the third-largest group of people (after athletes and pregnant women) concerned about their weight.Our mission is this: With our safe and sane diet and exercise plan, we will help you, the soon-to-be-married woman, accomplish your weight-loss and shape-up goals without sacrificing your skin or your hair or your energy or your sanity for, say, your thunder thighs. In addition, our advice will keep your immune system healthy and strong so you can survive all of the stress of getting to the church on time. The corollary to this is you will have the foundation for a varied and healthy eating style for life. You have probably heard the statistic that 95 percent of all diets fail. This is misleading; it implies you can't lose weight on a diet. The truth is that most people do lose weight when they go on a diet. But 95 percent of them put the weight back on within a year. That's mostly thanks to the rigidity and monotony of the majority of diets. Sure, you can eat nothing but steak and oranges for a couple of weeks--but think about staying on that diet for the next year. You couldn't. You would go absolutely mad. You would crave the forbidden so much that one day, like a rabid animal, you would wrestle that package of Wheat Thins from your new husband's hands and--cramming and snarling--eat the entire box without even bothering to sit down. Sooner rather than later, you would balloon just like Fergie, and you'd become a card-carrying member of the Ninety-five Percent Club.That won't happen here. There is nothing monotonous about the Wedding Dress Diet. Our philosophy is that you can eat anything you want . . . in moderation. Moderation meaning that if you split a dish of chocolate mousse with your best friend at lunch, then don't have dessert after dinner. Because in our book, calories are king. It's not the proverbial end-all and be-all--Robyn is, after all, a dietitian with some very hardcore beliefs about good nutrition (as you'll learn in Chapter Four). But we live in the real world, too. We know the odds of finding a bag of baby carrots in your office vending machine as opposed to a Snickers bar or bag of Doritos. So you won't get a lot of finger wagging from us. You blow it occasionally? In our book, the day is still salvageable--you'll have no excuse to say, Well, since I blew it at lunch I might as well go all out at dinner, too.The Wedding Dress Diet is not monotonous, but it is rigid . . . especially if, like Fergie, you have only a blessed few weeks left till your big day. We are going to coach you to be hyperstrict about calories and exercising during the weeks or months you are dieting. You have to be, because unlike most dieters, you have a hard and fast deadline for losing the weight: your wedding day. What makes our plan special, however, is that you get to decide on the relative rigidity of your personal plan. We provide a simple formula to enable you to determine exactly how many calories you must limit yourself to eating each day and how much exercising you must do based on the weeks or months till your wedding and the number of pounds you want to lose. Another silver lining of the Wedding Dress Diet is that we give you lots and lots of tips and guidelines so that, even after you've reached your goal weight and can loosen up on your calorie and exercise quotas, you can eat deliciously and nutritiously while maintaining your weight loss forever and without feeling deprived or hungry or simply bored...",books;crafts;diets & weight loss;education & reference;fitness & dieting;gown;health;hobbies & home;weddings;weight loss,10
B000FO6SHA,"A Reader in Animation Studies Cartoons -- both from the classic Hollywood era and from more                  contemporary feature films and television series -- offer a rich field for detailed                  investigation and analysis. Contributors draw on theories and methodology from film,                  television, and media studies, art history and criticism, and feminism and gender                  studies.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Cartoons -- both from the classic Hollywood era and from more                  contemporary feature films and television series -- offer a rich field for detailed                  investigation and analysis. Contributors draw on theories and methodology from film,                  television, and media studies, art history and criticism, and feminism and gender                  studies.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",amateur production;animation;arts & photography;books;education & reference;graphic design;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;movies;television,10
092015154X,"Quotable Opera: Aria Ready for a Laugh (Quotable Books) This is a truly funny little book. On just about every page there is something that will  make the reader laugh out loud... This little book is highly recommended as an individual purchase for opera lovers, and maybe for those who do not like opera all that much. (Robert Wick American Reference Books Annual, Volume 35 2004)Hours of amusement for anyone with even a smattering of operatic knowledge. (Ann Turner Canadian Book Review Annual 2005)Humorous, unguarded comments of composers, conductors, critics, and singers of opera.Amusing and memorable. (Linda Piwowarczyk Chicago Sun Newspapers 2003)Filled with pithy quotes and stories.A collection of often outrageous quotes and critiques uttered by the opera elite, who gleefully skewer each other and the profession. (Gary Stevens Vermont Chronicle 2003)	Steve and Nancy Tanner are serious opera fanatics.",arts & photography;books;business;education & reference;humor;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;opera;quotations,10
066424419X,"God Has Many Names John Hick is Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham in England. He is the author of a number of books, including A Christian Theology of Religions, Death and Eternal Life, and God Has Many Names , all of which are published by WJK.",books;christian books & bibles;comparative religion;education & reference;inspirational;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;spirituality;theology,10
0140866620,"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Puffin Classics) Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new. There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be curiouser and curiouser, seemingly without moral or sense. For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the regular course in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	wonderland revisited Spanish illustrator Angel Dominguez fills an unabridged edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with 75 watercolors, most of them closely packed with lush oversized flowers, strange creatures and winding vines reminiscent of Art Nouveau-often against bizarrely serene pastoral backgrounds. Exotic birds and animals, such as peacocks and zebras, wander through the picture frame. While the illustrations bring out the text's absurdity, pretty-in-pink Alice provides a counterpoint not of normalcy but of sentimentality.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Grade 4 Up-- Edens has compiled and arranged illustrations from 25 editions of Alice in Wonderland published in the early to mid-1900s. The result is a fascinating look at a variety of illustrative styles. This is far less jarring than one might expect because the original illustrator, John Tenniel, has so strongly influenced his successors that their interpretations are often similar in design. In fact, the fascination in these pictures is the differing details--Alice's dress, her hairstyle, and her expressions tell much about the time period and the artist's viewpoint. Edens has also done a fine job of integrating the pictures with the text. He varies interest by utilizing full-page plates, half plates, vignettes, and even reducing some illustrations to fit the design so the book flows fairly well and these myriad illustrations blend into a whole rather than distract the eye. The reproduction is excellent. A must for collections with historical interest in children's literature and large libraries. --Karen K. Radtke, Milwaukee Public LibraryCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	British illustrator Oxenbury, best known for her acclaimed depictions of baby and toddler life, has undertaken the ambitious challenge of illustrating Carroll's classic dreamscape. This is the second new edition of Alice this season, and though it is a welcome addition, it suffers a bit by comparison with Lisbeth Zwerger's version . Oxenbury's Wonderland is a soft, beautiful springtime world that is a pleasure to observe, but it lacks Zwerger's sense of mystery and Carroll's intellectual angularity. As for Oxenbury's Alice, she's pretty and blonde, but she lacks personality and may be too jarringly contemporary in appearance for some readers. Nevertheless, Oxenbury is a brilliant watercolorist, and her pictures are beautifully designed, as is the book itself. The thick, elegant, cream-colored paper is a visual and tactile delight.  Michael Cart	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	* An 'Alice' for the new millennium, this book is a triumph of design and rare quality. Helen Oxenbury perfectly captures the dreamlike qualities suggested in Carroll's famous classic. The Guardian * Fresh, modern and comic. The Sunday Times --The Sunday Times	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	`The delicacy and intelligence of George Walker's print-making seems to have come to us from a bygone age. Fortunately, we have George with us now.' (Neil Gaiman)	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	For A Is for Alice:`Each image offered here provides evidence of its creation; there is a reminder, with each turn of the page, of the hand and thought that guided each groove. Walker's ability to impress such great detail (as in the grain of both the fur of the Cheshire Cat, and the branch upon which he is perched) in a print made with woodblocks is remarkable.... At the heart of this book is the art of the book, pages kissed by poetic samples of Carroll's writing and bound using artisan techniques onsite at The Porcupine's Quill headquarters. It is a high-quality, collectible edition in which fans of the Alice stories, bibliophiles, and young readers will delight. (Patty Comeau ForeWord Magazine)	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	This book is perfect for AP classes and is often selected for inclusion on the AP exam. The notes, reading pointers, and vocabulary in this addition will also help students at a lower reading level get the most out of these classics.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	The dream-child moving through a land  Of wonders wild and new,  In friendly chat with bird or beast--  And half believe it true.  Alice, modern literature's prototype of the wise child, looks squarely at her lopsided world--with its waistcoated White Rabbit, disappearing Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Mock Turtle, and other fabulously curious creatures--and proclaims, ""Stuff and nonsense!"" For more than 100 years, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the story of one little girl's commonsensical approach to the absurd, has delighted children and adults the world over. In this exquisite new edition of Lewis Carroll's masterwork, acclaimed Spanish illustrator Angel Dominguez captures all of the original's pungent wit and loopy whimsy in his own surrealistic style. Through 75 new watercolor illustrations, readers journey once again down the rabbit-hole to be reacquainted with the wonderfully odd residents of Alice's imaginary universe.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""What is the use of a book,"" thought Alice, ""without pictures?""For over 125 years John Tenniel's superb illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have been the perfect complement to Lewis Carroll's timeless story. In that time Alice has been illustrated by numerous artists, but not one has come close to matching the universal appeal of the original pictures.This is the first Alice to reproduce Ternniel's exquisite drawings from prints taken directly from the original wood engravings. Here, Tenniel's fine line work is far crisper, delicate shadings are reproduced with more subtlety, and details never seen before are now visible.Like most nineteenth-century children's books, the pictures for Alice were created by transferring the artist's drawings to woodblocks, But with Alice, the original blocks served as masters from which metal plates were made for printing. Unfortunately, these plates deteriorated from the repeated pressure applied during printing, and over time, many of the fine lines in Tenniel's pictures simply vanished altogether.As the year-, passed, the original woodblocks disappeared and were believed lost; then, in 1985 they were discovered in a London bank vault.Now, for the first time, prints from these woodblocks have been used to produce a deluxe gift edition with clearer, more detailed images than have ever been seen before. At last, readers can see the Alice that Carroll and Tenniel had originally envisioned.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.Sir John Tenniel briefly attended the Royal Academy Schools, but for the most part he was a self taught artist. His illustrations appeared regularly in Punch, but it was the Alice books that confirmed his international reputation as an illustrator. Tenniel was knighted in 1893.Paul O. Zelinsky is the illustrator of Anne Isaac's Dust Devil and creator of the now-classic interactive book called The Wheels on the Bus. His retelling of Rapunzel was awarded the 1998 Caldecott Medal. Rumpelstitlskin, Hansel and Gretel and Swamp Angel with different authors all garnered Paul a Caldecott Honor. Since 1991 Paul O. Zelinsky has lived in the same apartment with his wife Deborah in northern Brooklyn, New York. 	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	CHAPTER IDOWN THE RABBIT-HOLEALICE WAS beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations?So she was considering, in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well.Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed: it was labelled ORANGE MARMALADE but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.Well! thought Alice to herself. After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! (Which was very likely true.)Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time? she said aloud. I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) yes, that's about the right distancebut then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to? (Alice had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but she thought they were nice grand words to say.)Presently she began again. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand? Or Australia? (and she tried to curtsey as she spokefancy, curtseying as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think! (Dinah was the cat.) I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder? And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? and sometimes Do bats eat cats? for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it. She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and was saying to her, very earnestly, Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat? when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead: before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting! She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.There were doors all around the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass: there was nothing on it but a tiny golden key, and Alice's first idea was that this might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; and even if my head would go through, thought poor Alice, it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin. For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it (which certainly was not here before, said Alice), and tied around the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words DRINK ME beautifully printed on it in large letters.It was all very well to say Drink me, but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. No, I'll look first, she said, and see whether it's marked 'poison' or not; for she had read several nice little stories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts, and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that, if you cut your finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked poison, it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.However, this bottle was not marked poison, so Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast), she very soon finished it off. What a curious feeling! said Alice. I must be shutting up like a telescope!And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; for it might end, you know, said Alice to herself, in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then? And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Introduction    It is difficult to explain in words what the pictures are trying to say, and therefore my explanations are not precisely what I had in mind because they add shades of meaning which are not there. The reader can only interpret them in his own way, bringing his own observations to bear on the image he is looking at, so that he may agree or disagree with what I have tried to convey. When I set out to draw an idea, part of that idea is not yet formed and only takes shape and reveals itself as the drawing progresses. Consequently, the drawing acquires a life of its own and virtually takes over the direction it will follow -- or so it seems.    I have made a few notes about some of the pictures. The rest are self explanatory or purely illustrations.    THE WHITE RABBIT. Worried by time, hurrying and scurrying. Sane within a routine, slightly insane but more engaging when the routine is upset.             Today's commuter.    THE DODO in this picture reminded me of an Archbishop and being as ""dead as a dodo"" it fitted perfectly. The other animals remind me of people I know, rather as Lewis Carroll apparently created them around friends and associates. The reader can place his own interpretation on them. It was never my intention to set everything in concrete.    I rather hate dogs. They seem to have soaked up all the worst in human nature. They are more human and even more stupid. In place of Tenniel's pug dog which perhaps was the fashionable dog when he drew the pictures, the poodle seems the most apt substitute. The dog is the perfect feed for the man who wants his ego pumped. He can take for granted the dog's blind loyalty and obedience. The dog fouls the pavement and the man fouls the rest of the world.    THE YOUNG INTELLECTUAL. Smoking hash, pedantic, who thinks he has something to say and sheds his opinions              as easily as his skins.    THE FATHER WILLIAM set to me is the arrogance of youth versus the certainty of an old man's memories.  The young man reinforces his arrogance by using the old man's experience as a crutch.  Whilst throwing past standards out of the window the young man may often come back in through the door if he finds his yardstick less than three feet.  An old man can become intense talking about right and wrong, and a youth can become bored as a result.  The old man showing he hasn't lost his touch but the young man finds it is all a big joke.    THE DUCHESS is an ex-starlet who married the aristocrat. A high-class tart gone to seed. Her tiny mind has developed a home-spun philosophy within a cultured environment in an effort to keep up appearances.    THE COOK found              fame in the kitchen and enjoys her prima donna tendencies.    THE CHESHIRE CAT makes an ideal TV Announcer whose smile remains as the rest of the programme fades out.    The growth of the tea party tree turns logic upside down. It begins in a puzzle at its top and grows down to its roots.    THE HATTER represents the unpleasant sides of human nature. The unreasoned argument screams at you. The bully, the glib quiz game compre who rattles off endless reels of unanswerable riddles and asks you to come back next week and make a bloody fool of yourself again.    THE MARCH HARE is always standing close by. The ""egger-on"" urging the banality to plumb even greater depths. He always seems to be around to push someone into a fight.    THE DORMOUSE is always the dormouse. Harmless and nice. The man anyone in the office can take a rise out of. If you tread on his face he will              smile right back at you.    THE BRITISH WORKMAN. Bickering about who splashed who and standing in the stuff all the time anyway.    THE MONARCH having evolved or developed into a shapeless mass of hangers-on, the State, H.M. Forces, the Church, the establishment walking on one pair of very well-worn legs. The King and Queen born into it and enveloped in it and lost in it, obliged to go through the motions automatically but surprising even themselves by their own outbursts.    The Duchess again The old con trying to glean from Alice some of the objectivity and honesty she lost years ago.    The croquet game when internal confusion disrupts the xvhole structure. Practically showing its knickers, the heaving mass struggles vainly to maintain its dignity and avoid humiliation.    THE GRYPHON to me is the commissionaire of a modern office block. His epaulettes are his wings. He is slow              thinking, sometimes ignorant. If you walk into the building in a humble manner, he exercises his authority to the full and crushes you, but if you walk in looking important he will lick your boots. The only man in the building he can order about is the caretaker, so he is the mock turtle who may have more intelligence but is satisfied with his lot, or at least has accepted it graciously. They may also be quite good friends. The dance would express their nicer sides when they are.    THE LOBSTER wearing the old school tie joins exclusive clubs and reckons he is pretty sharp until a real shark comes along.    My only regret is that I didn't write the story.    Ralph Steadman - London - 1967    --    Yes, I did! I did write the story, in my other life. It was all so familiar when I picked it up and read it for the first time in 1967. For the first time, as I              thought, but don't you ever get that strange sensation that what you are reading or watching is something you already know? Something that is in your mind already? Bells of recognition ring as you welcome an old friend. All good ideas are like that. You already know them. The familiarity is part of the enjoyment. The words someone has taken the trouble to write down merely reveal the contents of your own mind. The picture someone has struggled to create is something you have already seen, otherwise how would you ever recognise its content?    You have already experienced the sum of its parts. You have lived them, or maybe you have dreamed them. They are the vocabulary of a vast collective consciousness which it is your everyday choice to delve into or ignore at will. What we choose to emphasise forms the structure of our lives, and what an artist chooses to depict forms the basis of his work -- but of course not the sum total, for in an artist's world two and two              make five. And what an artist says three times is true! Familiarity breeds acceptance. The greater the artist, the greater number of reference points are offered for the rest of us to recognise. The more we recognise, the better we feel. We experience a greater satisfaction because we have contributed to the whole. The spectator has fulfilled his role to a greater or lesser degree depending on his or her receptive faculties.    As far as my pictures are concerned in their role as extensions of Lewis Carroll's stories, they stand up for me as well today as they did when I first made them nearly two decades ago. It would be interesting if the reader could identify (no prizes, of course) the new pictures I have drawn for this edition. I have tried to remain true to originals, and I defy anyone to detect the difference. Lewis Carroll has unravelled some of the complicated conundrums that bedevil our daily lives and our dream-worlds. My pictures are one man's response              between the lines.    What can be said in pictures cannot necessarily be said in words, and vice versa. ""Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.""    ""I know what you're thinking about, but it isn't so, nohow.""    Ralph Steadman - Maidstone Bird Sanctuary - September 1986  	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	When reading Alice on one's own, it's easy to have one's attention seized by Carroll's many fanciful characters--the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and so on. Listening to Shelly Frasier read it reminds one of a crucial aspect to this story: It's a little girl who's experiencing these adventures, and, as Frasier's subtly inflected voice reminds us, Alice can go from excited to terrified in an instant. In addition to getting her voice just right, Frasier masters all of Carroll's other verbal gymnastics, from the Dormouse's snores to the dreamy illogic of the Caterpillar, and, of course, the nonsensical verse. This is a great pleasure.  G.T.B.  AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;children's books;classics;fantasy;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;science fiction & fantasy;used & rental textbooks,10
1931841691,"Game Programming Tricks of the Trade (Premier Press Game Development) Lorenzo Phillips started a game programming company, RenWare, LLC, a partner of Xtreme Game, LLC while continuing to play an active role in the game development community.  RenWare was the vehicle that provided Phillips with an opportunity to join the Xtreme Games team and become involved in game development and publishing.  This newfound position allowed him to meet and work with some of the best in the industry and with a wide variety of game publishing organizations.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;game programming;games & strategy guides;humor & entertainment;languages & tools;programming;puzzles & games;video & electronic games,10
0060006218,"Salud: A Latina's Guide to Total Health Latinas often feel left out of the healthcare system. They are  more likely to have diabetes, heart disease, sexually  transmitted diseases, and depression than non-Latinas and less  likely to have health insurance. Delgado, a clinical  psychologist who is the head of the National Alliance for  Hispanic Health and the National Hispanic Women's Health  Initiative, has revised her 1997 work, -Salud!: A Latina's Guide  to Total Health-Body, Mind, and Spirit. Unlike most women's  health books, including the politically empowering Our Bodies,  Ourselves for the New Century (Touchstone, 1998), this one is  written by Hispanic women, for Hispanic women. It provides the  latest scientific and medical information about sexuality,  pregnancy, contraception, menopause, and sexually transmitted  diseases, as well as advice about nutrition, fitness, and mental  health. It also covers alcoholism, arthritis, cancer, diabetes,  and liver disease. Each chapter has a list of current resources,  including organizations, books, pamphlets, and web sites.  Personal histories are interspersed with the information, giving  the book a more intimate tone. The author honors Hispanic  culture throughout by stressing the importance of spirituality,  alternative therapies, and family relationships in daily life.  Easy to understand and full of useful information, -Salud! is  highly recommended for all collections. Barbara M. Bibel,  Oakland P.L.   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Jane L. Delgado. Phd., Adems de ser defensora del cuidado de la salud y psicloga clinica, es la presidenta y directora ejecutiva de la Coalicn Nacional de Organizaciones de Hispanas de la Salud y Servicios Humanos (COSSMHO). Ella vive en Washington, D.C.Jane Delgado, Ph.D., is a health care advocate, clinical psychologist, and the president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health. She lives in Washington, D.C.",allied health professions;books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;foreign language study & reference;general;health;medical books;parenting & relationships;women's health,10
0582294592,"Historical Research: A Guide for Writers of Dissertations, Theses, Articles and Books With increasing pressure on students and academics to produce independently researched dissertations, theses, articles and monographs, this guide to undertaking historical research provides invaluable advice and support. Historical Research presents a clear, practical guide to the study, research and writing of history. Each stage of historical research is covered, from the selection of a topic and the organisation and evaluation of source material, through to the completion of a typescript. The book is subdivided into three parts:  Part one focuses on the study of history  Part two provides detailed guidance on research methods  Part three includes comprehensive information on stylistic conventions for presenting historical work Numerous examples and practical suggestions assist readers to plan, organise and complete history projects more effectively. A glossary and Guide for Further Reading are also included to provide an informative and indispensable research tool on all aspects of historical research. Bill McDowell is a Research Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh.	Dr W. H. McDowell is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Scottish History, University of Edinburgh",books;education & reference;europe;historical study & educational resources;historiography;history;humanities;new;used & rental textbooks;world,10
1593100337,"The Quilt of Life: A Patchwork of Devotional Thoughts This book combines the love of quilting with stories of God's love, with eachdevotional accompanied by quilting tips.	MARY TATEM is a wife, mother, and grandmother, who writes from her home in Newport News, Virginia. Mary is an avid quilter and has been quilting for two decades. Mary wrote the popular devotional ""The Quilt of Life"" in 2000. Married for more than forty years, she is the mother of four and grandmother of fifteen.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;crafts;crafts & hobbies;devotionals;hobbies & home;inspirational;needlecrafts & textile crafts;quilts & quilting;religion & spirituality;spirituality,10
0375802150,"How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay (The Tia Lola Stories) With her brilliantly hued flower-print dresses, her maracas and  tambor, and the migrating beauty mark over her lipsticked mouth, Tia Lola  stands out in Vermont like a tropical bird in a snowstorm. Her nephew,  10-year-old Miguel, just wants to fit in to his new home. He and his mother and  sister have just moved here from New York following his parents' divorce. With  his black hair and brown skin, it's hard enough already without the flamboyant  antics of his friendly, nutty aunt, visiting from the Dominican Republic. But  even while she is dancing her merengues in front of his new friends and painting  the white farmhouse purple, Tia Lola is also weaving a magical spell of love and  support that Miguel and his wounded family sorely need. Miguel's growing  appreciation for his crazy aunt's ways, and the entire town's admiration and  respect for an outsider who, without even speaking the same language, wins the  hearts of all, is a funny, uplifting story. Julia Alvarez is the author of many award-winning novels, including How the Garcia Girls Lost Their  Accents and In the Time  of the Butterflies, and the picture book The Secret Footprints. She  writes with a warmth and humor that crosses all boundaries. (Ages 9 to 12)  --Emilie Coulter	Alvarez (The Secret Footprints; How the Garca Girls Lost Their Accents) creates a story that is alternately affecting and treacly, starring nine-year-old Miguel (who soon turns 10) and his younger sister, Juanita, as they attempt to adjust after their move from New York City to Vermont. Ta Lola, their vivacious aunt, comes to visit from the Dominican Republic to help out their newly divorced mother. With her brightly patterned dresses and constantly shifting beauty mark, Ta Lola is portrayed as both wise and childlike as she schemes to make everyone jolly. Miguel struggles with his parents' divorce and with schoolmates who can't pronounce his name and assume he will be a standout baseball player because of his roots. Ta Lola, as surrogate parent, fixes everything with a ""magic"" touch that inspires great food, celebrations and gift giving. Alvarez carefully translates Lola's Spanish until near the end when, after first refusing to speak English and then speaking in whole borrowed phrases, she becomes quite adept at the second language. She cleverly names Miguel's baseball team, Charlie's Boys (after the disgruntled landlord, Colonel Charlebois), and then tells a perfectly constructed story in English. As likable as Ta Lola is, some readers may have trouble believing her quick transformation. In addition, Miguel's long-distance father appears more involved in the boy's life than his own mother (with whom Miguel lives); the mother's character is never fully developed. Ages 9-12. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Grade 3-6-Miguel and Juanita Guzman and their mother have moved from New York City to rural Vermont, where Mami has taken a position as a college counselor. Left behind is their beloved Papi, a painter whom their mother is divorcing. To ease the transition and to help with baby-sitting, Mami has sent for her aunt from the Dominican Republic. From the moment the children meet her, glamorous T'a Lola creates a delightful whirlwind in their home, from her flamboyant appearance and tropical decorating to her lively music, exotic cooking, and vivid storytelling. Miguel, anxious to make friends and fit in, is both embarrassed and comforted by her warm presence and he half-believes her practice of the Santeria religion gives her magical powers, including the ability to get him on the baseball team. The youngsters' attempt to teach their aunt their language leads to many humorous situations as she interprets idioms literally and uses expressions inappropriately. Accompanying them on a visit to their father, she gets lost but, once found, helps them accept that the divorce will not threaten their parents' love for them. In the end, T'a Lola decides to stay. The story concludes with a Christmas holiday trip to the Dominican Republic where the children meet their mother's family for the first time and begin to accept that home is where love is. Readers will enjoy the funny situations, identify with the developing relationships and conflicting feelings of the characters, and will get a spicy taste of Caribbean culture in the bargain.Marie Orlando, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Gr. 4-7. When Tia Lola first comes from the Dominican Republic to visit Miguel, 10, and his family in their new home in Vermont, Miguel is wary, especially when Lola paints the house purple and wears bright flowered dresses on which parrots fly towards palm trees. All he needs is for his new classmates to find out he has a nutcase for a relative. But he soon succumbs to her love and her ""visit"" becomes a long stay. She's something of a santera, and she does seem to work magic on everybody with her friendliness, enthusiasm, stories, and surprise parties. What she can't do is bring his divorced parents back together. But she does go with Miguel and his sister to visit their dad in New York, and she takes the kids back ""home"" to meet the extended family on the island. Alvarez's first book for young readers sometimes reads like a docu-novel, but the warmth of the individual characters and the simple music of the narrative will appeal to middle-graders. So will the play with language. Tia Lola teaches Miguel and Juanita Spanish as she talks, so the English translation is right there in the text. They teach her English, which she practices on everyone in town with hilarious effect. Hazel RochmanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Like all good stories, this one incorporates a lesson just subtle enough that readers will forget theyre being taught, but in the end will understand themselves, and others, a little better, regardless of the la lengua nativa - the mother tongue. Simple, bella, un regalo permanente: simple and beautiful, a gift that will stay.Kirkus Reviews	A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez.Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Ta Lola, his quirky, carismtica, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures.	Like all good stories, this one incorporates a lesson just subtle enough that readers will forget theyre being taught, but in the end will understand themselves, and others, a little better, regardless of the la lengua nativa - the mother tongue. Simple, bella, un regalo permanente: simple and beautiful, a gift that will stay.Kirkus Reviews	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Julia Alvarez is the award-winning author of How the Garca Girls Lost Their Accents, Yo!, In the Time of the Butterflies, In the Name of Salom, and a picture book, The Secret Footprints. Her most recent book for young readers is entitled Before We Were Free. She is a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College.",books;children's books;family life;hispanic & latino;humor;marriage & divorce;multicultural stories;multigenerational;social situations;travel & cultures,10
1933037350,"The Secret Lion (The Spymaster Chronicles) A haunting secret, terrifying vengeance, and action-packed adventure . . . this is historical suspense at its finest! -- The Bookwoman, Winter 2005A masterful accomplishment that captures the treacherous glamour of the 16th century. Historical fiction at its best! -- Linda Joy Myers, author of Writing Your Healing StoryAn intriguing puzzle box of treason, betrayal and murder. -- Nick Canfield, author of All Out of HeartCaptures Tudor glamour and depravity. . . No other series has pulled together intrigue, politics, and pageantry in such a delightful package. -- The Historical Novels Review, February 2005Captures the strangeness and incredible presence of Elizabeth Tudor, which has echoed down through the ages. Riveting! -- Liz Berry, author of the China GardenGortner's prose brings alive the evil of ambition and lust for power in the final days of Edward VI. -- The Copperfield ReviewHolds a dark mirror to our society . . .The intertwining of facts and fiction make for a fascinating read. -- Tahoe Daily Tribune, November 2004	Filled with the intrigue and pageantry of Tudor England, The Secret Lion is the first book in The Spymaster Chronicles.	Christopher (C.W.) Gortner holds an MFA in Writing, with an emphasis on Renaissance history. He has taught educational seminars at various educational institutions, including the New College of California.	1602 Everyone has a secret. Like the oyster with its grain of sand, we bury it deep within, coating it with opalescent layers as if that could heal our mortal wound. Some of us devote our entire lives to keeping our secret hidden, safe from those who might pry it from us, hoarding it like the pearl, only to discover that it escapes us when we least expect it, revealed by a flash of fear in our eyes when caught unawares, by a sudden pain, a rage or hatred, or an all-consuming shame. I know all about secrets. Secrets upon secrets, wielded like weapons, like tethers, like bedside endearments. The truth alone can never suffice. Secrets are the coin of our world, the currency upon which we construct our edifice of grandeur and lies. We need our secrets to serve as iron for our shields, brocade for our bodies, and veils for our fears they delude and comfort, shielding us always from the fact that in the end we, too, must die. ""Write it all down,"" she tells me, ""every last word."" We often sit like this in the winter of our lives, chronic insomniacs in outdated finery, the chessboard or the game of cards neglected on the table, as her eyes alert and ever-wary after all these years, still leonine in a face grown gaunt with age turn inward to that place where none has ever trespassed, to her own secret, which I now know, have perhaps always known, she must take with her to her grave. ""Write it down,"" she says, ""so that when I am gone, you will remember."" As if I could ever forget . . .",books;fantasy;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;mystery;science fiction & fantasy;spy stories & tales of intrigue;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
1932100024,"Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and the Religion in the Matrix (Smart Pop series) Glenn Yeffeth is a writer, editor, and columnist. He is the editor of a biography of Joss Whedon and a nonfiction anthology of essays about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He lives in Dallas, Texas.",books;genre films;guides & reviews;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;modern;movies;philosophy;politics & social sciences;science fiction & fantasy,10
B0009SXYTW,New! Authentic Oakland Raiders Dog Leash Get your dog in the game! Root for the Raiders with your best buddy decked-out in team logo wear. All items are fully licensed and made in the USA.  This 6 foot long leash is sure to make you and your dog the envy of the neighborhood!,basic leashes;collars;dogs;fan shop;harnesses & leashes;leashes;pet gear;pet leashes;pet supplies;sports & outdoors,10
1931561079,"Sea Room: A Novel A thoughtful generational family drama set in the seaside village of Buck Harbor, Maine, Gautreau's debut explores WWII's effects on the Dupuy family and their saltwater farm. For 10-year-old Jordi Dupuy, life is simple, filled with days of lobster trapping and sailing excursions with his father, Gil, and grandfather, Pip. But when President Roosevelt's yacht arrives with a battalion of U.S. warships close behind, Jordi braces for the ""far different life"" ahead of him, as Gil enlists to fight in the war and temporarily shelves their plan to build a new sailboat. Jordi is ecstatic when his father's letters from abroad arrive, but furious when the sinister Virgil Blount is smitten with Jordi's mother, Lydie. Pip and wealthy Uncle Chrtien are there to pick up the pieces when the war intensifies and claims Gil's life, leaving the women to mourn and the men to build Jordi's boat without Gil. Years later, accusations fly against Virgil when the barn containing the nearly finished boat is torched, as well as against Jordi when another family member dies; not even approaching Hurricane Clara can squelch the melodrama of the courtroom conclusion. Gautreau's prose, accented with charmingly distinctive New England vernacular, demonstrates a strong eye for detailed atmosphere, which nicely counterbalances a few mawkish moments, and the characters are wonderfully rendered. This is a charming, heartfelt debut for Gautreau, who confidently abandoned a business career to write it. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Adult/High School-Teens, especially those interested in boats, will enjoy this coming-of-age story of a boy growing up in the 1940s in a close-knit family eking out a living from the sea. Jordi Dupuy, 10; his father, Gil; and his grandfather, Pip, are dazzled by a 40-foot ketch moored in a harbor near their farm on the Maine coast. Jordi and his father dream of building such a vessel, but when America enters the war, Gil volunteers and becomes a medic. Just before the fighting ends, he is killed and the dream fades. French-Canadian and Catholic in a sea of Yankee Protestants, the Dupuys find that their isolation is deepened by their inability to join with families welcoming home their sons. A year later, Jordi and his grandfather revive the boat-building project and, when Pip is diagnosed with lung cancer, the work becomes a race against time. Friends help finish the ketch, and Jordi helps Pip aboard for its maiden voyage. On their return, Pip is dead and Jordi is charged with mercy killing, but a farewell note from his grandfather to his wife is found in time to exonerate the young man. Characters, both major and minor, are vividly drawn, as are the unpredictable sea and sky. The family members, bound ever tighter by tragedy, evoke themes of devotion, loyalty, and perseverance. They face adversity by finding sea room-the space to set your own course through rough waters.Molly Connally, Kings Park Library, Fairfax County, VACopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	I was immediately swept away in time and place by this evocative and accomplished first novel. Norman Gautreau has created an irresistible universe that centers on a saltwater farm on the rugged coast of Maine during World War II. This is the story of family love and courage under unspeakable circumstances. And the honorable lives of the member of the Dupuy family teach us that, with enough hope, we can always find a little sea room.	After a career as a management consultant and public speaking coach, Norman Gautreau left the profession to pursue his writing career. He and his wife drastically simplified their lives, sacrificing much of what they had accumulated, and today he writes full time, with his wife as a loving, but tough editor. They live in Wakefield, MA. Sea Room is his first novel.	Something new about the kitchen caught his eye.  There, up on the shelf above the stove, next to the jar of stove polish, the statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, and the fading picture of long-dead Emily, was the picture of his father displaying the big red one on his shoulder. It was encased behind glass in a gleaming new frame. He guessed that his mother had been up in the middle of the night to place the picture in the frame which she obviously had put aside for the purpose.   He stared at the picture, his stomach churning like a slush-filled water that still rimmed Eggemoggin Reach. How could she? Didnt she know that was the wrong place? He snatched the picture from the shelf. He glared at the picture of Emily. Then he went into the living room and placed his fathers picture on the doily of the lamp table, vaguely wondering if it was already too late. Moments later, Jordi was in the kitchen drinking a glass of milk when Nana came downstairs. Youre up early, Jordi, she said. Aw Jeez, and you fixed the stove! She lifted a stove plate, examined the coal, and shook the grate vigorously, the flesh on the back of her arm jiggling like a newly caught fish flouncing in the bottom of a boat. She pressed her fingertips to her lips and touched the picture of Emily. Good morning, Em, she whispered. Then she started to prepare coffee. Lydie appeared, yawning. She kissed Jordi on the forehead then looked up to the shelf above the stove. What happened to Gils picture? She cried. Nana, who was now stirring a pot of oatmeal, paused, looked up at the shelf. I dont know, she said, her voice rising in a bemusement. I forgot you put it there. I moved it, Ma, said Jordi. You moved it?  Where? Into the living room. But why? I want his picture in the kitchen where I can see it first thing in the morning. You can see it in the living room. His voice was pleading. But I spend more time here. This is where I want it. Lydie furrowed her brow. Whats the matter with you? At that moment, Pip appeared. Whats going on? Jordi, moved Gils picture into the living room. Last night I put it up there over the stove. She turned back to Jordi. Why? I just dont want his picture ... I just dont want  You dont want his picture  what? I dont want his picture in the same place as Emilys. Lydie give a surprised expression. But why? Because  because shes dead, Ma!  Shes dead! Everyone froze. Pip glanced at Nana.  She was staring at Jordi with a stunned expression, like one who has just come to realize a deep and sad truth.  No, not that she had falsely been keeping her dear Emily alive all these years, but that her harmless indulgence, her quiet, private act of self-pity grown into ritual, had had such a profound effect on Jordi without her knowing. Nana looked at Lydie, her eyes sad and knowing. Lydie brought a hand to her mouth.  Im  Im sorry, Jordi. I wasnt thinking, she said.  Of course Dads picture can stay in the living room.",books;contemporary;family saga;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;mystery;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
0809104873,"The Death Penalty: An Historical and Theological Survey Enter the term death penalty into the search box of any online bookstore and your cup will runneth over with titles and choices. Sister Helen Prejean's popular Dead Man Walking (LJ 6/15/93) is only the tip of the iceberg; even Jesse Jackson has recently entered the fray (Legal Lynching, National Pr. Bks., 1995). To his credit, theologian Megivern (philosophy and religion, Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington) remains focused, concentrating on establishing what he calls ""Western Christendom's"" (read: Catholicism's) culpability in developing that odious concept of capital punishment, first as a divinely ordained penalty and later as a response to heresy. He ultimately ends with the American Catholic bishops' public discomfiture with state-sanctioned lethal violence. The book's strength lies in its broad Western historical survey, but at more than 600 pages, it may be more than casual readers find they want. Still, with its 150 pages of endnotes and a comprehensive bibliography, Catholic religious scholars and ethicists should find ample grist for the mill. Recommended for a academic and large public libraries.?Sandra Collins, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Lib.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A generous and passionate account of the development of Catholic reflection and teaching on capital punishment. -- Theological StudiesA great book...grist for the mill of mind and conscience. -- Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., Author, Dead Man WalkingAn ambitious and timely book. -- The Journal of ReligionIt should be read especially by those who think somehow that the seamless garment of life can be divided. -- Andrew M. GreeleyRepresents a watershed in research and hope...supremely well written and engaging. -- Northern Nevada Catholic",books;criminal law;criminology;law;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;religious studies;social sciences;sociology;theology,10
0972139133,"Interview Tactics: How To Survive The Media Without Getting Clobbered! The Insider's Guide To Giving A Killer Interview! ""GAYL MURPHY's first-hand experience and vast knowledge is quite impressive! INTERVIEW TACTICS should be required reading!"" -- William Henley, Universal Pictures""Gayl Murphy is sleeping with the enemy!"" (i.e., Training media-shy artists and authors to give 'killer' interviews!) -- Barry Knoltnow, The Orange County Register""INTERVIEW TACTICS is a must read for anyone in the professional services or political arena!"" -- Mo Hayes, Vice President, Parsons	Entertainment Reporter and Hollywood Correspondent Gayl Murphy has been covering Hollywood and show business for over 20-years for some of the most prestigious news organizations - including ABC News, BBC, AP Radio and E! The award-winning journalist estimates she's conducted over 10,000 interviews in her broadcasting career, covering celebrities, films, television, music and popular culture.    Always one to track a great story, Murphy's travels have taken her around the world reporting on all formats of music, movie premiers, award shows and global entertainment events. The veteran reporter knows first hand that, ""When it comes time to meet the press and tell the world about your self and your accomplishments, if you can't tell your own story, who can and who will?"" ""And,"" says Murphy, ""If you can't tell it, there's no way you can't sell it!""    The LA based reporter, who also teaches, coaches and speaks about INTERVIEW TACTICS says she wrote, dedicated and self-published INTERVIEW TACTICS. HOW TO SURVIVE THE MEDIA WITHOUT GETTING CLOBBERED! THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO GIVING A KILLER INTERVIEW for Media Virgins and Experts Next Door everywhere!",arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;books;business & investing;communications;entertainers;guides;humor & entertainment;job hunting & careers;skills,10
0140104003,"Steal This Urine Test: Fighting Drug Hysteria in America Former Yippie Hoffman (Steal this Book, Square Dancing in the Ice Age) examines drug testing in political, social and legal contexts while shattering myths about drug use and abuse. Instead of funding rehabilitation programs, Hoffman contends, the government mainly engages in ""propaganda ploys"" that neither help nor educate. Discussing misconceptions about urine testing and apparent violations of constitutional rights, he provides up-to-date information on the reliability of testing procedures and points out how lab errors are made. He challenges ""bladder cops,"" takes readers on a field trip through a urinanalysis lab and instructs in how to beat the test. While Hoffman holds attention throughout with puns (""mind over bladder""), anecdotes and satirical writing (""golden showers come your way""), it is the extensive, in-depth research and a barrage of facts and figures that make this the definitive guide to the current drug-testing environment. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.	One's initial reaction may be to dismiss Hoffman's latest j'accuse as more establishment-bashing by the Peck's Bad Boy of the left. But beyond the arch title and cutesy phrases (e.g., ""bladder spies""), the book raises legitimateand disturbingquestions about the rush to drug testing in the United States. Specifically, Hoffman provides concrete and sometimes detailed documentation to support his contention that such testing is scientifically unreliable and constitutionally indefensible. All but the smallest libraries should acquire this book, which offers a thoughtful dissenting opinion on a subject of a great importance. Kenneth F. Kister, Pinellas Park P.L., Fla.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.",americas;books;history;ideologies & doctrines;politics & government;politics & social sciences;radicalism;self-help;united states;world,10
B000FMRTYI,"American Culture: Myth and Reality of a Culture of Diversity A case study of American culture as a society characterized by diversity.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	America, like other modern nations, is characterized by its diversity and can be seen as a complex and fragmented nation-state. Yet an American culture defined by those beliefs, and behaviors that all Americans do share, irrespective of their other cultural affiliations, does exist. This book presents an innovative approach to the issues and aspects in the study of America's unique culture.The real diversity of America is lost in the practice of categorizing people into social (racial or ethnic) groups and then attributing culture to them. While not an exhaustive treatment of the culture, this volume serves as a point of departure for discussions of American culture in a variety of courses both within and outside the discipline of anthropology. Each chapter is accompanied by suggested readings to enable the student to pursue a more in-depth study of any individual topic.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",20th century;anthropology;books;cultural;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);politics & social sciences;popular culture;social sciences;sociology,10
0689860196,"Gaia Abducted Francine Pascal is the international best-selling author of SWEET VALLEY HIGH. She currently has sold over 260 million books. Gaia Moore is her new, complex character, bursting on to our streets.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;spy stories & tales of intrigue;teens;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
B0001O353E,"Company Aytch: A Side Show of the Big Show This book is considered to be the best account of the Civil War ever written from the Confederate point of view. It is also the one most frequently cited by historians of the Western campaigns. Sam Watkins, a high private in the Army of Tennessee, brings a vividness and detail to his story unmatched in the genre.",19th century;americas;biographies & memoirs;books;civil war;historical;history;leaders & notable people;military;united states,10
1573120553,"I Feel Better All over Than I Do Anywhere Else: ...And Other Stories to Tickle Your Soul ""Randall O'Brien is a great storyteller who knows know to get  his audience laughing-and thinking. It's a rare gift, and he's putting  it to very good use.""  Dan Quayle 44th Vice President of the United  States -- Publisher Comments	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Randall OBrien is an author, pastor, nationally known  conference speaker, storyteller and professor of religion at Baylor  University.  He is a native of South Mississippi and a resident of  Waco Texas.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;devotionals;humor;humor & entertainment;meditations;religion & spirituality;spirituality;worship & devotion,10
074348052X,"The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods Author of 23 books, including the acclaimed besteller The Encyclopedia of Natural Foods (co-authored with Dr. Joseph Pizzorno), Dr. Michael T. Murray is regarded as the world authority on natural medicine. An educator, lecturer, researcher and health food industry consultant, Michael also serves as the Director of Product Development and Education at Natural Factors, a health product firm.Dr. Joseph Pizzorno is cofounder of Bastyr University, the first accredited multidisciplinary university of natural medicine in the United States.Lara Pizzorno, M.A., L.M.T., is a health writer and medical editor with more than twenty years of experience.	Chapter One: Human Nutrition: An Evolutionary Perspective  In order to answer the question ""What is a healthy diet?,"" it is important to first take a look at what our body is designed for. Is the human body designed to eat plant foods, animal foods, or both? Respectively, are we herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores?  While the human gastrointestinal tract is capable of digesting both plant and animal foods, there are indications that we evolved to digest primarily plant foods. Specifically, our teeth are composed of twenty molars, which are perfect for crushing and grinding plant foods, along with eight front incisors, which are well suited for biting into fruits and vegetables. Only our front four canine teeth are designed for meat eating, and our jaws swing both vertically to tear and laterally to crush, while carnivores' jaws swing only vertically. Additional evidence that supports the human body's preference for plant foods is the long length of the human intestinal tract. Carnivores typically have a short bowel, while herbivores have a bowel length proportionally comparable to humans'.  To answer the question of what humans should eat, many researchers look to other primates, such as chimpanzees, monkeys, and gorillas. These nonhuman wild primates are omnivores. They are also often described as herbivores and opportunistic carnivores in that although they eat mainly fruits and vegetables, they may also eat small animals, lizards, and eggs if given the opportunity. For example, the gorilla and the orangutan eat only 1 percent and 2 percent of animal foods as a percentage of total calories, respectively. The remainder of their diet is derived from plant foods. Since humans are between the weight of the gorilla and orangutan, it has been suggested that humans are designed to eat around 1.5 percent of their diet in the form of animal foods. However, most Americans derive well over 50 percent of their calories from animal foods.  Since wild primates fill up on wild fruit and other highly nutritious plant foods, those weighing one tenth the amount of a typical human ingest nearly ten times the level of vitamin C and much higher amounts of many other vitamins and minerals (see Table 1.1). How is this possible? One reason is that the cultivated fruit in an American supermarket is far different from the wild fruit of the primate's diet, having a slightly higher protein content and a higher content of certain essential vitamins and minerals. Cultivated fruit tends to be higher in sugars and, while very tasty to humans, it is not nearly as nutritious. In fact, it raises blood sugar levels much more quickly than its wild counterparts do.  There are other differences in the wild primate diet that are also important to highlight, such as a higher ratio of alpha-linolenic acid -- the essential omega-3 fatty acid -- to linoleic acid -- the essential omega-6 fatty acid. A higher ratio of omega-3 fatty acid decreases the likelihood of the development of inflammatory and chronic diseases as well as their severity. Finally, the wild primate diet is very high in fiber, while the average American diet is not. A high-fiber diet protects against heart disease and many types of cancer.  Determining what diet humans are best suited for may not be as simple as looking at the diet of wild primates. Humans have some significant structural and physiological differences compared to apes. The key difference may be our larger, more metabolically active brains. In fact, it has been theorized that a shift in dietary intake to more animal foods may have produced the stimulus for human brain growth. The shift itself was probably the result of limited food availability, which forced early humans to hunt grazing mammals such as antelope and gazelle. Archaeological data support this association -- humans' brains started to grow and become more developed at about the same time evidence shows an increase of animal bones being butchered with stone tools at early villages.  While improved dietary quality alone cannot fully explain why human brains grew, it definitely appears to have played a critical role. With their bigger brains, early humans were able to engage in more complex social behavior, which led to improved foraging and hunting tactics, which, in turn, led to even higher quality food intake that fostered additional brain evolution.  Data from anthropologists looking at evidence from hunter-gatherer cultures is providing much insight as to what humans are designed to eat. However, it is important to point out that these cultures were not entirely free to determine their diets. Instead, their diets were molded as a result of what was available to them. For example, the diet of the Inuit Eskimos is far different from that of the Australian Aborigines. Therefore, it may not be appropriate to answer the question ""What should humans eat?"" simply by looking at these studies alone.  Nonetheless, regardless of whether a hunter-gatherer community relied on animal or plant foods, the rate of diseases of civilization such as heart disease and cancers was extremely low.  How is this possible? One reason is that the meat our ancestors consumed was much different from the meat we find in the supermarket today. Domesticated animals have always had higher fat levels than their wild counterparts, but the desire for tender meat has driven the fat content of domesticated animals to 25 to 30 percent or higher compared to a fat content of less than 4 percent for free-living animals or wild game. In addition, the type of fat is considerably different. Domestic beef contains primarily saturated fats and virtually undetectable amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. In contrast, the fat of wild animals contains over five times more polyunsaturated fat per gram and has desirable amounts of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids (approximately 4 percent).  What conclusions can we draw from the evidence of the wild primate and hunter-gatherer diets about how we should eat today? Overwhelmingly, it appears that humans are better suited to a diet composed primarily of plant foods. This position is supported also by a tremendous amount of evidence showing that deviating from a predominantly plant-based diet is a major factor in the development of heart disease, cancer, strokes, arthritis, and many other chronic degenerative diseases. It is now the recommendation of many health and medical organizations that the human diet should focus primarily on plant-based foods, comprising vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.  The evidence supporting diet's role in chronic degenerative diseases is substantial. There are two basic facts linking the diet-disease connection:  1. A diet rich in plant foods is protective against many diseases that are extremely common in Western society.  2. A diet providing a low intake of plant foods is a causative factor in the development of these diseases and provides conditions under which other causative factors became more active.  The Pioneering Work of Denis Burkitt and Hugh Trowell  Much of the link between diet and chronic disease originated from the work of two medical pioneers: Denis Burkitt, M.D., and Hugh Trowell, M.D., editors of Western Diseases: Their Emergence and Prevention, first published in 1981. Although now extremely well recognized, the work of Burkitt and Trowell is actually a continuation of the landmark work of Weston A. Price, a dentist and author of Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. In the early 1900s, Dr. Price traveled the world observing changes in teeth and palate (orthodontic) structure as various cultures discarded traditional dietary practices in favor of a more ""civilized"" diet. Price was able to follow individuals as well as cultures over periods of twenty to forty years, and he carefully documented the onset of degenerative diseases as their diets changed.  Based on the extensive studies examining the rate of diseases in various populations (epidemiological data), including the groundbreaking work of Dr. Price and their own observations of primitive cultures, Burkitt and Trowell formulated the following sequence of events:  First stage: In cultures consuming a traditional diet consisting of whole, unprocessed foods, the rate of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer is quite low.  Second stage: Commencing with eating a more ""Western"" diet, there is a sharp rise in the number of individuals with obesity and diabetes.  Third stage: As more and more people abandon their traditional diet, conditions that were once quite rare become extremely common.  Examples of these conditions include constipation, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and appendicitis.  Fourth stage: Finally, with full Westernization of the diet, other chronic degenerative or potentially lethal diseases, including heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout, become extremely common.  Since the publication in Western Diseases of Burkitt and Trowell's pioneering research, a virtual landslide of data has continually verified the role of the Western diet as the key factor in virtually every chronic disease, but especially in obesity and diabetes. In 1984, the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council established the Committee on Diet and Health to undertake a comprehensive analysis on diet and major chronic diseases. Their findings, as well as those of the U.S. surgeon general, the National Cancer Institute, and other highly respected medical groups brought to the forefront the need for Americans to change their eating habits to reduce their risk for chronic disease. Table 1.2 lists diseases with convincing links to a diet low in plant foods. Many of these now-common diseases were extremely rare before the twentieth century.  Trends in U.S. Food Consumption  During the twentieth century, food consumption patterns changed dramatically. Total dietary fat intake increased from 32 percent of calories in 1909 to 43 percent by the end of the century; carbohydrate intake dropped from 57 ...",alternative medicine;books;diets & weight loss;education & reference;fitness & dieting;healing;health;nutrition;other diets;reference,10
0595660614,"(Not So) Old Men and the Sea: A Toe in the Cruising Waters Mr. Prestegaard?s seafaring blood, possibly a Norwegian legacy, was held in check while he carved out several successful business careers. By 1997, however, the call ?to sea? became irresistibly strong, resulting in the travels and adventures found in this work.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;excursion guides;professional & technical;sailing;ships;sports & outdoors;transportation;travel;travel writing;water sports,10
0595000436,"Daddyisms: Lessons from my Father, Lessons for my Children A native Californian Bob is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and an accomplished speaker. He is the father of two and draws on his own experience as son and father to provide his audience with an approach to parenting recognized as genius in its simplicity and common sense.",books;family relationships;fatherhood;fitness & dieting;health;interpersonal relations;parenting;parenting & relationships;relationships;self-help,10
0140513639,"The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Penguin Dictionary) The fourth edition of J.A. Cuddon's classic dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated to maintain it as the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind currently available, for students, teachers and general readers alike. Expanded to include many new entries, it has been improved throughout, in places rendered more concise, in others amended and extended, with both major and minor additions. The work of the third edition, to cover the schools and various terminologies of literary theory is continued, without compromising coverage afforded to more traditional critical terms and topics. At this untimely death in 1996, Charles Cuddon, as he was known, had completed much of the revisory and updating work involved in preparing the edition. That work and other unfinished plans and outlines have since been overseen and developed by C.E. Preston of Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge, helped, as she acknowledges, by several of her academic colleagues. Among the entries extensively rewritten or newly contributed are: ""CrimeFiction"", ""Dramatic Monologue"", ""Ellipsis"", ""Punctuation"", ""Rhyme"", ""Verse Novel"", and ""Sonnet Cycle"". After more than twenty years in print, Cuddon's Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory remains ""a superlative work of reference that will be read for pleasure"", just as it was acclaimed to be when first published in 1976. There is now no better memorial to its author's extraordinary polymathy and literary scholarship.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	J. A. Cuddon (1928-1996) was a renowned expert in the field of literature and linguistics. He also wrote several plays, libretti, novels, short stories, essays, and travel narratives.",books;dictionaries;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;reference;used & rental textbooks,10
0521635578,"Nonlinear Waves, Solitons and Chaos From reviews of the first edition: ' ... as clear an introduction to nonlinear waves and solitons as one may find.' Appl. Mech. Rev.' ... highly recommended as a brief introduction to these important developments in classical physics ...' Physics in Canada' ... an important contribution to the study of nonlinear waves ...' Math. Rev.	This revised and updated second edition of a highly successful book is the only text at this level to embrace a universal approach to three major developments in classical physics; namely nonlinear waves, solitons and chaos. The authors now include new material on biology and laser theory, and go on to discuss important recent developments such as soliton metamorphosis. In general, it will be of value to final year undergraduates and beginning graduate students studying fluid dynamics, plasma physics and applied mathematics.",books;engineering;mechanical;new;physics;professional & technical;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks;waves & wave mechanics,10
0393046133,"Ticonderoga: Tales of an Enchanted Yacht (Concepts Books) Jack A. Somer is former editor of Yachting, a professional sailor, and author of Juliet: The Creation of a Masterpiece, Ocean Giants, and other books.",boating;books;history;professional & technical;ships;sports & outdoors;transportation;travel;travel writing;water sports,10
0613451333,"Badger Boy The indefatigable Kelton cranks out yet another rousing western, his ninth novel under the Forge Books brand, with this continuation of the saga of the Texas Rangers and his redheaded hero, Rusty Shannon. In 1865, the Civil War is just about over and the Confederacy is collapsing everywhere. Only small, undermanned ranger companies protect the Texas frontier from marauding bands of Comanche warriors, and army deserters, outlaws and Yankee soldiers add to the troubles of a desperate population. When Rusty leaves the rangers to return to his farm, he finds that his sweetheart has married somebody else. Racial tension between rednecks and freed slaves boils over, and old enemies return to settle scores. Rusty faces a new dilemma when he captures a white youngster, called Badger Boy by the Comanches who had seized him as a baby and raised him. Rusty himself is an orphan once captured by the Comanches. Observing Badger Boy, he begins to understand a great deal about his own past and what it means to his future. Since Rusty's debut in The Buckskin Line (1999), he has grown from a na ve kid into a responsible leader of rangers, a savvy frontiersman who is as tough as a boiled owl and smart as a fox. Running gunfights with Indians, outlaw ambushes and showdowns with horse thieves and renegade murderers liven up this polished and tightly wrapped yarn of duty, honor, courage and gunsmoke. Kelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Kelton's fans. Regional author tour. (Jan.) Forecast: In his niche, Kelton is the tops. He's been voted the Greatest Western Writer of All Time by the Western Writers of America, and is a six-time winner of the Spur Award. If booksellers emphasize his stature in the field, this standout title could be one of his best-selling yet. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A terrific read.The Dallas Morning NewsAward-winning writer Elmer Keltona star in the shrinking Western genretotes you effortlessly to the post-Civil War Texas frontier, where white settlers were just learning to live with freed slaves, Comanches and each other . . . . His characters, like Shannon, make mistakes, are far from perfect and take life in stride.The New York PostKelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Keltons fans.Publishers Weekly (starred review)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The Texas Frontier, 1865The Civil War is over and Texas is reluctantly yielding to the Union soldiers spreading across the state, even into the dangerous Comanche country. David ""Rusty"" Shannon, proud member of a ""ranging company"" attempting to protect Texas settlers from Indian depredations, finds that the rangers are being disbanded. He makes his way home to his land on the Red River, hoping to take up the life of a farmer and the hand of the beloved girl he left behind, Geneva Monahan. But Geneva has married in Rusty's long absence and the country is filled with hostilesnot just Indians, but hate-filled Confederates, overbearing Union soldiers, and army renegades. Rusty's youth as a captive of the Comanches returns to haunt him when, in pursuit of Indian raiders, he takes as prisoner Badger Boy, a white child taken from his murdered parents by a Comanche warrior.Award-winning writer Elmer Keltona star in the shrinking Western genretotes you effortlessly to the post-Civil War Texas frontier, where white settlers were just learning to live with freed slaves, Comanches and each other . . . . His characters, like Shannon, make mistakes, are far from perfect and take life in stride.The New York Post Kelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Keltons fans.Publishers Weekly (starred review)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Elmer Kelton, author of more than forty novels, grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas.  His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. For forty-two years he had a parallel career in agricultural journalism.Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.  Among his best-known works have been The Time It Never Rained and The Good Old Boys, the latter made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones.He served in the infantry in World War II.  He and his wife, Ann, a native of Austria, live in San Angelo, Texas.  They have three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Badger BoyCHAPTER 1The Texas frontier spring, 1865.Rusty Shannon saw brown smoke rising beyond the hill and knew the rangers had arrived too late. The Indians had already struck, and by now they were probably gone.He had expected trouble, but his pulse quickened as if the smoke were a surprise. He signaled his five fellow patrol members and spurred his black horse, Alamo, into a run. He did not have to look back. The men would follow him; they always did though he had no official rank. He was a private like the rest, but they had fallen into the habit of looking to him for leadership. Nor was he noticeably older than the others. Orphaned early, he could only guess he was about twenty-five, give or take a little. A harsh outdoor life had made him look more than that. He had accepted the responsibility of leadership by default, for no one else had offered to take it.Back East, the strong nicker of the war horse was fading to a faint and painful whinny as the tired and tattered Confederacy kept struggling to its feet for one more battle and one more loss. To Rusty's independent, red-haired mannerof thinking, it was high time the Richmond government conceded defeat and let the guns fall silent. Even from his faraway vantage point at the edge of Comanche-Kiowa country he saw clearly and with pain that the war had bled both sides much too long.The Texas frontier had a war of its own to contend with, and it was far from over.Rusty Shannon was tall and rangy, some would say perpetually hungry-looking. Meals were a sometime thing when frontier rangers scouted for Indians. Often the men were too pressed to stop, and at other times they simply had nothing to eat.He considered himself a soldier of sorts, though he owned no uniform. Texas had not even provided him a badge as a symbol of ranger authority. The cuffs were raveled on his grimy homespun cotton shirt, the sleeves mended and mended again. His frayed gray trousers seemed as much patch as original woolen fabric, for the long war had made new clothing scarce and money scarcer.Red hair bristled over his ears and brushed his collar. Forced to be frugal, rangers cut each other's hair. It was often a rough job of butchery, but appearances were of little concern. Staying alive and helping others stay alive were what counted on the frontier.Riding their assigned north-south line past the western fringe of settlement, the patrol had come upon tracks of fifteen to twenty horses at dusk yesterday. By order of Texas's Confederate government in Austin, the rangers were duty-bound to locate and take into custody any deserters or conscription dodgers who might be idling out the war in the wild country beyond the settlements.Rusty knew the approximate whereabouts of fifty or sixty such men banded together for mutual security, but they were of little interest to him. If the Confederacy wanted them captured it should send Confederate Army troops to do the job. Five or six rangers were no match for so many brush men even if they invested a full heart in the duty, and he had no heart for that kind of business.He had regarded secession from the Union four years ago as a grave mistake though fellow Texans had voted in its favor. He saw the war as folly on both sides, North and South. If a man did not want to take part in it, the authorities should leave him the hell alone. Officialdom did not share his view, of course. Remaining with the rangers on the frontier kept him out of the military's sight.Freckle-faced Len Tanner had swung a long and lanky leg across the cantle, dismounting to study the tracks. ""Conscript dodgers, you think?""That was a possibility, but instinct told Rusty the trail had been made by Comanches or possibly Kiowas. Perhaps both, for they often joined forces to venture south from their prairie and mountain strongholds. The Indians were well aware that white men of the North had been at war with white men of the South for most of four years. They did not understand the reasons, or care. What mattered was that the fighting's heavy drain upon manpower left the frontier vulnerable. In places it had withdrawn eastward fifty to a hundred miles, leaving homes abandoned, strayed livestock running wild. Settlers who dared remain lived in jeopardy.After sending one man back to company headquarters near Fort Belknap to report to Captain Oran Whitfield, Rusty had set out to follow the trail. Len Tanner rode beside him. Rusty had never decided whether Tanner's legs were too long or his horse too short, for his stirrups dangled halfway between the mount's belly and the ground. Eyes eager, Tanner said, ""Tracks are freshenin'. We ought to catch up with them pretty soon.""""Catchin' them is what we're paid for.""""Who's been paid?""The Texas state government was notorious for being perpetually broke, unable to meet obligations. Wages for its employees were near the bottom of the priority list, especially for those men in homespun cloth and buckskin who rode the frontier picket line far away from those who wrote the laws and appropriated the money.Darkness had forced Rusty to halt the patrol and wait fordaylight lest they lose the trail. He had slept little, frustrated that the raiders might be gaining time. Night had been no hindrance to the Indians if they chose to keep traveling.Now he saw a half-burned cabin, a man and two boys carrying water in buckets from a nearby creek and throwing it on the smoking walls. He remembered the place. It belonged to a farmer named Haines. Hearing the horses, the man grabbed a rifle. He lowered it when he saw that the riders were not Indians. He focused a resentful attention on Rusty.""Minutemen, ain't you?""Ranger was not an official term. The public often referred to the rangers as minutemen, among other things.Looking upon two blanket-covered forms on the ground, Rusty felt a chill. The blankets were charred along the edges. ""Yes sir, Mr. Haines.""""How come you always show up when it's too late?""Rusty could have told him there were not enough rangers to be everywhere and protect everybody. The war back east had drawn away too many of the state's fighting-age men. The ranger desertion rate had risen to alarming levels, partly out of fear of being conscripted into Confederate service and partly because the state treasury was as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard. Even on those rare occasions when a paymaster visited the frontier companies, he never brought enough money to pay the men all that was due them.It was futile to try to explain that to a man who had just lost so much. ""We'll bury your dead,"" Rusty said, ""then I'll send a couple of men to escort you and your boys to Fort Belknap.""The farmer set his jaw firmly. ""We've got nobody at Belknap. Everybody we have is here, and here we're stayin'.""""You've got no roof over your head.""""We saved part of the cabin. We can rebuild it. You just stay on them red devils' trail.""Rusty saw only the man and the two boys. Fearing he already knew, he asked, ""What about your womenfolks?""The farmer cleared his throat, but his voice fell to little more than a whisper. ""They're here."" He knelt beside one ofthe covered forms and lifted the scorched blanket enough for Rusty to see a woman's bloodied face. The scalp had been ripped from her head. ""My wife. Other one is our little girl. The Comanches butchered them like they was cattle.""""How come they didn't get the rest of you?""The farmer looked at the two boys. They still carried water to throw on the cabin though the fire appeared to be out. ""Me and my sons was workin' in the field. The heathens came upon the cabin so quick they was probably inside before Annalee even saw them. I hit one with my first shot, and they drawed away. All we could do for Annalee and the baby was to drag them outside before they burned."" He looked at the ground as if ashamed he had been unable to do more.Rusty was undecided whether settlers like Haines who remained on the exposed western frontier were brave or merely foolhardy. Either way, he would concede that they were tenacious.Ruefully the farmer turned his attention back to his wife and daughter. ""Conscript officers decided to pass me by on account of my age and my family."" He cleared his throat again. ""I wish they'd taken me. My family would've moved back to East Texas and been safe."" He gave Rusty a close scrutiny. ""You're a fit-lookin' specimen. Why ain't you in the Confederate Army?""""I figured I was needed more in the rangin' service.""The Texas legislature had fought and won a grudging concession from the Richmond government to defer men serving in the frontier companies. But the agreement was often ignored by conscription officers who raided the outlying companies and took rangers whether or not they were willing to go. Those drafts had increased as the Confederacy's fortunes soured and its military ranks were decimated by battlefield casualties. So far Rusty had avoided the call, though he had a nagging hunch that time was closing in.The farmer rubbed an ash-darkened sleeve across his face. His voice became contrite. ""Sorry I jumped all over you. I know it's not your doin' that there ain't enough rangers. It's the Richmond government's fault, takin' off so many men tofight a stupid war a thousand miles away. And the Texas government for lettin' them get away with it. Damn them all, and double damn Jeff Davis.""There had been a time when such words could put a man in mortal danger from rope-wielding zealots determined to rid Texas of dissidents. Rusty had helped cut down the bodies of his friend Lon Monahan and Lon's son Billy from the limb of a tree in the wake of the hangmen. Now and then in the dark of night the memory brought him awake, clammy with cold sweat and fighting his blanket. He had long harbored...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;children's books;genre fiction;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;united states;used & rental textbooks;westerns,10
1577361687,"Yesteryear Lorraine Massey wrote for Christian publications for many  years and has published more than 100 poems and essays in these  periodicals.  She is the author of a historical novel, Ashes of Roses,  and a collection of stories, entitled, simply, Short Stories.  For  twenty-three years, she worked as a fashion coordinator and  commentator, and was a frequent judge at local beauty contests.  She  currently lives in Wilson County, Tennessee.",20th century;americas;books;education & reference;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);politics & social sciences;popular culture;social sciences;united states,10
1930865880,"Trapped: When Acting Ethically is Against the Law ""Deftly exploring the impracticalities and seemingly inane concepts which restrict our citizens and fill our penitentiaries, Trapped is very strongly recommended reading for anyone with an interest in business ethics, white collar crime, and their impact in a highly competitive marketplace."" --Midwest Book Review ""Did you know that in many ways the terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay have more rights than corporate CEOs and their employees? If you want to know more, get John Hasnas's book!"" --Mark Levin, author, Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America ""Ethical behavior is critical in business. John Hasnas shows that new laws and regulations too often force CEOs to choose between acting legally and acting ethically. This is a book for business people, policymakers, and everyone who has a stake in successful and ethical business enterprises."" --John Mackey, Co-founder and CEO, Whole Foods Market ""Most Americans think that they receive ample protections against unwise or excessive criminal prosecution. But they had better think again. John Hasnas's quiet dissection of the manifold laws dealing with such arcane subjects as money laundering, mail fraud, racketeering, and obstruction of justice shows how people who are innocent of any primary offense are all too often caught in a complex web of federal law dealing with white-collar crime as they go about their ordinary business. Granted, argues Hasnas, white-collar crime is harder to prosecute than street crime. But he convincingly shows that an aggressive Congress and compliant courts have tilted the balance too much in favor of criminal prosecution. We should all be troubled by the prosecutorial histories of Arthur Andersen and Martha Stewart, among others."" --Richard A. Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago ""Mr. Hasnas does a good job of explaining the current state of criminal law for corporations, which have no Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, as well as Justice Department policies that offer leniency only to companies that cooperate by turning in employees."" --Floyd Norris, the New York Times ""Hasnas demonstrates very effectively that lawmakers and judges have placed corporate executives in an untenable position. Trampling on the traditional elements of criminal law may make it easier to prosecute alleged deceptive corporate behavior, but it also makes business an endeavor that may result in personal financial loss and imprisonment, despite ones best efforts at compliance with the law.  Trapped makes a persuasive case for the need to return to our former, more traditional principles of criminal law. On the present course, we face the prospect that only the foolhardy and unethical will be willing to enter the world of business, while competent and qualified individuals will justifiably steer clear.""  --Erica Little, Townhall.com	John Hasnas is an associate professor of business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.",biographies & memoirs;books;business;business & investing;criminology;law;politics & social sciences;social sciences;true accounts;true crime,10
0962262129,"Building South Dakota: A Historical Survey of the State's Architecture to 1945 (Historical Preservation Series, V. 1) Building South Dakota portrays the state's rich and diverse   architectural heritage from its earliest days. Over 375 photographs   illustrate forms and styles of architecture found in every section of   South Dakota and every era through the first half-century of statehood.   Because many of the historic buildings depicted are no longer standing,   Building South Dakota provides a link to past generations.    From   American Indian shelters to European-American vernacular structures and   architect-designed buildings, David Erpestad and David Wood   painstakingly trace the development of South Dakota's built   environment. The result is a valuable reference work and resource for   appreciating and preserving South Dakota's architectural legacy.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",americas;architecture;books;history;humanities;new;professional & technical;state & local;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
0671768379,"Friends, Lovers, and Soul Mates: A Guide to Better Relationships Between Black Men and Women Drawing on their own eight-year marriage, the psychotherapist authors offer what they claim is the first self-help guide to African American relationships, complete with skill-building exercises. With candor and insight, they discuss the fear of intimacy that can plague black men and women, aggravated by problems of ethnic--and, for women, gender--identity. The Hopsons discuss the qualities that African Americans purportedly seek in an ideal mate, but they caution that developing a sense of one's own identity and self-esteem are the first steps in finding that person. An Afrocentric view of the world with its pride in black culture can serve as a source of inspiration, racial identity and empowerment, stress the authors. They also cite communication as the key to dealing successfully in a relationship with issues like money, family, infidelity and spirituality. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Dr. Gwedolyn Goldsby Grant psychologist, advice columnist at ESSENCE magazine An insightful, soul-searching book about healing the wounded Black male-female relationship. The authors provide us with hope and instruction at the same time.Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Wherever we go, there's always at least one someone who wants to know exactly how we have managed to stay married all these years. Now, instead of racking our brains for a magical answer, we can point them in the direction of the good Doctors Hopson! Here is a marvelous and important guide to discovering some magic of your own.Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry This book provides a sound, positive approach, containing specific guidelines, on how Black men and Black women can build stronger and happier partnerships. I recommend this volume to Black couples seeking to improve their relationships.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Derek S. Hopson, Ph.D. and Darlene Powell Hopson, Ph.D. are practicing clinical psychologists. They have a monthly column in Young Sisters & Brothers magazine called ""Listen Up"" and are the authors of Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children in a Race-Conscious Society, and Raising the Rainbow Generation: Teaching Your Children to Be Successful in a Multicultural Society. They live with their two children in Middlefield, Connecticut.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Chapter 1  What Is a Soul Mate?  Soul mates have a special place in the lives of Black people in contemporary American society because they allow us to shed the burdens we carry through the day. In the safe haven created by intimacy, we find a place to speak honestly about ourselves and to heal from the wounds inflicted on us. Most of us are happiest when we have the opportunity to love and be loved; most of us thrive in the close bonds of commitment. As one of our clients said to his girlfriend, ""When the world is kicking me and I'm down, it is you whom I look to for support. And I'd like to be able to do the same thing for you.""  If you are fortunate, you may have known some intimate couples whose love has endured through times of trouble and times of joy. Their loyalty, support, and commitment to each other have not flagged, even when the circumstances of their lives have changed. They may share common interests, laugh at the same jokes, have similar taste in movies, and travel well together. When conflicts surface, they negotiate their differences in a climate of trust. They feel safe taking emotional risks, knowing they will not be attacked for admitting vulnerabilities. They are often sexually adventurous and committed to fidelity. Each feels comfortable with his or her own racial and spiritual identity and each partner respects the other's differences. Like all couples, they surely have their trials, but even when they disagree or disappoint each other, they avoid becoming bitter or accusatory. In all of their dealings, they find ways to uplift each other and to infuse hope and determination into the hardships of daily life.  But perhaps you have not had the privilege of knowing such inspirational soul mates. Perhaps your parents quarreled constantly as each one sought to gain the upper hand. Or your father was absent altogether and your mother went from one bad relationship to another. You may have been raised by adults who did not readily express emotions or who vented their frustrations on each other. Perhaps you were smothered and overprotected. Maybe your parents were emotionally distant. You may even have been emotionally, physically, or sexually abused.  Most likely you are still paying the price for these childhood experiences. The absence of strong, positive role models almost always leaves scars, and as an adult, you will have to struggle to resolve the experiences of a painful past. If intimacy was unfamiliar to you, you may be so fearful of getting close to other people that you sabotage your own relationships. Or perhaps the emotional void created in childhood was so intense that you scare potential partners away with your feverish efforts to get close. Men and women who grew up without healthy role models may also create unrealistic fantasies about an ideal lover -- and then find it hard to understand why no one meets their expectations.  Whatever your particular experiences, the result is likely to be the same -- you can't find love or you can't hold on to it when you do. A traditional Buddhist aphorism identifies at least part of the solution to your troubles: When the student is ready, the teacher appears. Essentially the same thing can be said for a soul mate. When you have developed a secure sense of your own identity, worked through some of the unresolved conflicts of childhood, feel confident and happy with yourself, and are receptive to a serious relationship, you are ready at last to make a commitment to a special person.  Rachel and Bill have the type of soul-mate relationship that many men and women, married or single, are seeking. Through a forty-year marriage that endured some terrible moments, they nurtured a powerful, intimate, and inspiring connection. When the winds of racism began to blow in their small Arkansas town, Bill headed north to Chicago in search of work; two years passed before Rachel and their children could join him. A decade later their son was killed in a tragic accident and the couple drew close to sustain each other through the terrible pain. Bill was involved in a brief but tempestuous affair and Rachel struggled with temptation, although she eventually decided to resist the advances of a family friend.  Over the years, they have also shared some moments of magic. They cherish six healthy grandchildren, have paid a triumphant visit to their ancestral homeland in the Ivory Coast, and won a community service award for developing innovative programs for inner-city youngsters. In their toughest times and at moments that shined most brightly, Rachel and Bill always valued their love and respect for each other.  The remarkable thing about such soul mates is that they light up everyone around them with the depth of their feelings. A day spent in their presence can be a day spent in serenity. In Beloved, Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison's extraordinary novel about love and loss, a slave named Sixo captured the power of a soul-mate connection when he describes his relationship with the Thirty-Mile Woman, named for the distance he'd walk in each direction for the chance to spend an hour with her. Sixo declares: ""She is a friend of mine. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind."" Such is the potential for Black love.  The Love We Seek  What sort of person can create this type of bond with you? Who is willing to understand and accept you as you are? Who can create a safe space where you feel protected from the often-painful realities of being an African-American in this society?  Our discussions with hundreds of Black men and women over the years have helped us identify some highly valued soul-mate characteristics. There's no shopping list of ingredients, of course, and obviously everyone has differing priorities. Needs also change over time -- it may be important to find a brother with a good-looking body when you are twenty-one, while financial stability and the willingness to commit often become more significant by the time you reach thirty-five. Some women are also discovering that Black men with solid values and respectable, but not glamorous, jobs -- the mail carriers, bus drivers, and office clerks they may once have written off as less than they deserve -- can be worthy and loving mates.  What Black Men Want  Imagine how Black men might be in a world with fewer obstacles and more support. What if we could eliminate the negative images that have been created, not only in the minds of White people but, tragically, in our own minds as well? Haki R. Madhubuti, the poet, essayist, and literary critic, offers this stirring description in his essay ""Black Manhood: Toward a Definition"":  a lover of life and all that is beautiful, one who is constantly growing and who learns from mistakes. a challenger of the known and the unknown. the first to admit that he does not know as he seeks to find out. able to solicit the best out of self and others. soft. strong. not afraid to take the lead. creative father. organized and organizer. a brother to brothers. a brother to sisters. understanding. patient. a winner. maintainer of the i can, i must, i will attitude toward Black struggle and life. a builder of the necessary. always and always in a process of growth and without a doubt believes that our values and traditions are not negotiable.  With Madhubuti's ideal in mind, let us try to answer the question our sisters keep asking: What does the Black man want from his woman?  She needs to let me admit my need for compassion. Media stereotypes depict Black men as hard and dangerous and our own pride makes us want to convey an image of emotional strength. But the truth is that we confront a cold world every day and want to find some warmth, comfort, and compassion from the women we love. We don't want to be fawned over but we want to be able to let our guard down and have our feelings affirmed. One of our clients puts it like this: ""When things are rough, I want to make sure my woman can be a friend to me. I want to be able to talk to her and know that she will be there for me.""  In the African tradition, we have a saying that ""life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony."" Taken literally, it tells us that a Black man may discover his own strengths in moments of great vulnerability. But it takes a supportive and loving woman to see that strength.  She should be comfortable with her own sexuality. Many Black men tell us they are looking for a woman who is sensual and at ease with her sexuality. Some adjectives they use to describe this blend are well groomed, attractive, affectionate, attentive, and responsive. But the stereotype that men are just ""looking for a little piece of action"" doesn't hold up. In our discussion groups, men say having an orgasm isn't enough to achieve full sexual satisfaction. ""Sure, the physical release is important, but so are the emotions that go along with it,"" said a young attorney. If a woman is uptight or unresponsive, it is difficult to connect with her emotionally.  She should know how to be strong without being hostile. The painful history that has forced Black women to be strong has been a great asset to our families and our communities, but some men feel that women are confusing strength with combativeness. ""If her being strong means that we have to fight all the time, then I have a problem with that,"" said one man, complaining about women who approach relationships as if they are arming for battle. ""I don't think a woman has to prove that she is always right to be liberated."" He termed his own goal ""egalitarian intimacy"": ""I see us as companions and equal partners, two adults who are going forth and sharing ourselves. I'm not interested in either one of us baby-sitting the other."" Women have to be careful not to confuse assertiveness with aggression that may be displaced from earlier, failed relationships.  She should take pride in her ethnic identity...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",african-american studies;books;family relationships;fitness & dieting;health;parenting & relationships;politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;social sciences;specific demographics,10
0025893300,"Haing Ngor: A Cambodian Odyssey Ngor spent four years as a ""war slave"" under the Khmer Rouge, experiencing severe torture, losing most of his family and posing as a former cab driver when in fact he had been a doctor. His account of what amounted to a living nightmare vividly conveys the extent of organized savagery that held sway in Cambodia from 1975 until the invasion by the North Vietnamese. Some of the details are so ugly that in three places the author suggests that ""readers with sensitive feelings"" skip the balance of a chapter. This is more than a recounting of his ordeal, however; Ngor goes a long way toward explaining why a land known for its shy and gentle people became the site of mass killings that reached genocidal proportions. He also provides an excellent account of the origins of the Khmer Rouge and the career of Pol Pot. The latter part of the book has to do with the almost incredible circumstances that led to an Academy Award for his role in the film The Killing Fields. A terrible and thrilling story. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Best known for his Oscar-winning role in The Killing Fields , Haing tells his life story, concentrating on his experiences in the hell that was Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He lost most of his family; unable to admit his medical training (doctors and their families were marked for death), he watched helplessly as his wife died in childbirth; and he was repeatedly imprisoned and tortured. This frank and often horrifying narrative of survival is enriched by the author's attempts to understand incredible inhumanity, his perceptive discussion of events that led to the Khmer Rouge victory, and his description of the continuing suffering of Cambodians under North Vietnamese occupation and as refugees in Thailand. For adult readers. Kenneth W. Berger, Duke Univ. Lib., Durham, N.C.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.",arts & literature;asia;biographies & memoirs;books;cambodia;china;entertainers;history;humor & entertainment;southeast asia,10
0743222474,"Who's Got Game?: The Ant or the Grasshopper? Kindergarten-Grade 5-Rhythmic verse, comic-strip panels, and a bug-populated city are the main elements in this modern twist on an Aesop fable. Kid A, an ant, leaves his grasshopper friend, Foxy G, to return to work: ""Got to split, Foxy. The summer's been fun. Time to dump this place, get back in the race. There's a lot of work to be done."" Foxy stays on the streets (""I have to groove, move, prove, disprove-"") to play music ""clear and wild."" When the grasshopper's wings freeze, he shamefully goes to the ant's door. Recalling Leo Lionni's Frederick (Knopf, 1967), Foxy argues that ""art is work/It just looks like play,"" but his friend rejects him. Strong rhythms and occasional use of slang match the jazzy world depicted in the artwork. Some rhymes seem forced, but in general the poetry is effective, flowing through narration and dialogue. The handwritten cursive text may be challenging for younger readers. Lemaitre's cartoons help with the story's pace, and the switch from small panels to full-page scenes effectively accentuates dramatic moments. The book ends with two wordless illustrations, one showing a not-so-sure-of-himself ant, opposite a look at the grasshopper trudging through the snow. A final scene repeats the grasshopper view, this time depicted as a snow globe, with the phrase ""Who's Got Game?"" underneath. Readers drawn into the initially lighthearted tale are neatly led to a conclusion that encourages them to ponder and discuss the value and importance of art.Steven Engelfried, Beaverton City Library, ORCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Gr. 2-6. Novelist Morrison and her son, a professional painter, team up again with the illustrator of their previous joint project, The Book of Mean People (2002). This time, Aesop's fable about the organized ant and the live-for-today grasshopper provides the picture-book story line, which is illustrated in highly colored and textured cartoon panels. The setting is urban contemporary, and the dialogue is heavily spiced with street talk and basketball references. The characters, Foxy G and Kid A, are depicted quickly and surely in both text and image as the story unfolds with its classic message. The final pages present a moral question usually ignored by Aesop's adaptors. Did the ant do the right thing by withholding charity from one who gave him aesthetic pleasure? The idea won't mean much to younger children, but it's exactly the right question to open discussion among older ones, who are becoming aware of the notion of strength of character. Francisca GoldsmithCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993.Slade Morrison was born in Ohio and educated in New York City. He studied art at SUNY Purchase and maintains a studio in Rockland County where he lives. He has collaborated with his mother on three previous books for children.Pascal Lemaitre illustrated Toni and Slade Morrison's bestselling Who's Got Game?: Three Fables, as well as many other books for children. He and his family divide their time between Brussels, Belgium, where he teaches illustration, and Brooklyn, New York. Visit him online at PascalLemaitre.com.",books;comics & graphic novels;contemporary;graphic novels;humor;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;satire;teens;united states,10
0762702222,"Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens Start with detailed river descriptions. Add intriguing information about the region's geological, social, environmental, and botanical history. Sprinkle in some savvy tips on maneuvering a canoe. The result is this fifth edition of 'Canoeing the Jersey Pine Barrens,' the most comprehensive guide to canoeing in this area. Author Robert Parnes reveals the region's fascinating history and presents the 14 rivers most suitable for canoeing in the Pine Barrens. Each chapter features a particular river, brook, or creek and lists driving routes to reach it as well as area campgrounds, canoe-rental agencies, and public amenities. Accompanying maps and charts detail all the access points to each river, points of interest along the way, distances between those points, and approximate canoeing times.",adventure;books;canoeing;mid atlantic;northeast;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;travel;united states;water sports,10
B00062BO52,United Cutlery Black Ninja Sword ATTRIBUTESBlade Length (inches):17.25Blade Material:420Carry System:Nylon Sheath w/Leg StrapHandle Material:420 BlackOverall Length (inches):26.88,health & personal care;household supplies;knives;martial arts;ninja weapons;other sports;paper & plastic;plates & cutlery;sports & outdoors;weapons,10
0862324793,"The CIA: A Forgotten History : Us Global Interventions Since World War 2 The CIA: A Forgotten History is out of print but it has been replaced and totally superseded by Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, ISBN 1-56751-052-3	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;criminal law;international & world politics;law;law enforcement;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;social work;specific topics,10
B00004Z64R,"DYMO LabelWriter Shipping Labels, White with Red Border, 2-5/16"" x 4"", 300 per pack 30344 Shipping Labels White W",accessories & supplies;electronics;indexes & stamps;labeling tapes;labels;labels & stickers;office & school supplies;office electronics accessories;office products;shipping labels,10
0710208693,"The Thousand Nights and One Night Kings and princes and towers, battles and djinni and houris, fables and histories and legends: the whole adding up to more than the sum of its parts. I unreservedly recommend it.Knave	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Text: English, French, Arabic (translation)",books;fairy tales;folklore;folklore & mythology;literature & fiction;mythology & folk tales;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0312311028,"Behind Bars: The Straight-Up Tales of a Big-City Bartender ""Wenzel's pulp-fiction prose can hold its own against Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential....Compulsively readable.""- Elle""A superb memoir of urban life...sharp-witted and complex....Behind Bars delivers a subtle and mature personal narrative."" - Minneapolis Star Tribune	""There are eight million stories in the naked city and bartender Ty Wenzel has heard every one of them. She shares some of the best here in a wild, funny and sometimes horrifying account of life behind the bar. This a wicked shot of truth-served straight up."" --Debra Ginsberg, author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress ""Having been employed at Marion's during Ty's reign, I can only say I wish I would have paid more attention during my tenure, so I could publish a snappy tell-all. All I'm left with after years of waiting on tables are corns on my feet and a tin full of change."" --Amy Sedaris, actress and former Marion's waitress  ""In Behind Bars Ty Wenzel tells her story with humor, honesty, and courage, exposing details about her life that many of us would shudder to expose to the cold light of the printed page. Bravo!"" --Dale DeGroff, ""King Cocktail,"" former Rainbow Room bartender, and author of The Craft of the Cocktail ""Ty pours out some great tips for bar patrons and great stories about them. I recommend this book to anyone who's ever sat on either side of the bar."" --Ray Foley, publisher of Bartender magazine  ""New York is changing. I know that's old man to say, but it is. Ty's stories capture a time that will be completely gone soon! Capture it beautifully and honestly. Enjoy them . . . cherish them."" --Dito Montiel, author of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	""There are eight million stories in the naked city and bartender Ty Wenzel has heard every one of them. She shares some of the best here in a wild, funny and sometimes horrifying account of life behind the bar. This a wicked shot of truth-served straight up."" --Debra Ginsberg, author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress""Having been employed at Marion's during Ty's reign, I can only say I wish I would have paid more attention during my tenure, so I could publish a snappy tell-all. All I'm left with after years of waiting on tables are corns on my feet and a tin full of change."" --Amy Sedaris, actress and former Marion's waitress ""In Behind Bars Ty Wenzel tells her story with humor, honesty, and courage, exposing details about her life that many of us would shudder to expose to the cold light of the printed page. Bravo!"" --Dale DeGroff, ""King Cocktail,"" former Rainbow Room bartender, and author of The Craft of the Cocktail""Ty pours out some great tips for bar patrons and great stories about them. I recommend this book to anyone who's ever sat on either side of the bar."" --Ray Foley, publisher of Bartender magazine ""New York is changing. I know that's old man to say, but it is. Ty's stories capture a time that will be completely gone soon! Capture it beautifully and honestly. Enjoy them . . . cherish them."" --Dito Montiel, author of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Ty Wenzel was the fashion editor for Cosmopolitan and a fashion coordinator for Bloomingdale's before her years as a bartender. She lives in East Hampton, New York, and New York City with her novelist husband, Kurt Wenzel, and their young son.www.tywenzel.com",bartending;biographies & memoirs;books;cookbooks;drinks & beverages;food & wine;mid atlantic;regional u.s.;specific groups;women,10
1882419235,"Programming in RPG/400 (2nd Edition) The award-winning textbook contains 14 information-packed chapters, each with practical programming assignments. It begins with an overview for programmers new to the field. The author then gives students a thorough understanding of how to use RPG/400 efficiently in a variety of applications. Heavy emphasis is placed on top-down, structured programming. In a new chapter and a new appendix, Dr. Yaeger provides guidance for the transition from RPG/400 to RPG IV.	Judy Yaeger is an associate professor in the Business Information Systems Department at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. She has a Ph.D. in experimental psychology and an M.B.A. with an emphasis in computer information systems. She also is a technical editor of NEWS 3X/400, the leading technical journal for IBM midrange professionals. Judy has more than twelve years experience teaching RPG at both the community college and university levels. She recently spent a year on sabbatical leave in Malaysia, where she taught courses at Sunway College and investigated the development of computer information systems within the country.	Preface This second edition is designed to provide a transition from RPG/400 to RPG IV, the version of RPG that participates in IBMs Integrated Language Environment (ILE). Look for the new final chapter (Chapter 14: Looking Ahead: RPG IV), which summarizes the key features of RPG IV. In addition, although the content of the original chapters still focuses on RPG/400, a new appendix (Appendix E: RPG IV and RPG/400) points out how the material in each chapter is affected by the new version of the language. These effects consist of Mandatory Changes -- features of RPG/400 that will not work with the RPG IV compiler -- and Optional Changes -- enhancements to RPG/400 that can be used, but are not required by the compiler. Other changes to the text include revised figures (reworked for increased clarity) and a section on externally described printer files (added to Chapter 5: Externally Described Files). Finally, numerous small (but annoying) code inaccuracies have been corrected. The purpose of this book is to instruct students in the syntax of RPG/400 and the programming methods used by today's RPG programmers -- and to prepare them for the time when RPG IV has been more universally adopted. Its primary purpose is to serve as a classroom text for a first course that introduces students to RPG programming, but it is also suitable for those experienced programmers who wish to learn another language. The book attempts to bridge the gap between academia and the business world by presenting all the facets of RPG/400 needed by a professional programmer. The material is introduced gradually, and it is organized such that students will be able to write simple procedural programs by the end of Chapter 2. Each successive chapter adds additional facts about RPG and programming techniques to make students increasingly knowledgeable about RPG and, as the term progresses, increasingly proficient at programming. Each chapter includes a brief overview to orient students to the material contained in the chapter and a chapter summary reiterating the major points covered. In addition, the chapters contain discussion/review questions, exercises, and programming assignments. A major challenge for a programming instructor is to help students develop their analytical and problem solving skills, so that they can apply concepts to new situations. The end-of-chapter material is designed to make students think, rather than simply repeat memorized terms or recode algorithms presented within the chapters. The assignments at the ends of the chapters are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, so that instructors can assign programs appropriate to their time schedules and their students' abilities. Some of the programs are difficult and will require time and effort on the part of the students to develop correct solutions. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to learn to become a good programmer, nor can you learn to deal with program complexity by merely reading or talking about it. Those students interested in becoming MIS professionals must recognize that they have chosen a rewarding but demanding and challenging profession, and they need to realize that they must be willing to devote the effort required to succeed in that profession. To provide students with a sense of application system development, and not just stand-alone programs, most of the programming assignments are part of three application systems described in Appendix D. By working on these assignments, students should gain a sense of how data files are repeatedly used by numerous applications for different, related purposes. Although a complete introduction to using the AS/400 is beyond the scope of this text, Appendices A and B introduce students to working on the system using the Programmer Menu, PDM, and SEU. Appendix C tries to provide some insights into program testing and debugging, often a bewildering process for beginning programmers. Depending on the length of your term and the pace you wish to set, instructors may choose to present this material over two terms or to omit some of the more technical chapters less central to RPG/400. If you have already installed V3R1 of OS/400 on your system, you should direct students to read the appropriate section from Appendix E as you present each chapter; they should also read Chapter 14. If you still work with an RPG/400 compiler, you simply may want students to read Chapter 14 at the end of the term to acquaint them with the features of RPG IV. Chapters 1-9 and 13 definitely should be presented to provide students with the minimal information needed by entry-level RPG programmers. An instructor's manual is available to those instructors adopting this text for classroom use; the manual includes answers to the review questions, solutions to the exercises, and solutions to the programming assignments. The manual also comes with a diskette containing all the data files needed by the programming assignments and the source code of solutions to the programming assignments, as well.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;hardware;languages & tools;mathematics;programming;rpg;science & math;software,10
B000FMRVU0,"The Marriage of Heaven and Earth: Alchemical Regeneration in the Works of Taylor, Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller (Contributions to the Study of American Literature) From the Middle Ages to the close of the 17th century, alchemy was fundamental to Western culture, as scores of experimenters sought to change lead into gold. Though its significance declined with the rise of chemistry, alchemy continued to captivate the imagination of writers and its images still appear in modern creative works. This book examines the literary representation of alchemical theory and the metaphor of alchemical regeneration in the works of Edward Taylor, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller.While Taylor used alchemical metaphors to illustrate the redeeming grace of God upon the soul, these same metaphors were used by Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller to depict a broader concept of redemption. These later writers used alchemical imagery to describe both the regeneration of the individual and the possible transformation of society. For Poe, alchemy became a metaphor for the transforming power of imagination; for Hawthorne, it became a means of representing the redeeming power of love; for Fuller, it figured the reconciliation of gender opposites. Thus these four American writers incorporated the idea of regeneration in their works, and the tropes and metaphors of the medieval alchemists provided a fascinating way of imagining the transformative process.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	From the Middle Ages to the close of the 17th century, alchemy was fundamental to Western culture, as scores of experimenters sought to change lead into gold. Though its significance declined with the rise of chemistry, alchemy continued to captivate the imagination of writers and its images still appear in modern creative works. This book examines the literary representation of alchemical theory and the metaphor of alchemical regeneration in the works of Edward Taylor, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller.While Taylor used alchemical metaphors to illustrate the redeeming grace of God upon the soul, these same metaphors were used by Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller to depict a broader concept of redemption. These later writers used alchemical imagery to describe both the regeneration of the individual and the possible transformation of society. For Poe, alchemy became a metaphor for the transforming power of imagination; for Hawthorne, it became a means of representing the redeeming power of love; for Fuller, it figured the reconciliation of gender opposites. Thus these four American writers incorporated the idea of regeneration in their works, and the tropes and metaphors of the medieval alchemists provided a fascinating way of imagining the transformative process.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",19th century;books;classics;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;medieval;modern (16th-21st centuries);movements & periods;united states,10
B000GPHIFO,"India Tree Winter Wonderland Snowflakes Party Decoratifs, 2 Pounds Add a festive touch to cakes, cookies pastries and ice cream, using Indian Tree Party Decoratifs, available in holiday colors and seasonal mixes designed to delight the child in all of us.",cake decorations;cooking & baking supplies;decorations;frosting;grocery & gourmet food;health & personal care;icing & decorations;pantry staples;party supplies;stationery & party supplies,10
0738201162,"Journeys Beyond The Standard Model (Frontiers in Physics) ""An elegant account of the Standard Model--its origins, its  symmetries, and its extraordinary predictive power. And an inspiring  excursion to the experimental and theoretical frontiers of particle  physics."" -- Thomas Appelquist, Yale University""This unique book belongs in the library of every student and  practitioner of elementary particle physics. Both theorists and  experimentalists will value this volume as a guide to some of the most  exciting new developments in high energy physics."" -- Jonathan L. Rosner, University of Chicago	Pierre Ramond is Professor of Physics at the Institute for Fundamental Theory at the University of Florida and a past President of the Aspen Center for Physics.",books;electromagnetism;new;nuclear physics;particle physics;physics;science & math;science & mathematics;solid-state physics;used & rental textbooks,10
155022428X,"Former Child Star: The Story of America's Least Wanted An in-depth look at the psychological effects of finding fame at a young age. Dana Plato didn't believe Diff'rent Strokes was ill-fated. ""I would have crashed and burned no matter what,"" the ex-primetimer said in 1997. And then, two years later, she crashed and burned for good - dead of an apparent suicide. She was 34 and, commonly perceived as the latest victim of something far greater than Diff'rent Strokes - Plato had succumbed to the former child star ""curse."" Or had she? Former Child Star is the first in-depth look at a generation's virtual peers - from Dana Plato to Gary Coleman, from Ricky Nelson to Rick Schroder and beyond. No mere where-are-they-now? retread, Former Child Star asks the question: Why are they now? Why do most ex-kid actors turn out just fine, while others dwell in tabloid (or worse) hell? Author Joal Ryan, the journalist and keeper of an acclaimed Web site on tv former child stars, is ready with answers. Tracing the behind-the-scenes history of the tv child actor from the 1950s to today, Ryan examines the successes of the Ron Howards, the trying times of the Gary Colemans, the burnouts of the Dana Platos. She finds that the real curse faced by these familiar faces is our ""celebrity-or-bust"" culture. Drawing on first-hand interviews with players who appeared on My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, One Day at a Time, Diff'rent Strokes, and more, Ryan weaves a compelling tale that is as much a treatise on the culture of celebrity as it is a really cool book about kids we grew up watching grow up.	JOAL RYAN is a Los Angeles-based journalist and author of three pop-culture-related books. In 1996, she wrote and directed Former Child Star, an indie comedy about a totally fictional (and somewhat felonious) former child star. Her fan Web site, Former Child Star Central, has been featured on cnn and in Movieline magazine.	Joal Ryan (joalryan@yahoo.com) is a Los Angeles-based journalist and author. In 1996, she wrote and directed ""Former Child Star,"" the indie comedy about a totally fictional (and somewhat felonious) former child star.The site has been featured on CNN and noted in Movieline, Newsweek and Entertainment Weekly. A senior editor for IFILM, Ryan's journalism has also appeared in E! Online, the Los Angeles Times, Swing and Film Threat, among other publications.",arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;books;children's books;children's studies;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;politics & social sciences;social sciences;television,10
0691122687,"The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting the Nation's Poor Children and Families ""Currie's book . . . is engaging and free of both jargon and ideology. . . . [S]he has laid out a reform agenda that could guide modern-day Moynihans in their fight against political pressure to sacrifice the safety net on the altar of national security.""--Michael Brus, RealChangeNews.org""In-kind programs have long been neglected in discussions of the welfare system in the United States. . . . At a time when funding and other support for public assistance is shrinking, [Currie] contends, the profile of this safety net must be raised, lest it be dismantled before its importance is realized.""--Education Week""[Janet Currie] offers specific reforms for improving . . . [anti-poverty] programs . . . and concludes with an overview of an integrated safety net that would fight poverty more effectively and prevent children from slipping through holes in the net.""--International Social Security Review""Currie has performed a commendable service to readers of multiple disciplines. This volume traces changes to the welfare system as it issues a warning about the potential for undercutting the ability of poor children and families to thrive and develop as the welfare system is transformed. [This book] provides a wonderful primer on public policy for psychologists and others who are interested in the welfare of children and families.""--Michael B. Blank and Marlene M. Eisenberg, PsycCRITIQUES""Currie's book will never be mistaken for beach reading. But it is engaging and free of both jargon and ideology.""--Michael Brus, Big Issue in the North	""There is no one who can compare with Janet Currie in thinking about programs for the poor.  Her views need to be taken very seriously.""--David M. Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics and Dean for the Social Sciences, Harvard University, author of Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System""This book is a must for all who are interested in improving the lives of children growing up in adversity. Its depth of scholarship documents how the 'invisible safety net' of programs in medical care, nutrition, housing, and early child care and preschool education have improved the lives of children and families even as welfare programs were being reduced. The author is analytic and incisive; the scholarship is impressive. This is a very creative approach to dealing with one of our society's basic problems.""--Julius B. Richmond, MD,  Harvard University, author of The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and What It Will Take To Get Out""This book provides a clear summary of how key U.S. antipoverty programs operate, with evidence on what they do (and don't) accomplish.  It's a book that any policy analyst with an interest in poverty should have on the shelf.""--Rebecca M. Blank, University of Michigan, author of It Takes a Nation""An extraordinarily important and well written book with an impeccable synthesis of the most credible existing research.""--David Zimmerman, Williams College	""There is no one who can compare with Janet Currie in thinking about programs for the poor. Her views need to be taken very seriously.""--David M. Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics and Dean for the Social Sciences, Harvard University, author of Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System""This book is a must for all who are interested in improving the lives of children growing up in adversity. Its depth of scholarship documents how the 'invisible safety net' of programs in medical care, nutrition, housing, and early child care and preschool education have improved the lives of children and families even as welfare programs were being reduced. The author is analytic and incisive; the scholarship is impressive. This is a very creative approach to dealing with one of our society's basic problems.""--Julius B. Richmond, MD, Harvard University, author of The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and What It Will Take To Get Out""This book provides a clear summary of how key U.S. antipoverty programs operate, with evidence on what they do (and don't) accomplish. It's a book that any policy analyst with an interest in poverty should have on the shelf.""--Rebecca M. Blank, University of Michigan, author of It Takes a Nation""An extraordinarily important and well written book with an impeccable synthesis of the most credible existing research.""--David Zimmerman, Williams College	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Janet M. Currie is chair of the economics department at Columbia University, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the advisory board of the National Children's Study.",books;business & investing;economics;politics & government;politics & social sciences;poverty;public affairs & policy;social sciences;social services & welfare;urban & regional,10
0312134150,"Rushing to Paradise: A Novel In one of Picador's first hardcover titles, Ballard (Crash) offers another of his tautly imagined experiments with 20th-century pathology. Here he traces an environmental crusade from its media-driven invasion of a South Seas atomic test site to its establishment of an endangered species' sanctuary, to its metamorphosis into an atavistic cult. Ballard's futuristic characters are nearly always less individual personalities than mutating preoccupations, and this cast of environmental utopians who quixotically strand themselves to save an albatross colony is no exception. Sixteen-year-old Neil Dempsey, who is drawn into the expedition by the charismatic, inscrutable ""Dr. Barbara"" (Rafferty), is joined by a Hawaiian who dreams of an independent island kingdom, a Boston Brahmin missionary, an animal-rightist airline stewardess and a band of German eco-hippies. Amid Ballard's hallucinatory evocation of the island's native flora, imported endangered fauna and abandoned military and scientific installations, Dr. Barbara proves ready to sacrifice anything or anyone for her unstable cause, whether to the international media, the island jungle or her artificial paradise. Although the naive and uncertain Neil proves a comparatively weak narrative lens for Dr. Barbara and her spiraling projects, Ballard's story moves tensely along, an apocalyptic cautionary tale for the millennium. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Jonathan Oliver's excellent narration is wasted on this tale of an ecological mission gone awry. Dr. Barbara, banned from medicine for practicing euthanasia, establishes a sanctuary for endangered species on a remote Pacific island. Neil, a fatherless 16-year-old, joins Barbara's project because he hopes ""perhaps Dr. Barbara can protect me as well as the albatross."" Neil is the doctor's most loyal follower, even when he discovers that she has resumed practicing euthanasia on healthy but bothersome members of the mission. The doctor also abandons the facade of running a sanctuary and focuses instead on her true desireAto create a Women's Republic that requires, for purposes of procreation, a single male. Neil is chosen to sire the next generation, and Barbara soon disposes of all unnecessary males. This depressing story of human savagery essentially goes nowhere and is recommended only where Ballard has a very strong following.ABeth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., OHCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio Cassette	 edition.	Ballard is well known for his harrowing memoir of life under Japanese occupation during World War II, Empire of the Sun; he has also had a long and successful career writing science fiction. This new novel will add no luster to Ballard's reputation. Rather, it is the nasty and utterly humorless story of Dr. Barbara, who, through a series of accidents, French ineptitude, and media frenzy, is anointed the leader of an ecological utopia on a tiny island in a former nuclear test area of the South Pacific. Dr. Barbara is not really interested in preserving the endangered species for which her colony was supposedly founded; instead, she is attempting to create a society in which men have value only as breeders, and a very limited value at that. The book finds nothing of worth in feminism or environmentalism, seeing these only as examples of neopuritan extremism. No idealist of any stripe is shown as anything but a fool or a hypocrite. There may be requests for this book, based on Ballard's past glories, but it is certain to offend more readers than it pleases. Buy as demand dictates.  George Needham	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""For over thirty years, Ballard has offered chilling, cautionary yet strangely exhilarating tales about humans who gamely follow their own worst instincts . . . A superb piece of storytelling, filled with supple turns and twists.""Michael Upchurch, Chicago Tribune""Searing, visceral tragicomedy of epic proportions . . . probably Ballard's best and most accessible yet.""Kirkus Reviews""Hilariously cold-blooded satire.""Katherine Dunn, The Washington Post Book World	J. G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, Concrete Island, and The Kindness of Women. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. His latest book is Super-Cannes. He passed away in 2009.",books;contemporary;criticism & theory;fantasy;history & criticism;humor;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;satire;science fiction & fantasy,10
0873483243,"Writings of Leon Trotsky, 1930-31 ""An impressive contribution toward building and strengthening the continuity of leadership between today's young revolutionaries and those who kept alive the traditions of Lenin and the October Revolution during the heyday of Stalinism."" -- International Socialist Review""Excellently edited and translated."" -- Baruch Knei-Paz, author Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky Recommended for all librariesChoice   An impressive contribution toward building and strengthening the continuity of leadership between todays young revolutionaries and those who kept alive the traditions of Lenin and the October Revolution during the heyday of Stalinism.International Socialist Review   The writings of this extraordinary man are likely to survive, and the example of his energy and heroism likely to grip the imagination of generations to come. Leon Trotsky is one of the titans of our century.Irving Howe, author Politics and the Novel	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;communism & socialism;ideologies & doctrines;new;political ideologies;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0449907015,"Instant Biology: From Single Cells to Human Beings, and Beyond Whether you're bewildered by the vast number of organisms inhabiting our planet or just crave a clear and comprehensive explanation of the endoplasmic reticulum, Instant Biology will guide you through the science that brings the very act of living (and dying) to life.From an enlightening walk down the double helix stairway to a look at Darwin's evolutionary musings on the diversity of existence, Instant Biology lays bare the facts of life.But Boyce Rensberger goes beyond the birds and the bees to delight in the details that make science fun, like the stubborn micro-species of mite that insist on living in your eyelashes.With Instant Biology you'll learn:Everything you always wanted to know about sex and the single cell.How the fuzzy pizza crust under the bed is diligently working its way to the top of the food chain.Which is larger: the interior surface of your lungs or a badminton court.How a species of soil and pond dwellers can dry out, shrivel up, then return from the dead.	Boyce Rensberger is the editor of ""Horizon: The Learning Section,"" a monthly supplement to the Washington Post.He previously has written for The New York Times, Science 81-84 and ""3-2-1 Contact,"" a PBS TV science program for children.He has written three books, all of which explain science to the lay reader.",biological sciences;biology;books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;research;research & publishing guides;science & math;writing,10
069620634X,"Step-by-Step Plumbing (Better Homes & Gardens Step-By-Step) Plumbing skills are essential for do-it-yourself remodelers. This excellent guide covers both basic (such as unclogging drains or replacing faucets) and more advanced projects (roughing-in tubs, showers, and toilets, or installing garbage disposals), offering easily understood, step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations. This author successfully replaced his water heater using this title. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.",architecture;books;buildings;crafts;do-it-yourself;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;how-to & home improvements;plumbing & household automation;professional & technical,10
193210061X,"Farscape Forever!: Sex, Drugs And Killer Muppets (Smart Pop series) Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of the nonfiction essay anthologies Alias Assumed, The Anthology at the End of the Universe, Navigating the Golden Compass, Seven Seasons of Buffy, Taking the Red Pill, and War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H. G. Wells Classic. He lives in Dallas, Texas.",arts & photography;books;guides & reviews;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;performing arts;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;television;united states,10
187892303X,Amok Journal Sensurround Edition Stewart Swezey is the author of Amok Journal Sensurround Edition.,books;erotica;fitness & dieting;health;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;self-help;sex;social sciences,10
0935039279,"Streetwise London Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of London, England 'Don't leave home without STREETWISE.' --The New York Times'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine'In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.' --Chicago Daily Herald	STREETWISE is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. Weve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where youve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.Today, STREETWISE produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesnt match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, weve done the work, now you have the adventure.In the end, its not about the map, its about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. Its about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE is the great map that you need.",atlases & maps;books;education & reference;england;europe;general;great britain;london;maps;travel,10
0595259324,"I Never Thought It Could Happen in This Country Stella Chertkova graduated from the University of Leningrad, Russia, with an MS in mathematics. She and her three-year-old son came to the US in 1975 as refugees from the former Soviet Union. Ms. Chertkova s career in the US includes systems programming, software engineering, system architecture, and independent consulting. She resides in Simsbury, Connecticut with her husband.",books;business;education & reference;jurisprudence;labor & employment;law;legal theory & systems;litigation;philosophy;rules & procedures,10
0345391926,"The Second Garfield Fat Cat 3 Pack Three books in one means three times the fun!Lock up the lasagna, chain the chicken, and hold on to your funny bone. America's favorite cat is hungrier, funnier, lazier, grouchier, and more lovable than ever! Watch (and watch out!) as this champion heavyweight fights fleas, battles the Sludge Monster, falls head over tail in love, gets hijacked by a duck, visits a psychiatrist -- among other antics -- all in the name of laughs!",arts & photography;books;comic strips;comics & graphic novels;graphic novels;history & criticism;humor;humor & entertainment;jokes & riddles;parodies,10
0312282532,"Half-Moon Scar (Stonewall Inn editions) Amy's wonderful girlfriend, Robin--who loves salmon omelets, mountain hikes, and impromptu picnics--has asked her to move in with her, and her response is to fly (or flee) home to Wisconsin for a visit, having heard her mother mention that a girl named Gina, Amy's childhood love, still lives in town. When Amy arrives at Gina's house, heart in her throat, she learns that Gina has been caring for their old friend Gavin, a cross-dresser even in childhood and the victim of countless games of Smear the Queer. Gavin doesn't have HIV, though; he has anorexia. Despite her conflicting feelings toward him, Amy finds herself putting off her return flight to Seattle so that she can try to cure whatever's wrong with Gavin--and herself--and recapture an opportunity she once let pass between herself and Gina. Although tentative at the opening, this debut novel builds momentum and eventually pulls the reader into the spiral of memories that draws Amy back into her troubled past and away from her outwardly happy life with Robin. 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The childhood events that shape our lives inspire Green's competent if thin first novel. Amy, a tenured lesbian professor of political science in Seattle with a lover pressuring her for a commitment, returns to her hometown in Iowa to regroup. She finds that little has changed. While the town of Willow Bay has sprouted new housing developments and her parents have redecorated, the emotional landscape is much the same as that of her childhood. Her sense of stasis is at once confirmed and shaken when she visits her teenage crush, Gina, still a distant tomboy. A new development is Gina's roommate, Gavin, who has returned to Willow Bay after a long absence. Gavin, for whom Amy used to shoplift lipstick, has changed in one significant way: he is terrifyingly thin. Amy's research in the university library reveals that anorexia in men is associated with troubled sexual identities: Gavin is sick because he's gay. The sexual nature of his problem is emphasized when everyone who sees him initially thinks he is suffering from AIDS. Similarly, Amy has a habit of cutting herself in moments of crisis. The self-mutilation is rooted in her lesbianism: she is ashamed of her feelings, and bleeding somehow lets the shame out. Gavin and Amy's responses to their homosexuality are extreme, and their motivations remain oddly uncomplicated. It is no coincidence that their self-destructive tendencies are expressed in behavior commonly associated with teenagers: unlike their present and past lovers, they have not grown into their sexual identities, though it is not clear why they are so immature. In a terse prose style, Green offers a story of growing up, of the perils of desire and of the exorcism of childhood woes. (Aug.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	What is there about a scab that invites worrying no matter how many warnings of scars to come? Green's debut novel explores the reunion of three old friends from childhood, and not only are past wounds and longings exhumed, so too are present scabs formed and scars examined. Amy has long since left her small town to live with her lover in the city, and it's only a chance reference to old pal Gina in one of her mother's letters that lures her back. Once there, Amy, Gina, and Gavin quickly establish their gayness, long suspected but, until then, not verified. Also confirmed are the ways they distance themselves from their individual and shared pasts. Gavin's anorexia is an echo of Amy's tendency toward self-mutilation and Gina's disassociation from the painful emotional content of life, although she has taken Gavin in and provided a home for him. This promising first novel of thirtysomethings in flux will have readers awaiting Green's next effort. Whitney ScottCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""In to-the-point prose that is nonetheless emotionally charged, Green delivers a hard-hitting coming-of-age story that perfectly evokes small-town Wisconsin in the seventies.""--Out""Allison Green is a smart, savvy writer. I hope this intense, lyrically debut novel gets the readership it deserves.""--Rebecca Brown, author of The Dogs""Allison Green's prose is knife sharp, enters clean and strikes deep. Half-Moon Scar is a powerful, heartbreaking novel.""--Judith Katz, author of The Escape Artist	Allison Green teaches writing and women's studies at a community college in Washington State. Half-Moon Scar is her first novel.	victoria and maini sat in my mothers car outside Ginas house, the map of Willow Bay in my lap, finger on the corner of Victoria and Main. My mothers car smelled like hand lotion and those thick tissues that come in pink boxes. Rain hit the windshield. Across the street was a Catholic church and a Catholic church school, a green lawn, sprinklers turning in the rain. The rain on the windshield blurred the school and the green lawn. When my Lutheran mother married my Catholic father, the room in the basement of the Lutheran church where they held the reception could have been divided by an electric fence, my mother said. No one crossedno one wanted to get zapped. After they got married my dad converted and I never went into a Catholic church.My finger pressed the map. Victoria and Main. This had to be the house: beige with orange trim, two stories, clapboard siding. Paint had fallen off in chunks, and cracks branched up from the foundation. Ginas house. When I had spun that globe and stuck that tack into its skin, the tack landed here, on this house.I put the map on the passenger seat, brushed the side of the door for the handle, found it, stepped out. Rain hit my glasses. I watched my feet walk up the gravel drive. Black sneakers. Army surplus jacket. Chocolate-covered apricots in a silver box. All to say: Dyke from the City. The One Who Got Out.But my heart had started up. Flutter, flap. A bird stuck in a chimney.The steps up to the screened-in front porch had crumbled. Faint television voices came through the closed window above me. I rang the doorbell, a rectangle glowing orange.A voice said, Amy?Gina came around the side of the house. Gina Winiecki. She had that same hair brushed back, not as blond as it had been. Long, yellow-haired legs ended in running shoes without socks. Her hands turned open toward me, long-fingered hands, and we hugged, my body touched by the impression of small breasts, narrow shoulders and waist, and then the air and rain were between us, and a faint smell of sweat. Gina, I said.Amy. She smiled, tongue showing, crooked eyeteeth showing.I followed her around the house to the back door. Apple trees and a picket fence and a beige garage screened the yard from the traffic behind it on Main. The yard was a dandelion yard, gold dandelions three feet high. Rain dripped from an apple tree onto a picnic table.On the landing I hung my jacket and followed Gina up three stairs to the kitchen. Chocolate-covered apricots, I said, holding out the box. I hope youre not allergic. My girlfriend is allergic to the sulfur they use on apricots. I watched her eyes when I said my girlfriend and they looked right at mine. She bit the cellophane on the box to get it started and her long fingers peeled the cellophane off. She opened the lid: fat lumps of chocolate. She smiled, lips closed, and replaced the lid without eating any. Thank you. Cup of tea?I sat in a folding chair at the table. The wallpaperabove the counter, along the tablehad red roosters and brown teapots. Around the stove the roosters and teapots were polka-dotted with red splatters. Gina filled a teakettle with water and turned on the burner. Its been a long time, I said.Thirteen years. Gina reached into the cupboard and brought out blue mugs. Unlucky thirteen.Thirteen? I could feel the imprint of her hand on my waist in the darkness of the amusement park ride.Thirteen years ago, Gina said, I went through your line at the Red Owl.I felt again the rubber mat under my feet, my fingers on the cash register keys.Remember? Just before you left. She was taking tea boxes out of the cupboard. I remember because you told me you were going to Madison and I was shortI think it was a carton of cigarettesand you said youd cover me.Yes. Gina buying a carton of cigarettes in my line at the Red Owl. I remembered looking at her hands as they picked up the carton.Gina said, So whats happened in thirteen years? As she made tea, I told her about college and graduate school and tenure. I didnt tell her about the woman who slept with her ex againJust once. Why are you so uptight? The one who kicked me out of my own car and made me walk the two miles back home. The one who pushed me, not hard really, just enough for me to fall and sprain my wrist. I didnt tell her about Robin, either, who, when I was sick, made tea from her own mint, whose exes lived in other states, and who, just weeks before, had said it was time we combined our households, and she would sell her house and garden if I wanted to find a new house together.When it was Ginas turn, she said nothing about lovers either. She told me she tended bar at night, coached girls soccer and basketball, and worked in the summers as a day-camp counselor. They dont pay squat, she said, but I like working outside. Then silence.What else to say? I said, Nice house. Do you own it?No. Cheap rent though.Thats good.By then shed poured three cups of tea, and I thought: Roommate? Lover? She smiled, tongue showing, crooked eye-teeth showing. Lets go to the front room.She shouldered through a swinging door to the front of the house. I followed with my cup through a dim living room, fireplace on the right, screened front porch ahead. On the left were French doors. She nodded at them, her hands full. I turned the glass handle. The door opened to the smell of unwashed sheets, to white walls, to television voices. And under an orange afghan, to Gavin.Amelia!My knees loosened and the muscles in my calves had to straighten me up. Gavin. The last words Id said to him: Freak. Fag. The last time Id seen him: pulling up his pants, white face in the darkness.His eyes now were big, the big of eyes behind glasses, but he didnt wear glasses. His cheeks and the cleft in his chin had gone shallow. The word for his illness ballooned in the back of my throat.He elbowed the pillows to push himself upright. Amelia. Gavins voice. The sound came to me more like a smell than a sound, calling up memories. His younger face swam beneath the surface of this grown-up strangers face. But the half-moon scar was there on his nose, and when I saw it I knew he was really Gavin.The couch sank under my weight. His thin arms wrapped around me, and I held his voice as much as his body. He didnt smell like Gavin or look like Gavin or feel like Gavin but he sounded like Gavin.When I sat back, Gina was sitting on an ottoman, holding the two mugs of tea. Her long calves tensed and released, tensed and released. She leaned forward with Gavins mug and he took it. We held our mugs, white hands around blue porcelain.Gavin muted the television and tucked the afghan around his waist. Surprise! Were you surprised? His smile spread across hollow cheeks.Yes. I tried to breathe into my belly, the way Robin had taught me.And you didnt guess?How could I guess?He turned his head to look at Gina. You did good.Gina held her mug right under her nose.I had no idea you were even in Willow Bay, I said. No idea you were alive. No idea I would ever see you again.Nobody does. I snuck into town.When?Last summer. Long boring story of my life. Nowhere else to go, really, so its back home. I lived with my brother for a couple months, then Gina took me in. Shes just like the Humane Society. Shell put me to sleep if she cant find another owner.Please, Gina said. She was watching pioneers ride their wagons across the plains.And youre here, Gavin said. He looked in the mug, wrinkled his nose, put the mug on the floor. Whos the girlfriend?Robin? I looked down at my hand. No ring on my finger, yet.Ha, he said. I knew it.What?The air of a married lesbian. He laced his fingers together and turned the palms out, cracking his knuckles. We were wondering if you turned out to be a dyke. He winked at Gina, who wasnt looking at him.I tried to smile. The mug, resting on my knee, was warm.We are, too. Gavin patted his hair, pale brown, thin. Dykes. Im the femme. He coughed. He put his fist over his mouth and coughed again. His face went red. The coughs were thick and deep, and I put my hand on the afghan, on his legmy hand tightened around nothing. Watery muscle, slippery bone. He patted the floor for the mug. Ginas eyes stayed on the television.Youre sick, I whispered.He patted his chest. Under the weather.The sun was breaking through, the walls whitening. I held my mug again, but I could still feel the thigh that was bone. I looked around the room: a jade plant crowded in its pot, an old television on a metal cart, a poster of the moon with all its craters labeled.Gina took off her sweatshirt and the T-shirt underneath said, WILLOW BAY HALF MARATHON. Are you a runner? I asked.The girl runs, Gavin said. He coughed, a small cough. Six A.M. every morning. I hate her.Not every morning, Gina said.Gavin draped his arm over the back of the couch. Do you like exercise, Amelia? Because I hate people who like exercise. The couch was orange and brown plaid.Dont give me that shit, Gina said...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;fiction;gay & lesbian;lesbian;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;united states,10
0764501313,"E-Mail for Dummies, Second Edition John R. Levine was a member of a computer club  before high  school students, or even high schools, had computers. He wrote his first program in  1967 on an IBM 1130 (a computer almost as fast as your modern digital wristwatch,  only more difficult to use). He became an official system administrator of a  networked computer at Yale in 1975 and has been working in the computer and network  biz since 1977. He got his company on to Usenet (see Part IV) early enough that  it appears in a 1982 Byte magazine article in a map of Usenet, which then was  so small that the map fit on half a page. He used to spend most of his time writing software, although now he mostly  writes books (including UNIX For Dummies, 4th Edition, and  Internet Secrets, both from IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.) because it's more fun and he can do so at home in  the hamlet of Trumansburg, New York, where he holds the exalted rank of  sewer commissioner and offers free samples to visitors and plays with his baby  daughter when he's supposed to be writing. He also does a fair amount of public  speaking. () He holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in computer  science from Yale University, but please don't hold that against him.; Unlike her peers in that 40-something bracket, Margaret Levine  Young was exposed to computers at an early age. In high school, she got into a computer  club known as the R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S., a group of kids who spent Saturdays in a  barn fooling around with three antiquated computers. She stayed in the field  through college against her better judgment and despite her brother John's presence as  a graduate student in the computer science department. Margy graduated from  Yale and went on to become one of the first microcomputer managers in the  early 1980s at Columbia Pictures, where she rode the elevator with big stars  whose names she wouldn't dream of dropping here. Carol Baroudi first began playing with computers in 1971 at  Colgate University, where two things were new: the PDP-10 and women. She  was lucky to have unlimited access to the state-of-the-art PDP-10, on which  she learned to program, operate the machine, and talk to Eliza. She taught  Algol and helped to design the curricula for computer science and  women's studies. She majored in Spanish and studied French, which, thanks to  the Internet, she can now use every day. In 1975, Carol took a job doing compiler support and development, a  perfect use for her background in languages. For six years, she developed  software and managed software development. For a while, she had a small  business doing high-tech recruiting (she was a headhunter). Though she wrote  her first software manuals in 1975, she has been writing for a living since  1984. Carol has described all kinds of software, from the  memory-management system of the Wang VS operating system to e-mail products for the PC  and Mac. For the past several years, she has been writing books,  including Internet Secrets and E-Mail For  Dummies (both published by IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.), for ordinary people who want to use  computers. She enjoys speaking to academic, business, and general audiences about  the impact of technology on society and other related topics. (Check out  her home page, at  http://iecc.com/carol, to see what she's up to.) Carol believes that we are living in a very interesting time when  technology is changing faster than people can imagine. She hopes that as we learn  to use the new technologies, we don't lose sight of our humanity and feels  that computers can be useful and fun but are no substitute for real life.; Carol Baroudi first began playing with computers in 1971 at  Colgate University, where two things were new: the PDP-10 and women. She  was lucky to have unlimited access to the state-of-the-art PDP-10, on which  she learned to program, operate the machine, and talk to Eliza. She taught  Algol and helped to design the curricula for computer science and  women's studies. She majored in Spanish and studied French, which, thanks to  the Internet, she can now use every day. In 1975, Carol took a job doing compiler support and development, a  perfect use for her background in languages. For six years, she developed  software and managed software development. For a while, she had a small  business doing high-tech recruiting (she was a headhunter). Though she wrote  her first software manuals in 1975, she has been writing for a living since  1984. Carol has described all kinds of software, from the  memory-management system of the Wang VS operating system to e-mail products for the PC  and Mac. For the past several years, she has been writing books,  including Internet Secrets and E-Mail For  Dummies (both published by IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.), for ordinary people who want to use  computers. She enjoys speaking to academic, business, and general audiences about  the impact of technology on society and other related topics. (Check out  her home page, at  http://iecc.com/carol, to see what she's up to.) Carol believes that we are living in a very interesting time when  technology is changing faster than people can imagine. She hopes that as we learn  to use the new technologies, we don't lose sight of our humanity and feels  that computers can be useful and fun but are no substitute for real life.",books;computer science;computers & technology;network administration;networking;networks;new;protocols & apis;software;used & rental textbooks,10
0441007759,"The Changeling Saga 2: The Sorcerer's Gun Peter Garrison is the pseudonym of a New York Times bestselling author who has written a wide variety of novels over the past ten years. He lives in Arlington, MA.",adventure;books;contemporary;epic;fantasy;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy,10
0595312292,"Israel and its Future: Analysis and Suggestions Written from a political and historical perspective, Israel and its Future analyzes and suggests plausible solutions for numerous issues concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict.	Dr. Michael Anbar, Professor Emeritus, University at Buffalo, is a graduate of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He did his PhD work at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth. Before coming to the US he was Professor in the Feinberg Graduate School and Director, Chemistry Division, Soreq Nuclear Research Institute, Yavne.",books;commentary & opinion;history;international & world politics;israel;middle east;middle eastern;politics & government;politics & social sciences;specific topics,10
1555715117,"Project Omega: Eye of the Beast (Hellgate Memories Vietnam War) ""CNN tried its level best to dishonor the reputation of the brave men of Special Operations Group... Ernie Acre's beautifully written and accurate portrayal of some of the actions that noble unit will allow the reader to see how these daring young men made accomplishing the impossible routine and to also set the record straight.""  -  -- David Hackworth, Author of About Face and Hazardous Duty	James E. (Ernie) Acre attended Wichita State University as an honors student. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968, where he trained in Special Operations and Intelligence. He served in Viet Nam with a reconnaissance unit, Command and Control South, MACV Studies and Observations Group, 5th Special Forces (Airborne). He was one of the first of the few soldiers to make a night infiltration combat parachute jump into enemy controlled territory inside Cambodia. Mr. Acre was awarded Vietnamese Jump Wings, Combat Infantryman's Badge, two Bronze Stars, and Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry with Silver Star and with Palm. He worked in the construction industry for over twenty years afterward, and now resides in a small town in western Kansas.",asia;biographies & memoirs;books;history;intelligence & espionage;leaders & notable people;military;regiments;southeast asia;vietnam war,10
0521456894,"An Introduction to Twistor Theory (London Mathematical Society Student Texts) ""...a quick introduction to some of the deeper problems of twistor theory....book is recommended to anyone seeking to get acquainted with the area.""   American Scientist""One of the virtues of this new work is that it is concise and to the point, a property that should particularly commend it to hard-pressed graduate students.  Of necessity this means that a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader, but this does not extend beyond the contents of introductory courses in general relativity and difficult geometry. Anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.""   C.J. Isham, Contemporary Physics""...a concise but nevertheless readable introduction to some of the main strands of twistor theory and would certainly be a suitable introduction for a graduate student with a background in general relativity or differential geometry.""   J. Vickers, Bulletin of London Mathematical Society	Evolving from graduate lectures given in London and Oxford, this introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure will provide graduate students with the basics of twistor theory, presupposing some knowledge of special relativity and differenttial geometry.",books;geometry;mathematical physics;mathematics;new;physics;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks;waves & wave mechanics,10
B000FO41VU,"The Glass Transition: Relaxation Dynamics in Liquids and Disordered Materials (Springer Series in Materials Science) From the reviews of the first edition:  ""A welcome addition to the literature on a subject that is currently attracting a very heavy research interest the author means the entire process of viscous slowdown and vitrification... he may well be the best-read author in this field. I found information that was new and interesting to me in nearly every section. There seems to be no element of the subject on which Donth has not read widely and deeply. [His] use of figures, backed up by appropriate text, can be an effective way of conveying a lot of information about (and insight into) the system behavior This book is an excellent choice of reading material for someone newly entering the field, who wants to be made aware of its elements. It also provides much food for thought for the experts."" PHYSICS TODAY (Dec. 2002)  ""The glass transition is one of the most challenging tasks waiting for its explanation and understanding.  This excellent book is simply a must not only for scientists working in the glass transition, but also important for material scientists, engineers. Its concept also makes the book to stand as a textbook for advanced or postgraduate students. Extensive referencing, general scope of the book  make the book readable as a bestseller."" (Ondrej Gedeon, Ceramics, Vol. 46 (1), 2002)	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Describes and interrelates the following processes: cooperative alpha processes in a cold liquid, structural relaxation in the glass near Tg, the Johari-Goldstein beta process, the Williams-Gtze process in a warm liquid, fast nonactivated cage rattling and boson peak, and ultraslow Fischer modes. 	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;chemical;chemical physics;electromagnetism;engineering;medical books;physics;professional & technical;science & math;solid-state physics,10
1575604256,"22 Acoustic Guitar Hits (Play-It-Like-It-Is) Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;guitar;instruments;music;songbooks;techniques;theory,10
0393047296,"The Win/Win Solution: Guaranteeing Fair Shares to Everyone ""Our concern in this book is with disputes--from divorce to business  to international--in which everybody can win."" Having thus precisely  stated their objective, Brams (a professor of politics at New York  University) and Taylor (a professor of mathematics at Union College)  lay out a series of procedures whereby disputants can carve up the  assets or issues and walk away convinced that the outcome is fair. Two  of the procedures--strict alternation in choosing and  divide-and-choose--have a long track record; Brams and Taylor offer  them with some new modifications. The third procedure, adjusted  winner, is their own.    ""Under this procedure, the two parties begin by independently (that  is, secretly) distributing a total of 100 points across all the items  to be divided, depending on the relative value they attach to them.""  The one who put the highest value on a particular item gets it  temporarily.  Probably one party will win items adding up to more  points than the items won by the other party. Then they start  transferring items between themselves, in a certain order, until the  point totals are equalized--that is the adjustment. The authors  describe how their program would work for various kinds of disputes,  ranging from the recent divorce of Gary and Lorna Wendt all the way  back to King Solomon's division of a disputed baby. They think their  procedures ""can help parties reduce the frustration, anger, and  occasional violence that often accompany escalating demands and  endless haggling.""	Powerful, credible, and applicable . . . the methodology is immaculately detailed.  -- Fortune	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Steven J. Brams is professor of politics at New York University. Alan D. Taylor is Marie Louise Bailey Professor of Mathematics at Union College.",books;business & investing;management & leadership;negotiating;organizational behavior;parenting;parenting & relationships;politics & social sciences;social sciences;violence in society,10
1550460730,"Early Canadian Timekeepers (Collectables) Early Canadian Timekeepers is essential reading, a comprehensive work for anyone interested in early Canadian clocks and clockmakers. Jane Varkaris and James Connel are two of Canada's foremost horological experts. They take an authoritative look at pre-1900 clocks and the men who made them, either commercially or as one-of-a-kind timepieces. Exceptional clocks are featured in their own essays. Lavishly illustrated with 300 b/w photos, Early Canadian Timekeepers is the most up-to-date, definitive book on early Canadian clocks and clockmakers.  -- Midwest Book Review",antiques & collectibles;books;clocks & watches;crafts;crafts & hobbies;engineering;hobbies & home;industrial;manufacturing & operational systems;professional & technical,10
1571312242,"Brown Dog of the Yaak: Essays on Art and Activism (Credo series) In four essays, Bass (The Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness, etc.) ponders the relationship between literature and activism, organically fusing nature writing, environmentalism and the quest for meaning, leaping from the particular to the universal, from individual worries to planetary concerns, with breathtaking ease. As Bass discusses the difficulty of juggling the roles of writer and conservationist, his central theme emerges: art, which makes order out of chaos, and activism, which transforms the physical world, complement each other. The unifying thread in these reflections, oddly, is Colter, Bass's brown, German shorthaired pointer, a dog that helped him hunt grouse and pheasants in Montana's north woods. Bass draws some strained parallels between the dog's dexterity and the artist's forays into reality and imagination, yet anyone who has ever mourned the loss of a pet (and especially readers who have actually worked with dogs, as hunters do) will find solace in his soaring tribute to man's best friend. The collection's other major motif is the importance of preserving the Yaak, a wild valley between the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies where a handful of caribou, grizzly bears, bald eagles and other endangered species still survive. Bass believes that the area's logging industry should give way to sustainable forestry, and he calls for federal protection of his home's roadless wildlands. These eloquent essays renew the spirit and reawaken the senses. (May) FYI: Brown Dog of the Yaak launches Milkweed's new Credo series, which will address the concerns of contemporary nature writers. Scott Slovic is the series editor. Forthcoming books in the series will come from Patiann Rogers, Scott Russell Sanders and William Kittredge.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	paper 1-57131-224-2 Bass (Where the Sea Used to Be, 1998, etc.) identifies the triangulate elements used to chart the course of his life and writing. The Bassian motivational universe is hardly a national secret, even to those most fleetingly acquainted with his work: In fiction and nonfiction, it is cut of a cloth, in praise and in defense of those wild places left on earth. One of his three essentials is thus place, in particular the Yaak valley of northwest Montana, his home, inspiration, solace, and love. On that place runs the brown dog, Bass's pointer, as graceful in the natural world as Bass would like to be. His dog, as irreducible as an element, goes lost, and his valley is imperiled by the same forces that rob wildness everywhere. What happens, Bass asks, when the durable falls away, when vital tethers are severed? ``What kind of stories do we tell, as we are falling? How do we live our lives?'' Two more guiding stars appear in his firmament: activism and writing. Both he considers as shadows compared with the reala rock is real, a wolf, a fir tree, his dogbut activism is the tool our political culture affords those who are fiercely protective of the real, and no matter how tedious or against the grain, it must be deployed, and it must be done artfully. Writing as well can touch the wild, ``having protected, kept alive, or even enhanced the shape'' of the landscape's gifts. For Bass, these three anchors are also sanctuaries, one of which he will choose as a place where he can hide from the other two; each also opens up experiences left untouched by the others, to be explored as one might a strange house, room to room. Bass is an eloquent essayist; he somehow avoids sermonizing while lecturing, though he too often writes of things better seen and not said, like ``starlight on the fur of sleeping wolves,'' which sounds awfully mawkish.  Pleasant, but Bass's credo didn't need a separate book to clarify; none of his works skirt the issue.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & photography;books;canada;criticism;general;history & criticism;natural resources;nature & ecology;science & math;travel,10
0443061203,"Somatovisceral Aspects of Chiropractic: An Evidence-Based Approach, 1e Charles S. Masarsky, DC, Vienna Chiropratic Associates, PC, Vienna, VA; Marion Weber, DC, Vienna Chiropractic Associates, PC, Vienna, VA",allied health professions;allied health services;alternative medicine;books;chiropractic;medical books;medicine & health sciences;new;physical therapy;used & rental textbooks,10
075661337X,"Art Deco (DK Collector's Guides) Art deco is one of the more recent design styles but also one of the most influential. Art deco is given a renewed positioning and a massive one-source reference in this collector's guide, authored by a British antiques expert, with the aid of a coauthor. As to be expected, the visuals are superb, providing a magnificent perspective on art deco inspirations for furniture, textiles, glass, ceramics, jewelry, silver- and metalware, sculpture, and posters and graphics. Far more than a list, a photographic gallery, and a narrative, every page yields valuable information, whether it's about an unknown designer, unusual facts to know, and even auction-price estimates. A colorful appreciation of and guidelines to the marriage of art and industry in the 1920s and 1930s. Glossary, directory of dealers and auction houses and their source codes, and directory of museums appended. Barbara JacobsCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Judith Miller's expert knowledge and advice is regularly featured in newspapers and magazines, including the London Evening Standard and BBC Homes & Antiques. She is founder of the new DK Antiques and Collectables Price Guides, and the DK Collector's Guide series. Her television work includes The House Detectives, The Antiques Trail and It's Your Bid.  Judith Miller lives in North London.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.",antiques & collectibles;antiques care & reference;art;books;crafts;education & reference;furniture;hobbies & home;houseware & dining;reference,10
B000GCFW8M,"The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do French-born marketing consultant and psychoanalyst Rapaille takes a truismdifferent cultures are, well, differentand expands it by explaining how a nation's history and cultural myths are psychological templates to which its citizens respond unconsciously. Fair enough, but after that, it's all downhill. Rapaille intends his theory of culture codes to help us understand why people do what they do, but the fundamental archetypes he offers are just trumped-up stereotypes. He often supports jarring pronouncements (The Culture Code for perfection in America is DEATH) with preposterous generalizations and overstatements, e.g., Japanese men seem utterly incapable of courtship or wooing a woman. Writing with the navet of someone who has learned about the world only through Hollywood films, he seems unaware that every person living within a nation's borders doesn't necessarily share the same cultural biases and references. Rapaille's successful consulting career is evidence that he's more convincing in the boardroom than he is on the page. Amid the overheated prose and dubious factoids, it's easy to overlook the book's scattered marketing proposals and employee-management tips. (June 6) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	This book is just plain astonishing! Filled with profound insights and ideas that have enormous consequences for todays organizations. If you want to understand customers, Constituencies, and crowds, this book is required reading.--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader	Dr. Clotaire Rapaille is the chairman of Archetype Discoveries Worldwide and has used this decoding approach for thirty years. He is the personal adviser to ten high-ranking CEOs and is kept on retainer by fifty Fortune 100 companies. He has been profiled in many national media outlets, including 60 Minutes II and on the front page of The New York Times Sunday Styles section. He lives in Tuxedo Park, New York.	From the Introduction to The Culture CodeThe Culture Code is the unconscious meaning we apply to any given thing  a car, a type of food, a relationship, even a country  via the culture in which we are raised.  The American experience with Jeeps is very different from the French and German experience because our cultures evolved differently (we have strong cultural memories of the open frontier; the French and Germans have strong cultural memories of occupation and war).  Therefore, the Codes  the meaning we give to the Jeep at an unconscious level  are different as well.  The reasons for this are numerous (and I will describe them in the next chapter), but it all comes down to the worlds in which we grew up.  It is obvious to everyone that cultures are different from one another.  What most people dont realize, however, is that these differences actually lead to our processing the same information in different ways.  My journey toward the discovery of cultural codes began in the early 1970s.  I was a psychoanalyst in Paris at the time, and my clinical work brought me to the research of the great scientist Henri Laborit, who drew a clear connection between learning and emotion, showing that without the latter the former was impossible.  The stronger the emotion, the more clearly an experience is learned.  Think of a child told by his parents to avoid a hot pan on a stove.  This concept is abstract to the child until he reaches out, touches the pan, and it burns him.  In this intensely emotional moment of pain, the child learns what hot and burn means and is very unlikely ever to forget it.The combination of the experience and its accompanying emotion create something known widely (and coined as such by Konrad Lorenz) as an imprint.  Once an imprint occurs, it strongly conditions our thought processes and shapes our future actions.  Each imprint helps make us more of who we are.  The combination of these imprints defines us.  One of my most memorable personal imprints came when I was a young boy.  I grew up in France, and when I was about four years old, my family received an invitation to a wedding.  Id never been to one before and I had no idea what to expect.  What I encountered was remarkable.  French weddings are unlike weddings in any other culture I know.  The event went on for two days, nearly all of which was spent around a large communal table.  People stood at the table to offer toasts.  They stood on the table to sing songs.  They slept under the table and (as I later learned) even seduced one another under the table.  Food was always available.  People drank le trou Normand, a glass of Calvados that allowed them to make room for more food.  Others simply went to the bathroom to vomit so they could eat more.  It was an amazing thing to see as a child and it left a permanent imprint on me.  Forever more, I would always associate weddings with gustatory excess.  In fact, the first time I went to a wedding in America, I was taken aback by how sedate it was in comparison.  Recently, when I remarried, my wife (who also grew up in France) and I held the kind of multi-day feast that meant wedding to both of us. Every imprint influences us on an unconscious level.  When the work of Laborit crystallized this for me, I began to incorporate what I learned from him into my clinical work in Paris, most of which was being done with autistic children (in fact, Laborit led me to the theory that autistic children do not learn effectively because they lack the emotion to do so).  The subject of imprinting also formed the foundation of the lectures I gave during this time.  After one particular lecture at Geneva University, the father of a student approached me.Dr. Rapaille, I might have a client for you, he said.Always intrigued at the possibilities offered by another case, I nodded with interest.  An autistic child?No, he said, smiling, Nestl. At the time, focused on clinical and scholarly work, I barely understood what the word marketing meant.  I therefore couldnt possibly imagine what use I would be to a corporation.  Nestl?  What can I do for them?  We are trying to sell instant coffee in Japan, but we arent having as much success as we would like.  Your work on imprints might be very helpful to us.We continued to talk and the man made me an extremely attractive offer.  Not only were the financial terms considerable, but there was something promising about a project like this.  Unlike my work with autistic children, where progress was painfully slow, this offer was a chance to quickly test theories I had developed about imprinting and the unconscious mind.  It was an opportunity too good to pass up.  I took a sabbatical and went off on my new assignment.My first meeting with Nestl executives and their Japanese advertising agency was very instructive.  Their strategy, which today seems absurdly wrong but wasnt as clear-cut in the 70s, was to try to convince Japanese consumers to switch from tea to coffee.  Having spent some time in Japan previously, I knew that tea meant a great deal to this culture, but I had no sense of what emotions they attached to coffee.  I decided to gather several groups of people together to discover how they imprinted the beverage.  I believed there was a message there that could open a door for Nestl.I structured a three-hour session with each of the groups.  In the first hour, I took on the persona of a visitor from another planet, someone who had never seen coffee before and had no idea how one used it.  I asked for help understanding the product, believing their descriptions would give me insight into what they thought of it.  In the next hour, I had them sit on the floor like elementary school children and use scissors and a pile of magazines to make a collage of words about coffee.  The goal here was to get them to tell me stories with these words that would offer me further clues.  In the third hour, I had participants lie on the floor with pillows.  There was some hesitation among members of every group, but I convinced them I wasnt entirely out of my mind.  I put on soothing music and asked the participants to relax.  What I was doing was calming their active brain waves, getting them to that tranquil point just before sleep.  When they reached this state, I took them on a journey back from their adulthood, past their teenage years, to a time when they were very young.  Once they arrived, I asked them to think again about coffee and to recall their earliest memory of it, the first time they consciously experienced it and, if it was different, their most significant memory of it.I designed this process to bring participants back to their first imprint of coffee and the emotion attached to it.  In most cases, though, the journey led nowhere.  What this signified for Nestl was very clear.  While the Japanese had an extremely strong emotional connection to tea (something I learned without asking in the first hour of the sessions), they had at the most a very superficial imprint of coffee.  Most, in fact, had no imprint of coffee at all.  Under these circumstances, Nestls strategy of getting these consumers to switch from tea to coffee could only fail.  Coffee could not compete with tea in the Japanese culture if it had such weak emotional resonance.  Instead, if Nestl was going to have any success in this market at all, they needed to start at the beginning.  They needed to give the product meaning in this culture.  They needed to create an imprint for coffee for the Japanese.Armed with this information, Nestl devised a new strategy.  Rather than selling instant coffee to a country dedicated to tea, they created desserts for children infused with the flavor of coffee but without the caffeine.  The younger generation embraced these desserts.  Their first imprint of coffee was a very positive one, one they would carry throughout their lives.  Through this, Nestl gained a meaningful foothold in the Japanese market.  Understanding the process of imprinting  and how it related directly to Nestls marketing efforts  unlocked a door to the Japanese culture for them and turned around a floundering business venture.  It did something much more important for me, however.  The realization that there was no significant imprint for coffee in Japan underscored for me that early imprinting has a tremendous impact on why people do what they do.  In addition, the fact that the Japanese did not have a strong imprint for coffee while the Swiss (Nestl is a Swiss company) obviously did made it clear that imprints vary from culture to culture.  If I could get to the source of these imprints  if I could somehow decode elements of culture to discover the emotions and meanings attached to them  I would learn a great deal about human behavior and how it varies across the planet.  This set me on the course of my lifes work.  I went off in search of the codes hidden within the unconscious of every culture.From Chapter Two: The Growing Pains of an Adolescent Culture: The Codes for Love, Seduction and SexAs you will learn throughout this book, the American culture exhibits many of the traits consistent with adolescence: intense focus on the now, dramatic mood swings, constant need for exploration and challenge to authority, a fascination with extremes, openness to change and reinvention, and a strong belief that mistakes warrant second chances.  As Americans, we feel we know more than our elders do (for instance, we rarely consult France, Germany, Russia, or England on our foreign policy), that their answers are out of date (we pay lit...",books;business & investing;consumer behavior;kindle ebooks;kindle store;marketing & sales;organizational behavior;politics & social sciences;sociology;workplace,10
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0786268085,"Too Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of Your Life As a couple approaching retirement age, the authors came to the realization that ""retirement was a great place to visit, but who in their right mind would want to live there?"" And so they skipped the Sunbelt retirement and set out to start a new chapter in their lives, which involved the creation of a website (2young2retire.com) and the writing of this book to encourage others to stay in the workforce after 65. Written in a friendly, understanding tone, this volume is both inspirational and realistic. It addresses practical issues like money and provides an extensive list of resources for getting started and formulating ideas. Each chapter also includes a ""try this"" section, which provides simple and doable ideas for making small life changes on the way to achieving goals. And, indeed, the book does include 101 specific ideas for vocations and avocations to pursuecake decorator, computer tutor, ghostwriter, nanny, park ranger, wedding planner and many more. The authors also explain what is perhaps the ultimate incentive for staying engaged and active: its good for health and longevity. And they offer a host of tips for staying as healthy as possible so would-be-retirees can fully enjoy this fantastic stage of life.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	""This little gem of a book offers sage advice."" -- The New York Times (New York Times )	Marika and Howard Stone are co-founders of 2young2retire.com, an online community for retirement-aged people. Howard enjoyed a long career in international advertising sales and magazine publishing before he became a certified life coach at age sixty-four. Marika is the editorial director of 2young2retire.com and has been a journalist, English teacher, public relations account executive, and small business owner. She is also a certified Kripalu yoga teacher. 	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",aging;books;business & investing;fitness & dieting;health;new;personal finance;retirement planning;self-help;used & rental textbooks,10
0134960432,"Internet Investigations in Criminal Justice ""Internet Investigations"" meets the needs of professors, students and others interested in learning how to use the Internet in career fields. This cutting-edge guide provides step-by-step, easy-to-follow practical information to help you begin using the Internet for finding valuable information.",books;business & management;computer science;computers & technology;digital law;education & reference;internet & web culture;law;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0754018989,"A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (Windsor Selection) ""It is everything that made the first book so hugely successful - endearing, heartwarming, self-deprecating, sometimes surreal."" Evening Standard""	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Chris Stewart shot to fame with Driving Over Lemons - Sort Of Books' launch title in 1999. It became an international bestseller and with its sequels - A Parrot in the Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society - has sold over a million copies and helped define the 'good life abroad' book. Chris prepared for life on his Spanish mountain farm with jobs of doubtful relevance. He was the original drummer in Genesis (he played on the first album), then joined a circus, learnt how to shear sheep, went to China to write the Rough Guide, sailed a Cornish Crabber round the Greek islands, and completed a course in French cooking. Despite the extraordinary success of his books, Chris, his wife Ana, and their daughter Chloe, continue to live on their farm, with their numerous dogs, cats, chickens, sheep and a misanthropic parrot.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",biographies & memoirs;books;education & reference;europe;general;research & publishing guides;spain;travel;travel writing;writing,10
1582294747,"Piper's Great Adventures (Piper the Hyper Mouse) Join Piper in the first collection of Piper's fun-filled adventures. Young children will love the little mouse's struggles to fall asleep in ""Nightime is Just Daytime with Your Eyes Closed"" and will laugh along with Piper as he learns the meaning of Christmas in ""Piper's Night Before Christmas"". Join in ""Piper's Twisted Tale"" as he realizes the importance of telling the truth. Piper learns that stealing hurts others, as well as himself, in ""Piper Steals the Show!"" Renew your acquaintance with Piper, or meet him for the first time, in this four-in-one collection of stories to warm your heart and fire your imagination.	Martha Bolton is the author of more than fifty books of humor and inspiration, including The ""Official"" Hugs Book, The ""Official"" Grad Book, and The ""Official"" Friends Book. She was a staff writer for Bob Hope for more than fifteen years and has received both an Emmy nomination (for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics) and a Dove nomination (for A Lamb's Tale, a children's musical). Martha has written for such entertainers as Phyllis Diller, Wayne Newton, Mark Lowry, and Jeff Allen and is also known as The Cafeteria Lady for Brio Magazine.",action & adventure;animals;books;children's books;christian;guinea pigs & squirrels;hamsters;literature & fiction;mice;religious fiction,10
1900924102,"The Sharper Word: A Mod Reader As portrayed in the Who rock opera Quadrophenia, the mods were a working-class British youth cult in the mid-1960s preoccupied with mohair suits, dance clubs, scooters, and amphetamines. Rock journalist Hewitt borrows short snippets from Richard Barnes's standard Mods! (Plexus Pub., 1994), fiction by Tom Wolfe and Samuel Selvon, scholarly accounts by Stanley Cohen and Dick Hebdige, and oral histories. More obscure mod-related pieces, including an interview with top mod Pete Meaden, a 1960s article by fashion queen Mary Quant, and an unpublished eyewitness account by mod pioneer Irish Jack are also included. Though he somewhat neglects the mod drive for upward mobility after the lingering postwar economic squalor, Hewitt provides marvelous descriptions of mod trappingsDthe fashion, the music, the drugs, the clubsDthat clearly demonstrate the roots of Britpop and Austin Powers. Recommended for anyone interested in social history, youth movements, Carnaby Street, and rock'n'roll.DDave Szatmary. Univ. of Washington Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	As well as new essays from Hewitt, The Sharp Word rediscovers impossible to find writing by Tom Wolfe, Mary Quant, Tony Parsons and Nik Cohn.  Going beyond the surface cliches, Hewitt's hugely readable collection fully documents one of the most misunderstood cultural movements of the post-war era.	Hewitt was a key writer at the NME and is the highly respected author of many books, as well as penning the sleevenotes for Oasis' What's The Story Morning Glory.",arts & photography;books;music;musical genres;parenting;parenting & relationships;politics & social sciences;popular;rock;social sciences,10
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1584652829,"The Round Barn (Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England) ""In her debut novel, Wizowaty, who lives in Burlington, creates characters who feel and sound real, all joined in the world through their humanity, like the beams attached to the center silo of a round barn.  The author constructs a story as fascinating as the barn's architecture."" --Vermont Life	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	5 x 8 1/4  trim.	SUZI WIZOWATY lives with her longtime partner in Burlington, Vermont, where she is associate director of Northern New England Tradeswomen and teaches writing at St. Michael's College. This is her first novel.",books;contemporary;gay & lesbian;literary;literature & fiction;nonfiction;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;united states,10
0674137396,"Collected Papers In 1971, Rawls published A Theory of Justice, which has come to be generally regarded as the century's major systematic work of substantive ethics and political philosophy; about 20 years later, in Political Liberalism, he examined issues arising from it. This collection includes nearly all of his published essays, beginning with the first (1951) and running to as recently as 1997 and an interview in 1998. It reveals his beginnings in utilitarianism and the dissatisfactions that led to his contractarianism and to his examination of such matters as public consensus in a pluralistic society, public reason, the compatibility of religious and comprehensive secular doctrine in a liberal society, commonality in human laws, Kant's moral philosophy, and more. These essays both clarify Rawls's thought and make significant contributions to their subject.ARobert Hoffman, York Coll., CUNY Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A nearly complete collection of Rawls's short essays from 1951 through 1998. What is arguably the most widely discussed political theory of the second half of the 20th-century emerged from an evolutionary process. By making available in one volume the papers through which Harvard philosopher Rawls initially tried out his ideas, Freeman provides easy access to the steps taken along the way. This book will be primarily useful as a reference work; few if any intrepid souls will attempt to read it cover-to-cover. Doing so, however, exposes the true nature of Rawls's achievement. As others have observed regarding A Theory of Justice, Rawls begins with an original, brilliant idea encapsulated in the principles of ``justice as fairness,'' then builds complexity around it by adding arguments that respond to objections, both anticipated and actually raised by critics. Unlike most scholars who focus on one topic throughout their careers, however, Rawls is not just repackaging the same material. He takes objections seriously and struggles to overcome them, pushing forward his thinking by developing new arguments that add depth to his original ideas rather than simply moving on to new subjects. The result has been the most sustained effort in all of Western philosophy to construct a complete theory of justice. Along the way his originality has been manifested in creations that have become part of the standard lexicon of political philosophy, including the difference principle, the maximin criterion, and most notably the veil of ignorance. What the reader will find in this volume are the starts and stops, the grappling with issues of moral philosophy, and especially later in his career, the confrontation with concerns such as religious belief that threaten the assumptions of rationality and the positive value of reasonableness upon which his vision of justice depends. A convenient and welcome compilation.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	What a body of work this is, and what an accomplishment. Collected Papers affords an opportunity to step back and see [Rawls's] work as a whole, as the elaboration of a single powerful and abiding idea...The other thing these papers show--and for this we should be grateful to Sam Freeman's persistence in having them republished--is how hard-won Rawls's achievement has been... This volume of Collected Papers stands as an inspiration to the next generation of theorists. (Jeremy Waldron London Review of Books)The course of Rawls's career can be followed clearly in the Collected Papers, whose twenty-seven chapters span forty-eight years...The writings of John Rawls, whom it is now safe to describe as the most important political philosopher of the twentieth century...owe their influence to the fact that their depth and their insight repay the close attention that their uncompromising theoretical weight and erudition demand. (Thomas Nagel New Republic)[John Rawls] has, among other things, rescued an endangered academic practice, the serious and disciplined study of the great issues of public values by professional philosophers, from imminent extinction and given a remarkable exemplary display of how to devote an entire intellectual life to the patient, frank and indefatigable study of a single great intellectual problem. His Collected Papers, naturally, covers the whole of that life, from two decades before he published his masterpiece, A Theory of Justice, in 1971 to more than 25 years later. (John Dunn Times Higher Education Supplement)The publication of this book is an important event. Since the appearance of Rawls's epoch-making A Theory of Justice in 1971, he has been acknowledged as America's-perhaps the world's--leading political philosopher...The story of 'How John Rawls Revived Political Philosophy and Rejuvenated Liberalism' is part of academic legend...Rawls is a sophisticated and ambitious thinker. His arguments are informed by a deep sense of history and draw on an array of different disciplines...Rawls also did the index to A Theory of Justice and it is a masterpiece of the art. Rawls's thoroughness, indeed, is the stuff of legends. (Ben Rogers Prospect)In 1971, Rawls published A Theory of Justice, which has come to be generally regarded as the century's major systematic work of substantive ethics and political philosophy; about 20 years later, in Political Liberalism, he examined issues arising from it. This collection includes nearly all of his published essays, beginning with the first (1951) and running to as recently as 1997 and an interview in 1998. It reveals his beginnings in utilitarianism and the dissatisfactions that led to his contractarianism and to his examination of such matters as public consensus in a pluralistic society, public reason, the compatibility of religious and comprehensive secular doctrine in a liberal society, commonality in human laws, Kant's moral philosophy, and more. These essays both clarify Rawls's thought and make significant contributions to their subject. (Robert Hoffman Llibrary Journal)[Collected Papers is] a nearly complete collection of Rawls's short essays from 1951 through 1998. What is arguably the most widely discussed political theory of the second half of the 20th century emerged from an evolutionary process. By making available in one volume the papers through which Harvard philosopher Rawls initially tried out his ideas, Freeman provides easy access to the steps taken along the way...What the reader will find in this volume are the starts and stops, the grappling with issues of moral philosophy, and especially later in his career, the confrontation with concerns such as religious belief that threaten the assumptions of rationality and the positive value of reasonableness upon which his vision of justice depends. A convenient and welcome compilation. (Kirkus Reviews)Editor Freeman has assembled almost all the articles of 20th-century American philosopher John Rawls. Originally published elsewhere during the span of his career, these works together testify to Rawls's belief that a just society is an actionable idea. They anticipate his two most distinguished and influential works, A Theory of Justice and Political Liberalism...Freeman's anthology is exemplary and ought to appeal to a wide professional audience and the educated public. (A. S. Rosenbaum Choice)	John Rawls was James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. He was recipient of the 1999 National Humanities Medal.Samuel Freeman is Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania.",books;ethics;ethics & morality;humanities;new;philosophy;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0137525109,"Essentials of Geology This concise, nonquantitative text has been acclaimed through four previous editions. Essentials of Geology presents a timely, informative and easily accessible survey of basic topics in physical geology. Clearly written in straightforward nontechnical language, this text will be easily understood by students with little or no previous college-level science. Highly accurate and extremely current, this text concludes with two chapters treating historical geology and offers an excellent treatment of environmental issues throughout the text.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Key Benefit: Acclaimed through five previous editions, this  concise, nonquantitative book presents a timely, informative, and  accessible survey of basic topics in physical geology. Clearly written in  straightforward, nontechnical language, it is easily understood by readers  with little science experience. Key Topics:  The book integrates the  relationship between people and their physical environment and  explores applications of geology for understanding and solving problems  arising from those interactions. The sixth edition of Essentials of  Geology has been revised to be even more readable with shorter  sentences and paragraphs as well as redesigned art that illustrates ideas  and concepts more clearly and realistically than in any previous edition.  It also includes new headings and boxes to help readers develop an  awareness and appreciation for earth's many interrelated systems.  Market:  An essential resource for any reader interested in  finding ways to resolve problems in our physical environment.	The Eighth Edition of Essentials of Geology, like its predecessors, is a college-level text for students taking their first and perhaps only course in geology. The book is intended to be a meaningful, nontechnical survey for people with little background in science. Usually students are taking this class to meet a portion of their college's or university's general requirements.    In addition to being informative and up-to-date, a major goal of Essentials of Geology is to meet the need of beginning students for a readable and user-friendly text, a book that is a highly usable tool for learning the basic principles and concepts of geology.   Distinguishing Features  Readability   The language of this book is straightforward and written to be understood. Clear, readable discussions with a minimum of technical language are the rule. The frequent headings and subheadings help students follow discussions and identify the important ideas presented in each chapter. In the Eighth Edition, improved readability was achieved by examining chapter organization and flow, and writing in a more personal style. Large portions of several chapters were substantially rewritten in an effort to make the material more understandable.   Illustrations and Photographs   Geology is highly visual. Therefore, photographs and artwork are a very important part of an introductory book. Essentials of Geology, Eighth Edition, contains dozens of new high-quality photographs that were carefully selected to aid understanding, add realism, and heighten the interest of the reader.    The many new and revised pieces of art help to illustrate ideas and concepts even more clearly and realistically than before. The art program was carried out by Dennis Tasa, a gifted artist and respected Earth science illustrator.   Focus on Learning   To assist student learning, every chapter opens with a series of questions. Each question alerts the reader to an important idea or concept in the chapter. When a chapter has been completed, three useful devices help students review. First, a helpful summaryThe Chapter in Reviewrecaps all of the major points. Next is a checklist of Key Terms with page references. Learning the language of geology helps students learn the material. This is followed by Questions for Review, which helps students examine their knowledge of significant facts and ideas. Each chapter closes with a reminder to visit the Website for Essentials of Geology, Eighth Edition (http://www.prenhall.com/lutgens). It contains many excellent opportunities for review and exploration.   Maintaining a Focus on Basic Principles and Instructor Flexibility   The main focus of the Eighth Edition remains the same as in the first sevento foster student understanding of basic geological principles. As much as possible, we have attempted to provide the reader with a sense of the observational techniques and reasoning processes that constitute the discipline of geology.    The organization of the text remains intentionally traditional. Following the overview of geology in Chapter 1, we turn to a discussion of Earth materials and the related processes of volcanism and weathering. Next, we explore the geological work of gravity, water, wind, and ice in modifying and sculpting landscapes. After this look at external processes, we examine Earth's internal structure and the processes that deform rocks and give rise to mountains. Finally, the text concludes with chapters on geologic time and Earth history. This organization accommodates the study of minerals and rocks in the laboratory, which usually comes early in the course.    Realizing that some instructors may prefer to structure their courses somewhat differently, we made each of the chapters self-contained so that they may be taught in a different sequence. Thus, the instructor who wishes to discuss earthquakes, plate tectonics, and mountain building prior to dealing with erosional processes may do so without difficulty. We also chose to introduce plate tectonics in Chapter 1 so that this important and basic theory could be incorporated in appropriate places throughout the text.   More About the Eighth Edition   The Eighth Edition of Essentials of Geology represents a thorough revision. Every part of the book was examined carefully with the dual goals of keeping topics current improving the clarity of text discussions. Based on feedback from reviewers and students, we believe we eve succeeded.    Here are some examples of what is new in the Eighth Edition of Essentials of Geology.    Fourteen of the special-interest boxes are new. Some highlight recent geologic events, such as the devastating earthquake near Ismit, Turkey, in 1999 (Box 15.2). Others are examples that help develop an awareness of Earth as a system, such as Box 6.1, ""The Carbon Cycle and Sedimentary Rocks."" Still other new boxes focus on environmental issues and on how geologists study our planet. Chapter 1, An Introduction to Geology, offers a new discussion of ""The Science of Geology,"" and revised and expanded treatment of ""Earth's Internal Structure."" The section on the ""Dynamic Earth"" is a stronger, more complete first introduction to plate tectonics. Chapter 3, Igneous Rocks, and Chapter 7, Metamorphic Rocks, have been significantly revised, rewritten, and reorganized. These chapters now provide stronger technical explanations and easy-to-follow discussions. Much of the material in Chapter 4, Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity, is new. The revision includes expanded treatment of volcanic structures, volcanic hazards, calderas, and the relationship between plate tectonics and igneous activity. These discussions are now clearer and organized in a more logical manner. Some of the chapters dealing with external processes have new discussions. Examples include ""Causes and Types of Floods"" (Chapter 9) and ""Interactions Between Groundwater and Streams"" (Chapter 10). Rewritten and updated discussions on ""Intensity Scales"" and ""Magnitude Scales"" appear in Chapter 15, Earthquakes and Earth's Interior. Chapter 16, Plate Tectonics, has a reorganized and revised section entitled ""Plate Tectonics: The New Paradigm"" and completely revised and rewritten sections on ""Divergent Plate Boundaries"" and ""Continental-Continental Convergence."" The chapter also includes a new discussion of ""Measuring Plate Motion"" and a revised look at ""The Driving Mechanism."" Chapter 17, Mountain Building, offers clearer, more logical organization, as well as new material on ""Mountain Building at Convergent Boundaries"" and ""Accretion of Foreign Terranes.""   The Teaching and Learning Package   The authors and publisher have been pleased to work with a number of talented people who produced an excellent supplements package. This package includes the traditional supplements that students and professors have come to expect from authors and publishers, as well as some new kinds of supplements that involve electronic media.   For the Student   Geode III CD-ROM. Each copy of Essentials of Geology, Eighth Edition, comes with GEODe III, by Ed Tarbuck, Fred Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa of Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. GEODe III is a dynamic program that reinforces key concepts by using animations, tutorials, and interactive exercises. This new version has been updated and reorganized to provide content that more closely correlates to the text's content. A special GEODe III icon appears throughout the book wherever a text discussion has a corresponding GEODe III activity. This special offering gives students two valuable products (GEODe III and the textbook) for the price of one.    Companion Website. The Website, specific to the text, contains numerous review exercises (from which students get immediate feedback), exercises to expand one's understanding of geology, and resources for further exploration. This Website provides an excellent platform from which to start using the Internet for the study of geology. Please visit the site at http://www.prenhall.com/lutgens.   For the Professor   A wealth of valuable teaching tools are available.    Instructor's Manual. Written by Kenneth Pinzke of Southwestern Illinois College, the Instructor's Manual is intended as a resource for both new and experienced instructors. It includes a variety of lecture outlines, additional source materials, teaching tips, advice about how to integrate visual supplements (including the Web-based resources and GEODe III), and various other ideas for the classroom. Also included in every chapter are a wide variety of test questions.    Test Item File. Averages more than 100 multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer questions per chapter.    Transparencies. Includes more than 300 transparencies, including every Dennis Tasa illustration from the text.    Slides. Includes 150 photos, many from geologist and professional photographer Martin Miller.    Digital Image Gallery for Interactive Teaching DIGIT CD-ROM. All illustrations from the text, the slide-set images, animations from GEODe III, and many text photos in high-resolution JPEG files that can be easily imported into PowerPoint.    PowerPointlecture presentations. Ken Pinzke and Stan Hatfiefd of Southwestern Illinois College have created compelling, heavily illustrated PowerPoint lecture presentations for each chapter of this text. The presentations are fully customizable or suitable for use as provided. They can be found on the Digital Image Gallery (DIGIT) CD-ROM, in the appropriate chapters.    Prentice Hall Custom Test CD-ROM. Available for Mac and Windows.    New York Times Themes of the Times...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;earth sciences;education & reference;environment;geology;geophysics;new;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
0752412019,"NIAGARA FALLS VOLUME II (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) In Niagara Falls Volume II, local author and historian Daniel Martin Dumych illustrates the Niagara Falls of an age gone by, when the Love Canal still flowed with pure and pristine waters. He captures the Niagara Falls of yesterday and today in over two hundred images accompanied by a charming text that promises to delight readers young and old alike.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",americas;books;history;mid atlantic;new york;niagara falls;northeast;state & local;travel;united states,10
0684834898,"Strategy and Place: Managing Corporate Real Estate and Facilities for Competitive Advantage John McMahan Managing Principal, The McMahan Group A badly needed look at the relationship between the physical workplace and corporate strategy. A must read for CFOs, corporate real estate managers, HR and IT specialists, and real estate professionals working with corporate clients. -- Review	Martha A. O'Mara serves on the core faculty of the Institute for Corporate Real Estate, sponsored by NACORE. In addition to her work in architecture and management consulting at Theodore Barry and Associates and Environetics International, she has designed and conducted corporate real estate strategy and management seminars for Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Corporate Real Estate, IDRC, IFMA, NACORE, Sprint, the General Services Administration, NationsBank, AT, IBM, British Telecom, Johnson  Johnson, RR Donnelley, and GTE. Professor O'Mara lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.",books;business & investing;entrepreneurship;finance;investments;management;management & leadership;planning & forecasting;real estate;small business & entrepreneurship,10
B00067BVRS,PIAA 15286 H3 Xtreme White Plus Bulb The PIAA HB3 Xtreme bulb produces a more radiant white beam without any hint of blue. This bulb provides the best possible balance between performance and bulb life.,automotive;driving & fog lights;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lights & lighting accessories;performance lighting;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts,10
B000FMRQ3M,"The Internet Age of Competitive Intelligence The changes that have occurred in the field of Competitive Intelligence (CI) over the past decade and what they mean for organizations and the people who manage the CI function.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Two of the most prolific and challenging authorities on the topic of competitive intelligence (CI) reflect on and respond to the changes in the field over the last decade. The authors point out that CI users have to change what they are doing, show why they are doing it, and provide ways of doing it. Their book reviews the problems in the development of CI since the 1980s, discusses the impact of the Internet and the rise in use of other secondary sources, and draws from and provides access to the growing body of CI information, knowledge, and literature.Combining a scholarly approach with hands-on advice, McGonagle and Vella have written the first work to guide CI professionals through the emerging literature of their field. Among the important changes in the field the authors cover are: the radical changes in on line database searching and ways in which the Internet has fundamentally modified how we think of accessing data. Their book explores and reports the major body of work from the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, now that more businesses worldwide are using competitive intelligence and either writing about their experiences with it, or joining in new benchmarking studies. The result is newer information on what really works, what doesn't work, and who is doing what with it. The book is thus a starting point for people new to the field of CI as well as a resource to help experienced professionals do their jobs better.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;business & investing;business & management;computer science;computers & technology;information systems;management;management & leadership;manager's guides to computing;software engineering,10
B000NZWSUW,IPCW LEDT-301CB Bermuda Black 21-LED Tail Lamp - Pair IPCW LEDT-301CB Bermuda Black 21-LED Tail Lamp (Sold in Pairs),automotive;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lighting assemblies;lights & lighting accessories;replacement parts;tail;tail light assemblies,10
0963433989,"Defiant Courage: Norway's Longest WWII Escape Astrid Karlsen Scott is a native of Norway, is internationally known  for her seven books on Norwegian culture. She is a producer and  director of two award-winning videos, ""Christmas in Norway,"" and  ""Cooking Norway Style.""    Dr. Tore Haug is a second cousin of Jan Baalsrud. He is a  specialized general practitioner with a private practice in Oslo,  Norway. He studied and received his medical degree from Johannes  Gutenberg University in Mainz, West Germany, and the University of Oslo. He  has practised medicine in Germany and Norway.",books;europe;history;humanities;military;new;norway;scandinavia;used & rental textbooks;world war ii,10
0809320320,"Southern Illinois Birds: An Annotated List and Site Guide ""Finally, thanks to the birders and naturalists of the future. I have often daydreamed about the days when the sky was darkened by Passenger Pigeons, when chattering flocks of parakeets coursed along river banks, and when shadows of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers disappeared into the still, dim forest. I hope these pages provide you with daydreams about what it is like in these days."" W. Douglas Robinson, from the Acknowledgments	W. Douglas Robinson, born and raised in southern Illinois, has studied birds in Costa Rica, Brazil, and Panama, as well as in his native region. Having published more than twenty-five articles on birds, he is now a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he studies the ecology of tropical bird communities.",biological sciences;biology;birdwatching;books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;nature & ecology;reference;science & math,10
0393058379,"The Honey Wall: A Novel In a debut novel more notable for its detailed exploration of the complexities of love than its plot, storyteller Latuchie interweaves two narratives of infidelity and desire. Nina, a mechanic turned maker of Rube Goldbergesque ""contraptions,"" and Tony, a painter, have been together for 20 tumultuous years in a relationship fraught with passion and plagued by affairs. At their Pennsylvania cottage, she reflects on her past as Bill, an elderly neighbor, tells Nina his own tale: years ago, he slept with his brother's French wife, was exiled from the area, worked on an oil rig in Saudi Arabia, returned for his father's funeral and lusted after his niece. Bill's story proves more riveting than poor Nina's, despite her secret pregnancies and abortions and her conflicted feelings for her flirtatious lover. Through elegant flashbacks, Latuchie recounts Nina and Tony's move from New York City to Vermont, where Tony landed a teaching job. Nina hates to leave the city but ""she could almost believe that the power of their attraction to each other, the brashness of it, the intense pleasures in satisfying it, could be sufficiently strong glue to keep them together if everything else failed."" The glue sticks, but as the years pass Nina and Tony repeatedly reenact painful patterns, wearying for readers and characters alike. As Nina's friend, Chris finally snaps: ""I don't have time to fret the minutiae of my inner life. Maybe you should try it."" But if Nina's fretting grows old, her relationship with Bill intrigues: ""his past offered in exchange for her mesmerized attention to the present."" Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	The Honey Wall has a subtle sensuality that smolders just beneath the surface. Gorgeous, headstrong Eva turns her back on the sacrament of marriage when she beds her husband's younger brother, Bill, within earshot of a wall where a swarm of honeybees are trapped. Bill divulges the story--four decades after the fact--to his rural Pennsylvania neighbor Nina, who's been in a rocky, ""marriage-like"" relationship with Tony for nearly 20 years. ""I'll go mad without you,"" Tony says to Nina. ""You go mad with me,"" is her reply. An accomplished story writer whose work has appeared in The Paris Review, Latuchie uses intertwining narratives to probe two sets of infidelities; the unfolding of Bill's troubled tale triggers Nina's memories of love and betrayal in her own life. The result is a literary page-turner that grips and won't let go. Allison BlockCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Redolent with apprehension and sudden longing....The deeper values of the book lie in the challenges that face all the characters and ourselves: are passion and honestyabout love, about the worldfinally incompatible? (Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked)Gracefully intertwining two love stories, of a man and a woman from vastly different worlds, Karen Latuchie reveals how passion compounded by pride will lead us astray. With a candor that is rigorous yet tender, she has crafted a wise and heartbreaking novel. (Julia Glass, National Book Award-winning author of The Three Junes)	Karen Latuchie has worked at Alfred A. Knopf for twenty-five years. Her stories have appeared in The Paris Review and Southwest Review. She lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.",books;contemporary;domestic life;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states;women's fiction,10
B00004TWL5,"Lifetime 1225 Pro Court Height-Adjustable Portable Basketball System with 44-Inch Backboard Fun for the entire family, this portable basketball system can go anywhere you want to shoot hoops. This system features a 44-inch backboard, three pieces of 3-inch round black telescoping pole sections, a black classic rim, and a 27 gallon portable base. The backboard is constructed of high-density polyethylene, making it durable and rugged to withstand the elements. The rim features a 5/8-inch solid steel ring and is supported by 1/2-inch braces; the all-weather nylon net is long-lasting. The telescoping pole adjusts the rim height from 7.5 to 10 feet in 6-inch increments without the use of tools. To stabilize the base, a 27-gallon capacity (about 234 pounds of water or 364 pounds of sand) allow for a stable foundation. Portable basketball systems depend on a base filled with sand or water for stability. Although it will take up more space than an in-ground system, the portable base rolls on wheels, allowing players to position the basketball system in the desired location (and also allowing storage in a garage). Simply assemble, fill the base, and star shooting some hoops. There is no fussing with concrete. Amazon.com Basketball System Buying Guide With the high-quality construction of many portable basketball systems, turning your driveway into a basketball court can be as simple as hooking up your garden hose. But while a portable system may ultimately be your best choice, there are reasons you may want to consider an in-ground or wall-mount system before you decide. In-Ground Systems In-ground systems are permanently cemented into the ground--either via a bolt mounting kit or directly into the ground--and are generally more rigid and take up less space than portables. In-ground systems often require that you hire a professional to complete the task, but when the cement dries you'll have a hoop that can take punishing dunks with ease. Many in-ground systems are height-adjustable, include removable post features that let you take the system down for off-season storage, and feature heavy-duty break-away rims. You'll also want to research the adjustable mechanisms on the systems, as there are several types to choose from. Some feature a counter-balance spring that lets you perform easy, one-hand adjustments while others may feature a sturdy, pneumatic system. Wall-Mount Systems Wall-mount systems can be mounted to the side of a house, a tall retaining wall, or a garage. Generally sturdier than portables, wall-mounts have the added advantage of optimizing your existing ground space for the court, since you won't take any space up with the base or pole. Not all systems include the necessary hardware, so make certain you add a mounting kit to your list. Portable Systems Portable systems require minimal installation and offer ultimate convenience. These systems generally feature a base that can be filled with sand or water to stabilize them and include wheels for portability. Although they are not as sturdy as in-ground or wall-mounted hoops, portables are simple to set up and can often be folded for convenient storage. Backboard Considerations Regardless of which system you choose, you'll want to brush up on Backboards 101. Most residential systems feature backboards made of acrylic, fiberglass, graphite, or various other composite materials. While clear acrylic gives the professional look and feel of glass, it is not as rigid as fiberglass or graphite. Some systems may offer steel or aluminum backboards, which are virtually vandal resistant, but don't offer the true rebounding action. The regulation size of an NBA backboard is 72 inches wide and 42 inches high. Most portable hoops are 42 or 44 inches wide and 36 inches tall. In-ground systems tend to be a bit larger, with 54-inch and 60-inch widths being the most popular. While rectangular shaped backboards provide more bank shot opportunities, they are generally more expensive than the streamlined fan-shaped board.	The Lifetime Pro Court 1225 Adjustable Portable Basketball Hoop with 44 Inch Bevel Impact Backboard is perfect for recreational home use. The Lifetime 1225 portable basketball system features a 44 inch Impact Reactor Rebound Polyethylene backboard, a classic basketball rim and a 27 gallon Pro Court base. The telescoping post allows you to adjust the basketball goal from 7.5-10 feet in 6 inch increments, so that players of any age can enjoy the game at their level.",backboard systems;backboards;basketball;court equipment;portable boards;sports;sports & outdoor play;sports & outdoors;team sports;toys & games,10
0307242889,"La Otra Cara De America (Spanish Edition) Text: Spanish	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Stories of famous, infamous, and not so famous immigrants and their struggles, triumphs and trials in this land.  Jorge Ramos is the national news anchor for the most widely watched news show by Hispanics in the United States.  This is his third volume.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Jorge Ramos is the national news anchor for Univision.  His former books have all become bestsellers in the United States.  He was born in Mexico and began his journalism career in the United States in 1978.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;contemporary;emigration & immigration;foreign language fiction;hispanic american studies;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;united states,10
080078412X,"Return from Tomorrow At the age of twenty, George Ritchie died in an army hospital. Nine minutes later, he returned to life. What happened to him during those minutes was so compelling, it changed his life forever. In Return from Tomorrow, he tells of his out-of-the-body encounter with other nonphysical beings, his travel through different dimensions of time and space, and ultimately, his transforming meeting with the Light of the world, the Son of God.  Ritchie's amazing experience not only altered his view of eternity-it has since directed and governed his entire life. One of the most startling and hopeful descriptions of the realm beyond, Return from Tomorrow may change your life for the better, too!	George G. Ritchie, M.D., has held positions as president of the Richmond Academy of General Practice; chairman of the Department of Psychiatry of Towers Hospital; and founder and president of the Universal Youth Corps, Inc. He lives in Virginia.",biographies & memoirs;books;death & grief;grief & bereavement;inspirational;leaders & notable people;religion & spirituality;religious;self-help;spirituality,10
087351484X,"Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart ""In the theatre of American memory Henry Hastings Sibley seems a mere shadow, a frontier figure ignored by many historians and forgotten by most Americans. But as Rhoda R. Gilman makes plain in her compelling biography, Sibley was an emblematic character caught in a world of dramatic change. Marked by nuanced and sensitive judgments, this book offers readers a perceptive portrait of a complex man struggling to find his way in a difficult time. Sibley was a 'regional' man; his dilemmas and challenges were national and even universal. Gilman's book is yet another testimony to the power of biography to reveal the contours of our shared past. Reading Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart is to know that one life can open us to many lives."" -- James P. Ronda, author of Jefferson's West: A Journey with Lewis and Clark and Barnard Professor of Western American History at the University of Tulsa. ""Exhaustively researched and skillfully written, Rhoda Gilman?s fascinating story of Henry H. Sibley, the central character in Minnesota's early development, expertly interweaves his careers as fur trader, politician, and general with the national and regional movements that transformed Minnesota into the industrial age. A major contribution to the historiography of nineteenth-century Minnesota.""-- William E. Lass, author of Minnesota: A History and Professor Emeritus of History, Minnesota State University, Mankato	Rhoda R. Gilman is the author of The Story of Minnesota?s Past (MHS Press) and co-author of The Red River Trails (MHS Press). She is a founding member of Women Historians of the Midwest and a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on the Green Party ticket.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;historical;history;leaders & notable people;midwest;political;state & local;united states,10
1566634261,"Sunstroke: Selected Stories The 25 smoothly translated stories in this collection have the emotional depth of Chekhov and the inspired acuteness of Raymond Carver or John Cheever, making them truly ahead of their time: Bunin, the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (in 1933), deserves renewed attention. A few of the book's shorter stories only a few pages each intensely portray moments of anger, love and pain to demonstrate larger truths about human behavior. ""First Class"" recreates the discomfort a group of upper-class passengers feel when a peasant enters their train compartment, freezing the juxtaposition of the passengers' disdain and the peasant's awkwardness like a snapshot. In the longer stories, small pains accumulate until they explode into tragic ironies. In ""Raven,"" a young man develops an affection for a fetching nanny his father has hired, much to the father's dismay; the older man later marries the nanny. As a storyteller in ""Ida"" spins a tale of lost opportunity for romance, it becomes clear that the failure was his own. Other stories strip away characters' defenses with elegance and precision: the title story, for instance, describes a lieutenant's short-lived affair with a woman he meets on a cruise. When the affair ends, she ascribes their passion to a momentary sunstroke, leaving him heartbroken and spiritually lost. The plots of Bunin's stories are not necessarily original, but their force and animation never fail to surprise; a brief introduction by the translator serves to put the writer in historical context. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Bunin was the 1933 Nobel laureate in literature, the first Russian to achieve this honor. Yet unlike his contemporary Chekhov or his mentor Tolstoy, he has not been remembered; only a few of his short stories, e.g., ""The Gentleman from San Francisco,"" which vividly limns the futility of life lived without soul, are regularly anthologized. This collection should go far to restore his reputation. Having studied art before becoming a writer, Bunin displays a painterly eye for detail. He is a master at capturing the moment, whether in ""Summer Day,"" a short vignette about a peasant trying to train a dog, or in the longer story ""In Paris,"" about the achingly brief romance between two Russian migrs. Often, the stories describe romantic betrayal. In ""Styopa,"" for instance, the narrator callously seduces and abandons an innkeeper's unprotected 14-year-old daughter, while in ""Zoyka and Valeriya"" it is the shy young guest Levitsky who is used by the capricious Valeriya. With their ability to penetrate the human condition in just a few phrases, Bunin's stories belong in all libraries. Andrea Kempf, Johnson Cty. Community Coll. Lib., Overland Park, KS Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Bunin displays a painterly eye for detail. He is a master at capturing the moment. (Publishers Weekly)The plots of Bunin's stories are not necessarily original, but their force and animation never fail to surprise. (Library Journal)Vibrant...a fine introduction to Bunin's work and a reminder of its importance. (New York Sun)Graham Hettlinger's new translation...gives us a Bunin startling in his vividness, sensuality, and restraint. (Virginia Quarterly Review)Bunin is, unaccountably, the least translated of the great Russian writers (and his best work ranks with that of Turgenev and Chekov). This splendid volume takes an important step towards righting a long-standing wrong. (Kirkus Reviews)	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian	Ivan Bunin (18701953) was regarded by many of his contemporaries as the rightful successor to Tolstoy and Chekhov as a master of Russian letters. He won the Nobel Prize in 1933. Graham Hettlinger lives in Bethesda, Maryland.",anthologies;books;criticism & theory;education & reference;history & criticism;literature & fiction;movements & periods;short stories;single author;world literature,10
B000FMGY5I,"Our Vanishing Relative: The Status of Wild Orangutans at the Close of the Twentieth Century In the 1960s, it was believed that no more than about 4,000  orang-utans remained in the wild. Consequently, IUCN - The  World Conservation Union - declared the ape an endangered  species, demanding its world-wide protection. Nevertheless, the  orang-utan today faces extinction because it is dependent on a  rain-forest habitat that is rapidly being demolished due to human  greed, and a growing human population.   Rijksen was among the first to make a detailed study of the ape in the  wild, emerging as an authority on orang-utan conservation. In the late  1980s he became so alarmed by local rumours of the rapid decline of  wild orang-utans that he initiated the study leading to this book.  Meijaard conducted the ambitious, island-spanning surveys in Borneo  and Sumatra to reveal the ape's whereabouts.   This is the story of their findings. It is the first comprehensive  study of the ape's distribution and status based on a wealth of  first-hand field data, and a frank, disturbing account of a mixture of  good intentions, ignorance and greed, spelling doom for our Asian  relative.   Nevertheless, the authors emphasise that the orang-utan can survive. A  realistic plan to save the ape, and with it thousands of unique wild  animals and plants, does exist. It is the authors' hope that Our  Vanishing Relative, so urgent and eloquent in its description of  the deadly net of problems descending over our helpless relative, will  awaken attention and empathy in order to safeguard the future of the  orang-utan.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	In the 1960s, it was believed that no more than about 4,000  orang-utans remained in the wild. Consequently, IUCN - The  World Conservation Union - declared the ape an endangered  species, demanding its world-wide protection. Nevertheless, the  orang-utan today faces extinction because it is dependent on a  rain-forest habitat that is rapidly being demolished due to human  greed, and a growing human population.   Rijksen was among the first to make a detailed study of the ape in the  wild, emerging as an authority on orang-utan conservation. In the late  1980s he became so alarmed by local rumours of the rapid decline of  wild orang-utans that he initiated the study leading to this book.  Meijaard conducted the ambitious, island-spanning surveys in Borneo  and Sumatra to reveal the ape's whereabouts.   This is the story of their findings. It is the first comprehensive  study of the ape's distribution and status based on a wealth of  first-hand field data, and a frank, disturbing account of a mixture of  good intentions, ignorance and greed, spelling doom for our Asian  relative.   Nevertheless, the authors emphasise that the orang-utan can survive. A  realistic plan to save the ape, and with it thousands of unique wild  animals and plants, does exist. It is the authors' hope that Our  Vanishing Relative, so urgent and eloquent in its description of  the deadly net of problems descending over our helpless relative, will  awaken attention and empathy in order to safeguard the future of the  orang-utan.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",animals;biological sciences;books;conservation;endangered species;mammals;nature & ecology;primatology;science & math;zoology,10
0814659489,"No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience (Scripture) It is a major contribution to biblical interpretation. --Chris Rowland, Queen's College, Oxford,",bibles;books;christian books & bibles;christian living;meditations;other religions;practices & sacred texts;reference;religion & spirituality;worship & devotion,10
087451603X,"Discourse on the Origins of Inequality (Second Discourse), Polemics, and Political Economy (Collected Writings of Rousseau) Extravagant, maybe even dangerous, Discourse on the Origins and Foundations of Inequality nevertheless remains among the most profound, and certainly the most thrilling, of political treatises. Roger Masterss translation is superb. (Myron Magnet, American Spectator)	Text: English (translation) Original Language: French	6 1/8 x 9 1/4  trim. 3 illus. LC 92-53866	CHRISTOPHER KELLY is professor of political science at Boston College, translator of several other volumes in this series, and author of Rousseaus Exemplary Life and Rousseau as Author.",books;education & reference;history & theory;literature & fiction;philosophy;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;reference;world literature,10
0691001286,"Analytic Narratives ""Analytic Narratives showcases cutting-edge work in the comparative and historical application of rational-choice theory.""--Mark Lichbach, University of Colorado at Boulder	""Analytic Narratives showcases cutting-edge work in the comparative and historical application of rational-choice theory.""--Mark Lichbach, University of Colorado at Boulder	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Robert H. Bates is the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and Faculty Fellow of the Institute of International Development at Harvard University. Avner Greif is Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Margaret Levi is Professor of Political Science and the Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Jean-Laurent Rosenthal is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Barry R. Weingast is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.",books;business & investing;economic history;economics;history & theory;methodology;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences,10
B000FJB92O,"Elastic Waves in Solids II: Generation, Acousto-optic Interaction, Applications (Advanced Texts in Physics) Elastic waves possess some remarkable properties and have become ever more important to applications in fields such as telecommunications (signal processing), medicine (echography), and metallurgy (non-destructive testing). These volumes serve as a bridge between basic books on wave phenomena and more technically oriented books on specific applications of wave phenomena. The first volume studies the different mechanisms of propagation in isotropic and anisotropic media. The second volume describes the generation and applications of free and guided waves.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Elastic waves possess some remarkable properties and have become ever more important to applications in fields such as telecommunications (signal processing), medicine (echography), and metallurgy (non-destructive testing). These volumes serve as a bridge between basic books on wave phenomena and more technically oriented books on specific applications of wave phenomena. The first volume studies the different mechanisms of propagation in isotropic and anisotropic media. The second volume describes the generation and applications of free and guided waves.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",acoustics & sound;books;engineering;optics;physics;professional & technical;science & math;solid-state physics;special topics;waves & wave mechanics,10
9657052033,"Essential Essays on Judaism Berkovits...tackles different philosophical and theological questions clearly and concisely.... -- Charles Raffel, Yeshiva UniversityOne of the few truly creative and bold voices of contemporary [Judaism] is without any doubt that of Eliezer Berkovits. -- Allan L. Nadler, Drew UniversityThese are courageous stances for an Orthodox thinker to adopt. -- Gerald Blidstein, Ben Gurion University	Please remove David Hazony's blog from this book details page. Thanks Marina Pilipodi Managing Editor The Shalem Press	Eliezer Berkovits (1908-92) was chairman of the philosophy department at Hebrew Theological College in Chicago, and is today recognized as having been one of the leading Jewish thinkers of the last century.Essential Essays on Judaism is the first anthology gathering many of Berkovits' most important writings on subjects such as morality, theology, Jewish law, Zionism and the Holocaust. David Hazony is a Senior Editor of Azure, a journal of Jewish history, politics, and philosophy published in Jerusalem.",books;christian books & bibles;judaism;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;religious;sacred writings;theology;torah,10
0816519145,"Grasshopper Pueblo: A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life ""An outstanding success as a non-technical introduction to a prehistory of a portion of the American Southwest and to archaeology in general."" SAS Bulletin""A rounded and readable account."" Antiquity""Anybody who has even remotely heard of the Grasshopper field school will greatly enjoy the fond descriptions of the area and the stories of life in the field school. And anyone who is interested in archaeology at all will enjoy being allowed to glimpse the romance and fun, as well as the frustrations, of everyday life on an excavation and will incidentally learn a great deal about two very different cultural groups: the inhabitants of the prehistoric pueblo and the archaeologists who came to Grasshopper to study them."" Journal of Anthropological Research""Nowhere else is there such a succinct descriptions of the Grasshopper region, or Grasshopper Pueblo itself. . . . A clear overview of the region both ecologically and archaeologically."" North American Archaeologist	Located in the mountains of east-central Arizona, Grasshopper Pueblo is a prehistoric ruin that has been excavated and interpreted more thoroughly than most sites in the Southwest: more than 100 rooms have been unearthed here, and artifacts of remarkable quantity and quality have been discovered. Thanks to these findings, we know more about ancient life at Grasshopper than at most other pueblos.    Now two archaeologists who have devoted more than two decades to investigations at Grasshopper reconstruct the life and times of this fourteenth-century Mogollon community. Written for general readersand for the White Mountain Apache, on whose land Grasshopper Pueblo is located and who have participated in the excavations therethe book conveys the simple joys and typical problems of an ancient way of life as inferred from its material remains.    Reid and Whittlesey's account reveals much about the human capacity for living under what must strike modern readers as adverse conditions. They describe the environment with which the people had to cope; hunting, gathering, and farming methods; uses of tools, pottery, baskets, and textiles; types of rooms and households; and the functioning of social groups. They also reconstruct the sacred world of Grasshopper as interpreted through mortuary ritual and sacred objects and discuss the relationship of Grasshopper residents with neighbors and with those who preceded and followed them.    Grasshopper Pueblo not only thoroughly reconstructs this past life at a mountain village, it also offers readers an appreciation of life at the field school and an understanding of how excavations have proceeded there through the years. For anyone enchanted by mysteries of the past, it reveals significant features of human culture and spirit and the ultimate value of archaeology to contemporary society.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Jefferson Reid is a southwestern archaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona. Stephanie Whittlesey directs archaeological investigations for Statistical Research, a private consulting firm.",americas;archaeology;books;history;native american studies;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;state & local;united states,10
1575421054,"Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12 Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 312 by Diane Heacox is a practical guide for teachers new to or interested in the process of differentiation. Drawing on Blooms taxonomy, Gardners theory of multiple intelligences, and other experts in the field of educational psychology, Heacox presents several practical strategies and ideas that teachers can use to differentiate instruction at any level in any curriculumThe reader will come away with some good, practical suggestions for increasing the challenge level for gifted students. Heacox successfully makes the point that a key feature of differentiation is its flexibility and widespread applicability. In summation, strengths of the book include the simple format of the book, the variety of strategies presented, and the distilled, easy-to-use versions of instruments used to gather information about students and their learning styles and preferences. A majority of the tools and strategies can be used in any content area at any grade level. Furthermore, the book has many reproducible, ready-to-use forms and templates. These templates are not only useful to teachers new to differentiationtheyre relevant for teachers who have been differentiating instruction for many years.Journal for the Education of the Gifted            At this time of increasingly standardized approaches to instruction and assessment, Diane Heacox's book brings education back to how it works best: Actually responding to children rather than simply responding to curricular mandates.Jane Bluestein, Ph.D., author of Creating Emotionally Safe Schools   	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Diane Heacox, Ed. D., is an Assistant Professor of Education at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, where teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Previously she was a K-12 instructional specialist and classroom teacher.",books;education;education & reference;elementary education;lesson planning;new;pedagogy;schools & teaching;secondary education;used & rental textbooks,10
0300102615,"Fine and Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift Kay Swift (18971993) lived a glorious life as a pianist and composer, companion to George Gershwin and the first woman to write a Broadway musical, Fine and Dandy. Ohl, who teaches piano at Heidelberg College in Ohio, provides an exhaustive, sometimes dense first biography of the composer. Using Swift's unpublished memoirs and interviews with her grandchildren, Ohl chronicles the pianist's breathless and charmed life, from her precocious childhood as a musical prodigy who was memorizing lyrics from operas at five years old, to her marriage to banker James Warburg and her later years of composing for Balanchine ballets and shows for Radio City Music Hall. Swift flitted through the show business world of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, and Ohl recreates this heady time in musical theater. Ohl engages in a close reading of Swift's Fine and Dandy, helping to bring the Broadway show first produced in 1930 back to our attention. As Ohl demonstrates, Swift found herself as a part of a society in which women's worth was perceived through their husband's success. Yet Swift's publications secured her membership in the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, joining the company of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and George Gershwin. While Ohl's academic tone slows her narrative at times, she deserves credit for bringing Swift back to our attention and for producing what surely will be the definitive biography of this fascinating woman. (June) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	""Swift's most compelling creations stand on their own . . . at last her legacy is receiving the thorough reevaluation it deserves."" -- Will Friedwald, New York Sun	""This first full-scale biography of Kay Swift is a comprehensive examination of her life and work in all its phases.""-Geoffrey Block, author of Richard Rodgers, Yale Broadway Masters; ""Vicki Ohl has written a superb, richly-nuanced biography of the American composer Kay Swift, beloved colleague of George and Ira Gershwin.  Her compelling chronicle of Swift's life and work is highly recommended."" -- Robert Kimball, artistic advisor to the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts, co-author of The Gershwins, and editor of The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin.	Vicki Ohl is professor of music at Heidelberg College.",arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;music;specific groups;women,10
0727858882,"The Voyage Born in the West Indies, British author Christopher Nicole's historical fiction has won international acclaim. Christopher Nicole lives with his wife, Diana, also a novelist, in the Channel Islands.",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers;war,10
0520055713,"Achilles: Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages Katherine Callen King is Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",ancient & classical literature;books;europe;greece;greek;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;medieval;movements & periods,10
0142002143,"Where Do I Go from Here?: Getting a Life after High School Rebecca Odes, Esther Drill, and Heather McDonald are the founders of gURL.com, which was launched in 1996 and now gets 3.5 million hits a day. They received the New York Magazine Award in 1997 for their work on gURL.com.",books;college & university;college guides;creativity;education & reference;motivational;new;self-help;test prep & study guides;used & rental textbooks,10
0786716762,"Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers If, as Howison writes in his afterword, ""Horror has always been the blues of literature,"" then this anthology of 20 new tales of the macabre is an all-star concert whose performers work haunting riffs on gutbucket themes. In ""The Reincarnate,"" Ray Bradbury makes a reanimated corpse the focus of a poetic reverie on death and loss. Clive Barker serves up a pastiche of the antique penny dreadful in ""Haeckel's Tale,"" but with the traditional subtexts of sex and death unapologetically exposed to view. Supernatural and psychological horror interweave seamlessly in John Farris's ""Bloody Mary Morning,"" a tale of modern horror with a classic Ambrose Biercestyle twist. In Ramsey Campbell's fiercely funny ""The Announcement,"" a writer's psychological meltdown plunges him into a paranoid conspiracy distilled impurely from The Da Vinci Code. Howison, the proprietor of Burbank, Calif.'s Dark Delicacies horror bookstore, and Gelb, co-editor of the Hot Blood anthology series, have plundered their Rolodexes to recruit a formidable lineup of horror's top creative talents. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	The Burbank, California, bookstore Dark Delicacies is world renowned for its singular dedication to horror. Using the bookstore's reputation to attract both celebrated and lesser-known horror authors, owner Howison and veteran anthologist Gelb have assembled the first collection of original short horror fiction bearing the shop's imprimatur. The opening tale, by the legendary Ray Bradbury, recounts the fate of a corpse irresistibly pulled from the grave by the call of the living. The final story, by horror master Clive Barker, reports a nineteenth--century scientist's grisly encounter with zombies. In between those appropriately chilling bookends, such veterans as Ramsey Campbell and Whitley Strieber rub elbows with such relative newcomers as Steve Niles and Rick Pickman. Two standouts, Lisa Morton's story of a solitary abalone forager stumbling across a mass murderer, and Playboy cartoonist Gahan Wilson's about a macabre artist whose grim subjects may be all too real, sell the volume all on their own. Indispensable for both horror fans and, of course, Dark Delicacies' patrons. Carl HaysCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Del Howison, founder of the worlds most famous horror emporium and bookstore, Dark Delicacies, has used his extensive friendships in the horror field to compile this anthology. He is an esteemed expert in the genre and has made cameo appearances in a number of horror films. Howison lives in Los Angeles.Jeff Gelb is the leading anthologist in contemporary horror. He is the co-editor of the Hot Blood erotic horror series, which features multiple Bram Stoker award-winners. His anthologies have debuted new fiction by Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey Campbell, and Brian Lumley. He lives in California.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;contemporary;general;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;short stories;united states,10
0826210341,"The Democrats: From Jefferson to Clinton Rutland's prose is clear, precise, and entertaining. Words, phrases, statistical data, and quotations are chosen carefully to hold the reader's interest and convey the exact meaning intended. Because of this, the narrative never becomes a monotonous and somewhat encyclopedic recital of one presidential election after another. Rutland achieves his objective in identifying the philosophical foundations of the Democratic party and its differences as compared to its rivals while also providing an analysis of its past as an integral part of the mainstream of the history of the United States. . . . A perceptive and engaging survey that can be thoroughly enjoyed by the professional historian and layman alike.--Journal of Southern History	Robert Allen Rutland is author or editor of numerous books, including The Presidency of James Madison, James Madison: The Founding Father, and James Madison and the American Nation. Editor-in-Chief of The Papers of James Madison from 1971 to 1987, Rutland is Research Professor of American History at the University of Tulsa.",books;elections & political process;general;political parties;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;teens;united states,10
0373785496,"Once Upon A Christmas: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year/'Twas The Week Before Christmas (Steeple Hill Christmas 2-in-1) Like a double scoop of vanilla ice cream, these two inspirational novellas by Snelling and Worth are fairly predictable, go down smooth, and are extra-sweet. Snelling's ""The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"" revolves around two successful, self-employed workaholics in California who meet by accident when their beloved basset hounds rendezvous (think 101 Dalmatians). An unexpected development in Thane Davidson's life causes love interest Blythe Stensrude to face some hidden fears (which are never explained fully or credibly to the reader), and Thane must choose whether or not he will judge someone he loves. In ""'Twas the Week Before Christmas,"" a handsome, slang-talking Cajun is tutored in manners by a pearl-bedecked debutante type, whose hair, skin and eyes are described in more ways than there are drinks at Starbucks. In both novellas, the romance never heats up beyond a steamy kiss or two, and there's plenty of God-talk to please Christian readers. It's absurd, however, to include discussion questions at the end (""Blythe and Thane love their bassets very much... how has your pet... influenced your life?""). This is not the stuff of deep introspection, nor should it be. But as a curl-up-by-the-fireplace-and-escape-from-the-hustle-and-bustle read for the Christmas holidays, these agreeable novels meet expectations.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Mrs. Snelling's writing shines."" -- Romantic Times BOOKclub""Worth takes readers on a thrilling ride . . ."" -- Romantic Times BOOKclub on After the Storm	Lauraine Snelling's novels appear regularly on the CBA bestseller list, and there are more than two million copies of her books in print. She and her husband have two grown sons and make their home in California. Lenora Worth is the award-winning author of sixteen Love Inspired romances and one novel for Steeple Hill. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is married and the mother of two.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""I feel as creative as a blob of clay and tomorrow I turn the big three-oh.""  Harley looked up at her, adoration in his sad, basset eyes, his tail beating the finish off the office chair legs.  ""Yeah, I know. You want to go for a walk. But Harley, Christmas is coming and I'm not anywhere near to ready. Not even begun, if truth be told. Now I know I'm never really ready for Christmas but--this time I'm beyond hope."" Blythe Stensrude glanced at the harbinger of despair again. Calendars should be banned from polite society. ""Think I'll skip Christmas this year, right along with my birthday."" Leaning down from her office chair, she cupped his furry face in her hands and looked deeply into his dark brown eyes. ""Another Christmas single. I thought for sure I'd be married by now."" I once dreamed of children but not anymore. She slammed the door on that near-tragic memory without peeking through.  A sigh stopped further confidences for a moment, while pictures of former suitors, or at least daters, flipped Rolodex-fashion through her mind. Thomas, college years, earring, musician. Boris, internship, Austrian, intriguing, bad breath. Henderson, first job, ladder climber, married her best friend. Sanchez, second job, wanted big family, huh-uh, not in this lifetime. Jones, real possibility, married, the jerk. And her rather unusual, but necessary requirement, no desire for fatherhood.  Harley kissed the tip of her nose with a lightning tongue.  Blythe sighed again. None. Nada. ""From now on, no more blind dates, no more 'come for dinner' and there's an extra man there, just for me. I'll just tell those nosey noses, yes, I have a man in my life. His name is Harley.""  Hearing his name, Harley planted both front paws on her knees and, tail wagging, whined again, then swiped her chin with a black-spotted pink tongue.  She hugged him close and got her ear cleaned, for her trouble.  Harley whimpered again and dropped to the floor. He headed toward the door, giving her an imploring glance over his shoulder.  ""Oh, all right."" Blythe snapped the blue nylon leash to the dog's collar. ""And the final thing, I'm going to learn to be content with you as the man in my life. God seems to have forgotten that dream of mine, in spite of a multitude of reminders.""  With the leash in place, Harley headed for the door. One either followed or spent hours teaching the dog manners, an exercise which Blythe had been promising herself to do. ""You have to let me get my coat, you silly thing."" She dropped the leash and stood on her end while retrieving her purple, fleece-lined jacket. The wind in Martinez, California, could carry a real bite down at the marina park where she loved to walk and Harley loved to nose for the smells, always anticipating the rabbit he might catch one day.  Key in her teeth to lock the dead bolt, she opened the front door. Harley made a dive for the outside, just as the phone rang. Answer it. No, let the machine pick it up.  The sigh came from her toes. ""Get back in here, you big lug."" She hauled back on the leash, dragging the nail-scrabbling dog back in the house. The door slammed closed and she dove for the phone, getting it just as the answering machine clicked in.  ""Blythe's Graphics. Let me put pictures to your words. I'm either...""  ""I'm here, don't hang up, the message will be over in a moment."" Why haven't I learned how to turn off the message? Why do I let some of this stuff...? ""Hello, yes this is Blythe, how may I help you?""  ""Good morning, Blythe, Brad Cummings here, wondering how the artwork for my project is coming? Are we on schedule?""  Blythe groaned inside but kept a smile on her face, having learned how important a smile is to the tone of voice on the phone, or anywhere for that matter. ""Barring any natural disasters, I should be finished tomorrow night, just as we agreed."" Now why did I say that? But she knew why. She loved this man's laugh, which he did as if programmed. The deep baritone chuckle came across the wires as if he were right beside her. The only problem with this man? He was happily married with three children, all of whom sang in the youth choirs at church.  ""Give me a call, then, and I'll be by to pick up the package. I'll stop on my way home. Save you a trip. Bye.""  Blythe set the phone back in the stand. That project would be done even if she never slept tonight.  Sometimes becoming successful led to other problems, like too much of a good thing. A good thing, meaning work of course. As a graphic artist, she was making a name for herself. But how was she to keep the quality up to her standards when she had so much to do? And such tight deadlines. She could hear her mother plain as the dog whining at her feet. ""Sometimes you have to learn to say no."" Sometimes...yeah, well, she'd have to practice that--in her spare time.  ""I'm coming, Harley, but this is going to have to be one quick walk.""  She locked the front door of her semirestored Victorian cottage and pulled on her turquoise gloves as Harley, russet-colored ears dragging the ground, and nose leading the way, turned left at the open gate of the picket fence. He knew the shortest way to the marina as well as she did so she only chose an alternate route if she didn't mind an argument.  Blythe lifted her face to catch the intermittent sun rays as clouds played tag with the wind. After two days of fog and rain, which left her feeling out of sorts, the sun felt like a gift she almost didn't open. Not that she was a sun worshipper, but waking to sunshine in the morning always set her day on the right track.  She groaned when her dog stopped to investigate something really important, though only he could discern what creature had passed that way.  ""Harley, you could at least warn me."" And you could pay, should pay, better attention. There was that voice, the one she frequently wanted to strangle.  His tail wagged, but his broad black nose never left the ground. When he ran out of scent, he raised his head, grinned at her and trotted out again, his snowshoe feet slapping the sidewalk.  ""Top of the mornin' to ye."" June Simmons, who lived on the next block, finished filling one of her twenty bird feeders and met them at her gate.  ""And to you. New part?""  ""I'm needin' to be authentic Irish in a week.""  ""Good for you, you'll make it. Which theater?""  ""The Willows. Look at ye, lass, life must be goin' yer way. Faith and begorra, ye've been a yellow-headed lassie for six months an' more.""  ""Really? Humph."" Blythe pulled at the ends of the shag cut. ""It's needin' cuttin', that's what it is.""  June bent down and rubbed Harley's ears, then removed the dog biscuit from her pocket and asked, ""Ye bein' hungry, Harley, dear?""  Harley yipped but when she shook her head, gave in and barked in basso profundo, true hound fashion.  ""Ah, that's more like it."" June handed him the treat she double baked herself. ""Ye better be watchin' for the wee folk down at the park. Heard tell there's been sightings.""  ""If they hide in rabbit holes, Harley is sure to find one."" Leaving June laughing, the two walked on down the hill, Harley now tugging on the leash.  They crossed the railroad tracks to enter the park at the west end. With the tide out, the wind blew the rank odor of mudflats their way. The freeway bridge arched over the Sacramento River from Martinez to Benicia. While most of the shipping consisted of oil tankers, pleasure boats, ships bringing grain from the upper rivers and container ships also plied the river waters. The two rivers converged upriver a few miles and flowed through the Carquinez Straits into the San Francisco Bay. Since the wind was from the west, she couldn't smell the refineries for a change. Even the pungent mudflats were preferable to the refineries.  Harley stuck his nose in a hole dug into the low grassy bank.  This did not promise to be a fast walk at all; he was in a real investigative mood.  ""Sorry, Harley, come."" She tugged on the leash. He wagged his tail. Moving a busy basset was like dragging a watersoaked log--through the mud. ""Harley! I have tons of work to do, so it's walk or go home. Take your pick.""  A rabbit darted out of the other end of the hole. From standing still to dead run in one bound, his back feet threw mud and grass as he dug for traction. Harley hit the end of the leash.  Blythe dug in her heels, but her purple boots could get no footing. ""Harley!""  Thane Davidson stared at the dog at his feet. If relaxed needed a picture, a sleeping basset fit. Especially Matty, his three-year-old fawn-and-white female, the only real steady female in his life at the moment. She had ""relax"" down to a science.  ""I asked if you wanted to go for a walk. I'm going and if you get up, you'll get to go, too."" He put the emphasis on the word go. ""I know this is outside of your schedule but...""  She opened both eyes, wagged the white tip of her tail and with a groan and a prolonged stretch, got to her feet. Not that she could get very far up. While bassets are bigdog size in the body, in the leg department, they got woefully shortchanged.  He half smiled at the look of long suffering she sent his way. ""Don't bother, I don't do guilt."" When he reached down and stroked her head and long ears, he marveled, as always, at how soft she was. Adoration was his for the petting, so he continued. Everyone needed to be adored at one time or another.  He smoothed down her long back and scratched her favorite spot, between her front shoulder blades, then rubbed along her spine.  ""That's all. We need to hit the street before the phone rings again."" He headed for the closet for his anorak and her leash. As soon as they were both dressed, they left the house, he with his cell phone in his pocket after a brief tussle with ""take it along"" or ""leave it home."" But since he was on call 24/7 as a troubleshooter for several computer software giants, he had learned never to be out o...",anthologies;books;christian books & bibles;fiction;literature & fiction;religion & spirituality;romance;single women;united states;women's fiction,10
1560253002,"Storm: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea In its latest compilation of short works and extracts about people in dire straits, Willis (editor, Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural) presents stories of survival in storms. The opening piece is a riveting, disturbing essay by a man who lost his wife and boat after deciding to ride out a typhoon instead of seeking shelter. In another, one of the guides of the doomed 1996 Everest expedition describes what led to his losing several members to exposure. The 18 stories are a mixture of fiction, memoir, and description and cover a variety of circumstances and times. John Muir, Leo Tolstoy, Wallace Stegner, Richard Byrd, Jack London, and Sebastian Junger are among the writers represented. The individual pieces are interesting, sometimes even absorbing, but the overall effect is much the same for all: storms are big, man is small, and strength, character, and preparation make the difference between survival and disappearance. For sports collections in large libraries.DEdwin B. Burgess, US Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, KS Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;earth sciences;environment;essays;literature & fiction;miscellaneous;natural disasters;science & math;sports & outdoors;weather,10
1553377974,"My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary Grade 6 UpHalilbegovich was just 12 years old on April 6, 1992, when she was told there would be no school that day, not because of a holiday, but because of a war. In her diary, she reveals the hurt, pain, and despair brought on by the fighting within her country and describes the bombings, deaths, and destruction. Through journal entries from her childhood, and looking-back sections written as an adult, readers are exposed to the realities of war. During her teen years, she experienced a life she never imaginedloss of friends, neighbors, and security. In 1995, Halilbegovich was granted passage to the United States. She left Sarajevo through a tunnel, with her mother encouraging her as she went, Remember your dream and keep walking! These words have stayed with her as she works for peace. This book is similar to Zlata Filipovic's Zlata's Diary (Penguin, 1995), but that book begins and ends with the author's words as a young girl. This is an important book as it reveals the effects of a little-known war on innocent people from a personal perspective.Denise Moore, O'Gorman Junior High School, Sioux Falls, SD Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Gr. 4-7. In 1992, when the bombing started in Sarajevo, Halilbegovich, 12, kept a diary of her terrifying daily life under siege. Her terse vignettes replay the horror of her comfortable home torn apart. Thousands of children are killed, and Halilbegovich herself is hit by a shell. Many black-and-white photos show the girl and her family, before and during the war, including a dramatic view of the tunnel through which she finally escaped, eventually ending up with an American family in 1995. Unfortunately, there's no map, and other than occasional brief notes, there's little background about the Balkans war: Who is involved? Why are they bombing her home? Her message for tolerance and against ethnic divisions is powerful, but it raises questions about generic identity that need to be discussed. Even so, the intimate view of ethnic warfare, the appeal for peace, and the haunting question, ""Why did the world allow it to happen?"" make the book excellent for the Holocaust curriculum. Connect it to Hanna Jansen's recent novel Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You (2006), about the massacre in Rwanda. Hazel RochmanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Her terse vignettes replay the horror of her comfortable home torn apart. The haunting question, ?Why did the world allow it to happen? drives her powerful plea for peace. (Booklist)This book keeps readers entranced as they learn of the horror, savagery and cruelty that took place during the war. (Canadian Childrens Book News)This is an important book as it reveals the effects of a little-known war on innocent people from a personal perspective. (School Library Journal)[Immediate and resonant. (Publishers Weekly)	Nadja Halilbegovich is a survivor of the war in Bosnia. She was twelve when the war began and throughout the war she wrote her diary. At the age of 14, she published her diary in the war-torn city of Sarajevo and became known as the Bosnian Anne Frank. She was wounded by a bombshell and still carries seven pieces of shrapnel in her legs. She escaped the war at the age of 16 and finished high school and university in the United States. She became an active public speaker for peace and tolerance. In 2006, she published a book entitled My Childhood Under Fire in the U.S. and Canada. Her book has been awarded the ?2006 Best Book Award? under Social Studies by the Society of School Librarians International as well as nominated for the Norma Fleck Award and the Golden Oak Award. A French translation has been released in 2007.",biographies;books;children's books;europe;explore the world;historical;history;military & wars;social situations;travel & cultures,10
B0002CO9MQ,"KC HiLiTES 127 SlimLite Black 100-Watt Fog Light System KC Hilites SlimLite 100-Watt Fog Systems include high performance halogen bulbs, optical quality glass lenses, precision polished and focused reflectors and tough ABS plastic stone guards for extra protection. Black finish and two all steel round slim housings give excellent durability and great styling.",automotive;driving & fog lights;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lights & lighting accessories;performance lighting;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts,10
0374399689,"The Cat Who Walked Across France Condense The Incredible Journey to its purest essence then add the most exquisite, vividly painted illustrations, and there you have The Cat Who Walked Across France.  A cat lives contentedly for many years in a seaside village, until his old mistress dies and he is shipped off to another town far away. Lonely and ignored, the gray kitty sets off on an odyssey, lured by memories of ""the tangy smell of lemons ripening on a branch under a window at the stone house by the edge of the sea,"" and driven by ""the taste of the salty air that blew off the water and coated the bench behind the stone house by the edge of the sea."" Returning finally to his home seaport, the paw-sore old cat finds the door to his stone house still open and inviting. Readers will be pleased (and not surprised) to learn that the new residents welcome the brave and determined fellow with open arms and dishes of food.  Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben, who have teamed up on several gorgeous and award-winning picture books, including Close Your Eyes, are a creative match made in heaven. Lovely! (Ages 5 and older) --Emilie Coulter	Kindergarten-Grade 3--Displaced when his elderly mistress dies, a cherished pet makes a long and lonely trip through cities, towns, and the countryside to return to the seaside home he shared with her. ""The cat pranced over bridges and bristled at the thundering trains that passed. At dusk he would lick the dirt from his face and paws. In his dreams he could hear the twigs snapping and the crunch of dried leaves as he circled around the stone house by the edge of the sea."" Banks's account of the expedition and the longing of the unnamed feline is quiet but descriptive. Occasional dangers such as stray dogs, aggressive children, and city traffic punctuate the animal's plodding trek as he grows thin and tired, doggedly working his way across the country. Hallensleben's double-page scenes, painted in his customary broad strokes and deep palette, convey a warm but also somber sense of each place as the journey progresses. The unidentified French landmarks create a particular geography for the universally satisfying story. A map of the route taken appears on the back of the book jacket. Predictably, the house's new owners offer the feline a warm welcome. How could it be otherwise? Rich in theme and evocative in tone, the cat's quest will resonate with young readers.--Margaret Bush, Simmons College, Boston Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Reviewed with Catherine Stock's A Spree in Paree .PreS-Gr. 2. France is not just background but also focus in these two picture books by superb authors and artists. The appeal of the setting may sometimes be stronger for adults than for preschoolers, but in both books kids will identify with the animal characters in a strange new world.In The Cat Who Walked across France , Banks uses simple, lovely words to tell the elemental story of an outcast's journey home. ""For many years the cat had lived in the stone house by the edge of the sea."" Then his loving owner dies, and all her belongings ""along with the cat"" are shipped north. Kitty finds himself prowling the streets of a strange city, begging for scraps and fleeing from stray dogs. He leaves to walk home, and a map on the back cover charts his route. Hallensleben's gorgeous landscapes show the places from the cat's viewpoint. The Eiffel Tower looms over the park; thundering trains pass under the bridge; a castle is reflected in a pool. The paintings are exquisite, and the landmarks are famous, but what kids will like best is the cat's adventure and the loving welcome he receives from the new owners when he finally reaches the house he knows.In contrast to that tenderness, Stock's A Spree in Paree  is pure farce, with wild, colorful cartoon pictures in ink and watercolor and a story reminiscent of Doreen Cronin's Click Clack Moo  (2000). The farm animals make the farmer Monsieur Monmouton take them on a day trip to Paris, and they all have a wonderful time. What's great is Stock's preserving the animals' body language, even when the critters become grotesque versions of other tourists, checking out the latest fashions, gawking at paintings of cows in the Louvre, screeching outrageously at the cancan dancers at the Follies Bergere. Adults who know Paris will probably get the most out of this, but kids will relish the slapstick of creatures acting as boss and taking over the hangouts of the posh elite. Hazel RochmanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""Hallensleben composes space like Matisse and loads his brush with paint like Van Gogh...Francophiles and cat fanatics will melt at the immensely satisfying conclusion."" -- Starred, Publishers Weekly""Banks and Hallensleben make beautiful books together."" --American Bookseller""Exquisite."" -- Boxed, Booklist ""With the rich palette and thick brushwork of Rouault or Gaugin, Hallensleben magically captures the light of France and the forthright courage of a small gray cat...Beautifully realized."" -- Kirkus Reviews""Hallensleben's drawings, using richly saturated colors, reflect a deeply loving view of France, both countryside and towns, and include landmarks that Francophiles can easily pick out."" -- The Horn Book""Rich in theme and evocative in tone, the cat's quest will resonate with young readers."" -- School Library Journal""This lonely and determined cat, who puts one in mind of Kipling's solitary cat walking down its alle of trees, is a heroine grown-ups are likely to find especially pleasing...Georg Hallensleben's paintings of her trip have at once a poster-paint Fauve simplicity and a Vuillard-melancholy...plaintive and memorable."" -- The New York Times Book Review	Author Kate Banks and illustrator Georg Hallensleben have collaborated on several books, including And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award, Baboon, Close Your Eyes, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. Banks lives in the South of France with her husband and two sons. Hallensleben lives in Paris.",animals;books;cats;children's books;europe;explore the world;historical fiction;literature & fiction;travel;travel & cultures,10
0855985216,"The Sphere Handbook 2004: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (Russian Edition) The Sphere Project is a program of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response and InterAction with VOICE, ICRC, ICVA. It is an NGO and Red Cross/Red Crescent initiative to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system, primarily to those persons who have a right to protection and assistance in disasters.",books;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;globalization;politics & government;politics & social sciences;public affairs & policy;social services & welfare;sociology;specific topics,10
156523216X,"The Decorative Decoy Carver's Ultimate Painting & Pattern Portfolio, Series One Bruce Burk ranks among the most eminent master carvers in the United States. He is the author of Complete Waterfowl Studies; Game Bird Carving, considered to be the definitive bird carving handbook; and Waterfowl Studies. He lives in Grass Valley, California.",books;carving;crafts;crafts & hobbies;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;how-to & home improvements;projects;wood crafts & carving;woodworking,10
0142400882,"Sam Samurai #10 (Time Warp Trio) Between hightailing it down the Tokaido Road, eluding a hot-tempered  samurai named Owattabutt, and trying to fix their malfunctioning  Auto-Translator, the Time Warp Trio may never get out of 17th-century Japan  alive. Especially with all those razor-sharp katanas poised and waiting  to lop off their heads. Joe, Sam, and Fred were working on a haiku homework assignment when they somehow  triggered the mystical Book again, only to find themselves--thanks to  some nearby books on Japan--summarily ""flushed down four hundred years"" and far  from their native Brooklyn. And even if they can overcome the language barrier,  our time-hopping pals will soon discover that they need to learn a thing or two  about Japanese culture if they want to make it out alive. (""Our daimyo is Rudy  Giuliani,"" while hilarious, isn't going to cut it.) Jon Scieszka's traveling companions are in fine form, as ever, alongside the  occasional illustration by Adam McCauley. Readers should love learning about  ancient Japan with the boys, and Time Warp Trio fans in particular will get a  kick out of the fact that a certain other trio--do you remember any  great-grandaughters from the year 2095?--ends up saving the day.  (Ages 8 to 11) --Paul Hughes	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Gr 2-5-The Time Warp Trio is off again! This time, Sam, Fred, and Joe are working on a haiku writing assignment when they accidentally trigger their time travel Book and are transported back to old Japan. According to the rules, they can't return to the 21st century until they find the Book in the past. Unfortunately, it tends to hide in difficult and dangerous places-and important features like its ""Auto Translator"" keep malfunctioning. Posing as itinerant entertainers, the three friends encounter the warrior samurai Tada Honda, his cruel war leader Owattabutt, and even their own great-granddaughters who are time-traveling from the future (and who have a much more advanced understanding of the process). Haiku verses are sprinkled through the text. Elements of Japanese history blend with wild anachronisms and off-the-wall humor in an adventure that will be welcomed by children. The short text and snappy humor make the story a good choice for reluctant readers.Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, ILCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Gr. 4-6. In their latest slapstick historical journey, the Time Warp Trio spins back to seventeenth-century Japan, mixing with Samurais and royalty for more nail-biting adventures, near catastrophes, and raucous humor. But there's a new ingredient in this title: poetry. The fun of making up haikus plays a large role here, and even readers sworn off poetry will find themselves captivated by Scieszka's use of haiku and haiku-esque observations in the text, particularly towards the end. The blend isn't always seamless and sometimes it's contrived, but Scieszka makes it work by keeping the laughs and the irreverence high--tough to do with spare, reverent poetry. Fans of the series won't be disappointed, and teachers looking for poetry materials may also find classroom ideas here. Gillian EngbergCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	[The Time Warp Trios] tongue-in-cheek humor, laced with understatement  and wordplay, makes for laugh-out-loud reading. -- School Library Journal,  starred review	Multiple award-winning author Jon Scieszka grew up in Flint, Michigan, the second oldest and the nicest of six boys. Jon went to school at Culver Military Academy in Indiana where he was a Lieutenant; Albion College in Michigan where he studied to be a doctor; and Columbia University in New York, where he got a M.F.A. in fi ction. He taught elementary school in New York for ten years in a variety of positions. In addition to his work as an author, Jon also runs a web-based literacy program called Guys Read that is designed to encourage boys, particularly reluctant readers, to get involved with books. Currently, he lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and two kids.   Recently, Jon was named the countrys first National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature, a joint effort of the Library of Congress and the Childrens Book Council. During his two-year role as Ambassador, he will act as a spokesperson for childrens literature, speaking to groups of parents, teachers, and children to encourage the importance of reading.",action & adventure;books;children's books;fantasy & magic;humor;japanese & haiku;literature & fiction;poetry;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy,10
1417626097,"Why Terrorism Works Against the backdrop of the U.S.-led war on terrorism, the renowned criminal defense and civil liberties attorney argues forcefully that the attacks of September 11 were largely of our own doing the international community, Dershowitz says, repeatedly rewards terrorists with appeasement and legitimization, refusing to take the necessary steps to curtail attacks. While the broad scope of this argument is inadequately supported, as it draws evidence almost exclusively from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Dershowitz, like many others, views September 11 as a turning point and aptly advocates such measures as national identification cards, increased border security, improved coordination among federal agencies and refusal to give an ear to terrorists' demands. More controversially, he devotes a full chapter to the use of torture against terrorists to obtain information about imminent attacks. While eloquently arguing in its favor under very controlled circumstances, this frightening suggestion from a civil libertarian will be seen by many as a great leap backward for democracy and a dangerous precedent for the international community. Even with his proposed ""torture warrant,"" there would inevitably be room for abuse, with lasting detrimental effects on both the victim as well as the U.S. justice system. Despite the ""never again"" hand-wringing, these penetrating arguments force readers to consider how we got to September 11, how far we are willing to pursue terrorists and how much freedom we are willing to give up for our security. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	You can love him or hate him, but Dershowitz (Harvard Law Sch.) is always worth reading. In this bracing work, he gently upbraids those who chalked up the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington to the supposed ""root causes"" of terrorism-namely, repression and desperation arising from poverty-while also chiding those he thinks are insufficiently committed to civil liberties. Dershowitz points out that the dispossessed in general ""do not resort to the willful targeting of vulnerable civilians."" Rather, militants resort to such tactics because the international community, and sometimes even the U.S. government, have rewarded them; terrorism will persist as long as it works. Dershowitz points out the scorched-earth tactics that could be used by authoritarian governments to defeat terrorism: torture, massive retaliation, complete control of citizens' movements. He concludes that nations bound by moral concerns can still respond effectively, reconciling forceful strategy with a regard for civil liberties that would include legal checks on the government use of military trials, wire tapping, and other antiterrorist tactics. Strongly recommended.James R. Holmes, Ph.D. candidate, Fletcher Sch. of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Univ., Medford, MACopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	...[C]ritical reading for anyone interested in the legacy terrorism has left us...[P]articularly recommend[ed]...for college students... -- William J. Bennett, author of Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on TerrorismA provocative, well-written book, destined to become a major source for understanding this modern plague. -- Aaron Leibel, Washington Jewish WeekAs always, Dershowitz is provocative and controversial. -- (Choice)Dershowitz brings...a clarity of vision impelled by a sense of outrage and an advocacy...as clear as his perceptions. -- Arnold Ages, Midstream: A Monthly Jewish Review[A]nalysis reflects years of wrestling with the moral and legal questions involved; it is deep, clear and fair.   -- Paul Pillar, The New Leader	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Perhaps America's most brilliant public intellectual, Alan Dershowitz attacks the central challenge of our times-terrorism-with ruthless honesty and striking originality, delivered in a narrative so compelling that the pages seem to turn themselves.""-Richard North Patterson, author of Protect and Defend; ""Critical reading for anyone interested in the legacy terrorism has left us, how our previous weak responses have encouraged more of it, and how we can end it.""-William J. Bennett, author of Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism; ""Dershowitz has a great deal to say-and to teach us-about the balance we are now struggling to achieve between domestic security and civil liberty.""-Barry Gewen, New  York Times Book Review; ""Written with great clarity and perception, Alan Dershowitz's new book on the murderous impact of international terrorism helps the reader understand the religious fanaticism and misguided political violence that continue to plague the twenty-first century, as well as their unavoidable consequences.""-Elie Wiesel	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law at Harvard Law School and America's most renowned criminal defense and civil liberties attorney, is the best-selling author of Supreme Injustice, Chutzpah, Reversal of Fortune, Reasonable Doubts, and many other books.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;national & international security;new;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific topics;terrorism;used & rental textbooks,10
068983344X,"Give Yourself to the Rain: Poems for the Very Young The author of Goodnight  Moon wrote scores of poems for children in her short lifetime, many of  which were left unpublished until now. In this collection of 24 poems, Margaret  Wise Brown's virtuosity shines through with verses about simple childhood  pleasures and sorrows. Days later, readers young and old will find themselves  muttering: ""Hark to the sound / Of the sea-slung gong / Ding Dong Dong / Ding  Dong Dong"" or ""Jig Big / jig little / jig little / Jig Big / Jig like a big PIG  / dancing a jig."" Some poems are clearly more refined than others; if Brown were  alive, she undoubtedly would have smoothed the rougher edges in ""Pussycat and  the Pumpkin,"" for example. Teri L. Weidner's watercolor and colored-pencil  illustrations in ""Spring Madness"" and ""Colors"" are sweet and natural, although  ""The Monkey Man"" and ""Christmas Song"" are less appealing. When all is said and  done, though, fans of the legendary Margaret Wise Brown will be pleased at  another glimpse into her talented, imaginative world. (Ages 4 and older)  --Emilie Coulter	Although many of the previously unpublished poems in this posthumous collection demonstrate the lyricism of Brown's best work, others seem clunky, as if the poems needed further polishing to find the quiet rhythms and grace of language hidden inside. Marcus, Brown's biographer, provides an eloquent foreword and relates how Brown scribbled poems on the backs of envelopes, but was a ""consummate craftsperson [who] might fiddle with a single line for years."" Some verses in this padded volume could have used a bit more fiddling. On the other hand, Brown consistently conveys universal childhood experiences in clear language without complexity. She describes a first snowstorm as ""White/ And quiet in the night,"" and dandelions as ""Bright yellow/ Constellations/ Brave little lions/ Suns in the grass."" The poems vary from the impish surprise of ""Pussycat and the Pumpkin"" to the wistful longing in ""The Sound of the Wind Is a Wild Sound"" to the raucous singsong sounds of ""Pig Jig."" Even with some static watercolor and pencil illustrations, Weidner (Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny) for the most part utilizes subtle textures and sensitively reflects the tone of the poems. While the painting for ""In the Sugar Egg"" does not quite match details in the poem, for instance, the illustration accompanying ""Colors"" interweaves selective images from the text to make a seek-and-find landscape of flowers and insects. A somewhat disappointing but nonetheless welcome collection for fans of Brown's Goodnight Moon. Ages 4-8. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	reSchool-Grade 1--Beautiful paintings enhance this collection by one of America's best-known picture-book authors. Many of the poems are lovely, with a memorable and graceful simplicity. ""Remember and never forget/Remember this/Your first snowstorm/White/And quiet in the night/And/Your first swim/The water was wet/And soft around you/And/The first hot day/When water came out of your skin/And rolled down you/You were so hot."" Not all the selections are successful, though. Some read more like fragments or drafts, interesting yet not quite pulled together. Lines like, ""Where the shining beetle traffics pass/Near the roots of the long green grass"" don't quite have the rhythm or economy of Brown's best works. Weidner's watercolors are touched with pastel and seem to have an inner glow. Her landscapes and animals are more lifelike than some of her people, but she is a gifted illustrator whose sweet and lyrical work matches the best poems here. Considering the pictures, the author's reputation, and the quality of much of the writing, this book should find a home in most good-sized collections.Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, ILCopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Ages 4-6. Twenty-four short poems by Margaret Wise Brown are published for the first time in this slender volume and illustrated with watercolor, pastel, and colored pencil artwork. Leonard Marcus contributes a one-page foreword, commenting authoritatively on Brown as a writer of picture books and poetry. The collection is a little uneven, but many of the poems, including the 14-line ""In the Woods"" (""The silence of logs, the coldness of stones / Deep in the deep green wood alone""), create evocative sounds and memorable images. ""Little Lost Kitten"" (""Little lost kitten / Lost in the rain / I look for you / Over and over again."") has the timeless quality of a nursery rhyme. Each poem is superimposed on a white-bordered, full- or double-page illustration. With rounded forms, soft shading, and warm colors, the artwork creates pleasant settings for the poetry. Carolyn PhelanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Margaret Wise Brown's contribution to children's literature is legendary. Her many popular titles include Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and The Little Fur Family and she was one of the best-selling children's writers of all time.",books;children's books;education & reference;environment;literature & fiction;mystery & wonders;nature;nature & how it works;poetry;science,10
0820319384,"Scratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm In this delightful book, Kline (Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal, Farrar, 1991) instructs the reader about the nature and wildlife that he observes on his Ohio farm. But his underlying message is, not surprisingly, to take the time to appreciate the joys of life: the birds, trees, hayfields, streams, clouds, spring peepers?all of nature, including our fellow human beings. While Kline's natural-history information is more anecdotal than field-guide extensive, it is indeed informative. His book is divided into four sections that correspond to the four seasons. Each section contains short two- or three-page essays on such things as events, cycles, chores, and Kline's observations of that particular season. As a pleasant, instructive visit with an appreciative witness to nature, this book is recommended for all libraries.?Nancy J. Moeckel, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OhioCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	An Amish farmer's blissful account of the rhythms of nature and work, finding delight in everyday places. ``Sometimes I wonder whether I farm to make a living or whether it is all a front, just an excuse to be out in the fields looking at clouds,'' writes Kline (Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal, 1990), who works the farm in northwestern Ohio where he grew up. He's not a typical modern-day farmer: He plows with draft horses and uses chemical pesticides only as a last resort, and then reluctantly. His view of wildlife is more enlightened, too. He tolerates woodchucks (considered unredeemed pests by farmers dependent on expensive heavy equipment) because their burrows nurture foxes, rabbits, and other species. Kline organizes his observations into short, discursive essays that shift easily from farmstead to fields, woods, and the community. Though some early passages seem pedestrian (the section on spiders reads like an elementary science text), his observations of plants and animals grow more intriguing the farther from home he wanders. Kline's finest moments involve fascinating interactions with wildlife that show how attuned he is to nature. He observes a titmouse plucking fur for its nest from a sleeping raccoon's back, recalls a pet crow from childhood who liked to grip the hood ornaments of cars and go for a feather-ruffling ride, and stands stock still in a field until a weasel passes between his legs, close enough for Kline to observe drops of blood on its nose. He respects nature, and it rewards him with genuine oddities: A damselfly lays eggs on his finger; a napping woodchuck arches its back appreciatively when he scratches it with his walking stick. Though Kline's thoroughly charming survey of the natural world focuses on the flora and fauna indigenous to Ohio, it has much to teach us about appreciating wild things wherever we happen to be. (four illustrations, not seen) (Quality Paperback Book Club alternate selection) -- Copyright 1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	""If you want to know what the real world looks like, you had best read Scratching the Woodchuck. David Kline writes with joy, good humor, and styleI can't think of a book that's given me more pleasure in years.""--Bill McKibben""Scratching the Woodchuck is a wonderful book about the pleasures derived from a well loved and competently used place. David Kline and the Amish are national treasures.""--David Orr""A calm and peaceful book . . . David Kline is a wonderful voice for all of these observations.--Booklist""Kline's thoroughly charming survey of the natural world . . . has much to teach us about appreciating wild things wherever we happen to be.""--Kirkus""In this delightful book Kline instructs the reader about the nature and wildlife that he observes on his Ohio farm. But his underlying message is, not surprisingly, to take the time to appreciate the joys of life: the birds, trees, hayfields, streams, clouds, spring peepersall of nature, including our fellow human beings . . . As a pleasant, instructive visit with an appreciative witness to nature, this book is recommended for all libraries.""--Library Journal""David Kline's vision goes beyond 20/20 into the realm of A/Z, where he eloquently uses all of the letters in between to delight us with his insights from his wide travels at home. He's an Amish Thoreau, except he scratches the woodchuck that Thoreau ate.""--Wes Jackson""Unlike the plethora of books intended to help renew and reassemble our disjointed, modern lives, Scratching the Woodchuck provides no instructions for being mindful, strengthening community, cherishing the natural world, deepening spirituality, or doing meaningful work. Instead, Amish farmer David Kline shares with readers a life wholly made of these fundamental things.""--San Francisco Chronicle""David Kline is an alert observer of the natural world and its creatures, and an utterly pleasant and interesting companion.""--Wendell Berry	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	David Kline is the author of Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal. A member of an Amish community, he lives on a farm near Fredericksburg, Ohio.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",agricultural sciences;americas;books;history;natural history;nature & ecology;nature writing;science & math;state & local;united states,10
0199245606,"The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 Peter Van Inwagen is one of the most interesting and original philosophers of religion writing today. Stephen Priest, The Philosophical Quarterly  Van Inwagen must be the clearest writer and the best stylist in analytic philosophy, at least since the passing of W. V. Quine. Daniel J. Hill, Ars Disputandi Journal  [a] fine book Trenton Merricks, The Times Literary Supplement	Peter van Inwagen is John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.",books;education & reference;humanities;new;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;religious;religious studies;used & rental textbooks,10
B000PGTEWE,"Tiny's Big Adventure (Horn Book Fanfare List (Awards)) PreSchool-Grade 2Tiny's big sister Katy is brave, adventurous, and willing to teach him everything she knows. When the young mouse wants to see the wheat field, she immediately agrees to take him there. They encounter many things that are new and scary to Tiny, but Katy, with her greater knowledge of the world, is able to reassure him. Their activities, which include playing games and encountering all sorts of critters, are superbly rendered in Lawrence's eye-catching illustrations. Made from vinyl engravings, watercolor washes, and textured printing, the artwork will be familiar to fans of the artist's This Little Chick (Candlewick, 2002). Aside from a few full-bleed spreads, the pictures and text boxes are framed, making them feel like sequential snapshots of the siblings' expedition. The palette consists primarily of muted blues and browns with highlights of rich gold, red, and yellow, giving the impression of light filtering down through the stalks of wheat. Children will relate to the sometimes-frightening feelings that come with venturing into the unknown and they will be reassured by this gentle, fun adventure.Genevieve Gallagher, Orange County Public Library, VA Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	PreS-Gr. 1. The fun of exploring and playing with a willing older sibling is wonderfully conveyed in this tale of two barn mice in the fields. Katy Mouse agrees to go with Tiny on his first expedition, which Lawrence depicts in the technique he used to such good effect in This Little Chick (2002). The rich mixture of vinyl engravings, watercolor washes, and printed wood textures gives a timeless flavor to the adventure, as do Waddell's sweet story line and clear sentences: ""The two little mice scampered away through the long grass by the side of the stream. They climbed the knobby tree."" Katy identifies for Tiny all the new, somewhat scary creatures they see: a rabbit, a tractor, a pheasant, a snail, a spider, and--oddest of all--an old boot. And together the mice come up with good games to play, such as ""climb-a-stalk."" Lawrence brings their world to life with inviting colors, textures, and details; the mice may be small but they live a big adventure. Abby NolanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	Martin Waddell has twice won the Smarties Book Prize - for Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? and Farmer Duck (also Winner of the British Book Awards: Children's Illustrated Book of the Year) - as well as the Best Books for Babies Award for Rosie's Babies and the Kurt Maschler Award for The Park in the Dark. Other titles include Who Do You Love?; The Hollyhock Wall; Owl Babies; Night Night, Cuddly Bear; Tom Rabbit; Webster J. Duck; and many stories for older readers. John Lawrence has contributed to over 100 books for children and adults as an illustrator and wood-engraver. Twice Winner of the Francis Williams Book Illustration Award, his illustrated titles include The Mysteries of Zigomar by Allan Ahlberg; Christmas in Exeter Street and the Walker Treasure A Year and a Day.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",action & adventure;animals;books;children's books;family life;guinea pigs & squirrels;hamsters;mice;new experiences;social situations,10
4770028601,"Basic Connections: Making Your Japanese Flow (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) Preface The purpose of this book is to provide helpful information about Japanese expressions and usages that facilitate the flow of ideas and thought in written and spoken Japanese.  During my thirty-year teaching career, I have seen a great variety of mistakes, many of which were the result of cultural differences or differences in the way that second-language learners and native speakers of Japanese conceptualize language. The book attempts to help students become aware of these differences in conceptualization and to provide them with the linguistic tools to overcome these differences, thereby allowing their ideas to flow more naturally. The book focuses on those grammatical items, idiomatic expressions, and set phrases that have proven to be the most problematic to my students.  The patterns are presented with examples, and tips are provided throughout the text to highlight particularly important points. A few exercises are also included to allow students an opportunity to experiment with what they have learned.  Note that F refers to patterns that are predominantly feminine and M to those predominantly masculine.  I would like to thank the Center of Japanese Studies at the University of Hawai'i for the Japanese Studies Summer Grant (1994) which supported this project. I would also like to thank Greg Nishihara and Sarina Chugani for their hours of computer work and to express appreciation to family and friends for their encouragement and moral support. Very special thanks go to my teachers, Dr. Shiro Hattori and Prof. Fumiko Koide, and to my father, who gave me the opportunity to study and teach abroad and without whom none of this would have been possible. Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Michael Brase and Mr. Shigeyoshi Suzuki of Kodansha International, Ltd.; without their help, this publication would not have been possible.	KAKUKO SHOJI, a resident of Honolulu, is a longtime instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is the author of Japanese Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionary and Kodansha's Effective Japanese Usage Dictionary: A Concise Explanation of Frequently Confused Words and Phrases.	[The opening pages to the first chapter of the book, with X's representing Japanese script and minus the original macrons and underlining.] BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS  There are two basic types of sentences in Japanese, the ""A is B"" type and the ""A does B"" type. In the ""A is B"" type, noun or adjectival phrases are linked by a form of the copula da/desu. In the ""A does B"" type, a verb is present, together with nouns or noun phrases.  **""A Is B"" Type**  An ""A is B"" sentence does not have a verb and is therefore called a verbless sentence. When B is a noun or noun phrase, B tells what or who A is. For example [A and B underlined]:  XXXXXXXXXXXX Kamaro wa Amerika no kuruma da. The Camaro is an American car.  XXXXXXXXXXXX Piitaa wa Furansu kara no ryugakusei desu. Peter is an exchange student from France.  When B is adjectival, B describes A:  XXXXXXXXXXXX Akiko-san no ie wa totemo ookii desu. Akiko's house is very big.  XXXXXXXXXXXX Kono ichigo wa amakute oishii desu. These strawberries are sweet and tasty.  In an ""A is B"" sentence, the topic marker wa and/or the copula da/desu may be deleted if their presence is understood from the context:  XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX Yuka: Watashi wa osushi o morau kedo, anata wa nani ni suru no? Mari: Watashi, tenpura. Sakana, kirai na no. Yuka: I'll take the sushi. What are you going to have? Marie: I'll have the tempura. I don't like fish (that's why).  In the example above, Marie dropped the particle and copula because their presence is understood from the flow of the conversation. The full form of Marie's statement would be Watashi wa tenpura desu. (Watashi wa) Sakana ga kirai na no desu.  **Two Uses of desu**  In the last example, the desu of (Watashi wa) Sakana ga kirai na no desu merely makes the sentence formal instead of colloquial, while the desu of Watashi wa tenpura desu is substituting for a verb phrase such as Tenpura o moraimasu (I'll take ~), Tenpura ni shimasu (I've decided on ~), or Tenpura ga ii desu (I prefer/want to eat ~).  When a comma immediately follows a noun -- as in Watashi, tenpura and Sakana, kirai na no in the example above -- it often indicates that a particle has been deleted. While punctuation in Japanese is generally not as fixed as in English, this is one instance that is useful to keep in mind.  **Omitted Particles & Copulas**  When the copula substitutes for a verb, the preceding particle is often deleted.  Q: XXXXXXXXXXXX A: XXXXXXXXXXXX Q: Nani de iku n' desu ka. A: Watashi wa basu desu (de ikimasu). Q: How are you going? A: (I'm going) by bus.  Q: XXXXXXXXXXXX A: XXXXXXXXXXXX Q. Nihon de wa doko ni irassharu n' desu ka. A: Tokyo to Osaka desu (ni ikimasu). Q: Where are you going in Japan? A: (I'll go to) Tokyo and Osaka.  In more informal or casual situations, the copula may also be deleted:  XXXXXXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX -- XXXXXX --- XXXX Watashi wa basu desu. - Watashi wa basu. -- Watashi, basu. --- Basu.  XXXXXXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX Tokyo to Osaka kara desu. - Tokyo to Osaka kara.  Natural Japanese avoids mentioning or repeating what is understood from context.",books;education & reference;foreign languages;humanities;japanese;language & grammar;new;study & teaching;used & rental textbooks;words,10
1573441163,"The Erotica Project This is hot reading by any standard, a revelation of the unwieldy and unrelenting desires of straight women and an assertion that ""it is revolutionary for women to take charge of and own their sexuality."" The Erotica Project began as a program for WBAI Radio New York and moved to the stage in 1998, where performances sold out night after night and were critically lauded. While lesbian writers have been throwing off the sexually repressive views of some '70s feminists for the past 15 years, the authors of The Erotica Project felt that straight women still suffered from ""anti-phallic theory"" and needed a celebration of the male organ and their own frank infatuation with it. In brief vignettes drawn from memory, fantasy, and the life stories of friends, they explore heterosexual desire from the mainstream to the dark and transcendent, even including a few mundane and unhappy tales and a sprinkling of same-sex adventures. It is hard to imagine a straight man, straight woman, or lesbian who wouldn't want to hear these stories, by turns sordid and lyrical, graphic and tender, all of them grounded in a sense of sexual entitlement that would make Freud blush and Dr. Ruth wipe away a tear of pride. --Regina Marler	Propriety prevents my quoting much of the dialog! Excellent...sexual...a titillation.  -- NEW YORK TIMES	Finally, intelligent, sensitive, sexy erotica for intelligent, sensitive, sexy women!	Erin Cressida Wilson is a critically acclaimed and internationally produced playwright and screenwriter. She has been honored by the NEA, the Rockefeller Foundation and the California Arts Council. Her plays are published by Smith & Kraus.	On Writing Erotica: Introduction by Erin Cressida Wilson I grew up in a house full of books, and because I was an only child, I was alone a lot. Often, because I had nobody to play with, I turned to the written word, looking for something hidden within those books, something naughty. Which hardback would have it? Which paperback? I was never disappointed, because my father had collected-on his topmost shelf-a library spanning the history of erotica (""academic work,"" I was told). I would climb carefully onto his swivel chair, step onto the desk, and reach up my hand without looking, waiting to see what came down-anything from The Story of O to I Am Curious (Yellow). Even before that introduction to erotic literature, I was intrigued by magazines in the basement. It is said that women are not typically aroused by dirty pictures. I found that not to be the case as I rifled through stacks of Playboy and Hustler. Wet, dingy, moldy pages with ripe, pink nipples falling from candy bras; lipsticked babes with blonde hair. These magazines were fascinating and instructive to me. I was born in San Francisco in the early sixties, surrounded by the sexual revolution. When I was a baby, we lived in North Beach, a block from Caffe Trieste and two blocks from Big Al's, on Broadway, where an enormous billboard showed the stripper Carol Doda with flashing nipples. My parents listened to records of Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl and brought me to the movies The Mother and the Whore, Last Tango in Paris, and Swept Away...by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August. Though my mother always told me to look at the floor when the ""naked parts"" came on, I covered my eyes and looked through the cracks of my fingers, feeling a pain and a pleasure in my groin that made me want to move to a desert island and do whatever it was that Mariangela Melato was doing with Giancarlo Giannini. A childhood friend and I used to jump around on her twin beds wearing her flamenco dresses. To me, her house was sex. The walls of the winding stairs were lined in red velvet. There were pictures of her father in a bullfighting accident on the wall-somehow horrific, somehow exciting. Dozens of cats ran through the house, and occasionally a pet fox scurried by. There were whips and capes on the walls. In the middle of their living room, on a small stage, was a queen-size bed with a heavy curtain around it. This is where my friend's half brother, who was twenty, slept when he came to stay. One night, in the middle of the night-wearing one of my friend's flamenco dresses, in which I had fallen asleep-I walked downstairs, and the curtain in the living room opened. Her half brother walked out, completely naked. He held his hand to his crotch but couldn't fit everything into one hand. I stared, and he stood there. Then I ran back upstairs very quietly, having seen a naked man for the first time in my life. But nothing prepared me for seeing my first erection, for the feeling of it, for the bizarre thing called ""come"" flying out of a boy, for the first time a boy put his fingers inside me, for intercourse, and the empty, sad, broken, lost feeling of losing my virginity. For the elixir of kisses, and for making out. I began writing this material when I was in a sexless, though very loving -and for those two reasons, extremely frustrating and saddening-relationship. I was staying at my parents' house in San Francisco. One night, I was falling asleep in my childhood single bed, a Bill Graham Presents poster of the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane hanging on the wall. To my right was another Fillmore West poster, of a naked woman in flames. In despair about the lack of sex in my life, and caught in my childhood bed, I began writing my first piece. What I wrote was ridiculous-a takeoff on straight male erotica, but at the same time, it came from my world. Lying in bed, writing, I embarrassed myself, made myself laugh, was vaguely aroused, and felt a great freedom to just write what I've always wanted to express: the voices of women unabashedly telling their sexual tales with no apologies. Articulating sexuality and writing it down are, in themselves, sexual acts. Of course-often, sex is in the mind more than it is in the genitals, breasts, or tongue. I want to create for the reader what I had as a child: the friendship and the partnership of a book. I used to dream that my lover's face was a book, that I'd turn the pages and step inside it. With a book, you can reach across the night and touch somebody you've never even met. It's about fantasy and imagination. And who is to say that that is not more real than the physical world? - From the Introduction",books;contemporary;drama;erotica;general broadcasting;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;radio;romance;united states,10
0446528595,"Swimming Across: A Memoir Andrew Grove has earned fame and fortune as chairman and cofounder of Intel. But, we learn from this remarkable memoir, he began life under very different circumstances, narrowly escaping the Holocaust and the closing of the Iron Curtain. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936, Grove--then called Andras Grof--grew up in a modestly prosperous, secular Jewish family. Through foresight and sheer good fortune, they avoided the fate of many of their fellow Jews, fleeing the Nazis into the countryside and living in a dark cellar in which ""the sound of artillery was a continuous backdrop."" Under the Communist regime that followed, Grove distinguished himself as a student of chemistry and was seemingly destined for a comfortable position in academia or industry--until revolution broke out in 1956 and he found himself in that cellar once again. How Grove emerged, ""swam across"" to America, and made a new life under a new name makes a satisfying conclusion to this humane memoir, which gives readers valuable insight into the business guru and technologist. --Gregory McNamee	""Jesus Christ was killed by the Jews, and because of that, all of the Jews will be thrown into the Danube,"" says a playmate to four-year-old Andris Grof Grove's original name. Born to a middle-class Jewish family in 1936, Grove, chairman of Intel, grew up in Budapest during his country's most tempestuous era. Despite avoiding deportation and death, Grove's family lived in fear during Nazi occupation and lost some rights and property. Afterwards, they lived under Soviet control. Curiously, Grove's memoir charts the routinized mundanities of his teen years seeing his teacher at the opera, being afraid to meet young women at the local public pool, the success of a short story he wrote more than life in war-torn Europe. But his discussion of contemporary politics is astute and personal ""I had mixed feelings about the Communists... they had saved my mother's life and my own.... On the other hand... they increasingly interfered with our daily life."" Never didactic, he remains focused on his own intellectual growth. Grove continued his education in New York after the 1956 revolution failed. The intelligence, dedication and ingenuity that earned him fame and fortune (he was Time's Man of the Year in 1997) are evident early on. He deftly balances humor e.g., subversive anti-Communist jokes from Hungary with insight into overcoming endless obstacles (from hostile foreign invasions to New York's City University system). Though lacking in drama, Grove's story stands smartly amid inspirational literature by self-made Americans. B photos. (Nov. 12)Forecast: Warner's fanfare pre-pub bookseller luncheons, Jewish Book Fair appearances, publication events in New York and San Francisco and concerted media campaigns will bring this book to readers' attention despite it not being the sort of business-oriented book most would expect from Grove. Its unexpected subject matter will mean that, despite the Grove name, it won't come near to matching Welch-size sales, but still, it should thrive.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Andris Grof was born in 1936 in Hungary; years later, he changed  his name to Andrew Grove and went on to help found the Intel  Corporation, eventually becoming its CEO and chairman. Grove's  memoir recounts his early life in Budapest from his perspective  as a Jewish boy trying to make sense of a world torn apart by  World War II, the Nazi persecution of the Jews, and the  repression of communism. He describes his escape to New York  City after the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution and how he began  to assimilate into American culture. His simple, evenhanded,  almost unemotional writing style stands in stark contrast to the  events around him, making them seem all the more horrific. While  this memoir presents no broad political or historical insights,  it is a poignant reminder of the great suffering that took place  during the middle part of the last century. This excellent book  is recommended for all public libraries and for academic  libraries where there is interest in the effects of World War II  or the American immigration experience.- Lawrence R. Maxted, Gannon Univ., Erie, PA   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Grove, who, as one of the cofounders of Intel and CEO for 11 years, was responsible for turning the company into the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer. He is also the author of Only the Paranoid Survive (1996), a well-written collection of illuminating insights into management. Also, Grove was named ""Man of the Year"" by Time magazine for 1997. None of these things matter, though, in this moving and inspiring memoir, which is really the story of Andras Grof, a young Hungarian boy who barely survived scarlet fever, hid from Nazis in the Budapest basement of a sympathetic Christian family, suffered anti-Semitic taunts as a youth, fled his homeland as Soviet tanks advanced during the Hungarian uprising of 1956, and sailed off alone at the age of 20 to the U.S.--where Grove's narrative ends as he starts school in New York and begins to make his way in a new country. Grove's account of life in Hungary in the 1950s is a vivid picture of a tumultuous period in world history. David RouseCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""...Grove tells an enthralling tale...""  -- Biography, 11/01""...a heck of a story...reads like a spy novel...""  -- American Way, 11/01""...a remarkable book, both for what it says and for what it does not...""  -- Chicago Tribune, 11/5/01""...a unique and often harrowing personal experience...fiction at its most engrossing... an utterly compelling narrative...a wonderful reading experience.""  -- Richard North Patterson""...an astringently unsentimental memoir that may find its place...with such works as Angela's Ashes...and This Boy's Life...""  -- Time, 11/26/01""A poignant memoir...a moving reminder of the meaning of America... -- Henry Kissinger""A poignant tale leading to human courage and hope.""   -- Elie Wiesel""Andy Grove is a tremendous role model, and his book sheds light on his amazing journey...""  -- Monica Seles""Haunting and inspirational. It should be required reading in schools.""  -- Tom Brokaw""This honest and riveting account gives a fascinating insight into the man who wrote Only the Paranoid Survive.""  -- George Soros	Andrew S. Grove participated in the founding of Intel and is its chairman today. He also teaches at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He was named TIME's ""Man of the Year"" in 1997, and his previous titles Only the Paranoid Survive and High Output Management are considered required reading in the business world.	This memoir of the early years of Grove, cofounder and chair of Intel, is written and read in a formal way that has a distancing effect. While enumerating bland details of daily life, the book, fortunately, offers some interesting glimpses into life in Hungary, first as a Jew living in hiding under the Nazis, and later under the Soviet regime. He reports the hardships and absurdities of life under the Soviets with understated irony. His escape from occupied Hungary and his difficult journey to America are the most affectingly told part of his story. Philip Bosco reads clearly at a good pace, but with a flatness that fails to capture any spark of life. Fans of Grove's business writings and those curious about life under communism may find enough to keep them listening.  E.S.  AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",biographies & memoirs;books;business;europe;historical;history;holocaust;hungary;memoirs;professionals & academics,10
0836232771,"Until Now Sleeping angels. Flower fairies. Woodland nymphs and watermelon seeds. Anne Geddes's magical world is populated by hundreds of beautiful, chubby babies and gorgeous children dressed as peapods, pansies, peonies, and pearls. Geddes fans will be thrilled by Until Now, a lush, coffee-table-sized, 10-year retrospective of Geddes's work, including 1991's crowd-pleasing ""Cabbage Kids,"" featured on calendars and coffee mugs everywhere, as well as many previously uncollected shots from Geddes's New Zealand studio.  It's not all costumes, though--the 1997 portrait of Caleb, 3 weeks old, is a beautiful, unretouched close-up of the sweetly sleeping newborn, belly-button still poking out and skin peeling. A portrait only a mother could love? Hardly. Caleb's perfect little sleeping face would evoke maternal feelings from a stone. Particularly fun and often touching are Geddes's notes at the back of the book. For example, of ""Rebecca,"" she writes, ""How do you get a 14-month-old to sit still?  Show her the jelly bean, and then put it down her trousers."" The resulting photograph is of a lovely, mop-headed, tummy-grabbing toddler peering intently at her own navel. Incorporating both rich color and black-and-white photographs, Until Now will delight parents, grandparents, and baby-lovers of all sizes. --Rebecca A. Staffel	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Born and raised in Queensland, Australia, Anne Geddes is the world's best-selling photographer. Her classic images of newborns grace greeting cards, calendars, books, stationery, and photo albums and are currently published in more than 50 countries. Anne's books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 16 languages.Her new collection of baby clothing-designed for babies up to 12 months-is now available exclusively on-line. She and her husband, Kel, live in New Zealand with their two daughters.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & photography;books;catalogues & exhibitions;collections;individual artists;parenting;parenting & relationships;photography;self-esteem;self-help,10
0674745728,"Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism A work of monumental scope. [Horsman] has permanently changed the accepted scholarly understanding of racial Anglo-Saxonism. (Reviews in American History )The most lucidly written, comprehensive portrayal of antebellum racial thought to date. (The Yale Review )The book offers an insightful perspective stressing the unity of racist thought...Well written and organized, Race and Manifest Destiny confronts an important subject in western history, yet never loses sight of the broader themes of the American past. (Western Historical Quarterly )A well-documented, in-depth study of antebellum racial thought which challenges the older view of historians that racial Anglo-Saxonism was not intellectually ascendent in American thought before the Civil War...A very important contribution. (Indiana Magazine of History )	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",americas;anthropology;books;cultural;ethnic studies;history;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;united states,10
0306806355,"TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955 This account of great tap dance stars begins in 1900 and ends in 1955, covering the heyday of tap dance and including the memories of thirty fine dancers from Shirley Temple to Fayard Nicholas. The lively, fun stories detail individual artists' achievements as well as the evolution of the tap dance industry as a whole.  -- Midwest Book Review	Rusty E. Frank is a tap dancer, producer, historian, and tap dance preservationist. She studied with many of the great tap masters; she produced, directed, and appeared in the all-star tap revues Jazz Tap!; and she owns and operates On Tap!, which promotes tap productions and markets tap supplies. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is producing the documentary TAP! The Tempo of America.",20th century;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;dance;history;humor & entertainment;modern (16th-21st centuries);performing arts;theater,10
056708518X,"A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew (International Critical Commentary) Volume III ""The authors' meticulous and accurate scholarship, the breadth of their reading, their careful and essentially sensible opinions and judgements are the constant reactions readers should have when consulting this commentary. For any serious scholar of the Gospel of Matthew, this new ICC must be the first port of call, not only for its own exegetical treatment of Matthew, but for alerting us to a vast range of previous comment, patristic, medieval, and modern, and also to an impressively full bibliography of recent articles, monographs and studies on all aspects of this Gospel. This is no realistic substitute in English for this commentary if one is at work on the Greek text of Matthew. That the authors (and their publisher) acomplished their task of producing the three volumes in ten years is itself a prodigious feat.""Novum Testamentum (Novum Testamentum )""How should this massive work of scholarship be assessed? The three volumes stand as one of the major commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew in which all future interpreters of the Gospel will find a source of fruitful dialogue and helpful ideas. It is a ""must have"", both in libraries and in footnotes. Davies and Allison are to be thoroughly commended on the fruits of their considerable toil."" Seminary Studies (Seminary Studies 37 )'[The authors] have set a very high standard indeed, and it is doubtful whether their commentary will be seriously challenged in the very near future. The third and final volume of this magnificent commentary, like the first two volumes, will become an indispensable text for all scholars and students who work on the Gospel of Matthew.' David C. Sim, Australian Biblical Review'How should this massive work of scholarship be assessed? The three volumes stand as one of the major commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew in which all future interpreters of the Gospel will find a source of fruitful dialogue and helpful ideas. It is a ""must have"", both in libraries and in footnotes. Davies and Allison are to be thoroughly commended on the fruits of their considerable toil.' Robert K. McIver, Seminary Studies'The authors' meticulous and accurate scholarship, the breadth of their reading, their careful and essentially sensible opinions and judgements are the constant reactions readers should have when consulting this commentary. For any serious scholar of the Gospel of Matthew, this new ICC must be the first port of call, not only for its own exegetical treatment of Matthew, but for alerting us to a vast range of previous comment, patristic, medieval, and modern, and also to an impressively full bibliography of recent articles, monographs and studies on all aspects of this Gospel. This is no realistic substitute in English for this commentary if one is at work on the Greek text of Matthew. That the authors (and their publisher) acomplished their task of producing the three volumes in ten years is itself a prodigious feat.'J. K. Elliott, Novum Testamentum	W. D. Davies was Emeritus Ivey Professor of Advanced Studies and Research in Christian Origins at Duke University. He was Professor Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary, and Texas Christian University. He was the author of many books, including Paul and Rabbinic Judaism and Jewish and Pauline Studies.Dale C. Allison Jr. is Errett M. Grable Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and is the author of The Intertextual Jesus and, with the late W.D. Davies, the ICC volumes on Matthew.",bibles;books;christian books & bibles;education & reference;humanities;new;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;used & rental textbooks,10
0192822128,"A Sicilian Romance (The World's Classics) 'Her own survey of the criticism is lucid and wide-ranging.' Times Literary Supplement	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Also Hon. Wordsworth Fellow, University of Lancaster (1988-1992). Has contributed to volumes of essays on Josephine Butler, and on Gothic writing.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;british;classics;contemporary;gothic & romantic;history & criticism;literature & fiction;movements & periods;politics & social sciences;women's studies,10
1586420925,"The Surprising Power of Family Meals: How Eating Together Makes Us Smarter, Stronger, Healthier, and Happier Having regular family meals can eliminate teen eating disorders; improve children's grades; reduce the incidence of drug abuse, teen pregnancy and smoking; and even expand toddlers' vocabulary. So says Weinstein (Yiddish: A Nation of Words), a documentary filmmaker and mother of two. ""No one is asking for rocket science here,"" she writes, ""only shared mac-and-cheese and a bunch of chairs pulled up around the table."" Her points, drawn from the fields of psychology, anthropology, religion and education, are valid and logical; in fact, it seems obvious that eating together will improve children's manners, provide family intimacy and create a secure environment for teenagers. Occasionally, however, Weinstein's arguments are spotty: ""Of course there is no guarantee that if you maintain regular meals, you will eradicate eating disorders. But... the absence of regular meals makes it easier for all sorts of disordered eating to thrive."" Weinstein has tried to create a full-length book from what could've sufficed as a compelling magazine article. Still, her case studies are stimulating, and her writing style is persuasive enough to convince readers to make a point of enjoying an evening meal with their families. (On sale Sept. 6) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	In today's fast-paced environment, finding the time to sit down to a family supper challenges the most dedicated parent. Everyone has commitments to jobs, school, sports, and other activities. These centripetal forces work against both the family and its members. Weinstein argues that families who conscientiously set aside time to eat together and make this practice the rule rather than the exception derive significant benefits from the outwardly inconsequential practice. Studies have shown that families who have supper (her preferred term for the evening meal) together raise -better-adjusted children who avoid drug use, teen pregnancies, and eating disorders. For those who lack the inspiration to initiate such a family program, Weinstein offers advice on scheduling, balancing obligations, making the occasion productive, and putting everyone at ease. She cites examples of families who make dining together a habit, remarking on improvements in social manners and awareness in children. Careful not to overstate the benefits of the family supper, Weinstein makes this practice attractive and attainable for everyone. Mark KnoblauchCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	There's a lot more to family dinners than meets the eye. They have 'the power of ritual,' giving parents and kids the chance to connect, adding a sense of security to the daily routine. They're an opportunity for parents to teach about family history and traditions, so that they give kids a sense of identity. Even dysfunctional families seem to work just a little bit better when they make time to eat dinner together. The point is, family meals aren't just about food. As Weinstein puts it, 'Supper is about nourishment of all kinds.' That includes physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual nourishment.  CBN.comWeinstein does not look through rose-colored glasses.  She acknowledges that single-parent households, dual-income families, extracurricular activities and peer pressure promote skipped meals and dashboard dining.  She offers strategies for bringing back this simple but highly effective communion. The Plain DealerChildren who grow up with a strong sense of family are likely to become solid, healthy adults. Sitting down together for supper - or any other occasion - is essential to family, and its importance cannot be overestimated. Washington PostHaving regular family meals can eliminate teen eating disorders; improve children's grades; reduce the incidence of drug abuse, teen pregnancy and smoking; and even expand toddlers' vocabulary. . . . Weinstein's case studies are stimulating, and her writing style is persuasive enough to convince readers to make a point of enjoying an evening meal with their families. Publishers WeeklyThoughtful, meticulously researched . . . Weinstein offers small steps families can take to reinstitute this basic tradition.  NewsdayWeinstein researched the benefits of the family supper and concluded that the practice cements relationships. The immediate goal is for your family to walk away from the table feeling pleasure. . . . The family dinner is bonding and opens the lines of communication.  Dallas Morning News	Miriam Weinstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. As a journalist, she has won several awards from the New England Press Association. Her work has appeared in Boston Magazine, the Boston Globe magazine, Hope, and ParentSource. She has written extensively for the on-line magazines Jewish Family  Life! as well as for InterfaithFamily.com. A former staff member for North Shore Weeklies and freelancer for Essex County Newspapers, she writes restaurant reviews and food columns as well as features on a wide variety of subjects. Her previous books include Yiddish: A Nation of Words and Prophets  Dreamers: A Selection of Great Yiddish Literature. She lives in Manchester, Massachusetts, with her husband and has two grown children.",books;cookbooks;family relationships;fitness & dieting;food & wine;gastronomy;health;history;parenting;parenting & relationships,10
0930440366,"Encyclopedia of Classic French Pastries: History and Legends of the Great Pastries of France/Easy-To-Follow Recipes for Home Cooks Whatley spent ten years in Paris studying French pastry and working as a patissiere. Now she has drawn on her training and background to produce a comprehensive cookbook featuring a full range of classic pastrymaking , with dozens of recipes for cakes, tarts, cookies, and more. Most pastry books of this scope are aimed at the professional; Whatley's clear instructions make her recipes easily accessible to the home cook, and her headnotes include culinary lore not found in the basic texts. Nick Malgieri's Perfect Pastry ( LJ 11/15/89) includes many of the better-known French pastries, but dedicated home bakers will find Whatley's ambitious work invaluable.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;cookbooks;cooking;education & reference;encyclopedias;european;food & wine;french;history;regional & international,10
0618103538,"The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Vol. 1 David M. Kennedy (Ph.D., Yale University) is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and co-director of The Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West at Stanford University. His first book, BIRTH CONTROL IN AMERICA: THE CAREER OF MARGARET SANGER, was honored with both the Bancroft Prize and the John Gilmary Shea Prize. He has won numerous teaching awards at Stanford, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in American political, diplomatic, intellectual, and social history, and in American literature. Dr. Kennedy published a volume in the OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 19291945, for which he was honored with the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society, and he serves on the board of the Pulitzer Prizes.",americas;books;education & reference;history;humanities;new;pedagogy;schools & teaching;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
0759691797,"How ABS See Gimps Ruth C. Webb, Ph.D. was injured at birth, which left her with Cerebral Palsy.  She was educated by her mother, two public schools, one rehabilitation institute, Drew University (B.A.), Syracuse University (M.A. ED), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D. DHL).  Dr. Webb spent twenty-five years working with physically handicapped and mentally retarded persons in a workshop and hospital schools.  She is now retired and lives in a retirement community.  Her memoirs, ""Journey into Personhood"", was published in 1994 by the University of Iowa Press.  She has experienced the mechanisms of avoidance and rejection from unknowing strangers.",books;disability;disabled;law;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specialties;specific demographics;used & rental textbooks,10
0767903358,"The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: How Your Relationships Can Thrive When the World Overwhelms You Picking up where The Highly Sensitive Person left off, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love explores the sometimes bumpy but ultimately rewarding terrain that love relationships have to offer this group of people. HSPs, as they are known, make up the estimated 15 to 20 percent of the population that have very sensitive nervous system and are prone to deep reflection and feelings of being overwhelmed by the world. These special characteristics, which tend to be misunderstood as shyness and dismissed as signs of weakness in our highly competitive society, inevitably bring interesting challenges to all kinds of love relationships for HSPs. Author Elaine Aron--who's a psychotherapist, researcher, and an HSP--delves deep to into the subject and surfaces with detailed, helpful, wise advice for HSPs and their partners, be they fellow HSPs or non-HSPs.  Aron details the positive and negative sides to such relationships, including how the HSP benefits, how both members of the relationship benefit, the typical challenges that arise, and solutions to those challenges. For instance, a relationship made up of two HSPs may engender low levels of arousal, or awareness, which means that both of you will avoid doing the same things that make you uncomfortable, such as shopping, dealing with conflict, and being in crowds. Solution? Simplify your life, see if you can hire someone to take care of the tasks neither of you wants to do--but don't forget that doing such tasks is also a way to grow personally--and divvy up the tasks according to preference. As for conflict, Aron says that having a plan of action is the best route--decide how to handle conflict in the relationship before the conflict flares up. Another reality of an HSP-HSP union is that neither person will be able to max out on work and expect to have a decent home life, so at least one of you will have to limit activities. So, plan not to have more than one child if you both work (it may be too late for some couples to put this one into action; if so, Aron advises that one parent stay at home).  Throughout the book, Aron stresses that being in a relationship is a ""package deal""; neither the HSP nor the non-HSP is perfect, so she urges readers to appreciate the positive aspects of their sensitivity, be it highly sensitive or not, and not to dwell on its drawbacks. But she does urge HSPs who are unhappy with their trait to work on coming to terms with it--through inner work, counseling, or medication if needed--as its qualities, when properly appreciated, can be life enhancing and beneficial to HSPs as well as to their relationship partners. --Stefanie Durbin	In her 1996 bestseller, The Highly Sensitive Person, Aron defined ""HSPs"" as people who ""pick up on subtleties, reflect deeply and therefore are easily overwhelmed."" A self-professed HSP, Aron identifies the cause of this ""innate temperament"" as a ""strong pause-to-check system"" involving the neurotransmitter serotonin. The result, she explains, is ""a major, normal, inherited difference in how the entire nervous system functions [and affects] every aspect of life"" for 15% to 20% of the population. Aron also identifies inherited traits of ""HSSs"" or ""high sensation seekers,"" whose love for change and bold risk-taking are spurred by the neurotransmitter dopamine. (Somewhat confusingly, Aron claims that it is possible for one person to be an HSP and an HSS simultaneously, or a non-HSP and a non-HSS, or any combination thereof.) Self-tests help readers assess themselves and their partners in both areas. Based on her research as a psychotherapist, hundreds of personal interviews with individuals and couples, and some recent controlled studies done by others, Aron describes the various possible ""personality combinations,"" reasons for their attraction to one another and potential areas of conflict. Aron offers a fresh way of perceiving the diversity and complexity of human personality that will help readers better understand themselves, their partners and the dynamics of interaction. Agent, Betsy Amster. 4-city tour. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Praise for The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.  The Highly Sensitive Person in Love gives relationships their proper basis in the inner life, and honors those who are by nature drawn to that life. This wonderful and important book will help the highly sensitive find peace and fulfillment in their relationships. --Robert Johnson, Doc.Hum., author of Inner Work and Balancing Heaven and Earth  Praise for The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.  Enlightening and empowering, this book is a wonderful gift to us all. --Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade  A must-read for all but the most brutish among us. In an engaging style that belies her serious scholarship, Aron uncovers the many facets of this fundamental dimension of human nature. Her balanced, perceptive analysis suggests new paths for making the trait a blessing, not a handicap. --Philip G. Zimbardo, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, and author of Shyness  This remarkable book speaks clearly to highly sensitive people. It gives a fresh perspective, a sigh of relief, and a good sense of where we belong in society. --John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus  Praise for The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.  Highly sensitive people often need help with two goals: developing a deep sense of self-acceptance and becoming more confident in their relationships with other people. Elaine Aron's enormously helpful new workbook offers a sympathetic and effective program for highly sensitive people to make real progress in pursuit of their goals. --Jonathan Cheek, Ph.D., author of Conquering Shyness	Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are ?too sensitive?? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds?Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines divorce is genetic temperament.  And, if you are one of the 20 percent of people who are born highly sensitive, the risk of an unhappy relationship is especially high.  Your finely tuned nervous system, which picks up on subtleties and reflects deeply, would be a romantic asset if both you and your partner understood you better. But without that understanding, your sensitivity is likely to be making your close relationships painful and complicated.Based on Elaine N. Aron?s groundbreaking research on temperament and intimacy, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love offers practical help for highly sensitive people seeking happier, healthier romantic relationships.  From low-stress fighting to sensitive sexuality, the book offers a wealth of practical advice on making the most of all personality combinations.  Complete with illuminating self-tests and the results of the first survey ever done on sex and temperament, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love will help you discover a better way of living and loving.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	?The Highly Sensitive Person in Love gives relationships their proper basis in the inner life, and honors those who are by nature drawn to that life.  This wonderful and important book will help the highly sensitive find peace and fulfillment in their relationships.?--Robert Johnson, Doc.Hum., author of Inner Work and Balancing Heaven and Earth	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, workshop leader, researcher, and highly sensitive person herself.She is the author of The Highly Sensitive Person and The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook. She divides her time between San Francisco and New York.	Are You an HSP? Temperament, Love, and SensitivityI fall in love so damn hard.I feel like an alien sometimes. Everyone else seems to be in a relationship. But what they call love just doesn't appeal to me.Investments, cars, sports, getting ahead at workI don't say it, but I've zero interest in those things compared to my love for my wife.When highly sensitive people (HSPs) confide about love, there is notable depth and intensity. They fall in love hard and they work hard on their close relationships. Yes, sometimes non-HSPs sound similarly enthralled and confused by love, but on the average, HSPs have a more soul-shaking underlying experience.None of this is too surprising. As I said in the introduction, HSPs are that 15 to 20 percent of the population born with nervous systems that pick up on subtleties, reflect deeply, and therefore are easily overwhelmed. So of course an HSP in love notices every nuance of another, reflects deeply on the other's charms, and is overwhelmed by the whole experience.Even if it's not surprising that HSPs have these reactions, how little has been said about it. People are reading about psychology more than everI think we are awakening to the fact that our happiness and the world's survival depend on a deeper knowledge of the psyche and of love in particular. And this very basic trait of sensitivity, along with the entire neglected topic of inherited temperament, are absolutely essential for that deeper knowledge. Yet the topic is largely ignored, as if it is undemocratic to say we are born different.In this chapter we will thoroughly explore sensitivity as well as another inherited temperament trait, sensation seeking. At the end we will return to you as an HSP and what you need for yourself before we take up the concern of the rest of the book, your relationships with others.WHAT TEMPERAMENT ARE YOU? TIME TO FIND OUTIf you haven't already, take the HSP Self-Test on page 11 and score it. Then take the Sensation Seeker Self-Test here and score that as wellI will explain more about what it measures later in the chapter. (Taking these tests before you read further means your answers will be less influenced.) By the way, HSPs can score high on both tests.If you are in a relationship and your partner is willing to take the same tests, now would be a good time for your partner to take the second copy of each test, which I've provided for that purpose.If your partner is not going to take the tests for some reason, you can fill them out, answering the questions as you think your partner would.If you do not have a partner, you can fill them out as you imagine a past partner would havesomeone you were once close to and want to think about as you read this book.Are You a Sensation Seeker?A Self-TestAnswer each question according to the way you feel. Answer true if it is at least somewhat true for you. Answer false if it is not very true or not at all true for you.T F If it were safe, I would like to take a drug that would cause me to have strange new experiences.T F I can become almost painfully bored in some conversations.T F I would rather go to a new place I may not like than go back again to a place I know I like.T F I would like to try a sport that creates a physical thrill, like skiing, rock climbing, or surfing.T F I get restless if I stay home for long.T F I don't like waiting with nothing to do.T F I rarely watch a movie more than once.T F I enjoy the unfamiliar.T F If I see something unusual, I will go out of my way to check it out.T F I get bored spending time with the same people everyday.T F My friends say it is hard to predict what I will want to do.T F I like to explore a new area.T F I avoid having a daily routine.T F I am drawn to art that gives me an intense experience.T F I like substances that make me feel high.T F I prefer friends who are unpredictable.T F I look forward to being in a place that is new and strange to me.T F To me, if I am spending the money to travel, the more foreign the country the better.T F I would like to be an explorer.T F I enjoy it when someone makes an unexpected sexual joke or comment that starts everyone laughing a little nervously.To score, see the box after the Partner Test.Is Your Partner a Sensation Seeker?A Self-Test to Be Completed by Your Partner(If you are not in a relationship or your partner does not want to take this test, you can fill it out yourself, answering the questions as you would imagine your partner would, or as someone would whom you have been close to in the past and want to think about as you read this book.)Answer each question according to the way you feel. Answer true if it is at least somewhat true for you. Answer false if it is not very true or not at all true for you.T F If it were safe, I would like to take a drug that would cause me to have strange new experiences.T F I can become almost painfully bored in some conversations.T F I would rather go to a new place I may not like than go back again to a place I know I like.T F I would like to try a sport that creates a physical thrill, like skiing, rock climbing, or surfing.T F I get restless if I stay home for long.T F I don't like waiting with nothing to do.T F I rarely watch a movie more than once.T F I enjoy the unfamiliar.T F If I see something unusual, I will go out of my way to check it out.T F I get bored spending time with the same people everyday.T F My friends say it is hard to predict what I will want to do.T F I like to explore a new area.T F I avoid having a daily routine.T F I am drawn to art that gives me an intense experience.T F I like substances that make me feel high.T F I prefer friends who are unpredictable.T F I look forward to being in a place that is new and strange to me.T F To me, if I am spending the money to travel, the more foreign the country the better.T F I would like to be an explorer.T F I enjoy it when someone makes an unexpected sexual joke or comment that starts everyone laughing a little nervously.",books;fitness & dieting;health;interpersonal relations;love & romance;personality;psychology & counseling;relationships;self-help;sexuality,10
1580621244,"Women Are from Venus, Men Are from Hell! Amanda Newman spends her days proving her hypothesis about the other gender and lives in Phoenixville, PA.",books;education & reference;humor;humor & entertainment;interpersonal relations;parenting & families;parodies;quotations;relationships;self-help,10
1579541844,"The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook: Your Comprehensive Reference to the Best Herbs for Healing ""Lively, fun to read and filled with gems of wisdom-- a treasure of information from a man who knows as much as anyone in the world about medicinal plants.""--Jean Carper, author of Miracle Cures and Food-- Your Miracle Medicine ""The Green Pharmacy is a tour de force by the world's leading authority on the herbal healing traditions...a treasure house of practical advice for the newcomer and pearls of wisdom for the herbal practitioner.""--Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., author of Total Wellness and coauthor of Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine	Praise for Dr. Duke and the best-selling The Green Pharmacy:""Lively, fun to read and filled with gems of wisdom-- a treasure of information from a man who knows as much as anyone in the world about medicinal plants.""--Jean Carper, author of Miracle Cures and Food-- Your Miracle Medicine ""The Green Pharmacy is a tour de force by the world's leading authority on the herbal healing traditions...a treasure house of practical advice for the newcomer and pearls of wisdom for the herbal practitioner.""--Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., author of Total Wellness and coauthor of Encyclopedia of Natural MedicineA Complete Guide to 180 Healing Herbs-- From America's Favorite Herbalist In this handy companion to his best-selling book, The Green Pharmacy, leading herbal authority James A. Duke, Ph.D., delivers the lowdown on virtually every healing herb available in today's marketplace: its description and history, therapeutic uses, medicinal properties, prescription counterparts, dosage options, safety and effectiveness rating, and precautions. Dr. Duke's inimitable folksy tone and friendly manner shine throughout The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook, making it as entertaining to read as it is practical. The most thorough and comprehensive herb reference of its kind, the handbook was culled from the thousands of entries in Dr. Duke's database of the world's medicinal plants. The database, which he began during his career as a top botanist with the USDA, is a lifelong project for Dr. Duke and has become a major reference resource for herbalists worldwide.Dubbed ""America's herbal laureate,"" James A. Duke received a Ph.D. in botany from the University of North Carolina and did postdoctoral work at Washington University and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, both in St. Louis. Following extensive fieldwork in the rainforests of Panama, Dr. Duke joined the USDA, where he played a leading role in the study of medicinal plants. Over the course of his 27-year tenure with the USDA, he interviewed thousands of traditional folk healers and scientists while compiling a comprehensive technical database of the medicinal compounds found in common and exotic plants. Now retired, Dr. Duke travels across the United States and around the world, spreading his message about the healing power of plants. He is an advisor to the American Botanical Council and several herb companies and author of The Green Pharmacy and Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs. He and his wife, Peggy, live in Fulton, Maryland, where he cultivates his own 6-acre Herbal Vineyard, home to hundreds of species of healing plants.	Dubbed ""America's herbal laureate,"" James A. Duke received a Ph.D. in botany from the University of North Carolina and did postdoctoral work at Washington University and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, both in St. Louis. Following extensive fieldwork in the rainforests of Panama, Dr. Duke joined the USDA, where he played a leading role in the study of medicinal plants. Over the course of his 27-year tenure with the USDA, he interviewed thousands of traditional folk healers and scientists while compiling a comprehensive technical database of the medicinal compounds found in common and exotic plants. Now retired, Dr. Duke travels across the United States and around the world, spreading his message about the healing power of plants. He is an advisor to the American Botanical Council and several herb companies and author of The Green Pharmacy and Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs. He and his wife, Peggy, live in Fulton, Maryland, where he cultivates his own 6-acre Herbal Vineyard, home to hundreds of species of healing plants.",alternative medicine;books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;herbal remedies;medicine & health sciences;new;self-help;used & rental textbooks,10
0072123273,"Upgrading & Troubleshooting Your Mac: ibook, iMac, G3/G4, PowerBook with CDROM (Apple Series) Upgrading & Troubleshooting Your Mac ranks among the best technical books about the Macintosh around. Representing a distillation of the knowledge author Gene Steinberg has gained in his lengthy consulting and writing career, this book reveals details that everyone can use. Best of all, Steinberg explains the workings of the iMac, iBook, PowerBook, and Power Mac G3/G4 in a way that's easy to follow and fun to read. He glosses over the most basic Mac operations (the stuff that's usually obvious anyway, like moving files around) and covers all sorts of intermediate- and high-level tricks. He even explains stuff that you might have thought was the exclusive domain of professionals, such as setting the white balance of your video display and setting up a network so that Macs can store files on Windows machines and vice-versa.  The author's presentation style emphasizes ""why"" over ""how,"" so while you will find quite a few no-nonsense procedures here, you'll probably get more out of his explanations of alternative ways to proceed and strategies for avoiding trouble (""A Handy Guide to SCSI Voodoo"" is the title of one section). Steinberg's case studies and notes from his consulting experiences make great reading too. The net result is that it's very likely you'll be able to find something--probably quite a bit--on any Mac problem you may encounter or improvement you'd like to make. --David Wall Topics covered: Getting the most from Mac OS 8.x and 9. Error messages, hardware upgrades, printer configurations, fonts, SCSI, networking (including heterogeneous Windows/Mac networks), scanning, Internet access, and display setup. There's a CD-ROM full of neat shareware and freeware too.	Get peak performance from your Mac! Upgrading & Troubleshooting Your Mac will show you how to: Effectively hook up your Mac's components-monitor, mourse, printer, extra hard drives, scanner, and other peripherals * Overcome system software hassles * Resolve SCSI chain conflicts * Manage mixed Mac/Windows environments * Utilize foolproof back-up techniques and preventive maintenance measures * Add RAM and system utilities with confidence * Easily send and receive graphic files * Configure your modem connection and troubleshoot Internet access problems * Discover insider secrets from real-world case histories * Set up your Web browser and email account * Eradicate viruses	Get Peak Performance from Your Mac! Optimize your Mac for maximum speed and reliability--and minimal crashes. Mac expert Gene Steinberg reveals undocumented tech support secrets and shows you how to upgrade your Mac with the latest components--from a new processor to more RAM Mac G4, PowerBook or an older Mac model, you'll get complete troubleshooting and system maintenance procedures as well as real-world case studies that illustrate working solutions and crucial preventive maintenance routines.  Effectively hook up your Mac's components-monitor, mouse, printer, extra hard drives, scanner, and other peripherals  Add RAM and system utilities with confidence  Easily send and receive graphic files  Configure your modem connection and troubleshoot Internet access problems  Discover insider secrets from real-world case histories  Set up your Web browser and email account   Eradicate viruses	Gene Steinberg is the author of over a dozen books on computers and the Internet, and runs a comprehensive Mac support Web site, The Mac Night Owl. He's also a Contributing Writer for ""MacHome"" and a regular featured guest on Craig Crossman's ""Computer America"" radio show. His weekly column for The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com, ""Mac Reality Check,"" reaches thousands of readers worldwide.",books;computers & technology;design & architecture;hardware;macs;maintenance;mathematics;pcs;repair & upgrading;science & math,10
B0007IQQWG,"Timothy's Individual Italian Blend Coffee For Keurig K-Cup Brewing Systems 18 Count Mild dark roast offers a very smooth, light espresso blend, more sweet than bittersweet.",beverages;coffee;coffee & espresso machine parts & accessories;coffee machine accessories;grocery & gourmet food;home & kitchen;kitchen & dining;small appliance parts & accessories;small appliances;tea & espresso appliances,10
0719561051,"Words of Mercury 'Inspirational, insatiable, worldly and utterly divine, these works will leave us all thirsting for more' -- The Good Book Guide 20031101  'collection of outstanding writings ... an overview of a magnificent career' -- The Good Book Guide 20031101  'Words of Mercury is an admirable palliative for those who can stand the strain no longer. A selection of Leigh Fermor's writings, it serves three purposes to good effect: it contains enough unfamiliar material to satisfy old hands, it will remind the forgetful or the unconverted just how good a writer he is, and it should serve as the perfect introduction to novice readers ! An introduction to a writer whose mastery of English prose has only been matched, in my lifetime, by Evelyn Waugh and Hugh Trevor-Roper, this could hardly be better ! the gems in the collection are pieces not previously available in book form' -- Jeremy Lewis, LITERARY REVIEW 20031001  'What is charm? In Leigh Fermor's case it is an infinite curiosity about other people. He treats Bulgarian peasants and English dukes exactly alike ! Paddy Leigh Fermor has lived one of the great picaresque lives on the 20th century. Yet his achievement is to be what he is -- even more than what he has done. This collection beautifully illustrates both ! Paddy draws the reader, like his huge acquaintance, into instant intimacy. Paddy Leigh Fermor -- war hero, linguist, adventurer -- is at heart a great storyteller' -- Max Hastings, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 20031005  'There is a pleasure to be had on every page ! Here is a writer who can find something fascinating in the dullest characters and the most drab towns. He is a master stylist, too, revelling in the possibilities of language, striving always to be exact. Few travel writers can create atmosphere quite as thickly, but then few have such extraordinary anecdotes to tell ! [the anthology] serves as a reminder that Leigh Fermor is one of the greatest travel writers of all time' -- Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times 20031019  'The perfect anthology should turn us into gluttons and should also include unexpected delicacies. This books fulfils both requirements but also a third, more difficult one: it present a complete portrait of the author. The compiler, Artemis Cooper, writes an introduction which is a model of informative brevity, but also succeeds in capturing the essence of Patrick Leigh Fermor -- the man as well as the literary oeuvre ! Leigh Fermor is a generous writer. There is not a dull character in the vast gallery in these pages where barons, bandits and beggars abound, where scholars and poets are colourful and ladies are beautiful' -- Santiago Tamaron, The Spectator 20031004  Praise for PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR: 'The finest travel writer of his generation' -- Colin Thubron 20031004  'The greatest of living travel writers' Jan Morris 20031004  'Patrick Leigh Fermor is an exquisite among travel writers' -- Sunday Telegraph 20031004  'He makes exotic and entertaining friends wherever he goes, has read everything, been everywhere and writes like a dream' -- The Times 20031004  'Wonderful collection of extracts from a lifetime's writings' -- Times Literary Supplement 20040109  [Leigh Fermor's] 'extraordinary character and combination of intelligence and compassion' -- Times Literary Supplement 20040109  'A beguiling combination of wisdom and wildness, maturity and freshness' -- Times Literary Supplement 20040109  'Leigh Fermor ... is the best sort of British traveller ... He combines the resourcefulness and daring of Odysseus with the learning, culture and glamour of a latter-day Byron' -- Times Literary Supplement 20040109  'A collection of extraordinary anecdotes that are full of atmosphere and incidents, which reveal Leigh Fermor to be a congenial, cultured traveller of the highest order' -- Global 20031201  'His infectious enthusiasm, insatiable curiosity and open approach make the book a pleasure to read. Fermor is a master stylist who conveys delight readily and insight easily, making him the leading exponent of the travelwriting genre.' -- Global 20031201  'Vivid recollections of a way of life which vanished with that war [Second World War]' -- The Independent 20040109  'His gift is that he sees everything' -- The Independent 20040109  'That Leigh Fermor writes beautifully can be taken for granted.' -- The Independent 20040109  'His writing seeks to shine a fierce light on the places and peoples he visits' -- The Independent 20040109  'He became embedded in the societies that he writes about with such captivating panache' -- The Independent 20040109  'Leigh Fermor's work is that of a heartfelt wanderer truly involved in mankind' -- Geographical Magazine 20040201  'Keen judgement, a fine eye for detail and a truly prodigious memory' -- Geographical Magazine 20040201	Artemis Cooper is the author of Cairo in the War 1939--1945 and other highly acclaimed books. She is now preparing, with Antony Beevor, the authorised biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor. She lives in London.",biographies & memoirs;books;education & reference;general;new;reference;research & publishing guides;travel;used & rental textbooks;writing,10
B000N2HC0G,"Crowded with Genius: Edinburgh, 1745-1789 In a span of 50 years in the late 18th century, Edinburgh, a city of merely 40,000 inhabitants, contained some of the Enlightenment's most important thinkers, such as philosopher David Hume, economist Adam Smith, biographer James Boswell and scientist James Hutton. Buchan, a Whitbread-winning novelist and critic, brings this remarkable era to life, opening with a brief history of the failed rebellion of 1745 and the romanticism that lingered in the Scottish psyche. He also stresses the importance of the Presbyterian Church, but emphasizes that it lost much of its power over Scottish intellectuals. One such intellectual was the influential philosopher David Hume, who was attacked as a heretic but being, in his own words, naturally of cheerful and sanguine temper, he soon recovered the blow. A similarly sharp portrait is painted of the life and work of Adam Smith, whose work expressed the rise of the power of commercialism. Buchan also devotes some of his narrative to science, examining Edinburgh as a global center of medical education, and to literature, in which Scotsmen such as novelist Henry Mackenzie and poet Robert Burns would blaze the way for the Age of Romanticism. Throughout, Buchan writes well and does a fine job arguing the case for Edinburgh's disproportionately large impact on 18th-century intellectual history. Yet much of this material has been covered before, most recently in Arthur Herman's enjoyable How the Scots Invented the Modern World, which many readers might find more accessible on complex matters like Hume's philosophy. 16 pages of b photos not seen by PW.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	*Starred Review* Nothing surprised eighteenth-century residents of London and Paris more than the unexpected emergence of Edinburgh as a center of cultural illumination. Critic and novelist Buchan recounts the ascendance of the Scottish capital in a spellbinding chronicle of municipal renascence. Curiously, that renascence begins with the disaster that Scottish forces bring upon themselves in 1745 by rallying around the Young Pretender. In that debacle, Buchan identifies the shock that emboldens a long-benighted people into breaking with a past of kirk and clan. The subsequent narrative--alive with personalities, rich in ideas--introduces readers to the philosophers who transform a defeated city into a triumphant new Athens with powerful theories in ethics (Hutcheson), economics (Smith), logic (Hume), and natural history (Hutton). And while Scottish philosophers instruct the world in principles of wealth and geology, Scottish literary artists thrill the globe with unparalleled works of sentiment (Mackenzie) and sublimity (MacPherson). At home, proud Edinburghers stroll streets lined with buildings of admirable new architecture (Craig), including an imposing new hospital providing the laboratory for daring experiments in medicine (Cullen). But the Edinburgh miracle cannot last: the supreme Scottish bard, Robert Burns, sings the swan song of the epoch when he visits the city shortly before the horrors of the French Revolution plunge all of Great Britain into chill conservatism. An impressively sophisticated and multilayered cultural history. Bryce ChristensenCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	James Buchan tells the extraordinary story with a novelists narrative zip and brilliant flashes of detail...[A] marvellous book.	James Buchan is a novelist and critic. He is the author of The Persian Bride, a New York Times Notable Book, as well as Frozen Desire, an examination of money that received the Duff Cooper Prize. He has also won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. Buchan is a contributor to the New York Times Book Review and the New York Observer, and a former foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. He lives in Norfolk, England.",18th century;books;england;europe;history;kindle ebooks;kindle store;modern (16th-21st centuries);scotland;world,10
1580050824,"Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It Buchanan documents the anxiety and thrill of new motherhood ... in a way that's as entertaining as it is brave. -- Philadelphia Weekly, May 2003Buchanan writes in a graceful, down-to-earth style. -- Brain, Child Magazine (Spring 2003)Potently honest....Buchanan's...capacity for self-reflection paves the path for all mothers...to explore the complex feelings that accompany motherhood. -- Big Apple Parent (May 2003)	Andrea Buchanan's work has been featured in the collection ""Breeder: Real Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers"" and in on-line parenting magazines, including Oxygen.com's MomsOnline and hipMama.com. Her syndicated column ""The Dark Side"" runs on various websites, including the site she created for Philadelphia mothers, PhillyMama.com. Before becoming a mother, Andrea was a classical pianist. Her last recital was at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, back before she knew how to play the Teletubbies theme song. She lives with her family in Philadelphia.",books;family relationships;fitness & dieting;health;humor;humor & entertainment;motherhood;parenting;parenting & families;parenting & relationships,10
1859747752,"Mallorca Travel Map This user-friendly travel map has been specifically designed for visitors as a practical and informative guide to Mallorca and Menorca. More than just a map, it includes detailed street plans of the city center and large-scale projections of popular tourist destinations. It includes a regional climate chart, full color photographs, concise place names index and much more. The map measures 5' x 10' folded and unfolds to an easily-manageable 28' x 39'.",atlases;atlases & maps;balearic islands;books;education & reference;europe;general;spain;travel;world,10
B000JMKNTM,"A Simple Gift When Fiona Montgomery dropped out of college, stole her mother's pearls and ran off to play in a rock band, she opened a rift between her parents, toy designer Avery and carpenter Mike. Avery longed to re-establish contact, while Mike refused to forgive the daughter who destroyed his faith in a happy home. Now Fiona's back in her hometown of Larkin, Kans., regretful but still fiercely independent and with a baby daughter in tow. After Avery spots her daughter working at a grocery store, old wounds reopen and relationships shift, setting off a chain reaction that threatens to destroy the shaky remains of Avery and Mike's marriage. Meanwhile, the risky expansion of Avery's stuffed-animal business nearly backfires, and Mike must summon the strength to stop enabling his alcoholic younger brother. Witmer, previously known for historical romances (writing as Elizabeth Kary and Elizabeth Grayson), handles familiar emotional territory with skill, using the tumultuous mother-daughter bond to propel the drama. Though characters may move a bit slowly for some readers, and the holiday finale comes as no surprise, this novel will still keep fans of women's fiction smiling and reaching for the tissues. (Nov.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Avery Montgomery never expected that when her daughter, Fiona, finally returned home, Avery would find her working at the Food-4-Less. Eighteen months ago, Fiona had run away to tour with her boyfriend's rock band, but now all that matters to Avery is that Fiona is back. Then Avery discovers that her husband, Mike, had known Fiona was back in Larkin all along but had somehow decided not to tell Avery. Mike refuses to forgive Fiona for running away, and he doesn't want Avery talking to Fiona. Forced to choose between her husband and her daughter, Avery does the only thing she can think of: search for a way to put her family back together again. With her usual gift for subtly nuanced characters and richly emotional writing, Witmer has created a quietly powerful story about marriage and family, love and friendship, and life's sorrows and joys that is splendidly satisfying. John CharlesCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Will keep fans of women's fiction smiling and reaching for the tissues. Publishers WeeklyFrom the Paperback edition.	Karyn Witmer also writes historical romance novels under the pseudonym, Elizabeth Grayson.  She lives in Missouri with her husband, Tom, and indolent cat, Simba.	Chapter 1Avery Montgomery's life changed in the checkout line at the Food-4-Less, right between the Bounty paper towels and the Heifitz hamburger dills. You got coupons, Avery, honey? the checker asked. Avery flashed the woman a smile and dug into the side pocket of her purse. She'd gone to high school with Loretta McGee; Loretta Polk she'd been then. They were awarded their diplomas at Larkin High two students apartParrish, Pettigrew, Pignoli, Polk. Loretta had been so pregnant that afternoon not even her graduation gown had been able to camouflage her condition, and she'd been married to Sam McGee before most of the senior class had recovered from their graduation-party hangovers. Avery handed Loretta a fistful of coupons and glanced past the woman's care-weathered features to the people lined up at the next checkout. A burly man in a red plaid shirt jammed change into the pocket of his jeans and grabbed up the twelve-pack of Budweiser like he wanted to get home to his TV for the second-half kickoff. As he turned toward the door, Avery caught sight of the checker at the next register. She was new to the Food-4-Less, sharp-featured and bony in the way kids consider provocative these days. With her bird's nest of raspberry-purple hair and the silver studs inching up the curve of her ear like a metallic centipede, she wasn't the type of girl Gill Matheson usually hired. Then, as the new checker turned to greet her next customer, her gaze caughtand heldAvery's own.In that instant, a shock of recognition thundered through Avery. The air in her lungs went vaporous and thin. Cold doused her. A maelstrom howled in Avery's head, as years of cherished memories swirled past her eyes. Instinctively she reached back, seeking her husband's hand. Mike was there, just like always, clasping her fingers in his own, pressing his thorny thumb into the hollow of her palm. Holding her together. It'sit's her! Avery whispered. Mike squeezed in confirmation. It was their daughter FionaFee who'd run off eighteen months before to tour with Jared Hightower's rock band. Deep inside, the fragile vessel where Avery had stored up every dram of her anguish and fear for her daughter abruptly burst. Thick, sweet relief spilled through her chest and belly. Fiona was here. Fiona was safe. Fiona was home.Then, Fee shifted her gaze to her next customer. Without the intensity of that contact, Avery wavered, then felt her husband steady her. Every morning since her daughter ran away, Avery had risen from sleep with a hot, nameless dread squirming in her chest. For an instant she couldn't remember why that was, then she'd see Fee's photograph on her nightstand, and it gave that dread a name. It gave it substance and form and urgency. It stirred up grief that lay like a burden on her heart, a weight she carried around with her no matter what she did or where she went. Avery had spent every day since Fiona left, listening for the phone to ring, waiting for one of her daughter's infrequent e-mails to arrive. Every night she'd scurry back to the house where she and Mike and Fee had lived together, open the door hopingthen stand staggered by the emptiness. Not once in all those months had Avery closed her eyes at night without wondering where Fiona was and if she was well and safe. It's going to be all right now, Avery told herself. Now that Fee was back in Larkin, Avery would find a way to make it right. She drew herself up tall and fought to find her balance. She needed to go to her daughter, clasp her hands around those bony shoulders, and smooth that haystack hair. She needed to kiss her daughter's cheek and seek the child she'd lost in the body of this stranger. Avery stepped forward, meaning to greet Fee, to hold her safe in her arms, but Mike tightened his grip on her hand. You don't mean to confront her here, do you? he asked in an undertone. Not with half the town watching to see what happens. Before Avery could think, he turned to Loretta. I'll be back to get the groceries later. Loretta glanced first at Avery, then at Fee. I'll have someone put them in the cooler out back. Thanks, Mike said and shifted his grip to Avery's elbow. He steered her down the checkout lane, propelled her past the row of teenage baggers, and through a clot of abandoned shopping carts. Fiona didn't so much as glance their way, concentrating instead on the queue of Sunday afternoon customers backed up at her register. The door into the parking lot whooshed open before them. The toes of Mike's work boots nudged the heels of Avery's pumps as he urged her through. He bustled her down the ramp and across the blacktop to where his midnight- blue Silverado was parked. Any other time, Avery would have resisted, but she was too shaken by seeing her daughter and too unsure of what she should say to her to pull out of Mike's grasp. Over the years she'd trusted Mike to do what he thought was best for her, to do what he thought was best for all of them. So she let him hand her into the cab of the truck. She waited for him to stride around to the driver's side. He had barely slammed the door behind him, when she burst out, That was Fiona, wasn't it? She was almost afraid to believe what she'd seen, to believe that the terrible months of anxiety were over. Yes, Mike confirmed. After all this time, she wanted to know, how could she just turn up here? Right in the middle of the grocery store? I don't know, sweetheart. Avery looked up in to her husband's angular, sun-browned face and tried to gauge his reaction to unexpectedly encountering their daughter. Where do you suppose she's been all these months? Her voice wavered a little. And why did she decide to come back to Larkin now?Mike reached out and took her hand. She has to have been in town for at least a little while, Avery went on, reasoning aloud. Prime jobs like checking at the Food-4-Less get filled the minute the kids come back to college. I suppose. Mike's deep, sure voice steadied her, just the way it always did. She stared past him out the window and tried to think. Where do you think she's been staying? With Casey? he guessed. Casey DeCristo had been Fiona's best friend ever since the day her daughter had been summarily promoted from second to fourth grade. She'd arrived in Mrs. Lapp's classroom a scrawny, fierce-eyed seven-year-old. Fee had already figured out that being smarter than everyone else made you a freak and wanted her classmates to know she wasn't going to let them bully her. But that first day at recess, Casey, who was a pretty, popular, self-possessed ten, had gone out of her way to befriend the younger girl. That simple kindness had forged a friendship that was going to last all their lives. Since then, the two girls had ridden bikes together, tried out for school plays together, eewed through dissections in biology class together. They'd had sleepovers at each other's houses, baked countless pans of butterscotch brownies, and gone off to band camp arm in arm. Fee and Casey had shared clothes and worries and girlish secrets. Then, in the middle of their junior year of high school, Casey had met and fallen in love with Dan DeCristo. From that day on, she and Fee had set about making very different lives for themselvesbut their friendship had never wavered. Avery nodded in agreement with her husband. If Fee is back in Larkin, she'd be staying in that tiny little house of Casey and Dan's. The tiny little house mere blocks from where Fee had grown up, from where she and Mike were living now.Oh, Mike! Knowing how close her daughter had been put that quaver back in Avery's voice. Why wouldn't Fee come home to us instead? Why didn't she even let us know she was back in Larkin? Her husband slid an arm around her shoulders and pulled her toward him across the seat. He wrapped her against him, drawing her close. She nestled into the hard breadth of that workingman's body, breathed the tang of freshly sawed wood that was so much a part of who he was, and closed her eyes against the sting of tears. He stroked his hand the length of her ruddy-brown braid, feathered kisses against the faint crease that had formed between her brows. He hugged her close, and Avery indulged herself in the comfort she'd always found in her husband's strength. Fee's always insisted on having things her own way, he murmured. As if that explained why Fiona had kept her return to Larkin a secret, as if he could accept the pain not knowing caused. But even as mildly as he'd spoken, Avery heard the edge in his voice. Because Fee had always been her daddy's girl, Mike had been angry and deeply hurt by the way she left.If she wanted us to know she was back, he went on, she didn't have to guess about where to find us. After all these months of silence, Avery didn't care what Fiona wanted. She didn't care that Mike was advocating caution in approaching her. Right now Avery knew exactly where her daughter was, and she meant to have a word with Fee before she slipped away again. Avery lifted her head from her husband's shoulder and looked up into his deep-blue eyes. Her gaze skimmed the angle of his long jaw, touched the sprinkling of gray in his dark hair. Thank you, she whispered. She eased out of his arms and reached for the door handle. What are you doing? Mike demanded and caught her arm. I'm going to talk to F...",books;contemporary;contemporary fiction;historical;historical romance;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;romance;united states,10
1596004282,"Falling Awake Isabel Wright, a Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyst and Level Five lucid dreamer, meets the man of her dreams in bestseller Krentz's (Truth or Dare, etc.) romantic thriller. When Isabel's boss, Martin Belvedere, is found dead in his study, his son, Randolph, who was always scornful of his father's belief in dreamers capable of uncovering secrets, takes over the business. He fires Isabel before he realizes that her crime-solving through dreams pays most of the center's bills. Isabel trains to be a motivational speaker while falling into the arms of fellow lucid dreamer Ellis Cutler (aka ""Dream Man""), whose dreams she had been decoding and who has likewise been dreaming of her (he thinks of her as ""Tango Dancer""). Isabel's former co-workers at the Belvedere Center and Ellis's colleagues from his secret government agency provide a rich assortment of suspects and victims who must be sorted out by the lover-detectives as they wrestle good guys from the dark side, repair troubled marriages and fix ailing businesses. Though her New Age imagination sometimes runs into overdrive, Krentz holds her readers' attention with attractive, appealing protagonists, flawed but sympathetic secondary characters and winningly self-mocking humor. Her unflagging positive energy proves so overwhelming that the reader will happily make her way through a story that defies logic, based on psychology that defies reason, to a happy ending that defies description. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Isabel Wright thought that the new director of the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research wanted to meet to discuss her promotion; instead, Isabel is informed that her services are no longer required. With the dearth of available openings for dream analysts, Isabel is prepared to return to her old job at the Psychic Dream Hotline. But Ellis Cutler, one of two anonymous clients from the sleep research center whose dreams Isabel had been analyzing, offers Isabel the opportunity to come work for his employer, Frey-Salter, Inc., a highly classified government agency involved in dream research and the use of extreme dreaming as an investigative technique. Working for Frey-Salter, Inc., would be a dream come true for Isabel, as long as it's on her terms. Ellis is more than willing to give Isabel a more active role in his investigations, but their mutual attraction may make keeping things strictly professional between them mighty difficult. New York Times best-selling Krentz excels at crafting superior, sexy romantic suspense, and her latest has all the ingredients her readers love: a riveting plot, a nicely developed romance between a smart and independent heroine and a tough yet tender hero, and her unique, delightfully dry wit. John CharlesCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Krentz holds her readers' attention with attractive, appealing protagonists, flawed but sympathetic secondary characters and winningly self-mocking humor."" -- Publishers Weekly (Publisher's Weekly )""New York Times bestselling Krentz excels at crafting superior, sexy romantic suspense, and her latest has all the ingredients her readers love: a riveting plot, a nicely developed romance between a smart and independent heroine and a tough yet tender hero, and her unique, delightfully dry wit."" -- Booklist (Booklist )	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of fifty New York Times bestsellers. She has written contemporary romantic suspense novels under that name, as well as futuristic and historical romance novels under the pseudonyms Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick, respectively. She lives in Seattle.	Isabel Wright, the most brilliant level-five lucid dream analyst at the Center for Sleep Research, was shocked when they fired her. She decoded the fine line between dreams and reality with three anonymous clients, including one who calls her ""Tango Dancer."" Wright refers to him as ""Dream Man."" Narrator Laurel Merlington fits this production well with her versatile vocal range and skill. She enhances each character, easily switching genders and ages, and ratcheting up the tension with her timing.  Her realistic depiction of a sloppy drunkard's slurred words is realistic and adds to the fiendish plot. Wright's stylish romance completes this story of passion, betrayal, and murder.  G.D.W.  AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Audio CD	 edition.",books;contemporary;literature & fiction;mystery;romance;romantic suspense;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers;united states,10
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B000FQ4I3Y,"Jazz For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) ""Dirk Sutro, obviously, is madly in love with jazz and its foremost players. It is also more than obvious that he knows what he's talking about."" ""Chubby"" Jackson, jazz bassist        ""When asked, ""What is Jazz?"" the great Louis Armstrong replied, 'If you have to ask, you'll never know.' With Jazz For Dummies, now you can know one of...America's greatest contributions to world culture."" Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter        ""Dirk Sutro has done an excellent job of conveying to the layman the intricacies and subtle nuances involved in the playing of jazz music. Well done!"" Charles McPherson, jazz saxophonist and composer        ""Not only is Jazz For Dummies educational, it's fun to read. This book provides an important stepping stone to understanding this complex, profound music. After all, Jazz is America's only true art form. It's about time someone did Jazz For Dummies. Thanks to Dirk Sutro...It's here! James Moody, jazz saxophonist        Jazz For Dummies is clear, concise, and a accurate look at the jazz scene, a major step in demystifying the music and making it more accessible. Long overdue, if you could have just one book about jazz, this should be the one."" Bobby Matos, Latin jazz recording artist, percussionist, leader of Bobby Matos & the Afro Cuban Jazz Ensamble	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Every jazz lovers got his or her favorites. For some, its John Coltranes breathy, bitter-sweat ballad, Naima. For others, its Duke Ellingtons hard-jiving swing opus Take the A Train. Then theres Miles Daviss epic-making Kind of Blue, the improv tour de force in which Miles, Trane, and Cannonball trade solos and achieve sheer melodic transcendence. Whether you like it hip or mellow, hot or cool, Dixieland or avant garde, jazz is a vast and many-faceted sound space (and soul space) that you could spend a lifetime exploring. And it couldnt hurt to have a savvy guide like former Los Angeles Times jazz critic and author Dirk Sutro to help you navigate its many depths and riches.        In Jazz For Dummies, Sutro takes you deep into the history and soulful sounds of jazz. From Sachmo to Bird, Mingus to Weather Report, you get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the masters and their music, and you:            Get the lowdown on jazz, firsthand, from todays greats      Get inside the different types of jazzfrom big band to bee-bop to funk      Get a handle on the concepts, terms, and conventions that distinguish jazz from other forms of music      Get a perspective on the history of jazz      Put together a fine jazz collection of your own      Recognize the key characteristics of particular players sounds              Whether youre getting into jazz for the first time or youre been in the scene for years, Jazz For Dummies is a treasure trove of facts, insights, and guidance on:            One hundred years of jazzfrom Dixieland to fusion and beyond      Great front men and women, on sax, trumpet vocals      Keyboard geniuses of jazz from ragtime to the present      Percussionists, bassists, and guitarists of note      Shopping for jazz recordings and finding live jazz in your area              The bonus CD features a sampling of vintage recordings, including cuts by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, and others.        Your swingin guide to the world of jazz, Jazz For Dummies lets you tune into the different jazz styles and help you become a more savvy listener.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",appreciation;arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;history & criticism;jazz;music;musical genres;theory,10
0521813816,"Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300 ""...an invaluable resource...""    Canadian Journal of History, T. Allan Smith, University of St. Michael's College""This book is an outstanding contribution to early East Slavic history.""    American Historical Review""...remarkable...""    Language in Society""The book is thorough yet concise. Throughout, Franklin draws broad and meaningful conclusions with very little oversimplification or overstatement. He is abreast of current theories about writing and society, but he is not constrained by them. The study should be of interest both to Slavists and to students of written culture in general. All academic libraries should order this book, as should anyone interested in early Rus'.""    The Russian Review""Writing, Society and Culture is an impressive synthesis, and ultimately very timely.  Franklin has begun a dialogue between Slavists and Western historians of the book at a moment of increasing openness to Western methodologies on the part of Slavists and great interest in Latinity's 'others' from Western medievalists.  All such scholars will benefit from Franklin's book, as indeed would anyone interested in writing and in what 9and how) it means."" - Robert Romanchuk, Florida State University""Even an extensive review is too limited to mention all the strenghts of this illuminating and accomplished book."" -Daniela S. Hristova, Harvard Ukrainian Studies	This is the first comprehensive study of the origins and early uses of Russian writing. Simon Franklin examines a wide range of writings, from the parchment manuscripts of the Orthodox Church, through the Novgorod birch-bark documents, to inscriptions on stone and metal. He analyses these texts from a variety of perspectives, and presents a fascinating insight into this crucial aspect of Russian history. The impressive scholarship and idiosyncratic wit of this volume commend it to specialists in Russian history and Russian literature alike.	Simon Franklin is a Reader in Slavonic Studies in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.",belarus;books;education & reference;europe;history;humanities;ireland;new;ukraine;used & rental textbooks,10
0764114891,"Resumes in Cyberspace Resumes in Cyberspace is a very reassuring book that  doesn't take for granted that you know your way around cyberspace  or a job search, yet it doesn't condescend. Pat Criscito has  written a resource that is packed with helpful ideas and information  that is usually gained the hard way--by not doing things right in the  first place, and losing an opportunity to someone who does. The author  covers topics such as designing a scannable and fax-favorable resume,  which companies accept resumes online and how to approach them, and  how to use online job banks and resume repositories. An extremely  valuable ally for your next job search.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Excellent book"" -- Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, September, 1999	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;business & investing;business & management;computers & technology;culture;internet & web culture;job hunting & careers;resumes;web development & design;web services,10
0814407226,"Creating a Total Rewards Strategy: A Toolkit for Designing Business-Based Plans Todd M. Manas (Rockville Center, NY)  and Michael Dennis Graham (Cavendish, VT and New York, NY) have worked with dozens of  Fortune 500 companies to develop total rewards programs. Their experience includes positions at Towers Perrin, The Hay Group, Watson Wyatt, and  other top consulting organizations. Currently Todd Manas is a principal in the New York office of Buck Consultants, Inc.",books;business & finance;business & investing;human resources;human resources & personnel management;industries & professions;management & leadership;new;quality control;used & rental textbooks,10
0522848877,"Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom ' . . . probably the finest POW writing in English.'  -- Max Harris, Australian'. . . a deeply moving tale of self-imposed discipline and  unyielding resolution in the face of the most daunting difficulties  . . . If Mr Parkin never writes another word he will have given the  world something truly memorable in this humbly told tale about the  ship that he loved and the ordeal that he and his comrades underwent  after she was lost.'  -- Economist, on Out of the Smoke'. . . his gift of finding a telling and evocative phrase, the  skill of his drawings which illustrate the narrative and, above all,  his capacity to enter into the feelings of men enduring great  privation, put it into a class of its own . . . The two earlier  volumes were lifted far above the normal level of such stories by the  author's sensitivity to his physical surroundings and his striving to  find some underlying meaning behind the suffering and degradation of  his experiences. These elements still feature in this continuation of  the story, with particular stress on an attempt to understand the  complexity of the Japanese character.'  -- Times Literary Supplement, on The Sword and the Blossom'. . . the great virtue of this account, although compiled day  by day, is its objectivity: there is no moaning, no self-pity, no  trace of morbidness . . . the book is not a mere chronicle of human  cruelty and misery, but holds implicitly a commentary on human nature  that is relevant outside the camp still.'   -- Sunday Times, on Into the Smother	Ray Parkin was born in Melbourne in 1910. A omnivorous reader and gifted artist, he largely educated himself and became a fine maritime painter. He spent eighteen years in the Royal Australian Navy, including three years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War 2. After the war he became a waterfront tally clerk and wrote of his wartime experiences in Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and The Sword and the Blossom, all published to critical acclaim by The Hogarth Press, London, in the 1960s. After his retirement Ray spent many years researching, writing and illustrating his remarkable, award-winning work H. M. Bark Endeavour, published in 1997 by Melbourne University Press. He is now working on his next book.",asia;australia;australia & oceania;biographies & memoirs;books;history;military;myanmar;new zealand;thailand,10
0721605443,"Cancer of the Skin: Text with CD-ROM, 1e ""This book is an excellent primary resource for any physician seeking reliable and accessible information on cancer of the skin. It will also serve as a valuable ancillary resource for practitioners whose clinical duties involve the management of skin cancer, because it provides a thorough understanding of the biologic behavior, clinical presentation, and current treatment of malignant diseases of the skin."" NEJM June 23, 2005	A comprehensive overview of skin cancer from the underlying biology to the clinical features of the disease",books;clinical;dermatology;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;medicine & health sciences;new;oncology;used & rental textbooks,10
0806515910,"The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present From Socrates and Sappho to Madonna and activist/journalist Michelangelo Signorile, this listing profiles those who have profoundly shaped gay and lesbian culture-and culture in general: the Amazons, 14th-century Persian poet Hafiz, Proust, Michel Foucault, professional provocateur Quentin Crisp and so on. Aside from an equivocal portrait of Rock Hudson, Russell (The Salt Point) omits figures whose undeniable influence was less benign, a strategy that misfires. Sigmund Freud, who wrote extensively about sexuality, is out, but Magnus Hirschfeld and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, two obscure homophilic contemporaries of his, are in. Yet quibbling with the choices here-why Holly Near but not k.d. lang, the Patrons of Stonewall but not the Daughters of Bilitis?-is as pleasurable as reading Rusell's incisive essays. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.",biographies & memoirs;books;education & reference;gay & lesbian;history;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;used & rental textbooks,10
0619200227,"Microsoft Office 2003: Brief Concepts and Techniques Gary B. Shelly and Tom J. Cashman, wrote and published their first computer education textbook in 1969.  More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman textbooks have been sold. Gary, Tom, and a talented group of contributing authors have produced leading textbooks on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software.Thomas J. Cashman received his education at California State University, L.A. He established one of the first business data processing programs in the U.S. at Long Beach City College in California, where he taught and served as department head. In 1969, he began collaborating with now best-selling author, Gary Shelly.Misty E. Vermaat has more than 20 years of experience in the field of computer information systems. She has co-authored 24 textbooks with Gary Shelly and Tom Cashman, including many versions of Discovering Computers and Microsoft Office Word 2003: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques.",books;business;computer science;computers & technology;home computing & how-to;microsoft;new;office;software;used & rental textbooks,10
0820474339,"Knut Hamsun, Novelist Sverre Lyngstad, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey, received his Ph.D. in English from New York University. He is the author of many books and articles in the field of Scandinavian literature and has published numerous translations of classic Norwegian fiction. Dr. Lyngstad is the recipient of several grants, prizes, and awards, and has been honored  with the St. Olav Medal and the Knight's Cross, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by the King of Norway.",books;criticism & theory;european;history & criticism;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks;world literature,10
0786405325,"Professional Baseball in North Carolina: An Illustrated City-By-City History, 1901-1996 ""Carolina baseball fans now have a single reference volume to learn more about the players who've toiled in their towns""  -- USA Today Baseball Weekly""Holaday has done a masterful job of compiling information about baseball in North Carolina...fascinating reading.... If you like baseball, you will thoroughly enjoy this book""  -- Winston-Salem, North Carolina Journal""this is the definitive work on North Carolina baseball""  -- The Diamond Angle""year-by-year summaries are provided for 72 towns, with lists of notable players and club records""  -- North Carolina Libraries	J. Chris Holaday, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, lives in Durham, North Carolina.",americas;baseball;books;education & reference;history;miscellaneous;reference;sports & outdoors;state & local;united states,10
0807854190,"Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing After literature (William Faulkner) and music (Elvis Presley), the South's greatest contribution to American culture has been its food: Smithfield ham, grits, gumbo, pecan pie, bourbon, and other delectables. ""Our dishes and beverages express our faith, our good humor, our binding ties, our eternal joys and sorrows, our readiness for whatever awaits us,"" writes editor Egerton (Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History). In conjunction with the Southern Foodways Alliance, this first volume in a planned annual anthology gathers 50 previously published articles, essays, scholarly papers, and poems that celebrate the diverse foods and culinary traditions of the South. Food writer James Villas fondly remembers Craig Claiborne. Humorist Roy Blount shares his collection of Southern food songs (""Fried Chicken and Gasoline"" is a fave), while Fred Chappell offers a contrarian's view on iced tea. One of the best pieces is journalist Jack Hitt's ""A Confederacy of Sauces"" about a fraternal feud involving barbecue, the Civil War, and race. Not all the selections are of the same high quality a few read like a Southern Living puff piece but this is still a tasty collection. Don't read it on an empty stomach. For regional cookery and Southern studies collections. Wilda Williams, ""Library Journal""Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	First of a proposed annual series, this anthology of essays about southern cooking grew out of Oxford, Mississippi's Southern Foodways Symposium. Arguably America's first regional cuisine, southern cooking has taken a dominant position recently with the ascendancy of New Orleans flavors under the leadership of celebrity chefs such as Emeril Lagasse. Some trace southern cooking's hegemony back to the arrival of Mississippi native Craig Claiborne at the New York Times . The volume's more scholarly essays dwell on fascinating minutiae, such as distinctions among various greens from different parts of the South. Others trace the origins and influence of leading proponents of Southern cooking, such as Edna Lewis and Leah Chase. James Villas' essay on Craig Claiborne does much to uncover the real man behind the urbane facade. Some entries document the vital culinary contributions of African Americans. Regional collections will want to add each volume of the series when published. Mark KnoblauchCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Almost as good as months of roaming back roads and long talks over kitchen tables all over the South. Maybe it's better.(Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of public radio's The Splendid Table)A delicious feast, as well as a thoughtful celebration of regional culture. (Kirkus Reviews)Truly, there's just something about the South, its breezy characters, its off-the-edge eateries, and yes, its barbecue and batter bread. Cornbread Nation puts them all between two covers. (Jean Anderson, author of The American Century Cookbook)Southern food is legendary stuff, but Southern food writing may be even better, at least as exampled in these pages.(John Thorne, author of Serious Pig and Pot on the Fire)Beautifully describes how food has shaped Southern, as well as American, culture. (Southern Living)	John Egerton is a journalist and author whose books include the award-winning Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History and Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.	IntroductionAt some point in the course of the Southern Foodways Symposium in Oxford, Mississippi, a couple of years ago--it could have been while we were scarfing up some of Leah Chase's bodacious gumbo, or when we were out in the little hamlet of Taylor wolfing down a ton of fried catfish and hushpuppies at an old grocery store, or even as we listened attentively to Dick Pillsbury's treatise on barbecue belts and grits lines and other landmarks of culinary geography--somewhere along in there, a rich and mellow idea seemed to hatch full-grown and muscular in several minds at once. This immaculate and spontaneous conception bounced up on the table in the shank of an after-dinner talkfest. It proceeded, as I recall, more or less like this: ""You know, what we oughta do is put together a book full of all this good stuff."" (That must have been Ronni Lundy; she has a way of dreaming things up and then letting others think they discovered them.) ""Yeah, that's just what I've been thinking,"" someone else said. ""Food is so central to the South we all likethe Good South of conviviality and generosity and sweet communion. What we've got here is a little band of food lovers who'll make any excuse to get together and cook, eat, talk . . . "" "" . . . and write about it. At least half of us are writers of one stripe or another."" ""That's probably because we don't know how to cook."" ""The chefs are wannabe writers, and the writers are wannabe chefsand when the twain meet to eat, the stories come rolling out like Cajun popcorn."" ""So let's quit talking about it and do it."" ""Do what?"" ""A book. A collection of great food stories from the South."" And that, you might say, was the birth of a notion, more or less. We named it Cornbread Nation, a title the Southern Foodways Alliance previously used on its newsletter (which, henceforth, will be given another name to avoid confusion). Cornbread Nation is not a term freighted with any profound or universal meaning; it's just a catchy little phrase that calls to mind, for some of us, a timeless South where corn has been the staff of life forever, and cornbread in myriad forms has held a central place in the cookery of the region since the original people hunkered down to bake and break bread together.  Read the complete introduction.",books;cookbooks;education & reference;essays;essays & correspondence;food & wine;gastronomy;literature & fiction;regional & international;u.s. regional,10
1400152240,"Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse Capitalizing on America's fascination with spousal murder, psychotherapist Ludwig details 10 ""motivations and triggers,"" and uses real-life examples (some more famous than others) to illustrate her theories about why husbands and wives off one another. And after a slow first chapter on the history of marriage (""Why Marry?""), it's off to the homicidal races. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the murder profile's hallmarks before delving into case studies, the first of which details a woman running over her cheating husband. That Ludwig loads her book with profiles of seemingly ordinary marriages gone violently wrong lends credence to her insistence that ""most of us, whether we admit it or not, sometimes have violent, even homicidal thoughts toward our spouse."" Her case studies stick to the facts and don't dwell on or sensationalize the crimes, which are told in a straightforward fashion uncommon in true crime books. An intelligent and timely book, this will please true crime readers as much as those interested in psychology.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""""To understand and hopefully deter this domestic violence, '	Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning journalist and  the author of A Beautiful Child and A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst.    Robi Ludwig is a psychotherapist and regular contributor on CNNs Larry King Live, where she provides analysis of the motivations behind the criminal mind. She is a practicing therapist in New York City.   Ellen Archer is an acclaimed audiobook narrator and winner of a coveted Audie Award for For the Love of a Dog (available from Tantor).	Chapter 1Why Marry?Marriage is a dynamic and ever changing institution with its share of potentially major problems. Although many couples find it extremely fulfilling, just as many, if not more, find it difficult and heartbreaking.The stark reality is that the majority of marriages fail. And many marriages are full of violence and abuse, which sometimes escalates to murder. In light of these potential drawbacks, one can raise a very good question: Why marry at all? In fact, why do human beings pair off knowing there's a greater chance the emotional and financial investment will be for naught? One could ask the question, ""What's the point?""Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike today, where many of us are searching for our romantic ""soul mate,"" marriage was originally more about economics than deep emotion. In her book Marriage: A History, Professor Stephanie Coontz writes that until recently marriage was considered far too important to be determined by something as irrational as love and was more or less a business venture, an institution that provided for the necessities of day-to-day existence and survival of the species. It was only over the last century that the primary motivation to marry was based on feelings and emotion rather than the ability to provide stability.Today, given the stark reality that marriage is prone to failure, are there psychological and biological underpinnings that pull us in this direction, and not only once or twice but over and over and over again?According to Professor David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist from the University of Texas, we as humans are designed to fall in love. However, we may not be equally as inclined to stay in love. Buss and others believe that it is ""natural"" for both men and women to become disenchanted with a mate, suddenly finding him/her irritating, unattractive, or totally unreasonable, their flaws revealing their true selves and the mind going into ""the grass is greener"" mode. For married adults this often leads to adultery.One look at the numbers and it's easy to see that many people find their mates unsatisfactory on many levels. According to several studies, a whopping 80 percent of married males and 50 percent of married females have sex with outside partners. It's also natural for many married individuals to find some other person superior on most counts when compared to the terribly flawed spouse one is saddled with. Although this may sound hopeless in terms of achieving a successful relationship, what is natural is not necessarily unchangeable. On the flip side, long-lasting, happily married couples do feel better about their lives, and they live longer, too.According to biological logic, men tend to look for women with physical characteristics that indicate they are at the peak of their childbearing years, while women seek security. But some believe the so-called logic of this theory is flawed.All of us are evolutionary survivors. We had to be made of strong stock in order to survive the environmental challenges thrown our way. While both sexes are certainly vulnerable to infidelity, men are much more inclined to actually acquire additional mates (like a harem) or to engage in a casual fling.If we look at the DNA of love, genes don't speak per se, but they do affect our behavior by creating feelings and emotions that build and are maintained, thereby altering our brain chemistry. Anthropologists have discovered what laypeople have known for years -- that love between a man and woman is universal. Marriage, like love, is also universal. So marriage, at least from an evolutionary perspective, functions as a social reproductive arrangement that customarily involves the extended family and provides a way to raise a stable and healthy family.Helen Fisher's essay ""The Nature and Evolution of Romantic Love"" concludes that all of these qualities -- love, attraction, sexual chemistry -- result in raising a family with children and increasing the chances for survival. So, to love a child and develop the appropriate paternal investment requires having certain relationships in place. From the biological perspective, the first step toward becoming loving and devoted parents was for a man and woman to develop a mutual attraction. The genetic payoff of having two parents committed to a child's welfare seems to be the main reason why men and women fall in love and swoon over one another.Having two parents rather than one ensures a better chance for the offspring to survive and procreate. Unlike our nearest animal relatives, humans are a species of ""high parental investment."" In every known hunter-gatherer society, marriage is the standard -- not necessarily monogamous marriage, and not always lasting marriage, but nonetheless a marriage of some sort.While marriages in the past were more practical unions than they are today (when marriage is supposed to be loved-based) people have been selecting mates since the beginning of time. And when we look for a person to spend the rest of our lives with we often imagine an ideal Mr. or Ms. Right. An ideal life partner is someone whose personality, compatibilities, and purposes align with our own. If someone corresponds to our internal image of the ""perfect"" dream lover, we may ""fall in love"" with him or her. But the fact is we can easily get turned on by men or women whom we would not and should not consider an appropriate marital partner.So, if we decide we are going to spend most of our adult lives married to one person, we have probably built up some specific ideas about what kind of man or woman this person should be. The ideal mate for most of us would be someone who turns us on sexually, who would be a great parent, and who we can feel romantic toward. The more discerning person may select someone who he or she can live with even if their romantic feelings are not as intense as they may be with other people.Even as adults, men and women still want to be taken care of, and many of us balk at the idea of committing ourselves to the often multiple grim realities of responsibility and adulthood. This inability to accept adult responsibility contributes to our romantic fantasies, in which we are completely and effortlessly cared for.And that takes us back to our childhood.Some of the most popular love songs could also be describing the mother/infant relationship, i.e., Leanne Rimes, ""How Do I Live without You?"" or Celine Dion's ""I'm Everything I Am Because You Love Me."" We're often pulled back to that blissful, chronic state of infantile helplessness. In other words, we hope when we marry, our childhood needs and wishes will be met.These powerful fantasies and wishes underscore our deep yearning for an intimate connection to another person. This is ultimately who we want and hope we will end up with when we finally fall in love, choose our mate, and get married.The characteristics of a person's attachments exist the day a person is born. In every romantic relationship our adult attachment style mimics the way a baby feels toward his or her mother, who is usually the main caregiver. Lovers can also see each other as a child that needs to be taken care of. From the crib to the tomb, this biological behavioral system governs our close relationships. And there is no adult relationship closer or that has more expectations placed on it than the marital relationship.Freud viewed love from the perspective of the sexual drive and theorized that love and sexuality are rooted in infancy. A person's first love is his mother. The mother/first-love object provides the infant with not only food and nourishment, but also with a supply of sexual pleasure that he or she will later on seek from his or her adult lover. Freud looks at adult love and sexuality as an extension or rediscovery of motherly love.According to researchers Arthur Aron and Elaine Aron, authors of Love and the Expansion of Self: Understanding Attraction and Satisfaction, love can be viewed as an expansion of the self. We are attached to others because they will help us be everything we can be, which, in addition to familiarity, is a major prediction of attraction. In the beginning of a relationship, similarity draws us to a person, helping us to feel familiar with and in sync with him or her.Many people in the psychological community believe the unconscious mind plays the most significant role in who we fall in love with. Some profess that we fall in love because the unconscious mind believes it has found the partner who will finally make up for both the emotional and psychological damage we experienced in our youth, thus making us whole again. According to psychologist Dr. Harville Hendrix, from the moment we are born we are complicated and dependent beings who continue to have an ever-changing circuit of needs. Freud noted correctly that humans are ""insatiable beings and no parent, no matter how devoted, is able to respond perfectly to all of these changing needs.""FAIRY TALESFairy tales and folklore also influence our ideas about love, marriage, and relationships. The attractiveness of many myths and legends comes from the basic human needs and experience they reflect.One of the major themes in many legends is love and marriage. The most appealing characters are the heroes and heroines. The typical hero is the knight in shining armor while the leading female character tends to be the passive princess, waiting for that one special man to rescue her and carry her off into the sunset. What is of note is that most of these myths and legends are written by men. The knights, for instance, were often murderers and rapists. But these myths embody the male fantasy of what men want women to be and how men want to be viewed by women, as heroes who transform women and so become their saviors.Almost every little girl wants to be a fairy-tale princess. My 2 1/2-year-old daughter is going ...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig and journalist Matt Birkbeck examine the causes and implications of marital homicide. They team up to explore the ""underlying darkness inherent in so many marriages"" and offer in-depth descriptions of the 10 personality characteristics that may lead to killer spouses, including poor impulse control, controlling behavior, explosive rage, feelings of victimization/rejection, and pathologically idealizing the partner. Narrator Ellen Archer's voice is earnest and objective as she reads chilling examples from the high-profile cases of Clara Harris, Betty Broderick, Scott Peterson, and Rabbi Fred Neulander. Archer deftly handles the authors' explanations of the motivations behind the murders. Her clear reading provides unflinching insights for listeners.  S.J.H.  AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.",biographies & memoirs;books;business & investing;fitness & dieting;health;murder & mayhem;politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;true accounts;true crime,10
0195112067,"A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World ""Having a concise, ready-reference work like this on an ever popular topic is a plus.""--Booklist""A lively, readable text....An excellent source for high school and undergraduate students.""--Library Journal""[I]ncludes thorough coverage of military, political, and literary figures from the obvious...to the fairly obscure.  These biographical entries are excellently lucid and entertaining....The [book] will serve as a particularly good public library or undergraduate college-level resource, far  more detailed than a general encyclopedia and much more accessible to the general reader.""--Voice of Youth Advocates""This readable, lively compendium of facts succeeds admirably in its goal of conveying only the ""best information."" The alphabetical entries are logical, comprehensive, and cross-indexed....Secondary school students with a curiosity about the ancient Western world could do no better than to  start their explorations with this authoritative resource.""--School Library Journal""A definitive reference....Excellent.""--The Bookwatch	David Sacks has an MA in Greek and Roman studies from Oxford University. His articles on cultural topics have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair. Jersey.",ancient;books;education & reference;greece;historical study & educational resources;history;humanities;new;reference;used & rental textbooks,10
1900924439,Hang on to a Dream: The Story of the Nice Martyn Hanson has written sleeve notes for both ELP and The Nice.,arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;performing arts;rock,10
076455624X,"Montréal & Québec City for Dummies Your insiders guide to the best places and pricesExplore two of North Americas most distinctive cities!From old-world charm to new-wave nightclubs, French-Canadas two great cities offer European-style flair and culture found nowhere else in North America. But how do you see it all? Relax! This handy guide presents friendly advice on what to do and what to see, where to stay and where to eat.The Dummies WayDown-to-earth trip-planning adviceWhat you shouldnt miss  and what you can skipThe best restaurants and hotels for every budgetLots of detailed maps	Julie Barlow (julie.barlow@sympatico.ca) is a magazine journalist and travel writer who spent several years living in Paris. She recently published Sixty Million Frenchmen Cant Be Wrong, a sort of travel guide for Americans who are puzzled by the French. In it, she explains why the French think, act, and organize themselves the way they do. At the moment, she is based in Montral, where she writes regularly for the French-language magazine Lactualit, but she will soon be heading back to France to work on her next book, The Story of French. When shes not traveling, shes cooking, eating, drinking, and enjoying this North American corner of the French-speaking world as much as possible.Austin Macdonald (austin_macdonald@yahoo.com) first came to Montral for school. For three summers, while studying English Literature at McGill University, he worked as a tour guide in both Montral and Qubec City. Since teaching English in Tokyo, counting down the millennium in Rio, and having a series of misadventures in the dot-com world, Austin has been working as a freelance writer concerned with urban affairs at large. His work has been published in Canadian magazines such as Toronto Life and Azure and in newspapers, including Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Montral Gazette.",books;canada;cities;general;montreal;provinces;quebec;quebec city;reference;travel,10
1585745243,"Living Off the Land: Tracking, Building Traps, Shelters, Toolmaking, Finding Water and Food Trained soldiers will tell you that the art of survival relies heavily on two essential skills: finding food and finding water. In any survival situation it is vital that you adapt to your surroundings as quickly as possible and make good use of the sustenance nature has to offer. Living Off the Land contains everything the survivor needs to know about thriving in nature, from making tools and finding water to eating plants and catching fish. With over 120 illustrations, this book is packed with practical information and insightful tips such as how to make a fire without the use of matches and how to master the art of making traps and snares to capture food. Later chapters adapt these principles to a variety of terrain, including the desert, the Arctic, and the jungle, with a special chapter devoted to survival at sea.Because nature can be a dangerous place, the book also instructs the reader how to identify and avoid dangerous animals such as snakes and spiders, the art of extracting poison, and how to tell edible plants and fungi from poisonous ones. This book will be an invaluable help to anyone who ventures into the out-of-doors. The information it contains might just save your life. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 192 pages, illustrations)",books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;hiking & camping;instructional;miscellaneous;reference;safety & first aid;sports & outdoors,10
0002550296,"Thailand: The Beautiful Cookbook Panurat Poladitmontri, chef-owner of the Lemon Grass Grill Restaurant in Seattle, is proud of his Thai heritage. Recognized as one of the leading Thai chefs in America, he has authored cookbooks, appears frequently in the media, and travels internationally to teach Thai cuisine. Judy Lew, considered the Northwest's leading expert on pacific Rim Cuisine, is the author of many cookbooks on Asian cuisine, including Enjoy Chinese Cuisine; Flavors of Chineses Cooking; Dim Sum Appetizers and Light Meals She is the Director of the Uwajimaya Cooking School.",asia;asian;books;cookbooks;food & wine;general;regional & international;thai;thailand;travel,10
0465043003,"EMDR : The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is a new, nontraditional, very short-term therapy for treating trauma victims that utilizes rhythmical stimulation such as eye movements or hand taps. Shapiro, a clinical psychologist and fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, Calif., who developed the approach, reports cases in which as few as three 90-minute EMDR sessions have relieved patients' disabling anxiety. Explaining how she developed the technique in 1987, Shapiro describes the treatment, theorizes about why it works and cites supporting research. She suggests that the rhythmical stimulation inherent in the process jump starts and accelerates the brain's information processing system to enable the victims to begin to process the traumatic experiences in which they have been stuck so that natural healing can begin. Writer Forrest presents gripping case studies from numerous EMDR-trained therapists to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technique?among others, a Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress, a child with night terrors, a rape victim and a mother still nearly paralyzed with grief a year after her son's death. Other studies report success helping drug addicts and the terminally ill. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a controversial method of psychotherapy used for treating posttraumatic stress syndrome and anxiety disorders. These two books provide an overview of EMDR for the general reader. Supporters claim that EMDR releases traumatic memories locked in the brain, accelerates recovery, and reduces stress; opponents point out that a neurological basis for this theory has yet to be established. These two new books on EMRR chiefly contain case histories and descriptions of the therapy; both warn against unauthorized use by therapists not trained by the EMDR Institute. Parnell, a clinical psychologist and senior EMDR Institute facilitator, claims a transcendent focus for EMDR, leading to ""objective forgiveness"" of oneself and the perpetrator of the trauma. Shapiro, who developed EMDR in 1989, documents research supporting EMDR, citing both controlled and uncontrolled studies and listing 12 populations where EMDR has been effectively used as a form of treatment. Both books are recommended for popular psychology collections, though Shapiro's book is the preferred choice for readers who may wish to follow up on EMDR research.?Lucille M. Boone, San Jose P.L. Cal.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a hot psychotherapy topic these days, so many will be interested in what Shapiro, the therapist who discovered it, has to say. The process is based on the movement of a patient's eyes following the therapist's hand as the patient focuses on a major or minor disturbing event but consists, overall, of eight parts: the treatment plan, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure, and reevaluation. EMDR works much faster than the oral psychotherapeutic method, and the patient therefore pays less and gets back to business sooner. It has reportedly freed many from the effects of such experiences as child abuse, rape, natural disasters, and accidents. Shapiro does not know how it works but offers several theories. In any event, EMDR is available from some 20,000 therapists who have studied its basics. Shapiro concludes with advice on finding one of the 20,000.  William Beatty	""A well-written, fascinating book that is a delight to read. With the development of EMDR, Francine Shapiro has made a profound contribution to psychotherapy and to our knowledge of illness and healing."" -- --David A. Console, M.D., director of the Trauma Recovery Program, Menninger Clinic""EMDR is the most revolutionary, important method to emerge in psychotherapy in decades."" -- --Herbert Fensterheim, Ph.D., Cornell University, author of Dont Say Yes When You Want to Say No""The speed at which change occurs during EMDR contradicts the traditional notion of time as essential for psychological healing. Shapiro has... [made] EMDR applicable to a variety of clinical populations and accessible to clinicians from different orientations."" -- DBessel A. van der Kolk, Clinical Director of the HRI Trauma Center, Boston University	Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. , the originator and developer of EMDR, is a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. She is the author of a textbook on EMDR and more than thirty journal articles. She lives in Sea Ranch, California. Margot Silk Forrest is a writer and editor. Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. , the originator and developer of EMDR, is a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California. She is the author of a textbook on EMDR and more than thirty journal articles. She lives in Sea Ranch, California. Margot Silk Forrest is a writer and editor.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;psychology & counseling;psychotherapy;self-help;stress management;ta & nlp,10
1561484342,Sophie and Abigail (Sophie Rabbit Books) Umansky is a Good Books author.,animals;books;children's books;christian books & bibles;christian living;friendship;literature & fiction;rabbits;school;social situations,10
0965690008,"Unclaimed Assets: Money the Government Owes You! Through extensive research and investigation the author  has uncovered information the bureaucrats in Washington and  politicians in your home state don't want you to know...  they're  holding billions of dollars that belong to you!	An astounding one-in-four Americans are owed a share of  this multi-billion dollar jackpot. Even though government officials  are required to make a ""good faith effort"" at its return, few will  ever be told they're owed money. UA reveals information every citizen  and home-based business opportunity seeker should know.	From Introduction:   In late 1996, the Internal Revenue Service announced it couldn't find  citizens owed more than $62 million. Included among the missing were  just those 96,438 taxpayers whose 1995 refunds were returned by the  post office as undeliverable!  If you think that sounds bad, you'll be  shocked to learn the Social Security Administration recently was  forced to admit it has a ""suspense file"" containing $200 billion worth  of uncredited earnings and unpaid benefits, attributable to clerical  errors and reporting mistakes!",administrative law;books;business & investing;fitness & dieting;health;law;personal finance;politics & government;politics & social sciences;united states,10
0809228122,"Ironman's Ultimate Guide to Bodybuilding Nutrition (Ironman Series!) McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide",books;exercise & fitness;fitness & dieting;health;medical books;medicine;nutrition;sports & outdoors;sports medicine;weight training,10
0471249327,"Psychology in Action Study Guide, Test Bank, Instructor's Manual, Tranparencies, Computerized Test Bank for IBM and Mac, Videos and Handbook for Non-Native Speakers available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A bestselling text emphasizing active learning through the integration of critical thinking exercises and SQ4R. Its engaging writing style and approachable, applied focus enliven practical applications to make psychology relevant to students. This edition features timely and in-depth coverage of gender and cultural diversity issues and highlights physiology, cognition, evolutionary theory and research methodology.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	No other introductory psychology text does a better job evoking the ""eureka effectg""--the feeling you get when the lightbulb turns on and you suddenly understand.Users have consistently praised PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION for its outstanding pedagogy, accessible presentation, and balanced coverage. Take a look at what reviews are saying:""I remain quite impressed by the high degree of professional accomplishment achieve by the author in this work.:DAVID MCDONALD, University of Missouri, Columbia""The author's writing style was stimulating, clear and understandable...I also appreciate the author's sense of humor, Understandable, yes, Engaging, absolutely""MICHELLE MERVIN, University of Tennessee, Martin""The three greatest strengths of this text are that the writing style is easy-going, factual, informative. The definitions are good, the text is accurate, the references are very recent. I like this text a lot.""LILLIAN RANGE, University if Southern MississippiNow thoroughly revised, updated, and enhanced, the new Sixth Edition of PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION builds upon the success of Huffman's active-learning approach, while expanding coverage in cutting-edge areas, such as neuroscience, biology, and genetics. The Sixth Edition also features an improved pedagogical design and art program, and more coverage of gender and cultural diversity.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Karen Huffman, Palomar College	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;fitness & dieting;general;health;medical books;new;psychology;psychology & counseling;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0972179100,"A Look in the Mirror: The Body Image Workbook for Young Women Valerie McManus is a licensed clinical social worker who began her career in child welfare working with behaviorally and emotionally challenged youngsters, many of whom suffered from diminished self-image. In response to her perception of increasing need and lack of resources regarding gender issues, she created and presented her first body image workshop in 1999 to the staff of Camp Louise, an all-girls overnight camp. She has since continued to work towards body image education within the community through presentations for organizations such as the Annapolis Junior League (Jaycees), CASA, and the Girl Scouts of America. Ms. McManus currently acts as the Children Services Coordinator for Anne Arundel County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. She resides in Maryland with her husband, Craig and yellow Labrador, Willow.",addiction & recovery;books;diseases & physical ailments;drug dependency;eating disorders;fitness & dieting;health;parenting;parenting & relationships;self-help,10
0609800590,"Visits: Caring for an Aging Parent: Reflections and Advice As one demographic anomaly (the baby boom) faces another (the ever-increasing number of ""aged aged,"" people over age 75 or 80 or even 100), libraries can expect demand for both practical guidebooks and personal narratives on the new challenge of ""parenting one's parents."" Visits is a bit of both, from an author involved, often at long distance, in the care of both her 65-year-old mother, forced by Parkinson's disease to dwell in a retirement home, and her 88-year-old grandmother, still living ""indefatigably, independently in her own home."" Chearney's dozens of brief essays offer plenty of useful facts (medical, legal, institutional, etc.), but readers may appreciate even more Chearney's thoughtful comments on the emotional complexity of the shifting relationship of parent and child. As with other types of self-help books, simply the recognition that ""I am not alone"" allows many readers to cope more effectively with their genuinely daunting problems. Appendixes list important legal and financial papers and questions to ask about any nursing home or other retirement facility.  Mary Carroll",aging parents;books;crafts;family relationships;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;parent & adult child;parenting & relationships,10
0966738373,"The Entrepreneurial Conversation: The Powerful Way to Create Mutually Beneficial, Long-Term Business Relationships Edward G. Rogoff is the author of Bankable Business Plans. He is a professor in the department of management and the academic director of the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business at Baruch College. He has served as a CEO for two media companies that owned more than 20 radio stations and as a consultant for a variety of businesses, including venture capital firms and entrepreneurs. He lives in New York City. Michael Corbett is the author of The 33 Ruthless Rules of Local Advertising and a sales and marketing consultant who has focused much of his work on helping businesses define their marketing in media, retail, and service industries. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Perry-Lynn Moffitt is the author of Johnson and Johnson's Guide to Children's Care and A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss-Guidance and Support for You and Your Family. She lives in New York City.",books;business & investing;communications;customer service;entrepreneurship;industries & professions;marketing;marketing & sales;skills;small business & entrepreneurship,10
1868727181,"The South African Illustrated Cookbook 'Lehla is one of those amazing friends who is always full of fun, passion, love, patience and artistic talent. That's her personality and her cookbook reflects it perfectly-cook with a big smile on your face, a dollop of love, plenty of passion and masses of colour.' --Michaela Strachan	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	LEHLA ELDRIDGE is a talented young illustrator and part-time actress who spends time between the UK and South Africa. As a cook she has spent a significant part of her life in and around kitchens, including a pub kitchen, London cafs and catering at her father's summer art school in Italy. She has also mastered the art of cooking for large numbers. The South African Illustrated Cookbook is Lehla's first book and she currently lives in Cape Town.",africa;african;bartending;books;cookbooks;drinks & beverages;food & wine;general;regional & international;travel,10
B00005VOGA,"Confessions of an English opium-eater ""Among the best essayists of the romantic era. De Quincey may be viewed as a proto-Burroughs, as well as a British cousin to Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire, he might with a stretch even be seen as an ancestor of the J.G. Ballard...turn immediately to this excellent, detailed and often harrowing biography"" Washington Post ""Thomas de Quincey was the original cosmonaut of inner space, his Confessions of an English Opium Eater predating the wave of drug buddy literature from William Burroughs to Irvine Welsh by half a century or more"" Glasgow Herald ""A stimulating cocktail: exotic dream-sequences conjured up in baroque prosepoetry, camp Gothic effects worthy of Hammer Horror, classical quotations, London street-slang and sprawling footnotes on German philosophy. De Quincey served up this heady concoction of high-culture and low-life in all of his finest writings... At his best, however, he is one of the finest English prose stylists for sheer variety and opiumtinted vividness"" Mail on Sunday ""The first - and still is the finest - literary dope fiend"" Guardian ""It is one of the classics of 19th-century life writing and its influence is still felt"" Observer	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	4 1-hour cassettes	      --This text refers to the 							Audio Cassette	 edition.	Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) studied at Oxford, failing to take his degree but discovering opium. He later met Coleridge, Southey and the Wordsworths. From 1828 until his death he lived in Edinburgh and made his living from journalism.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",addiction & recovery;arts & literature;authors;biographies & memoirs;books;british;fitness & dieting;health;literature & fiction;substance abuse,10
0813919096,"The Child, the State, and the Victorian Novel Full of fresh insights about Victorian culture and Victorian children as refracted through that most Victorian of institutions, the novel, Laura Berry's book is lucid and well argued, and at times riveting. By uncovering the multiple and mutually contradictory ways the figure of the child signifies in these writings, Berry makes a substantial contribution to Victorian studies. (Audrey Jaffe, Ohio State University)One of the most original and interesting studies of Victorian culture I have read for some time. The book combines literary, social, and political materials to provide a substantial body of evidence for its thesis about childhood, and the research has been carried out with great integrity. (John Kucich, University of Michigan)	Laura C. Berry is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Arizona.",19th century;books;british;criticism & theory;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;modern (16th-21st centuries);movements & periods;victorian,10
B000NZRBKY,IPCW CWT-CE1109CB Crystal Eyes Bermuda Black Tail Lamp - Pair IPCW CWT-CE1109CB Crystal Eyes Bermuda Black Tail Lamp (Sold in Pairs),automotive;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lighting assemblies;lights & lighting accessories;replacement parts;tail;tail light assemblies,10
0071398678,"Radar for Mariners Also from David Burch:Celestial Navigation - A Complete Home Study CourseRadar For MarinersEmergency NavigationFundamentals of Kayak NavigationThe Barometer HandbookHow to use Plastic Sextants - with application to metal sextants and a review of sextant pilotingThe Star Finder Book - A guide to the many uses of the 2102-D Star Finder	Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar Operator Nothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you not just where you are, but who else or what else is out there with you. Todays smaller, affordable, more powerful radars make more sense than ever for sailors and powerboaters. This complete, in-depth manual shows you how to:  Choose the best radar model for your sail- or powerboat Install, adjust, and operate your system Interpret the images on your radar screen Pilot your boat and track the movements of vessels around you Use radar to track and avoid squalls, to outmaneuver competitors in a yacht race, and for other specialized tasks Interface your radar with a digital compass, GPS, or electronic chart  Radar for Mariners comes with a Radar Resources CD-ROM that includes a field guide to screen and target images, plotting sheets for printing, an e-book copy of the complete Navigation Rules, sample radar manuals, and more. It also includes a free trial version (30-day period) of the Starpath Radar Trainer simulator, plus an encrypted copy of the Full Radar Trainer you can purchase at a discount nearly equal to the price of this book! (See the enclosed CD-ROM for details.) Praise for David Burchs Emergency Navigation: ""A standout from the otherwise faceless navigation texts that pass through our offices. Anyone venturing offshore should read this book thoroughly.""Yachting Praise for David Burchs Radar Trainer navigation program: ""The Starpath Radar Trainer course is excellent! It is comprehensive and thorough . . . I would not hesitate to recommend it. . . . Any skipper can profit by using this course.""Elbert S. ""Mack"" Maloney, author of Chapman Piloting & Seamanship David Burch is the director of the Starpath School of Navigation and a recipient of the Institute of Navigation's Superior Achievement Award for outstanding performance as a practicing navigator. He has logged more than 70,000 sea miles, including twelve transoceanic races. He is the author of nine books on marine navigation, including Emergency Navigation.	David Burch, PhD, FRIN, is the Director of Starpath School of Navigation, which after 26,000 classroom students since 1979 switched to all online training in 2008. He is the author of 13 books and hundreds of magazine articles. He received the Institute of Navigation's Superior Achievement Award for outstanding performance as a practicing navigator. He is Fellow of the US Institute of Navigation as well as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation in London. He has extensive ocean sailing experience covering much of the globe, and once held an elapsed time record for the Victoria to Maui Yacht Race that lasted for 16 years. On the academic side, he is a past Fulbright Scholar with a PHD in physics.",boating;books;electrical & electronics;engineering;professional & technical;sailing;ships;sports & outdoors;transportation;water sports,10
089254063X,"Healing the Wounded God: Finding Your Personal Guide on Your Way to Individuation and Beyond Jeffrey Raff received his B.A. from Bates College, a Master's in Psychology from the New School for Social Research, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Union Graduate School. He graduated as a diplomate from the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He has had a private practice in Littleton, Colorado, since 1976, and teaches classes, seminars, and workshops on Jungian psychology and alchemy all over the country.   Linda Bonnington Vocatura received her B.S. with Honors in Psychology from the University of Washington and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Denver. She studied with the Inter-Regional Society of Jung in Denver, Colorado, from 1981 to 1985. She has had a private practice in Denver, Colorado, since 1981, and has presented workshops for both national and local groups on dreams, active imagination, and the ally.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;fitness & dieting;health;personal transformation;personality;psychology & counseling;self-help;spiritual,10
0195642740,"Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema `OUP must be lauded for its remarkable contribution towards providing an authentic record of history of Indian cinema. Early last year it published an Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, a monumental work of exceptional scholarship and research, which deftly filled a yawning gap in Indian publishing. And now comes a long overdue biography of Guru Dutt. Kabir's research is impeccable and she succeeds in drawing a portrait of an extraordinarily talented film-maker ... From the wealth of material that she gathered, Kabir succeeds in creating a document that sketches the life of a restless creative talent.' India Mail	Nasreen Munni Kabir is an independent television producer and director, running her own company in London. She has directed several documentary films, among them, In Search of Guru Dutt for Channel 4. She was for many years the Indian cinema consultant for Channel 4.",asia;biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;history;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;india;movies;theory,10
0789724766,"XML and Java from Scratch With the help of XML and Java from scratch, you will build a Web site and application for ChaseWeb Furniture-a fictitious catalog furniture company. All of the information on products, prices, vendors, and so on, is rendered in XML. You'll learn how to display products on the company Web site, take orders, produce a paper catalog, and communicate with the external databases of vendors using XML. The from scratch format is designed to teach novice programmers the hows and whys of programming in the context of creating a functioning application.	Nicholas Chase has been involved in Web site development for companies such as Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle Corporation. He got his first email account in 1989, and before immersing himself in the Web, he was a physicist, a high school teacher, a low-level radioactive-waste facility manager, an online science fiction magazine editor, a multimedia engineer, and an Oracle instructor. He is currently the chief technology officer of Site Dynamics Interactive Communications in Clearwater, Florida. He is also the author of Active Server Pages 3.0 from scratch. He enjoys watching sunsets with his lovely wife Sarah and their teenage son Sean.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;internet & web culture;java;languages & tools;programming;software;web development & design;xml,10
0023674407,"Revising Prose As its title implies, this book deals with revising, not with original composition.  Stressing the importance of the single sentence, The Paramedic Method of revision provides an easily learned method of revision to combat the obscurities of meaning that plague The Official Style, and demonstrates how to revise this stilted, dense prose into plain English. This book has been used with success wherever extensive writing is required, and also at every level of higher education.Addresses the specific stylistic patterns that characterize most bad writing and gives an eight-step revision method called The Paramedic Method to break those patterns and improve writing.  Helps with writing tasks in business, government, and the university, where The Official Style is rampant, and provides an indispensable guide to revising in every writing context.For anyone interested in revising, specifically at the sentence level.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	University of California, Los Angeles	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;fitness & dieting;general;health;medical books;new;psychology;psychology & counseling;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
0917053109,"Animated Objects Addison has enough invention for two writers, and enough heart for three. --Terry Bisson, Nebula Award winning authorWith the eloquent simplicity of the writers of ancient earth tales, and the pop cleverness of modern-day fantasists, Linda Addison shares with the reader a collection from her very human, very mystical realm; images often tender, poignant, brutal, transcendent. --Elizabeth Massie, Bram Stoker Award winning authorLinda Addison pours heart and soul upon the page in her first collection. A freshet of poems, journal entries, and stories, this book shows the birth and early maturity of the author. --Paul De Filippo, Asimov's Science Fiction magazine	Linda Addison has published poetry, stories and non-fiction in Asimov's SF Magazine, Pirate Writings, Tomorrow Magazine and Epitaph. This is her first collection.",books;cartooning;comics & graphic novels;contemporary;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
0520089030,"The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction about Women (Voices from Asia) Text: English (translation)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Kudos! Kudos! Kudos! I was bowled over by this marvel of an anthology. Each tale is a multifaceted jewel, some gleaming with irony, others rough-hewn with the pragmatics of old karma and fresh opportunity, all of them as riveting as the best of O. Henry stories. Kepner's translation gives the reader a seamless link to the Thai voice and heart. She has amassed a brilliant collection that is sure to appeal to any reader who loves the magic of storytelling.""Amy Tan""Powerful, accomplished stories and intimate views of family life.""Michael Davidson, author of The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century	""Kudos! Kudos! Kudos! I was bowled over by this marvel of an  anthology. Each tale is a multifaceted jewel, some gleaming with irony,  others  rough-hewn with the pragmatics of old karma and fresh opportunity, all  of them  as riveting as the best of O. Henry stories. Kepner's translation gives  the  reader a seamless link to the Thai voice and heart. She has amassed a  brilliant  collection that is sure to appeal to any reader who loves the magic of  storytelling."" (Amy Tan)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Susan Fulop Kepner has been a Lecturer in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1991. Among the works she has translated from Thai are Letters from Thailand by Botan (1977) and A Child of the Northeast by Kampoon Boontawee (1987). She has also written a book of original prose poems entitled Somebody's Mother (1987).",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;contemporary;criticism & theory;education & reference;general;history & criticism;literature & fiction;short stories,10
0787639656,"Literary Masterpieces: The Maltese Falcon - Volume 3 (Gale Study Guides To Great Literature) This beautifully produced new series of literary reference works, ""The Gale Study Guides to Great Literature,"" is designed to support the literary research of high school and college students. The series in turn consists of three subseries: Literary Masters, Literary Masterpieces, and Literary Topics. These focus on the individual authors, works, and concepts frequently studied in the current literature curricula. Written by well-known scholars, the books all feature original, newly written material, which presents not only the facts about the author, work, or literary topic but also significant cultural and historical material to help put those facts in context. All volumes contain glossaries, lists of study questions, chronologies, annotated bibliographies, indexes, and other study resources. Unlike other ongoing series that cover similar terrain (e.g., Twayne's ""Authors,"" ""Masterwork,"" and ""Studies in Literary Themes and Genres"" series and Chelsea House's ""Modern Critical Interpretations"" and ""Modern Critical Views""), these books have a more finished and personal feel. The thoughtful and attractive design and convenient layout, comprehensive approach, reliance on original material, constant reference to current research, and ample bibliographic apparatus make this a superior series. Richly illustrated, well printed with broad margins and readable type, handsomely and sturdily bound, these books are highly recommended for public and college libraries and secondary school media centers.-Paul D'Alessandro, Portland P.L., Maine Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.",american literature;books;classics;education & reference;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
B00006AVQV,"The Perl Cd Bookshelf: 6 Bestselling Books on Cd-Rom This review only needs four words. O'Reilly's Perl compendium  is, without a doubt, the ultimate Perl resource. Containing  electronic editions of Perl in a Nutshell,  Programming Perl (2nd  Edition), Perl  Cookbook, Advanced Perl  Programming, Learning Perl, and  Learning Perl on Win32  Systems, together with a hardbound edition of Perl in a Nutshell,  this immaculate collection is a winner in terms of depth and value for  the money. If you're looking for something to do with Perl, it will be  here somewhere. Releasing books on CD-ROM is an intelligent move  for O'Reilly, since it means that hints, tips, and syntax guidance can  be easily found, code snippets pasted straight into working documents,  and multiple electronic bookmarks set and referred to within a couple  of clicks. Learning  Perl's patient, leveled approach is perfect for the beginner,  while the example-packed Perl Cookbook is an  essential resource for intermediate users. True techies can cuddle up  with Advanced Perl  Programmingand the excellent Learning Perl on Win32  Systems. There's something for everyone here. Besides the  complete and unabridged text, the package contains fully hyperlinked,  cross-referenced indexes, which are fully searchable, and an overall  index that covers all six volumes in one easy-to-use file. It's  difficult to express just how good this package is. For this reviewer,  nothing else on the market today can touch it. --Chris Russell,  amazon.co.uk	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Linda Mui started working for O'Reilly & Associates in 1986. She was first hired as a production assistant, later became an apprentice system administrator, and now is a writer. Her first writing job was for termcap and terminfo, which she co-authored with John Strang and Tim O'Reilly. She also wrote Pick BASIC, on programming applications for Pick systems. In between writing jobs, Linda works on troff macros and tools for the O'Reilly & Associates production staff. Linda was raised in the Bronx, New York and now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lately she has been trying to improve herself by learning how to swim, play billiards, and accessorize.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;languages & tools;operating systems;perl;programming;software;unix;web development & design,10
0934419035,"Born to Sing: The Ultimate Voice Training Course (4 tapes + book) ""Born To Sing techniques have gotten me through the toughest  vocal situations.""  -- Jennie Kwan""Born To Sing touches every aspect from basics to advanced  ... the authors explain, demonstrate and have you exercise with them.""  -- Journal Of Singing - National Association of Teachers of Singing""Worth many times the cost.""   -- LIBRARY JOURNAL	Howard and Elisabeth are both members of the National  Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) for whom they have conducted  numerous master classes. They are the authors of the ""Born To Sing""  series of instructional books and tapes as well as ""Sing Like A Pro""  and ""Learn To Sing Overnight"" videos, now distributed  world-wide. Their Music Reading / Ear Training course, ""The ABCs Of  Vocal Harmony"" is well on its way to becoming a popular text for music  programs across the country. As a team, Howard and Elisabeth were  signed to MCA as singer-songwriters and performed extensively  throughout the United States. They have had several singers signed to  major labels including RCA, Columbia, Geffen, Capitol and MCA.  Howard  Austin is a versatile vocal artist whose work includes a variety of  starring roles on the musical stage as well as night club performances  and recordings. His own vocal training has been with some of the great  vocal teachers of all time including, John Motley, Gertrude Arnold and  Dr. Peter J. Wilhousky. Howard has been a popular radio and TV talk  show guest with his vocal demonstrations and instant 'on the spot'  analysis and instruction to callers-in and studio audiences.  In  addition to his private clients, he has conducted numerous seminars on  singing and voice training for NATS and Music Teachers of Los Angeles  County Unified School District, Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase and  others. His clients have included Tiffany, Holly Fields, Don York of  Sha-Na-Na and several Star Search ontestants including an  International Junior Grand Champion. Elisabeth Howard holds a B.S. and  M.S. in voice from the Juilliard School of Music. She has mastered  many vocal styles used in her own varied singing career and in her  teaching.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;exercises;instruments;music;techniques;theory;voice,10
0844227838,"When in Mexico, Do as the Mexicans Do Mingle in Mexico without mortifying mistakes        Do you want to melt in when visiting Mexico City? To assimilate in Acapulco? When in Mexico, Do as the Mexicans Do makes it simple! If you long to tour Tijuana unnoticed or go to an open-air market in Oaxaca without turning heads, transform yourself from a typical tourist into a connoisseur of culture. With this crash course in Mexican customs and heritage, you'll avoid embarrassing blunders and enrich your travel experience.        Packed with more than one hundred articles, this handy collection of cultural dos and don'ts covers a broad range of topics, including food, art, pop culture, politics, business, entertainment, home life, history, and education. In these pages, you'll find authoritative answers to questions such as:        What is the proper way to address people you meet for the first time?     What is required when driving a private vehicle into Mexico?     When is the name day of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrated?     Which Mexican author wrote Como agua para chocolate?     When do Mexicans typically have dinner?     What is not an acceptable way of shopping in open-air markets?             With light-hearted quizzes, cool Internet addresses, and up-to-date insights into all aspects of Mexican culture, When in Mexico, Do as the Mexicans Do will delight everyone from students and tourists to armchair travelers and trivia buffs.        Herb Kernecker is an experienced language teacher and author.	Herb Kernecker  is an experienced teacher and author.",arts & photography;books;central america;education & reference;general;mexico;photography;research & publishing guides;travel;writing,10
0156010801,"Probability 1 In a universe infinitely large, what is the probability of intelligent life on another planet? Sounds like a trick question, but for anyone versed in cosmology and statistics, the answer is 1; that is, there must be life on at least one other planet in the universe. This is Amir Aczel's theorem. But, as physicist Enrico Fermi once asked, if that's true, where is everyone? Aczel tackles that paradox after he goes through the statistical calculations for the probability of intelligent life, considering factors such as how many stars are in a galaxy, how many of those stars might be hospitable, how many might have planets, and how many planets might have environments suitable to support life as we know it (or as we don't). Aczel also provides an overview of the relevant developments in astronomy and biology--laying the groundwork to show that the universe's chemistry must add up to life. Whether life was spread through the universe by chunks of debris like ALH84001--the enigmatic meteorite from Mars that contained tantalizing hints of the possibility of life--or arose independently, Aczel is sure it is out there. After teasing readers with scientific history, Probability 1 delivers on its promise to prove Aczel's conjecture through a clearly explained application of known statistical theory to the chaos of the universe. --Therese Littleton	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A top science author (e.g., Fermat's Last Theorum, LJ 10/15/96) looks at the evidence for life beyond Earth.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Probability 1, meaning a certainty that the thing will happen, is what mathematician and probability theorist Aczel assigns to the discovery of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.  The idea is very old; Aczel quotes Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) as saying there are many worlds, all with ""living creatures and plants and other things we see in this world.""  Recent discoveries of planets orbiting stars other than the sun increase the odds. Astronomer Frank D. Drake, long involved with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has formulated an equation: N = N* fp ne fl fi fc L, where N stands for the number of civilizations in our galaxy capable of communicating with other civilizations.  N* is the number of stars in the galaxy (billions in the Milky Way), fp the percentage of stars with planets (debatable but high), ne the number of planets with environments favorable to life (roughly 10 percent), fl the fraction of planets with life (guesswork but perhaps with a probability of 0.1 or 0.2), fi the proportion of those planets on which intelligent life has evolved (again guesswork, with probabilities ranging from 0.1 to 0.5), fc the fraction of planets able to communicate with other civilizations by radio or some other means (inestimable until Earth receives such a communication), and L for the longevity of the civilization.  Drake believes that N may be as high as 10,332; the late Carl Sagan put it at about a million.  Aczel's quest is for intelligent life anywhere else in the universe, not just in our galaxy. Here he is dealing with almost incomprehensibly big numbers. ""Our galaxy has about 300 billion stars (although some estimates are lower), and let's assume there are 100 billion galaxies in the universe.""  Hence, even though the probability of life around any one star is extremely small, the compound probability with such vast numbers of stars to consider rises to 1.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Life on other worlds, long a staple of sci-fi thrillers, is now the stuff of serious science. Aczel (Fermat's Last Theorem, 1996) brings a statistician's tools to bear on the evidence. Enrico Fermi once asked, ``Why, if there is intelligent life elsewhere, haven't they contacted us?'' One response to this paradox is Frank Drake's equation for the number of civilizations that might exist capable of communicating with other civilizations. For in a universe billions of years old, nearly infinite in extent, it - s inconceivable that our world is the only one to be inhabited. And yet, flying-saucer cultists aside, there is no credible evidence of Earth's being visited by aliens. (One likely reason for this lies in the daunting distance between stars, which makes expeditions beyond a race's home system too expensive for even a very advanced civilization to undertake.) Most of the other evidence argues that there are planets around other stars, where the chemical reactions necessary for life (notably, the spontaneous formation of DNA) can take place. We also have evidence (in the form of Martian meteorites) that the spread of these chemicals from one world to another is moderately commonplace. Aczel stops to consider the central philosophical question raised by Einstein and the quantum theorists (i.e., whether the universe is random or deterministic); he clears up a few misconceptions about probability before applying probability theory to an assessment of the value of Drake's equation. His conclusion, that at least one planet besides Earth almost certainly bears life, will seem inevitable to anyone who has followed his arguments. Lively writing and the ability to work scientific history smoothly into the narrative make this a very useful addition to the growing body of work on a fascinating subject. (Author tour)  -- Copyright 1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""For one practiced in dealing with numbers, Amir Aczel certainly has a way with words. . . . Before reading Aczel's book, you might find it easy to shrug off his conclusions. After you've finished Probability 1, you may find it harder to do so.""-Astronomy ""There are two reasons for recommending [Probability 1] to any person interested in the debate: It is clearly and gracefully written and it is up-to-date in its astronomical data.""-Martin Gardner, Los Angeles Times Book Review	Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D. grew up on a ship and was navigating straits in the Mediterranean long before he could drive a car. The author of Fermat's Last Theorem, God's Equation, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Probability 1, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Boston area and teaches at Bentley College.	Preface ON THE EVENING OF February 26, 1998, I was standing on a beach in Aruba with a group of astronomers. Earlier that afternoon, between 2:11 and 2:14 P.M., we had watched the day turn into night as a total solar eclipse passed over the island. We were all still excited from the awesome event we had witnessed only a few hours earlier, and we were now looking at stars and galaxies and a nebula that remained in the sky from a giant supernova explosion witnessed by the Chinese a thousand years ago. As we were talking animatedly about these mysterious objects of the night sky, standing around the large telescope, some of the vacationers at the resort-who had not come here to witness an eclipse or view the stars-came over out of curiosity. After a few moments, one of them moved closer to the telescope and asked Daryl, the astronomer, if she could look through it. He was thrilled to comply and offered to show her and her companion a double star system or a nebula or a beautiful cluster of fifty brilliant red and blue stars called the Jewel Box. ""No, no,"" she said, waving her hand and smiling. ""Could you maybe show us some planets... with life on them?""  I walked away down the sand. The quest for life outside Earth seemed more intense now as we approach the third millennium. The woman's wish to see planets with life only served to emphasize this point, which has been made in newspapers and science magazines and television-not to mention announcements from NASA about the findings from the Galileo spacecraft, which may have detected evidence for liquid water under the ice cover of Jupiter's moon Europa. Could we finally be on the verge of discovering extraterrestrial life? All this speculation was very exciting for me. I had just finished the manuscript of a book about the probability that life exists on some distant planet in orbit around a star not too different from the Sun-our own star, whose magnificence I now appreciated more than ever, having seen it disappear as by magic behind the Moon and reappear on the other side. Now standing under the bright winter stars, I was thinking about how this adventure started for me.  Just before Labor Day in 1997, I called Jane Isay, executive editor at Harcourt Brace in New York, to ask her if she would be interested in publishing my next book. I had lots of ideas, but Jane liked none of them. So we talked about many other subjects: mathematics and science and probability. And then Jane asked: ""How would you like to write a book about the probability of life in outer space?"" and she proceeded to tell me how Carl Sagan had wanted to write a book about this topic but for some reason it never materialized, and he passed away. ""These are big shoes to step into,"" I remember saying. ""Just try,"" she answered. I was intrigued.  For a long time, researching this book, I was skeptical. And as I considered the science involved: chemistry and DNA and biology and geology and physics and astronomy, the prospects did not look any more promising.  Then, almost at the last minute, I turned my attention to probability theory. And here, something happened that surprised me. Probability is not an intuitive area. Often, people think they have an answer, but mathematically it does not hold, and something else proves to be true. Mathematics is the key to probability theory, and the math always wins-sometimes despite our intuition. And the mathematics and probability theory always pointed in one direction: the probability of life in outer space is one, just as Carl Sagan had believed. This book will take you through my journey of discovery leading to this conclusion.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",astronomy & space science;biological sciences;biology;books;cosmology;marine biology;mathematics;occult;religion & spirituality;science & math,10
0471162922,"Value Investing: ""A Balanced Approach"" ""An excellent book in investments. But, more importantly, this volume is a primer explaining to Main Street, especially Main Street business people, how Wall Street really operates.""  -- Eugene M. Isenberg, Chairman of the Board, Nabors Industries, Inc.""Marty Whitman is one of the country's savviest investors but also a great intellect. This book, the outgrowth of his teaching at Yale School of Management, is essential reading for anyone in today's turbulent markets."" -- Jeffrey E.Garten, Dean,  Yale School of Management""Value Investing is a great wake-up call for all investors who feel caught up in or swept away by today's tidal wave of momentum (greater fool) investing....Marty Whitman does a superb job of laying out a value framework for those investors who only have to answer to themselves at the end of the day."" -- Barrons""Value Investing:  A Balanced Approach is a must read for all thoughtful investors interested in a rational, disciplined, risk averse template for successful long term compounding. Bravo Marty."" -- O. Mason Hawkins, CFA, Chairman and CEO,  Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. and The Longleaf Partners Funds	""Marty Whitman is one of the country's savviest investors but also a great intellect. This book, the outgrowth of his teaching at Yale School of Management, is essential reading for anyone in today's turbulent markets."" - Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of ManagementAn in-depth look at the modern realities of valuing companies, this comprehensive resource offers an antidote to conventional ""ivory tower"" financial theories. Value Investing shows investors how to use the same valuation techniques as are used in private business and by control investors. It replaces the practice of excessive price watching with a ""bottom-up"" approach to corporate analysis. Written by seasoned investor Martin Whitman, the book delivers a proven approach to what is a fruitful, yet potentially dangerous venture.With clear explanations and straightforward guidelines, Whitman gives investors the tools necessary to fully understand and capitalize on the key to successful value investing: accurately valuing a business or valuing the workout potential of troubled companeis. Beginning with a description of what exactly value investing is, Whitman compares it with other investment disciplines, such as academic finance, Graham & Dodd fundamentalism, and conventional research ""as it seems to be practiced by most 'sell' side analysts employed by broker/dealer research departments as well as most 'buy' side analysts who manage money.""The key concepts of value investing are then discussed, including corporate valuation, the substantive characteristics of securities, capital structure, promoters' and professionals' compensations, and the uses and limitations of financial accounting and narrative disclosure. Value Investing provides an analytic framework for evaluating the impact of real world factors, such as public policy and regulation, mergers and acquisitions, government and corporate finance, restructuring troubled companies, stockholder litigation, corporate power plays, and corporate share repurchase.Thorough, accessible, and practical, Value Investing is essential reading for anyone seeking a well-rounded overview of this important topic.""Marty Whitman is renowned for his uncanny instincts and insights in picking bargains in stocks and bonds. His book, ""Value Investing: A Balanced Approach"", is a real bargain. To benefit from decades of Marty's experience is invaluable and to have such a commonsense and realistic approach is an extra dividend."" - Milton Cooper, Chairman, Kimco Realty Corporation	""An excellent book in investments. But, more importantly, this volume is a primer explaining to Main Street, especially Main Street businesspeople, how Wall Street really operates."" - Eugene M. Isenberg, Chairman of the Board, Nabors Industries, Inc.""Value Investing: A Balanced Approach is a must read for all thoughtful investors interested in a rational, disciplined, risk-averse template for successful long-term compounding. Bravo, Marty."" - O. Mason Hawkins, CFA, Chairman, and CEO, Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. and The Longleaf Partners Fund""This author knows whereof he speaks. His many years of extremely successful experience as a professional manger of investments, his academic training, and his period of teaching at a major university all make their mark on this illuminating volume. It reveals how a bright, analytically minded person with extensive practical experience studies and evaluates investments."" - William J. Baumol, Professor and Director, C.V. Starr Center, NYU, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University""This book by an experienced and practicing master, Martin Whitman, is a treasure amd a reference book on how to think and feel like an owner of a business without the headache of running it day to day."" - Papken S. Der Torossian, Chairman and CEO, Silicon Valley Group, Inc.	MARTIN J. WHITMAN, CFA (New York, NY) is Chairman of Whitman Hefferman & Rhein and manager of the highly successful Third Avenue Value Fund.",books;business & finance;business & investing;economics;finance;investing;investments & securities;new;popular economics;used & rental textbooks,10
090675478X,"The Laser Book This is the ultimate Laser sailing manual. It shows you: How to set up new control lines.How to master the 4.7 Radial and Standard rigs.How to go fast - upwind and downwind.How to avoid common mistakes.How to outsmart the opposition.Do you fall in on the run?Does your mainsheet catch round the back?How did you rig the outhaul?Which end of the startline should you choose?The Laser Book tells you everything you always wanted to know about Laser sailing....but were too busy righting the boat to ask!Packed with practical advice on rigging, launching and sailing in all conditions, this is THE manual for all Laser sailors. With its help a complete beginner can become a competent club racer within weeks of getting afloat, and go on to become a winner. More experienced sailors will find the go-fast tips from champion racers invaluable.This fourth edition contain brand new sections on the Radial and 4.7 rigs and the Standard section has been completely updated. Each rig now has a key settings chart to help you make rapid adjustments for maximum speed in all conditions. The new control lines are also covered in full. Over 270 stunning new colour photos and 45 colour diagrams take you through key techniques and manoeuvres in easy-to follow sequences.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Tim Davison has been Laser (Masters) European Champion and National Champion. He has raced successfully in Laser National, European and World Championships and has twice won the Moth Nationals.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",boating;books;new;professional & technical;sailing;ships;sports & outdoors;transportation;used & rental textbooks;water sports,10
0679005595,"Fodor's San Diego 2001: Completely Updated Every Year, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z, Pull-Out Color Map (Fodor's Gold Guides) ""Fodor's guides cover culture authoritatively and rarely miss a sight or museum."" - National Geographic Traveler""The king of guidebooks."" - NewsweekNo matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go.Insider info that's totally up to date. Every year our local experts give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun.Hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special.Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency.Full-size, foldout map keeps you on course.We've compiled a helpful list of guidebooks that complement Fodor's San Diego 2001. To learn more about them, just enter the title in the keyword search box.Fodor's California 2001Fodor's Compass American Guide Coastal California: A full-color guide, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture, and character of Coastal California.Fodor's upCLOSE California: Designed for travelers who want to travel well and spend less.	Destination: San DiegoTo the Casual visitor, San Diego defines a vacation paradise: year-round sunshine, miles of white-sand beaches, family-oriented outdoor entertainment at Sea World and the world-famous San Diego Zoo, a laid-back casual ambience, and bits of history and Hispanic culture. But there's more than meets the eye here. If you look beyond the obvious, you'll discover why what many locals proclaim is ""America's finest city"" draws more than 14 million visitors annually.BeachesThe coastline in and around San Diego encompasses some of the best beaches on the West Coast. Some are wide and sandy, others narrow and rocky; some are always crowded with athletes and sun-worshippers, others seem created for solitary beachcombers and romantic pairs.Among the standouts are Imperial Beach, a classic southern California beach favored by surfers, swimmers, and frisbee fliers; Silver Strand State Beach, relatively calm and family-friendly, the underused North and Central portions of Municipal Beach on the isthmus of Coronado; Ocean Beach a.k.a. Dog Beach because of the number of canines found romping next to volleyball players and sunbathers; Mission Beach, which has a boardwalk popular with walkers, rollerbladers, and bicyclists, La Jolla Cove, where tidal pools and cliff coves provide exciting diversions for explorers; and Torrey Pines State Beach between La Jolla and Del Mar, one of the easiestand most comfortable beaches to visit in the area.Outdoor Activities and SportsAt least one stereotype of San Diego is true -- it is an active, outdoors-oriented community. People recreate here more than they spectate, and as a visitor it's hard not to join in. As you would expect, the emphasis is on fun in the sun and surf -- sailing, swimming, surfing, diving, and fishing head the list. Some favorite activities and the best places to enjoy them include scuba diving off La Jolla Cove, surfing at almost any of the beaches, golfing at Torrey Pines, La Costa, or Rancho Bernardo, rollerblading at Mission Bay, and jet skiing at the Snug Harbor Marina in Carlsbad. But the San Diego area also contains vast open spaces -- mesas, plateaus, and oak-studded foothills which appeal to nature lovers, hikers, and mountain bikers.ShoppingSan Diego's many shopping districts are a mlange of self-contained megamalls, historic districts, homey villages, funky neighborhoods, and chic suburbs. Whimsical Horton Plaza, in the heart of center city, is the place to go for department stores, mall shops, and one-of-a-kind boutiques; the adjoining Gaslamp Quarter is chock full of art galleries, antiques shops, and specialty stores. Seaport Village on the waterfront is thick with theme shops and arts-and-crafts galleries. Coronado has a few blocks of fancy boutiques and galleries as well as Ferry Landing Marketplace, a waterfront shopping and dining center. Bazaar del Mundo in the historic Old Town district resembles a colorful Mexican marketplace, where you can browse in shops selling international goods, toys, souvenirs, and arts and crafts. Hillcrest is the place to go for vintage clothing, furnishings, and accessories. La Jolla boasts a collection of trendy designer boutiques and galleries among Prospect Street and Girard Avenue. Discounted designer fashions can also be found at the recently opened Carlsbad Company Stores.",books;california;europe;france;general;pacific;san diego;travel;united states;west,10
B000Q5AU4U,New! Authentic Small Pink Philadelphia Eagles Dog Collar Root for the Eagles with your best buddy decked-out in team logo wear. All items are fully licensed and made in the USA. These Officially Licensed Team Logo Dog Collars are adjustable.,basic collars;collars;dogs;fan shop;harnesses & leashes;pet collars;pet collars & harnesses;pet gear;pet supplies;sports & outdoors,10
1890944939,"1st Steps for a Beginning Guitarist, Chords and Chord Progressions ""Quick"" and ""Easy"" seem to be the buzz words for selling beginning guitar method books. From looking at many of these method books over the years I understand why so many of the students I get have so many problems. In their rush to give the consumer a ""quick fix"" many method books leave out important information or offer poorly explained techniques leaving the student to fill in the blanks as best they can. I find that when a beginning student is shown the proper ways to play and think of music their progress is remarkable. Music isn't a race to see who can play 3 chords the fastest, it's about making those chords sound like music, so that they are a pleasure for you to play and for others to hear. It means developing proper technique, understanding rhythm and music theory. This method book gives you a comprehensive start toward understanding these aspects of music and also points you in the right direction to other resources to develop your musical abilities further. From my many year of teaching I have found that every student learns differently and is interested in different things.  To help provide you with a rich resource I have included the following formats to help you learn guitar. Text Video MP3 MidiFiles There are many approaches you can take to this book to compliment your learning style and I believe all the resources will provide you with a intriging and fun enviorment in which to learn. I'm also available via our FAQ pages to answer any question you might have so feel free to read our FAQs and if you can't find the answer to your question I'd be happy to help out.	      --This text refers to the 							Spiral-bound	 edition.	The guitar is the most popular instrument in the world yet most students of the guitar are self taught. ""1st Steps for a Beginning Guitarist"" is a comprehensive method for guitar students who have no prior musical training. Whether you are playing acoustic, electric or twelve-string guitar, this book will give you the information you need, and trouble shoot the various pitfalls that can hinder the self-taught musician. The author knows from over 20 years of teaching experience that students form most of their good and bad habits in the first six months of practicing.  It is therefore extremely important to use a method book that clearly and concisely covers the important subjects of proper playing technique, tuning, picking, strumming, music theory and rhythm. Furthermore, the only way a student can remember the information learned is to apply it.  The hardest part of learning the guitar for a student is switching between chords. This unique method book contains chord progressions using both ""open"" and ""barre"" chords that gradually take a student from a beginning level to an advanced level.  The publisher's website also has mp3 and midifiles to be played along with, for developing the strumming, time and feel for each chord progression.  The chord progressions presented are commonly found in hard rock, rock, folk, blues and country, giving the student a solid harmonic foundation in all these styles.  A picture is worth a thousand words and this method book not only gives you pages of pictures but also gives you access to video clips that can be downloaded from the publisher's website to demonstrate these playing basics in action.  The Muse-eek Publishing Company believes the education of a student shouldn't stop with the purchase of a book, therefor our website,  offers a FAQ page where students can write in to the author with questions that may arise as they work their way through the method.  It also offers a free ""member's section"" where students can download other learning materials to further their education.  We are committed to making your experience with the guitar as positive as possible and hope you will give us a chance to prove it.	      --This text refers to the 							Spiral-bound	 edition.	Guitarist Bruce Arnold has developed an extensive reputation as a composer educator and guitar virtuoso. He has created a unique signature sound that stems from his combination of jazz techniques and 20th Century compositional methods. He has played with such diverse musicians as Stuart Hamm, Peter Erskine, Joe Pass, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke, the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Arnold is also deeply devoted to music education and had written more than 60 music instruction. He heads the guitar departments at NYU and Princeton University and is the director of the New York University Summer Guitar Intensive He has taught at some of the most prestigious music schools in America, including the New England Conservatory of Music, Dartmouth College, Berklee College of Music, New School University, and City College of New York.	      --This text refers to the 							Spiral-bound	 edition.	Holding the Guitar There are two methods of holding the guitar. You basic position will either be sitting or standing. If you are sitting you want to place the guitar across your lap and rest the inward curving section of the guitar on your right or left leg. (See picture 7 or video clip 3 for different views of this position) The ""classical"" technique for holding the guitar is to place it on the left leg, spreading your legs and allowing the rest of the body of the guitar to fall between your two legs. I would highly recommend using this technique if you are sitting down. This will help you maintain the proper position for both your right and left hands. You should also raise up your left leg about 3 to 5 inches. This can be done by placing your foot on the guitar case. The height of this foot rest will vary from person to person. As a basic guideline you don't want to put the foot rest so high that you are forced to raise your left shoulder to reach up to the neck. Anything that will support your leg is fine. There are adjustable guitar footrests that you can purchase in any music store which are obviously the best to have, because you can get the exact height that is comfortable for you. If you put a strap on later and stand up, your guitar should be in the same position on your body as it was when your were sitting. Practice the way you will perform. I get many guitarists who can't figure out why they play so much better when they are sitting at home in a chair, than they do when performing or rehearsing standing up. It's because they are holding their guitar in one position when they are practicing, and a different position when performing. It's just common sense to practice the way you will perform but you'd be amazed how many people don't realize this. If you are playing an electric guitar you can use the same technique but quite honestly, you would be much better off standing and using a strap. It's very seldom that an electric guitarist performs sitting down, so don't practice while sitting down. You should adjust your strap so that the middle of the back of the guitar falls around your belly button. Each person is built differently so exact placement will have to be found but a good indicator is actually what your left hand position ends up being on the guitar. (See photo 10) The Left Hand/Arm position Your left hand should come around the neck from below it. Your shoulder should be relaxed. (See photo 1,5,7 and 10 or video clip 3) It is very common for students to raise, clench or hold their shoulder up. If your strap is too high you will find you are raising your shoulder. You will also find your shoulder is to high if you are sitting and you have your left foot raised too high. Your fingers should be relaxed. I often tell students to first put your hand down by your side and let it relax. Then bring the hand up to the guitar neck. Your hand should remain in the same relaxed position. Fingers should be relaxed, and the wrist should be straight. (See photo 1 -6 and video clip 3) If you find that your wrist is getting bent at more than a 10 to 20 degree angle when you are playing notes on the guitar, you need to raise the height of the guitar up so your wrist will not be forced into that angle. People who play over long periods of time with their wrist bent at too much of an angle will find that they develop pain, and sooner or later a repetitive stress injury. (See photos 1-4, 5, 6 and video clip 3 for proper wrist angle) A common mistake students make is to stretch their fingers out so that one finger is covering each fret. Don't do this. I give students this example when considering how to place your left hand on the guitar. Hold your left hand out in front of you and stretch your fingers apart. Now try and move your fingers and feel how flexible they are. Next, relax you hand by the side of your body and then bring it out in front of your body. Now try moving your fingers. You will find that a relaxed hand allows your fingers to move more quickly and with less tension. This is how your hand should be when you are playing the guitar. Relaxed, with fingers relatively close to each other. (See video clip 7) There are of course examples of particular melodies and chords that will require you to stretch your fingers out. (I sometimes get students who bring me a particular musical example where they don't understand how it could be played without stretching the fingers out.	      --This text refers to the 							Spiral-bound	 edition.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;exercises;guitar;instruction & study;instruments;music;theory,10
0817643265,"Complex Numbers from A to ...Z From the reviews: ""The book is a real treasure trove of nontrivial elementary key concepts and applications of complex numbers developed in a systematic manner with a focus on problem-solving techniques. Much of the book goes to geometric applications, of course, but there are also sections on polynomial equations, trigonometry, combinatorics.... Problems constitute an integral part of the book alongside theorems, lemmas and examples. The problems are embedded in the text throughout the book, partly as illustrations to the discussed concepts, partly as the testing grounds for the techniques just studied, but mostly I believe to emphasize the centrality of problem solving in the authors' world view.... The book is really about solving problems and developing tools that exploit properties of complex numbers.... The reader will find a good deal of elegant and simple sample problems and even a greater quantity of technically taxing ones. The book supplies many great tools to help solve those problems. As the techniques go, the book is truly From 'A to Z'."" MAA It is for the readers who seek to harness new techniques and to polish their mastery of the old ones. It is for somebody who made it their business to be solving problems on a regular basis. These readers will appreciate the scope of the methodological detail the authors of the book bring to their attention, they will appreciate the power of the methods and theintricacy of the problems.(MAA REVIEWS) ""This book is devoted to key concepts and elementary results concerning complex numbers.  It contains numerous exercises with hints and solutions.  The book will serve as a useful source for exercises for an introductory course on complex analysis."" (F. Haslinger, Monatshefte fr Mathematik, Vol. 149 (3), 2006) ""Both of the authors are well-known for their capacity of an integral point of view about mathematics: from the level of the school, through the university level, to the scientific results. The theory appears strictly connected with the problems, the hardest world contest included. Both of them have a very rich experience in preparing Olympic teams in Romania and in the United States. "" A significant list of references and two indexes complete the book. I strongly recommend the book for pupils, students and teachers."" Dan Brnzei, Analele Stiintifice ""The main purpose of this book is to stimulate young people to become interested in mathematics  . This book is a very well written introduction to the theory of complex numbers and it contains a fine collection of excellent exercises  . the targeted audience is not standard and it includes high school students and their teachers, undergraduates, mathematics contestants such as those training for Olympiads or the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, their coaches, and any person interested in essential mathematics."" (Vicentiu D. Radulescu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1127 (4), 2008)	It is impossible to imagine modern mathematics without complex numbers. Complex Numbers from A to . . . Z introduces the reader to this fascinating subject that, from the time of L. Euler, has become one of the most utilized ideas in mathematics. The exposition concentrates on key concepts and then elementary results concerning these numbers. The reader learns how complex numbers can be used to solve algebraic equations and to understand the geometric interpretation of complex numbers and the operations involving them. The theoretical parts of the book are augmented with rich exercises and problems at various levels of difficulty. A special feature of the book is the last chapter, a selection of outstanding Olympiad and other important mathematical contest problems solved by employing the methods already presented. The book reflects the unique experience of the authors. It distills a vast mathematical literature, most of which is unknown to the western public, and captures the essence of an abundant problem culture. The target audience includes undergraduates, high school students and their teachers, mathematical contestants (such as those training for Olympiads or the W. L. Putnam Mathematical Competition) and their coaches, as well as anyone interested in essential mathematics.",algebra & trigonometry;books;education & reference;geometry;mathematics;new;science & math;science & mathematics;statistics;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FOA7PY,"Timing Belt Pulley Nylon Glass Filled, Single Flange, 1/5" Pitch, 3/8" Bore, 1.019" Pitch Diameter These 1/5 inch Pitch (XL) Pulleys are precision molded to match belt configuration and provide accurate register between drive and driven shafts. They are molded of fiberglass-reinforced nylon for light weight, exceptional strength and quiet running characteristics. All hubs are drilled, tapped and supplied with stainless steel set screw. For certainty of attachment, pulleys can be cross drilled and fixed with a bolt or dowel pin.",building supplies;hoists & pulleys;industrial & scientific;material handling;material handling products;power transmission products;pulleys;timing pulleys;tools & home improvement;winches,10
083853743X,"High Acuity Nursing Key Benefit: This self-paced reference contains 26 free-standing learning modules on multiple system problems that can be taught in the classroom or used as independent assignments. Key Topics:  Each module contains a pretest and a post-te st with answers, learning objectives, glossary, abbreviations, and review questions and answers.  The modules progress from simple to complex and include nursing diagnoses. Market:  Nursing students.",books;clinical;critical & intensive care;education & reference;medical & surgical;medical books;medicine & health sciences;new;nursing;used & rental textbooks,10
0965679101,"Immortality Made Easy If you like Louis Rukeyser's irreverent approach to stocks and bonds, you will like Paul Rampell's approach to family planning. This is a fun 60-minute read, but it still is a comprehensive treatment of a subject all of us must face.  It contains options for all of us.	As a lawyer practicing in Palm Beach for about 20 years, I've seen almost every family and financial problem under the sun. I've tried to share the essence of my advice in a way that is enjoyable to anyone from high-tech gozillionaires to regular folks to heir-heads.	From Chapter 1  Can I avoid death taxes? You cannot avoid death and taxes, but you can avoid death taxes.  If Mark Twain were alive today, with this book now in existence, he would have to qualify his comment. By the simplest estate planning, described in this how-to book, you can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes when you become worm food.  Above $625,000 (increasing gradually to $1,000,000 in 2006), the I.R.S. assesses estate taxes at rates that range from about 37 percent to 60 percent.  Obviously these rates are higher than income tax brackets.  Read on and reduce your estate-tax bill.",administrative law;books;education & reference;estate planning;estates & trusts;law;new;tax law;used & rental textbooks;wills,10
0691012377,"The Late Poems of Meng Chiao Winner of the 1997 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, American Academy of Poets""These poems defy 'commentary.' They are so lovely, lush, and intense that they simply must be experienced. Meng Chiao's poems are deeply personal but not obscure, because the field of introspection is the landscape. . . . The sometimes surrealistic language is vital and powerful, lyric and soulful. This is the first volume of Meng Chiao's poetry to appear in English, and considering how many years ago he lived, the pleasure is long overdue. Don't miss the book.""--Virginia Quarterly Review	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Chinese	Late in life, Meng Chiao (A.D. 751814) developed an experimental poetry of virtuosic beauty, a poetry that anticipated landmark developments in the modern Western tradition by a millennium. With the T'ang Dynasty crumbling, Meng's later work employed surrealist and symbolist techniques as it turned to a deep introspection. This is truly major work work that may be the most radical in the Chinese tradition. And though written more than a thousand years ago, it is remarkably fresh and contemporary. But, in spite of Meng's significance, this is the first volume of his poetry to appear in English.  Until the age of forty, Meng Chiao lived as a poetrecluse associated with Ch'an (Zen) poetmonks in south China. He then embarked on a rather unsuccessful career as a government official. Throughout this time, his poetry was decidedly mediocre, conventional verse inevitably undone by his penchant for the strange and surprising. After his retirement, Meng developed the innovative poetry translated in this book. His late work is singular not only for its bleak introspection and ""avantgarde"" methods, but also for its dimensions: in a tradition typified by the short lyric poem, this work is made up entirely of large poetic sequences.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	""The translation is outstanding. David Hinton is simply the best translator of Chinese poetry presently working in English. This is a very intelligently selected group of poems from an important Chinese poet. Hinton reads deeply and with great sensitivity to nuance.""--J.P. Seaton, University of North Carolina""David Hinton's translations, while remaining faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original, are consistently imaginative in language and effective as English poetry, and he has shown a remarkable skill in capturing the particular style and voice of the different poets he has tackled.""--Burton Watson	""The translation is outstanding. David Hinton is simply the best translator of Chinese poetry presently working in English. This is a very intelligently selected group of poems from an important Chinese poet. Hinton reads deeply and with great sensitivity to nuance.""--J.P. Seaton, University of North Carolina""David Hinton's translations, while remaining faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original, are consistently imaginative in language and effective as English poetry, and he has shown a remarkable skill in capturing the particular style and voice of the different poets he has tackled.""--Burton Watson	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",ancient;asian;books;china;chinese;classical & medieval;history;literature & fiction;poetry;world literature,10
0460870416,"The Social Contract and Discourses (Everyman) Great Ideas... is the right name for these slim, elegant paperbacks... They are written with precision, force, and care. (The Wall Street Journal)  Penguin Books hopes to provide an economical remedy for time-pressed readers in search of intellectual sustenance. --(USA Today)	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Text: English (translation) Original Language: French	Founded in 1906 by J.M. Dent, the Everyman Library has  always tried to make the best books ever written available to the  greatest number of people at the lowest possible price. Unique editorial  features that help Everyman Paperback Classics stand out from the crowd  include: a leading scholar or literary critic's introduction to the text,  a biography of the author, a chronology of her or his life and times, a  historical selection of criticism, and a concise plot summary.  All books  published since 1993 have also been completely restyled: all type has  been reset, to offer a clarity and ease of reading unique among editions  of the classics; a vibrant, full-color cover design now complements these  great texts with beautiful contemporary works of art. But the best  feature must be Everyman's uniquely low price. Each Everyman title offers  these extensive materials at a price that competes with the most  inexpensive editions on the market-but Everyman Paperbacks have durable  binding, quality paper, and the highest editorial and scholarly  standards.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) the French political philosopher and educationalist, is the author of A Discourse on Inequality, and Emile.  Maurice Cranston was Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and wrote and published widely on Rousseau, including two volumes of biography.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;contemporary;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;poetry;political science;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
158040197X,"Graham Kerr's Simply Splenda Cookbook: Recipes for Everything from Jam and Pickles to Cakes and Pies Graham Kerr is the world-renowned Galloping Gourmet TV celebrity and an award-winning author. He is host of ""Graham Kerr's The Gathering Place,"" and he is a dedicated healthy living and nutrition expert. Former Cooking Light editor at large, Kerr has published 23 books, with more than 14 million sold.    Suzanne Butler, R.D. is a registered dietitian who has worked with Graham Kerr on various cookbook projects and on developing recipes for the past 10 years.",american diabetes association;books;cookbooks;diabetic & sugar-free;diets & weight loss;fitness & dieting;food & wine;health;healthy;special diet,10
B0006DG1XG,"Greetings from Gallup: Six decades of Route 66 This follow-up to Hay's bestselling You Can Heal Your Life repeats and further elaborates on her philosophythat self-love can create salutary changes in physical healthby applying the theme specifically to AIDS. Hay's discussion of reincarnation and other issues, however, will comfort sufferers of all varieties of disease, especially those labeled ""terminally"" ill by the medical establishment. The author believes that AIDS is ""a message from the body, the final attempt of one's own consciousness to communicate""; at the same time, she maintains that worldwide famine and poverty as well as the universal threat of nuclear holocaust are forms of AIDS that affect the whole planet and that will force us to ""look at what we are doing on an individual and collective level."" Hay's methods of safe sex, nutrition, exercise, and of dealing with parents, doctors and hospitals, living wills and the like are highlighted throughout by case histories of People with Aids (PWAs) ""in the process of healing themselves,"" who explain what combinations of diet and spiritual exploration they employ. While some will surely object to Hay's basic premise (""From the many PWAs I have come to know, it seems clear that the lack of lovelove of themselves, love of and from othershas played a large role in their acquiring the disease""), her dual message that the mind is a powerful healer and that we must all take responsibility for our own lives and health has broad appeal. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Hay offers a positive approach to handling the HIV Positive/ARC (Aids Related Complex)/AIDS diagnosis. Beginning with an examination of Western attitudes towards ""dis-ease"" in general, she thoroughly explains what AIDS is and what can be done about it. She then explores the problems gay men and others encounter when they are diagnosed with AIDS, castigating society's view of AIDS as a ""gay disease."" Hay argues that accepting the disease is a way of fighting it. She emphasizes the immense power of the mind over the body, encouraging the use of affirmation, visualization, relaxation, meditation, and nutrition as ways of stabilizing the immune system. Included are notes on alternate therapies and a resource list of books, audio and video tapes, and support groups. Highly recommended.- Kevin M. Roddy, Oakland P.L., Cal.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",20th century;aids & hiv;books;diseases;history;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;modern (16th-21st centuries);pathology,10
0195159349,"The Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus (New Look for Oxford Dictionaries) Originally published in 1997, this desk reference draws on the  Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus and is designed specifically for  American readers. The new edition includes 50,000 new or updated  entries, e.g., ""9/11,"" ""tankini,"" ""wally-ball,"" ""burka,"" and  ""light rail,"" for a total of 150,000 entries, synonyms, and  senses. While most dictionaries offer synonyms in the occasional  entry, this resource substantiates its claim of fully  integrating the dictionary and thesaurus functions by providing  synonym lists for more than 40 percent of the entries. In  addition, selected definitions (about 150 altogether) are  followed by a ""synonym studies"" section that discusses the  specific meanings and connotations of that word's various  synonyms, whose own entries include See references to the entry  in question. The front matter contains a good ""How To Use""  section with an entry map explaining format and symbols, a key  to pronunciation, and a list of abbreviations; a ready-reference  section in the back contains a punctuation guide, weights and  measures, countries of the world, and the like. The inclusion of  acronyms is not comprehensive (e.g., ""DOB,"" ""ER,"" ""USB,"" and  even ""WATS"" are listed, but URL is not), and a hint of bias can  be found (e.g., telepathy is defined as ""the supposed paranormal  communication of thoughts""). Even so, this concise  dictionary/thesaurus combination is an excellent resource for  home users and students. While it cannot replace a complete  dictionary and thesaurus, the low cost and the portable format  make it a good choice for circulating collections or where a  concise reference is needed.Lauren Stara, San Juan Island Lib.,  Puerto Rico   Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""Appealing....A useful choice.""--American reference Book Annual",books;dictionaries;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;english;new;reference;synonyms & antonyms;thesauruses;used & rental textbooks,10
0967911974,"A Voice in the Wilderness: A Pastor's Journal of Ground Zero Judgment Ring Books of Expert Systems Programs and Consulting, Inc., the publisher, is donating all profits from the sale of this edition to Reverend Yorkey's Hope in the Wilderness Ministry.	Excerpt from Is there any way I can help you? by G. D. Gearino; The Raleigh News and Observer, December 2, 2001: In the evenings, Yorkey writes. She has been keeping a daily journal of her work in Manhattan, which began in mid-October. It has become the device by which Yorkey comes to grips with the things she has seenthings that test any rational person's ability to believe that there is order and justice in the world. Each day is a chapter. And each chapter is a combination of disaster-scene reporting, Yorkey's encounters with various survivors and her ruminations on theology, grief, and history. Besides, the dispersal of pain isn't an intellectual process. It's hard to talk someone out of feeling bad. Instead, Yorkey is a sponge. She absorbs the unhappiness and suffering of others, lets them talk it out, then later wrings it out of her own soul as she sits down at her keyboard. Others then log onto her Web site and absorb small shares of the unhappiness themselves, until its pain is leached out of the national body.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	From the foreword of the book written by Jack Duckworth: In the spring of 2000 I got word that a good friend from my late teens and earliest twenties had been stricken with lymphatic cancer. In a story to long to tell here, we had first met in Paris in the summer of 1964, only weeks after we both had graduated from different high schools in Northern Virginia.  The people we know best are the ones we grow to know in that short period of innocence that exists just after childhood, before the trials of adulthood can get a grip on us. My dearest friend is Camille O. Yorkey, one of the most remarkable women of our time. She was a gem in the rough when I first got to know her in the summers of 1964 through 1967 and a fine cut and polished gem when I next saw her in the late fall of 2000.  A diamond starts out as carbon and takes its final form only after being subjected to immense heat, pressure and stress. Camille is such a human gem. As a writer, I find it exceedingly difficult to not tell you of the Camille I know and love. As a realist I am aware that Camille is very special and different to everyone who is blessed enough to know herto talk to her even if for only a few minutes. I could tell you of the great times and experiences we shared in Paris but that would tell you nothing of the spirit of Camille Ogle Yorkey. Others could tell you of the experiences they have shared with Camille over the intervening thirty-eight years, but those would also tell you nothing of her indomitable spirit. The most revealing words are her own. What follows are thirty-eight entries from Camille's journal, which chronicle the highs and lows of her tenderhearted sharing of the grief of the friends and relatives of the victims and of the heroic workers at Ground Zero. They chronicle not only the pain and suffering of their losses but also the joy of their small and grand victories. As Camille so aptly points out, time and time again, each of the heroic individuals feels that he or she is contributing almost nothing to the unbelievably complex and difficult task and yet, collectively, they are accomplishing what is likely the most grand, most difficult and most heart-wrenching undertaking of this new century.  As you read her journal, you will be moved to tears, as Camille frequently is, for you will see Ground Zero through her empathetic eyes and heart. Sometimes youll even be moved to laughter which would please her. You will discover that the opportunity to see any of the world through the eyes of Reverend Camille O. Yorkey, even if only for a few moments, is truly a blessing.",biographies & memoirs;books;christian books & bibles;historical;memoirs;ministry;ministry & church leadership;religion & spirituality;spirituality;united states,10
0766827593,"Introduction to the American Legal System John M. Scheb served as a municipal judge in Sarasota, Florida, from 1957 to 1959. From 1959 to 1970, he served as City Attorney for the city of Sarasota. In 1974 he was appointed to the Florida District Court of Appeal, second district, a position he held until his retirement in 1992. As an appellate judge, Scheb authored numerous opinions on a wide range of legal issues, and he published articles in JUDICATURE, the STETSON LAW REVIEW, and the TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW. He is also co-author of FLORIDA APPELLATE PRACTICE AND ADVOCACY, Fourth Edition (2005), with Raymond T. Elligett, and AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM (2002), with John M. Scheb II. Until Judge Scheb served as Senior Judge for the Florida Court System and Distinguished Professorial Lecturer at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, where he was Distinguished Professorial Lecturer, emeritus. He held the B.A. from Florida Southern College, the J.D. from the University of Florida, and the LL.M. from the University of Virginia. Judge Scheb passed away in 2010.",books;business & finance;business & investing;education & reference;law;legal education;legal profession;legal theory & systems;new;used & rental textbooks,10
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0865620962,Nymphettes Barry Blair and Colin Walbridge,arts & photography;books;comics & graphic novels;conceptual;erotic;erotica;graphic novels;literature & fiction;other media;science fiction & fantasy,10
0890513910,"Is the Big Bang Biblical? Informative, factual, and current answers for Christians asking questions about science. --Roger Howerton, Acquisitions Editor, New Leaf Press and Master Books, April 9, 2003	Dr. John Morris is curently the president of the Institute for Creation Research. He is the author of many articles, publications, and books on the subjects of geology and creation. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in geological engineering from the University of Oklahoma.",books;christian books & bibles;education & reference;evolution;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;science & math;science & religion;theology,10
0689866674,"Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly Grade 3-5 - Bustard describes Holly's early life, his family's fascination with music, and his path to becoming a recording star. Information on his musical influences, his early bands, and the creation of the Crickets and their success is included. This lively work is written in a folksy vernacular, with plenty of yeehaws, whoo-de-doos, and yeeee-doggies thrown in with colloquial expressions like ""knee-high to an armadillo"" and ""Buddy stuck to that guitar like white on rice."" While the enthusiastic text is very casual, a factual afterword presents more details about Holly's life and career. Attractive watercolors contribute to the down-home atmosphere. Well done, but of limited interest to most kids. - Jeffrey A. French, Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library, Willowick, OH Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	K-Gr. 3. Few kids know Buddy Holly; grandparents, more than parents, may be familiar with his music. So does this biography stand up without the benefit of his music being played in the background? Well, Bustard gives it a game go in a raucous, upbeat homage, which uses the cadence and rhythms of the South to capture the feel of the music and the excitement it generated in Holly. Raised in a family where toe-tappin' music was a regular feature, Holly ""lassoed first prize"" at a talent show by playing the fiddle when he was five. As a teen, he devoted his full attention to music that was ""faster than greased lightning, louder than a thunderstorm, more powerful than a Texas twister."" The artwork gets in the groove, as well. Handsomely realistic pictures of kids dancing or Buddy playing rock-and-roll are mixed with more surreal moments, such as 45s floating in the sky. Only one sentence in the afterword speaks to Holly's tragic death in a plane crash. Ilene CooperCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Corn-pone language cripples this wholly inadequate picture-book biography of the rock 'n' roll pioneer. From the day the infant Buddy is ""howdied . . . into this ol' world"" through his early years when, ""Boy, howdy! Just five years old and he lassoed first prize"" at a talent show, into his young adulthood when, ""Yeehaw! It was cooler than cool,"" he and a friend opened for Elvis, Bustard keeps up a relentless Grand Ole Opry patter that leaves no ""g"" undropped. The child reader who perseveres through this will learn that Holly's meteoric rise to success began when he was given a guitar in the sixth grade. Cyrus employs a pastel palette as he depicts the teenage Holly listening to the jukebox and the radio, soaking up country, gospel, and the blues, but although the text gives such influences lip service, it cannot give Holly enough depth to explain his place in the pantheon. In its slavish desire to include every West Texas-ism imaginable, it insults West Texans, Holly-whose singing sounds downright cultured next to this-and the reader. (author's note, discography, bibliography, web sites) (Picture book/biography. 5-8) (Kirkus Reviews)	Anne Bustard is a former elementary school teacher and bookseller. She currently teaches in the education department at the University of Texas at Austin, where she recently received a Texas Excellence Teaching Award.Ms. Bustard lives in Austin, Texas, and listens to songs on the radio every day.Kurt Cyrus is the illustrator of many books for children, including The Bones of Fred McFee by Eve Bunting, and Oddhopper Opera and the forthcoming Hotel Deep, both of which he also wrote.Mr. Cyrus lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he is at work on his next book.",1900s;arts;biographies;books;children's books;crafts & music;history;music;musical;united states,10
141077726X,"A Run by the River Joseph Vitucci is a graduate ofMiami University of Oxford, Ohio, and is a native of Cincinnati. He is hard atwork on a collection of short stories and his second novel a story of a serialkiller and a government project gone terribly wrong.",arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;genre fiction;literature & fiction;memoirs;mystery;sports;thriller & suspense,10
1881652319,"Diving Cozumel Descriptions of the islands lush reefs, incredible drop-offs, pinnacles and interconnecting caves are included in this guide. -- Diver MagazineIt is the best area divers guide out. Dramatically beautiful pix of corals and fish make it that too. -- New York Daily NewsThis book, profusely illustrated with maps and photographs, include full descriptions of dive sites. -- Library JournalThis guide covers 30 of the best dive sites, both shore and boat dives. -- Shreveport TimesThis informative book provides information on dive sites, marine life, history, archaeological wonders and more. -- Skin Diver	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The last updated version was published in 1998.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Steve Rosenberg's articles and photographs appear regularly in diving, photography, nature, and science magazines both in the United States and abroad. Steve specializes in underwater photography and video, dive travel, and marine biology. When he is not teaching photography seminars or leading dive expeditions to the Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, the Caribbean or other tropical destinations, he is engaged in the practice of law in Alameda, California.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",adventure;books;cancun & cozumel;mexico;scuba;scuba diving;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;travel;water sports,10
0931460131,"Everything That Has Been Shall Be Again : The Reincarnation Fables of John Gilgun An ingenious new fabulary in a philosophical vein the American sound of some of the monologues makes a noteworthy contribution to the genre of the fable and stakes out some ground for the New World in this decidely Old-World field.  -- Fine PrintAn ingenious new fabulary in a philosophical vein... The American sound of some of the monologues makes a noteworthy contribution to the genre of the fable and stakes out some ground for the New World in this decidedly Old-World field. -- Fine Print, 1982	Paperbound trade edition reproduced from the original limited edition and printed on acid-free paper and machine sewn in signatures.	INSIDE FLAP:",books;contemporary;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;short stories;single author;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
0226812278,"Renaissance Essays Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was an English historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He authored many books, but is probably best known for The Last Days of Hitler, published only two years after the end of the war.",americas;arts & photography;books;europe;history;humanities;new;renaissance;used & rental textbooks;world,10
0812232739,"From Virile Woman to Womanchrist: Studies in Medieval Religion and Literature (Middle Ages Series) Why did hagiographers of the late Middle Ages praise mothers for abandoning small children? How did a group of female mystics come to define themselves as apostles to the dead and end by challenging God's right to damn? Why did certain heretics around 1300 venerate a woman as the Holy Spirit incarnate and another as the Angelic Pope? In From Virile Woman to WomanChrist, Barbara Newman asks these and other questions to trace a gradual and ambiguous transition in the gender strategies of medieval religious women. An egalitarian strain in early Christianity affirmed that once she asserted her commitment to Christ through a vow of chastity, monastic profession, or renunciation of family ties, a woman could become virile, or equal to a man. While the ideal of the virile woman never disappeared, another ideal slowly evolved in medieval Christianity. By virtue of some gender-related trait (spotless virginity, erotic passion, the capacity for intense suffering, the ability to image a feminine aspect of the Godhead) a devout woman could be not only equal, but superior to men; without becoming male, she could become a womanChrist, imitating and representing Christ in uniquely feminine ways. Rooted in women';s concrete aspirations and sufferings, Newman's womanChrist model straddles the bounds of orthodoxy and heresy to illuminate the farther reaches of female religious behavior in the Middle ages. From Virile Woman to WomanChrist will generate compelling discussion in the fields of medieval literature and history, history of religion, theology, and women's studies.  -- Midwest Book Review	Barbara Newman is Professor of English and Religion at Northwestern University. She is author of Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine and editor and translator of Hildegard of Bingen's Symphonia.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;history;religion & spirituality;religious;religious studies;theology;world,10
B0006G4P6I,"Gerber 06932 Folding Gator - Gut Hook, Fine Gerber Gator Gut - hook Fine - edge Folding Knife. A thick - skinned, all - everything knife. Ever notice how alligators are completely indifferent to the weather? Well, this prized Knife is kinda the same. It'll perform to its fullest whether the conditions are wet or dry. If there's a job to be done, Gerber's Gator Folder is more than up to it. But that's not just Gerber talking. Heck, the Gator debuted at the 1991 Blade Show as the ""Most Innovative Knife of the Year."" And Gerber's competitors did the voting. 14 years later, the Gator is as popular as ever, with an advanced thermoplastic ""alligator skin"" overmold delivering a reliable, comfortable grip. Details: 8 1/2"" overall; 3 3/4"" blade; 5"" closed; 5 1/2 ozs. Lock back mechanism; Clip-point 420HC stainless steel serrated blade; Glass-filled nylon handle with Gator Grip overmold; Ballistic nylon sheath. Order yours today! WARNING: You must be 18 or older to purchase Cutlery. Cutlery cannot be shipped to Marin, Napa, Ventura and Yolo counties, CA; CO; D.C.; MA; Miami-Dade & Sarasota counties, FL; Canada or Puerto Rico. Please check your State, County and City laws for restrictions before ordering Cutlery. Gerber Gator Gut-hook Fine-edge Folding Knife",folded knives;hand tools;hunting;hunting & fishing;hunting & tactical knives;hunting knives;knives;power & hand tools;sports & outdoors;tools & home improvement,10
086516570X,"An Introduction to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum (From Pompeii and Herculaneum) THE STATED AIM of this book is 'to provide Latinists with a reasonably comprehensive introduction to wall inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum.' Wallace succeeds in this aim. His intended audience is [American] undergraduates and more advanced students. Though Wallace selects the most interesting texts from an historical point of view, these will be students of linguistics, rather than of Roman history, since the notes on the texts are largely philological. Technical terms (clearly explained in the introduction) abound, 'monophthongization' being particularly common. (One can imagine Wallace as the centurion in The Life of Brian shouting `How many times have I told you not to monophthongize?' at some hapless innkeeper writing copo for caupo)Wallace is a reliable guide to what the people of Pompeii wrote on their walls and to how we should interpret it. He reminds us that Latin was an everyday language, full of variations in spellings, even when the graffiti is a quotation from Ovid or Virgil, and colloquialisms. My favourite is da fridam pusillum which, with the help of the accompanying drawing, we can translate as 'Give me a drop of cold water'. The book contains a full vocabulary list though this does not really do justice to some colloquialisms. Secundus hic cacat does rather lose its impact if translated (in accordance with the vocabulary list) 'Secundus defecates here'.Wallace is also reliable in historical notes, though he seems not to realize that annual magistracies in Pompeii ran from July 1, rather than January 1, (as can be shown from Caecilius' wax tablets) so a set of games announced in February (his no. 65) is misdated by one year, thus missing an important connection with the earthquake of AD 62. Some facsimiles of inscriptions are included, taken (with due acknowledgement) from the drawings in Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum IV, though without the measurements provided there. --M. G. L. Cooley, King Henry VIII School, CoventryThe newly published An Introduction to Wall Inscriptions from Pompeii and Herculaneum by Rex E. Wallace offers several opportunities for teachers use in the classroom, at any level, for a variety of courses:  college: elementary Latin to the reading level, undergraduate or graduate; Classics Civilization or Introduction to Language   high school: all levels of Latin; world history  middle school: Latin language, introductory Roman civilization or the Roman culture of ...Populusque Romanus.   elementary: language, culture, or College for Kids classesThe inscriptions provide instruction in two major areas:  Reading: The book is written for the intermediate college or advanced high school levels and provides a useful glimpse into both the daily life of the Romans and the colloquial use Latin by the lesser known half of Roman society. The dialect and changes in the language also show to the upper level reader how varieties of Latin developed.  Culture: The inscriptions would be an excellent component of a course about ancient Roman society, in which both the culture of well-known personages as well as that of citizens and slaves on the street is discussed. The examples show real Latin in real contexts. Knowing the language is not necessary in order to understand the topics addressed, or even the linguistic changes.The book contains 351 different illustrations, 24 of which are reproduced as facsimiles as well. The teacher would probably want to put an example on an overhead for the class, in order to point out the abbreviations, typical structure and style, variations in forms (loss of --m ending, orthographic changes in vowels), and then demonstrate a reading or interpretation, and follow with elaboration on the cultural interest.The facsimiles especially bring the students closer to the Roman writer and the wall, by showing various styles, artistic flourishes, and the actual style of writing, not entirely legible until compared with the reproduction or with the help of the notes or teacher. By presenting on an overhead some of the facsimiles or the reproduced illustrations, the teacher can explore linguistic or cultural topics, to enrich students acquaintance with the Romans about whom they are reading or studying.The illustrations are organized by categories. The electoral announcements; advertisements for rentals and sales; lost and found notices; public acclamations and salutations; and curses and insults reflect everyday, commercial, and romantic life of the Romans, specifically those in Pompeii and Herculaneum. The gladiator advertisements can be used to demonstrate different forms of dress, winning and losing, styles of fighting, as well as understanding of this form of entertainment. Some of the miscellaneous entries (I.95, a birth announcement; I.107, found in a room next to a latrine with a picture of a man defecating and with cacator inscribed; I.109, cacator appearing again in a sign near a water reservoir) reflect other daily activities and remind students of the humanness of the people using the language they are studying.The short sentences illustrated cases and declension endings with the pungent intent of an insult; the other graffiti showed how both soldiers and gladiators wanted to proclaim their presence.Culture will be easily introduced through reading the inscriptions, but understanding a little Latin can also be readily introduced through looking at the inscriptions for cultural purposes. --Vicki Wine, Lecturer, Department of Classics, Monmouth College",ancient;books;education & reference;europe;history;humanities;italy;new;rome;used & rental textbooks,10
B00005AVXK,"Lessons from a Father to His Son Nothing passed from a father to his son is as significant as the life lessons he conveys with his words and with his actions. Attorney General John Ashcroft received a rich legacy of lessons - essential and eternal lessons - from his father. A wise, gentle, and generous man, Robert Ashcroft knew the importance of character, honesty, integrity, and faith, and was creative and diligent in instilling these traits in his children. John Ashcroft invites you into a world where values, family, citizenship, and faith define life at its highest and best. With profound understanding and acute insight, Lessons from a Father to His Son will serve as a beacon of truth for this generation and generations to come.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;family relationships;fatherhood;inspirational;parenting;parenting & relationships;religion & spirituality;spirituality,10
0471175331,"10 Steps to Financial Success: A Beginner's Guide to Saving and Investing This 10-step, easy-to-follow guide provides novice investors with an understanding of sound money management and investing techniques. Describes how to select investments that are appropriate for you and the best ways to put money aside on a regular basis. Packed with examples which illustrate how mutual funds, dividend reinvestment program (DRIP) stocks, and individual growth stocks can perform over long periods of time--in some cases, examples span a 10-year period to demonstrate the benefits of long-term investing. Contains financial planning for anyone--even those who can spare only $25.00 a month.	How to save and invest today for a secure financial tomorrowA sound financial plan is absolutely essential for reaching your long-term goals, whether you want to purchase a new home, pay for a child's college education, or create a retirement nest egg. In this invaluable new guide, investment advisor W. Patrick Naylor provides a 10-step, easy-to-follow savings and investing program that will help you build a secure financial future. A flexible system that can be tailored to your income and risk tolerance levels, this proven strategy shows how to: Set short-, intermediate-, and long-term financial goals Establish a budget based on fixed and variable expenses Organize your banking for maximum benefit Create a separate fund for unforeseen emergencies Develop a 3-tiered investment strategy that includes mutual funds, dividend reinvestment programs (DRIPs), and individual growth stocks Monitor your investments regularly by determining your net asset value (NAV)	W. PATRICK NAYLOR is the president of Naylor Financial Services, Inc., an Ohio-based, fee-only registered investment advisory and money management firm. He also lectures to investment groups nationwide and teaches a course entitled Investing on Your Own.",books;business & finance;business & investing;introduction;investing;investments & securities;new;personal finance;popular economics;used & rental textbooks,10
B000IYABF2,Bussmann CB1911-40 Brass-Colored Type I Maxi Breaker Circuit Breaker,automotive;breakers;circuit breaker;circuit breakers;electrical;load centers & fuses;replacement parts;switches;switches & relays;tools & home improvement,10
0674454952,"The Insect Societies (Harvard paperbacks) In comprehensiveness of scope and modernity of outlook The Insect Societies can truly be said to be unique. For many years to come it will surely constitute a benchmark for all those, professional and amateur alike, for whom the social insects offer one of the most compelling and fascinating pageants in all the world of nature. The book is likely to become a collector's item. (Caryl F. Haskins New York Times Book Review )The Insect Societies gives an extraordinarily complete and up-to-date account of the natural history of social insects with their great proliferation of genera, species, and behavioral types...In these fields modern genetics, selection theory, and biomathematics are being developed to explain the evolution of insect societies and their diversity both in size and in longevity. This is one of the growing points in the study of social insects and an undertaking to which Wilson is making important contributions. (O. W. Richards Science )No book on biology in the past 20 years has been as satisfying as this treatise on ants, bees, wasps and termites...It is written with clarity and verve, but what distinguishes it particularly is its catholic mastery of all of biology, from paleontology to formal genetics, from ethology to biochemistry. Nothing less can be an adequate basis for the study of our social colleagues on this earth, and nothing less has its courageous and energetic author settled for. Biology is a whole science, and here it is wholly seen...It is so honest and yet so rich that it attracts and holds by the scent of understanding. (Scientific American )The book is well illustrated, and written in a clear direct style, with such specialist technical terms as Wilson feels obliged to uses explained in a glossary; evidently he is anxious to reach a wider audience than that provided by professional entomologists--as indeed the book deserves to do...This handsome book will undoubtedly be widely read and influential. (R. A. Crowson Nature )Because ants, wasps, bees, and termites are of importance to man, because of their ecological domination of the land, and because their activities remind man of his own, this encyclopedic work will attract the general reader, students, and biologists as well as entomologists...This comprehensive work must be recognized as an outstanding contribution to biological literature. (Library Journal )If only because of the rarity of the event and the stature of the author...The Insect Societies must be considered a work of major importance. It is certain to influence the focus of research as well as the content of public information on the social insects for years to come...For anyone, layman or specialists, interested in a single, concise, lucid, and authoritative account of the most significant facts and theories about insect societies, The Insect Societies is the best available and will be for many years. (Mary Jane West Eberhard Natural History )	Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hlldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.",biological sciences;biology;biology & life sciences;books;entomology;new;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks;zoology,10
0826334326,"Say the Name: A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry ""...a beautifully written book. It touches the soul and tears at the heart. Read it. You won't forget it."" -- Jewish World, July 29, 2005	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The experiences of a fourteen-year-old girl imprisoned in the Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War II. Illustrated with drawings made secretly by other camp inhabitants.	Judith H. Sherman lives in New Jersey.",biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;europe;historical;history;jewish;literature & fiction;poetry;slovakia,10
1842124072,On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) was a Hungarian archaeologist who spent much of his life in the service of the British Empire in India. In the early years of the 20th century he conducted a series of important Central Asian expeditions traversing virtually the whole of the North-West frontier - territory not previously accessible to Europeans.,asia;books;education & reference;general;history;india;pakistan;research & publishing guides;travel;writing,10
0385246404,"Draw 50 Cats: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Domestic Breeds, Wild Cats, Cuddly Kittens, and Famous Felines Grade 4 Up Another how-to-draw book by the irrepressible Ames. This time his subject is cats50 of them. He includes all of the best known breeds, several wild kinds, some popular cartoon cats (Top Cat, Felix, Snagglepus, and Morris), and cats in various action poses. Ames uses his stock introductions (seemingly lifted from any one of his other drawing how-to's), and then provides step-by-step procedures. There's nothing new here, as the subject has already been covered in Paul Frame's Drawing Cats and Kittens (Watts, 1979) and Janet Rancan's How to Draw Cats (Troll, 1982). However, these books are heavy circulators, and there's usually room in most collections for one more. Patricia Homer, Lowville Academy, N.Y.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This book brings to life Siamese, Persians, lions, tigers,  panthers and such celebrity felines as Felix, Top Cat and Snaggle Puss.	This book brings to life Siamese, Persians, lions, tigers, panthers and such celebrity felines as Felix, Top Cat and Snaggle Puss.	Lee Judah Ames (January 8, 1921  June 3, 2011 ) was an American artist noted for his Draw 50... learn-to-draw books. He was born in Manhattan, New York. His first job at age eighteen was at Walt Disney Studios. He has since led a career as an advertising artist, fine artist, cartoonist, designer, animation in-betweener, illustrator, and as an artist-in residence at Doubleday. His series of 26 Draw 50... books take a friendly and minimalist approach to teaching drawing while the books often contain no instructional text. He enlisted in the military and served as a second lieutenant during World War II. He and his wife Jocelyn resided in Mission Viejo, California.	""Leslie can draw a Siamese cat better than anybody else!"" Such peer acclaim and encouragement generate incentive. Contemporary methods of art instruction (freedom of expression, experimentation, self-evaluation of competence and growth) provide a vigorous, fresh-air approach for which we must all be grateful...The use of this book should be available to anyone who wants to try another way of flapping his wings. Perhaps he or she will then get off the ground when a friend says, ""Leslie can draw a Siamese cat better than anybody else!""",animals;art;arts;arts & photography;books;cats;children's books;crafts & music;drawing;history & criticism,10
0631186719,"The Normans ""A masterly work, the most elegant and concise account of Norman history currently in print."" Times Literary Supplement !--end--""Lucidly written, based on up-to-date literature and above all, on an intimate knowledge of the sources, Marjorie Chibnall's latest book is an absolute must for the novice reader as well as for the seasoned Anglo-Norman specialist."" History""Chibnall has produced a very engaging and informative general study of the Normans."" History""A marvellous overview of the Normans written by a preeminent scholar of the Anglo-Norman realm ... While much of the Norman story is well known, Chibnall's study brings it all together in one graceful package. Her emphasis on the kingdom of Sicily is a useful corrective to our usual concentration on the Anglo-Norman realm. Equally valuable is her emphasis on kinship networks and the importance of the church within Norman society. This attempt to present a balanced view of the Norman world may be the single most valuable quality to this work. The Normans is an excellent introduction for the student of this remarkable people."" Albion	""A masterly work, the most elegant and concise account of Norman history currently in print."" Times Literary Supplement !--end--""Lucidly written, based on up-to-date literature and above all, on an intimate knowledge of the sources, Marjorie Chibnall's latest book is an absolute must for the novice reader as well as for the seasoned Anglo-Norman specialist."" History""Chibnall has produced a very engaging and informative general study of the Normans."" History""A marvellous overview of the Normans written by a preeminent scholar of the Anglo-Norman realm ... While much of the Norman story is well known, Chibnall's study brings it all together in one graceful package. Her emphasis on the kingdom of Sicily is a useful corrective to our usual concentration on the Anglo-Norman realm. Equally valuable is her emphasis on kinship networks and the importance of the church within Norman society. This attempt to present a balanced view of the Norman world may be the single most valuable quality to this work. The Normans is an excellent introduction for the student of this remarkable people."" Albion	This wide-ranging account examines the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, & their various achievements in war, culture, & civilization.	This book examines the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their various achievements in war, culture, and civilization.The Normans were a product of history rather than a natural ethnic or regional group. This book explores what they believed made them a distinct people and how they constructed their identity. Marjorie Chibnall examines the enigma of the Northmen who first settled around the Seine estuary and built a principality that took their name and became the springboard for wider expansion and the conquest of England. The book moves on to study the rise of Normandy, and the integration and influence of other groups including the Saxons, the Franks and new Scandinavian leaders. The Normans' remarkable warfare and maritime successes are revealed in detail including their conquest of England, infiltration of Wales and Scotland, and assimilation in Ireland; and their campaigns in the South of Europe including southern Italy and the Mediterranean region. The book also examines the development of Norman culture; the writing of their own history; Norman myth; and their achievements in bringing together various racial and cultural elements to form a single people.This book provides the most comprehensive examination of the Normans available and will be invaluable for students and all those interested in European history.	Marjorie Chibnall is Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and has also lectured in the universities of Southampton and Aberdeen. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and her books include Anglo-Norman England 1066-1166 (1993) and Empress Matilda (1987).",books;europe;france;history;humanities;ireland;medieval;new;used & rental textbooks;western,10
0071356177,"Recognizing and Rewarding Employees Managing in todays complex environment is difficult. The unspoken psychological contract that defines the nature of the relationship between employers and employees continues to evolve. Employees are becoming increasingly free to move aboutwithin as well as between organizations. Traditional boundaries of structure, time, location, and authority are blurring. Organizations striving to compete in a global economy are downsizing, merging, transforming, and migrating to newer forms of existence. Managers and non-managers alike are being challenged to do more with less, think out of the box, and collaborate in new and innovative ways to achieve common objectives. The old traditions and systems are breaking down, and newer conventions are being tried to achieve breakthrough results.  In the midst of a new global wilderness are pioneers, common and uncommon travelers, managers, stewards, free agents, virtual workforcesall converging on some new promised land. If you plan to venture out and  better yet  survive, youll need to know how to prepare yourself, what essential tools to take, what travel techniques and strategies to apply, and  ultimately  what customs, language, and currency will enable you to be conversant with the many people of varied interests and abilities youll meet  and manage  along the way.  This is a book about a new frontierthe new workplace. Its a book about the needs and interests of the new workforce  epitomized by the free agent/employee  and the tools of recognition and rewards. Youll learn about:  * The New Workplace - its free agent/employees  their values, interests, and goals;  * Work  how to make it personally meaningful and more strategically aligned;  * Motivation  its source and what drives it;  * Collaboration  its importance, along with what promotes and hinders it;  * Recognition  its many forms and its powerful and empowering energy;  * Rewards  whats hot, whats not, and the difference between those that are intrinsic and extrinsic; and,  * Stewardship  how it differs from leadership and why it is so important in the new workplace.  This is a book about people at workand, specifically, about recognition and rewards. It may surprise you. It may excite you. We hope it will inspire you. The insights we lend and the conclusions reached are intended to convey a message  namely, that travel into the new wilderness is not for the casual traveler or half-a-measure managers. Success will be predicated upon a deeper understanding and mastery of the subjects of motivation, recognition, and rewards.  CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS  The subject of recognition and rewards is complex. Rewards have the power to punish as well as compensate. As a manager in the new workplace, youll need to know how rewards work. We want you, our reader, to understand:  * The difference between rewarding and manipulating; * The human nature of work and the relationship that exists between work and its performer/creators; * The rewards of leadership and the illusory nature of power; * How cultures shape desired outcomes and foster productivity and collaboration; * Why recognition is a whole person experience; * What reward systems move people and organizations closer to their goals; and * How to foster responsibility and accountability naturally.  SPECIAL FEATURES  The idea behind the books in the Briefcase Series is to give you practical information written in a friendly person-to-person style. The chapters are short, deal with tactical issues, and include lots of examples. They also feature numerous boxes designed to give you different types of specific information.	As qualified employees become increasingly scarce, successful managers must develop a deeper understanding of human motivation, recognition, and reward systems. Recognizing and Rewarding Employees is the first book to provide employers with a comprehensive understanding of up-to-the-minute motivational findings, combined with hundreds of hands-on applications. Look to this powerful book for tips and guidelines on:  Alternative pay and benefit programs  Establishing a constructive culture  Coaching  Embracing diversity  Building self-esteem  Sharing power  Stewarding  Unlocking innovation  Career banding  Performance planning and reviewing  Rites of recognition  Aligning strategy and rewards  Collaboration versus competition  Integrative management  And more   In today's technology-based, worker-friendly environment, virtually every aspect of business, including management and supervision, has become more complex. Let Recognizing and Rewarding Employees show you how to use these complexities to your advantage and to employ the complementary tools of recognition and reward to create a more energized, empowered employeeand a more productive workplace.	R. Brayton Bowen, is president and senior consultant for The Howland Group.",books;business & investing;entrepreneurship;guides;human resources & personnel management;industries & professions;job hunting & careers;management;management & leadership;small business & entrepreneurship,10
0743245997,"Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11--How the Secret War between the FBI and CIA Has Endangered National Security Mark Riebling is editorial director at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. He has written on national-security issues for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the National Review. He lives in New York City.",20th century;americas;biographies & memoirs;books;espionage;history;modern (16th-21st centuries);true accounts;united states;world,10
0804101663,"Inside the LRRPs: Rangers in Vietnam Vietnam was a different kind of war, calling for a different kind of soldier. The LRRPs--Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols--were that new breed of fighting man. They operated in six-man teams deep within enemy territory, and were the eyes and ears of the units they served. This is their story--of perseverence under extreme hardship and uncommon bravery--and how they carried out the war's most hazardous missions.	All in a Day's WorkVietnam was a different kind of war from America's previous conflicts, one that required different tactics and a different kind of soldier. One of the most successful innovations of the war was the formation of Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols--LRRPs, pronounced {Lurps, which were redesignated Rangers in 1969.Operating for a week at a time in six-man teams deep within enemy territory, often beyond the range of friendly artillery fire or other support, they were the eyes and ears of the units they served. While best known for the timely intelligence provided by their reconnaissance, their enemy body count often rivaled or exceeded combat units of far greater numbers. When a live prisoner was needed for interrogation, it was the LRRPs who were assigned this most difficult, hazardous mission. To state it quite simply, the LRRPs may very well have been the most effective use of manpower in the war.Although their designation changed several times, only thirteen LRRP units saw action in Southeast Asia. Each of the recon units was similarly manned and equipped, and each followed the same basic tactical procedures. However, there was no centralized command or control of the total LRRP force. Each LRRP unit operated independently of the others, answering only to the command to which it was assigned.This command relationship, combined with the vastly different areas of operation--which varied from river deltas and lowland rice paddies to mountain jungles--made each LRRP unit unique. The only constant was the men who volunteered for this exceptional duty--the valorous thread of humanity that bound all LRRP units together as brothers of the same cloth.LRRP missions were characterized by extreme hardship, extraordinary attention to detail, absolute professionalism, and uncommon bravery. The following three stories are typical of the accomplishments of the recon men in Vietnam.Thomas P. Dineen, Jr., from Annapolis, Maryland, was a Specialist 4 in E Company, 50th Infantry (LRP) of the 9th Infantry Division, working out of Tan An in the Delta in 1968. Dineen recalls, Early one morning at the company base camp in September, the team leader called us together to issue his warning order for the next mission. He included a detailed schedule of what we would do in preparation and told each of us exactly what weapons and equipment we should pack. He concluded that the assistant team leader would conduct an inspection as soon as we were ready to ensure we had followed his orders.Returning to the team hooch, I gathered my pistol belt, web-carrying harness, first-aid pouch, knife, strobe light, six frag grenades, three smoke grenades, two white phosphorous grenades, two Claymore mines, compass, canteens, map, thirty loaded magazines, and my M-16 rifle. I then carefully assembled the gear and taped all parts that might reflect light, or rattle, with flat, black tape. Disassembling my rifle, I cleaned and lubricated each part as I put it back together. After again oiling the bolt, I placed a magazine of rounds into the weapon and manually pumped the cartridges through the breech. It worked properly, so I reloaded the magazine and taped it end-to-end with another magazine so I could reload quickly if things got hot.When I was satisfied that everything was in order, I emptied my pockets of all mission nonessential items, put on all the gear, and with weapon in hand jumped up and down to be sure I didn't make any noise. After adding a little more tape to items that rubbed together, I took a camouflage stick and covered all exposed skin with the black and green greasepaint.The assistant team leader soon arrived to inspect me and the other three LRRPs. Afterwards we met the team leader at the operations bunker where a sergeant from the division intelligence section briefed us on the upcoming mission. He explained that an infantry battalion had been sweeping an area about twelve kilometers to our west for several days with scattered resistance--the enemy was in the area, but the large infantry unit could not get them to stand and fight. Our mission was to go in with the helicopters that pulled them out and conduct a 'stay behind' ambush. We were all aware that the VC and NVA frequently checked LZs after Americans were extracted to recover any lost or discarded food or supplies they might find useful. The intel briefers also gave us a complete run-down on the number and identification of enemy units in the area. They even had pictures of several of the local VC leaders that we might encounter.We spent the remainder of the afternoon under control of our team leader rehearsing our insertion and extraction plans, procedures during movement, and the various ambush formations we might use. The team leader and his assistant repeatedly asked the rest of us questions about our duties and radio call signs and frequencies. A final inspection of our equipment was followed by a test firing of our weapons, after which we headed to the helipad for pickup.We were soon airborne and joined up with the seven other choppers that were going in to pick up the infantry unit. The LZ was a large, open area of rice paddies surrounded by tree lines. We offloaded while those on the ground climbed aboard. There were several more lifts in-bound to pick up the remaining grunts, so we had ample time to mingle with them and disappear into the tree line. By the time the last birds lifted off, we had our Claymores out and were well camouflaged in the edge of a canal overlooking a trail that snaked from the woods to the LZ. All there was left to do was wait.Less than an hour later, as the sun began to set, we heard a single rifle shot about a half-kilometer away. It was quickly followed by another shot from about the same location. By the sounds of the rifles, I knew they were AK-47s. The enemy frequently used such shots as a means of communications so elements could link up.A short time later we could hear the dinks noisily moving down the trail toward us. They must have thought all Americans had pulled out on the choppers as they were making little effort to keep quiet. We had picked our position well, as twelver VC and NVA were soon in our kill zone. The nearest man was only three feet away from our hidden positions when the team leader sprung the ambush by blowing the Claymores. We poured M-16 rounds and hand grenades into the screaming mass of dying men. In less than a minute the fight was over--twelve dead bodies lay before us. They had not been able to fire a single shot in return.As several of us gathered up the weapons and searched for documents, the radio operator called for an extraction chopper. We moved back onto the LZ and within minutes were airborne on our way back to the base. It had been a textbook mission--a perfect ambush--one where all the shots had been one-sided.I spent a total of two years with the LRRPs, but the events, impressions, and emotions of that stay-behind ambush on the LZ are as vivid today as they were then. You see, that was my first mission as a LRRP. There would be many more, but that first one is the most memorable.",20th century;americas;asia;books;history;military;southeast asia;strategy;united states;vietnam war,10
1581824882,"Terri's Story: The Court-Ordered Death of an American Woman DIANA LYNNE has covered the Terri Schiavo story for three years as a reporter and news editor for WorldNetDaily. She grew up in Boston and is a graduate of Harvard University and Emerson College with degrees in economics and mass communications. A ten-year veteran of network and public television in South Florida, she lives in West Palm Beach.",biographies & memoirs;books;elections & political process;human rights;memoirs;political advocacy;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific topics,10
0762712015,"Europe by Eurail 2002: Touring Europe by Train There is no better way to see Europe than by train, and there is no better guide to the European train system than Europe by Eurail. For twenty-six years, travelers using a Eurail pass have made this book their bible. Twenty-four base cities in seventeen countries serve as your starting points. Once settled in, you can take day excursions to outlying points of interest using your Eurail pass. Europe by Eurail is the only book on the market that features: fully updated information on fares, schedules, and pass options; a reader friendly format; personally researched day excursions that take you throughout Europe; practical travel tips on keeping costs down, traveling light, conquering jet lag, exchanging currency, dealing with language differences; enhanced maps, new information on traveling between base cities; the latest information on the Chunnel and other Channel crossings; prices in euros for participating countries and a euro conversion chart. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 528 pages, maps, charts)",books;europe;food;general;lodging & transportation;professional & technical;railroad travel;railroads;transportation;travel,10
097170600X,"University of Psychogenic Fugue: A Course Catalog for Students of Life ""Psychogenic Fugue"" is a funny and extremely witty book about the ironies and misrepresentations of college. -- The Lumberjack, March 6, 2002Farrell/Morrow are alarmingly correct in their hilarious analyses, especially from the commonly cynical point of view of college students. -- Daily Nebraskan, March 11, 2002Stylistically, UPF is perhaps most similar to the written comic delivery of Dave Barry ... -- Daily Californian, April 4, 2002	We feel this is a truly unique idea in humor & satire. People who've attended college or university will find it especially funny, while those who haven't can still relate to and enjoy the book since it's also about life.	""UPF evolved over a 5 year period as the curriculum kept growing and changing through 8 different incarnations.""	Tye R Farrell and Jeffrey Morrow are authors of University of Psychogenic Fugue: A Course Catalog for Students of Life and American Lifestyle Survey: A Survey for the Modern Consumer. They formerly published a humor quiz (Psychogenic Fugue) in a New Orleans bi-weekly newspaper.	University Megastore  The University Megastore is more than just a gift shop, its a living symbol of marketing and consumerism gone mad. Inside this hulking three story monolith of concrete and asbestos there are six elevators, nine escalators, twenty-three cash registers, and two part-time student employees. The entire structure was built on the site of the much smaller Junkyard Jamboree, which was destroyed when it literally burst at the seams.    The University Megastore is where eager students and proud parents can find shirts, jackets, jocks, socks, caps, cups, mugs, pens, pencils, pinwheels, aprons, paperweights, seashells, beach towels, backpacks, headbands, tote bags, banners, bumper stickers, cuckoo clocks, and glow in the dark condoms proudly emblazoned with the UPF logo.    One of the most popular items in the gift shop is the Santiago Family Album, a charming history of the Universitys indentured servants. The book contains photos and illustrations of nine generations of immigrant gardeners as well as personal stories recounted in vividly broken English. Visitors may also purchase postcards, magnets, posters, and viewmaster disks featuring images of foreign children as young as four years old toiling in the University Thorn Garden.    For the upscale souvenir hunter, the University Megastore offers the complete Christmas Campus Collection of snow-covered ceramic miniatures. These hand-painted replicas of actual campus buildings are authentic in every detail, right down to the windows that wont open and lights that dont work. You may also special order a chess set featuring poseable pewter pieces cast in the likenesses of the Board   of Trustees.    The University Megastore also serves as a welcome and information center for tourists and visitors. Both of our student workers are as friendly and courteous as any stranger on the street in Manhattan, and nearly as well-informed.",books;catalogs & directories;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;humor;humor & entertainment;parodies;psychology & counseling;satire,10
B00004U9J5,"SOG Specialty Knives & Tools S39S Serrated Mini AutoClip Folding Knife SOG Mini Serrated AutoClip is the compact version of its famous larger counterpart. This popular folder includes SOG's patented adjustable-tension pocket clip that is easily operated by a quick-turn thumb wheel, allowing secure attachment to thick or thin pockets, belts, and packs. Mini AutoClip's  2.9-inch clip point blade may be immediately accessed with one hand. This is a handy companion that will definitely stay by your side!",folded knives;hand tools;hunting;hunting & fishing;hunting & tactical knives;hunting knives;knives;power & hand tools;sports & outdoors;tools & home improvement,10
0312038364,"Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) Surpasses every previous anthology of its kind in size, in  presenting both men's and women's writings, and in quality. -- Booklist",american;anthologies;books;fiction;gay;gay & lesbian;literature & fiction;nonfiction;poetry;united states,10
0340870117,Beginner's Italian (Teach Yourself Book & Tape) Vittoria Bowles is an experienced teacher and author of the current edition of Teach Yourself Beginner's Italian.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.,books;education & reference;foreign languages;humanities;italian;language & grammar;new;study & teaching;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0801845734,"The North American Railroad: Its Origin, Evolution, and Geography (Creating the North American Landscape) Vance (emeritus, geography, Univ. of California-Berkeley) offers a detailed yet readable presentation of why American railroads are located where they are. He asserts that the American railroad experience, although originating in England, took a different tack. England's system was built to serve established cities and industries through solidly constructed lines, while the U.S. system created economic enterprises and cities through quickly built lines and more powerful locomotives. Vance's book is divided into five parts, treating railroads in different sections of the country and in Canada. It does not replace the more general histories, such as John F. Stover's American Railroads (LJ 11/15/78, o.p.), or Charlton Ogburn's more popular Railroads (LJ 6/1/77, o.p.). It is authoritative, well written, and essential for academic libraries and will appeal to informed rail fans as well.?George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, Pa.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""A good and beautiful book. Geographer James E. Vance Jr., has exhaustively mapped the history of rail development in North America... Through text, maps, drawings, and photographs, Vance demonstrates the ever-expanding web of rail networks through the latter half of the nineteenth century."" -- William Deverell, American Historical Review""Presents a fascinating and well-reasoned argument that a unique and significant school of railroad practice and technology grew up early and independently in North America."" -- Locomotive and Railway Preservation""""Beautifully designed and illustrated... Vance writes with wit and grace and often with a keen analytical edge. He elaborates the distinctions between British and North American engineering practice clearly, depicting the North American system of minimalist infrastructure and powerful locomotives as a mirror image of the way things were done in Britain."" -- Railroad History""This is a book for the amateur -- the person who just loves trains -- as well as for the professional, the one who wants to know how North America's magnificent railway system was built... The whole story is here, from the wooden tracks first used, through more sophisticated technology and down into the modern age. The book is indispensable for all students of transportation and culture, of culture, or of simply beautiful and fascinating history."" -- Journal of American Culture	James E. Vance, Jr., is emeritus professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley. His books includeThe Continuing City, also available from Johns Hopkins.",americas;architecture;books;history;landscape;professional & technical;railroads;regional;transportation;united states,10
B00025YVGW,"Pondmaster 02910 Ultra Violet Light Pond Water Clarifier 10watt Is algae making that pond water look a little green? This 10-watt clarifier uses ultraviolet light to kill algae and harmful bacteria for cleaner water and smoother pump operation. The light is submersible so it doesn't detract from the natural pond look, and, at the same time, its slim design tucks behind pond borders for concealed above-surface installation (with proper tubing).   The clarifier is designed to work in conjunction with pumps with up to 700 gallons per hour of output, and clarifies water in ponds holding up to 1,500 gallons. The cleansing, ultraviolet light is equipped with a 3/4-inch barbed intake and outlet for attaching flexible tubing. A vortex flow design increases water exposure time and the unit's slim diameter brings more of the water closer to the intense UV rays for optimal efficiency. An 18-foot power cord easily reaches nearby power sources. Soft, blue indicator lights show that the unit is working. Additionally, water can be pumped through the UV light and then into a biological filter (sold separately) where debris and dead algae can be trapped and decomposed.	Submersible 10 watt Ultraviolet (UV) Light Pond Water Clarifier for use with pumps up to 700 GPH, in ponds up to 1500 gallons. Kills suspended algae with UV light. Water can be pumped through the UV light and then into a biological filter (sold separately) where debris and dead algae can be trapped and decomposed. When installed correctly, UV lights are very effective at eliminating green water pond problems. This UV light has a 3/4 barbed intake and outlet for flexible tubing and is equipped with an 18 ft power cord. The soft blue halo light rings show that the unit is working. The vortex flow design increases the exposure time of the water with the ultraviolet light and the slim diameter brings more of the water closer to the intense UV rays making the process more efficient. These clarifiers can be installed submersed in the pond or outside the pond. UL listed.""",aquariums;fish & aquatic pets;garden center;lawn & garden;outdoor dcor;patio;pet supplies;power & hand tools;tools & home improvement;water gardens & ponds,10
038551719X,"Live Like You're Blessed: Simple Steps for Making Balance, Love, Energy, Spirit, Success, Encouragement, and Devotion Part of Your Life BLESSED, as an acronym representing Balance, Love, Energy, Spirit, Success, Encouragement, and Devotion, forms the backbone of a charmingly anecdotal proposal for better living through faith. Cook, a pastor who is currently on tour with T.D. Jakes, is the first woman to be elected president of the Hampton University Ministers' Conference, representing all of the historically African-American denominations. She shares as many personal stories as she does those of parishioners. Amid suggestions for prayer and reminders to give thanks for blessings already received, Cook uses the stories of real people to illustrate the challenges many face every day, from low self-esteem and domestic abuse to personal debt and spiritual poverty. Her gift for the gentle, respectful telling of story does not interfere with her prescriptions for professional help when appropriate, whether for abuse, depression or even financial trouble, and the book comes complete with resource suggestions. Although primarily directed at women, devotees and seekers of all stripes will find Cook's straightforward message easy to digest and soothingly inspirational. (May 9) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook is a brilliant and dynamic woman who served with distinction during my administration on the Advisory Board of the Presidents Initiative on Race and my Domestic Policy Council. In her new book, Live Like Youre Blessed, Suzan shares stories from her life that illustrate how faith can help overcome adversity and lead to happiness and fulfillment. Her remarkable life is a testament to the power of her message.   President Bill Clinton	Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook is a brilliant and dynamic woman who served with distinction during my administration on the Advisory Board of the Presidents Initiative on Race and my Domestic Policy Council. In her new book, Live Like Youre Blessed, Suzan shares stories from her life that illustrate how faith can help overcome adversity and lead to happiness and fulfillment. Her remarkable life is a testament to the power of her message.   President Bill Clinton	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook is a senior pastor at the Believers Christian Fellowship in New York City and is the editor of Sister to Sister and the author of Too Blessed to Be Stressed. She was the first woman to be elected president of the Hampton University Ministers Conference, which represents all the historically African American denominations, and served as a domestic policy advisor under President Clinton. She lives in New York with her husband, Ronald, and their two sons.	Chapter 1Steadying the SeesawI heard a story recently about a woman who was proud that she was able to  push herself beyond the limits of endurance. And she did manage to get a lot  done in the course of the day. But then again, her day didn't really end  at sundown, or even close to it. In fact, this graphics designer found  herself working until 2:30 one morning, and only stopped when she could no  longer hold her eyes open. Wanting to have plenty of time the next  morning--there was so much to do--she set her alarm for 4:30 a.m. This way,  she could finish the work project, get her son off to school, run errands,  and take care of household chores.Just as she'd planned, she was up two hours later, waking herself with a  cool shower and mug of steaming coffee. She read her son's homework and  convinced him to redo certain sections, while she made him a special  breakfast of pancakes. Soon she was waving goodbye to him at the bus stop.  Knowing that two hours of sleep hadn't been nearly enough, she scheduled  another two at mid-morning and fell into a deep sleep.When she awoke, she figured that some kind of gooey mucus or something had  dried over her eyes, because her vision was out of focus. When a warm water  rinse failed to do the trick, she started panicking, thinking about all the  reasons she needed her eyes, wondering for instance, How will I see what I  want to draw for work? How will I see how to get down the street to pick up  my son?She started praying, begging God to help her get her sight back. Forgive me  for bothering you, she started. God I know there are people who have it  worse than me . . . people who can't see and can't hear. But please, if it's  your will, let me see again.That calmed her down a little bit, and sometime in the next hour, her vision  began improving, but still wasn't back to where it had been. She phoned her  physician, scheduled an emergency appointment, but almost pulled a no-show,  because she began seeing with complete clarity again. Still, puzzled over  why the loss of vision had occurred, and terrified that the episode was the  first sign of some terrible illness, she kept the appointment and submitted  to a complete physical.After a full exam, her doctor said he couldn't offer any explanation for her  loss of eyesight. The doctor told her she was healthy: great blood pressure,  cholesterol, blood sugar. And the temporary loss of vision, he assured her,  was not a symptom of degenerating nerves, brain tumors, etc. He added, I  have to admit that I'm stumped.Grateful and eager to get on with her busy schedule, she thanked the young  doctor and was about to say goodbye, when he turned and asked, By the way,  before this occurred were you involved in anything that might have caused  you a lot of stress?She laughed, and at least that felt good, now that she knew death wasn't  imminent. Doctor, I'm always doing something stressful. Last night, for  instance, I was on a deadline, so I only slept for two hours . . . But don't  look so surprised. I took another two hours this morning as soon as I sent  off the completed job. When he failed to look impressed, she said, I try  to catch up on my sleep on the weekends.She'd have to do more than that, he told her, if she didn't want to suffer  another vision loss. I think your body was telling you something, he  added, and he asked her to sit at a desk and write down everything she'd  done in the last twenty-four hours.After reading over her notes and totaling the number of hours, he shook his  head. If what you're telling me is correct, you worked fourteen and a half  of the last twenty-four hours; slept for four; showered, dressed, and  made-up in one; four hours were spent running errands and finishing chores,  one hour helping your son with homework, and thirty minutes walking here.He paused, and looked at the woman with a puzzled expression. Your life is  completely out of balance. You'll have to make changes immediately. Your  body just told you that, and I don't think it's in the mood to negotiate.She left, promising him and herself that she'd change her schedule right  that moment, that there was nothing that was worth the loss of her eyesight.  Walking home, she noticed the trees and people around her. It was late  spring in New York City, the rains appeared to be over, and all around her  trees were sporting their new warm-weather outfits, bursting with green new  life. She even appreciated the people rushing around her, because only hours  ago, she'd experienced what it would be like to not see them.So she thanked God for her vision, and kept taking in the sights, speaking  in her head to God, promising that this renewed vision was enough and that  she'd never again take her life for granted. This was gift enough, she  finished the prayer. Lord, I'm not going to ask for another thing, not  anytime soon anyway.With that said, she stepped into the bank to use the automated teller,  wanting to buy flowers from the vendor on the corner. But lo and behold, she  discovered that her bank balance was zero. What had happened? Had someone  gotten into her account and ripped her off? She got out her cell phone and  called the bank operator, but got no relief there. It was no mistake, the  operator told her. A big check had just cleared, and she gave the woman the  number. Yes, she remembered writing that one, but she'd thought she had  enough left over to meet her needs. The bank operator advised: Go home and  check your deposits and withdrawals and call us back if you need to. We're  here for you twenty-four hours a day.The woman's steps dragged on the way home, and she certainly didn't feel any  better after looking through her bank records, because she couldn't come up  with any answer about why the balance she thought was supposed to be there  wasn't. All the other checks I've written will bounce, she thought, and  her mind began to fill with ominous thoughts about how maybe this would  never be cleared up and how it could be turned into a financial catastrophe  . . . The mind works overtime in these situations.Suddenly, she made a connection: out of balance. Hadn't the doctor used  similar words, about being out of balance? This time when she prayed, she  dropped her to knees. God, I just finished saying I wasn't going to ask for  anything else, so I'm sorry about panicking like this, but please help me  work this out. I can't figure out the message, but I know it's got something  to do with balance.She didn't hear any divine words in her ear, and hadn't expected to, but  taking a few deep breaths, she phoned the bank again, and this time she  wound up with a bank employee who went out of her way to help. The two of  them discovered the problem together. During one of her errands, when this  woman was rushing through her busy day, she'd hit the wrong buttons in  making a deposit. Rather than $2,400, she'd left off a zero, and credited  her account with only $240. The situation was rectified; money was  transferred from her savings account to cover today's incoming checks, and  she was told that within the next twenty-four hours, the correct balance  would show.Rather than feeling relieved this time, the woman held a finger to her lips,  striking a pose of deep concentration as she wondered about the day's theme  and what God expected her to learn from it. Twenty-four hours and out of balance: The words had repeatedly popped up.God, she prayed again, I'm going to figure it out, I promise. Her prayer  was interrupted by a call from her daughter, who was attending an expensive  private school out in California. The young woman's voice seemed hoarse.  Mom, I'm afraid I have some bad news. I've been in bed for the last few  days with a terrible cold. And you know I'm like you, I never get sick. But  . . . and don't say I told you so. I've been playing Frisbee. I know you  told me I needed to spend any spare time earning good grades, and not waste  it with something silly like Frisbee, but I did. And there's this girl on my  Frisbee team who always forgets to bring her water bottle, so I've been  letting her drink out of mine . . . Yesterday, she told me that she wasn't  going to be able to take the finals at the end the quarter, because she has  a bad case of mononucleosis: She's exhausted from severe cold symptoms. The  upshot is that I think I have mono too, and that means my whole semester may  be wasted.She sounded as if she was waiting for her mother to fly into a rage, but the  woman didn't. True, her heart was beating faster at the prospect of her  daughter suffering through a long-term illness and falling behind in school.  But what she said to her daughter didn't reflect that concern. She said, I  don't blame you for offering your teammate a drink of water after a workout.  And if you haven't gone to the doctor yet, you have no way of knowing if  you're really sick. If it is mono, we'll deal with it. Now, call me back as  soon as you're finished at the infirmary.While the woman waited for the phone to ring again, she considered calling a  client to tell her that she wouldn't be able to make tomorrow's agreed-upon  impossible deadline, but she didn't do it, not that moment anyway.She got back down on her knees and she spoke to God. I get the message,  Lord. I'm not going to start out by apologizing for turning to you. I'm not  going to allow myself to feel ashamed for being needy. Things happen in the  course of a day and you aren't an eight-hour God, you're there always and at  all times. And you're a lot better than a twenty-four-hour teller, because  you have my best interests at heart. I'm going to keep coming back to talk  to you, praising you for being with me and I'll trust that you'll help ...",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;inspirational;motivational;parenting & relationships;personal transformation;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality,10
0807070742,"CRAVINGS CL In the essays contained in Cravings: A Sensual Memoir, writer and performance artist Jyl Lynn Felman looks at desire not in the abstract, but in the particular: she considers a child's craving for a mother's attention, a daughter's craving for a specific piece of the family china, a lover's craving for her beloved. Felman contextualizes herself as a Jew, a feminist, a lesbian, and a person who grew up in Ohio. She examines how each of these selves experiences desire differently. Cravings is also a memoir of family life, of sibling rivalries that outlast childhood, and of the grief, regret, and anger that a daughter feels because of her parent's death.	Food (in all its polymorphous varieties, kosher and not), designer clothes, their mother Edith's silverware, but especially, especially, Edith's loving attention--these are the cravings of Felman and her sisters in this rather offputting memoir. The lives of Felman (Hot Chicken Wings, not reviewed) and her older sisters, Judy and Jan, were regulated in every way by a perfectionist mother whose nostrums for life included the importance of playing bridge and setting a perfect table. Her house immaculate, she placed a sign in the bathroom admonishing her daughters, ``If you sprinkle when you tinkle, then please be neat and wipe the seat.'' But Edith was always busy, teaching Hebrew school, going to Hadassah meetings, being the perfect homemaker. Too busy, along with father Marvin, who had his parking lot to maintain, to notice that Judy was shoplifting and becoming anorexic. So busy that 12-year-old Jyl intentionally hyperventilated one day to place herself in the hospital so she could receive Edith's undivided attention. Even after their mother's death from Parkinson's disease, this Edith-craving causes bitter jealousy among her daughters, who vie to inherit her belongings. The memoir opens with this sibling rivalry, and one immediately conceives a dislike for these three immature women. Felman seems locked in a love-hate relationship with her mother, a need to both identify with and separate herself from Edith. But it is the unresolved rage that predominates in this book, which is more an outpouring than an exploration. Trying to lend greater significance to her family's pathology, Felman constantly drags in Jewish history: ``Judy was the messianic hope after the Holocaust. . . . It was a lot of pressure.'' This explains her anorexia? And Felman's habit of writing in sentence fragments (``When she was born. She was the first. Of everything'') becomes an added irritant. Felman is so full of sympathy for herself, that readers will have no need to add their own. -- Copyright 1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	This is Jyl's story, and that of her sisters (one anorexic former shoplifter, one married lawyer), as  prompted by the death of their mother, whose attention was all any of them ever wanted. Instead, she gave  them food: brisket, cakes, candies, stews--although not forbidden shellfish, and so the eating of shrimp  signals the book's pivotal event, the author's declaration of independence. -- Entertainment Weekly	Jyl Lynn Felman, author of Hot Chicken Wings, is assistant professor of women's studies at Brandeis University and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;gay & lesbian;jewish;lesbian;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific groups;women,10
0471436518,"The Sancy Blood Diamond: Power, Greed, and the Cursed History of One of the World's Most Coveted Gems Back when pepper was the king of spices and monarchs governed Europe, jewels ruled. The more precious gems a king or queen had, the greater the chances of mounting an army to seize land, powerand more gems. Until it was cut in 1661, the 106-carat Sancy was ""the largest white diamond in Christendom,"" a guarantee of wealth, though not of security. Ronald, a British historian, has gone on a treasure hunt to dig up every fact imaginable about the diamond's owners from the 14th century to the presentit's now in the Louvre, which purchased it from Lord Astor, who inherited it from his father. While she clearly illustrates the ill fortune that befell many who came into contact with the diamond, it's hard to buy her claim that ""it helped change the course of European history,"" though those who bought, traded, stole or coveted the Sancyamong them Queen Elizabeth I, King Charles I and Louis XIVwere Europe's most powerful. As an introduction to mostly European history, this book is alternately enlightening and overwhelming. At times, the diamond gets lost in a snarl of names and facts, but those with some familiarity with and interest in European history may consider this a gem worth having in their library. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Its story is not as well known, certainly, as the Hope Diamond's, but that of the 55-carat Sancy, the largest white diamond in the world until 1661, is filled with intrigue, politics, wars, and death. Historian Ronald sorts through information and misinformation to track the passage of the gem, often sold to finance civil wars, from its place of origin (India) to ownership by many crowned heads of Europe. She also chronicles the misfortunes that have befallen its owners, including death, until the diamond assumed its final resting place in the Louvre. Although a masterly piece of detective work, Ronald's tale of the Sancy's ""travels"" gets somewhat bogged down in facts and dates. Still, she weaves a dramatic narrative out of the exploits of which it was the center. Much of it is the stories of Napoleon, say, or Henry IV of France, into which the diamond is sandwiched or mentioned. On the other hand, what would happen if this diamond and its story were to be entirely forgotten? Barbara JacobsCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	.""..she tells the 600-year story of the Sancy, with thefts and intrigues from India to the French monarchy."" (""Oxford Times"", 24th December 2004).""..Susan Ronald attacks her story with a great deal of gusto and erudition..."" (""The Sunday Telegraph"", 2 January 2005).""..An astonishing story. And one to which Ronald's highly-original book does full justice..."" (""Yorkshire Evening Post"", Leeds, 22 December 2004).""..unravels a real theft from Louvre..."" (""The Times"", 19 November 2004)Back when pepper was the king of spices and monarchs governed Europe, jewels ruled. The more precious gems a king or queen had, the greater the chances of mounting an army to seize land, power--and more gems. Until it was cut in 1661, the 106-carat Sancy was ""the largest white diamond in Christendom,"" a guarantee of wealth, though not of security. Ronald, a British historian, has gone on a treasure hunt to dig up every fact imaginable about the diamond's owners from the 14th century to the present--it's now in the Louvre, which purchased it from Lord Astor, who inherited it from his father. While she clearly illustrates the ill fortune that befell many who came into contact with the diamond, it's hard to buy her claim that ""it helped change the course of European history,"" though those who bought, traded, stole or coveted the Sancy--among them Queen Elizabeth I, King Charles I and Louis XIV--were Europe's most powerful. As an introduction to mostly European history, this book is alternately enlightening and overwhelming. At times, the diamond gets lost in a snarl of names and facts, but those with some familiarity with and interest in European history may consider this a gem worth having in their library. ""Agent, Alex Hoyt. (Nov.)"" (""Publishers Weekly"", August 23, 2004)	If diamonds could speak, none could match the 55.232-carat Sancy for the wild tales it could tell. Like the Scheherazade of diamonds, it would keep a listener spellbound with a thousand and one stories of war and intrigue, pomp and ceremony, and the foibles and follies of the monarchs, lords, ladies, moneymen, and schemers who owned, lusted after, and even killed to possess it. In this first comprehensive history of one of the worlds most coveted gems, historian Susan Ronald brings to vivid life the Sancy Diamonds six-hundred-year odysseya labyrinthine journey that begins in the fabled mines of Golconda, India, and wends its way across three continents and through some of the most spectacular events in European history. Once the largest white diamond in the Western world, the Sancy was thought to impart invincibility to whoever wore it.  Paradoxically, it was also believed to be the source of an ancient curse that visited a violent death upon any who owned it. Over the centuries, the diamond adorned the crowns of several French royals and was worn as a lucky hatpin by King James I of England.  In the fifteenth century, it was lost on the field of battle by Charles the Bold of Burgundy only to be found by a Swiss soldier who sold it for one florin to a priest from Basel. In the sixteenth century, while en route to be pawned to raise a mercenary Swiss army, it was ripped from the vitals of King Henry IVs hapless courier, who had swallowed it in order to conceal it from robbers. Won and lost by a king of Portugal and lusted after by several Spanish monarchs, the elusive Sancy was hotly pursued for decades by Englands Elizabeth I, was stolen from the Louvre and secreted under the floorboards of a Parisian garret during the French Revolution, and was instrumental in Napoleons meteoric rise to power. In The Sancy Blood Diamond, Susan Ronald traces the stones progress as it passes among the royal and noble houses of Europe, from John Galeazzo di Visconti, Duke of Milan, to Englands Charles I, Frances Louis XVI, a Russian prince, and, ultimately, the British Astors. Along the way, Ronald explores the origins of the legend of the Sancy curse, and, working from original sources, she conclusively solves the riddle of the Sancys two disappearancesone, for 120 years, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and then again, following the French Revolution.An enthralling narrative account of a magnificent gem and the passions it spawned among many of the giants of European history, The Sancy Blood Diamond is must-reading for anyone interested in power and greed as well as for history buffs of every stripe.	The fascinating six-hundred-year history of one of the world's most coveted gems and the royal feuds, intrigues, and betrayals it engenderedThe Sancy Diamond first came to Europe from India in the fourteenth century, and until 1661 it was the largest white diamond-and the most concentrated and secure form of wealth-in all of Christendom. Alternately believed to impart invincibility to its wearer and to bring ruin to any who owned it, the Sancy cast a seemingly mystical spell over everyone from the king of Portugal to Henry III of France to England's Elizabeth I to Napoleon Bonaparte and Queen Maria Luisa of Spain.The riveting account of one of the most hotly pursued gems in history, The Sancy Blood Diamond follows its six-century journey from the diamond mines of Golconda to where it now modestly resides at the Louvre, among the remnants of the French crown jewels. In a colorful, fast-paced narrative, historian Susan Ronald describes the often violent passions the Sancy engendered among many of the giants of European history. She also describes the pivotal roles it played on the chessboard of European geopolitics, and how it was used to raise armies, settle national debts, and enhance its owners' power and prestige.Working from primary sources, Ronald solves, once and for all, the mystery of the Sancy's disappearances in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and she explores the legend of the Sancy curse, which arose after the violent deaths of Burgundy's Charles the Bold, England's Charles I, France's Louis XVI, and other ill-fated owners.	SUSAN RONALD is one of the world's leading experts on commercial activities in historic sites and has been an advisor to Britain's National Trust. She has written numerous articles on historic subjects and a popular history of France for young adults. Raised in the diamond trade-her father was a diamond merchant for over seventy years-her fascination with the Sancy Diamond, and gems in general, began at a very early age.",books;earth sciences;europe;history;humanities;mineralogy;new;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
0758208286,"Wicked Women 101 """"Wicked"" Women 101 is fun, sexy and romantic."" -- Romantic Times BOOKclub, January 2005""""Wicked"" Women 101 is hilarious! This anthology is funny, sexy and wild."" -- Romance Junkies, February 2005""Each of these stories has all that a reader could want, romance, sexy characters, passion aplenty and delightful chemistry"" -- Road to Romance, December 2004""If you are looking for a lighthearted, witty and down to earth book you won't want to miss this one."" -- Fallen Angel Reviews, December 2004""This is a definite recommend for those lovers of hot romance."" -- Kari Korner's Newsletter at LoveRomances.com, January 2005	Welcome to ""Wicked"" Women 101, where being good is all a matter of perspective. In these sinfully delicious tales, Susanna Carr introduces three former sorority sisters who are ready to let down their ladylike hair, pick up their pens, and jot down a few notes on the art of being oh-so-wicked. When it comes to hot, ""wicked"" fun, these stories are at the head of the class	Susanna Carr started reading romances when she was ten years old and shows no signs of stopping. Romantic Times finds her award-winning work ""fun, sexy and romantic"" while ""filled with sexual tension and explosive passion.""",anthologies;books;contemporary;literature & fiction;romance;short stories;single author;single women;united states;women's fiction,10
8466614397,"El mundo secreto de Bush (Cronica Actual) Eric Laurent is a celebrated French reporter and specialist of world affairs. He is the author of Bush's War, originally published in French.",21st century;americas;biographies & memoirs;books;history;national;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;united states,10
1929653271,"Dark Demons ""Newton confronts the dark side with more conviction and clarity of vision than most of the horror novelists..."" -- Michael Arnzen, from the book's introduction""Newton shines a light on those grim crawlspaces of the heart and soul..."" -- Greg F. Gifune	Kurt Newton's fiction has been seen throughout the small press for almost a decade now. His first short story collection, THE HOUSE SPIDER, showcased his talent as one of the premier storytellers in the horror genre. Kurt's stories delve to a deeper level than most -- each tale will affect readers in numerous ways. First they might frighten, but then they weave a web of emotion and atmosphere that will leave you in awe.  Newton is the cream of the crop when it comes to upcoming talents in the field of horror. This new collection, DARK DEMONS, will show readers that he is a force to be dealt with -- and that he is part of the future of horror literature.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;general;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;short stories;single author;united states,10
0811842657,"Papa, Do You Love Me? PreSchool-Grade 2This title follows the format of Joosse's Mama, Do You Love Me? (Chronicle, 1991). In Papa, a Maasai father reassures his young son that his love is unconditional and endless. In answer to his son's questions, he explains that he will always protect the boy from the dangers of the Serengeti Plain and teaches him how to find water in their harsh environment. A glossary elaborates on the concepts introduced, such as the importance of cattle in Maasai life, medicinal uses of the Greenheart tree, and the role of the herd boy. The bright, stylized watercolors reflect the warm hues of the Serengeti. Details are clearly rendered, allowing children to visualize life in a culture different from their own. The father's red robe sweeps across much of the book, wrapping his small son in its protective embrace. Parents will snatch up this tender, reassuring book for bedtime read-alouds. Teachers of early elementary students may wish to use it as an introduction to the life of the Maasai.Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, OR Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	PreS-Gr. 2. The creators of the wildly popular Mama, Do You Love Me 1991), featuring an Inuit mother and daughter, focus on another indigenous culture to tell a simple tale of parental love. This time, the characters are a Masai father and son. While herding cattle, a boy tests his father's affection with a question game that fans of Mama will recognize: ""Papa, do you love me? . . . How much? . . . How long?"" Each time, Papa answers with reassuring words that reference Masai life: ""I love you more than the warrior loves to leap."" Lavallee's delicately shaded watercolors in brilliant reds and sunlit golds extend the story' warm sentiments, and children will enjoy spotting the many animals in the pictures. An annotated glossary offers more information about the Masai's traditional culture. Few picture books star African fathers and sons, and this one, like Mama, will probably draw a large, devoted following for its strong message of unconditional love. For more books about fathers and sons, see the Read-alikes, ""A Day with Dad,"" in the June 2005 issue. Gillian EngbergCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Barbara M. Joosse lives in a small stone house beside a wide creek in Wisconsin. She visited schools in Kenya and Uganda in 1997, and the Maasai and their tenderness toward their children planted a seed in her heart that grew into the idea for this book. This is her twenty-eighth book for children.Barbara Lavallee's vibrant watercolor illustrations are known around the world, especially in Alaska where she lives. Ms. Lavallee has illustrated many books for children, including This Place is Wild: East Africa by Vicki Cobb. She has twice visited Afric",africa;books;children's books;education & reference;emotions & feelings;explore the world;family life;parents;social situations;travel & cultures,10
B000FO7NME,"Practical Security Training Mr. Kane is sensitive to the challenges of teaching security techniques to adults and suggests ways to improve training of security personnel. -Access Control & Security Systems Integration	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Practical Security Training is designed to help security departments develop effective security forces from the personnel screening and selection process to ensuring that proper ,cost-efficient training is conducted. Using the building block and progressive method approach allows security staff to become increasingly more effective and more confident. Flexible and practicle, these tools allow security practitioners to adapt them as needed in different environments.  Considering hypothetical situations and case studies, performing drills and continually evaluating performance, the security staff can be better prepared to deal with both routine and emergency situations.                                        Advocates performance related training similar to that in a military environment Describes performance-oriented drills Considers and analyzes hypothetical situations	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;business & investing;criminal law;education & reference;industries & professions;law;law enforcement;politics & government;politics & social sciences;specific topics,10
0596007876,"Knoppix Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools Kyle Rankin is a system administrator for The Green Sheet, Inc., the current president of the North Bay Linux Users Group, and the author of ""Knoppix Hacks"" and ""Knoppix Pocket Reference"". Kyle has been using Linux in one form or another since early 1998. In his free time he does pretty much the same thing he does at work--works with Linux.",books;computers & technology;hacking;internet & web culture;linux;operating systems;programming;security & encryption;software;unix,10
1562923587,"The Indescribable Gift ""Indescribably Excellent!"" -- Roger Howerton, Assistant Editor, New Leaf Press and Master Books	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Richard Exley is a man with a rich diversity of experience -- pastor, author, radio host, conference and retreat speaker. After serving churches in Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma for the past twenty-six years, he now devotes his time fully to writing and speaking.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;christian books & bibles;christmas;holidays;inspirational;jesus;protestantism;reference;religion & spirituality;spirituality,10
0226112306,"Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters Befitting its subject, this study of jokes is neither deep nor systematic, but light, funny, and thought-provoking. As one suspicious of theories, Cohen (Philosophy/Univ. of Chicago) offers ``no comprehensive theory of jokes,'' contenting himself instead with relatively disconnected remarks about how some jokes work and ``what their existence may show about those of us who love them.'' This lack of philosophical ambition is frustrating at times, with some observations trite (e.g., that we joke about death to gain power over it) or insufficiently explored (the promising but stunted section on how one creates a joke). Yet the method fits the material, allowing the author to pepper the book with a diversity of jokes without flattening their humor as a steamroller theory might. Such a book is only as good as its jokes, and most of his are good. His taste runs to long and detailed (the longest runs three pages) but with punch lines worth the wait: see the one about the New York cab driver whose fare wants to be driven to Chicago. But short jokes are supplied too: ``What's big and gray, and wrote gloomy poetry? T.S. Elephant.'' Most are cerebral, sometimes excessively so: ``Wagner is the Puccini of music'' is funny when you think about it, but ``What's round and purple, and commutes to work? An Abelian grape'' may elude all but mathematicians. Among Cohen's better points: all jokes are conditional, presupposing varying degrees of knowledge in the audience; successful jokes achieve intimacy between teller and hearer; and jokes can seem morally objectionable while also being funny. The most detailed treatment is given to Jewish jokes, which Cohen traces to biblical and talmudic roots and characterizes as outsiders' humor rife with ``crazy logic.'' It's not Aristotle's lost book on comedy, but it does combine entertainment and ideas in one gossamer package.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Jokes is a book of jokes as well as a book about them. Ted Cohen loves a good laugh, but as a philosopher, he is also interested in how jokes work, why they work, and when they don't. Jokes: more humorous than other philosophy books, more philosophical than other humor books.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Ted Cohen is a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of Essays in Kant's Aesthetics and Pursuits of Reason.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;essays;humor;humor & entertainment;modern;philosophy;politics & social sciences;satire;self-help & psychology;social sciences,10
1901785017,"Nat Tate: An American Artist 'January 8th, it seems, is not only my birthday but also the fateful day when the painter Nat Tate contrived to round up and burn almost his entire output. Four days later he jumped to his death from the Staten Island Ferry, thereby completing the ragged circle of his life's events. William Boyd's description of Tate's working procedure is so vivid that it convinces me that the small oil I picked on Prince Street, New York, in the late '60s, must indeed be one of the lost Third Panel Triptychs. The great sadness of this quiet and moving monograph is that the artist's most profound dread-that God will make you an artist but only a mediocre artist- did not in retrospect apply to Nat Tate' David Bowie 'A moving account of an artist too well understood by his time' Gore Vidal	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	William Boyd is the author of nine novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year Award. 	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.",architects & photographers;artists;arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;criticism;history;history & criticism;individual artists,10
0963479903,"River Guide to Desolation and Gray Canyons on the Green River, Utah: A Mile-By-Mile Guide to the Green River Between the Towns of Ouray and Green River, Utah, and Geology of the Area ""The first time I went down the river, I had no idea where to camp, what walks to take, or what rapids to scout. Proposed camps picked out from the map were often hopeless upon our arrival. I scouted easy rapids. I wish I'd known more about the river, and I hope to have addressed that problem here.""  ...from Introduction.	Where to camp What rapids to scout What walks to take Where to launch and take out Regional geology Photographs and topographic maps	Tom Rampton has been floating rivers since 1979. He holds a B.S. in chemistry from Chapman College, and taught high school science in Buena Vista, Colorado. He is the author of two river guides: Arkansas River Guide, and River Guide to Desolation and Gray Canyons.	A boat is a way of seeing things you could never access in any other way. Since most of this river is calm, uninterrupted trains of thought can continue all the way to the next rapid. I remember moving slowly along, inches from a wall of vegetation, wondering what might live in there. On various trips I'd seen a multitude of creatures-great blue herons, beaver in the evening, and a swimming snake who wanted in my boat. What else was there? Even if you walked the forty miles to this place, you couldn't reach the riverward side of this tamarisk. I was entranced. This was wild country, and I was able to observe it closely. Then, down the river came a group from some youth camp. They were singing a silly song, probably because that's what you do at camp or because somebody wanted them occupied. These kids had been brought to one of the nation's unique places for that? I hope a few of them will someday have an idea what it means to have floated a wilderness river. Their experience here should have been special, and it probably was for some, but most of them might as well have been at a slumber party. Nothing wrong with that, but you can do it at home. A few people don't want us to know this place, to make it easier for them to destroy it. Not many people had experienced Glen Canyon, so it was easier for the dam-builders to wreck it. Many others don't have the first clue about wild places. Explaining the concept of wilderness to such people is like playing Mozart for your dog. ...from A Solo Trip At Jack Creek Rapid, the Green begins to flow as though it had a destination. Its gradient increases by a factor of about eight. From Firewater Canyon to Swasey's Rapid at trip's end, the drop is closer to 8.5 feet per mile. It's slightly higher in Desolation Canyon, slightly lower in Gray Canyon. Your speed will depend less upon the water level. All rapids here result from tributaries that bring down rocks faster than the river can carry them off. Downstream in Cataract Canyon, rapids have resulted from large blocks of the canyon wall sliding toward the river. But in Desolation and Gray Canyons, and almost everywhere else along the river system, rapids result from outwash. Rivers tend to erode broad canyons, rather than straight-walled slots, because weathering and erosion bring material off the canyon walls down tributaries. The river is the machine that carries it away. ...from Regional Geology",books;central;education & reference;general;rafting;reference;sports & outdoors;travel;united states;water sports,10
007052694X,"Pharmacology, 9/e ""The question/answer  format is a very good way to provide a review and the clinical vignettes make it similar to the national board questions. Providing an explanation with references is also very helpful. "" (Doody's )	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	* 500 USMLE-type questions, answers & explanations * High-yield facts reinforce key concepts * Targets what you really need to know * Student-tested and reviewed  PreTest is the medical student's most dynamic weapon for mastering the USMLE Step 1. * Designed to simulate the exam * Reviewed by recent examinees * Mimics the real exam, question by question  PreTest is the closest you can get to seeing the test before you take it.   This one-of-a-kind test prep guide helps you: * Get to know material on course exams and the USMLE Step 1 * Practice with 500 clinically oriented multiple-choice questions * Review key facts for exam success o Build confidence, skills, and knowledge  There are plenty of answers out there. But only PreTest delivers USMLE-type questions, in USMLE format.  Open this PreTest for: * 500 board-type questions * High-yield facts for board and course review * Referenced answers with concise explanations  Great for pharmacology course review and exams, too! This Pharmacology PreTest asks the right questions so you'll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what's on the test.  ""When I saw Step 1, I knew the PreTest had been the right choice for review."" --a medical student who recently passed the USMLE Step 1	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Dr. Arnold Stern is Professor of Pharmacology and New York University School of Medicine. He has been testing new questions on his medical students since the publication of the last edition of Pharmacology: PreTest in 1998.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",basic sciences;books;education & reference;medical books;medicine;medicine & health sciences;new;pharmacology;test preparation & review;used & rental textbooks,10
0070410445,"Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook The definitive, all-in-one, cost-saving guide to electronic failure analysis--from the field's top experts. Still digging for the latest developments and techniques in electronic failure analysis? The leading-edge methods for slashing product failure rates are all right here--in one complete, comprehensive source. In the Electronic Failure  Analysis Handbook, you'll find top-to-bottom coverage of this rapidly developing field, encompassing breakthrough techniques and technologies for both components and systems reliability testing, performance evaluation, and liability avoidance. Absolutely essential to anyone concerned with electronic product development and testing, the  Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook gives you ready-to-use, insider information on: state-of-the-art EFA techniques; the how's and why's of electronic failures; failure prediction; warranty cost control; liability-costs and other issues.	Perry Martin is group manager for reliability and process engineering in the Sacramento, California, division of National Technical Systems. His experience includes more than a decade of performing electronic failure analysis and environmental quality testing for the United States Air Force at McClellan Air Force Base in California. There he provided support and expertise in a number of areas, including the testing and repair of equipment such as avionics, crash and failure investigations for AF weapon systems, and contractor fraud inquiries. He has briefed both members of Congress and the Air Force Chief of Staff on his findings on faults in Air Force weapons systems.",books;education & reference;electrical & electronic engineering;electrical & electronics;engineering;industrial;manufacturing & operational systems;new;professional & technical;used & rental textbooks,10
0761814450,"Sacred Adventure: Beginning Theological Study William C Graham is Professor and Director of the Catholic Studies Program at the College of St. Scholarstica. He received a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Fordham University, New York, and is a contributor to the National Catholic Reporter, Today's Parish, America, and Ministry & Liturgy.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;education & reference;humanities;new;religion & spirituality;religious studies;theology;used & rental textbooks,10
068485290X,"Gregory Peck : A Biography Following up his tributes to Jimmy Stewart (Pieces of Time) and Burt Lancaster (Against Type), Fishgall reveals the star of Cape Fear, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and To Kill a Mockingbird as ""the consummate professional"" probably to no one's great shock. Born in La Jolla, Calif., in 1916, Peck worked as a truck driver before attending the University of California at Berkeley, where he first began acting. He moved to New York after graduation, became a barker at the 1939 World's Fair, worked as a photographer's model and apprenticed at Virginia's Barter Theatre before his 1942 Broadway debut. He soon signed a contract with Fox, and his role as a Roman Catholic priest in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) brought him an Oscar nomination. It was the beginning of six decades of stardom and critical acclaim as Peck ""forged a celluloid gallery of heroes writers, lawyers, military men, political figures, corporate executives, and rugged archetypes of the Old West."" Fishgall looks at Peck's personal tragedies (his rocky first marriage, the suicide of his son) and his philanthropy, but much of the narrative plods predictably from one film to another. Peck cooperated with Fishgall by supplying ""written answers to written questions,"" and the book reflects that approach; despite the author's extensive research, the star remains a somewhat distant figure. Agent, Alexander Hoyt. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	At last, a serious look at this most gentlemanly of actors.   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Mel Ferrer  Yes, Greg is ""a dignified, unpretentious, intelligent and gentle man."" The biography captures more than that. It recognizes the breadth of his interests, the depth of his convictions. Besides, I enjoyed reading it! -- Review	Gary Fishgall has been an actor, director, drama critic and reporter. He is the author of biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Burt Lancaster",actors & actresses;arts & literature;biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;education & reference;entertainers;humor & entertainment;movies;reference & collections,10
0822336030,"Zapotec Women: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Globalized Oaxaca After it first appeared, Zapotec Women quickly became a must-read in the fields of gender and Latin American studies, and today it can fairly be regarded as a classic. This thoroughly revised edition is a tour de force. Not content merely to add a few pages at the beginning or end of chapters, Lynn Stephen has rethought several key conceptual frameworks and reconsidered the changes experienced in Teotitln del Valle over the past twenty years. Matthew C. Gutmann, editor of Changing Men and Masculinities in Latin AmericaHow wonderful that this second edition of Zapotec Women is available! So well written and blessedly lacking in jargon, it comprehensively explains the evolution of womens cooperatives in Teotitln, including their interactions with the Mexican state and NGOs, and the effects of transnational forces like NAFTA and increased migration to the United States.Jean Jackson, coeditor of Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin AmericaIn Zapotec Women, Lynn Stephen presents a complex analysis of stereotypically strong women. She situates womens independence, forged in daily life, in Zapotec tradition that is framed by state-sponsored images of Mexican Indians and market transformations that have regional, national, and international dimensions. Stephens compelling analysis illuminates class, ethnic, and gender relations that are unexpected and contingent. She renders these social processes beautifully, leaving the reader with an appreciation of individual lives in the context of global transformation.Patricia Zavella, coeditor of Chicana Feminisms: A Critical ReaderThis book is a light in the darkness. The author is a brilliant weaver who, with great expertise, intertwines the fine threads of gender, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, and art, rendering a magnificent tapestry. A rigorous anthropology of Zapotec women in a socio-historical context, the work also surprises by contemplating the aesthetic component of the sarapes created by the artisans of Teotitln del Valle, Oaxaca.Eli Bartra, editor of Crafting Gender: Women and Folk Art in Latin America and the Caribbean	""After it first appeared, Zapotec Women quickly became a must-read in the fields of gender and Latin American studies, and today it can fairly be regarded as a classic. This thoroughly revised edition is a tour-de-force. Not content to merely add a few pages at the beginning or end of chapters, Lynn Stephen has rethought several key conceptual frameworks and reconsidered the changes experienced in Teotitln del Valle over the past twenty years."" Matthew C. Gutmann, editor of Changing Men and Masculinities in Latin America	""After it first appeared, Zapotec Women quickly became a must-read in the fields of gender and Latin American studies, and today it can fairly be regarded as a classic. This thoroughly revised edition is a tour-de-force. Not content to merely add a few pages at the beginning or end of chapters, Lynn Stephen has rethought several key conceptual frameworks and reconsidered the changes experienced in Teotitln del Valle over the past twenty years."" Matthew C. Gutmann, editor of Changing Men and Masculinities in Latin America	Lynn Stephen is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. She is the author of several books, including Zapata Lives! Histories and Cultural Politics in Southern Mexico; Women and Social Movements in Latin America: Power from Below; and Hear My Testimony: Mara Teresa Tula, Human Rights Activist of El Salvador.",anthropology;books;cultural;gay & lesbian;history;politics & social sciences;social sciences;women in history;women's studies;world,10
1852424036,"The Medicine Burns: And Other Stories (High Risk Books) Taken separately, the short stories in this debut collection are brief slices of bitterness. Taken together, they describe a gay coming of age and a coming to grips with human frailty. In the first story, the physical manifestation is genetic: the club foot the narrator inherited from his mother. After a party at which his guests dress up in his mother's clothing and makeup, his parents discover his sexual preference. ""All I wanted was for you to have a chance at a normal life,"" his mother says. ""It's like you've chosen to be deformed."" In the title story, the narrator recounts the parallel tales of his painful acne treatment and the doomed affair between a friend (a member of ""the secret club of beautiful men"") and a married man. By ""Dr. K.,"" though, the body's betrayal is fatal: with the narrator's lover dying, he begins an affair with a man whose lover has killed himself. After inquiring about the lover, he adds apologetically that ""Storytelling... is what people do during the plague-they hole up somewhere and have a round table."" Klein's evocation of both an individual and a culture maturing and entering a funereal phase is strong, and although there are weak patches here and there when imagery gets in the way of meaning-especially in ""India,"" which stumbles pointlessly about-his direct, economical language hammers these stories home with a single stroke. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Klein's strong stories limn the lives of people living on the fringes: gawky adolescent boys struggling with problem skin and inexplicable urges toward other boys; a teenager born clubfooted whose deformity bonds him to his seductive, guilt-instilling mother; a recovering junkie whose HIV-negative status makes him stand out from those around him, who all seem to be HIV infected. In the longest story, ""India,"" we meet a young man dying of AIDS who seems an outsider even to his lover's life and death. After seeing that his lover's body is cremated, though, he journeys to India, where he must be dependent on the kindness of strangers as he hovers, not quite dying, on the fringes of death. A strong addition to gay and lesbian literature.  Whitney Scott",anthologies;books;contemporary;fiction;gay;gay & lesbian;literature & fiction;short stories;single author;united states,10
0316826812,"Hero Dogs: Courageous Canines in Action Gr. 2-5. Heroic and helpful dogs are the subject of the accounts in this timely photo-essay. Most of the book focuses on dogs involved in the 9/11 catastrophe, ending with a poignant account of a bomb-sniffing dog's death in one of the towers. Other sections introduce dogs that work in other ways--as companions, for example. The stories are all interesting, but many of the photographs are small, dark, or fuzzy, and the captions are in a typeface that is so small it isn't easy to read. The two-book bibliography is also disappointing. This isn't as nicely executed as Jackson's The Bone Detectives (1996), but it does provide a useful way to approach the events of 9/11 with children, and the furry, four-footed topic is likely to make it popular. Kathleen OdeanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Even cat people could like this book.  - Chicago TribuneStudents will love hearing about the fine work that our beloved dogs do. They are, indeed, 'man's best friend.'  - School Library JournalA Junior Library Guild selectionOutstanding! You don't have to be a dog-lover to appreciate the compassion which emanates from the text and the photos in this story. . . I highly recommend the purchase of this book for every library. I will purchase it as gifts for my dog-lover friends.- Librarian, Round Rock (Texas)	Donna M. Jackson is an award-winning author of manynonfiction books for young readers. Her work includes The Bone Detectives, The Name Game and, most recently, The Elephant Scientist --named a 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor book, a 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book, andan NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade book.She lives with her husband, Charlie, and their family near the Colorado's Rocky Mountains.",action & adventure;animals;books;children's books;dogs;education & reference;health;nature & how it works;safety;science,10
B0000547DR,"Squandering Aimlessly: My Adventures in the American Marketplace What do Americans do with their money? Marketplace host David Brancaccio took a financial pilgrimage across the country to find out. From Minnesota's Mall of America to Wall Street, from entrepreneurs in California to retirees in Arizona, Brancaccio investigates the American meaning of money in Squandering Aimlessly. But are we throwing our dough out the window? Brancaccio was challenged by a cascade of practical issues: If consumption drives the economy, is there something wrong with saving? Is there such a thing as a socially responsible investment? Is charity an investment? If you can't beat a Las Vegas casino, can you beat the stock market? Find out if you agree with the advice of a drifter in the desert or a U.S. secretary of the treasury - and get some entertaining lessons about how best to spend, invest, and save your money to boot!Brancaccio is host and senior editor of Marketplace, public radio's award-winning business program produced at the University of Southern California and distributed nationwide by Public Radio International.",accounting;accounting & finance;books;budgeting & money management;business & investing;finance;introduction;investing;personal finance;professional & technical,10
1556614284,"The Dreamgivers (Wells Fargo Trail, Book 1) size : 5.5 x 8.4",books;christian books & bibles;contemporary;fiction;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;religion & spirituality;united states;westerns,10
1575420740,"Highs! Over 150 Ways to Feel Really, Really Good....Without Alcohol or Other Drugs Grade 6 Up-Packer does for teen life skills what he did for teen etiquette in his irreverent, humorous, and wise How Rude! The Teenagers' Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior and Not Grossing People Out (Free Spirit, 1997). Highs! is crammed cover to cover with advice, but it's much more than a preachy tome on alternatives to drugs. The first three chapters are on stress reduction, breathing exercises, and how to meditate. The author then proceeds to cover everything from high-minded ""highs"" like Zen koans and fractals to flat out fun ""highs"" like creating optical illusions. Shaded text boxes and charts provide fascinating additional information, ideas, and points of view. Numerous ""Find Out More"" sections point readers to additional materials and Web sites. Written with wisdom and wit, the author brings together an amazing collection of things to do to live a better, fuller life. This is one of the best life-skills books on the market, and it should be on every teenager's bookshelf.Jane Halsall, McHenry Public Library District, IL Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.",addiction & recovery;books;drug & alcohol abuse;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;mind & body;self-esteem;smoking;teens,10
B0006I0VZA,An ASP.NET Mobile Web Application to Monitor and Control a Server Farm n/a,asp;books;computers & technology;education & reference;languages & tools;mobile phones;programming;programming & app development;tablets & e-readers;web development & design,10
B00063KMYA,"Bio Guard Shampoo, 12-ounce Bio Guard Shampoo for Dogs, Cats, Puppies and Kittens",adams;bio spot & zodiac;bio spot cat;bio spot dog;dogs;flea & tick center;grooming;pet supplies;shampoos;shampoos & conditioners,10
0895297337,"Coping with Colorblindness Color vision confusion (CVC), or color blindness, is thought to affect about 10 percent of the world's population (both male and female). It can be a genetic disorder or a side effect of various pollutants, diseases, and medications. Whatever the cause, CVC undermines the visual communication and information networks for those afflicted and affects both the individual and all who come into contact with him or her. Rosenthal, a member of the Optical Society of America and a CVC advocate, and psychologist Phillips raise public awareness about CVC by providing encyclopedic information on this serious visual handicap and by giving numerous personal case studies of the issues faced by the CVC-impaired. Their book is intended for both the general reader and the specialist and is recommended for all health collections.?James Swanton, Harlem Hospital Lib., New YorkCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A surprisingly well researched book on a difficult subject combing medical facts with human interest stories. -- Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Canadian Family Physician, 1998encyclopedic information on this serious visual handicap...intended for both the general reader and specialist. Recommended for all health collections. -- Dr. James Swanton, Library Journal, 1997",allied health services;books;disabled;medicine & health sciences;new;optometry;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;used & rental textbooks,10
067173489X,Simon & Schuster's Guide to Herbs and Spices (Nature Guide Series) Text: English (translation)  Original Language: Italian,books;crafts;education & reference;gardening & landscape design;herbs;hobbies & home;nature & ecology;reference;science & math;technology,10
B000GGSK78,"Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation ""The book will find wide use as a reference in exploration and mining companies, and as a text in professional short courses. Geologists working on exploration projects that have moved beyond discovery drilling will want access to this book. It also should find wide use in mine offices, to be consulted by geologists and engineers dealing with mine planning and ore quality problems. It will also serve as a useful guide for the selection and evaluation of consulting specialists.""   Economic Geology	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation presents a comprehensive applied approach to the estimation of mineral resources/reserves with particular emphasis on the geological basis of such estimations, the need for and maintenance of a high quality assay data base, the practical use of comprehensive exploratory data evaluation, and the importance of a comprehensive geostatistical approach to the estimation methodology. Practical problems and real data are used throughout as illustrations. Each chapter ends with a summary of practical concerns, a number of exercises and a short list of references for supplementary study. This textbook is suitable for any university or mining school that offers senior undergraduate and graduate student courses on mineral resource/reserve estimation.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;earth sciences;engineering;geology;materials;mineralogy;mining & geological;petroleum;professional & technical;science & math,10
B0002BJPTO,TV Tycoon (Jewel Case) Bee the ultimate media mogul in TV Tycoon!Product InformationAnyone can achieve success with skill and hard work - the American dream! Livethis dream by taking charge of a small nearly bankrupt TV station and leadingit to glory as the world's largest TV work! Wele to the world ofshow business!Place movies and advertising spots depending on which audience segments you wishto appeal to. Create your news programs by mixing ingredients that will appealto your audience segment. Launch marketing campaigns to boost your station'sreputation. And don't forget...buying new movies and series isn't enough. Toachieve success you'll need to expand your broadcasting work. Acquirebroadcasting rights throughout America...and then the world!Bee the ultimate media mogul!Product Features Use Your Wit to Make a Whole Lot of Cash in a Limited Amount of Time! Take Full Control Over a TV Station! Achieve the American Dream! Buy and Fulfill Advertising Contracts! Pay Close Attention to Audience Demographics!System Requirements Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Pentium 450MHz processor 64 MB of RAM 20MB of Hard Drive Space Required 4X CD-ROM Drive Direct X 7.0 DirectX 7.0 patible video card DirectX 7.0 patible sound card Microsoft Inter Explorer 4.0 or higher (5.01 included) Inter access: 28800 baud modem or better required for optional Inter features Mouse,adventure;games;home & hobbies;home publishing;illustration & design;pc;simulation;software;strategy;video games,10
B000NHZ3JS,"Duck Brand 1062650 Duck 3/4 by 650 Inch Crystal Clear Tape The Henkel Duck Crystal Clear heavy duty stationery tape is ideal for sealing larger envelopes and wrapping heavier weight papers. The 3/4-by-650-inch high gloss finish tape applies easily with disposable dispenser. It is acid free for archival applications and is CKOK approved.	Count on Duck Brand adhesives to do the job, every time. Duck Crystal Clear Gloss Finish tape is the perfect companion for beautiful, glossy gift wraps, or for adhering foil finishes. Use in all wrapping situations, or for sealing or repairing when you need a glossy finish. Tape is crystal clear, no yellowing, no opaqueness. Each roll comes in an easy-to-tear dispenser and includes 650 inches of 3/4 inch wide tape.",adhesives;adhesives & fasteners;education & crafts;office & school supplies;office products;painting supplies & wall treatments;prep materials;tape;tools & home improvement;transparent tape,10
0060591919,"The Measure of God: Our Century-Long Struggle to Reconcile Science & Religion Starred Review. From the Victorian era to the present, the Gifford Lectures in Scotland in natural theology have been a uniquely prestigious forum for conversations about faith and reason, attracting many of the 20th-century's biggest names in theology, philosophy and history, as well as the natural and social sciences. Witham, a science journalist, develops the story of the lectures into a cameo history of modern ideas about God. Although his coverage is necessarily selective, Witham includes an impressive range of material for a single volume: lecture summaries, biographical sketches of selected presenters, observations of Scottish history and local color, and a wealth of background information on intellectual movements that have shaped the lectures over the decades. Witham follows disciplines and ideologies rather than strict chronology, allowing the story to flow more naturally. The text is deeply researched and factually rich, even dense at times. But fans of the Gifford Lectures will appreciate Witham's thoroughness, as well as his interest in the personalities of the presenters beyond the lectures themselves. For all their intellectual accomplishment, these thinkers were also human beings whose ""efforts to conceive, produce, and finally deliver the lectures reveal a remarkable drama of mortal hopes, fears, victories, defeats, vanities and frailties."" (Sept.)  Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.",books;general;history;history & philosophy;religion & spirituality;religious;religious studies;science & math;science & religion;world,10
B00004Z712,"Fellowes 91705 Adjustable Monitor Arm (Platinum) Clear off that desktop without investing hundreds in an LCD, with the simple addition of this adjustable monitor arm from Fellowes. The Platinum model supports monitors up to 70 pounds, and offers three separate height adjustments. 360-degree swivel allows you viewing access from any position, while the leveling feature of this model guarantees your screen stays flat and in position. Fellowes includes a 90-day warranty against defect.	Workstation Extendong Arm for up to 15"" Monitors",accessories & supplies;computer & monitor mounts;desk accessories & workspace organizers;electronics;monitor arms & stands;mounts;office & school supplies;office products;platforms;stands & shelves,10
0300090404,"Columbus's Outpost among the Taínos: Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498 . . . .[A]n outstanding account. . . . that clearly illustrates the importance of historical archaeology and how it expands the historical record. . . .  -- (Mark Michel, American Archaeology)	""La Isabela, founded by Columbus during his second voyage, was the first Spanish  settlement in the New World. Kathleen Deagan and J.M. Cruxent are uniquely qualified to discuss this  important event. Their book is based on sound scholarship and its style is clear and readable.""Irving  Rouse, author of The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus	Kathleen Deagan is Distinguished Research Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Jose Maria Cruxent is professor emeritus at Universidad Nacional y Experimental Francisco de Miranda in Coro, Venezuela. They are also the coauthors of Archaeology at La Isabela: America's First European Town 90 300 09041 2, [pound]45.00), also published by Yale University Press.",americas;books;caribbean & west indies;dominican republic;expeditions & discoveries;history;humanities;new;used & rental textbooks;world,10
0072122056,"Windows 2000 Design & Migration Deploy Windows 2000 in new environments and legacy networks.     Get all the expert information you need to successfully migrate your organization to Windows 2000. Industry insider Rand Morimoto's implementation plans and real-world examples provide step-by-step instructions, easily overlooked pitfalls to avoid, and critical areas that need to be explored to ensure success. Paced with tested, accurate information, Windows 2000 Design & Migration covers all major issues--from planning, designing hardware and LAN/WAN infrastructures, and designing and managing DNS and server deployment. The dozens of critical system-level changes from NT 3.51 and 4.0 are also described in detail, including the updated version of NTFS, new directory services architecture, and revamped security framework.       Design and plan the migration to Windows 2000 in new and existing networks   Assemble an effective transition team and realistic budget   Develop the hardware and LAN/WAN infrastructure   Create a robust enterprise Active Directory from scratch   Migrate other directory services (Exchange v5.5, DDS) and domain securities (NT 3.51, 4.0) to Active Directory   Integrate Windows 2000 into an existing DDS   Analyze system performance and conduct accurate site evaluations",books;computers & technology;home computing & how-to;mathematics;microsoft;networking;operating systems;programming;science & math;windows os,10
B000PDZFZ2,"The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir At age eight, Victoria Rowell won a Ford Foundation grant to study ballet and later went on to train and dance professionally under the auspices of the American Ballet Theatre, Twyla Tharp Workshop, and the Juilliard School before becoming an actress. She is the founder of the Rowell Foster Children Positive Plan, which provides scholarships in the arts and education to foster youth, and serves as national spokesperson for the Annie E. Casey Foundation/Casey Family Services. Rowell is an award-winning actress and veteran of many acclaimed feature films and several television series, including eight seasons on Diagnosis Murder, and has starred for the past thirteen years as Drucilla Winters on CBS's #1 daytime drama The Young and the Restless.",arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;books;entertainers;humor & entertainment;kindle ebooks;kindle store;memoirs;specific groups;women,10
B0002CO9MG,"KC HiLiTES 126 SlimLite Chrome 100-Watt Fog Light System KC Hilites SlimLite 100-Watt Fog Systems include high performance halogen bulbs, optical quality glass lenses, precision polished and focused reflectors and tough ABS plastic stone guards for extra protection. Chrome finish and two all steel round slim housings give excellent durability and great styling.",automotive;driving & fog lights;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lights & lighting accessories;performance lighting;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts,10
0760321388,"Original Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet (Original Series) Red Power, January/February 2006 (circ. unavailable) The book is a must for those who want to restore their Cub, Cub Lo-Boy, or IH Cub Cadet to original condition.	Kenneth Updike is an IH enthusiast and has been since birth. He has authored a number of IH books, including Original Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet, Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet, and International Harvester Tractors 19551985. He lives in Evansville, Wisconsin, with his wife and children.",agricultural sciences;automotive;books;food;lodging & transportation;professional & technical;road travel;science & math;transportation;travel,10
0814408346,"John F. Kennedy on Leadership: The Lessons and Legacy of a President Following up on Ulysses Grant on Leadership, journalist Barnes offers 12 concept-based chapters that draw on the life and presidency of JFK. ""Vision"" centers on the ""Ask Not..."" inaugural address; ""Resilience"" touches on the West Virgina primary (where JFK found a way around ""the Catholic issue"" to score an upset victory); ""Team Building"" looks at the JFK-RFK relationship and at Kennedy's crack staff of advisors (as well as when he did and didn't listen to them). Barnes gets to the anecdotal material quickly enough in each chapter to keep his rather thin concepts from buckling, and he presents it clearly and without jingoism. And Barnes does not back away from ""Miscalculations and Misjudgements"" and ""Faults and Failings."" The result is suggestive, if not overly inspiring. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Cecil Johnson, nationally syndicated columnist: John F. Kennedy on Leadership is a worthy addition to the books that use history to add flavor to lessons on leadership.     Houston Business Journal: Clear and concise, the book covers all the fundamentals for success.Written in an inviting and accessible style, this skill-building book is an essential tool for becoming an effective, confident new manager.     The Globe  Mail (Toronto): Its a tight, tough, thought-provoking biography-cum-leadership book that is fun to read.     NationalReview.com: [John Barnes] dazzles me [still] with his sharp eye for the unnoticed detail  and his fascinating insights into the minds of the great and not-so-good.	John F. Kennedy defied many in his own party to advocate one of the largest tax cuts in history in order to fulfill his promise to 'get the country moving again.' That's just one example of how JFK was not afraid to disregard the conventional wisdom and form his own opinions about issues, a skill no business executive can afford to be without. In addition to providing invaluable insights on Kennedy's management approach, John Barnes's elegant style makes John F. Kennedy on Leadership a joy to read. -- Lawrence Kudlow, CNBC co-host, Kudlow  Cramer and CEO of Kudlow and Company, LLC     The world has long admired JFK's style and grace. Now John A. Barnes shows us how JFK's large personality and skills made him a beloved leader. Barnes moves beyond the image to reveal new layers of shrewdness and sense, offering timeless lessons for today. -- Steven F. Hayward, author of Churchill on Leadership and The Age of Reagan	Whether in business, politics, or the community, todays leaders have more in common with their legendary predecessors than they may realize. Intensely scrutinized by their constituents, colleagues, the media, and the public, leaders make decisions that affect lives far beyond their immediate surroundings.     Perhaps no figure in recent memory more fully personifies leadership than President John F. Kennedy. Leading the nation in a time of unprecedented turbulence, challenge, and opportunity, Kennedy led his administration (and the country) with a courage and determination that even his harshest critics respected.     John F. Kennedy on Leadership identifies eleven core principles that made Kennedy, both before and during his presidency, a unique and dominant force who would serve as the standard by which future leaders would measure themselves -- and by which they would be judged. Current and aspiring leaders would do well to adopt these principles, which include:     * Questioning the status quo: Progress is change, and no leader ever became great without breaking rules.   * Turning liabilities into pluses, making the best of miscalculations and misjudgments, and staying educable: There is value in mistakes, and there is always more to learn.   * Making decisions: Although you solicit and incorporate many viewpoints, know that the buck stops with you.   * Presenting an idealized view of what the future can be: Some may feel that vision is a tired concept, but properly crafted and communicated, it is a powerful motivator.   * Finding your own Bobby: In building your team, surround yourself with people who not only are trustworthy and competent but who also make your job easier.   * Being the coolest person in the room: In times of crisis, take the reins. Your people will be looking to you; give them confidence.     John F. Kennedy on Leadership doesnt shy away from the well-documented darker side of Kennedys life: the seemingly nonstop parade of lovers and the chronic and multiple illnesses. Every leader faces personal challenges that affect the ability to lead. This book shows how legendary leadership can exist even in the face of substantial limitations.     Kennedy led his nation through some of its most extraordinary challenges, from the volatile civil rights movement to the nearly catastrophic Cuban missile crisis. The extraordinary skills he exhibited in bringing America and the world into a new era are yours to embrace, emulate, and employ as you take your people and your vision forward.	John A. Barnes has been a writer, journalist, and television commentator for more than seventeen years. His columns have appeared in The Boston Herald, The Detroit News, and The New York Post. He is also the author of Ulysses S. Grant on Leadership. Mr. Barnes lives in New York City.",books;business & investing;business life;leadership;management & leadership;motivation & self-improvement;motivational;self-help;success;teens,10
0062515055,"Be A Goddess: A Guide to Magical Celtic Spells for Self-Healing, Prosperity and Great Sex NEW AGE    DeGrandis ""knows her stuff.""--Starhawk, author of The Spiral Dance    ""I loved it. . . . An important book. . . . A well written and superb step-by-step introduction to Celtic Shamanism.""--Margot Adler, author of Drawing Down the Moon and Heretic's Heart    Mysticism can be practical: good magic gets your house cleaned, creates abundance, and helps conjure your own brand of bewitching sexuality. So says Francesca De Grandis in this down-to-earth and entertaining guide to the goddess magic of Celtic shamanism--and she should know. De Grandis has led countless students to profound personal transformation and inner wisdom through her step-by-step program of spells, rituals, and meditations. This is serious shamanic training at its playful best!     Be a Goddess! shows you how to:      cast spells for the good things in life-fun, fine food, a happy home, and romance,   love your body and be cleansed in spirit,   take a magical bath for the sheer pagan pleasure of it,   gain the passion, sensuality, and unique individuality of Celtic shamanism,   drink from The Cup of Love, a powerful love spell,   and get just about anything you want--boom! flash of smoke!--by using The Spell Itself.    With this book you can gain the wild, natural power of goddess spirituality, learn to use the simple, potent magic of the Faerie folk, and become a goddess for life.	Francesca De Grandis, daughter of a Sicilian witch, completed a rare seven-year training to become a Celtic Shaman in the Faerie tradition. She runs her own school, The Third Road, where lawyers and bike messengers alike come to learn and be enchanted by the magic and mysticism of Goddess Spirituality. She lives in San Francisco.",books;earth-based religions;fitness & dieting;health;occult;psychology & counseling;religion & spirituality;self-help;wicca;witchcraft,10
037540029X,"33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories Ever since the 1830s, when Pushkin immortalized St. Petersburg in ""The Bronze Horseman,"" the city has been the capital of the Russian imagination. It also seems to have exerted a powerful influence on the young German writer Ingo Schulze, who celebrates this swampy metropolis in his English-language debut, 33 Moments of Happiness. Not that the author is invariably enchanted by his subject. His 33 slices of Slavic life include some definite downers, not least a bloody (yet oddly comical) shootout in a disco. For one of Schulze's narrators, in fact, St. Petersburg encapsulates all the defects of an entire nation: ""Russians in general seem to have been so conditioned by some lifelong experiment that apathy marches in step with an astounding ingenuity for humiliating others. Everything is contrived to cause people the greatest possible unpleasantness, whether it's a lack of benches, mirrors hung too low, repairs that go on for years or the shopping, which requires standing in line three times for a pat of butter."" Still, many of the characters manage to grasp some genuine bliss, even if it's simply the scent of an imported perfume or a poppy-seed pastry. These minor ecstasies--and the sizzling, sardonic pleasures of the prose--ensure that the reader's happiness will be anything but momentary. --James Marcus	It is an act of bravura for an outsider to attempt a literary portrait of a foreign city, but Schulze succeeds magnificently here. Usually beginning with a detailed and convincing depiction of life in the postcommunist era, Schulze sometimes stays within the bounds of realism, but more frequently uses the background as a platform to launch a flight of fantasy, sometimes charming, sometimes scurrilous, and sometimes scandalous but always thought-provoking. These stories, which do indeed revolve around moments of happiness, culminate in generalizations about the Russian character that would be banal if stated plainly and simply, but they acquire an odd authenticity when the reader glimpses them lurking behind the characters an their situations. While some of these stories would probably perplex or even irritate native Saint Petersburgers, they are probably as close to the soul of this fabled city as an outsider's imagination ever gets. Highly recommended.?Michael T. O'Pecko, Towson State Univ., Md.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A curious debut collection of linked stories by a young German writer who explores relations between his own country and Russia and various expressions of the Russian temperament, while also offering what seem parodies ofand homages toRussian writers in both vignettes and fully developed tales that ostensibly constitute ``an ongoing discussion concerning the value of happiness.'' Schulze prefaces the stories with a frame in which a woman traveling by train across Europe to Petersburg enjoys a brief encounter with a German businessman named Hofmann, who leaves behind him a manuscript containing these taleswhich the lady passes to ``I.S.,'' urging him to ``lend these fantasies your name.'' The stories, which usually but not invariably observe Russian behavior from a Teutonic viewpoint, variously present comic-grotesque evidence of a people notable for their ``vast hospitality'' (a woman doctor who administers highly unprofessional last rites, so to speak, to a dying old man is hailed as a ``saint''; street vendors seize a wealthy businessman and write their names and addresses on his body), desperate poverty (a widow without means prospers when an American named Nickand who may be St. Nicholasmarries in succession each of her surviving daughters), and political passion (a widow Communist goes door-to- door defending the Party's ideals; a temperamental painter destroys his canvases because they don't portray the ``sufferings of his people''yet, in so doing, embodies ``the despair of the artist''). Nor does Schulze spare his own culture. One story describes a naive traveler's (Hofmann's?) idealization of the prostitute he keeps encountering in hotels, and another recounts the unfortunate fate of a German restaurateur who seeks artifacts from the czarist period as decorations, and unintentionally awakens still-heated memories of WW II. A rather mixed bag, though Schulze's sardonic intelligence and feeling for cultural contrasts give these seemingly disparate tales a pleasing unity and coherence.  -- Copyright 1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Fantastic and fantastical.?Los Angeles TimesFrom the Trade Paperback edition.	Text: English (translation) Original Language: German	An enchanting, fabulously bizarre and intriguing book of short stories by a prizewinning new German writer.Each episode in this dazzling debut collection captures the spark in some tiny detail of everyday life in contemporary St. Petersburg and fans it into a story that flares with comedy, surreal passion, heartbreaking indifference and mad Russian excess.There's a Mafia shoot-out in a disco, as told by a gun-toting Walter Mitty simultaneously thrilled and horrified by the carnage he is creating. There's a returning exiled writer so desperate to keep his reputation alive, now that he is no longer a professional dissident, that he will do anything to hold the interest of his retinue of reporters and cameras. There are three devils who appear for an evening at the steam bath, their revelries ending in cannibalism?or is the watching manager just mad? St. Nicholas comes back as a rich American. There is a gallery opening that gives new meaning to the term ""installation."" And on and on...These are sad, whimsical, macabre, bleakly funny stories, all told in a playful and voluptuous prose that is itself an homage to the great Russian masters whom Schulze is honoring?from Gogol to Pasternak, from Chekhov to Nabokov.	""A tour de force of short-story writing, a remarkable gathering of 'sketches' of modern-day St. Petersburg . . . When the curtain rises on each brief piece, the reader is instantly transported . . . A rare and memorable work.""  --Publishers Weekly ""These stories are simply masterpieces . . . Ingo Schulze plays creatively and deftly with that exotic place called Russia and produces a richly varied series of shrewdly constructed prose pieces--satiric and fantastic tales, some verging on the surreal, others on tragedy or, better, tragicomedy . . . Told with great ease and humor.""  --Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung""During 1993, Ingo Schulze lived as a journalist in St. Petersburg. The special air he breathed must have been rich with the local ferment of fantasy, for he has turned the whole mix into literature fascinated by life in all its mad manifestations.""  --Sddeutsche Zeitung	Ingo Schulze, born in Dresden in 1962, studied classical philology at the University of Jena. He worked as the dramaturg at the Altenburg Theater until 1990, and then became a newspaper editor, a job that took him to St. Petersburg for six months in 1993. Since then he has lived in Berlin. His first book, 33 Moments of Happiness has won both the prestigious Dblin Prize and the Willner Prize for Literature. Three of the stories in this collection have recently appeared in The New Yorker.",asia;books;contemporary;education & reference;general;literature & fiction;russia;short stories;single author;travel,10
0912724382,"New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur Book) 9 x 12  trim. 482 duotones. LC 96-46794	The expertise and insight of several individuals broaden our understanding of the artisans, networks, and objects of the extensive New England furniture trade: Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, Winterthur's former senior curator and registrar respectively; curator of furniture Wendy A. Cooper; conservator Michael S. Podmaniczky; and researcher Clare G. Noyes.",antiques & collectibles;arts & photography;books;crafts;decorative arts;decorative arts & design;furniture;furniture design;hobbies & home;houseware & dining,10
B000FQVWN8,"Windows 95 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) One of the most popular books in the best-selling Dummies line, Windows 95 for Dummies,   Second Edition, introduces rank neophytes to personal computing via Windows 95. The book opens   with explanations of the most basic computing conventions: how to use the mouse, what the Shift key does,   and why you shouldn't leave floppy disks in the sun. It also explains the concept of computer files and tells   the reader in a light but competent tone what it means to open, close, move, and delete files. Then,   Windows 95 for Dummies gets into the specifics of Windows 95. The book explains the Start   button, the Taskbar, the Desktop, and the most important Windows 95 icons. All Windows 95 accessories   get full treatment--there's even an introduction to Web surfing with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Finally, it   wraps up with lots of troubleshooting help and some hints on making Windows 95 work faster.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Much has happened in the world of Windows 95 since what had to be the biggest software product launch ever. Now, Windows 95 For Dummies is here in a completely updated information-packed second edition. So, whether you're new to Windows 95 or just ready to get back to it, you'll find what you need to work productively and get the most out of your PC investment in Windows 95 For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Turn here to get the latest on accessing the Internet and the World Wide Web with Windows 95, taking advantage of plug-and-play capabilities when adding new hardware, and sharing information among favorite application programs, such as Word, Excel, and Access. Microsoft made Windows 95 powerful; Windows 95 For Dummies, 2nd Edition, makes it easy.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;computers & technology;home computing & how-to;lan;microsoft;networking;networks;protocols & apis;software;windows os,10
0971765022,"Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II Chris Wilbeck is a serving US Army armor officer assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. He is a veteran of Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM, in which he served as a Scout Platoon Leader in the 3d Armored Division. He has also completed tactical assignments with the 1st Armored Division and the 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized). Major Wilbeck is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He holds a Masters in Business Administration, and Master of Military Arts and Sciences degrees in Military History and Theater Operations. Major Wilbeck has just returned (3/2005) from a tour of duty in Iraq in which he served on the operations staff of the 1st Cavalry Division and, subsequently, as the operations officer (S-3) for an armored battalion task force in combat.",armored vehicles;books;conventional;europe;germany;history;military;military science;weapons & warfare;world war ii,10
184449490X,"Gigantic: The Story of Frank Black & the Pixies John Mendelssohn has been writing about music off and on since long before 'Wuthering Heights'. The Guardian said, ""Worth the price [of Bloomsbury's 2003 anthology of music writing The Sound and the Fury] alone is John Mendelssohn's superb dismantling of the NWA myth..."" He also writes for the stage, acts, and directs, and composes and arranges, and designs.",arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;rock,10
0465041663,"The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear In this uneven collection, Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time, gathers together over sixty poems, memoirs and essays tailored to buck up the spirits of a left-liberal audience depressed by the sorry state of the world. Although generally in favor of justice and democracy and against the ""runaway global market,"" the selection of writers includes a wide range of environmentalists, civil rights crusaders, anti-poverty activists and dissidents against both fascism and communism. From these eclectic offerings some hopeful, albeit familiar themes assert themselves: ordinary people can make a difference, every little bit counts, in solidarity there is strength, a positive attitude is half the battle, the powers that be are unexpectedly vulnerable, and history is full of surprising victories of the weak over the strong. Not surprisingly, many of the pieces amount to motivational lectures, while others inflate the notion of hope into tiresome dilations on, for example, the links between information processing, daydreams and butterflies. But the articles that deal with concrete struggles and achievementsNelson Mandelas memoir of imprisonment on Robben Island, Vaclav Havels account of the ant-like construction of civil society and a dissident political culture in Communist Czechoslovakia, Bill McKibbens homage to the urban planning triumphs of Curitiba, Brazildeliver real inspiration.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	""A shot in the arm for all of us who feel withered by crisis and paralyzed with cynicism...."" -- Aretha Williams, San Antonio Express News, Sept 12 2005""A stirring collection of essays aimed at people who still want to believe that ordinary people can change the world."" -- Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 30, 2004""An anthology of some of the most powerful voices of our time."" -- Boston Globe, Oct 3 2004""An indispensable anthology of hope. Put away your Prozac, and pick up The Impossible Will Take a Little While."" -- Arianna Huffington""Deeply moving and motivating... a retinue to be reckoned with from those dedicated to the concept of a better world"" -- Baltimore Sun, Jan 2, 2005""Hopeful, inspiring, and motivating... May well be required reading for us all."" -- Sierra Club magazine, December 2004""Paul Loeb brings hope for a better world in a time when we so urgently need it."" -- Millard Fuller, founder, Habitat for Humanity""This book can even make one hopeful about the future despite so many signs to the contrary."" -- Bill Moyers""This might possibly be the most important collection of stories and essays you will ever read."" -- History Channel top-10 2004 political book list, November 2004""Will resonate with anyone struggling with despair and doubt."" -- Dallas Morning News, Nov. 30, 2004	Everywhere I go in the country, people ask me if their efforts can really matter. I wrote this book to give people hopedrawing together some of the finest engaged writers in the world to explore what keeps us going in difficult times.  People say the book will be tremendously helpful for helping ordinary citizens replenish the wellsprings of their commitment and keep working for justice in this hard political time.  I've included pieces that explore the historical, political, ecological and theological frameworks that help us to persistwith concrete examples of how people have faced and overcome despair. Some directly address our current politics. Others examine how people persisted in the struggles of the past: what it was like to confront South African apartheid, Eastern Europes Communist dictatorships, or Mississippi's entrenched segregation.  Political hope and personal hope are intertwined, of course. What lets us work for change is related to what keeps us going day after day when our personal lives get difficult. So some pieces straddle both. But Ive focused on the kind of hope that takes us beyond merely personally surviving and carving out the best private life we can. I believe The Impossible Will Take a Little While can help readers find common solutions and see the world clear-eyedacknowledging the destructive power of greed, fear, and shortsighted expedience, resisting the temptations of complacency and sentimentality, yet continuing nonetheless, to work for change, remembering that hope, in the words of one of my authors, is acting in spite of the evidence, then watching the evidence change. I think youll enjoy the book	Paul Rogat Loeb is the author of Soul of a Citizen and three other books. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He is an associated scholar at Seattle's Center for Ethical Leadership and lives in Seattle, Washington.",books;education & reference;essays;essays & correspondence;literature & fiction;national & international security;politics & government;politics & social sciences;sociology;specific topics,10
1885266685,"After New Formalism Sometimes yielding valuable insights, sometimes flogging a team of long-dead horses, this collection of 22 critical essays by contemporary, mostly U.S.-based poets and critics, is the latest of many books provoked by the 1980s movement called New Formalism, in which Dana Gioia and others called for sonnets and clarity to replace free verse and obscurity. Poet Finch (Eve) made an earlier intervention with A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women, and concerns of gender inform contributions from Alison Cummings and Kathrine Varnes. Psychoanalyst and poet Frederick Fierstein discusses ""Psychoanalysis and Poetry,"" while several contributors defend a push for more long verse narratives. Timothy Steele analyzes some specimens by 20th-century masters of compression (J.V. Cunningham, Louise Bogan); Gioia reappears with an unsurprising paean to his movement. Almost all these essays have appeared before in books or journals (though some are salvaged from obscure ones); the best have nothing to do with New Formalism, and everything to do with the particular forms and ideas about form they choose to discuss. Agha Shahid Ali continues his already-influential project of explaining how, and why, Anglophone poets can use the Persian/Urdu form called the ghazal. James Cummins' subtle analysis of the sestina form explains its attractions along with its difficulties. Marilyn Nelson shows in ""Owning the Masters"" how the master's tools may actually have some effect on the house. As Anne Stevenson declares convincingly, ""The case for form is won with every good poem that's written--and then sensitively read."" (Aug.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.",20th century;anthologies;books;criticism & theory;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;modern (16th-21st centuries);movements & periods;poetry,10
8888493328,"Young, Sleek, and Full of Hell ""Alleged represented total freedom, belligerence and anarchy! Also, if it weren't for Alleged, myself and a lot of other artists would probably be working at Starbucks"" -- Terry Richardson""It might be a little romanticized in my memory, but it had a big impact on me."" -- Spike Jonze""Every opening seemed a little sketchy. There were like crazy happenings, drunken kids yelling in the streets, drugs, cops."" -- Chloe Sevigny	Aaron Rose founded the highly influential Alleged Gallery in New York. Rose is an artist, writer, curator, director and musician. In the 1990s he worked as a producer/director for MTV Networks producing on-air promos in conjunction with contemporary artists and indie-directors such as Rita Ackermann and Harmony Korine and he produced numerous short films. He is co-curator of the large-scale exhibition ""Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art & Street Culture"", which will tour the world through the end of 2008. Rose is also co-editor  of ANP Quarterly.Carlo McCormick is a popular culture critic and curator. He is the author of numerous books, monographs and catalogues on contemporary art and artists, and has lectured and taught extensively at universities around the United States. His writing has appeared in Aperture, Art in America, Art News, Artforum, Camera Austria, High Times, Spin, Tokion, Vice and countless other magazines. He has curated shows for the Bronx Museum of Art, New York University and the Woodstock Center for Photography. Carlo McCormick is Senior Editor of Paper Magazine.",art;arts & photography;books;catalogs & exhibitions;collections;education & reference;history;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;pop culture,10
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0375501312,"Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood What are little boys made of? In Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood author and psychologist William Pollack presents his findings from almost 20 years of clinical work and his recently completed study examining contemporary boyhood and the ways boys manifest their social and emotional disconnection through anger and violence. There's a code of boy behavior, Pollack says--an unspoken boy code that teaches boys how to act and demands that they cover up their emotions. But the author submits that boys are lonely, they are loyal, they are depressed, they struggle with self-esteem issues, they are at risk, they need to be understood, and they need to be listened to. Boys can be empathetic and sensitive, Pollack stresses, as he effectively and convincingly disabuses readers of a number of myths: that testosterone controls a boy's behavior; that boys should fit into a gender stereotype of masculinity; and that boys are toxic, psychologically unaware, emotionally unsocialized creatures. Real Boys presents more than the problems of modern boyhood, it also provides advice and assistance--ways for parents to talk with their sons, read their moods and emotions, and help them become confident, empowered men with genuine voices of their own. --Ericka Lutz	In a lucidly written primer for parents, Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Pollack dismantles what he terms ""the Boy Code""?society's image of boys as tough, cool, rambunctious and obsessed with sports, cars and sex. These stereotypes, he argues, thwart creativity and originality in boys. Linking clinical insights to practical suggestions, Pollack advises caregivers how to help boys repair their fragile self-esteem, develop empathy and explore their sensitive sides. Drawing on his clinical experience as well as an ongoing Harvard research project, he offers advice on ""attention deficit disorder""? which, he maintains, is often a misdiagnosis for normal high-energy behavior? recognizing signs of depression, discouraging violence and helping boys cope with their parents' divorce. In discussing homosexuality, he notes that many of the assumptions of the psychiatric profession have been shown to be incorrect, such as that homosexuality was abnormal, a psychological disorder. Pollack's glorification of sports as an arena for self-transformation and emotional openness is counterbalanced by his recognition that athletics often encourages brutal competitiveness. His proposal that schools adopt curricula ""on traditionally 'male' and 'female' topics"" to spark separately the interests of boys and girls seems at odds with his own imperative to break through gender stereotypes. On balance, though, his manual is enlightening and stimulating. Author tour. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	It was probably inevitable, but is nonetheless welcome, that the troubled American conversation about the sexes would one day open up into a thoughtful consideration of what boys are fundamentally like and how they might best thrive. Until just past the midpoint of this century, the health and educational establishments drew their analyses from and directed their prescriptions to children generally. Sex-related peculiarities and differences were implicitly held to be less compelling than the universality of childhood experience. Thus, classic guides to child development from Benjamin Spock to Erik Erikson discuss childhood more or less generically. And although Erikson might point out ""inclusive"" and ""intrusive"" patterns of spatial organization and play on the part of girls and boys, both were seen as complementary expressions of a ""phallic stage"" of development believed to arrive on the same timetable, for the same reasons, and with the same urgency for boys and girls alike. It makes for a fascinating exercise to reread Erikson in the light of today's sensitivities, for without question he assumes male experience as normative for both sexes. His observations of childhood are focused primarily on boys, to the extent that when he analyzes the difficulties of, say, culturally assimilating Dakota Indian children, he points out the disjunction between a pattern of nurturance that once prepared young bison hunters and the contemporary mandate to ready Dakota children for American public schools. In other words, the problem is a boy problem. Not surprisingly, Erikson's often luminous studies of historically transformative figures -- Luther, Gandhi, Gorky, Hitler -- all focus on males.  For the past quarter-century, there has been a virtual tidal wave of correction to the tendency to see boyhood as emblematic of childhood. Bolstered by widely held feminist assumptions, an altogether revised popular view of sex and sex roles has come to prominence in nursery and school room. The society of children is now seen as a battleground where, if ideological vigilance is relaxed, the little heirs of the patriarchy will establish a misogynist, violent regime in which the privileges and prizes will be hoarded by the boys.  Underlying this fear is the unstated assumption that males, and especially males banded together, are inherently toxic. As such they should be watched, disarmed, and diluted with feminine influence. Such notions have been given voice by distinguished college presidents, who, untroubled by any objective data, have declared to the press the peculiar formula ""girls' schools are best for girls; coed schools are best for boys"" -- which raises, among other objections, the monstrous prospect of sacrificing what is best for girls in order to ameliorate the badness of boys.  Some of the honest confusion visited on child rearing and schooling over the past three decades is the result of an ill-considered tendency to impose valid concerns about sexual inequity in various arenas of adult life, especially the workplace, onto developing children. As a result, boys and boyhood have begun to be reconstructed, with the result that it has become increasingly difficult for a boy to find himself in playground, schoolroom, and story. Perhaps more darkly, it appears that we might be medicating and mending not just sick and deficient boys, but boyhood itself.  Out of this unhelpful climate, some hopeful and healing voices are being raised, including that of William Pollack, author of Real Boys. Pollack, a clinical psychologist who also codirects the Harvard-McLean Hospital Center for Men, has been thinking hard about the contemporary masculine condition for over a decade.  Coauthor, with R. William Betcher, of In a Time of Fallen Heroes: The Recreation of Masculinity (New York: Atheneum, 1993) and an editor of A New Psychology of Men (New York: Basic Books, 1995), Pollack has looked closely at infant boys' earliest parental relationships and found what he calls a normative trauma, ""normative"" in that every boy faces sex-specific challenges in coming to terms with his mother and his differences from his mother. There are both healing resolutions and pathologic arrests in response to the male trauma, and much of what Pollack has to say regarding boys is about how parents and educators can promote the former. Here, perhaps, Pollack is at his very best. He maintains that the saving development in a boy's experience is empathy -- but empathy understood in a somewhat enlarged way. Pollack faults previous studies for defining empathic transactions so narrowly as to exclude more robust, more playful behavior. Or simply, we have tended to limit our understanding of empathy to its traditionally feminine expressions. Starved of empathy (rightly conceived), boys defensively inflate themselves in unattractive, antisocial posturings; nurtured empathically -- with men doing their part -- boys evolve into strong, multidimensional, empathic men themselves.  Real Boys is composed of summarized research findings, clinical observations, and straightforward advice on how to advance boys along their developmental trajectory. Pollack steers a sensible middle course through the potentially divisive issues. For instance, he alerts readers to the easy tendency to misread ordinary male development as attention-deficit disorder or attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder, yet he reminds us that in some instances, medical and remedial intervention is good practice.  Pollack is in solid scientific control of current research, and he provides a lucid, objective guide to such sensitive issues as the origin of homosexual orientation and how to respond humanely to emerging homosexual boys. In conversational, nontechnical terms Pollack points the way through our most serious worries about contemporary masculinity: irrational preoccupation with arms and mayhem, a rising tendency to self-destruction, substantially poorer scholastic performance than that of girls, a worrying tendency toward risky and delinquent behavior.  Both individual care givers and institutions will find much to ponder in Real Boys. And again, the best news may be that we can consider what is good for boys without unnecessary ideological guilt. For it is perhaps no overstatement to suggest that the contemporary American view of childhood has been clouded. The undisputedly right assumption of the equal worth of every child has been mistranslated as a mandate for treating boys and girls the same. In consequence, we discover dubious gaps and deficits and entitlements where we once found distinctive masculine and feminine behavior. Or worse, we attempt to medicate or reshape one sex into the contours of the other -- or those of a putatively ""normal"" child.  Real Boys is a thoughtful step in clearing the ideological air. Perhaps with an equally acute and generous Real Girls, we might set about addressing the needs of children from an appropriately respectful and loving perspective.  Reviewed by Richard A. Hawley, Ph.D.	Harvard clinical psychologist Pollack thinks we should give as much and as careful attention to the emotional development of boys as, thanks to such goads as Mary Pipher's best-seller Reviving Ophelia (1994), we do to that of girls. In our society, concern for a child's emotional health should start earlier with boys than with girls, Pollack says, for a boy's problems arise from being cut off from mother's comfort when he is sent to school and from both parents' support when he reaches adolescence and supposedly must learn to ""sink or swim."" Both those disconnections occur because society unthinkingly observes what Pollack calls the ""Boy Code."" The Boy Code dictates conformity to the stereotype of the ""real"" male as silent, tough, and totally independent, and it enjoins a panoply of shaming techniques for its enforcement. It does more harm than good to developing males, especially now when, because of renewed concern for women, boys are also expected to become sensitive and caring. Pollack skillfully cites true instances of boys and parents both running afoul of the Boy Code and prevailing against it to bolster his arguments. In the long second section of the three-part book, he advises school personnel as well as parents on how to overcome the Boy Code, and in the third, he relates how pathologies such as severe depression and violence develop and how to detect and deal with them. A cogent and moving demonstration that Hamlet needs help, too.  Ray Olson	Following in the footsteps of Carol Gilligan, a study showing that boys learn to hide their real selves and may suffer from it more than girls do.  Schools, parents, and society fail boys by demanding that they fit into an unwritten ``Boy Code,'' says psychiatrist Pollack (co-director of the Center for Men at Harvard Medical School). The code challenges boys to be self-reliant and confident, risk takers, powerful and dominant and unemotional. The toughening process begins as early as preschool, when according to Pollack, boys are encouraged to separate from their parents--in particular their mothers--far too early and are shamed into hiding their fears and sorrow. The shaming process (don't be a wimp, don't be a wuss) continues into adulthood, perpetuated sometimes unconsciously by parents, teachers, and peers. Boys can become confused, frustrated, lonely, sad, and disconnected as they learn to bury feelings and behavior that would lead to taunts or teasing. Their confusion can lead to actions that on one end of the scale are characterized as ``boys will be boys''--calling out in class, daring each other to new exploits--but on the other end are violent and suicidal. School statistics, which show far more boys than girls diagnosed as learning disabled or emotionally disturbed, support Pollack's findings. The book is divided into three parts, the first an overview of the Boy Code and its effect on boys' development. The second section gives advice to mothers and fathers on how to offset social pressure, so boys can develop into their ``real selves.'' Part three is a discussion of sadness, suicide, and depression, often misdiagnosed in boys, because they may try to hide it with bravado. There is a section generally approving sports as molder of boys character but warning of tyrannical and insensitive coaches, and a section on homosexuality.  Sympathetic, but with little that's new, this project unfortunately has a kind of ``Hey, we're sensitive too'' quality. Better to wait for Gilligan's study of boys, now in the works. (Author tour)  -- Copyright 1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Throughout Real Boys, Pollack gives parents suggestions for helping their sons, and his cousel is almost always sound.   -- The New York Times Book Review, Peggy Kaye	""Parents of boys should run, not walk, to their nearest bookstore to buy this audio. It's a deeply informative, absolutely invaluable guide to understanding the unique problems and stresses that boys face . . .Pollack reads in an earnest , sincere tone . . . This is an important and valuable work.""-Billboard	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Boys today are in crisis. On the surface, many boys may appear tough, confident, and cheerful, but underneath, many of them are sad, lonely, and confused. As the bestselling Reviving Ophelia took us into the worlds of girls, this groundbreaking book reveals the worlds of boys to show how society's mixed messages to boys put more of them at risk today than ever before. Boys' voices and experiences rise up from these pages as Dr. William Pollack of the Harvard Medical School draws on almost two decades of work with boys as well as on a recent study called ""Listening to Boys' Voices"" to present new findings about the true nature of boys and new insights into how to raise them to become happier, more confident, more successful men.""I get a little down,"" says Adam,""but I hide it very well. I'd say I wear a mask of some sort. Even when kids call me names or try to taunt me, I'd never show them how much it was crushing me inside. I'd keep it all in.""Pollack reveals how many boys today are like Adam, whose confident exterior hides painful feelings of loneliness and isolation. Other boys are in trouble overtly--depressed, suicidal, doing less well at school than they could, having trouble with drugs or with friends. Real Boys shows why, and what to do about it. Pollack describes how outdated gender stereotypes push boys to conform to society's inhibiting Boy Code, even as boys are pressured to relate to girls in new ways. Boys conceal themselves behind a mask of independence, which not only prevents them from truly knowing themselves but makes it difficult for us to know them. Conventional expectations about masculinity still encourage people to treat boys like ""little men,"" and to raise them through a toughening process. Illuminating the daily lives of boys of all ages, Real Boys lets us know what boys are really like, revealing new findings about the expressive nature of boys, how they are different from girls and how they are similar to them, and what they are thinking and feeling.Pollack addresses a wide range of topics--boys and their mothers, fathers, friends; boys in school, sports, and adolescence; how boys can develop more self-confidence, and the emotional savvy they need to deal with issues they may have to confront--such as depression, love and sexuality, drugs and alcohol, divorce, violence.After you read this original and insightful book, you will see every boy you know in an entirely new way.Based on new research into the inner worlds and daily lives of boys today,Real Boys explores in depth the following: The loneliness of ""normal"" boys today--what we do to cause it, and what we can do to prevent it Low self-esteem--why more boys today are suffering from low self-esteem and  what we can do about it The power of mothers and fathers--how to help boys become more confident,loving, and able to lead happier lives as men  Adolescence as a ""second chance""--how to use adolescence as a newopportunity to grow closer to a boy and to help him deal withsuch topics as smoking, drinking, and sex Getting boys to talk--the timed-silence syndrome and how to encourage boys to  talk and share their feelings Overcoming depression--the hidden crisis of boyhood depression: how to spot it,  and what to do about it Violence, alcohol, drugs, and much, much more	""Just as Reviving Ophelia opened our eyes to the challenges faced by  adolescent girls, Real Boys helps us hear and respond to the needs of  growing boys. Illuminating, exciting, and courageous, this book should be read by  everyone concerned about boys. It is a beacon of hope and a gift to all  of us."" -Judith V. Jordan, Ph.D., assistant professor in psychiatry, Harvard  Medical School ""This book does for boys and men what important books have done to help  us better understand girls and women. Anyone who lives or works with boys  and men should read William Pollack's revealing Real Boys."" -Gail Sheehy, author of The Silent Passage and Understanding Men's  Passages	William S. Pollack, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist,is the codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, and a founding member and Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity of the American Psychological Association. He is coauthor of In a Time of Fallen Heroes: The Re-Creation of Masculinity and coeditor of A New Psychology for Men. He and his family live in Massachusetts.	1 INSIDE THE WORLD OF BOYS:BEHIND THE MASK OFMASCULINITYI get a little down, Adam confessed, but Im very good at hidingit. Its like I wear a mask. Even when the kids call me names ortaunt me, I never show them how much it crushes me inside.I keep it all in.THE BOY CODE: EVERYTHINGS JUST FINEAdam is a fourteen-year-old boy whose mother sought me out after a workshop I was leading on the subject of boys and families. Adam, she told me, had been performing very well in school, but now she felt something was wrong.Adam had shown such promise that he had been selected to join a special program for talented students, and the program was available only at a differentand more academically prestigiousschool than the one Adam had attended. The new school was located in a well-to-do section of town, more affluent than Adams own neighborhood. Adams mother had been pleased when her son had qualified for the program and even more delighted that he would be given a scholarship to pay for it. And so Adam had set off on this new life.At the time we talked, Mrs. Harrisons delight had turned to worry. Adam was not doing well at the new school. His grades were mediocre, and at midterm he had been given a warning that he might fail algebra. Yet Adam continued to insist, Im fine. Everythings just fine. He said this both at home and at school. Adams mother was perplexed, as was the guidance counselor at his new school. Adam seems cheerful and has no complaints, the counselor told her. But something must be wrong. His mother tried to talk to Adam, hoping to find out what was troubling him and causing him to do so poorly in school. But the more I questioned him about what was going on, she said, the more he continued to deny any problems.Adam was a quiet and rather shy boy, small for his age. In his bright blue eyes I detected an inner pain, a malaise whose cause I could not easily fathom. I had seen a similar look on the faces of a number of boys of different ages, including many boys in the Listening to Boys Voices study. Adam looked wary, hurt, closed-in, self-protective. Most of all, he looked alone.One day, his mother continued, Adam came home with a black eye. She asked him what had happened. Just an accident, Adam had mumbled. Hed kept his eyes cast down, she remembered, as if he felt guilty or ashamed. His mother probed more deeply. She told him that she knew something was wrong, something upsetting was going on, and thatwhatever it wasthey could deal with it, they could face it together. Suddenly, Adam erupted in tears, and the story he had been holding inside came pouring out.Adam was being picked on at school, heckled on the bus, goaded into fights in the schoolyard. Hey, White Trash! the other boys shouted at him. You dont belong here with us! taunted a twelfth-grade bully. Why dont you go back to your own side of town! The taunts often led to physical attacks, and Adam found himself having to fight back in order to defend himself. But I never throw the first punch, Adam explained to his mother. I dont show them they can hurt me. I dont want to embarrass myself in front of everybody.I turned to Adam. How do you feel about all this? I asked. How do you handle your feelings of anger and frustration? His answer was, Im sad to say, a refrain I hear often when I am able to connect to the inner lives of boys.I get a little down, Adam confessed, but Im very good at hiding it. Its like I wear a mask. Even when the kids call me names or taunt me, I never show them how much it crushes me inside. I keep it all in.What do you do with the sadness? I asked.I tend to let it boil inside until I cant hold it any longer, and then it explodes. Its like I have a breakdown, screaming and yelling. But I only do it inside my own room at home, where nobody can hear. Where nobody will know about it. He paused a moment. I think I got this from my dad, unfortunately.Adam was doing what I find so many boys do: he was hiding behind a mask, and using it to hide his deepest thoughts and feelingshis real selffrom everyone, even the people closest to him. This mask of masculinity enabled Adam to make a bold (if inaccurate) statement to the world: I can handle it. Everythings fine. I am invincible.Adam, like other boys, wore this mask as an invisible shield, a persona to show the outside world a feigned self-confidence and bravado, and to hide the shame he felt at his feelings of vulnerability, powerlessness, and isolation. He couldnt handle the school situation alonevery few boys or girls of fourteen couldand he didnt know how to ask for help, even from people he knew loved him. As a result, Adam was unhappy and was falling behind in his academic performance.Many of the boys I see today are like Adam, living behind a mask of masculine bravado that hides the genuine self to conform to our societys expectations; they feel it is necessary to cut themselves off from any feelings that society teaches them are unacceptable for men and boysfear, uncertainty, feelings of loneliness and need.Many boys, like Adam, also think its necessary that they handle their problems alone. A boy is not expected to reach outto his family, his friends, his counselors, or coachesfor help, comfort, understanding, and support. And so he is simply not as close as he could be to the people who love him and yearn to give him the human connections of love, caring, and affection every person needs.The problem for those of us who want to help is that, on the outside, the boy who is having problems may seem cheerful and resilient while keeping inside the feelings that dont fit the male modelbeing troubled, lonely, afraid, desperate. Boys learn to wear the mask so skillfullyin fact, they dont even know theyre doing itthat it can be difficult to detect what is really going on when they are suffering at school, when their friendships are not working out, when they are being bullied, becoming depressed, even dangerously so, to the point of feeling suicidal. The problems below the surface become obvious only when boys go over the edge and get into trouble at school, start to fight with friends, take drugs or abuse alcohol, are diagnosed with clinical depression or attention deficit disorder, erupt into physical violence, or come home with a black eye, as Adam did. Adams mother, for example, did not know from her son that anything was wrong until Adam came home with an eye swollen shut; all she knew was that he had those perplexingly poor grades.THE GENDER STRAITJACKETMany years ago, when I began my research into boys, I had assumed that since America was revising its ideas about girls and women, it must have also been reevaluating its traditional ideas about boys, men, and masculinity. But over the years my research findings have shown that as far as boys today are concerned, the old Boy Codethe outdated and constricting assumptions, models, and rules about boys that our society has used since the nineteenth centuryis still operating in force. I have been surprised to find that even in the most progressive schools and the most politically correct communities in every part of the country and in families of all types, the Boy Code continues to affect the behavior of all of usthe boys themselves, their parents, their teachers, and society as a whole. None of us is immuneit is so ingrained. I have caught myself behaving in accordance with the code, despite my awareness of its falsenessdenying sometimes that Im emotionally in pain when in fact I am; insisting that everything is all right, when it is not.The Boy Code puts boys and men into a gender straitjacket that constrains not only them but everyone else, reducing us all as human beings, and eventually making us strangers to ourselves and to one anotheror, at least, not as strongly connected to one another as we long to be.OPHELIAS BROTHERSIn Shakespeares Hamlet, Ophelia is lover to the young prince of Denmark. Despondent over the death of his father, Hamlet turns away from Ophelia. She, in turn, is devastated and she eventually commits suicide. In recent years, Mary Piphers book on adolescent girls, Reviving Ophelia, has made Ophelia a symbolic figure for troubled, voiceless adolescent girls. But what of Hamlet? What of Ophelias brothers?For Hamlet fared little better than Ophelia. Alienated from himself, as well as from his mother and father, he was plagued by doubt and erupted in uncontrolled outbursts. He grew increasingly isolated, desolate, and alone, and those who loved him were never able to get through to him. In the end, he died a tragic and unnecessary death.The boys we care for, much like the girls we cherish, often seem to feel they must live semi-inauthentic lives, lives that conceal much of their true selves and feelings, and studies show they do so in order to fit in and be loved. The boys I seein the Listening to Boys Voices study, in schools, and in private practiceoften are hiding not only a wide range of their feelings but also some of their creativity and originality, showing in effect only a handful of primary colors rather than a broad spectrum of colors and hues of the self.The Boy Code is so strong, yet so subtle, in its influence that boys may not even know they are living their lives in accordance with it. In fact, they may not realize there is such a thing until they viola...	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	William Pollack, a Harvard psycholo-gist, argues that boys in America are in crisis. Adhering to what he calls the ""Boy Code,"" they are learning that expressing certain emotions or showing weakness is inappropriate, and they're apt to wear a mask of toughness that suppresses their true feelings. The text includes many real examples of boys candidly speaking about their own situations. Pollack is an academic, not an actor, and his narration isn't as polished as it might be, but he speaks with authority and has a reassuring, rather than berating, tone. Parents will be able to identify with his easy manner and will appreciate his sensible advice for helping their sons remove the mask.  D.B. 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0822334380,"Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling Why do millions of pro wrestling fans spend their Saturday nights watching well-oiled, muscled and costumed men performing in a well-rehearsed stage play in which the winner is decided days earlier? What attracts devotees to this sport? Editor Sammond and a host of academics answer these and many other questions, explaining what they think really goes on inside and outside that ring (for Sammond, professional wrestling resembles burlesque more than sport). The writers, including a professor who wrestled under the name Professor Oral Payne, examine diverse topics: wrestling as masculine melodrama, female wrestling and its fans, the finances of the World Wrestling Federation and more. In a now famous essay, the late cultural critic Roland Barthes contends that the wrestlers are like good and evil gods battling to achieve a form of justice fans can understand. Of course, the writers take the sport much too seriously, exalting it as a cultural phenomenon whose mysteries can be uncovered by using the right academic jargon (""fleshfar from being the seed of meaning from which springs the signifying force of the wrestler, or the match, or wrestling itselfis but a node in a circuit of signification""). Regrettably, such language will limit this collection's audience. 31 bw photos. Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Steel Chair to the Head is an exceptionally smart and well-crafted collection that will be a valuable resource for popular culture scholars of all stripes. From start to finish, theres not a weak essay in the book. One of the best anthologieson popular culture or anything elsethat Ive read in a long time.Gilbert B. Rodman, author of Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living LegendThe mat is the place where sport and entertainment smack down. This excellent collection of greatest hits and latest memories of wrestling teases out the contradictions of this infinitely frustrating, excessive spectacle of domination and parody.Toby Miller, author of Sportsex	Nicholas Sammond is Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Babes in Tomorrowland: Walt Disney and the Making of the American Child, 19301960, also published by Duke University Press.",books;communication & media studies;essays;individual sports;miscellaneous;politics & social sciences;popular culture;social sciences;sports & outdoors;wrestling,10
0962197947,"The Rapture Of Maturity: A Legacy Of Lifelong Learning This is one of those rare books that one only realizes, after it gets written, how desperately needed it was. At a time when self-help books for the boomers are both endemic and anemic, this one is a trumpet blast of authenticity, courage, and useable erudition. -- --Ronald Gross, author of The Lifelong Learner and Socrates' Way; Chairman, Columbia University Seminar on InnovationA wonderful intellectual journey through the author's own lived experiences as well as some timeless scholarly works on the mysteries of human existence... This book will appeal to adults of all ages who are seeking a mature existence in an otherwise superficial world. -- --James Cote, author of Arrested Adulthood: The Changing Nature of Maturity and IdentityAn exquisitely thoughtful book, always provocative, wise beyond words. Mr. Hayes has a lovely spirit and strong insights into the springs of personal power. My highest recommendation. ---- John Taylor Gatto, former New York Teacher of the Year; author of The Underground History of American Education",adult & continuing education;aging;books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;motivational;personal transformation;schools & teaching;self-help,10
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0684839229,"Journey to Center: Lessons in Unifying Body, Mind, and Spirit Crum, a motivational speaker involved with corporate retreats, discusses ""centering"" as a practical tool for aligning the body, mind, and spirit toward an increased sense of vitality, purpose, mental calm, and physical alertness. Drawing on his experience as an instructor of the martial art aikido, Crum offers visualization and meditative exercises to help achieve a centered state. A well-written book geared for a wide audience, but of special interest to athletes, businesspeople, and anyone interested in a spiritual approach to peak performance.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Tom Crum has led, well, an interesting life. He taught  mathematics, worked in business, established a Martial Arts school,  co-founded the Windstar Foundation with singer John Denver, and founded  Aiki Works, a company which provides motivational speaking, workshops,  publications and other services to aid people in their becoming more  effective, happier, more centered humans. Tom is also a successful  author, having published The Magic of Conflict several years ago. Tom's  newest book, Journey to Center, has just been released. Let me tell  you, it's a gem. In his second major book, Tom writes about  centering. What, you may ask is centering? Tom says: ""Centering is not  an abstract term, but rather a practical tool available to all of us.  We each have the ability to unify body, mind and spirit in a manner  which will make us more relaxed, energized, and integrated than ever  before. We can release stress rather than acquire it."" This book  helps show the way to a more centered state. If Tom's first book was a  how-to on centering and other concepts, this book is the user's manual.  With great humor, self-deprecating and otherwise, Tom explains how  life's pressures can cause us to become uncentered. More importantly,  he teaches how to find center again. That doesn't mean we ignore life's  problems, nor do we deny their importance. But it is truly up to us as  to how we react, and how we can ""turn a life of work into a work of  art."" Even if you are always perfectly centered, and can easily  handle the slowest checkout line or the rudest co-worker (or in Tom's  case, the nearby wild elephant), you will enjoy this book. Tom teaches  without seeming to teach. Journey to Center is filled with wonderful  stories of uncentered moments, both his own and other folks'. We learn  with Tom the lesson of attachment taught by a young Monk and an old  (but well-toothed) monkey in Thailand. We see powerful lessons in  centering taught by the Dalai Lama when he and Tom co-lead a workshop.  Tom tells touching stories of friends who taught  him powerful lessons  by facing death with centered and calm temperaments. The book contains  several stories of how Tom has dealt with some unusual problems by  functioning from center, including the gentleman who rode his mules  into Aspen in tribute to his certainty that John Denver was actually  John the Baptist. We learn what really went on when Tom took his then  14-year-old son out of school for a year and traveled around the globe  as a team. Jungles, beaches, mountains, and a whole heck of a lot of  golf courses all played roles in teaching Tom, who now helps to teach  us through this terrific book.   -- Major Hal Bidlack, Windstar Journal, Fall 1997	I'm a storyteller. All the stories in this book are true and  should elicit comparisons from readers about their own lives. I have  stories about being lost in the wilderness, about dealing with death,  about skiing, golfing and traveling. These stories can be used as a  metaphor for many readers whether they have or haven't had these direct  experiences. The book is about aliveness and vitality. If you're  doing things in your life you don't want to do, you can often become  very fatigued. This book is about being truly alive, and about doing  those things you truly love. Mother Teresa obviously accomplished a lot  in her life, and I doubt that she said ""I'm too busy"" too often. It's  because she was doing her life's work. I would love people to come  away from this book and be really revitalized. It's a book about not  missing any moments -- of having fun, learning and supporting each  other.	In The Magic of Conflict Thomas Crum taught thousands of people how to turn stress into success. Now, in Journey to Center, Crum combines his expertise in Aikido, peak performance coaching, and relationship training to teach the vital techniques for achieving a more relaxed, energized, and balanced life.  Using anecdotes from his own journey and from the extraordinary people he's met around the world, Thomas Crum introduces the principle of centering, a skill for unifying body, mind, and spirit. Centering enhances performance in sports - from the quality of your golf game to skiing particularly difficult terrain - results in greater productivity and power at the office, and allows you to let go of stress and insecurities in order to enjoy harmonious relationships. With specific exercises and detailed information on applying centering to all areas of life, Journey to Center provides a step-by-step guide to this unique skill for improving yourself and your life. Centering is available to all of us.  Journey to Center teaches this vital skill for adding value to your  world. Through centering, you will learn to turn a life of work into a  work of art. It will allow you to become connected, aware, alive.	Thomas Crum is the author of Journey to Center and The Magic of Conflict (both published by Simon and Schuster), and founder and president of Aiki Works, Inc. He has developed the Magic of Conflict approach, an in-depth technology to turn conflict into opportunity and one's life of work into a work of art. He travels worldwide leading seminars and trainings for educational institutions and corporations such as Ashland Chemical, Mc Donalds, Georgia Pacific, Lucent Technologies, and the U.S. Postal Service. He is a popular keynote presenter, having appeared as the general session speaker in the programs of many national conferences and associations including the American Society of Training and Development. An educator and systems analyst, Mr. Crum taught at and directed the Aspen Community School, an exemplary humanistic school for children grades K-8. Mr. Crum has taught Aikido, a graceful martial art which uses harmony rather than force to resolve conflict, for over two decades. He includes principles and movements from Aikido, Tai Chi Chuan, and other mind-body arts in his presentations, creating an experiential approach to teaching conflict resolution and stress management. He is co-founder , with John Denver, and former executive director of the Windstar Foundation, an international education and research center developing appropriate technologies for a sustainable future.",books;buddhism;fitness & dieting;health;motivational;occult;personal transformation;psychology & counseling;religion & spirituality;self-help,10
1842220675,Boudoir: Creating the Bedroom of Your Dreams Hilary Robertson is an interiors stylist and journalist who writes about design and architecture and directs photo shoots for clients such as Harrods and Zoffany. She lives in Brooklyn.,architecture;books;crafts;crafts & hobbies;decorating;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;interior design;professional & technical,10
1570751951,"The Way of Simplicity: The Cistercian Tradition (Traditions of Christian Spirituality) Esther de Waal is one of today s most celebrated spiritual writers. Seeking God, her classic book on the relevance of the Rule of Saint Benedict, has opened up the riches of the monastic tradition to readers throughout the world for almost twenty-five years. Greatly in demand as a speaker and retreat leader, she lives in Herefordshire, UK.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;catholicism;christian books & bibles;christian living;church institutions & organizations;ministry & church leadership;other denominations & sects;religion & spirituality;roman catholicism;theology,10
B00022FDMG,"In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in late February 2003. For Rick Atkinson, who would spend nearly two months covering the division for The Washington Post, the war in Iraq provided a unique opportunity to observe today's U.S. Army in combat. Granted complete access to the commanders and troops of the 101st, Atkinson saw their war from the preparations in Kuwait through the occupation of Baghdad. As the war unfolded, he witnessed the division's struggles to overcome a murderous attack by one of its own soldiers, a disastrous Apache helicopter raid, and fierce resistance from guerrilla diehards in Najaf, Karbala, and Hilla. At the center of Atkinson's drama stands the compelling figure of Major General David H. Petraeus, described by one comrade as ""the most competitive man on the planet."" Atkinson observes Petraeus as he teaches, goads, and leads his troops and subordinate commanders in several intense battles. All around Petraeus, we watch the men and women of a storied division grapple with the challenges of waging war in an unspeakably harsh environment. But even as the military wins an overwhelming victory, we also see portents of the battles that would haunt the occupation in the long months ahead. In the Company of Soldiers is a dramatic, utterly fresh view of the modern American soldier in action from the premier military historian of his generation.",books;history;iraq war;middle east;military;national & international security;politics & government;politics & social sciences;specific topics;terrorism,10
B000FGGRHO,"Super-Flexibility for Knowledge Enterprises Business enterprises are transforming their core practices in the digital age. The emerging imperative is to become super-flexible, in order to thrive, or, at least survive, in volatile environments. Super-flexibility refers to the ability to be agile and versatile, like an entrepreneurial company, coupled with the capacity to remain robust and resilient, much like an established company. Super-flexible enterprises move swiftly, manage for the moment, and ride successive waves of technological innovation, while providing a few enduring anchors of stability and cohesion.    This book details how knowledge enterprises can harness uncertainty by becoming super-flexible. Based on over 20 years of practical experience in Silicon Valley, the authors present conceptual frameworks, illustrative examples and practical lessons for strategizing, organizing and managing knowledge-based enterprises in turbulent settings.   Features  * Combines theoretical concepts with practical lessons     * Addresses the challenges facing the new generation of entrepreneurial, knowledge-based companies     * Details how established enterprises can learn from Silicon Valley in order to adapt to new realities and how they can harness emerging opportunities     * Distills 20 years of field research and practical experience with a diverse range of tech companies in Silicon Valley.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Business enterprises are transforming their core practices in the digital age. The emerging imperative is to become super-flexible, in order to thrive, or, at least survive, in volatile environments. Super-flexibility refers to the ability to be agile and versatile, like an entrepreneurial company, coupled with the capacity to remain robust and resilient, much like an established company. Super-flexible enterprises move swiftly, manage for the moment, and ride successive waves of technological innovation, while providing a few enduring anchors of stability and cohesion.    This book details how knowledge enterprises can harness uncertainty by becoming super-flexible. Based on over 20 years of practical experience in Silicon Valley, the authors present conceptual frameworks, illustrative examples and practical lessons for strategizing, organizing and managing knowledge-based enterprises in turbulent settings.   Features  * Combines theoretical concepts with practical lessons     * Addresses the challenges facing the new generation of entrepreneurial, knowledge-based companies     * Details how established enterprises can learn from Silicon Valley in order to adapt to new realities and how they can harness emerging opportunities     * Distills 20 years of field research and practical experience with a diverse range of tech companies in Silicon Valley.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;business & investing;computer science;computers & technology;information systems;management;management & leadership;popular economics;software engineering;systems & planning,10
0921368666,Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities Mark Morton is an assistant professor of English at the University of Winnipeg and language columnist for CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera. Morton lives in Winnipeg with his wife Melanie Cameron. They have four dogs.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.,books;cookbooks;crafts;education & reference;food & wine;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;reference,10
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1563681099,"The Handbook of Pediatric Audiology The Handbook should find its way onto the shelf of every hearing professional who will not say ""tomorrow"" to the hearing-impaired child.",allied health professions;audiology & speech pathology;books;education & reference;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;parenting;parenting & relationships;pediatrics,10
019507677X,"Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African American Art in History Stuckey has made a career studying the history of the African American experience, especially the role of slavery. The scholarly essays compiled here, written since the mid-1960s, address such diverse topics as slave revolt leader Denmark Vesey; Melville's novella of a slave ship mutiny, Benito Cereno ; and the significance of Paul Robeson. While not all the essays focus directly on African American arts, as the book's title suggests, the essays are tied together by several important themes; preeminent is the author's premise that the folklore, music, dance, etc., of African Americans reveals a great deal about the black experience and that ""The best of black art... is a commentary on the human condition of such genuineness that... it has... touched most of humanity."" While scholarly in tone and richly footnoted, the essays are not inaccessible to the interested lay reader. Highly recommended for academic libraries, this book is also appropriate for public libraries with ethnic studies interests.- Eugene C. Burt, SeattleCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	An impressive array of 14 essays (most reprinted from scholarly journals) on aspects of African-Americanism, ranging in theme from black nationalism to the writings of Herman Melville-- and spanning a quarter-century of the author's impressive career (History and Religious Studies/UC Riverside; Slave Culture, 1987, etc.). Stuckey's collection--which is as much about prominent movements in the African-American experience as about specific individuals--begins and ends with considerations of ``the black ethos'' as reflected in music: The opening essay treats the slave experience through work songs and spirituals, while the concluding (and title) piece offers an unusual approach by viewing the civil- rights movement through the music its leaders used to keep it alive. The history of black nationalist and emigrationist thought also figures prominently, from its first manifestations in the early 19th century and Henry Garnet's antebellum African Civilization Society to later forms of the same desire for liberation in the thinking of W.E.B. DuBois and his contemporaries. Melville's remarkable Benito Cereno--with its depiction of a slave- ship mutiny based on an actual occurrence--is the subject of two analyses as Stuckey explores the author's considerable understanding of African culture, and the towering figure of Paul Robeson in black cultural history is similarly honored. Frederick Douglass and Denmark Vesey, with their own striking contributions to that history, are among the many other prominent African- Americans noted, giving ample evidence of both the breadth and the complexity of black expression and experience. Meticulous and well researched: a solid tribute to black culture in America that might well ignite sparks of interest in a new generation of historians and artists. -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	""Stuckey skillfully explores the lives and/or cultural theory of significant personalities...to reveal crucial African cultural connections in the New World that are vital to African survival and transcendence.""--Journal of American Ethnic History""Sterling Stuckey's Going Through the Storm, even more than his great 1987 work, Slave Culture, provides a depth of understanding of the oneness of African American history and the arts: dance, song, poetry and music. There is a kind of poetry in his own expression of his ideas about the great thinkers in African American history. Melvilleans will be astonished at the knowledge that illuminates (review continues into next Sel Reviews field -- too many characters)Benito Cereno and at the insight Stuckey gives us into new aspects of the novella and of Melville's readings about Africa that light up much that is elusive or previously ignored in the work. Stuckey's two chapters on this masterpiece of American literature are a gift to Melville studies. Stuckey's emphasis in Going through the Storm is on African culture and its sources in Africa as well as in the ""New World"" but his concerns, like those of Paul Robeson whose evolving thought he studies in the final two chapters, are universal.""--Joyce Sparer Adler, Professor, Emeritus, University of Guyana (or--author of War in Melville's Imagination)""Plenty of history and culture of all Afro-American artistic endeavors is included in a study which will attract readers seeking to link Afro-American culture and history with artistic evolution.""--Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	About the Author: Sterling Stuckey is Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside.  He is also the author of Slave Culture (Oxford, 1987).",art history;arts & photography;books;criticism;design;history;history & criticism;humanities;new;used & rental textbooks,10
041500148X,"The Hundred Years War ""Careful explanations . . . all given in a clear and easily understood style.""  -- France	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Robin Neillands has written three novels and over forty travel books.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",16th century;books;europe;france;history;humanities;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);new;used & rental textbooks,10
0803242123,"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a ""shilling shocker"" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City.  Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.  This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a ""mythopoetic figure"" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.  This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, ""I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face."" (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona  Webster	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Starred Review. Martin Jarvis delivers a gripping reading of Stevenson's classic. When Gabriel Utteron discovers that the sinister Mr. Hyde has moved into the home of his friend Dr. Jekyll and stands to benefit from his will, he becomes concerned and enlists the help of their mutual friend, Dr. Hastie Lanyon. Things go from bad to worse: Jekyll withdraws further from his social circle; Hyde's criminal sprees culminate in murder; and Utteron and Lanyon fight to save their friend and unravel the mystery of Hyde's origins and disappearance. Jarvis's pacing is excellent, his characterization spot on, and his renditions of Jekyll and Hyde perfect; he creates two distinct characters that illustrate the story's exploration into the duality of human nature. (Feb.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.	Gr 4-8Francis has done a careful job of retelling the originals in a concise if somewhat uninspired manner. In particular, she uses the epistolary styles of the original Dracula and Frankenstein in her retelling while using simple language and plot summaries that children will follow with ease. Students who read these books would be able to summarize the stories' main points, but may be left in the dark as to why these classics are held in such reverence, as the style is more reportage than fiction. Contributing to the dry tone are low-quality illustrations that lack detail and are unlikely to draw children's attention. There are helpful appendixes and introductions, however. Graphic Classic (Eureka) is a similar series with broader appeal to this age group.Jane Cronkhite, Santa Clara County Library, CA(c) Copyright 2010.  Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.  No redistribution permitted.	      --This text refers to the 							Library Binding	 edition.	The Whole Story series, which features unabridged texts, annotations, and many colorful pictures, appeals to young people who are urged to read the classics, but reject the small print and dull look of many editions intended for older readers. This edition of Stevenson's classic tale gives the flavor of late Victorian England through its lively ink-and-watercolor illustrations and plentiful reproductions of period photos, sketches, engravings, and paintings. Marginal notes comment on Stevenson and on aspects of the story and of Victorian culture that might be obscure to modern readers. Given the colorful look of the book and the perennial appeal of the story, this version will be a useful addition to many libraries. Carolyn PhelanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""This classic tale . . . addresses the duality in mans nature and is here illustrated with twelve atmospheric woodcuts by Barry Moser that underscore the darkness of Stevensons tale and continue Mosers legacy of bringing new life to the classics.""Bloomsbury Review (Bloomsbury Review )""Pull[s] out all the stops.""New Yorker (New Yorker )""Mosers small, stirring wood engravings will help draw horror fans to the classic novel that has popularized the concept of the double. . . . If you havent reread it recently, you may be astonished by its suspensefulness and its disquieting power.""Booklist (Booklist )""The dozen wood engravings by Moser will knock you out. . . . You must own it!""Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction )	Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr  Hyde as a ""chilling shocker."" He then burned the draft and, upon  his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today.  Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious  turnings of human character through the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a  kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self, Mr. Hyde.  Anticipating modern psychology, Jekyll And Hyde is a brilliantly  original study of man's dual nature -- as well as an immortal tale of  suspense and terror. Published in 1866, Jekyll And Hyde was an  instant success and brought Stevenson his first taste of fame. Though  sometimes dismissed as a mere mystery story, the book has evoked much  literary admirations. Vladimir Nabokov likened it to Madame  Bovary and Dead Souls as ""a fable that lies nearer to poetry  than to ordinary prose fiction.""	      --This text refers to the 							Mass Market Paperback	 edition.	Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a ""chilling shocker."" He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self, Mr. Hyde. Anticipating modern psychology, Jekyll And Hyde is a brilliantly original study of man's dual nature -- as well as an immortal tale of suspense and terror. Published in 1866, Jekyll And Hyde was an instant success and brought Stevenson his first taste of fame. Though sometimes dismissed as a mere mystery story, the book has evoked much literary admirations. Vladimir Nabokov likened it to Madame Bovary and Dead Souls as ""a fable that lies nearer to poetry than to ordinary prose fiction.""From the Paperback edition.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	First published in 1886 as a ""shilling shocker,"" Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a fascinating selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay ""A Chapter on Dreams,"" and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the ""Jack the Ripper"" murders, and London in the 1880s.   New to this second edition are an updated critical introduction and, in the appendices, writings on Victorian psychology by Thomas Carlyle, Richard Krafft-Ebing, and Henry Maudsley, among others.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Robert Louis Stevenson is a Scottish essayist, poet, and novelist whose best known works include Treasure Island, The Black Arrow, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.    Scott Brick has recorded over five hundred audiobooks, has won over forty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has twice received Audie Awards for his work on the Dune series. He has been proclaimed a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine as well as Publishers Weeklys 2007 Narrator of the Year.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.	Story of the DoorMR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. I incline to Cain's heresy, he used to say quaintly: I let my brother go to the devil in his own way. In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour.No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Utterson; for he was undemonstrative at the best, and even his friendship seemed to be founded in a similar catholicity of good-nature. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way. His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object. Hence, no doubt, the bond that united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town. It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each other, or what subject they could find in common. It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend. For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted.It chanced on one of these rambles that their way led them down a by-street in a busy quarter of London. The street was small and what is called quiet, but it drove a thriving trade on the weekdays. The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their grains in coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen. Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained. Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.Did you ever remark that door? he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, It is connected in my mind, added he, with a very odd story.Indeed? said Mr. Utterson, with a slight change of voice, and what was that?Well, it was this way, returned Mr. Enfield: I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. Street after street, and all the folks asleep--street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church--till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman. All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut. I gave a view halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the screaming child. He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running. The people who had turned out were the girl's own family; and pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent, put in his appearance. Well, the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the Sawbones; and there you might have supposed would be an end to it. But there was one curious circumstance. I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight. So had the child's family, which was only natural. But the doctor's case was what struck me. He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent, and about as emotional as a bagpipe. Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with desire to kill him. I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best. We told the man we could and would make such a scandal out of this, as should make his name stink from one end of London to the other. If he had any friends or any credit, we undertook that he should lose them. And all the time, as we were pitching it in red hot, we were keeping the women off him as best we could, for they were as wild as harpies. I never saw a circle of such hateful faces; and there was the man in the middle, with a kind of black, sneering coolness--frightened too, I could see that--but carrying it off, sir, really like Satan. 'If you choose to make capital out of this accident,' said he, 'I am naturally helpless. No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene,' says he. 'Name your figure.' Well, we screwed him up to a hundred pounds for the child's family; he would have clearly liked to stick out; but there was something about the lot of us that meant mischief, and at last he struck. The next thing was to get the money; and where do you think he carried us but to that place with the door?--whipped out a key, went in, and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the balance on Coutts's, drawn payable to bearer and signed with a name that I can't mention, though it's one of the points of my story, but it was a name at least very well known and often printed. The figure was stiff; but the signature was good for more than that, if it was only genuine. I took the liberty of pointing out to my gentleman that the whole business looked apocryphal, and that a man does not, in real life, walk into a cellar door at four in the morning and come out with another man's cheque for close upon a hundred pounds. But he was quite easy and sneering. 'Set your mind at rest,' says he, 'I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.' So we all set off, the doctor, and the child's father, and our friend and myself, and passed the rest of the night in my chambers; and next day, when we had breakfasted, went in a body to the bank. I gave in the cheque myself, and said I had every reason to believe it was a forgery. Not a bit of it. The cheque was genuine.Tut-tut, said Mr. Utterson.I see you feel as I do, said Mr. Enfield. Yes, it's a bad story. For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good. Black mail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth. Black Mail House is what I call the place with the door, in consequence. Though even that, you know, is far from explaining all, he added, and with the words fell into a vein of musing.From this he was recalled by Mr. Utterson asking rather suddenly: And you don't know if the drawer of the cheque lives there?A likely place, isn't it? returned Mr. Enfield. But I happen to have noticed his address; he lives in some square or other.And you never asked about the--place with the door? said Mr. Utterson.No, sir: I had a delicacy, was the reply. I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment. You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (...	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	This new version of this classic illustrates one approach to audio literature. John Sessions acts, rather than reads, Naxos's abridged version, giving each character a full portrayal. Sessions stresses melodrama; he fakes his way through some of the more complex locutions, thus obscuring their meaning. Nonetheless, the tape delivers a satisfying rendition of a tale everyone has heard of but few have actually read. Y.R.   (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;classics;contemporary;genre fiction;horror;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0935039082,"Streetwise Boston Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Boston, Massachusetts - Folding pocket size travel map with MBTA subway map & trolley lines Don't leave home without STREETWISE.' --The New York Times'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine'In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.' --Chicago Daily Herald	STREETWISE is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. Weve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where youve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.Today, STREETWISE produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesnt match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, weve done the work, now you have the adventure.In the end, its not about the map, its about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. Its about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE is the great map that you need.",atlases & maps;books;boston;education & reference;maps;massachusetts;new england;northeast;travel;united states,10
B000FOT4SK,"Troubleshooting Marine Diesel Engines, 4th Ed. (International Marine Sailboat Library) This densely illustrated, hands-on guide to diesel engine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair renders its subject more user-friendly than ever before. Finally, boatowners who grew up with gas engines can set aside their fears about tinkering with diesels, which are safer and increasingly more prevalent. As in other volumes in the International Marine Sailboat Library, every step of every procedure is illustrated, so that users can work from the illustrations alone. The troubleshooting charts in the second chapter--probably the most comprehensive ever published--are followed by system-specific chapters, allowing readers to quickly diagnose problems, then turn to the chapter with solutions. Diesel engine systems covered include: mechanical; oil; fresh- and raw-water cooling; low- and high-pressure fuel; exhaust; starting; charging; transmission and stern gear.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This densely illustrated, hands-on guide to diesel engine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair renders its subject more user-friendly than ever before. Finally, boatowners who grew up with gas engines can set aside their fears about tinkering with diesels, which are safer and increasingly more prevalent. As in other volumes in the International Marine Sailboat Library, every step of every procedure is illustrated, so that users can work from the illustrations alone. The troubleshooting charts in the second chapter--probably the most comprehensive ever published--are followed by system-specific chapters, allowing readers to quickly diagnose problems, then turn to the chapter with solutions. Diesel engine systems covered include: mechanical; oil; fresh- and raw-water cooling; low- and high-pressure fuel; exhaust; starting; charging; transmission and stern gear.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",boating;books;engineering;mechanical;professional & technical;sailing;ships;sports & outdoors;transportation;water sports,10
076271123X,"More than Petticoats: Remarkable Idaho Women More than Petticoats: Remarkable Idaho Women tells the history of the Gem State through the stories of thirteen pioneering women, all born before 1900, who made a profound impact on Idaho. Meet Sacajawea, Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide; Jo Monaghan, who lived as a man for nearly forty years; Margaret Cobb Ailshie, who ran Idaho's biggest newspaper; and Nell Shipman, an actress, writer, and early filmmaker. Each woman in her own way displayed remarkable courage, hope, and love during a time when Idaho was still an untamed frontier. Read about their exceptional lives in this collection of absorbing biographies. (6 x 9, 160 pages, bw photos)	Northwest native L.E. Bragg currently lives in Mercer Island, Washington. She is the author of several books for young readers, as well as More than Petticoats: Remarkable Washington Women.	Nothing could have prepared the two young cowboys for their encounter with the approaching rider. A golden Palomino galloped up the dusty ranch house road that late summer day. The horse's flowing yellow mane and tail were a perfect match for the rider's own flaxen mane. The startled cowboys stared in disbelief at the stunningly beautiful, blue-eyed blonde coming toward them. After they had ridden for several days along the border between Idaho and Nevada in search of work with a cattle outfit, the gorgeous woman before them appeared like an apparition.  Regaining his composure, the younger of the two asked, ""Can you tell us where we can find the boss?""  ""I am the boss,"" replied the woman firmly.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;history;mountain;regional u.s.;state & local;travel;united states;west,10
0689822537,"The Princess and the Potty (Aladdin Picture Books) Lewison ( Shy Vi ; Going to Sleep on the Farm ) and Brown ( Your Best Friend, Kate ) strike a merry chord in this appealing variation on an oft-played theme. Brown's comic ink-and-watercolor pictures depict a medieval princess who looks to be well past the potty-training stage--and who trots out an engaging range of facial expressions that indicate her stubbornness. It seems she has no interest in trading in the ""royal diaper"" for a potty--even when tempted with models that are polka-dotted, musical or glow-in-the-dark. Quite simply, they fail to please her. When the princess's desperate parents consult the royal wise man, he answers--again quite simply--that ""the princess will use the potty when it pleases her to use the potty."" Her incentive proves to be a new acquisition: ""the prettiest pair of pantalettes in the land,"" which, quite simply, cannot be worn with a royal diaper. Art and text convey the tale's message with amusing understatement. Bound to please any princess--and less royal youngsters as well. Ages 2-4. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	PreSchool-""'This potty doesn't please me,'"" says the princess. Neither does the next one, nor the next. Her parents are frantic with worry-what will the neighbors in the next-door kingdom think? They try everything they can think of, including consulting a wizard. The princess continues to wear her royal diaper until the day she chooses to wear the prettiest pair of pantalettes in the land. When decision time comes, it's the nearest facility that pleases her. This learning experience will be familiar to anyone who has been toilet trained, and a light encouragement to those who haven't. Cheery, full-color cartoons reveal an imagined medieval world in which the anachronistic appearance of a white porcelain commode will disturb only the humorless. A pleasant, nondogmatic title that will be enjoyed as much as Virginia Miller's On Your Potty! (Greenwillow, 1991). Carolyn Noah, Central Mass. Regional Library System, Worcester, MACopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Ages 2-4. The title says it all. First the princess won't, but then she will. What causes the change? Not the humorous (and sometimes familiar) strategies her royal parents try--from buying a polka-dot potty to sitting on the potty themselves. Only when the princess covets a pair of pantalettes, the prettiest in the land, does she renounce the royal diaper. Brown's princess looks like Little Lulu's cousin, and the pictures portray the rest of the palace crew as a goofy, good-natured group trying to get through a common predicament. Potties are not gender specific here, and the advice is humorous, not technical. Very young listeners may take the book as an inspiration to act; older ones will laugh, ""remembering when.""  Mary Harris Veeder	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	S offers two useful new takes on the potty picture this March: Young's judicious realism (below) and this more imaginative--and candid--tale of a princess who rejects a parade of fancy potties (``a musical potty...a potty that glowed in the dark'') proffered by her anxious parents and subjects, with the royal aplomb of a grown-up princess rejecting suitors. To the hilarity of the court, the king and queen demonstrate (no bottoms bared), while the royal wise man opines that ``the princess will use the potty when it pleases her.'' But the queen's gambit is the one that proves efficacious: provided with gorgeous new pantalettes like her mother's, the princess doesn't want to go back to her diaper; and suddenly, whichever potty is nearest ``pleases'' her. Brown's broadly humorous illustrations, deftly limned in heavy broken lines with bright color added, are right in the spirit of a lighthearted story with sensible messages for tots and parents alike. (Picture book. 3-6) -- Copyright 1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Wendy Cheyette Lewison has written many books for children, including a Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year, Going to Sleep on the Farm. She lives in Westchester County, New York.Rick Brown is the illustrator of more than two dozen books for children. He lives in Pennsylvania.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;children's books;fitness & dieting;health;humor;nature & how it works;royalty;science;toilet training;travel & cultures,10
B0009PUQFK,"Coleman 15 x 15 GeoSport Screen Coleman's 15 x 15-foot GeoSport Screen Shelter lets you take convenient bug protection with you anywhere. This 15-feet by 15-feet screen shelter has a center hub and WindStrong system that locks the frame in place and strengthens the shelter's ability to stand up in windy conditions. The InstaClip construction and five shock-corded poles make the structure extremely fast and easy to set up and holds the fabric taut. This Coleman screen shelter has roof vents for added airflow and to reduce lift forces, and a 95-inch center height allows plenty of head room. It is constructed of durable polyester taffeta with a 450-millimeter water-resistant PU coating, and no-see-um polyester mesh to keep even the tiniest insects out without disturbing your view. Additionally, this shelter is CPAI-84 flame-resistance compliant. Features include two large I-shaped doors, a hanging pocket organizer, non-wicking threads and zippers, guy-lines and stakes for adding stability, and a handy storage bag. What's in the Box? Coleman screen shelter, guy-lines, stakes, storage bag Manufacturer's Warranty Limited three-year warranty About Coleman The Coleman Company has been creating and innovating products for recreational outdoor use since W.C. Coleman started selling gasoline-powered lanterns in 1900. Inventor of the hugely popular fold-up camp stove, Coleman developed a plastic liner for his galvanized steel coolers in 1957--the birth of the modern cooler--and the company has been improving their utility and design ever since. The array of products that bear the Coleman name now includes just about everything you might need to work or play outdoors, from tents and sleeping bags to boats, backpacks, and furniture.	Coleman 15x15' GeoSport Screenhouse... keep cool when the temperature shoots up! This 5-sided masterpiece provides a spacious covering when the sun's intensity is a little too much to bear! Mesh covering on outer walls keeps the bugs out so you can beat the heat in peace! Features 5 shock-corded poles to strengthen the shelter... patent pending cener hub increases its ability to stand up in windy conditions. The polyester taffeta roof has a 450 mm polyurethane coating for durability... has UV-Guard protection, too. Best of all, the no-see-um polyester mesh keeps little buggers out, and is a minor guard against light rain. Tough Tent: Non-wicking thread and zippers for water-resistant protection ; Air vent keeps shelter cool and helps reduce shelter lift forces... keeps it grounded; Center height: 83""; CPAI-84 compliant for flame resistance; 2 large D-style doors.; Hanging pocket organizer stores small items.; Guy lines, stakes and storage bag included; Pick up this rugged, no-nonsense Tent today! Coleman 15x15' GeoSport Screenhouse",& screens;camping & hiking;camping shelters;coleman;lawn & garden;outdoor recreation;patio;shades;sports & outdoors;tents,10
0882667939,"Natural Baskets In the ancient tradition of using indigenous materials to create baskets of beauty and practicality, seven contemporary basketmakers share their designs and techniques for making over twenty unique baskets from materials collected along roadsides and fields, in woods and your own garden. Natural Baskets features baskets and garden ornaments of barks such as birch and red pine; grasses and leaves such as cattails, cornhusks, yucca, iris, and pine needles; vines such as red-twig dogwood, willow, and honeysuckle; and horsehair. Basketry techniques include plaiting, twining, and coiling, as well as free-form styles and miniatures.  The authors are well-respected, skilled basketmakers and talented teachers. Each describes the evolution of her own style, as well as how to find and prepare the wild and garden materials she uses. The step-by-step instructions are heavily illustrated; many projects are suitable for novice basketmakers.    The authors and basketmakers are:  Nanct Basket (South Carolina)  Maryanne Gillooly, editor (Massachusetts)  Gerrie Kennedy (Massachusetts)  Diana Macomber (Virginia)  Doris Messick (Maryland)  Cass Schorsch (Michigan)  Sandy Whalen (Michigan)",architecture;baskets;books;crafts;crafts & hobbies;hobbies & home;needlecrafts & textile crafts;professional & technical;reference;weaving,10
0312241593,"How to Read Music: Reading Music Made Simple Terry Burrows is one of Europe's biggest selling music authors--his Play Rock Guitar and Play Country Guitar have been published in 11 countries. Most recently the author of The Complete Book of the Guitar (Schirmer, 1998), he lives in Britain.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;instruction & study;instruments;music;reference;songbooks;theory,10
1861971265,"Guide to Business Modelling ""Amost useful book . . .""Company Accountant, February 2002	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	John Tennent, a qualified accountant, manages a training consultancy specializing in business modelling and investment appraisal. Graham Friend is a consultant specializing in business modeling. He is the coauthor of Guide to Business Planning.Graham Friend and Stefan Zehle are business consultants who specialize in advising on new business developments. Graham Friend is coauthor of Guide to Business Modelling.",books;business & finance;business & investing;decision-making & problem solving;management;management & leadership;new;popular economics;reference;used & rental textbooks,10
0613277333,"Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman (Trailblazer Biographies) Grade 5-8?Another biography of the first African American woman to fly an airplane, this one compares favorably with Lillian M. Fisher's Brave Bessie (Hendrick Long, 1995). Both titles will be useful for research and recreational reading; they cover essential facts about the woman's early life, education, and introduction to flying, and are written in a lively manner. Fisher's style is less scholarly and objective as evidenced in her frequent use of exclamation points, and Hart's bibliography is more impressive. Students unfamiliar with Coleman will probably be more attracted to Up in the Air because of its quality paper, larger print, and inviting chapter titles. Also, many of the same photo-reproductions appear in both books, but the pictures in Hart's title are markedly larger, clearer, and better positioned on the pages. But Brave Bessie should not be discounted as it includes information about the aviatrix's life in France as well as some interesting facts about World War I planes. Both books feature the same cover photo.?Phyllis Graves, Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TXCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Gr. 4^-6. The first African American woman to become an airplane pilot, Coleman overcame many obstacles in pursuit of her goal. She grew up in poverty but was determined not to spend the rest of her life picking cotton in Waxahachie, Texas. When American flying schools refused to train an African American woman, she enrolled in an aviation school in France, where she became a pilot in 1921. Hart wears the juvenile biographer's usual rose-colored glasses while creating his portrait of Coleman. To his credit, he occasionally hints that she may have been less than perfect but then immediately tries to give each imperfection a positive spin, apparently not realizing that Coleman's flaws only make her more human and more interesting. Still, the book provides a very readable account of Coleman's life from childhood until her death in a 1926 plane crash. Black-and-white photos provide many images of Bessie Coleman and the world she knew and also show such documents as her passport and her pilot's license. Lillian Fisher's biography Brave Bessie: Flying Free (1995) covers the same subject, but many libraries will welcome another book on such a dynamic historical figure.  Carolyn Phelan	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A serviceable biography in the Traiblazers series about the brief and incandescent life of Bessie Coleman (18921926), the first black woman to earn a pilot's license. Hart (Flying Free, 1992, not reviewed, etc.) works with limited contemporary sources to reconstruct the astonishing career of Coleman. She grew up in Waxahachie, Texas, where she somehow conceived of and maintained a passion for flight. In Chicago, she found a patron who financed a trip to France in 1921; there she earned her pilot's license. Returning to the US, Coleman scrambled for funds to continue training and to buy her own plane, both hindered and heartened by the predictable public response to a black female flyer. She died in a crash in an old Jenny--the only plane she could afford. Hart is sentimental and didactic in depicting the complexities of Coleman's life and the depth of her obsession with flying. Hers is a fabulous story, however, and ought to be told and retold. (notes, bibliography, index) (Biography. 10- 13) -- Copyright 1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",aviation;biographies;biographies & memoirs;books;children's books;people of color;science & technology;specific groups;transportation;women,10
1850107459,"Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, 1978-1990 (Haynes Manuals) Haynes offers the best coverage for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs and motorcycles on the market today. Each manual contains easy to follow step-by-step instructions linked to hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Included in every manual: troubleshooting section to help identify specific problems; tips that give valuable short cuts to make the job easier and eliminate the need for special tools; notes, cautions and warnings for the home mechanic; color spark plug diagnosis and an easy to use index.",automotive;books;engineering;industrial;manufacturing & operational systems;new;professional & technical;repair;transportation;used & rental textbooks,10
0816032068,"Atlas of Westward Expansion YA?Text and maps tell the story of America's growth from 1754 to the early 1900s. Chapters are logically and chronologically grouped by appropriate eras with subdivisions providing access to regions or topics. Boxed inserts highlight people and inventions. The readable narrative, which makes up about half of the book, is suitable for students working on research papers. Black-and-white drawings of tools or houses are helpful. Maps are clear and usually involve two shades of blue; when necessary for additional differentiation, cross-hatching is used. Some reproductions of original maps add historical flavor, but are more difficult to read. Black-and-white photographs are well reproduced. The detailed index is especially helpful, as it indicates whether readers will locate a map or text.?Claudia Moore, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VACopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	The excellent clarity of the maps in this volume is supplemented by well-written historical text, resulting in an outstanding effort to condense some 150 years of diplomatic, military, racial, and social events into a clear picture of the expansion of our country from the Alleghenies to the Pacific. Told with lucidity, the story is brought forward to the beginning of the twentieth century, the Indian Territory and Oklahoma land openings being the highlight of its first decade.In addition to nearly 100 part-page and full-page maps throughout, there are several contemporary photographs, such as one of Kit Carson and an 1860 photo of men working in the Comstock Mine. There are also original pen-and-ink drawings of objects that formed a part of everyday life for both Indian and whites, such as a Blackfoot bow and arrow, a gentleman's beaver hat, and a gold-digger's shovel. Side boxes contain interesting information, not necessarily connected with the adjoining text. One box is about the famous Army Camel Brigade, begun by Jefferson Davis, while another covers the misfortunes of the Donner party.Supplementing the text are two appendixes, a three-page bibliography, and an index of names and subjects. Appendix A is a listing of the states as they entered the Union, either as states or territories. Appendix B is a year-by-year summary of the principal events from 1750 to 1917 that affected westward expansion. There are some minor inaccuracies in this chronology. It was not in 1825, but 1826, that Jedediah Smith made his remarkable journey from northern Utah to California, the first American to enter it overland from the states. And it was in 1827, not 1826^-37, that he made his second trip--1837 is obviously a typographical error.Much of the historical narrative in this volume may also be found in standard texts, but seldom has there been, in our stories of ""how the West was won,"" so happy a combination of fine maps with such clear, easy-to-read text. Recommended for all public and academic libraries.  	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",19th century;americas;atlases;atlases & maps;books;education & reference;historical;history;travel;united states,10
061391323X,"How to Prepare for the AP Computer Science Exam [back cover]  In-depth Preparation Includes:   Four full length practice exams modeled on the actual test  Two practice A exams and two practice AB exams  All questions answered and explained  Extensive subject review that covers Java language features; classes and objects; inheritance and polymorphism; program design and analysis; one- and two-dimensional arrays; recursion; linked lists; stacks, queues and priority queues; trees; collections; and sorting and searching  A complete chapter covering the Marine Biology Simulation Case Study 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",advanced placement;books;college & university;computer science;computers & technology;education & reference;new;test prep & study guides;test preparation;used & rental textbooks,10
1841761435,"Celtic Warrior: 300 BC-AD 100 Insights into the real lives of history's fighting men, packed with full colour illustrations, highly detailed cutaways, exploded artwork of weaponry and armour, and action-packed battle scenes.	Stephen Allen is an expatriate who has lived and worked in Brussels for many years. He has a great passion for history with a particular interest in the pre-Roman Iron Age. He is a keen amateur archaeologist, regularly taking part in the excavation of Romano-British sites in Southern England. This is his first book for Osprey.",ancient;books;conventional;england;europe;history;military;military science;uniforms;weapons & warfare,10
1570971056,"The Seven Stages of Life: Transcending the Six Stages of Egoic Life, and Realizing the Ego-Transcending Seventh Stage of Life, in the Divine Way of ... Seventeen Companions of the True Dawn Horse) Every sentence is Radiant with Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj's Presence and Heart Blessing, His Confession and Invitation. -- Robert K. Hall, M.D., psychiatrist; author, Out of Nowhere; co-founder, The Lomi School and The Lomi ClinicHis argument does not require belief in dogmas or indoctrination in science, but only a free consideration of actual experience. -- Jonathan Lynch, Ph.D., Professor and Research Scientist, Penn State Universitythe most profound understanding of the Life Process, stage by stage--from birth, through adolescence, into adulthood and beyond... --Richard Perry, President, NutriBiotic, Inc.	Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj has created a series of twenty-three books that He has designated as His ""Source-Texts"". Among these twenty-three books, there is a sub-series of seventeen volumes (called 'The Seventeen Companions Of The True Dawn Horse'), each of which offers His Wisdom relative to a fundamental aspect of true Spiritual life. 'The Seven Stages Of Life' (Book Ten of the ""Seventeen Companions"") contains Avatar Adi Da's instruction on the complete process of human development, from birth to Divine Enlightenment.	""Grow Beyond your own ego-self. Grow Beyond Illusion (or the habit of thinking and feeling ""two"", or ""otherness""). Grow Beyond all limitations, and Into the Only One (and Who) That Is."" RUCHIRA AVATAR ADI DA SAMRAJ	About Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj From the moment of His Avataric birth (in New York, on November 3, 1939), Adi Da Samraj was consciously aware of His native Divine Condition: the Condition of everyone and everything. As soon as He became able to use language, He gave this Condition a simple but very descriptive Name- the Bright. At two years of age, Adi Da Samraj spontaneously decided to relinquish His constant enjoyment of the Bright out of what He describes as a painful loving, a sympathy for the suffering and ignorance of human beings. Avatar Adi Da confesses that He chose to Learn Man- to pass through all of the ordinary human limitations and presumptions that people suffer, and also to pass through the entire spectrum of extraordinary spiritual phenomena that people can seek and attain- in order to discover how to draw human beings into the Bright Divine Condition that He knew as His own True State and the True State of everyone. In His spiritual autobiography, The Knee Of Listening, Avatar Adi Da recounts this amazing and heroic ordeal of submitting utterly to every aspect and stage of human experience: both high and low in the spectrum of human possibility. In 1970, at 30 years of age, Avatar Adi Da finally Re-Awakened permanently to the Bright, and embarked upon the second great purpose of His Incarnation- the process of Teaching Man. In the 30 years since He began teaching Avatar Adi Da Samraj has communicated a vast store of Wisdom. He has published well over 60 books and given thousands of discourses on every subject that impinges on human and spiritual understanding: from the most ordinary and mundane to the most sacred and esoteric. Adi Da's unique Wisdom-Teaching has inspired the formation of schools, clinics, artisans guilds, and retreat sanctuaries, as well as an international network of communities devoted to the spiritual practice that He has outlined.",books;christian books & bibles;occult;personal transformation;philosophy;politics & social sciences;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality;theology,10
0425148998,"The Boy's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries) ""'History fans will relish every minute.' Publisher's Weekly 'Exquisitely woven.' The Cleveland Plain Dealer 'Executes her exercise...with audacity and ingenuity.' Kirkus Review 'A good mystery...excellently drawn.' Anne Perry""	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Margaret Frazer was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback for The Servant's Tale and The Prioress' Tale. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;british detectives;contemporary;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;mystery;thriller & suspense;united states;women sleuths,10
0195187911,"The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics (Oxford Handbooks) ""....It must be said that it is an impressive publishing achievement.  The task of analyzing the field, deciding on disciplines to be covered, finding willing contributors of sufficient status from all over the world and then combining the articles from these contributors into an edited whole must have been a massive one, and it has been largely successful.  Oxford University Press, Robert Kaplan and the editorial board are to be congratulated on their initiative and the result it has produced.""--Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (Vol.6 No. 3, December 2002)""This is an impressive and ambitious enterprise....Although this book can be used for reference, it real strength lies in its scope and reflective quality.  This book has many roles: as a map of the territory, to inform on where things are and their intellectual topography; a guide; 39 individual mines; but above all as an extended, reflective, collective synthesis-essay on what we are and what we do.  Professionals will be able to determine what are the current directions in other parts of AL.  Students, teachers and researchers in AL and beyond will be able to use it for survey courses, and as a springboard to deeper investigation of specific areas and topics.""--AILA News""[A] monumental editorial enterprise....  it is to be commended and used widely and wisely.""--ESL Magazine	Robert B. Kaplan is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southern California.",books;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;humanities;language & grammar;linguistics;new;reference;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0916638189,"Old Ways Rediscovered Clarence Meyer, the author, compiler and illustrator of this book, was a second generation herbalist. He is the author of American Folk Medicine, The Herbalist Almanac, Onions: Condiment/Nutrient/Medicine, and other books.",alternative medicine;books;crafts;fitness & dieting;health;herbal remedies;hobbies & home;occult;religion & spirituality;sustainable living,10
1563922983,"Small Engine Repair: 5.5 HP Thru 20 HP Four Stroke Engines (Haynes TECHBOOK) Haynes offers the best coverage for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs and motorcycles on the market today. Each manual contains easy to follow step-by-step instructions linked to hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Included in every manual: troubleshooting section to help identify specific problems; tips that give valuable short cuts to make the job easier and eliminate the need for special tools; notes, cautions and warnings for the home mechanic; color spark plug diagnosis and an easy to use index.",automotive;books;engineering;industrial;manufacturing & operational systems;new;professional & technical;repair;transportation;used & rental textbooks,10
1841764892,"Armies in East Africa 1914-18 (Men-at-Arms) Packed with specially commissioned artwork, maps and diagrams, the Men-at-Arms series is an unrivalled illustrated reference on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the world's military forces, past and present.	Peter Abbott has co-authored several titles for Osprey, including Men-at-Arms 131: Germanys Eastern Front Allies 1941-45 and Men-at-Arms 202: Modern African Wars 2: Angola and Mozambique.",20th century;africa;books;conventional;history;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);uniforms;weapons & warfare;world war i,10
0674013778,"Consciousness and the Novel: Connected Essays (Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature) British literary critic-turned-novelist Lodge has made a name  for himself as author of highly entertaining and well-crafted  satirical novels (e.g., Small World, Changing Places). As a  critic, he is interested in the phenomenon of human  consciousness and the way it finds expression in the British  novel. In these previously published essays, Lodge presents  lucid summaries of current consciousness research to investigate  the novel's access into the vagaries of the human psyche.  However, his insights into the literary imagination and  individual works are not entirely original, and he revisits  terrain and recasts arguments overly familiar from his previous  studies. Lodge's prose is perfectly pleasant to read but neither  particularly elegant nor sufficiently idiosyncratic to engage a  reader fully. His deliberate and complacent indifference to  literary theory, so amusingly spoofed in his novels, apparently  blinds him to concerns that could shake his liberal faith in  literary culture and the corresponding liberal suspicion of the  economic forces behind it. Even at their most interesting,  Lodge's essays can sound as if they were meant to be offered on  tape by long-distance learning centers catering to those in  search of highbrow validation. Recommended for large academic  libraries only. Ulrich Baer, NYU   Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Esteemed English novelist Lodge...explores the relationship between consciousness and literature. Intrigued by the way the very notion of consciousness seems to be evolving in an age of cyber and virtual reality, the author focuses here on a wide range of topics that offer perspective on consciousness in fiction...Lodge offers a kaleidoscopic adventure into the potentially forbidding realm of ""consciousness studies,"" sticking with familiar elements (well-known authors and books) and skillfully breaking his larger, more amorphous ideas into digestible bits. Provocative and fascinating. (Kirkus Reviews 2002-08-01)David Lodge is ever tactful, the gentleman-as-critic. His responses to differing theories of art and consciousness are respectful, and his interest in novelists is unfailingly generous. In an age when the novel has been pronounced dead by more than one cultural observer, Mr. Lodge stands as the novelist's greatest advocate. (Daniel Mark Epstein Washington Times 2002-10-20)Consciousness and the Novel makes a bright, instructive introduction to David Lodge--as critic and novelist--for anyone who does not know his work. (Kenneth Baker San Francisco Chronicle 2002-11-03)You won't get a much more authoritative view of contemporary English literature than David Lodge's...In his latest book, Consciousness and the Novel, Lodge, fortified by learning and practice, touches on a number of issues, including the transformation of the ""literary"" novelist from a lonely, dedicated devotee of his craft, like James Joyce, to a candidate for international celebrity. (Philip Marchand Toronto Star 2002-10-30)[This] is not a book of popular science but of literary criticism. Lodge has a different set of problems in mind: ""how the novel represents consciousness; how this contrasts with the way other narrative media, like film, represent it; how the consciousness, and the unconscious, of a creative writer do their work."" Most other critics would make heavy weather of such topics, but Lodge always scintillates. (George Scialabba Boston Globe 2003-01-05)The abandonment of civilized talk about literature by the ""theory"" fraternity would leave us very short if it were not for the likes of Lodge, the quality of whose prose and insights, not least because they both come matured from the casks of his own vocation, is a high treat. Leave consciousness to the neurophysiologists and philosophers, and explore human experience and selfhood with Lodge and the novelists, and enjoy. (A. C. Grayling Financial Times 2002-11-24)[An] impressive new collection...Mr. Lodge has the ability to make familiar writers, seem new...He also writes snappish prose...Mr. Lodge here writes about fiction like a novelist and not a professor and makes his arguments like a major critic. (Tim Marchman New York Sun 2002-11-11)David Lodge's recent interest in neuroscience and contemporary debates about consciousness has been developed in a lively collection of lectures and essyas...If consciousness is now a central concern of philosophers and neurologists, it has been equally so for novelists ever since the end of the nineteenth century. Lodge illuminatingly develops ideas set out in his last novel, Thinks..., where he dramatized this opposition...In this book, Lodge's parallel but separate careers as novelist and critic harmoniously converge. (Bernard Bergonzi Commonweal 2002-12-06)This collection of essays is what we have come to expect from [Lodge]: companionable and provocative prose...Lodge's essays meander in a way that strengthens rather than weakens the reader's faith in him as a guide. We read about a wide range of texts, scientific and creative...Consciousness and the Novel brilliantly succeeds in bringing the reader into the ongoing conversation about consciousness. Above all, it reveals just why the novel remains an irreplaceable hearth at the center of the human world. (Tom D'Evelyn Providence Journal 2003-01-26)[Lodge's] project in Consciousness and the Novel is to affirm the value of the novel in describing or representing the human experience and to celebrate the literary intelligence that portrays human consciousness--the uniqueness each person feels when surveying the world from inside his or her own skull. What makes his writing so dynamic is that Lodge seems quite taken with the ideas about consciousness he finds in the fields of neuroscience, philosophy and cognitive and evolutionary psychology, but he is also confident that those fields have something to learn from literature...Witty, cogent and finally courageous. (Wingate Packard Seattle Times/ Post Intelligencer 2002-12-22)Citing the works of writers ranging from Jane Austen to John Updike, and Virginia Woolf to Philip Roth, Lodge examines how the novel represents consciousness; how such representation has changed through time; how the novelist's consciousness and unconsciousness function creatively; and what, if any, is the role of the critic's formal analysis in the process...One reason Lodge's creative and critical works are such joys to read is their sense of play...If you like being in smart company, get to know David Lodge. (Robert Flanagan Columbus Dispatch 2003-02-16)This book...is a visit backstage, where we can peer at the smoke and mirrors of the novelist's art...What a joy, finally, to clamber back and forth across the crumbling old chasm of arts versus sciences to contemplate such a multifaceted and defiant mystery as consciousness. (Susan Greenfield Times Higher Education Supplement)	David Lodge's novels include Changing Places, Small World, Nice Work, and, most recently, Thinks... He has also written several books of literary criticism.	http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/LODCOX_excerpt.pdf	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;books & reading;criticism & theory;essays;essays & correspondence;general;genre fiction;history & criticism;literature & fiction;movements & periods,10
0375756183,"Crash Course for the GMAT (Princeton Review Series) 10 simple ways to a higher score -- in less than 1 week!If the big test is staring you right in the face and you feel doomed, then here's your last minute reprieve: a GMAT book designed exclusively for the student who's running out of time.The Princeton Review may not be able to turn you into a genius overnight, but they can give you the essential tools and rules you'll need to get a good score. Practice the 10 steps in this book, and you'll have The Princeton Review advantage.Here's what you get:Strategies you simply must know to ace the examDozens of practice questions that will help you apply and perfect these techniquesDetailed answer explanations that will help you avoid making the same mistakes twice	Cathryn Still received a bachelor's degree from Trinity University and a master's from the University of Texas. She joined the Princeton Review in 1990, starting as a teacher, and ultimately moved into Management, where she has served as Managing Director of Graduate Programs since 1997.",books;business & investing;education & reference;gmat;graduate & professional;management & leadership;reference;study guides;studying & workbooks;test preparation,10
0671786865,"Scott Free When a plane carrying Scott O'Toole to a rock concert in Salt Lake City  crashes in the Utah mountains, the resourceful teenager manages to make it to  what looks like safety--a cabin owned by a mysterious, heavily armed man who may  be the protected government witness he says he is--or a killer whose presence in  the area has more to do with a planned political assassination. Meanwhile,  Scott's divorced parents are dealing with his predicament very differently.  Sherry O'Toole, a bestselling self-help author, seems more concerned about her  public image and refighting her acrimonious divorce than using her celebrity to  focus attention on her missing son, while Brandon O'Toole, who won custody of  the boy, is desperately trying to convince the authorities that Scott, who is  trained in survival, should not be given up for dead. This is a thrilling,  chilling mystery from a writer whose abilities to create believable, authentic  teenage characters have marked his other novels, notably Nathan's Run. But Sherry is  little more than a cartoon figure, whose ambivalence in the face of her son's  catastrophe is unbelievable, and Brandon, while a much more sympathetic figure,  is hardly more real. Despite these flaws, Scott Free is a compelling  read, with excellent pacing and a narrative that drives to a thunderous  conclusion. --Jane Adams	Gilstrap's fourth novel is just as exciting as its predecessors (nathan's Run,1996; At All Costs, 1998; and Even Steven, 2000). Sherry O'Toole is a best-selling pop-psychology writer with a messy personal life: her ex-husband has custody of their 16-year-old son, Scott, and she's running out of schemes to shift her boy's allegiance. A ski trip may be her last hope. But the rebellious Scott's plans don't exactly include spending time with Mom. A newfound friend, a pilot, plans to take Scott to a concert, but a snowstorm gets in the way, and they fly into a tree. Now, with his friend dead, Scott is alone, in below-freezing temperatures, with no idea where he is. And his parents, who can barely stand the sight of each other, must join forces to find him. Gilstrap takes a few chances here--especially interesting is his decision to make Sherry so immensely unlikable--and the reader is rewarded with an alone-against-the-elements story that's fresh, suspenseful, and memorable. Gilstrap is one writer who just keeps getting better. David PittCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Gilstrap hits the accelerator and never lets up. The pun is obvious and unavoidable: You wont get off Scott Free.  -- Harlan CobenHarlan Coben Author of Gone for Good  Gilstrap hits the accelerator on page one and never lets up. The pun is obvious and unavoidable: You won't get off Scott Free. -- Review	John Gilstrap is the author of Even Steven, At All Costs, and Nathan1s Run. A former firefighter and EMT, he is an explosives safety expert and an environmental engineer. He has a parallel writing career adapting books for the screen, including Word of Honor (from the Nelson DeMille novel) and Young Men and Fire (from the Norman Maclean book). John Gilstrap lives with his wife and son in Virginia.	Chapter One P> The Cessna danced all over the sky.  The pilot shouted to Scott over the engine noise, ""Everything's gonna be just fine. The storm's just a little heavier than I'd anticipated.""  A little heavier. As in, the walls of the Grand Canyon are a little steep.  The pilot tried to put the best face on it. ""Forget it. In ninety minutes, our ears'll be bleeding from the music.""  Scott shot him a look. ""You told me ninety minutes a half hour ago.""  The pilot tossed a tense shrug. ""Like I said, the storm's worse than I thought.""  Metallica was appearing at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, and the pilot -- a ski patroller named Cody Jamieson -- had somehow scared up two tickets from a couple of college kids who'd let the blizzard intimidate them. Nobody in their right minds would risk getting stranded on the back roads of the Wasatch in weather like this.  For Cody, however, road conditions were irrelevant. He had his very own airplane -- a twenty-five-year-old high-wing job that he'd picked up for a song and maintained himself in a little corner of the hangar at SkyTop's private airstrip. The idea was to fly out of the storm, then beat its arrival in Salt Lake City. If they ended up stranded after the concert, Cody knew some people at BYU who'd put them both up in a heartbeat.  It seemed like a good idea at the time.  The aircraft lurched violently, the worst bump yet, knocking Cody's flying charts onto Scott's lap. ""Air currents,"" he explained before Scott could ask.  This whole thing was beginning to feel stupid. They'd met less than a week ago while Cody was writing Scott up for skiing out of control on Widow Maker. It turned out that the ticket was little more than a warning, but Scott had gone off like a bomb anyway. He was the only skier in control, for crying out loud. It was a matter of principle. He'd thrown down his poles and his hat, kicked off his skis, and was ready to fight it out. ""Why don't you write up those assholes for doing two miles an hour on a black diamond slope?""  Cody ignored the challenge and asked him what he played.  ""What?""  The ski patroller nodded toward Scott's head. ""The hair. I figure you've got to be part of a band.""  Scott's bushy crop of blue hair had earned him the nickname Smurf from his soccer teammates. ""Guitar,"" he said, caught off guard by the randomness of it. ""Lead guitar."" Just like that, the acrimony evaporated.  At twenty-one, Cody was five years Scott's senior, and also a guitarist -- heavy metal all the way. A first-year member of the patrol, the guy was anxious to find somebody to jam with, and Scott put him to shame. As payment for impromptu lessons, Cody introduced his new buddy to the gang, giving him the chance to slug down illegal beers and participate in the ski patrollers' late-night snowmobile races. Best of all, it gave Scott a reason to spend as much time as possible away from his mom. They dubbed him their mascot, and thanks to the nod from Cody, they treated him like a full-fledged member of the crowd -- almost more a member than Cody, who, as a rookie, was the brunt of unrelenting teasing and practical jokes.  So, when the Metallica tickets became available, Cody chose Scott.  But this snowstorm crap was more than he'd bargained for. Rodeo cowboys enjoyed smoother rides. ""Do you have any idea what you're doing up here?"" Scott shouted.  The question drew a nervous glance. ""I know enough to find the airport and set us down.""  ""Then how come we're still in the air?""  ""I think the winds blew us a little off course,"" Cody admitted.  Something in his tone sparked a note of terror. ""Does that mean you don't know where we are?""  ""It means I know reasonably well where I am. If I could just get a quick peek at the ground, it would help a lot.""  The reality hit Scott like a slap. The only way to catch a glimpse of the ground was to get closer to it, and here in the mountains, that was a good way to get snatched out of the sky by a rock. ""Why don't you call on the radio? They'll look at your spot on the radar screen and tell you where you are."" Scott had seen enough movies to know how this sort of thing worked.  Cody Jamieson seemed not to hear the question. When Scott repeated it, he snapped, ""I don't have a transponder, okay? They can't see me on their screen.""  ""Well, call in a Mayday, then.""  Again, Cody seemed not to hear.  ""Cody?""  ""The radio doesn't work.""  ""What?""  Cody didn't bother to repeat himself.  Scott's head swam with the utter stupidity of it all. He was in the company of a moron, but he swallowed his anger. Never piss off the only guy who knows how to fly the plane. ""Can you at least turn up the heat?"" he asked. ""I'm freezing.""  This time, he didn't even expect an answer. He pulled the headphones from his Discman over his knit cap, hit Play, and cranked up the volume. That done, he pulled his seat belt tighter, donned his gloves, and tried not to think about the approaching wave of air sickness.  With his eyes closed, he tried to become a part of the music, to forget about the danger. The Stones CD was one he'd stolen from his dad's collection -- not his first choice for facing death, but he wasn't about to go fishing for something new. As he tried to concentrate on the power and complexity of Keith Richards's guitar licks, Scott did his best to ignore the slamming beat of his heart.  Cody Jamieson's terrified shriek cut through the music like a razor through flesh. Scott snapped his eyes open and started yelling, too, even before he saw the obstacle that loomed up out of the darkness ahead of them.  By the time he realized it was a tree, they'd already hit it.  Sherry Carrigan O'Toole sat in the far corner of the White Peaks Lounge. She thought of it as the power spot -- the one from which she could take in the entire room with a single glance. The place was packed, despite the $9.00 price tag on the drinks, and the atmosphere positively vibrated with news of the blizzard. Sherry gleaned from her targeted eavesdropping that as good as the slopes had been these past couple of days, another foot or two of fresh powder would make this the vacation of a lifetime. Add the presence of the president of the United States, who had already proclaimed SkyTop Village to be his family's longtime favorite vacation spot, and the tongue-waggers could barely contain their enthusiasm.  Whoop-de-freaking-doo.  In the forty-five minutes that Sherry had been waiting for Larry to show up, she'd been hit on twice, once by a ski patroller who looked like the Marlboro Man, and the second time by a guy in his sixties who must have had a lot of money, because guys that ugly always had a lot of money. On a different day, she might have been complimented by the attention, but not today. This whole trip had been a disaster from the very start. Brandon had Scotty so thoroughly brainwashed that she'd never had a chance to break through to the boy.  In fact, at the close of their fifth day in skiers' paradise (and Sherry's personal hell), they were further apart than when they'd arrived. How was that for gratitude? Here, she'd negotiated him a week off from school, footed the bill for him to spend a week in the place he'd always dreamed of going, and he copped an attitude because she didn't want to ski. Like that was some big surprise? She'd never liked to ski.  For the better part of a week, then, they'd barely seen each other, their interaction limited mostly to breakfasts on the heels of his late-night returns, his breath smelling of beer. Night before last, she could have sworn that he purposely breathed on her to get a rise. Nice try. She'd be damned if she was going to play the queen-bitch role that ex-hubby Brandon had assigned to her. If Scotty wanted to experiment with underage drinking, then she couldn't think of a better, safer place for him to test his wings.  She took a long pull on her second cosmopolitan, noting that Carmella, her server-this-evening, was watching. Sherry signaled for one more.  The White Peaks Lounge was a room that didn't know what it wanted to be when it grew up. Built in the 1930s in the rustic style of the lodge itself, it seemed to be trying to attract a younger crowd. Unfortunately, the small cocktail tables and chrome-and-leather sling chairs didn't make the place look modern so much as it gave the impression of a retro yard sale.  For the last five minutes, she'd been matching avoided glances with a balding, forty-something guy sporting a cast on his arm. Every time she felt the heat of his gaze, she'd look up in time to see him looking someplace else. That kind of adolescent crap drove Sherry crazy. If they wanted to make a pass, then they should just have the balls to take their shot and get the rejection over with quickly.  Oh, shit, here he comes.  Armed with what had to be his third martini, the guy spun himself off his barstool and sauntered her way. Unlike so many of the other orthopedic victims she'd seen these past five days, this guy had an athletic look that told her he'd earned his injury doing something daring. As he approached, the eye contact held, and she greeted his smile with one of her own. Maybe rejection wasn't in his future after all.  ""Excuse me,"" he said, gesturing to the empty seat. ""Is this taken?"" His smile was liquid from the booze.  Sherry gave him her coyest smile. ""I've been saving it for my assistant, but he seems to be running a little late.""  Mr. Charming pulled out the chair. ""May I?""  Sherry shrugged.  ""My name is Bernard Caplan. People call me Bernie."" He extended his hand across the table and Sherry took it.  Why did that name ring a bell? ""Pleased to meet you. I'm -- ""  ""You're Sherry Carrigan O'Toole,"" Bernie said.  Sherry felt herself blush. Ah, a fan...  ""I've read your books. You caught me staring from over there, and rather than be mysterious, I thought I'd come on over and meet you personally.""  Sherry did her fawning-fan giggle. ""I'm so happy you did. And what did you do to your arm?""  Bernie made a face that said the injury didn't mean a thing. ""Some beginner idiot on Dark Passage rammed me from behind yesterday. Broke my wrist. You know, I catch you on the radio from time to time.""  This time, the giggle was real. Handsome, athletic and a fan. This had real possibilities.  ""Do you recognize my name, by chance?"" Bernie asked.  Sherry's eyes narrowed as she churned Bernard Caplan through her memory banks. Something was there, all right. Something so close...  ""That's okay if you don't,"" Bernie said with a dismissive wave. ""It's actually Doctor Bernie Caplan, and I'm the chief of psychiatric medicine at the University of Virginia.""  Something changed behind Bernie's eyes, and as it did, Sherry felt her stomach flip.  ""I saw you here, and I thought to myself, 'When will I get another chance like this?' So, here I am."" Just like that, with the precision that only a mental health practitioner can muster, all the humor evaporated from Dr. Bernard Caplan's face. ""I wanted you to know that I think your brand of moralizing pop psychology does more harm to more people on a daily basis than all the world's missed diagnoses combined. In the past year alone, I've treated two teenaged girls who were depressed to the point of self-destruction because they could not meet the minimum standards of perfection you laid out in The Mirror's Not the Problem.""  Sherry felt the muscles of her chest and abdomen tighten, preparing for battle. ""That's 'minimum goals to strive for,' "" she corrected. ""And Mirror sold nearly a million copies in hardcover.""  Bernie smiled. The real one wasn't nearly as attractive as the one he used to lure her off her guard. ""You say that as if it's something to be proud of. Millions of people are duped every day by charlatans.""  ""Now listen here -- ""  ""There's no need to get defensive,"" Bernie said, showing his palms. ""I just saw you here relaxing, having a good time, and I thought I'd share with you what you've put a real doctor through since you became the self-help quack-of-the-day.""  A shadow fell across the table. ""Is there something wrong here?"" Finally, Larry had arrived. Six feet tall if he really stretched, and a hundred-fifty pounds on his fattest day, Larry Chinn's entire life was ruled by Sherry O'Toole and Gentlemen's Quarterly, not necessarily in that order. With his close-cropped, spiky bleached hair and tiny granny glasses, he was the poster child for closeted gays. Tonight, he wore chalet chic -- blue jeans and a turtleneck, with a cotton sweater tossed over his shoulders -- and, sensing the tension at the table, he tried his best to look intimidating.  ""I think that Mr. Caplan was just leaving,"" Sherry said. She got the honorific wrong on purpose.  Caplan assessed Larry with a single condescending glance. ""Indeed I was,"" he said. ""But just remember, Sherry, one day the public will wake up to your nonsense, and you'll have to deal with your peers again."" He stood. ""When that day comes, I'll be waiting for you.""  Now it was Sherry's turn to be smug. ""Dream on, Caplan,"" she said. ""If I decided to retire tomorrow, my great-grandchildren wouldn't know how to spend the money I've made.""  Caplan raised his glass in a mock toast. ""Until the malpractice suits,"" he said.  Larry watched him walk back to the bar, then slid into his place. ""Is that true?"" he asked.  ""What? About malpractice?""  ""No, about your grandchildren not being able to spend all the money you've made.""  Sherry scowled. ""Of course not."" Then the scowl turned into a grin. ""That'll happen in two more books.""  Larry nodded at the dregs in Sherry's glass. ""How far behind am I?""  ""Two."" Then, as if on cue, Carmella reappeared, a new drink balanced on her tray. ""Soon to be three.""  Larry ordered a White Russian (""heavy on the Russian, light on the white""), and finally they were alone in the crowd.  ""I suppose you're wondering why I wanted you here,"" Sherry said.  ""I only hope that it's for a long string of clichd openings like, 'I suppose you're wondering why I wanted you here.' Want to know my sign?""  Sherry made a face that looked like a snarl. She leaned into the table and Larry joined her. ""Have you been to the phone booth that they have the nerve to call a bookstore?"" she asked.  ""Actually, no. And given the fact that we're at one of the top five ski resorts in North America, with some of the finest powder I've ever seen, I can't imagine why.""  Sherry was in no mood for irony. ""They only have three of my books,"" she said. ""Actually, to be more precise, they only have three copies of one book -- Mirror -- and that's only in paperback. There's not a single copy of Mirror II. Do you know how embarrassing that is? My seminar is in two days, and they've only laid in three paperbacks.""  Larry looked at her like she'd sprouted leaves. ""Sherry, do they carry any hardcovers?""  Sherry took a sip of her cosmo. ""I don't know.""  ""Well, if the store is as small as you say, they probably don't.""  ""What about It's All in Your Smile or The Microwave Mom?"" Sherry protested. ""They're both in paperback, and neither of them are in the store.""  Larry sighed deeply and looked over his shoulder to check on the progress of his drink. ""Have you thought about taking a skiing lesson? I mean, my God, Sherry, you need a little life here.""  ""I don't participate in sports where gravity and trees combine as mortal enemies.""  Larry laughed. ""Why are you here? Why take a seminar gig at a ski resort if you hate skiing?""  ""You know damn well why.""  Larry rolled his eyes. ""Right. Brandon and Scott. God forbid they have fun together. You know, there's something really twisted in all that.""  ""What's twisted,"" she said, ""is that 'Team Bachelor' crap. Makes me sick.""  Sherry tried her best to show a flash of anger, but she knew Larry wouldn't buy it. They'd known each other too long, gone through too many adventures together. No one fully understood her relationship with Larry -- Sherry wasn't entirely sure she understood it herself -- but he was the one person who understood her. She called him her assistant mostly because the world frowned on the notion of paid companions. Half of the professional publishing world assumed that they were lovers, and the other half assumed that they were both gay. Sherry honestly didn't give a shit.  ""Well, it'd be one thing if you trumped Brandon in doing something you actually enjoyed, but as it is now, who's laughing harder, know what I mean?""  Sherry sighed. ""I know exactly what you mean."" She took another sip of her drink, just as the White Russian arrived for Larry. ""I'm not a total bitch, you know. I did actually hope that maybe Scotty and I could get to know each other a little better. But I never see him.""  ""That's because he's skiing, Sherry. Ski resort. Skiing. Do you see the link?""  Sherry laughed in spite of herself. ""Well, during the day, sure. But I don't even see him in the evenings. God knows what he's been eating.""  ""He's sixteen. He hates the world.""  Sherry thought about that. Adolescence was defined all over the world by rebellion. It was the same in every culture, every race, every religion. She'd heard some interesting theories that it was true in every species. Sometimes she wondered if teenagers didn't in fact become a different species for a while.  She checked her watch. ""Tonight, for example,"" she said. ""The last thing we said to each other as he was on his way out to the slopes was, let's meet for dinner. He was supposed to call me, or at least leave a message at the chalet, but no. Not a word."" She saw Larry's eyes shift. ""What?""  ""Excuse me?""  ""You know something.""  He made a face like she was crazy, but he squirmed in his chair. ""I know a lot of things.""  Sherry wasn't buying it. ""You wear a guilty conscience like a badge, Larry. Let me hear it.""  ""I told Scott I wouldn't say anything,"" he hedged. Way to hold out till the end.  ""Larry.""  He sighed. ""He went to Salt Lake City.""  Sherry's jaw dropped. ""He what?""  Larry squirmed some more. ""There's a concert there. He went with some ski patrol guy he met. Nice guy. I did a couple of runs with both of them.""  Sherry couldn't believe she was hearing this. ""Have you looked at the weather out there? How on earth are they going to drive to Salt Lake City?""  More squirming. ""They're, um, not driving, actually. His friend is a private pilot. He owns his own plane.""  This time, Sherry's rage was real. ""Jesus, Larry, how long have you known about this?""  Her anger surprised him. ""Since this morning.""  ""And you didn't say anything?""  ""What was I going to say?""  ""Oh, I don't know, something like, 'Hey, Sherry, your son has lost his mind.' My God, they're flying in this weather?""  Larry dismissed her with a wave as he took another sip of his drink. ""Will you relax? If it wasn't safe, they wouldn't let them take off in the first place.""   Copyright  2003 by John Gilstrap",action & adventure;books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0800757149,"Ivy and Allison (Orphan Train West, Book 2) Jane Peart is a prolific author of fiction. In addition to  the Orphan Train West for Young Adults series, she is the author of  the Edgecliffe Manor Mysteries series.",books;children's books;christian;family life;historical fiction;literature & fiction;religious fiction;romance;social situations;united states,10
0750641630,"Acupuncture: A Scientific Appraisal ""The articles are all interesting, intelligently and professionally presented... there is much that acupuncturists of all persuasions can gain from this book, including summaries of various studies.""Journal of Chinese Medicine No 61, October 1999Western Pacific Region of the World Organisation has published guidelines for clinical research with acupuncture. It is an extremely important work for this part of the world, and this new publication by Ernst and White joins it as being essential reading for those who include acupuncture, no matter what the form, in their clinical practice.""Best Books for 1999  section, Chiropractic Journal of Australia, Volume 29, Number 4, December 1999is an important book which should be read by any acupuncture practitioner, whatever their theoretical stance may be."" Dr Anthony Campbell MRCP, London, UKwould recommend the purchase of this book to any serious acupuncture student. The scientific issues are presented well and are deserving of serious study.""January 2000	Acupuncture: a scientific appraisal takes an evaluative approach, summarizing the evidence for acupuncture in an impartial way. An international team of specialist contributors brings a wide range of expertise to the book, drawing together different facets of research and clinical practice to provide a cohesive look at acupuncture today. The increasing integration of acupuncture into health care services in the west requires stringent criteria of efficacy, safety and cost in order to provide optimal benefit for patients, at minimal risk. All professionals involved in the delivery of healthcare will find this new book of great interest. The conclusions reached should provide a focus for future debate. Fully referenced throughout, Acupuncture: a scientific appraisal is an easily accessible, balanced source of information for all practitioners of acupuncture. Healthcare providers, complementary therapists and members of the primary healthcare team will also find this an invaluable purchase.	Department of Complementary Medicine, University of Exeter, Royaume-Uni",acupuncture;acupuncture & acupressure;alternative medicine;books;fitness & dieting;health;medical books;medicine & health sciences;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0310706459,"Dear God, It's Me: A Song of God's Love (Song of God's Love, A) A second book and CD combination from Gold Medallion Award finalistsfor ages 4-8  Following in the footsteps of the bestselling Gold Medallion Award finalist I Love You This Much, comes Dear God, Its Me, a comforting prayer written for young children to sing for themselvesor for their families and friendsthroughout their day. In the prayer, they ask God to be with them always in everything they do.   The words of Dear God, Its Me are accompanied by beautiful four-color illustrations. The musical CD presents Lynn Hodges singing each stanza while the chorus is sung by a child:    Dear God, I am calling ... please listen ... its me! You know all about my day ... from a to z! You know when Im frightened, sad, or alone. Please stay close beside me. Make my heart your own.	Sue Buchanan is the coauthor of the best-selling I Love You This Much.  She is also the author of I'm Alive and the Doctor's Dead, Girls Just Gotta Have Fun, Duh-Votions, and Mud Pie Annie, and coauthor of Friends Through Thick and Thin.  Sue lives in Nashville, TN.Lynn Hodges is a professor of music, voice, music theory, and piano, and one of America's most gifted producers, arrangers, and writers of children's music.  She is the coauthor of the best-selling I Love You This Much and winner of numerous awards and multiple Dove Award nominations.  She and her husband, Jimmy, live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their three children.John drew from quite a young age - doodling cartoon likenesses of his teachers in notebooks at school - before eventually putting his talents to good use at the local college of art studying illustration and design. Since then he has had over 30 children's books published in England and the US. John lives part of the year in Cambridge and part in Cannes in the South of France with his Italian wife who is also a brilliant artist working in Ceramics and Glass!",books;children's books;christian;christianity;devotional;education & reference;literature & fiction;prayer;religions;religious fiction,10
3897075466,"B&B Toronto City Streets Map Text: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish	Berndtson & Berndtson GmbH, a cartographic publishing company established in 1988 in Germany, makes tough, long-lasting maps with non-toxic, environmentally responsible lamination material.",atlases & maps;books;canada;cities;education & reference;ontario;provinces;toronto;travel;world,10
1418482323,America's Napoleonic Folly Martin Farenfield is a veteran of nation-building in both Bosnia (1997) and Kosovo (1999). He is a graduate of the Moroccan Armed Forces Staff College (2003) and holds a Masters degree in Global Studies from the University of Denver (2004).,americas;books;europe;history;international & world politics;iraq;middle east;military;politics & government;politics & social sciences,10
0853982147,"Leo Tolstoy and the Baha'I Faith Text: English, French (translation)",books;criticism & theory;history & criticism;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;movements & periods;new;used & rental textbooks;world literature,10
B000H3ACHG,"Spalding Pole Pad The 0.25-inch thick pole pad from Spalding fits all standard diameter round and square backboard poles to protect basketball players from impacts with the pole during games. Designed for outdoors use, the cover is NBA branded and features a weatherproof blue nylon cover. The pole pad mounts on the pole without tools and is secured to the pole with eyelet closures.  About Spalding A Division of Russell Brands, LLC, Spalding is now the largest basketball equipment supplier in the world. Spalding is the official basketball of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the official backboard of the NBA and NCAA, the official volleyball of the King of the Beach Volleyball Tour and the official football of Pop Warner. In addition to being the leading producer and marketer of basketballs, footballs, volleyballs and soccer balls, Spalding produces softballs under the Dudley brand.	Fits all standard diameter round poles & square poles; attractive weather-proof blue nylon cover; no tools required",backboard components;basketball;basketball equipment;basketball gear;court equipment;fan shop;pole pads;sports & outdoors;sports equipment;team sports,10
0205348068,"Communication Theories for Everyday Life Communication Theories for Everyday Life introduces readers to the complexities of theories in communication studies, mass communication, and public relations, emphasizing their connection to everyday life.  Instead of utilizing a theory-a-day approach, this text cuts across content areas and clusters related theories, making them easier for readers to process and apply to real-life situations.  Communication Theories for Everyday Life also addresses theories in emerging areas and growing fields, such as media research, organizational communication, and computer-mediated communication, while still featuring the traditional theories that always have defined the field.   Features:  Contextualizes theory with an introductory chapter in each of the main content areas that introduces the theories and research in the field, showing students how the theories developed. Features new theories and subject areas not present in most traditional communication theory textbooks, including new interactive technologies, feminist scholarship, British cultural studies, semiotics, postmodernism, and critical race theory. Emphasizes the application of some theories across many subject areas through headings in the form of questions that encourage students to process material and explore for themselves how theories and content apply to their lives. Uses case-study chapters that demonstrate to students how each subject area would use theory to solve or understand issues in everyday life. Reviews theories for the three main genres of communication - communication studies, mass communication, and public relations - with balanced coverage, examining the unique contributions each area has made to the field of communication as a whole.    Page 1 of 1",books;communication;communication & journalism;communications;education & reference;language & grammar;linguistics;new;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0671761986,"Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills Karl Albrecht is a respected management consultant and executive adviser, strategic thinker, futurist, author, dynamic speaker, and an innovator whose contributions seem to defy labels, categories, and pigeonholes. He is the author of more than twenty books and many articles on professional achievement, organizational performance, and business strategy. His writings include Social Intelligence: the New Science of Success; Practical Intelligence: the Art and Science of Common Sense; the Mindex Thinking Style Profile; and The Social Intelligence Profile.",books;business & investing;fitness & dieting;health;humor & entertainment;job hunting & careers;logic & brain teasers;psychology & counseling;puzzles & games;self-help,10
0801439604,"Condemned to Repeat?: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action The director of research and former head of the French section of Medicins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), Terry has written a compelling book about the failure of international humanitarian organizations to take into consideration a wider political context before providing aid. This shortsightedness, argues Terry, results in the paradox that humanitarian aid aimed at alleviating suffering instead sustains the oppressive action that caused it. In clear and concise analysis, she begins with the controversial claim that the aid agencies respond in knee-jerk fashion to any conflict without further investigating or even considering the ramifications of their aid. In four documented cases, Afghan camps in Pakistan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan camps in Honduras, Cambodian camps in Thailand, and Rwandan camps in Zaire Terry details how aid given to help people often ends up in the coffers of the combatants. Terry backs up her claim with photocopies of documents that will be of special interest to scholars of the 1996 Rwanda massacres. Recommended for all libraries. Glenn Masuchika, Rockwell Collins Information Ctr., Cedar Rapids, IA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	""Terry has written a compelling book about the failure of international humanitarian organizations to take into consideration a wider political context before providing aid. . . . In clear and concise analysis, she begins with the controversial claim that the aid agencies respond in knee-jerk fashion to any conflict without further investigating or even considering the ramifications of their aid.""Library Journal""Noting that governments have various nonhumanitarian policies that are manifested in dealing with refugee flows, including allowing refugee camps to be used for military purposes, Terry concludes that aid agencies must necessarily contribute to these governmental maneuvers. . . . She concludes that the best aid agencies can do in the real world of governmental realpolitik is to try to minimize undesirable political impact that inheres in humanitarian assistance.""Choice""An insider's searching critique of the humanitarian aid system. . . . The result, Terry concludes, is a deep paradox at the heart of humanitarian action: The international community's good intentions have created structures of aid and protection that, when injected into disintegrating states without authoritative rule, often fuel violence rather than reduce suffering.""G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs""The book makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on humanitarian action. The historical research is detailed, the arguments are cogent and precise, and Terry's findings are alarmingly relevant . . . . Although the book is an appeal to relief agencies to enter into emergency situations with more caution and greater awareness of the ramifications of their actions, the study would certainly serve as a valuable pedagogical tool for graduate courses. It is also accessible to undergraduates and a general adult reading audience.""Eric A. Heinze, Perspectives on Political Science""This is a provocative, analytical treatment of the inevitable dilemmas that arise when humanitarian action is undertaken in a militarized environment. Fiona Terry writes with the authority that comes from several years of working in emergency relief programs in different parts of the world. The book's main contribution is its identification, discussion, and analysis of the predictable negative consequences of humanitarian intervention.""David L. Cingranelli, Perspectives on Politics""Fiona Terry's Condemned to Repeat? is a tough-minded and searching critique of the global aid industry. Aid agencies and humanitarian activists who do not think hard about Terry's critique may find themselves condemned to repeat the mistakes she identifies.""Michael Ignatieff, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University""There have been many books criticizing humanitarian action from the outside and many others praising it from the inside. Almost always, both the moral and operational dilemmas of relief work were terribly oversimplified. Fiona Terry has changed all that. Hers is the first book by an aid worker from the English-speaking world to anatomize the real paradoxes of humanitarian action. It is at once a superb and original work of historical research into the actual practice of contemporary humanitarianism, an arresting polemic about what the consequences of those practices are, and a fine piece of moral reasoning.""David Rieff""Unlike others who have seen the underbelly of the aid business, Fiona Terry responds, not with cynicism or fatalism, but with morally sensitive, politically relevant, and intellectually lucid proposals about how to bring actual consequences closer to good intentions. Condemned to Repeat? is a passionate and independent challenge to humanitarian practice-as-usual that can enrich ethics classes and guide refugee camps. It is a book of extraordinary reach that contributes richly to both theory and practice.""Henry Shue, author of Basic Rights	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Fiona Terry has spent most of the last 20 years involved in humanitarian operations in different parts of the world, including northern Iraq, Somalia, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Liberia and Sudan. She was a research director for Mdecins Sans Frontires in Paris from 2000 to 2003 working on North Korea, Sierra Leone and Angola, before spending three years with the ICRC in Myanmar. She holds a Ph.D. in international relations and political science from the Australian National University.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;disaster relief;human rights;international & world politics;politics & government;politics & social sciences;public affairs & policy;social sciences;social services & welfare;specific topics,10
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082619950X,"Evaluating and Testing in Nursing Education (Springer Series on the Teaching of Nursing) ""Nothing is more important to the educational process than effective testing and evaluation, yet few nurse educators (faculty??? better word??) have any formal academic preparation or substantive expertise in the topic. However, without a thorough understanding of how to correctly structure, interpret, manage the process of evaluating, measuring, and testing, teachers (faculty??? better word??) cannot prove that their work has really made a difference.  This book is a practical guide for teachers (faculty??? better word??) to assure that the time that is spent in testing, measurement, and evaluation produces valid and reliable information. From planning a classroom test, to creative assessment approaches, to ethical, legal, and social issues related to testing and measurement, both novice and expert teachers (faculty??? better word??) will find this book an invaluable compendium of useful strategies."" - Suzanne P. Smith, EdD, RN, FAAN Editor-in-Chief, Nurse Educator	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Designated a Doody's Core Title and Essential Purchase! ""Without question, this book should be on every nurse educator's bookshelf, or at least available through the library or nursing program office. Certainly, all graduate students studying to be nurse educators should have a copy.""--Nursing Education Perspectives ""This [third edition] is an invaluable resource for theoretical and practical application of evaluation and testing of clinical nursing students. Graduate students and veteran nurses preparing for their roles as nurse educators will want to add this book to their library.""Score: 93, 4 stars --Doody's""This 3rd edition. . . .has again given us philosophical, theoretical and social/ethical frameworks for understanding assessment and measurement, as well as fundamental knowledge to develop evaluation tools for individual students and academic programs.""-Nancy F. Langston, PhD, RN, FAANDean and ProfessorVirginia Commonwealth University School of NursingAll teachers need to assess learning. But often, teachers are not well prepared to carry out the tasks related to evaluation and testing. This third edition ofEvaluation and Testing in Nursing Educationserves as an authoritative resource for teachers in nursing education programs and health care agencies. Graduate students preparing for their roles as nurse educators will also want to add this book to their collection.As an inspiring, award-winning title, this book presents a comprehensive list of all the tools required to measure students' classroom and clinical performance. The newly revised edition sets forth expanded coverage on essential concepts of evaluation, measurement, and testing in nursing education; quality standards of effective measurement instruments; how to write all types of test items and establish clinical performance parameters and benchmarks; and how to evaluate critical thinking in written assignments and clinical performance.Special features: The steps involved in test construction, with guidelines on how to develop test length, test difficulty, item formats, and scoring proceduresGuidelines for assembling and administering a test, including design rules and suggestions for reproducing the testStrategies for writing multiple-choice and multiple-response itemsHow to develop test items that prepare students for licensure and certification examinationsLike its popular predecessors, this text offers a seamless blending of theoretical and practical insight on evaluation and testing in nursing education, thus serving as an invaluable resource for both educators and students. ""	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, is a Professor and Chair of Adult and Geriatric Health in the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is author/co-author of 11 nursing education books and many articles on clinical evaluation, teaching in nursing, and writing for publication as a nurse educator. She is the Editor of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality and past editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Education. Dr. Oermann lectures widely on teaching and evaluation in nursing.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	chapter	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",administration & management;books;education & reference;general;medical books;medicine & health sciences;new;nursing;research & theory;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FO7NMY,"Practical Recording Techniques ""Beginners as well as intermediate-level recordists would find the book a valuable resource.  If you are doing any sort of serious recording (except binaural, which Bruce omits) this book will be an important and up-to-date reference for you."" - May 2000, Audiophile Audition	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Practical Recording Techniques, Second Edition is a hands-on, practical guide for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts. The book prepares the reader for work in  a home studio, a small professional studio, or an on-location recording session.  The book offers up-to-date information on the latest recording technology, such as digital tape recording and computer workstations. The book prepares the reader for work in a home studio, a small professional studio, or an on-location recording session.rding, hard-disk recording, keyboard and digital workstations, SMPTE, and MIDI. It also guides the beginner through the basics, showing how to make quality recordings with the new breed of inexpensive home-studio equipment. Other topics include:  choosing and operating recorder-mixers based on cassette, Mini-Disc, and hard-disk;  hum prevention;  the latest monitoring methods;  microphone selection and placement;  audio-for-video techniques; troubleshooting bad sound; guidelines for good sound.With its step-by-step approach and easy-to-read format, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to create professional sounding recordings.Bruce Bartlett is a microphone engineer, audio journalist, and recording engineer. He has written over 600 articles on audio topics for such magazines as Modern Recording, db, Recording, EQ, Mix, Recording Engineer/Producer, Radio World, Pro Audio Review, Audio, and the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. He has also written a number of books including Stereo Microphone Techniques (Focal Press). 	A member of the Audio Engineering Society and Syn Aud Con, he holds a degree in physics and several patents on microphone design. He is also a musician and runs a 16-track digital studio specializing in live recording. Jenny Bartlett is a freelance technical writer who specializes in audio and computer software.                                         A step-by-step approach to professional audio recording Covers the latest techniques for professional studio, home studio, and on-location Completely updated including extensive information on the latest advancements in MIDI and digital audio	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",acoustics & sound;arts & photography;books;electrical & electronics;engineering;music;physics;professional & technical;recording & sound;science & math,10
0824518659,"The Sacred Impulse: A Planetary Spirituality of Heart and Fire Conlon isthe director of Sophia Center, a wisdom school celebrating Earth, arts and spirit at Holy Names College, Oakland, CA.",biological sciences;books;catholicism;christian books & bibles;christian living;ecology;inspirational;religion & spirituality;science & math;spirituality,10
087483435X,"Storytelling Coach: How to Listen, Praise, and Bring out People's Best (American Storytelling) Storytelling World Award Winner:Special Storytelling ResourcesYouth Storytelling Pegasus AwardWinner: Special DistinctionHelpful principles and motivational advice for communicating your stories--in the classroom, in the boardroom, from the pulpit, from the stage.-Joan DetzExcerpts from actual coaching sessions provide the reader dramatic moments of insight and transformation that follow from good coaching.While Lipman's work is grounded in the storytelling revival, the principles, structures, and techniques are suitable for helping people...improve at any kind of communication.The Catalyst Centre...the lessons are applicable in education and in the workplace. A master teacher shares how a good coach elicits the best from storytellers, and how those same techniques can be used in many different situations.--The Bloomsbury ReviewA sensitive no-nonsense coaching guide addressing obstacles encountered in storytelling.--Kathy Unverzagt, Eastern Tennesse State University	Translating his extraordinary talents into written form, Doug Lipman understands how to create empathic dialogue and offers valued insights into the storytelling process so as to bring storytellers to where they want to be.It is a clearly organized resource book with principles that I will integrate into my own storytelling preparations, into my academic teaching, and into my teaching everywhere.--Peninnah Schram	Doug Lipman told his first story to a room filled with emotionally disturbed adolescent boys. They began with their arms folded and sneers on their faces. A few seconds into the story, they fell into a listening trance.That moment changed Doug's life. In a way, he has been pursuing that form of connection through storytelling, ever since.Over the last 35 years, he has, among other things:Performed for all ages, on three continents;Authored 4 books;Performed on more than a dozen solo storytelling recordings;Received awards for both his books and recordings;Created innovative forms of mulit-media storytelling instruction, such as the Storytelling Workshop in a Box and the Image Riding Toolkit;Published over 100 issues of his email newsletter, eTips from the Storytelling Coach;Taught storytelling to scores of organizations, such as: The Jet Propulsion Lab (NASA) The World Bank The Center for Creative Leadership MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)Coached many professional storytellers - to improve their storytelling as well as their marketing.Doug lives near Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, the Rev. Pam McGrath, and Gabbi, their good-natured 6-pound dog.",arts & photography;books;communication;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;language & grammar;performing arts;psychology & counseling;words,10
0582368189,"The Eisenhower Presidency, 1953-1961 'It is part of the splendid Semianr Studies in History Series. The book adopts the familiar , tried and tested format. In justnover 100 pages, Richard Damms provides an accessible overview of Eisenhower's two-term presidency. At the back of the book there is a good selection of importnat contemporary documents, a Who's Who of major characters, A glossary of key terms and an excellent guide to further reading.'  History Review, December 2004  'In sum, this work should be a valuable asset to scholars teaching courses devoted to the Eisenhower years, particularly if the instructor is imaginative enough to put the documents, maps, and citations to the best possible use. It is highly recommended.'  H-Net Review: H Matthew Loayza, September 2004	Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency marked an important stage in the evolution of modern America, but left a decidedly mixed legacy for future presidents. Richard V. Dammsprovides the first balanced overview of the Eisenhower presidency in a decade. Damms shows howEisenhower's domestic policy slowed further expansion of the welfare state and managed to achieve three balanced budgets, butwas woefully inadequate in the area of Africa-American civil rights. In foreign policy, he established the framework for the long-term strategy of containment that ultimately prevailed in the Cold War, but his short-term successes in the Third World left troubling legacies for the United States in such places as Iran, Guatemala, Cuba and Vietnam.Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book provides:* An examination of Eisenhower's domestic and foreign policy* A look at major themes in post-war US history, including the escalation of the arms race and the intensification of the Cold War* A selection of key contemporary documents * A Who's Who of major characters and Glossary of key terms Drawing on the expanding documentary record and the mostrecent scholarship, this book provides students with a valuable,up-to-datesynthesis of the Eisenhower presidency.Richard V. Damms is Professor of History at Mississippi State University.	Richard V. Damms is Professor of History at Mississippi State University.",20th century;americas;books;history;humanities;military;new;united states;used & rental textbooks;world,10
0743550730,"German, Basic: Learn to Speak and Understand German with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur) ""Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed."" -- AudioFile Magazine""EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE...each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners...Pimsleur [programs] are extremely thorough and easy to use -- quite lively!"" -- Boston Herald""Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) while cooking all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!"" -- New York Daily News""Designed for the ear and not the eye...the lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work."" -- St Louis Post-Dispatch""Learn to habla espaol or parlez franais before your next trip aboard. The interactive LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them."" -- American Way (American Airlines inflight magazine)""I tried other language programs with little success...This is the best by far!"" -- Pamela A. Mitchell, Pilot, International Society of Women Airline Pilots	Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the worlds leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called Graduated Interval Recall. This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.",books;computers & technology;education & reference;foreign languages;german;humanities;introductory & beginning;new;programming;used & rental textbooks,10
0131838520,"Exploring Microsoft Office 2003 Volume 1 (Grauer Exploring Office 2003 Series) Dr. Robert T. Grauer   Dr. Robert T. Grauer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at the University of Mniami where he has been honored with the Outstanding Teacher Award in the School of Business.  Dr. Grauer has written more than 20 books on programming and information systems. His work has been translated into three foreign languages and is in use at all levels of higher education at both the national and international level.   Dr. Grauer has also been a consultant to several major corporations including IBM and American Express. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1972 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.   Maryann M. Barber  Maryann M. Barber is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems at the University of Miami. She has been honored with several teaching awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Awards for the School of Business, the Freshman Teaching Award, the Apple Polishing Award, the Student Government Professor of the Year Award, the Interfraternity Council Professor of the Year Award, and the University of Miami Excellence in Teaching Award. Maryann is also the Faculty Master at Stanford Residential College. She is a member of numerous leadership honor societies at the University of Miami, including Iron Arrow, Mortar Board, and Omicron Delta Kappa.",books;business;computer science;computers & technology;home computing & how-to;microsoft;new;office;software;used & rental textbooks,10
0935702997,"Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach Pedagogically pleasing, as it builds up physical chemistry from considerations of atoms to systems containing numerous molecules. --ChoiceIt is a superb book, to be greatly appreciated and treasured by generations of students to come. --Richard Zare, Stanford UniversityAn excellent modern physical chemistry course that should inspire us to rethink our curriculum. --Journal of Chemical Education	As the author of landmark chemistry books and textbooks, Donald McQuarrie's name is synonymous with excellence in chemical education. From his classic text on Statistical Mechanics to his recent quantum-first tour de force on Physical Chemistry, McQuarrie's best selling textbooks are highly acclaimed by the chemistry community. McQuarrie received his PhD from the University of Oregon, and is Professor Emeritus from the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis. He makes his home at The Sea Ranch in California with his wife Carole, where he continues to write. John D. Simon became the first George B. Geller Professor of Chemistry at Duke University in 1998. He is currently Chair Chemistry Department at Duke and a faculty member of the Biochemistry, and Ophthalmology Departments of the Duke Medical Center. John graduated from Williams College in 1979 with a B.A. in Chemistry and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Mostafa El-Sayed at UCLA, John joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at UCSD in 1985.",books;chemistry;education & reference;molecular chemistry;new;physical & theoretical;physical chemistry;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
1580627242,"Everything Learning Italian: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Italian in No Time (Everything (Language & Writing)) Michael San Filippo earned a master of arts degree in Italian Studies at the Middlebury College Italian School Abroad program in Florence, Italy. He also conducts private tutoring in Italian for students of all levels and abilities. He lives in New York, NY",books;computers & technology;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;introductory & beginning;phrasebooks;programming;reference;travel,10
1931044031,"Spiritual Places In and Around New York City Emily Squires is a television writer and director, with a Writer's Guild Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, and two Emmys for directing ""Sesame Street."" In the past five years she has gravitated toward spiritual subjects with an interfaith series for cable television, and documentaries on Hiroshima, the Dalai Lama, and artist/philosopher Frederick Franck.    Len Belzer is a Columbia University graduate, veteran of the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Service, former journalist and writer, producer and host of his own nationally syndicated radio show, ""The Comedy Hour."" He has been a student of spirituality and consciousness for the past twenty years.",books;comparative religion;new age;occult;personal transformation;religion & spirituality;religious studies;self-help;travel;united states,10
0521537592,"The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty 'Peel provides a welcome contrast to the drier statistical debates over poverty lines and relative poverty. He succeeds in taking us through a range of emotions that the experience of disadvantage generates.' Dr Alastair Greig, Australian National University'This is an important and refreshing approach to poverty in Australia. It offers a new and lively perspective on a much-researched topic, and one that breaks out of the narrow social policy focus of the bulk of this literature.' Professor Stephen Garton, University of Sydney	The Lowest Rung is a fascinating, impressively original and profoundly moving account of the impact of economic rationalism on members of the poorest parts of Australian society.  It is beautifully written and compassionate in approach, with the author frequently standing aside to let those most harshly effected by poverty tell their own stories. It is largely based on interviews with around 250 people living and working in areas that are commonly described as among the most disadvantaged in the country.	Mark Peel is the author of Good Times, Hard Times and of A Little History of Australia. He teaches history at Monash University.",australia;australia & oceania;books;history;new;politics & social sciences;poverty;social sciences;sociology;used & rental textbooks,10
B0006HXGP8,"Sanford - Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil High-grade, permanent, acid-free pigments provide rich color saturation that is perfect for every level of expertise. Soft core creates a smooth color laydown and is designed for superior blending and shading. Strong, thick leads resist breakage, ensuring a longer life for your pencil. Global Product Type: Pencils; Pencil Type: Drawing; Mechanism: N/A; Packaging: Single.",art supplies;arts;crafts & sewing;drawing;drawing media;office & school supplies;office products;pencils;wooden colored pencils;writing & correction supplies,10
0133596397,"Computer Simulated Experiments for Electronics Devices Using Electronics Workbench Created to provide a safer and more cost effective lab environment, this innovative manual introduces new methods to learning and understanding circuit analysis concepts by using Electronics Workbench to simulate actual lab experiments on the computer. Using the latest circuit simulation software, it allows for easy circuit modification, more extensive troubleshooting experiments, and more powerful computational tools.	Key Benefit: Created to provide a safer and more cost effective lab environment, this innovative manual introduces new methods to learning and understanding circuit analysis concepts by using Electronics Workbench to simulate actual lab experiments on the computer. Using the latest circuit simulation software, it allows for easy circuit modification, more extensive troubleshooting experiments, more powerful computational tools, and faster and better user feedback. Key Topics:  Simulates hardwired lab experiments on the computer using circuits drawn on the screen and simulates instruments that act like actual laboratory instruments. Market:  For those in the electronic technology field.",3d graphics;artificial intelligence;books;computer science;computers & technology;electrical & electronics;engineering;graphic design;professional & technical;software,10
0944164404,"Animals of the Four Windows: Integrating Thinking, Sensing, Feeling and Imagery .. lets the divine... have its say...new and effective approach...powerful means to understanding and respecting our depth. -- Edith Wallace M.D., Ph.D. author A Queens Quest....a must for those interested in selfexploration, guided imagery and the never-ending, self-transformative work of the creative shaman. -- Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. Author of The Shamans Doorway, The Mythic Imagination.Profoundly important, ...provocative....groundbreaking...comprehensive... must for all educators, ..psychotherapists...parents..... human denizens of 20th century self-destroying industrial-growth society -- Bill Plotkin Ph.D, Animas Institute, Durango, CO	Moon Bear Press has no doubt but that Steve Gallegos book is a significant one.  What he proposes is no less than a cultural revolution in the way we look at knowing but one that is inclusive rather than devisive, endeavoring to bring balance to the ways we Know ie. the windows of thinking, sensing, feeling and Imagery. He does not set them against each other, but grants them each their importance and their specialities and pleads the case for returning to balance, to a way of Knowing in which all work together.    This is a book that brings hope. Those of you who have felt out of place in this scientifically orientated society, where feeling, imagination and intuition  have  rarely been fully valued will know the truth of this book. Those of you for whom the windows of thinking and sensing are primary, will be intrigued by the possibilities here.    It is a book for our time as we struggle to integrate the both benefits and the damages from the society that has grown out of the Thinking/Sensing windows with the vision and knowing of both tribal and new age cultures, for whom the Feeling/Imagery windows are primary, and the innate feeling most of us have that something is amiss. This book gives an explanation that is satisfying, deeply challenging and hopeful. It condemns nothing but encourages the appropriate development of all. It values the breadth and depth of all we are as human beings.    At Moon Bear Press we know how deeply Dr. Gallegos work has touched people, the phone calls and letters we receive are testament enough to the depth and power of the work of the Personal Totem Pole Process or Animal Work as it is popularly called. With regard to this book in particular, educators, parents, psychotherapists and individuals from all walks of life have been profoundly touched. For some people the work has been life changing. These are quotes from letters we received: During the first few years I read The Personal Totem Pole. I enjoyed it. Three years ago I read the Animals of The Four Windows. It brought me to my knees. Utterly. I was devasted by what I read. Both because of the implications for my own life and for the school system......The primary focus in my life and my classroom for the past three years has been to find balance, to learn through all the four windows and to be in the world in the same way......the last two years I have started almost every class by reading from your book and having a discussion that lasts however many days the kids need it. It gives them permission to hold me to my promise to educate more than just their intellects. It heals them. It gives them courage. It opens an entirely different conversation. If you could see the light go on in their eyes while I read, it would probably bring you to tears -Donna Medeiros, CO., USA  2000 This particular book had a profound impact on me. As a Kindergarten/elementary school teacher I found the implications for the way I taught deeply disturbing yet I felt there was hope. Doing Imagery work with children was incredible. They opened up. They were a delight. They loved the Animals. The book had opened my eyes to things I could no longer ignore and the children were the better for it........ -MD, Ireland, 2001 We  know that this book and the understanding in it has been deeply appreciated by people from all walks of life.  If you enjoy reading this book, check out Dr. Gallegos other books (The Personal Totem Pole Process: Animal Imagery, the Chakras and Psychotherapy; Little Ed and Golden Bear; Inner Journeys co-authored with Teresa Rennick, Into Wholeness: The Path of Deep Imagery(Fall 2001) & Butterfly Time:Returning to the Process of Transformation (Fall 2001))  and  his videos: Harvesting Your Power; Out of The Labyrinth; Returning to The Roots of Being Human; Butterfly Time; & Embracing The Energies of our Aliveness).  Moon Bear Press is a small publishing company dedicated to publishing quality works in the areas of imagery, personal mythology, psychotherapy, and personal and cultural evolution.  Mary Diggin Moonbearpress@hotmail.com	Come home to the uniqueness of your knowing awareness We must leave our fascination with knowledge and return to a fascination with knowing. Knowing is a process, ongoing, requiring acute aliveness and awareness. Knowing returns us to the immediacy of the present moment, the eternal now, a living dimension. Knowledge, though highly valuable, plunges us into the conceptualization of someone else; we see through their eyes rather than coming back home to see with our own. Thinking, Sensing, Feeling and Imagery are the four windows that look onto a single fascinating and mysterious existence. They were not meant to be split apart yet current Western culture does exactly that. These four windows were intended to work together. We can only live in our own true deepness when they have returned to the balance of their natural relationship with each other.This book is about the four ways of knowing, about how they have been split apart and even hidden under the rubric of knowledge, and about how we can bring them back together into an integrated whole. As a child school never quite fit me, it seemed to have been organized for someone else but not for me. My deeply intuitive way of knowing encountered obstruction and imposed order, but almost nothing addressed the particularities of how I knew. I was always expected to master someone else's knowing: that of the mathematicians, of the historians, of the authors, but I was never introduced to my own knowing until I was fifty years old! What we have missed in our educational systems which are dominated by the mathematical mean is the lovely uniqueness of the ways of knowing that are inherent in every individual. The task of a true teacher is to help each student discover that uniqueness. This book is intended to help you become aware of the specific ways that you know and of the possibilities of coming home to live in that place once again.	Foreword This is an important book. When you have finished reading it, you may find that you are questioning your previous approach to self-understanding, wanting to try out Steve Gallegos' way of looking at our functioning. You will find yourself looking out of four windows  invited to do so by Steve. ""Ah,"" you say, ""the four functions!"" Right, but there are modifications, and there is a different encounter with these functions and with it a more profound understanding. And there are always sacred animals for Steve, so, where there is a window with a 'function' there is  of course  also an animal, if we invite it to show up. Animals may appear spontaneously also. Then it is time to engage in dialogue, listen to what these sacred animals (our 'higher nature') have said to us. Steve shows us how effective this can be. I saw one of my clients just after having read the manuscript. By way of synchronicity she expressed her feelings of the moment in the following way: ""There is a caged bird, flapping its wings against the bars of the cage."" I did not say: what does a bird mean to you, but I invited her to speak to the bird, ask the bird: is there something I can do for you? She did this with ease. The answers were unexpected, surprising. One might have thought that the bird wanted to be released, would ask her to open the cage. Instead he (it was clearly a ""he"" to her) wanted her to clean the cage, no wish to leave the cage. The answers seemed to be convincing, expressing a deeper truth than our conscious mind might have known. The process needed to be pursued and brought unexpected revelation and a great release of tension, a liberation. Steve Gallegos presents us here with a new approach and proof of its validity. He also gives variations to Jung's four functions, especially the function of intuition which he changes into ""imagery."" In all his work images play a major role and are highly respected and are given the power they deserve. That means, let them speak for themselves, rather than letting the mind reduce their value and significance. The outcome is a much more profound comprehension. The process is for the sake of reaching wholeness and with that liberation. One might say that he lets the divine in us have its say, because it is in us and manifests all the time, but we can hear it only if we listen and do not interfere with our analysing minds  we need to be ""empty."" To give emphasis to this approach Steve takes our use of thinking to task. It is not thinking itself, one of the four 'windows', but the way we turn everything into a thinking issue and lose depth, the sacred and lose our way on the road to wholeness. One would wish that this book be widely read by educators and psychologists and used as a new and effective approach. Here is a true ""revisioning"" of psychology and a powerful means to understanding and respecting our depth. To reiterate: what we need to do is to listen, to watch, to trust and let what is sacred in us speak. We do have our active share in it also. The emphasis is on reaching wholeness through looking at the four windows, learning to use what we see there with the respect it deserves, observant of the fact that wholeness is achieved by the cooperation of the four functions with one another. Let Steve tell you the rest in detail. I found that I could not help but be influenced by this profoundly respectful approach. I wager that any openminded listener cannot help but be affected by it. And may all sentient beings reach wholeness and freedom and practice to the benefit of others. Thank you, Steve.Edith Wallace, M.D., Ph.D. Santa Fe, New Mexico October, 1991 Edith Wallace has been practicing Jungian analysis since 1951, mostly in New York and presently in Santa Fe, having worked in training in New York and with Mrs. Emma Jung and C. G. Jung in Zurich. She also was a student of J. G. Bennett in England. Her longstanding workshops with collage are represented in A Queen's Quest: Pilgrimage for Individuation, published in 1990. She has often presented at the yearly conferences of Art Therapists and has taught at the Pratt Institute and also at the Jung Foundation and Jung Institute. She is on the staff of the Institute for Expressive Analysis and is editor emeritus of the Journal for the Arts in Psychotherapy. Her chapter on Active Imagination appears in: Approaches to Art Therapy edited by Judith Rubin. Her present day preoccupation is expressed in two articles: What does the Face of the Modern Day Shaman look like? and It is Not Only the Face, both published in the journal Impressions. Edith is a prize winning painter.	Eligio Stephen Gallegos, Ph.D, is discoverer of the Personal Totem Pole Process , a unique form of interactive deep imagery. The PTPP is now an internationally acclaimed discipline, with practitioners worldwide. It is a  blend of the theory of active imagination which was developed by Dr. C. G. Jung, the Eastern theoretical orientation which understands the human being as a system of interrelated energies or chakras, and the Native American practice of speaking to and learning from the animals.  Steve Gallegos considers himself first and foremost a craftsman. He has worked in leather, wood, silver, stained glass, antique furniture restoration, painting, and most recently has been carving fossilized walrus teeth and painting Russian icons. He is certain that had he not been required to attend school he would today be a deeply contented and illiterate craftsman.  He was born in 1934 to Eligio Gallegos and Katherine Powers Gallegos in the small village of Los Lunas, New Mexico, where he attended school and longed for summer vacation.  During a sojourn in the Air Force he travelled around Europe as often as he could and began reading, discovering learning as opposed to schooling. He subsequently obtained degrees in psychology from the University of Wisconsin, New Mexico State University, and Florida State University. He spent many years as a Professor of Psychology, and served as Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Mercer University. He currently spends his time training therapists and others in the use of animal imagery ie The Personal Totem Pole Process and gives workshops in the use of imagery in growth and psychotherapy in various cities of the US and Europe (Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria).The PTPP has   many applications  other than in Psychotherapy alone. It has been used by medical practitioners, with children, on vision quests and by artists and writers and other creative individuals and by those interested in their own personal growth. Dr Gallegos was a co-founder of Returning to Earth Institute, a program that guided people into the wilderness on vision quests and helps them return to the experiential ground of their being.",books;fitness & dieting;general;health;medical books;new;psychology;psychology & counseling;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
059531399X,"Mosier's Raiders: The Story of LST-325 David Bronson?s father served for almost three years on the USS LST-325, the idea for this book came after attending the 1999 reunion of his shipmates, the first time he had met the men his father had served with. He and his wife live in Michigan.",biographies & memoirs;books;genre fiction;historical;history;literature & fiction;military;naval;united states;war,10
0823033112,"Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner: Basic Lessons in Becoming a Good Painter John Elliot wrote the first-ever article on how to use oil pastels for American Artist magazine in 1983. He has work in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian/ National Collection of Fine Arts. His commissions include works for Ronald Reagan and Katharine Hepburn. He lives in Upper Nyack, New York.",arts & photography;books;computers & technology;drawing;education & reference;introductory & beginning;painting;pastel;programming;study & teaching,10
0155017888,"The Practical Writer With Readings ""THE PRACTICAL WRITER is an easy-to-understand text that students find very readable. It provides clear instruction for writing strategies that can be applied in a variety of situations. Additionally, the section on improving grammar and expression is a concise review of key Standard English rules and principles students must apply.""""Your text clearly and succinctly presents all that a student needs to know to be able to master college-level writing.""	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Edward P. Bailey is an active consultant to business and government. He recently retired as Professor of Business Communication (with tenure) from Marymount University, Arlington, VA (1986-2006). While at Marymount University, he received Marymount's Outstanding Faculty award honoring the university's top professor. He received his B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy, his M.A. from the University of Florida, and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He is the author of eight books on writing and speaking: WRITING & SPEAKING AT WORK (Prentice Hall); PLAIN ENGLISH AT WORK (Oxford University Press); A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR BUSINESS SPEAKING (Oxford University Press); PLAIN ENGLISH APPROACH TO BUSINESS WRITING (Oxford University Press); WRITING CLEARLY (Charles E. Merrill); WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS (Holt, Rinehart & Winston); THE PRACTICAL WRITER WITH READINGS (Thomson Heinle, 2008); and THE PRACTICAL WRITER (Thomson Heinle, 2008).	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",academic & commercial;books;creative writing & composition;education & reference;humanities;literature;new;research & publishing guides;used & rental textbooks;writing,10
0830739319,"Communication Plus: How to Speak So People Will Listen DR. FLORENCE LITTAUER is an internationally known speaker and author and the recipient of numerous writing awards. She has written more than 30 books, including the bestselling How to Get Along with Difficult People, Blow Away the Black Clouds and Talking So People Will Listen. Her book Personality Plus has sold over 1 million copies and has been translated into 14 languages. Florence is the founder of CLASServices, Inc.MARITA LITTAUER is the president of CLASServices, Inc. and has been training up-and-coming speakers and authors through the CLASSeminars for the past twenty years. She speaks regularly across the nation and is a regular contributor to Marriage Partnership, Christian Communicator, Christian Bride, Godly Business Woman, and Writers Digest. She and her husband, Chuck Noon, live in Albuquerque, N.M.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;communication;education & reference;language & grammar;religion & spirituality;self-help;success;words,10
0935039821,"Streetwise Amsterdam (French Edition) ""Don't leave home without STREETWISE"" -- New York Times""STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential"" -- Travel & Leisure	STREETWISE is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. Weve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where youve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.Today, STREETWISE produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesnt match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, weve done the work, now you have the adventure.In the end, its not about the map, its about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. Its about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE is the great map that you need.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Map	 edition.",amsterdam;atlases & maps;books;education & reference;europe;general;maps;netherlands;travel;world,10
0631168036,"Comprehensive Spanish Grammar (Blackwell Reference Grammars) ""Comprehensive this indeed is, with frequent attention to substandard, variant and regional usages, to developments currently observable, and of course to the language of Spanish-speaking America. The exposition is admirably organized with clear typefaces on uncluttered pages, and is mercifully jargon-free so as to be accessible to all categories of user.""--Colin Smith, Emeritus Professor of Spanish, University of Cambridge ""A Comprehensive Spanish Grammar is an excellent reference book which I can wholeheartedly recommend for use by English-speaking users of Spanish, including those teaching it as a foreign language. This book is well worth acquiring for a variety of categories of English-speaking people who are mastering or have mastered the basics of Spanish.""--Neile A. Kirk, University of Melbourne, Australia	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Dutch	This is a much-needed, definitive grammar for all students of Spanish. Balancing a respect for established tradition with an awareness of current usage, A Comprehensive Spanish Grammar is both authoritative and stimulating in its approach.The book covers topics from basic pronunciation and the use of the noun, to particular problem areas, such as difficulties with verbs and word order. Grammar points are explained and amplified using examples from literary sources and the contemporary press. Throughout the book, attention is paid to regional diversity within the language, and in, particular, to Latin-American variations. A Comprehensive Sapnish Grammar would be welcomed by all students seeking coverage of the full range of modern-day Spanish.	Jacques de Bruyne is Charles V Professor of Spanish at Rijksuniversiteit Gent and a Corresponding Member of the Royal Spanish Academy.Christopher J. Pountain is University Lecturer in Romance Philology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens' College.",books;education;education & reference;education theory;foreign languages;humanities;new;schools & teaching;spanish;used & rental textbooks,10
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B00006HYHQ,"Battery Technology Digital Cam Battery FUJI NP-80 As a leading manufacturer of portable computer power accessories, Battery Technology is dedicated to providing innovation, reliable and affordable battery technology to generate power and functionality for notebook computers, camcorders, portable peripherals and cellular phones. Battery Technology's quality policy is to produce products and provide services, which meet or exceed customer requirements.This battery is designed for the following cameras: FUJI FinePix 4800; FUJI FinePix 4900; FUJI FinePix 6800; FUJI FinePix 6900; FUJI MX 1700; FUJI MX 2700; FUJI MX 2900; KODAK DC4800; RICOH RDC-6000; TOSHIBA PDR-M5; TOSHIBA PDR-M70.",accessories;batteries;batteries & chargers;camera & photo;camera batteries;chargers & adapters;computer accessories;computers & accessories;electronics;laptop & netbook computer accessories,10
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0231114389,"Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era (History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 4) The publication of  Dawn to the West... will do even more to establish modern Japanese literature as one of the major literatures of the world. (New York Times Book Review )	Hailed in the  New York Times Book Review as ""the century's leading expert on Japanese literature, as well as its most indefatigable translator,"" Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of over thirty books of criticism and works of literature, including  No and Bunraku, Twenty Plays of the No Theater, Major Plays of Chikamatsu, The Pleasures of Japanese Literature, Three Plays by Kobo Abe, Modern Japanese Diaries, Essays in Idleness, and Travelers of a Hundred Ages (all published by Columbia).",asian;books;criticism & theory;history & criticism;humanities;literature;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks;world literature,10
0006547990,"On a Shoestring to Coorg: An Experience of Southern India In the fall of 1973, Murphy responded to a periodic travel itch by taking her five-year-old daughter Rachel to India, a journey that began in Bombay, proceeded down the coast, then turned inland to the remote and rugged highlands of southern India. They traveled by train and bus, staying at hostels or primitive hotels. Murphy found that Rachel was a link rather than a barrier to the natives. They discovered in Coorg an atypical India: neither crowded nor impoverished, Coorg boasts a magnificent landscape, temperate climate and congenial people (a curiously Anglicized atmosphere). The Murphys visited local families and had occasion to explore a culture in which ancestor veneration is practiced. The author discusses caste in detail; she and Rachel attended festivals, a christening ceremony, funeral and wedding. In their journeys they encountered Tibetan refugees, Western hippies, transplanted Europeans. Readers who enjoyed Murphy's Muddling Through in Madagascar will find this lively travel memoir to their taste as well. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	[Murphy] is the best kind of traveler: observant, high-spirited, and impervious to discomfort. -- The Sunday Telegraph	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Dervla Murphy is one of the very best loved of travel writers. She was born in County Waterford and since 1964 has been regularly publishing accounts of her journeys - by bicycle and on foot -- in the remoter areas of four continents. She has also written about the problems of Northern Ireland, the hazards of nuclear power, and race relations in Britain. The Times Literary Supplement called her 'an admirable woman -- she has a romantic soul and a keen eye'.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",asia;books;budget travel;education & reference;general;research & publishing guides;specialty travel;travel;travel writing;writing,10
B0009PUQM8,"Coleman Stratus Fleece Sleeping-Bag Liner (Color May Vary) The Coleman 8197C410 Stratus Fleece Sleeping Bag Liner is the perfect accompaniment to any sleeping bag, especially when you are camping where you are not sure how cold it is going to be. This sleeping-bag liner is full-size, measuring 33-inches by 75-inches, and fits most full-size sleeping bags up to 5-feet 11-inches long. When used with a sleeping bag, this liner adds 12 degrees of thermal protection, making a 35-degree sleeping bag usable at temperatures as low as 23 degrees! The Coleman fleece sleeping-bag liner is commercial-machine-washable only and comes with its own stuff sack. Manufacturer Warranty Five-year warranty	This Fleece sleeping bag is perfect for those warm nights tha you need a little protection or as a liner for another sleeping bag that needs some added warmth and comfort.",camp bedding;camping & hiking;coleman;lawn & garden;liners;outdoor recreation;patio;sleeping bag accessories;sleeping bags;sports & outdoors,10
0439545285,"Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors (Children of the Red King, Book 4) Grade 5-8Charlie Bone is starting a new school year and once again there are unpleasant surprises in store for him and his friends at Bloor's Academy. Little Billy Raven has finally been adopted, but the sinister de Greys have other plans for Billy, and it is up to Charlie and his friends to find a way to save him. Nimmo once again delivers an exciting, plot-driven tale that is sure to please fantasy and adventure fans. This new chapter in Charlie's saga is full of plot twists and thrills that will leave readers eagerly awaiting the next installment in the series. While the character development is a bit lacking, fantasy fans will enjoy the story.Anna M. Nelson, Collier County Public Library, Naples, FL Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Gr. 4-6. In the fourth book of the projected five in the Red King series, Charlie Bone and his friends (and enemies) begin a new term at Bloor's Academy, where many of the students and staff are endowed with magical abilities. Hoping to find his father and help a friend, Charlie travels to the ominous Castle of Mirrors. Nimmo adds several inventive elements to this magical world, including the transformation of Charlie's wand into a silent creature of mysterious power. Explaining the complex background story and introducing the many characters to new readers slows down the action quite a bit at the start, but the pace picks up nicely when Charlie goes to the rescue of his friend Billy. Prediction: this fantasy should do quite well, assuming a continuing demand for stories about a nice lad with magical powers who goes to boarding school, longs to see his father, has adventures, makes a few mistakes, and gets by with a little help from his friends. Carolyn PhelanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Booklist 9/1/05\\\\\\\\Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. 2005. 432p. Scholastic/Orchard, $9.95 (0-439-54528-5).Gr. 46. In the fourth book of the projected five in the Red King series, Charlie Bone and his friends (and enemies) begin a new term at Bloor's Academy, where many of the students and staff are endowed with magical abilities. Hoping to find his father and help a friend, Charlie travels to the ominous Castle of Bone. Nimmo adds several inventive elements to this magical world, including the transformation of Charlie's wand into a silent creature of mysterious power. Explaining the complex background story and introducing the many characters to new readers slows down the action quite a bit at the start, but the pace picks up nicely when Charlie goes to the rescue of his friend Billy. Prediction: this fantasy should do quite well, assuming a continuing demand for stories about a nice lad with magical powers who goes to boarding school, longs to see his father, has adventures, makes a few mistakes, and gets by with a little help from his friends. Carolyn PhelanSLJ 10/1/05NIMMO, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. 411p. (Children of the Red King Series). Scholastic/Orchard. 2005. Tr $9.95. ISBN 0-439-54528-5. LC number unavailable.Gr 5-8Charlie Bone is starting a new school year and once again there are unpleasant surprises in store for him and his friends at Bloor's Academy. Little Billy Raven has finally been adopted, but the sinister de Greys have other plans for Billy, and it is up to Charlie and his friends to find a way to save him. Nimmo once again delivers an exciting, plot-driven tale that is sure to please fantasy and adventure fans. This new chapter in Charlie's saga is full of plot twists and thrills that will leave readers eagerly awaiting the next installment in the series. While the character development is a bit lacking, fantasy fans will enjoy the story.Anna M. Nelson, Collier County Public Library, Naples, FLVOYA 10/1/05Challenges and dangers continue to follow Charlie Bone wherever he goes in this sequel to Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy. Evil Dr. Bloor believes that he has resurrected a despicable ancestor without realizing the B on the casket stood for Berenice, the good queen, rather than the warrior Borlath. The endowed children gain another protector, but three more endowed students arrive at the academy and use their gifts of magnetism and telekinesis to aid the Bloors. The balance literally shifts toward the dark side when it is discovered that Olivia has the ability to create illusions. The terrifying results are enough to cause the Bloors to give up their control over hapless Billy Raven. The children work together to restore the balance and all ends well  for now. Charlie, ever hopeful of being reunited with his missing father, receives a tantalizing clue on the last two pages.  As always, Nimmo spins an imaginative, absorbing tale that will not disappoint fans of Charlie and company. Characters continue to develop and grow while the introduction of new bad guys and girls promises future botherations for the ingenious bunch. It is a treat to see the team of endowed children and adults treated with respect by each other. Too often, authors fall back on portraying children as smart-mouthed independents and adults as clueless and useless. The question now is who will complete their quest first- Charlie or Mr. Potter?	Jenny Nimmo is the author of the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling Children of the Red King series as well as GRIFFIN'S CASTLE, THE DRAGON'S CHILD, and the award-winning Magician Trilogy, all published by Orchard Books. Several of her books have been awarded and shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award, and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award. She lives with her husband in an old mill in Wales.	The new school year at Bloor's Academy doesn't begin well for Charlie Bone and forebodes hardship for the endowed descendents of the Red King. Will Charlie find his father? As she has done in the previous three books, Jenny Nimmo melds remarkable comrades, adventure, and fantasy into a whirlwind outing. Simon Russell Beale continues as narrator for the series. His commanding voice brings authority and depth to the tale. His Charlie is ever determined, if sometimes scared or chagrined. His supporting cast stands out--a scheming Ezekiel, a comforting and majestic Uncle Yewbeam, and an ethereal Alice Angel. Beale's pacing keeps the listener on edge.  A.R.  AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",action & adventure;books;children's books;family life;fantasy & magic;literature & fiction;royalty;science fiction & fantasy;social situations;travel & cultures,10
0071426817,"True Coming of Age : A dynamic process that leads to emotional stability, spiritual growth, and meaningful relationships According to Chirban, each of us already possesses the intrinsic gifts necessary to live a fulfilling life-we just need to uncover them and find our True Selves. ""Authenticity"" is a buzzword in pop psychology, but Chirban isnt a typical pop psychologist: a clinical instructor at the Cambridge Health Alliance at Harvard Medical School, he has both a Th.D. and a Ph.D. and an abiding interest in linking medicine, psychology and religion. He offers a three-part process for achieving what he calls a ""true coming of age,"" in which we ""find fulfillment and understand our purpose."" While this book offers questionnaires and tests to help readers achieve this goal, Chirbans is a deep process of coming to know your True Self; ""opening your heart"" and developing authentic relationships with other people; and ""embracing your soul,"" and developing your spiritual side. For readers willing to engage in difficult internal and spiritual work, Chirban offers a supportive and useful guide.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Dr. John Chirban has helped countless people learn what it takes to create a genuine life through periods of both hardship and success-to live more openly, honestly, and fully. Now, in his ground-breaking bookTrue Coming of Age, he shows you how to experience the depth of authentic living as a pathway to experiencing True Coming of Age-a unique emotional and spiritual evolution that will change your life forever. In this provocative and engaging book, Dr. Chirban shares exclusive personal insights from notable Americans including Tom Hanks, Maya Angelou, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ron Howard, and Tom Brokaw. More than individual stories of struggle, achievement, and success, these profiles tap personal concerns that we all share in our quests for both authenticity and meaningful connections. In this journey toward self-knowledge and fulfillment, you'll also discover the four-step process that opens the door to a meaningful life:Knowing Your True Self: As you look honestly at yourself, you will rediscover your innate gifts-spontaneity, reasoning, creativity, free will, spirituality, discernment, and love.Opening Your Heart: In beginning to build fulfilling connections, you will allow your True Self to express who you are to yourself and others.Embracing Your Soul:When you feel abandoned or isolated, discover how to bring commitment, focus, and discipline back to your life with the enduring connection that comes from the Spirit.Integrating Your Life:In bringing together your True Self, open hear, and fully embraced soul, you will be able to foster healthy, intimate connections.  As you explore the personal stories and learn to explore and master the four-step process, you'll begin to understand your authentic nature and engage your innate gifts-igniting your unique evolution and experiencing True Coming of Age.	      --This text refers to the 							Audio CD	 edition.	Dr. John Chirban has helped countless people learn what it takes to create a genuine life through periods of both hardship and success--to live more openly, honestly, and fully. Now, in his groundbreaking book True Coming of Age, he shows you how to experience the depth of authentic living as a pathway to experiencing True Coming of Age--a unique emotional and spiritual evolution that will change your life forever.  In this provocative and engaging book, Dr. Chirban shares exclusive personal insights from notable Americans including Tom Hanks, Maya Angelou, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ron Howard, and Tom Brokaw. More than individual stories of struggle, achievement, and success, these profiles tap personal concerns that we all share in our quest for both authenticity and meaningful connections.  In this journey toward self-knowledge and fulfillment, you'll also discover the four-step process that opens the door to a meaningful life:  Knowing Your True Self--As you look honestly at yourself, you will rediscover your innate gifts--spontaneity, reasoning, creativity, free will, spirituality, discernment, and love. Opening Your Heart--In beginning to build fulfilling connections, you will allow your True Self to express who you are to yourself and others. Embracing Your Soul--When you feel abandoned or isolated, discover how to bring commitment, focus, and discipline back to your life with the enduring connection that comes from the Spirit. Integrating Your Life--In bringing together your True Self, open heart, and fully embraced soul, you will be able to foster healthy, intimate connections.   As you explore the personal stories and learn to explore and master the four-step process, you'll begin to understand your authentic nature and engage your innate giftsigniting your unique evolution and experiencing True Coming of Age.  Learn to Embrace What Life Holds for You  True Coming of Age features exclusive personal insights from:  Maya Angelou Lucille Ball Billy Bean Tom Brokaw Shirley Chisholm Eileen Collins Bette Davis Tom Hanks Ron Howard C. Everett Koop Keith Lockhart Sandra Day O'Connor Mary Lou Retton Diane Sawyer B.F. Skinner Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos  ""One of the most difficult things to accomplish is to explain authenticity to someone who has neither the experience nor the inclination to take control of his or her life. Dr. Chirban has found a way.He has talked with truly remarkable people who live their authenticities and serve as models of greatness in this regard.We can deny our authenticity, distort, or as exemplified, grow into the creative selves we were destined to become.This book is an inspiration to those who realize they do, indeed, have their own authenticity.""--Dr. Phil McGraw, #1 Bestselling author of The Ultimate Weight Solution, Self Matters, Relationship Rescue, and Life Strategies ""True Coming of Age is a unique and most eloquent statement which helps each of us understand the meaning of spiritual maturity and gain a keener sense of our own responsibility . . . Dr. Chirban affirms Universal Truth, Goodness, and Love--which we each possess and must live--and which unites us all.""--Archbishop Iakovos, Former Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America ""True Coming of Age is a masterful and compassionate book of essential guidance for our contemporary spiritual culture. Inspired and passionate about the search for meaning, author John T. Chirban, Ph.D., Th.D., has drawn from years of clinical research as well as heart opening personal experiences to write this text which reads like a porthole into the soul.""--Caroline Myss, author of Sacred Contracts and Anatomy of the Spirit ""John Chirban's wise and beautiful book . . . goes far beyond the engaging interviews with successful people that form its bones, to flesh out the real nature of success.""--Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Inner Peace for Busy People	John T. Chirban, Ph.D., Th.D., serves as a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and as a psychologist at The Cambridge Health Alliance, and he is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University. He is also professor of psychology and chairman of the Department of Human Development at Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology.",applied psychology;books;fitness & dieting;happiness;health;motivational;personal transformation;psychology & counseling;self-help;spiritual,10
B000FJBO88,"Inelastic Analysis of Solids and Structures (Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics) From the reviews:        ""The book presents in a unified manner the physical and theoretical background of inelastic material models, the relevant computational methods and illustrates the behaviour of such models in typical engineering conditions.  Nevertheless, the book is warmly recommended to those who want to become familiar with inelastic analysis of solids  ."" (L. Rosati, Meccanica, Vol. 42, 2007)	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Inelastic Analysis of Solids and Structures presents in a unified manner the physical and theoretical background of inelastic material models and computational methods, and illustrates the behavior of the models in typical engineering conditions. The book describes experimental observations and principles of mechanics, and efficient computational algorithms for stress calculations as typically performed in finite element analysis. The theoretical background is given to an extent necessary to describe the commonly employed material models in metal isotropic and orthotropic plasticity, thermoplasticity and viscoplasticity, and the plasticity of geological materials. The computational algorithms are developed in a unified manner with some detailed derivations of the algorithmic relations. Many solved examples are presented, which are designed to give insight into the material behavior in various engineering conditions, and to demonstrate the application of the computational algorithms.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",aerospace;books;chemistry;engineering;mechanical;mechanics;physics;professional & technical;science & math;solid-state physics,10
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0870226770,"Tagalog Structures (Pali Language Texts) Text: English, Tagalog",books;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;humanities;language & grammar;new;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0764519816,"Frommer's Wonderful Weekends from New York City, Fifth Edition Escape the City and Give Yourself a Wonderful Weekend!Wouldnt it be great to get away from it all? To relax on a beach in Cape Maydrive through the scenic Litchfield Hillspicnic in the Berkshiresexplore Block Islandgo skiing in Vermontor just read by the fire in a Hudson Valley farmhouse?  Wherever you want to go well take you thereand show you how to have the time of your life, no matter what the season. Everything You Need for the Perfect Weekend:More than 400 country inns, bed-and-breakfasts, historic hotels, and other special places to stay (including budget choices)Restaurants, restaurants everywhere:  from romantic hideaways with the finest cuisine to comfortable-as-an-old shoe diners and family restaurants; and where to buy the fixings for a great picnicWhat to see and do on your getaway, from gallery hopping to hot-air ballooning, to enjoying the art of peaceful relaxationSpecial events worth planning for:  country fairs, summer theater, harvest festivals, chamber and orchestral music fests	MARILYN WOOD came to the United States from England to study journalism at Columbia University.  The former editorial director of Macmillan Travel, she has also worked as a reporter, ranch hand, press officer, and book reviewer.",books;general;mid atlantic;new england;new york;new york city;northeast;reference;travel;united states,10
1880559277,"Licensing Art and Design: A Professional's Guide to Licensing and Royalty Agreements A handy little reference work for a burgeoning, relatively new business: the creation of  licenced products  -- Photo District NewsFor those looking to negotiate their way around the $66 billion dollar merchandising  market, Licensing Art & Design is a definitive map. It points out the pitfalls and offers sound  advice to achieve success. It's one of the best-selling titles on the Graphic Artists Guild Bookshelf -- Paul Basista, Executive Director, Graphic Artists GuildLeland, an attorney experienced in representing graphic artists, provides plentiful  information on how designers, illustrators, and fine artists can increase their income by licensing  their creative work  -- Publish	Caryn R. Leland is an attorney practicing in Soho in New York City. Her clients  include design studios, graphic designers, illustrators, architects, and fine artists. She has taught  art law at the School of Visual Arts in New York and lectures frequently to groups of artists and  attorneys on copyright and licensing.",arts & photography;books;education & reference;graphic design;intellectual property;law;new;politics & social sciences;techniques;used & rental textbooks,10
0440224675,"Hannibal Horror lit's head chef Harris serves up another course in his Hannibal ""The Cannibal"" Lecter trilogy, and it's a pice de rsistance for those with strong stomachs. In the first book, Red Dragon (filmed as Manhunter), Hannibal diabolically helps the FBI track a fascinating serial killer. (Takes one to know one.) In The Silence of the Lambs, he advises fledgling FBI manhunter Clarice Starling, then makes a bloody, brilliant escape. Years later, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal lives the good life in Florence, playing lovely tunes by serial killer/composer Henry VIII and killing hardly anyone himself. Clarice is unluckier: in the novel's action-film-like opening scene, she survives an FBI shootout gone wrong, and her nemesis, Paul Krendler, makes her the fall guy. Clarice is suspended, so, unfortunately, the first cop who stumbles on Hannibal is an Italian named Pazzi, who takes after his ancestors, greedy betrayers depicted in Dante's Inferno. Pazzi is on the take from a character as scary as Hannibal: Mason Verger. When Verger was a young man busted for raping children, his vast wealth saved him from jail. All he needed was psychotherapy--with Dr. Lecter. Thanks to the treatment, Verger is now on a respirator, paralyzed except for one crablike hand, watching his enormous, brutal moray eel swim figure eights and devour fish. His obsession is to feed Lecter to some other brutal pets. What happens when the Italian cop gets alone with Hannibal? How does Clarice's reunion with Lecter go from macabre to worse? Suffice it to say that the plot is Harris's weirdest, but it still has his signature mastery of realistic detail. There are flaws: Hannibal's madness gets a motive, which is creepy but lessens his mystery. If you want an exact duplicate of The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice/Hannibal duel, you'll miss what's cool about this book--that Hannibal is actually upstaged at points by other monsters. And if you think it's all unprecedentedly horrible, you're right. But note that the horrors are described with exquisite taste. Harris's secret recipe for success is restraint. --Tim Appelo 	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This narrative roils along a herky-jerky vector but remains always mesmerizing, as Harris's prose and insights, particularly his reveries about Hannibal, boast power and an overripe beauty. If at times the suspense slackens and the story slips into silliness, it becomes clear that this is a post-suspense novel, as much sardonic philosophical jest as grand-guignol thriller. Hannibal, we learnA""we"" because Harris seduces reader complicity with third-person-plural narrationAis not as we presumed. The monster's aim is not chaos, but order. Through his devotion to manners and the connoisseur's life, in fact to form itself, he hopesAconsciouslyAto reverse entropy and thus the flow of time, to allow a dead sister to live again. He is not Dionysius but Apollo, and it is the barbarians who oppose him who are to be despised. Hannibal may be mad, but in this brilliant, bizarre, absurd novelAas in the public eyeAhe is also hero; and so, at novel's end, in blackest humor, Harris bestows upon him a hero's rewards, outrageously, mockingly. Agent, Morton Janklow. 1.3 million first printing; film rights to Dino De Laurentis. (June) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Eleven years after thrilling readers with his classic suspense novel, Silence of the Lambs, Harris returns with a vengeance in this, the third and presumably final novel in the trilogy (the first was Red Dragon) featuring monstrous serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. At the tale's outset, FBI agent Clarise Starling, young and ambitious in Silence, is slated to take the fall for a botched arrest. Yet when a manipulative millionaire revives the FBI's interest in the still-at-large Lecter, Starling is reunited with her mentor, Jack Crawford, and sets to work on tracking the good doctor. Although Harris's occasional lapses into baroque language and the novel's confusing, dreamy ending mar an otherwise perfect thriller, enormous patron demand makes this a necessary purchase in even the smallest public library.AMark Annichiarico, formerly with ""Library Journal"" Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Strap yourself in for one heck of a rideit'll scare your socks off.Denver PostRelentlessendlessly terrifying.Los Angeles TimesInterested in getting the hell scared out of you? Buy this book on a Friday ... lock all doors and windows. And by Monday, you might just be able to sleep without a night-light. NewsdayDon't miss Thomas Harris's New York Times bestsellers:Red Dragon Black Sunday	You remember Hannibal Lecter: gentleman, genius, cannibal.  Seven years have passed since Dr. Lecter escaped from custody.  And for seven years he's been at large, free to savor the scents, the essences, of an unguarded world.  But intruders have entered Dr. Lecter's world, piercing his new identity, sensing the evil that surrounds him.  For the multimillionaire Hannibal left maimed, for a corrupt Italian policeman, and for FBI agent Clarice Starling, who once stood before Lecter and who has never been the same, the final hunt for Hannibal Lecter has begun.  All of them, in their separate ways, want to find Dr. Lecter.  And all three will get their wish.  But only one will live long enough to savor the reward....	""Strap yourself in for one heck of a ride--.it'll scare your socks off.""-- The Denver Post""Relentless-- endlessly terrifying.""-- Los Angeles Times""Interested in getting the hell scared out of you? buy this book on a Friday...lock all doors and windows. And by Monday, you might just be able to sleep without a night-light."" -- NewsdayDon't Miss Thomas Harris's New York Times BestsellersRed Dragon Black Sunday	Thomas Harris began his writing career covering crime in the United States and Mexico, and was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press in New York City. His first novel, Black Sunday, was published in 1975, followed by Red Dragon in 1981, The Silence of the Lambs in 1988, and Hannibal in 1999.	Chapter Twenty OneThe Christian martyr San Miniato picked up his severed head from the sand of the Roman amphitheater in Florence and carried it beneath his arm to the mountainside across the river where he lies in his splendid church, tradition says.Certainly San Miniato's body, erect or not, passed en route along the ancient street where we now stand, the Via de' Bardi. The evening gathers now and the street is empty, the fan pattern of the cobbles shining in a winter drizzle not cold enough to kill the smell of cats. We are among the palaces built six hundred years ago by the merchant princes, the kingmakers and connivers of Renaissance Florence. Within bow-shot across the Arno River are the cruel spikes of the Signoria, where the monk Savonarola was hanged and burned, and that great meat house of hanging Christs, the Uffizi museum.These family palaces, pressed together in an ancient street, frozen in the modern Italian bureaucracy, are prison architecture on the outside, but they contain great and graceful spaces, high silent halls no one ever sees, draped with rotting, rain-streaked silk where lesser works of the great Renaissance masters hang in the dark for years, and are illuminated by the lightning after the draperies collapse.Here beside you is the palazzo of the Capponi, a family distinguished for a thousand years, who tore up a French king's ultimatum in his face and produced a pope.The windows of the Palazzo Capponi are dark now, behind their iron grates. The torch rings are empty. In that pane of crazed old glass is a bullet hole from the 1940s. Go closer. Rest your head against the cold iron as the policeman did and listen. Faintly you can hear a clavier. Bach's Goldberg Variations played, not perfectly, but exceedingly well, with an engaging understanding of the music. Played not perfectly, but exceedingly well; there is perhaps a slight stiffness in the left hand.If you believe you are beyond harm, will you go inside? Will you enter this palace so prominent in blood and glory, follow your face through the web-spanned dark, toward the exquisite chiming of the clavier? The alarms cannot see us. The wet policeman lurking in the doorway cannot see us. Come . . .Inside the foyer the darkness is almost absolute. A long stone staircase, the stair rail cold beneath our sliding hand, the steps scooped by the hundreds of years of footfalls, uneven beneath our feet as we climb toward the music.The tall double doors of the main salon would squeak and howl if we had to open them. For you, they are open. The music comes from the far, far corner, and from the corner comes the only light, light of many candles pouring reddish through the small door of a chapel off the corner of the room.Cross to the music. We are dimly aware of passing large groups of draped furniture, vague shapes not quite still in the candlelight, like a sleeping herd. Above us the height of the room disappears into darkness.The light glows redly on an ornate clavier and on the man known to Renaissance scholars as Dr. Fell, the doctor elegant, straight-backed as he leans into the music, the light reflecting off his hair and the back of his quilted silk dressing gown with a sheen like pelt.The raised cover of the clavier is decorated with an intricate scene of banquetry, and the little figures seem to swarm in the candlelight above the strings. He plays with his eyes closed. He has no need of the sheet music. Before him on the lyre-shaped music rack of the clavier is a copy of the American trash tabloid the National Tattler. It is folded to show only the face on the front page, the face of Clarice Starling.Our musician smiles, ends the piece, repeats the saraband once for his own pleasure and as the last quill-plucked string vibrates to silence in the great room, he opens his eyes, each pupil centered with a red pinpoint of light. He tilts his head to the side and looks at the paper before him.He rises without sound and carries the American tabloid into the tiny, ornate chapel, built before the discovery of America. As he holds it up to the light of the candles and unfolds it, the religious icons above the altar seem to read the tabloid over his shoulder, as they would in a grocery line. The type is seventy-two-point Railroad Gothic. It says DEATH ANGEL: CLARICE STARLING, THE FBI'S KILLING MACHINE.Faces painted in agony and beatitude around the altar fade as he snuffs the candles. Crossing the great hall he has no need of light. A puff of air as Dr. Hannibal Lecter passes us. The great door creaks, closes with a thud we can feel in the floor. Silence.Footsteps entering another room. In the resonances of this place, the walls feel closer, the ceiling still high--sharp sounds echo late from above--and the still air holds the smell of vellum and parchment and extinguished candlewicks.The rustle of paper in the dark, the squeak and scrape of a chair. Dr. Lecter sits in a great armchair in the fabled Capponi Library. His eyes reflect light redly, but they do not glow red in the dark, as some of his keepers have sworn they do. The darkness is complete. He is considering. . . .It is true that Dr. Lecter created the vacancy at the Palazzo Capponi by removing the former curator--a simple process requiring a few seconds' work on the old man and a modest outlay for two bags of cement--but once the way was clear he won the job fairly, demonstrating to the Belle Arti Committee an extraordinary linguistic capability, sight-translating medieval Italian and Latin from the densest Gothic black-letter manuscripts.He has found a peace here that he would preserve--he has killed hardly anybody, except his predecessor, during his residence in Florence.His appointment as translator and curator of the Capponi Library is a considerable prize to him for several reasons:The spaces, the height of the palace rooms, are important to Dr. Lecter after his years of cramped confinement. More important, he feels a resonance with the palace; it is the only private building he has ever seen that approaches in dimension and detail the memory palace he has maintained since youth.In the library, this unique collection of manuscripts and correspondence going back to the early thirteenth century, he can indulge a certain curiosity about himself.Dr. Lecter believed, from fragmentary family records, that he was descended from a certain Giuliano Bevisangue, a fearsome twelfth-century figure in Tuscany, and from the Machiavelli as well as the Visconti. This was the ideal place for research. While he had a certain abstract curiosity about the matter, it was not ego-related. Dr. Lecter does not require conventional reinforcement. His ego, like his intelligence quota, and the degree of his rationality, is not measurable by conventional means.In fact, there is no consensus in the psychiatric community that Dr. Lecter should be termed a man. He has long been regarded by his professional peers in psychiatry, many of whom fear his acid pen in the professional journals, as something entirely Other. For convenience they term him monster.The monster sits in the black library, his mind painting colors on the dark and a medieval air running in his head. He is considering the policeman.Click of a switch and a low lamp comes on.Now we can see Dr. Lecter seated at a sixteenth-century refectory table in the Capponi Library. Behind him is a wall of pigeonholed manuscripts and great canvas-covered ledgers going back eight hundred years. A fourteenth-century correspondence with a minister of the Republic of Venice is stacked before him, weighted with a small casting Michelangelo did as a study for his horned Moses, and in front of the inkstand, a laptop computer with on-line research capability through the University of Milan.Bright red and blue among the dun and yellow piles of parchment and vellum is a copy of the National Tattler. And beside it, the Florence edition of La Nazione.Dr. Lecter selects the Italian newspaper and reads its latest attack on Rinaldo Pazzi, prompted by an FBI disclaimer in the case of Il Mostro. Our profile never matched Tocca, an FBI spokesman said.La Nazione cited Pazzi's background and training in America, at the famous Quantico academy, and said he should have known better.The case of Il Mostro did not interest Dr. Lecter at all, but Pazzi's background did. How unfortunate that he should encounter a policeman trained at Quantico, where Hannibal Lecter was a textbook case.  When Dr. Lecter looked into Rinaldo Pazzi's face at the Palazzo Vecchio, and stood close enough to smell him, he knew for certain that Pazzi suspected nothing, even though he had asked about the scar on Dr. Lecter's hand. Pazzi did not even have any serious interest in him regarding the curator's disappearance.The policeman saw him at the exposition of torture instruments. Better to have encountered him at an orchid show.Dr. Lecter was well aware that all the elements of epiphany were present in the policeman's head, bouncing at random with the million other things he knew.Should Rinaldo Pazzi join the late curator of the Palazzo Vecchio down in the damp? Should Pazzi's body be found after an apparent suicide? La Nazione would be pleased to have hounded him to death.Not now, the monster reflected, and turned to his great rolls of vellum and parchment manuscripts.Dr. Lecter does not worry. He delighted in the writing style of Neri Capponi, banker and emissary to Venice in the fifteenth century, and read his letters, aloud from time to time, for his own pleasure late into the night.	Hannibal Lecter, the gruesome serial killer who escaped at the end of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, is living high off the hog in Florence when he discovers (through nefarious channels) that his FBI nemesis, Clarice Starling, is in the midst of a career crisis. Falling prey to his obsession with her, he inadvertently sets himself up to be captured, not by the FBI, but by a mortal enemy who intends to feed him alive to wild boars. Reader Thomas Harris has plumbed the inner depths of the monstrous Lecter--after all, he created him--and his familiarity, not surprisingly, informs his energetic reading. The surprise is his portrayal of Clarice Starling, who is utterly credible as the young victim of class and gender distinctions in the FBI. In tones that reveal both  femininity and determination, Harris's voice embodies the personal history that makes her so vulnerable and so ambitious. Smatterings of precise Italian also makes perfectly believable Lecter's Florentine pursuers.  E.K.D. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;genre fiction;horror;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers;women sleuths,10
0802846777,"Evocations of Grace: The Writings of Joseph Sittler on Ecology, Theology, and Ethics These writings by one of the most influential twentieth-century Lutheran theologians are occasional pieces, dating from 1954 to 1975, made to celebrate particular times and places. A pioneer of ecotheology, Sittler addressed environmental concerns even before the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring  (1962). As the editors' introductory and concluding essays note, Sittler's lasting significance lies in his insistence that environmental concerns be addressed by Christians in terms of Christology and grace. For Sittler, environmental degradation isn't just wrong, it is blasphemous. He invites us to share aesthetic delight in a world permeated by God's surprising presence. The editors have done a real service by gathering his ephemeral pieces into a format that enables new generations of readers--theologians and laypersons--to encounter Sittler in a way that addresses Martin Marty's question about ecotheology in his foreword to the book: ""What is in it for us today, if it is still ahead of us, if it still has promises of what we do not see or have not 'seen as yet'?"" Steven SchroederCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved",biological sciences;biology;books;christian books & bibles;ecology;ethics;religion & spirituality;religious studies;science & math;theology,10
0306811413,"The Army of the Potomac: Birth of Command, November 1860-September 1861 Russel H. Beatie, a former army lieutenant, is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School. He has been a trial lawyer in New York City for almost four decades. He is the author of many articles about the Civil War and the book Road to Manassas.",19th century;americas;books;campaigns & battlefields;civil war;history;military;military science;modern (16th-21st centuries);united states,10
088685234X,Speech-Language Pathology Study Guide (Praxis Study Guides) Educational Testing Service (ETS) is the world's premier educational testing organization and the only publisher of GRE and TOEFL test preparation materials containing authentic test questions from start to finish.,books;education & reference;education theory;graduate & professional;language experience approach;schools & teaching;study guides;studying & workbooks;teaching;test preparation,10
0674006062,"The Lara Family: Crown and Nobility in Medieval Spain (Harvard Historical Studies) As its subtitle suggests, this lucid scholarly work by Hofstra University history professor Doubleday takes the 300-year odyssey of the powerful Lara family as a case study in the changing relationship between the Castilian aristocracy and the monarchy. The Laras began their rise as protgs of Alfonso VI in the 11th century, when ""the royal court was in fact a fountain of aristocratic power."" Gonzalo Nez (""de Lara"" was added later to indicate the family's geographic base in northern Spain) gained his king's favor as a talented warrior, the key to ascendancy as the Christian kingdoms crusaded against the Islamic powers on the Iberian peninsula. Land and political authority were granted to the Laras as rewards for loyal service, particularly in the early 12th century, when Pedro Gonzalez de Lara was the favorite of Queen Urraca. But as the monarchy sought to increase and centralize its power in the early 13th century, the Laras emerged as defenders of aristocratic privilege and suffered periods of disfavor when they turned to the Aragonese kings and even to France for support. Acceleration of the reconquest campaign in the mid-13th century improved the fortunes of another generation of gifted soldiers, but the relationship between crown and nobility remained tense and confrontational. When Nuo de Lara died in 1352, the lands of Lara fell under royal control and an epoch ended. Nonetheless, Doubleday concludes, ""Aristocracy, not monarchy, was the dominant force in Castilian society in the fifteenth century and would remain so well into the early modern age."" Very specifically focused on local events, filled with discussions of the distinction between tenancies and patrimonies, this is not a book for the general reader, but serious students of Spanish history will find it informative and cogently argued. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	Amply documented, cogently argued, and beautifully written, this book represents an important contribution to the history of Reconquest Spain. (Simon Barton, University of Exeter)It is a valuable and significant addition to scholarship on the medieval Iberian nobility and should prove useful for students of the history of nobility, monarchy, and power across medieval Europe. (Adam J. Kosto, Columbia University)Very specifically focused on local events, filled with discussions of the distinction between tenancies and patrimonies, this is not a book for the general reader, but serious students of Spanish history will find it informative and cogently argued. (Publishers Weekly 2001-08-06)This interesting published dissertation examines one of the most powerful aristocratic families of Castile during the central Middle Ages. The Laras developed their wealth, power, and territorial acquisitions in approximate parallel with a similar expansion of the monarchy in Leon and Castile, all owing a good deal to reconquest expansion against the Muslim south. Doubleday surveys this familial rise with a generation-by-generation account of the family's accumulation of patrimonies and tenancies acquired by basking in the light of royal favoritism. (J. F. Powers Choice 2002-04-01)It is all too rare a pleasure to be able to review a book with unstinting praise and to recommend it without the slightest reservation. In a brief compass, the author surveys the history of what became one of the most powerful noble houses of the kingdom of Castile, from its emergence from obscurity in the reign of Alfonso VI (1072-1109) to its effective extinction in 1352...Although the book focuses on only one noble house, it also succeeds in providing a masterly sketch of the political dynamics of Castile in these centuries...This book is the first detailed modern study of the Lara family, which makes an important contribution to the wider question of relations between crown and nobility in Castile in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, and at the same time helps to render more accessible the wider political and economic history of the kingdom in the same period; it is also a pleasure to read. (Roger Collins History 2002-10-01)	Simon R. Doubleday is Associate Professor of History, Hofstra University.",books;education & reference;europe;history;humanities;medieval;new;portugal;spain;used & rental textbooks,10
0674315251,"The Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia (Edwin D. Reischauer Lectures, 1990) [Vogel] explains how government and industry have interacted in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong, turning charity case nations into business school case studies. [This book] may be the quickest dose of reality yet for anyone left with a romantic vision of Asia. --David E. Sanger (New York Times Book Review )Ezra Vogel...provides a fascinating look at the economies of Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore...This well-documented analysis is recommended as good background reading for those doing business in East Asia and anyone looking for general information about the explosive economic growth in these countries. --Greg Jones (China Business Review )What a ride it's been for East Asians, and Vogel captures nicely, in conversational prose, the highlights of the Pacific Rim's 40-year march to industrial greatness in sectors as different as shipbuilding and textiles. It is an achievement that refutes, once and for all, the notion that industrial revolutions only occur in the West. --Davis Bushnell (Boston Globe )Ezra Vogel has written an immediately attractive book...[His] account of the spread of industrialization in the four countries is always eminently readable, yet scholarly and authoritative, with just the right amount of sharp detail. --Rupert Hodder (Times Higher Education Supplement )	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Ezra F. Vogel is Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Harvard University and former Director of Harvards Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and the Harvard University Asia Center.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",asia;books;business & investing;ethnic studies;history;industries & professions;politics & social sciences;popular economics;social sciences;specific demographics,10
1553416627,"Kyoto Map 1:11000 ITM -2002 (Travel Reference Map) ITMB Publishing (International Travel Maps and Books) of Vancouver, Canada, has published detailed reference and travel maps of countries, regions, and cities around the world since 1985. The company's titles include many that are unique or the first of their kind, including the first commercially available travel map of South America.",asia;atlases & maps;books;education & reference;general;japan;kyoto;maps;travel;world,10
0521364078,"The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy Even though James Madison disliked and publicly condemned slavery, this slave-owning president and Virginia planter does not get high marks from most modern historians for his stance on that issue; indeed, his support for extending slavery into the Western territories has led some critics to call him a pro-slavery expansionist. To Harvard historian McCoy, ""the Sage of Montpelier"" was a prisoner of his republican idealism, tragically tied to the conventions of his native soil. This apologetic, revisionist biographical study will stir up controversy among scholars. For the general reader, its focus on Madison's years of retirement (from 1817 until his death in 1836) gives us a prescient sage leery of the ""nullifiers"" who touted states' inherent right to secede from the union. The mature Madison was haunted by the specter of an industrializing society faced with the prospect of mass unemployment and a poor, propertyless class--problems that plague us today. Illustrations. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	McCoy's excellent and richly detailed work picks up where others leave off, at Madison's retirement in 1817. The focus is on Madison (1751-1836), the exponent of an 18th-century ""republican faith"" and his ""persistent effort to comprehend--and influence--the fate of the Revolutionary vision as he encountered both its failures and the shocks of the new era.""Included are Madison's reactions to the Missouri Compromise, the Marshall Court, tariff laws, and the Nullification Crisis of the early 1830s. Though sympathetic, McCoy does not shrink from dealing with Madison's shortcomings. This is especially the case on the issue of slavery, which is exceptionally well handled. Highly recommended for large public and academic libraries.- Roy H. Tyron, South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, ColumbiaCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""Effectively employing biographical sketches against the background of the republican legacy to reveal a nation losing its way and a Union dividng, McCoy weaves a complex tapestry worthy of study.""   Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., Constitution""...excellent and richly detailed work...Though sympathetic, McCoy does not shrink from dealing with Madison's shortcomings.  This is especially the case on the issue of slavery, which is exceptionally well handled.  Highly recommended for large public and academic libraries.""   Library Journal""This inquiry into a complex mind and fascinating personality will please any reader looking for a rigorous but perfectly accessible treatment of Madison's accomplishments and contributions.""   Booklist""...there's a wholeness that's achieved through McCoy's thorough understanding of the complex details--as well as the implications of the issues he views from Madison's unique perspective.""   Kirkus Reviews""What makes this thoroughly researched study all the more enjoyable is McCoy's accomplishment as a biographer.  He knows Madison; he is acquainted with the man rather than with an historical figure.  As a result, the reader stands beside Madison in two stormy, antebellum decades.  One can understand his thinking and anticipate his actions.  That is superb historical reporting.  Both Madison and McCoy will receive accolades as a result of this new treatment.""   James Robertson, Richmond News Leader""...a brilliant analysis of Madison's conservatism, and of the way it operated in his reactions to the issues of his day.  More important, he has shown how those issues emerged from the Constitution itself, as the conflicts it subdued grew too strong to be contained within the political framework it furnished...McCoy's sketch of Rives juxtaposed to his analysis of Madison is not a casual epilogue.  Nor is his book simply a study of America's greatest conservative thinker.  It is a searching commentary on the ambiguities in the original Constitution of the world's greatest republic.""   Edmund S. Morgan, The New Republic""...a subtle, shapely and intriguing meditation on Madison's life, personality and political theory.""   Timothy Foote, Washington Post Book World""In this brilliantly conceived and original study, McCoy focuses on the last 20 years of James Madison's life. The book superbly illuminates Madison's struggle to straddle two vastly different worlds of political and cultural experience: the neoclassical, republican world of the Founding Fathers and the antebellum society of romantic democracy...The Last of the Fathers adds an important intellectual dimension to all previous biographical studies of Madison and histories of antebellum America. A major work--beautifully written and highly recommended.""   E. W. Carp, Choice""A beautifully written, sympathetic biography of Madison in the years after his presidency, Professor McCoy's book is at the same time a penetrating account of the transformation of republican values in the United States in the years between the framing of the Constitution and the advent of Jacksonian democracy.""   From the John H. Dunning Prize Citation""Drew McCoy's superb study gives us Madison in his retirement, looking back on these crucial years with the wisdom--and illusions--of his determinedly optimistic old age....McCoy, author of the influential Elusive Republic (1980), makes another valuable contribution here to the ongoing scholarly debate on republicanism, but not at the expense of the general reader....McCoy makes Madison accessible and attractive to modern readers, even while making an important point to his specialist colleagues.  McCoy takes brilliant advantage of this quasi-biographical form; his analysis of Madison's reflections in retirement on his achievements as a founder illuminates both periods--and the man.""   Peter S. Onuf, Journal of the Early Republic	In recounting the experience of Madison and several of his legatees who witnessed the violent test of whether his republic could endure, this study dramatizes the human side of critical cultural and political issues.",19th century;americas;biographies & memoirs;books;history;humanities;modern (16th-21st centuries);new;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
0814406424,"The Business Valuation Book (With CD-ROM) ""..a user friendly platform for quickly and easily estimating the fair market value of any business."" -- Morning Star-Telegram  Ft. Worth Texas, Jan.2003	Gabehart is a Certified Business Appraiser and licensed business broker. Brinkley is the former president of VR Business Brokers.",accounting;accounting & finance;books;business & investing;business writing;education & reference;finance;management & leadership;professional & technical;skills,10
0826215092,"The Morality of Everyday Life: Rediscovering an Ancient Alternative to the Liberal Tradition *Starred Review* For at least 50 years, one rallying cry of reform has been for politics, economics, and so forth on a ""human scale,"" by which is meant a politics, economics, and so forth responsive to ordinary peoples' concerns in their families, neighborhoods, churches, clubs, and workplaces. Fleming perhaps sympathizes with the sentiment, but he points to the stumbling block to realizing it--the set of ""hallmarks of the modern (that is, since the seventeenth century) ethical tradition"" that constitutes what he calls liberalism. Modern liberalism and modern conservatism alike use those hallmarks--universality, rationality, individualism, objectivity, and abstract idealism--to determine what is ethical. He subjects those hallmarks to scrutiny, arguing that each has contributed to the common person's loss of effectiveness and the trivialization of common concerns and associations. Exalting objectivity, for instance, derogates the importance of such subjective interests as love, friendship, and personal and familial survival. The ancient Greeks, Romans, and Jews mostly understood that survival, the family, the community, and the material world--natural things rooted in concrete existence--must be the bases of ethics, and that human beings were limited creatures incapable of the perfections dreamed of by philosophical system builders. Writing much more accessibly and knowledgeably than most modern, professional philosophers, Fleming revivifies the body of thought with which civilization was created and without which it is disintegrating. Ray OlsonCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	No more important book has been published in this new century. If the American people ever win back their traditional way of life, founded on family, faith, and federalism, The Morality of Everyday Life will be remembered as an important milestone in that victory. American ConservativeWriting much more accessibly and knowledgeably than most modern, professional philosophers, Fleming revivifies the body of thought with which civilization was created and without which it is disintegrating.BooklistThis book is a pleasure to read, filled with telling and memorable examples--both erudite and popular--and continually stimulating in its account. Its rhetoric blends something of a Nietzschean subversion with the humane balance of Hume. It is the most devastating critique of liberalism since MacIntyre. Donald W. Livingston	Thomas Fleming holds a doctorate in classics and is the editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, published by the Rockford Institute in Rockford, Illinois. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including The Politics of Human Nature and The Conservative Movement.",americas;books;conservatism & liberalism;ethics & morality;history;ideologies & doctrines;philosophy;politics & government;politics & social sciences;united states,10
156563084X,"Jerome: His Life, Writings, and Controversies The late J. N. D. Kelly was Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, from 1951 to 1979. He was the author of many books, including Early Christian Creeds (1950); Early Christian Doctrines (1958); Jerome (1975); the Oxford Dictionary of Popes (1986) and Golden Mouth (1995).",ancient;bibles;biographies & memoirs;books;christian books & bibles;church history;history;leaders & notable people;religious;theology,10
0892390646,"Los Perros Magicos de Los Volcanes / Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes Kindergarten-Grade 3-- For generations, the cadejos , wolflike, magical animals, have cared for the people who live at the foot of the volcanoes. But then the landowner decides to do away with them in the hopes of making the campesinos harder working, and he sends soldiers made out of lead to kill them. In desperation the cadejos call upon their great-great grandparents, the volcanoes, who defeat the soldiers, and, by extension, the landowner. In this engagingly told dual-language story from El Salvador, the original Spanish text is much smoother and more dynamic than is the English translation, which misses some of the humor and clever turns of speech that grace Arguenta's narrative form. However, the translation is able and reads aloud well enough to hold the attention of young listeners. Simmons's illustrations are in keeping with the folkloric tone. Large, bright, and primitive-looking, they have some of the mass and volume of Orozco's work. Paired with Jane Anne Volkmer's Song of the Chirimia (Carolrhoda, 1990), this opens listeners to the folklore of Central America in an attractively illustrated, accessible form. --Ann Welton, University Child Development School, SeattleCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Text: English, Spanish",books;children's books;education & reference;fantasy & magic;foreign language learning;hispanic & latino;multicultural stories;science fiction & fantasy;spanish;travel & cultures,10
1931599491,"Paddling Southern Wisconsin: 83 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak, 2nd Revised Edition (Trails Books Guide) Mike's sense of history adds richness and depth to our beautiful southern Wisconsin rivers. -- Darren Bush, Vice President, Rutabega PaddleSport Shop	A recently retired college administrator and former resident of Wisconsin, Mike Svob has canoed and kayaked the rivers and streams of the Midwest for more than 30 years. Since 1996, he has paddled over 3,000 river-miles for three guidebooks published by Trails Books: Paddling Southern Wisconsin, Paddling Northern Wisconsin, and Paddling Illinois. He is convinced that a canoe or kayak is the best and most relaxing way to visit beautiful places.",adventure;books;canoeing;kayaking;midwest;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;travel;united states;water sports,10
1931741085,"Scared To Leave, Afraid To Stay: Paths From Family Violence To Safety Barry Goldstein has practiced law in New York since 1978.  He served on the Board of Directors of My Sisters' Place, one of the leading domestic violence agencies in the country for 14 years, including four years as Chairperson.  As a result, many domestic violence agencies have referred clients to Mr. Goldstein because he is one of the few lawyers with expertise in domestic violence and because of his willingness to take cases on a pro bono or reduced fee basis.  Mr. Goldstein has also worked with the Community Change Project of the Volunteer Counseling Service in Rockland County, New York since January of 1999 teaching domestic violence classes for men who have been convicted of domestic violence crimes.",books;dysfunctional relationships;education & reference;family relationships;marriage;parenting & relationships;politics & social sciences;relationships;self-help;social sciences,10
0595191037,"Earth, As it is in Heaven Roman Genesis is a college student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and is majoring in Political Science. A Florida resident his whole life, Roman hopes to enter politics and become a gay rights activist after graduation.",books;children's;children's books;drama;fiction;gay;gay & lesbian;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;social situations,10
0880642181,"Deborah Harry A contributing editor at Time Out New York and frequent writer for pop culture rags such as Details and Interview, Che pays fun and frothy homage to multitalented pop icon Deborah Harry. Fans who have read Harry's own 1982 autobiography, Making Tracks, may not find much new grist here (unless you deem noteworthy the kudos of such contemporary hipsters as Shirley Manson, RuPaul and Theo Kogan of the Lunachicks). However, Che does mix her gushing about Harry's sex appeal, artistry, music and film career with some weighted analysis and original interviews--with Harry herself; members of Blondie, the band that brought Harry to the forefront in the late '70s; Blondie's unscrupulous ex-manager, Peter Leeds; and an eclectic cast of fans, friends and colleagues. Che also discusses the impact of Blondie's recent reunion, as well as some of Harry's lesser known feats, including her Broadway debut in Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap, costarring the late comedian Andy Kaufman. Mostly, though, the book is a breezy, gossipy read. Those who aren't entrenched in pop culture might miss out on the copious references to New York fashion designers and scenesters (e.g., who is Ashley Heath, who notes, ""That safety gear, knee-pad look she wore is just so Helmut Lang""?), but Che's lesson on Harry is loud and clear; as Fred Schneider of the band the B-52's says, ""She's a goddess, in your face and in your ears."" 16 pages of b photos. (May) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	On the eve of last year's Blondie reunion, Harry told Che, a contributing editor at Time Out New York, that her physical appearance accounts for 50 percent of her success. Unfortunately, here, Che does not critically assess Harry's other underrated half--her songwriting flare and proto-girl-power feminism. With downtown Manhattan as cultural backdrop, Che rehashes Harry's hippy stint in Wind in the Willows, the formation and breakup of Blondie, her B-movie and C-solo careers, her influential style, and, ultimately, the beatific blondeness of being. Although Che gave much-bad-mouthed ex-Blondie manager Peter Leeds the chance to blow off some steam, this is basically an extended, gushing celebrity magazine profile (indeed, it started as one); photographers (David LaChapelle), writers (Robert Christgau), and other musicians sing their praises between Che's thin entences. Alas, someone has yet to articulate Harry's intelligence--and her real musical achievements--as has been done for Patti Smith or Mick Jagger. This is recommended, however, because it is the first work to acknowledge Harry's tremendous influence on current female and male performers.-Heather McCormack, ""Library Journal"" Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	"". . . punky eroticism and esoteric artiness of Harry's life and career with simple aplomb and no little guile.""   -- TimeOut [London]""A breezy, gossipy read . . . Che pays fun and frothy homage to multitalented pop icon Deborah Harry.""   -- Publishers Weekly	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Cathay Che is a contributing editor for TimeOut New York. She first met Deborah Harry on the set of the cult cable TV show Party Talk, which Che hosted from 1993 to 1996. She is currently an on-air correspondent for The Gossip Show and is based in New York.",actors & actresses;arts & literature;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;entertainers;humor & entertainment;rock;specific groups;women,10
0689848161,"Hotshots! PreSchool-Grade 1-An outstanding informational source that is highly appealing in its presentation. The brief rhyming text, similar to that in Demarest's Firefighters A to Z (2000) and Smokejumpers One to Ten (2002, both McElderry), tells the story of the ""hotshots"" called to put out a brushfire that is threatening to destroy a mountainside neighborhood. The short, uncomplicated text belies the author's knowledge of his subject. Despite an occasional forced rhyme, each word has been carefully chosen. While the text is simple enough for young listeners, it includes keywords that impart factual material. An author's note includes additional information and explanations of terminology. Borderless, double-page pastel illustrations effectively show the progression of events, from the accidental ignition of dried grass and deployment of brush rigs and trucks until moments after the fire has been extinguished. The vivid color and smudgy look of the pastel crayon artwork perfectly re-create the wildly raging fire and the hotshots. Every library will want to have this book on hand.Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OHCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	K-Gr. 2. Similar in subject and format to Demarest's Firefighters A to Z (2000) and Smoke Jumpers One to Ten (2002), this large-format book features hotshots, ""the elite ground fire-fighting corps with permanent stations dotted throughout the western United States."" Sparks from a passing train ignite a fire that rages out of control, burning homes as well as brush-covered countryside. The hotshots respond quickly, racing up a mountain, setting a ""backburn,"" and protecting themselves with heat-resistant coverings when the blaze overtakes them. After their backburn stops the fire, they reload their tools on the truck, ready for the next call. The rhythm of the short, rhyming text sounds a bit clunky, and some terminology may confuse the uninitiated. But the story builds to a terrific climax, and the dramatic, intensely colored pastel illustrations are riveting. In the appended note, Demarest describes the process of battling wildfires, explains the fire-fighting terms used in the book, and lists books, videos, and Web sites for further information. Sure to enthrall children with an interest in fire fighting. Carolyn PhelanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Chris L. Demarest is a fine artist and volunteer firefighter. He has a young son and lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire.",books;careers;children's books;education & reference;environment;health;nature;nature & how it works;safety;science,10
0972362703,"The Single Parent Travel Handbook Advice on how to make the most out of traveling with children in the United States and abroad.... recommended. -- Library JournalHelpful suggestions, from getting a letter of consent from the other parent to keeping kids busy during long trips. -- San Jose Mercury NewsShould be mandatory reading for every single parent planning a trip with [children]... It's worth its weight in kids! -- Where to Go NextWell organized... helpful and complete, and it is interesting. We rated this book five hearts.  -- Heartland Reviews	The Single Parent Travel Handbook is a ""must-read for anyone who wants to make family memories last a lifetime!.Practical tips that really work and suggestions you know had to come from personal experience. The stories and articles range from entertaining to downright hilarious. Read this book even if you cant afford to travelit makes you feel as if you are there!""Kay Brewer, Parents Without Partners	Why is single parent travel different than traditional family travel? By definition, the single parent is a working parent, says Brenda Elwell, a travel industry veteran and author of the only travel book focused exclusively on the subject, The Single Parent Travel Handbook. Traditional double parent vacations are structured to get rid of the kids so the parents can have couple time, but the single parent always winds up as the odd man out stuck somewhere in the space between family couple and swinging single. Ms. Elwell has made it her mission to change that.	A veteran of over thirty years experience in the travel industry and a worldwide adventurer, Brenda Elwell has lived abroad and traveled to over 60 countries and 45 states, half of them as a single parent with her two kids in tow. Her work has been praised by her readers and the New York Times, Rudy Maxas Savvy Traveler radio show, Travel Weekly, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Frommers, Parents Magazine, MSNBC as well as other media. Addicted to adventurous travel to remote and exotic places, Ms. Elwell is at home anywhere on the planet.",books;education & reference;family travel;parenting;parenting & relationships;reference;solo travel;specialty travel;tips;travel,10
0471185183,"Tea Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide Tea is quickly following coffee into the beverage spotlight. In this concise and accessible guide, you'll get a straightforward introduction to the fundamentals of fine tea. The authors--industry insiders--demystify the world of tea, giving insights into tea's botanical origins and history, as well as its varieties, processing, and grading. Tea Basics also offers tips for tea appreciation.	TEA BASICSYour complete guide to the perfect cupCivilized, soothing, delicious, and relaxing . . . tea offers an ideal refuge from the fast pace and stressful demands of life today. But with the astonishing array of teas currently available, how do you find a cup you can really call your own? Start with Tea Basics. This handy reference covers all of the essentials of tea buying, brewing, and tasting, and explores the comforts of ritual and healing that tea has provided through the centuries. As you sip and savor the wonderful flavors of black teas, green teas, oolongs, and scented/herbal teas, you'll understand why tea is consumed by more people worldwide than any other drink except water. So put the kettle on, put your feet up, and immerse yourself in Tea Basics! Inside you'll find: Tea facts: its origins, history, and many varieties Guidance on selection, blending, brewing, tasting, and storage Tips on tea etiquette A tea-tasting glossary Select sources of tea and related equipment	RIC RHINEHART is the president of R2 Consultants, a management consulting company specializing in premium tea.WENDY RASMUSSEN is the Executive Director of the American Premium Tea Institute, and a frequent contributor to tea industry journals.",books;coffee & tea;cookbooks;crafts;drinks & beverages;food & wine;hobbies & home;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements,10
0192810898,"Songs of Innocence and Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794 (Worlds Classics) Masterpieces of English lyric poetry, written and illustrated by William Blake.  Songs of Innocence, published in 1789, was Blake's first great demonstration of ""illuminated printing,"" his unique technique of publishing both text and hand-colored illustration together. The rhythmic subtlety and delicate beauty of both his lyrics and his designs created rare harmony on his pages. The poems transformed his era's street ballads and rhymes for children into some of the purest lyrics in the English language. In 1794 Blake published Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. It contained a slightly rearranged version of Songs of Innocence with the addition of Songs of Experience. The poems reflect Blake's views that experience brings the individual into conflict with rules, moralism, and repression; as a result, the songs of experience are bitter, ironic replies to those of the earlier volume. The Lamb is the key symbol of Innocence; in Experience its rival image is the Tyger, the embodiment of energy, strength, lust, and aggression. See also THE TYGER.  -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature	William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.",arts & photography;books;british;criticism;genre fiction;ghosts;history & criticism;horror;literature & fiction;poetry,10
B000FBFFJ0,"A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity (Routledge Studies in Human Geography) If ever a book was needed to fill an important pedagogical niche, it is Stephen Royle's Geography of Islands, which, despite its title, is a comprehensive introduction to small islands around the world, and a welcome addition to the burgeoning field of Island Studies.Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism",atlases;atlases & maps;books;earth sciences;education & reference;geography;kindle ebooks;kindle store;politics & social sciences;science & math,10
B000I5A61A,"REALM by Erox AFTERSHAVE BALM 3.3 OZ REALM by Erox After Shave Balm 3.3 oz for Men Launched by the design house of Erox in 1993, REALM is classified as a sharp, oriental, woody fragrance. This masculine scent possesses a blend of mandarin, orange, berry, ginger and watery notes. It is recommended for daytime wear.",aftershaves;balms & aftershaves;beauty;cologne;creams;fragrance;health & personal care;men's;personal care;shaving & hair removal,10
0198700032,"Semantics: Primes and Universals ""One cannot help but be impressed by the range of language-related topics Wierzbicka's work encompasses and by the thorough control commanded by her of the relevant literature pertaining to these diverse areas""--Anthropological Linguistics	Anna Wierzbicka is at Australian National University.",books;education & reference;foreign language study & reference;humanities;language & grammar;linguistics;new;reference;used & rental textbooks;words,10
1574887963,"Blood and Iron: The German Conquest of Sevastopol ""Clear and comprehensive."" -- THE NEW YORK MILITARY AFFAIRS SYMPOSIUM REVIEW	Narrates the epic World War II battles for the most strongly fortified city in the world; Displays over a hundred rare photos, many never before published in North American or the United Kingdom.	C. G. Sweeting, a military and aviation historian and a former curator at the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum, is the author of numerous books, including Hitler's Squadron: The Fuhrer's Personal Aircraft and Transport Unit, 193345  (Brasseys, Inc., 2001). He lives in Clinton, Maryland.",books;conventional;europe;germany;history;military;russia;ukraine;weapons & warfare;world war ii,10
0155062255,"The Least You Should Know About English (Form A) (Least You Should Know about English: Writing Skills) <!--   /* Font Definitions */   @font-face  	{font-family:Calibri;  	panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;  	mso-font-charset:0;  	mso-generic-font-family:swiss;  	mso-font-pitch:variable;  	mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}   /* Style Definitions */   p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  	{mso-style-unhide:no;  	mso-style-qformat:yes;  	mso-style-parent:"""";  	margin:0in;  	margin-bottom:.0001pt;  	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  	font-size:11.0pt;  	font-family:""Calibri"",""sans-serif"";  	mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-bidi-font-family:""Times New Roman"";  	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}  span.EmailStyle15  	{mso-style-type:personal;  	mso-style-noshow:yes;  	mso-style-unhide:no;  	mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;  	mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;  	font-family:""Calibri"",""sans-serif"";  	mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-bidi-font-family:""Times New Roman"";  	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;  	color:windowtext;}  .MsoChpDefault  	{mso-style-type:export-only;  	mso-default-props:yes;  	font-family:""Calibri"",""sans-serif"";  	mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;  	mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;  	mso-bidi-font-family:""Times New Roman"";  	mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}  @page WordSection1  	{size:8.5in 11.0in;  	margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;  	mso-header-margin:.5in;  	mso-footer-margin:.5in;  	mso-paper-source:0;}  div.WordSection1  	{page:WordSection1;}  -->	With an amazing gift for explaining the basics of grammar, punctuation, and writing, Paige Wilson, Associate Professor at Pasadena City College, focuses on the vital structures of English, reinforcing fundamental concepts with an abundance of easy-to-follow exercises.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;college & university;education;education & reference;language & grammar;new;reference;rhetoric;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0470821116,"Financial Dynamics: A System for Valuing Technology Companies Decision-making in technology companies has grown exceedingly complex, risky and ad hoc. Finding the value of a managerial decision - be it the adoption of a new technology, the launch of a new product, a strategic alliance, branding, additional RD expenditures or new factories - has never been as important, nor as challenging, as it is today. Behind every successful decision lies an intricate assortment of competencies, presumptions and objectives, all strongly influenced by the company's history and its ability to mould the future through strategy and technology choice.Financial Dynamics responds to the challenge by laying out the structure, components and application of the Financial Dynamics system of valuation. It provides managers, investors and other stakeholders with an accurate, comprehensive tool, which answers the question, ""what is the value of a technology product, project or firm?"" The Financial Dynamics model will find widespread application to valuation as well as give the analyst an invaluable tool for finding the worth of a business whose core competencies are knowledge-intensive.	Chris Westlands book on valuation takes us on a journey through economics, accounting, finance, physics and the liberal arts. It will shake the accounting, auditing and investment communities to the core  for good reason. A must read for anyone involved in analyzing, auditing, or investing in technology companies, or for that matter, stocks in general.  Andrew Leeming, author of The Super AnalysisFinancial Dynamics examines the challenges of applying traditional accounting and valuation methodologies to analyze the economic performance of todays knowledge economy-based businesses. An interesting and informative read that breaks away from the traditional ways of looking at the performance of corporations.  Chris Ip, Principal, McKinsey and Company, Leader of Greater China Business Technology Office.In this ambitious and original text, the polymathic Westland  a scientist and consultant  cruises in with observations on Moores and Metcalfes laws, nanotechnology and optics, biotech and materials science. He attempts to formalize in crisp mathematics some of the laws of the microcosm and telecosm. And he explores the many methods of pinning the butterflies of innovation in algorithms of valuation. A fascinating read that does not pretend there are any simple answers or panaceas.  George Gilder, author of TelecosmThe assets of the modern company cannot be boxed into the accounting categories of trick and mortar businesses, but are derived from the knowledge these companies have accumulated In Financial Dynamics, Westland not only takes us on a lively tour of the difficulties in assessing the value of the 21st century company, but also offers a monumental and much needed attempt to reengineer valuation.  Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, author of Linked and Emil T. Hoffman, Professor of Physics, University of Notre DameFinancial Dynamics is a thought-provoking synthesis of history, technology, accounting and finance. This book provides insights into the value of human capital in general, and technology, in particular.  Aswath Damodaron, Professor of Finance, New York Universitys Leonard N. Stein School of Business, author of Damodaron on Valuation and Investment Valuation	J. CHRISTOPHER WESTLAND is Professor of Information Systems and Management at the University of Science  Technology in Hong Kong. He holds a BA in mathematics and an MBA in accounting, and received his PhD in information technology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Westland has professional experience in the US as a certified public accountant and as a consultant in information systems in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and sits on the editorial boards of several of the leading academic journals in information technology. This is his third book; previously he has written Valuing Technology (Wiley 2002) and Global Electronic Commerce (MIT Press 2000). Dr. Westland is a sought after speaker and consultant who has consulted on valuation and technology strategy for Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, V-Tech, Aerospace Corporation, IBM, Pacific Bell, and other technology firms.He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and three children.",accounting;accounting & finance;books;business & finance;business & investing;finance;new;popular economics;professional & technical;used & rental textbooks,10
0755311140,"Shadows of Elisa Lynch In 1853, a beautiful Irishwoman left her soldier husband in Algeria to seek adventure in the boulevards of Paris. There she became a courtesan and met Francisco Solano Lopez, the son of a Paraguayan dictator. He had Napoleonic ambitions; she had dreams of being his Josephine, the Empress of South America. They left her Parisian boudoir for poor, landlocked, war-wrecked Paraguay. Although initially shunned by society, Elisa Lynch rose resolutely to become the richest and most notorious woman in Spanish America. She aided her lover in the war which destroyed the country, looted what she could from the wreckage and fled, eventually dying alone and impoverished in a Parisian brothel. Sian Rees has undeniable skill in converting her colourful historical panoply into a very beguiling narrative.	Sian Rees has a degree in history from Oxford University. The bestselling work of narrative non-fiction THE FLOATING BROTHEL was her first book.",19th century;americas;biographies & memoirs;books;ethnic & national;history;irish;modern (16th-21st centuries);paraguay;south america,10
0201794292,"Effective Software Testing: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing Effective Software Testing  explores fifty critically important best practices, pitfalls, and solutions. Gleaned from the author's extensive practical experience, these concrete items will enable quality assurance professionals and test managers to immediately enhance their understanding and skills, avoid costly mistakes, and implement a state-of-the-art testing program. This book places special emphasis on the integration of testing into all phases of the software development life cycle--from requirements definition to design and final coding. The fifty lessons provided here focus on the key aspects of software testing: test planning, design, documentation, execution, managing the testing team, unit testing, automated testing, nonfunctional testing, and more. You will learn to:  Base testing efforts on a prioritized feature schedule Estimate test preparation and execution Define the testing team roles and responsibilities Design test procedures as soon as requirements are available Derive effective test cases from requirements Avoid constraints and detailed data elements in test procedures Make unit-test execution part of the build process Use logging to increase system testability Test automated test tools on an application prototype Automate regression tests whenever possible Avoid sole reliance on capture/playback Conduct performance testing with production-sized databases Tailor usability tests to the intended audience Isolate the test environment from the development environment Implement a defect tracking life cycle  Throughout the book, numerous real-world case studies and concrete examples illustrate the successful application of these important principles and techniques.   Effective Software Testing  provides ready access to the expertise and advice of one of the world's foremost software quality and testing authorities.    0201794292B12032002	Elfriede Dustin is the lead author of Automated Software Testing (Addison-Wesley, 1999), and Quality Web Systems (Addison-Wesley, 2002). An acknowledged expert in software engineering and testing practices, she has assisted numerous companies in the definition and implementation of QA and testing processes. For more information, please see her Web site at www.effectivesoftwaretesting.com.            0201794292AB12052002	In most software-development organizations, the testing program functions as the final ""quality gate"" for an application, allowing or preventing the move from the comfort of the software-engineering environment into the real world. With this role comes a large responsibility: The success of an application, and possibly of the organization, can rest on the quality of the software product. A multitude of small tasks must be performed and managed by the testing team--so many, in fact, that it is tempting to focus purely on the mechanics of testing a software application and pay little attention to the surrounding tasks required of a testing program. Issues such as the acquisition of proper test data, testability of the application's requirements and architecture, appropriate test-procedure standards and documentation, and hardware and facilities are often addressed very late, if at all, in a project's life cycle. For projects of any significant size, test scripts and tools alone will not suffice--a fact to which most experienced software testers will attest. Knowledge of what constitutes a successful end-to-end testing effort is typically gained through experience. The realization that a testing program could have been much more effective had certain tasks been performed earlier in the project life cycle is a valuable lesson. Of course, at that point, it's usually too late for the current project to benefit from the experience.  Effective Software Testing provides experience-based practices and key concepts that can be used by an organization to implement a successful and efficient testing program. The goal is to provide a distilled collection of techniques and discussions that can be directly applied by software personnel to improve their products and avoid costly mistakes and oversights. This book details 50 specific software testing best practices, contained in ten parts that roughly follow the software life cycle. This structure itself illustrates a key concept in software testing: To be most effective, the testing effort must be integrated into the software-development process as a whole. Isolating the testing effort into one box in the ""work flow"" (at the end of the software life cycle) is a common mistake that must be avoided. The material in the book ranges from process- and management-related topics, such as managing changing requirements and the makeup of the testing team, to technical aspects such as ways to improve the testability of the system and the integration of unit testing into the development process. Although some pseudocode is given where necessary, the content is not tied to any particular technology or application platform. It is important to note that there are factors outside the scope of the testing program that bear heavily on the success or failure of a project. Although a complete software-development process with its attendant testing program will ensure a successful engineering effort, any project must also deal with issues relating to the business case, budgets, schedules, and the culture of the organization. In some cases, these issues will be at odds with the needs of an effective engineering environment. The recommendations in this book assume that the organization is capable of adapting, and providing the support to the testing program necessary for its success. Organization This book is organized into 50 separate items covering ten important areas. The selected best practices are organized in a sequence that parallels the phases of the system development life cycle. The reader can approach the material sequentially, item-by-item and part-by-part, or simply refer to specific items when necessary to gain information about and understanding of a particular problem. For the most part, each chapter stands on its own, although there are references to other chapters, and other books, where helpful to provide the reader with additional information.  Chapter 1 describes requirements-phase considerations for the testing effort. It is important in the requirements phase for all stakeholders, including a representative of the testing team, to be involved in and informed of all requirements and changes. In addition, basing test cases on requirements is an essential concept for any large project. The importance of having the testing team represented during this phase cannot be overstated; it is in this phase that a thorough understanding of the system and its requirements can be obtained.  Chapter 2 covers test-planning activities, including ways to gain understanding of the goals of the testing effort, approaches to determining the test strategy, and considerations related to data, environments, and the software itself. Planning must take place as early as possible in the software life cycle, as lead times must be considered for implementing the test program successfully. Early planning allows for testing schedules and budgets to be estimated, approved, and incorporated into the overall software development plan. Estimates must be continually monitored and compared to actuals, so they can be revised and expectations can be managed as required.  Chapter 3 focuses on the makeup of the testing team. At the core of any successful testing program are its people. A successful testing team has a mixture of technical and domain knowledge, as well as a structured and concise division of roles and responsibilities. Continually evaluating the effectiveness of each test-team member throughout the testing process is important to ensuring success.  Chapter 4 discusses architectural considerations for the system under test. Often overlooked, these factors must be taken into account to ensure that the system itself is testable, and to enable gray-box testing and effective defect diagnosis.  Chapter 5 details the effective design and development of test procedures, including considerations for the creation and documentation of tests, and discusses the most effective testing techniques. As requirements and system design are refined over time and through system-development iterations, so must the test procedures be refined to incorporate the new or modified requirements and system functions.  Chapter 6 examines the role of developer unit testing in the overall testing strategy. Unit testing in the implementation phase can result in significant gains in software quality. If unit testing is done properly, later testing phases will be more successful. There is a difference, however, between casual, ad-hoc unit testing based on knowledge of the problem, and structured, repeatable unit testing based on the requirements of the system.  Chapter 7 explains automated testing tool issues, including the proper types of tools to use on a project, the build-versus-buy decision, and factors to consider in selecting the right tool for the organization. The numerous types of testing tools available for use throughout the phases in the development life cycle are described here. In addition, custom tool development is also covered.  Chapter 8 discusses selected best practices for automated testing. The proper use of capture/playback tools, test harnesses, and regression testing are described.  Chapter 9 provides information on testing nonfunctional aspects of a software application. Ensuring that nonfunctional requirements are met, including performance, security, usability, compatibility, and concurrency testing, adds to the overall quality of the application.  Chapter 10 provides a strategy for managing the execution of tests, including appropriate methods of tracking test-procedure execution and the defect life cycle, and gathering metrics to assess the testing process. Audience The target audience of this book includes Quality Assurance professionals, software testers, and test leads and managers. Much of the information presented can also be of value to project managers and software developers looking to improve the quality of a software project   0201794292P12032002",books;computers & technology;mathematics;programming;science & math;software;software design;software development;testing;testing & engineering,10
0871136422,"Sex and the City The ""Sex and the City"" columnist for the New York Observer documents the social scene of modern-day Manhattan. The reader gets an introduction to ""Modelizers,"" the men who only have eyes for models, as well as a more common species, the ""Toxic Bachelor."" Reading like a society novel gone downtown and askew, Sex and the City is a comically sordid look at status and ambition and the many characters consumed by the sexual politics of the '90s.	""We're leading sensory saturated lives,"" announces jetsetting photographer and playboy Peter Beard in a roundtable discussion of menages a trois, setting the tone of opulent debasement that suffuses this collection of Bushnell's punchy, archly knowing and sharply observed sex columns from the New York Observer. Prowling the modish clubs, party circuit and weekend getaways of rich and trendy New York society (most of whose denizens are identified by pseudonyms), Bushnell offers a brash, radically unromantic perspective. She visits a sex club and dates a Bicycle Boy (""the literary romantic subspecies"" whose patron saints are George Plimpton and Murray Kempton). But in most chapters she keeps to the sidelines, deploying instead her alter-ego Carrie (like the author, a blonde writer from Connecticut in her mid-30s), whose sweet if feckless romance with Mr. Big?a nondescript power player?serves as a foil for the hilarious, unsentimentalized misadventures of her peers. These include model-chasers like Barkley, 25, a painter with the face of a Botticelli angel whose parents pay for his SoHo junior loft, and Tom Peri, the ""emotional Mayflower,"" who ferries newly dumped women to higher emotional ground and is then invariably dumped. The effect is that of an Armistead Maupin-like canvas tinged with a liberal smattering of Judith Krantz. Collected in one volume, Bushnell's characters grow generic, but in small doses these essays are brain candy that will appeal equally to urban romantics and anti-romantics. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Bushnell extracts some gems from her ""Sex and the City"" column in the New York Observer, which has a devoted following. But will it play in Peoria?Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Fascinating and haunting insights into the love lives of the rich and randy in New York. Bushnell has gleaned pieces from her popular New York Observer column and combined them into an oddly touching collection. While the privileged, beautiful, pony-skin-boot-wearing folk she reports on seem ripe for parody, Bushnell has chosen to humanize them. The earlier articles feature Bushnell herself; she wisely removes herself from the later pieces, writing with the detached grace of an early Didion, and allows her friend (and alter ego?) Carrie to do the reporting. In one story, Carrie and her friends journey to Connecticut's wealthy suburbs to attend a wedding shower, complaining all the way. Bushnell perfectly captures the poignant moment when the New York group, glossy and single, realize that they are in fact jealous of their settled friend. The realization leads to a series of confessions: One woman nervously admits that she broke her ankle while rollerblading in an attempt to impress the younger man she was dating. Many of these pieces focus on the rise and fall of Carrie's relationship with ``Mr. Big,'' who is a better date than most of the model-obsessed men she meets, but who is a ``toxic bachelor'' (unappreciative, self-centered, allergic to commitment) all the same. Bushnell's point, at its simplest level, is that what the glamorous women she writes about really want is a husband. But her writing is more sensitive than that, subtly catching the ways in which, beneath the veneer of Manolo Blahnik shoes and the eternal round of parties and the late nights at trendy bars, New York is a cruel place for smart, older women. Whatever lip service their male peers pay to equality, what men want is perpetual youth. Often funny and occasionally bleak, this is a captivating look at the ``Age of Un-Innocence,'' in a city in which the glittering diversions don't quite make up for the fact that ``Cupid has flown the coop.'' -- Copyright 1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Intriguing and highly entertaining Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES' DIARY 'Imagine Jane Austen with a martini, or perhaps Jonathan Swift on rollerblades' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Imagine THE SUN edited by Jane Austen ... hilarious ... a compulsively readable book, served on bite-sized chunks of irrepressible irreverence.' MARIE CLAIRE 'Irresistable, hilarious and horrific, stylishly written. You might be appalled but anyone who lives here will recognise that Candace Bushnell has captured the big black truth. The only people who won't succumb to the book's very real charms are the ones	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A seasoned freelance writer, Candace Bushnell has been writing the 'Sex and the City' column since 1994. She is also a regular contributor to VOGUE. Ms Bushnell lives in New York City.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;education & reference;journalism & nonfiction;politics & social sciences;popular culture;research & publishing guides;self-help;sex;social sciences;writing,10
007471211X,"Games Trainers Play Outdoors Gary Kroehnert is a leading trainer, consultant, and author of numerous training how-tos, including Basic Training for Trainers.",books;business & investing;education & reference;entrepreneurship;human resources & personnel management;industries & professions;management & leadership;motivational;small business & entrepreneurship;training,10
1561642428,"Sandspun: Florida Tales by Florida Tellers 2002 STORYTELLING WORLD HONOR AWARD WINNER IN THE STORYTELLING ANTHOLOGIES CATEGORY	Annette J. Bruce is founder of the Cracker Storytelling Festival and cofounder of the Florida Storytelling Guild and the Florida Storytelling Camp. She was recently honored by the Florida Storytelling Association with the first Annette J. Bruce Lifetime Achievement Award for lifetime work in and for storytelling. She is the author of Tellable Cracker Tales Volumes 1 and 2, also published by Pineapple Press. J. Stephen Brooks was born in Alabama and raised and educated in Florida. With both a bachelors and a masters degree in English from the University of Central Florida, he is a storyteller, writer, speaker, and emcee.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;contemporary;fairy tales;general;literature & fiction;mythology & folk tales;short stories;united states,10
0440220734,"Area 51 (Area 51, Book 1) When nine atmospheric crafts of unknown origin were discovered  in the Antarctic in the late 1940s, the U.S. government established  Area 51 to study the abandoned technology. Dr. Hans Von Seeckt, who is  the only original member of the secret research committee, has observed  the marvelous craft in flight and witnessed a fantastic array of  bizarre, unexplained phenomena. But Dr. Van Seeckt fears that the  technology of the mothership is beyond our scope and an explosive  threat to the entire planet. He must race against time to unlock the  secret of the ship--and to the origins of mankind itself.	When nine atmospheric crafts of unknown origin were discovered in the Antarctic in the late 1940s, the U.S. government established Area 51 to study the abandoned technology. Dr. Hans Von Seeckt, who is the only original member of the secret research committee, has observed the marvelous craft in flight and witnessed a fantastic array of bizarre, unexplained phenomena. But Dr. Van Seeckt fears that the technology of the mothership is beyond our scope and an explosive threat to the entire planet. He must race against time to unlock the secret of the ship--and to the origins of mankind itself.	He watched the seven spacecraft lift out of the top of the palace, the rays of the rising sun absorbed by the black metal of their lean shapes.He looked down, trying to orient his sudden awareness.His hands were gripping the wooden railing of a three-masted ship.All the sails were set but there was little wind.In the belly of the ship he could hear the beat of drums as rowers pulled in unison, straining against long oars. He felt out of place, out of himself.The contrast between the seven spacecraft that were now nothing more than rapidly fading dots high above and the technology of the sailing ship only added to the strange feeling.The hairs on the back of his neck rose and a shiver ran down his spine.He looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened at what he saw.Even the rowers paused as they saw it.He felt the displacement of the air as the massive mothership passed by overhead.The rowers went back to work, pulling even more furiously on their oars.He watched as the mothership stopped and hovered over the island the ship had left from, blocking out the sun. It was all laid out before him in perfect detail.He was amazed how he could see the entire island, yet also focus on individuals who were many miles distant.Concentric rings of land and water surrounded the capital city in the center of the island.Rising up, on the central hill, was the palace where the rulers had governed from.A golden palace, over a mile wide at the base and stretching over three thousand feet into the sky, it was a magnificent spectacle, but one that was all too easily overshadowed by the dark craft that was now centered above it. Outside the palace, the streets in the city of the humans were choked with people fleeing toward the sea, to their sailing ships. He could look to the ocean around him and see other sails here and there on the blue water, some already going over the horizon. Gazing back at the city, he saw that there were those who had fallen to their knees in the shadow of the ship, heads bowed, hands raised in supplication, praying that new rulers might replace the old.His gaze knew no bounds, going through walls and seeing inside houses, where others huddled in fear, mothers clutching their children close, men holding useless metal swords and spears, knowing that there was nothing they could do against the power from the sky. He looked up at the ship.The air crackled.Those others who also dared to look saw a bright golden light race along the black skin of the mothership in long lines from one end to the other.The light pulsed off the ship downward into the palace in a thick beam, a half mile thick. He flinched, even though he was many miles away.But nothing happened.Those on their knees prayed harder.Those fleeing ran faster.Every muscle in his body tensed as he waited. Again the light pulsed.And again.Ten times the golden light hit the center of the island and passed through. He staggered back as the Earth itself exploded.Tens of thousands died in an instant as the core of the island blew upward, the very essence of the planet beneath blasting through.Hot molten magma sprayed miles into the sky, mixed in with rock and dirt and remains of the palace.The scale of the explosion stunned him. But it was the people that drew his attention.On the main jetty a mother covered her daughter as the magma came down, searing the skin from their bones in a flash.A warrior turned his shield upward in a futile gesture and disappeared under tons of rock.Docked ships burst into flame, the roofs of outlying buildings collapsed under the impact, crushing those hidden inside. The entire island buckled, then imploded inward and downward. The surrounding sea had spasmed from the power of the blast, rushing outward in a massive wave that enveloped those who had not left soon enough.He felt the wave lift his ship up, teetering it precariously, then pass by.He fell against the railing, his knuckles white from clutching the wood. Then the sea surged back, racing in where the island had been.Water met magma, and steam roared into the air, but the water won as the island disappeared into the depths.A boiling cauldron of water was all that was left of the mighty kingdom. Again, he looked up.The mothership was slowly moving.Toward his location.Golden light began racing along the length of the ship. Nabinger staggered back, as if hit in the chest by a powerful blow. He felt hands grab him and prevent him from hitting the rock floor of the cavern.He shook his head, trying to clear it of the images that the guardian had just shown him.He opened his eyes and returned to his time and the place he had fought so hard to find, deep under an extinct volcano on Easter Island.The guardian, a golden pyramid twenty feet high, lay before him, the surface rippling with the strange effect he had been under the spell of.Nabinger shook off the helping hands of the scientists and stared at the machine.His mind could still see the faces of the mother and the daughter as they were burned alive on the quay. What happened? a UN representative asked, but Nabinger ignored them.He stepped forward, hands open, palms forward, and placed them on the skin of the guardian, waiting for the mental contact.Nothing. He did it again. Nothing. After the third attempt he knew that there would be no more contact.Beyond the images of the people who had died, though, another vision was very clear in his mind's eye: the sails that had been over the horizon; the ones who had escaped. Mike Turcotte stared out the window of the BOQ room.Through the gates of Fort Meyers he could make out the very top of the Marine Corps Memorial and beyond that the Capitol dome. He didn't turn when there was a knock on the door to his room. Come in, he called out. The door opened and Lisa Duncan walked in.With a deep sigh she dropped down into one of the hard chairs the military had furnished the room with.Turcotte half turned toward her and smiled.Long day on the Hill? Duncan barely topped five feet in height and Turcotte very much doubted her weight made three digits.She had dark hair cut short and a slender face that was now drawn with exhaustion. I hate telling the same story five times, Duncan said, and answering stupid questions. The American public is not happy it was deceived by its own government for decades, Turcotte said, assuming a southern drawl.At least that's what the senator who questioned me this morning said.Add in some kidnappings made to look like abductions, cattle mutilations, disinformation campaigns-- Let's not forget the crop circles, Duncan added.There's a congressman from Nebraska who is trying to get legislation through to get all those farmers reimbursed for the circles Majestic burned in their field. Jesus, Turcotte said.He took off his Class A green uniform jacket and threw it on the bed.He paused by the small brown refrigerator.Want a beer? All right. Turcotte grabbed two cans and popped the top on one, handing it to her.They've got the mothership, the bouncer, the guardian on Easter Island.What more do they want? Duncan took a sip.A scapegoat. They've got General Gullick dead.They've got the surviving members of Majestic being held in the federal pen, Turcotte said.He opened his can and took a long, deep drag.The list of charges against those guys is thicker than the phone book. Yeah, but people can't believe it didn't go higher than that. It did go higher than that, Turcotte said.But that was fifty years ago.Seems like there's more important stuff going on right now. Speaking of what's going on, Duncan said, I just found out that the guardian's ceased contact with Nabinger. That was the first interesting thing Turcotte had heard in the past two days, since arriving in Washington from Easter Island.Any idea why? Nobody knows. Turcotte rubbed his chin, feeling the stubble there.It felt strange to be in uniform after working classified assignments for so long.His jump boots, spit-shined this morning for his congressional testimony, now wore a layer of dust.His battered green beret was tucked into the back of his belt.He pulled it out and threw it next to his jacket as he sat down across from Duncan, next to the window. A cannon barked a sharp report, followed by the faint strains of Taps as the post flag was lowered.Turcotte had heard that sound on many different posts around the world during his time in the army, but it never failed to touch him and make him think of comrades lost.Turcotte looked out at the bronze figures representing the Marines who'd raised the flag on Mount Suribachi. Duncan shifted her seat slightly and followed his gaze.Ahh, glory and honor, she said. Turcotte tried to figure out if she was being sarcastic or serious.They...",books;high tech;literary;literature & fiction;mystery;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;spy stories & tales of intrigue;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
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0201407973,"The Doctor's Guide To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding, Treating, And Living With Cfids Baptized by the press in 1985 as the ""Yuppie Flu,"" Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, otherwise known as CFIDS, is a bewilderingly little understood disease which combines severe fatigue with the presence of immune system markers. Bell, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, seeks to ""provide an overview of the current knowledge of CFIDS, including history, signs and symptoms, clinical course, laboratory findings and recent advances."" The book is organized into five parts: an overview, a description of the disease, diagnostic tests, treatment options and the search for a cause. The author estimates that millions of Americans suffer from CFIDS, 30% of them children. The disease is still considered one of exclusion--a diagnosis of CFIDS is only considered when all other diseases which may cause the same groups of symptoms are ruled out. And diagnosis is difficult; the symptoms are misleading and may range from fatigue or exhaustion, headaches and muscle pain to depression, short-term memory loss and difficulty concentrating. Bell describes the hardships patients encounter when they seek medical help due to the lack of information currently available about CFIDS. He also recognizes the frustration of physicians and researchers who want to alleviate the suffering but have not yet found a way. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This text is a physician's primer on Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), a condition whose hallmark is debilitating fatigue of six months' duration or longer. Initially dismissed as ""yuppie flu,"" CFIDS (""see-fids"") is a diagnosis of exclusion lacking a definitive lab test or biological marker. Bell, a leader in CFIDS research, writes clearly and passionately about its history, symptoms, theoretical causes, treatments, and research in progress. For a book from the patient's perspective, see Susan Conant's Living with Chronic Fatigue ( LJ 7/90). Recommended for popular health collections.- Anne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp. Lib., N.Y.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	David S. Bell, M.D., an instructor at the Harvard Medical School and a staff member of Cambridge Hospital, is on the board of directors and the scientific advisory committee of The CFIDS Association of America, a national non-profit organization that funds both CFIDS research and advocacy efforts.",administration & medicine economics;books;chronic fatigue syndrome & fibromyalgia;diseases & physical ailments;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;health care delivery;medical books;reference,10
0440508118,"His and Hers Guide to Surviving After making it through the tribulations of their own first year of matrimony,  advertising copywriter David and book editor Wendy Hubbert decided to make that crucial period  easier on other couples. The result is really a combination of two books--one with his advice  for men, the other with her advice for women--that deal with issues ranging from sex to shopping.  The Hubberts have a pretty clear picture of the annoyances that beginning couples face, and present  them in a joking style that will be recognizable to fans of the television show Mad About  You.  (Him: ""There are certain things no self-respecting woman will tolerate.  Such as filth."" Her: ""He has an amazingly high tolerance for dirt: If you can't see it, it's  clean!"") Couples who read the book together will get a few good laughs as each recognizes the  other's quirks, but there are some solid relationship skills to be learned as well. The His & Hers Guide   to Surviving Your First Year of Marriage would make a good  wedding gift--but be a sport and throw in the gravy boat too.	From visiting in-laws to bediquette--a crash course in survival skills for newlyweds	Two people in love.Two approaches to life.One fabulous year.The first year of marriage is the make-it-or-break-it year. Your wedding may be just a memory--but the fight you had this morning is the here and now. Even though you've promised to be together forever, the truth is your minds may be worlds apart. This extraordinary guide teaches you how to think like a couple, and turn your first year of marriage into one of the best years of your lives. It offers insight into the thoughts of the opposite sex, tells you how to achieve a meeting of the minds, and warns you when you should agree to disagree. It tackles the big issues such as money and in-laws, as well as the little day-to-day things that can drive you crazy. With real-life scenarios that are often hilarious, and advice that is both witty and wise, this friend-to-friend guide provides down-to-earth, practical answers to questions like:How do you deal with your folks when you visit on the holidays?Should you have a joint bank account or keep your money separate?How can you get him to go to the mall? How do you get her to go to the game?Can you find a way to overcome differences in political and religious beliefs?How do you handle each other's best friends (the one who knows everything about your last fight)?	David and Wendy Hubbert, proud survivors of their first year of marriage, live in New York City.	In the months before our wedding, our married relatives and friends offered a lot of free advice. Even though we had dated for nearly eight years, everybody, including our minister, insisted our lives would change once we actually tied the knot. ""It happens to everyone."" ""It's just different, you'll see."" ""The first year's the toughest,"" they told us. But no one could explain why.Now we know, because we learned the only possible way a couple can. We experienced our first year of marriage, and we survived.Being married feels undeniably different from being single or even engaged. Part of it is the contrast between wanting to spend the rest of your life with someone and having a contract that legally commits you to doing just that. But mostly it's the little things, the subtleties of sharing the same space, the same money, the same life. Suddenly you're thinking for two, whether you're considering a job offer across the country or planning to roll over in bed. Since most people spend their first twenty or so years desperately trying to be independent, the feelings of trust and reliance that are essential for any successful marriage may take some getting used to. And many of these feelings come to the fore the minute the afterglow of your wedding day dies down. The first year really is the toughest.The numbers seem to back this up. Today, almost half of all marriages fail in the United States--about 1.2 million each year--and of those, nearly one-third last less than four years. That life expectancy would probably be even shorter, except for the fact that many states have laws that prohibit divorce within the first year of marriage.Our role models certainly aren't helping matters. Of all Americans born after 1960, 50 percent grew up with divorced parents. We've reached a point of such cynicism toward marriage that we're actually surprised when Hollywood couples and rock star/model weddings last the week! As Katharine Hepburn put it, ""Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.""Not only do marital problems reflect society's ills, they can literally make you sick. Recent medical studies show a clear relationship between marital stress and illness--especially in women. In one study, newlywed couples who had a ""highly negative"" arguing style (sarcasm and insults flying) showed a decline in immune system function after arguments--leaving them more vulnerable to illnesses like colds and the flu. Sickness. Fights. Disappointment. Divorce. These are just a few of the evils that await those who enter marriage unprepared.Okay. Now that we've scared you to death, here's the good news. Not only can you make it through your first year of marriage, we guarantee you can make it one of the best years of your life. All you need is a strong desire for it to work, a bit of guidance, and a resilient sense of humor. By reading this book, you're already taking the first step. In it you'll find stories and advice gathered from successful married couples, renowned experts, and our own personal experience. You'll read about the female shopping instinct, the male inability to see dirt, and dreaded in-law visitations before you actually witness these horrors in the field.Because every marriage is made up of two unique individuals, you'll see every issue from two very separate and biased points of view: male and female. This format isn't meant to start arguments between you and your spouse; nor are we trying to provide you with ammunition to use against each other. On the contrary, our intention is to show you how a husband and wife can think completely differently about an issue and still work through it as a team.Most women's magazines contain a section that tries to explain how men think. Men's magazines aren't much different in reverse, although the debate there seems to rage over whether women are capable of rational thought at all. But instead of throwing gasoline on the fire and taking an Us Against Them approach, we've tried to give you insight into both worlds, to show you how to think as a couple. So no matter whether you're the bride or the groom, we encourage you both to read on, and to read both sides of every issue. Then talk about it. Nine times out of ten, you'll find that calmly discussing the topics in this book before they come up will prevent them from ever becoming real problems.Even if problems occur, though, there's still hope. Many newlyweds discover after a few months of living together that they have fundamental disagreements about some very important issues. But while you and your spouse may never see eye to eye on abortion rights or politics or the color of your mother's drapes, you can discuss these things without throwing frying pans at each other or kicking the cat. Of course, it's not always easy to act reasonably when you feel your partner is being unreasonable. But we are working from the point of view that you are partners, and that you're both committed to seeing your partnership succeed. In the end, that's the most important thing, the lifelong goal about which you both should be in total agreement: the success of your marriage.Two quick notes before you read on. First, we are assuming that you are past your wedding itself and are currently embroiled in the first year of marriage. But if you're still engaged or are even just considering marriage, you'll also get a lot out of this book. Think of it as essential preparation for the year to come. Second, we make a lot of jokes, sometimes about very serious issues. It's not that we're trying to make light of problems; we simply believe that a strong sense of humor is a very powerful tool for overcoming conflict. If you can both develop the ability to laugh at yourselves, even in the darkest of times, then you have what it takes to make a committed relationship survive.Best of luck to you and your marriage. May all your years together be as memorable as the first.",& style;beauty;books;fitness & dieting;grooming;happiness;health;marriage;relationships;self-help,10
0688092586,"The Mr. Food Cookbook Known to television audiences through his commercially sponsored ""Mr. Food"" food news inserts, Ginsburg (who has seen fit to trademark the phrase ""OOH, it's so GOOD!!"") has been demonstrating the art of quick cookery for more than 10 years. Only now, however, does he compile his most frequently requested recipes; this book is meant to answer such questions as ""What can I make that's gourmet looking or tasting but not gourmet difficult?"" Although the author's version of cuisine rapide affirms current food trends with recipes for the ubiquitous pesto sauce and an original, simple-to-prepare hot artichoke spread, the vast majority are steeped in anything-but-gourmet 1950s sensibilities. Many recipes rely on the sorts of ""Ugly American"" convenience foods (frozen whipped topping, instant potato flakes) that cooks have long since banished from their cupboards. Further, the microwave oven, today's most important convenience tool, is relegated, when mentioned, to defrosting frozen ingredients. To his credit, Ginsberg offers some inventive recipes suited to meat-and-potatoes tastes; the best (turkey lasagne, grilled meat loaf) call for ingredients of quality. Yet beginning cooks, the volume's obvious targets, may be befuddled by occasionally skimpy or illogical preparation methods. Author tour. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Art Ginsburg has been appearing as Mr. Food for more than fifteen years, and his show is the largest food news insert in the nation, seen in more than four hundred cities. He has sold almost two million of his Mr. Food cookbooks. A native of Troy, New York, he now resides in South Florida, where he produces his syndicated television show.",books;cookbooks;culinary arts & techniques;education & reference;food & wine;low fat;reference;regional & international;special diet;u.s. regional,10
0966252098,"Drinking Water Quality - Taking Responsibility As we became more involved in working with people and the illnesses they deal with, we began to see an underlying trend of not only poor nutrition in many people but a lack of the most vital ingredient to well being - clean water. Health is one of our most valuable assets, yet we take it for granted until we become ill.  We hope that this book will give you some facts about water that can lead to a healthy improvement in your life. Good luck!	The ""hydrologic cycle"" is an endless loop of water recycling itself: surface water evaporates forming clouds; the clouds produce rain, which percolates into the earth's surface to become groundwater or creates lakes and streams; the underground water and streams flow into the sea; this water again evaporates into the air.  The same water is used and reused millions and millions of times. We must realize that we, too, are reusing water.  It is important to understand that water from an underground source or a sparkling spring may have been used before and isn't necessarily as clean as it appears.  It's time we stop taking our drinking water for granted.  It's time to take responsibility for keeping our own water clean.	This is a book that everyone concerned about health will want to buy and share with their friends and family.  You will discover: *Why water is the most vital ingredient to health. *What types of drinking water are available. *Where our tap water comes from. *The truth about filters. *Myths about distilled water. *Methods of water purification. *What the ""National Primary Drinking Water Standards"" are andhow they affect you. *How you can protect yourself and your family. This book offers more information about drinking water in a few pages than most other books do in hundreds of pages. The graphic illustrations and clear, concise information make it easy for everyone to understand.  It will become your constant reference guide for drinking water questions and answers.	Susan Conner has been involved in health related fields for over 25 years.  She opened her own health food store in 1979 and earned a BS in Nutrition in 1983.  For the last several years, she has concentrated on researching water quality issues and has written and published articles on water.",books;conservation;earth sciences;environment;environmental science;fitness & dieting;health;nature & ecology;science & math;water supply & land use,10
0670034037,"Talking Back...To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels Millions of TV viewers may feel they already know Mitchellshe has reported on politics for NBC for some 30 years and is married to the Fed's Alan Greenspanbut there's lots to learn about her in this engrossing memoir. Mitchell began as a ""copyboy"" at radio station KYW in Philadelphia in the 1970s. After covering the major political conventions for them, she was hired by NBC and headed to Washington. Shortly after, she flew to Guyana for her first major story: the 1978 Jonestown massacre. She has covered all the presidents from Carter through George W. Bush, done exclusives with Castro, sat in on high-level negotiations in the Middle East and North Korea, and much more. Mitchell's tales are fascinating, but her evolution as a journalist is even more intriguing. She was a gender pioneer, for example, but her gender rapidly became a nonissue. Yet her original insistence on a clear separation of work and social life seems progressively undercut by her own account. She mentions many dinners with dear friends like the Cheneys, and parties with the Bushes, Rice and Rumsfeld, and then wonders why the media got the Iraq WMD question so wrong. Still, this is a treat for political junkies.  Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Mitchell, who began her long career as a television reporter at a time when women were severely restricted, gained respect as she faced down a range of powerful figures from Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In this absorbing memoir, Mitchell recalls her climb to the top of her profession, including stints at NBC Nightly News, Today, and Meet the Press. Mitchell recalls encounters with major figures, from bullying by Don Regan to the kindness of President Reagan even as he was being heavily scrutinized for Iran-Contra. She offers a behind-the-scenes look at powerful Washington politicos, including her husband, Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan. Mitchell also offers a personal glimpse into her life, weighing the personal access that her relationship with Greenspan gave her to powerful figures against worries about her journalistic independence. This is a frank and revealing book by a respected journalist whose career spans three decades. Vanessa BushCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""It can't be said often enough: Don't mess with Andrea Mitchell."" -- The Washington Post (Washington Post, DC )	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""There is no human being better at what she does than Andrea Mitchell - and Talking Back shows us how it all happened.  This absorbing memoir is really three books in one.  It is the life story of one of the most accomplished women in America, a high-level window on a pivotal era in history and a powerful reminder to American women just starting out in their careers of how much they owe Mitchell and other pathbreakers for showing the way."" -Michael Beschloss   ""Andrea Mitchell is smart, feisty and irreverent - and so is this book!"" -Tim Russert	Andrea Mitchell has been chief foreign correspondent for NBC since  1994, reporting for broadcasts such as NBC Nightly News, Today, and  Meet the Press. Previously she was NBCs chief White House correspondent  and has reported on presidential politics since 1972.",biographies & memoirs;books;communication & media studies;journalists;memoirs;politics & social sciences;professionals & academics;social sciences;specific groups;women,10
1558614516,"The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe: And Other Stories of Women and Fatness (The Women's Stories Project) SUSAN KOPPELMAN is a pioneering literary historian, acknowledged as the leading authority on the women's short story in the United States. Her ten anthologies include Between Mothers and Daughters and The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.",anthologies;anthologies & literary collections;books;general;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;short stories;united states;women writers;women's studies,10
0875803202,"Guardians of the Moral Order: The Legal Philosophy of the Supreme Court, 1860-1910 With convincing detail [Bailey] recounts the concepts, assumptions, tenets, and teachings of antebellum moral science.Law and History ReviewAn engaging and well-argued interpretation of the Court, full of intellectual surprises and new insights.Kermit Hall, Utah State UniversityA significant contribution to legal history that offers a clear application of nineteenth-century moral philosophy to the work of the Supreme Court.William LaPiana, New York Law School	Mark Warren Bailey is an independent history scholar who has published several articles on American legal history.",19th century;books;courts;education & reference;history;law;legal history;modern (16th-21st centuries);philosophy;rules & procedures,10
B000FC21FA,"Riders of the Silences [with Biographical Introduction] The Bookcassette format is a special recording technique developed as a means of condensing the full, unabridged audio text of a book to record it on fewer tapes. In order to listen to these tapes, you will need a cassette player with balance control to adjust left/right speaker output. Special adaptors to allow these tapes to be played on any cassette player are available through the publisher or some US retail electronics stores.	Max Brand's action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides. Several of his novels are available from Brilliance Audio.	This spellbinding Western is not your usual homespun yarn. The vengeful tale of Pierre le Rouge, gunman McGurk and outlaw Jim Boone's wild daughter, Jack, is suspenseful and exciting. Dick Hill's narration captures Brand's characterizations and literary voice with consistency and clarity. Hill sets the mood by sounding like an old cowboy telling the story around a campfire. The many male characters are easily distinguished, and the two females are believable. Listeners are sure to be transported back to the romance of the old West.  Buy for libraries in which Westerns circulate or recommend to non-Western listeners.  S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine",books;classics;contemporary;contemporary fiction;fiction classics;genre fiction;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;westerns,10
068481854X,"Cave Passages : Roaming the Underground Wilderness Caving is exciting, adventurous, and sometimes dangerous. It's the one true exploration frontier still available to the individual. Michael Ray Taylor's fascination with canyons and crevices hundreds of feet below the earth has taken him from Wyoming's Grim Crawl of Death to Chinese burial caves, the Old Croton Aqueduct beneath Spanish Harlem, and in 1994 to Zacaton, Mexico, where the world's greatest cave diver, Sheck Exley, dies in a dive. In a book of travel adventure, natural beauty, and emotional honesty, Taylor tours the world's deepest and least accessible pits, illuminating the personalities and people whose passion is slithering in the dark.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	If cave diving is the ultimate in extreme sport, then cave exploration is right behind it. Taylor, a veteran caver and expedition leader for the National Speleological Society, points out that because the last frontiers are space, the ocean floor and underground, caving is the obvious choice for most individuals. He gives a vivid account of special adventures?slithering through narrow chimneys, using rock-climbing techniques to descend, and squeezing through passages less than a foot high in icy water. The Grim Crawl of Death, in Wyoming's Great Expectations Cave, is, he says, the ultimate test of skill and resolve; it is the Eiger of American caving. Taylor describes a 1991 rescue?which took four days and involved 170 people?of a woman in the Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico. He chronicles other underground adventures in China, Jamaica and the Old Croton Aqueduct in New York State. Taylor reminds us that caves are exceedingly fragile systems?a careless or clumsy caver can destroy 10,000 years of geologic sculpture. This is an involving introduction to another mysterious world. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Cavers are a unique breed, a point Taylor gets across very well in this eloquent collection of underground (and some surface) adventures. An experienced caver, he introduces us to some unique personalities and escapades, including ""squeezes"" through places with names like Agony, Criso Creak, and the Grim Crawl of Death. He leads us through caves in Florida, Wyoming, Jamaica, and China, among other places. He even gets us safely through the old Croton Aqueduct in the Bronx. Safety cautions and advice on how to join a caving group are included. Sadly, the occasion for the book seems to have been the death of a much-respected caver, Sheck Exley. Taylor's chapters on Exley are quite moving: obviously, he and many others have lost a dear friend and mentor. Recommended for natural history armchair travel collections.?Nancy J. Moeckel, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OhioCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Caving exploits, some of them terrifying, elegantly described by Taylor (Journalism/Henderson State Univ.). There is a small, international fraternity of the intrepid and obsessed, whose members actually find it recreational to plunge deep into subterranean darkness, inching forward on their backs or bellies through shoulder-width, seven-inch-high crawlways, often awash in freezing water, sometimes having to gulp air from pockets in the ceiling, not knowing where a passage may lead, the only certainty the constant presence of danger. Call them cavers (``spelunkers'' is dclass), and expect to find them most anywhere that limestone gives evidence of stygian glories. They poke about the underworld gloom of Borneo, crawl around deep under the sands of the Sultanate of Oman, wander slack-jawed through Switzerland's Holloch and Russia's Peschtschera Optimistitscheskaya. Taylor, now a dad, has for the moment retired his carbide lamp, but this collection of stitched together magazine articles is testament to his caving credentials. Taylor celebrates both caves and cavers: caves as diverse as the great labyrinths of China's Guizhou and Guangdong provinces (Taoist monks mapped these vast underground networks in the early 17th century) and segments of Manhattan's abandoned Croton aqueduct system (he kisses the brick where an Irish laborer scratched his name a hundred years before); cavers ranging from the Coons, a husband and wife, both 70 years old, who continue to survey South Dakota's depths, to caving legend Sheck Exley, who came home in a box following a 1,000-foot descent in the Mexican desert into what turned out to be a flooded hole. Along the way, Taylor details the winding road of his freelance writing career--interesting, if familiar, terrain; but his true element is down under, with all its geological intricacies--latticeworks and crystals and rushing waterways--and with those curious souls at home in the netherscape. Mesmerizing, but not recommended for anyone with even a hint of claustrophobia. -- Copyright 1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.",books;education & reference;hiking & camping;instructional;nature & ecology;nature writing;outdoor recreation;science & math;sports & outdoors;travel,10
0789459795,"KISS Guide to Playing Guitar Terry Burrows is one of Europe's biggest selling authors of audio-visual music tutors. His tutorials Play Rock Guitar and Rock Guitar for Dorling Kindersley have been published in 11 countries and translated into six languages. He has written over 20 books on subjects as diverse as the Internet, computer software, pop culture, psychology, business and management, modern history and music. A multi-instrumentalist, for the past decade Terry has plied his own electric brand of music, and has been responsible for over 40 commercial releases since the mid-1980's.  Bill Wyman joined the legendary rock 'n' roll band the Rolling Stones in 1962. Bill Wyman has also been seen in several films, including Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter and Rolling Stones in IMAX, Larger Than Life. In 1996 he formed Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings to play a mixture of jazz and blues -- the band has released three albums. Bill has published two books, including his autobiography Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band (1990). In 1993, Wyman married Suzanne Accosta and they have three daughters. Bill also has an older son from a previous marriage.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;guitar;humor & entertainment;instruments;music;techniques;theory,10
0826416160,"The Book of Saints ""An excellent source of biographical information on the saints...This edition is a very up-to-date resource which contains entries for all who have been canonized or beatified by the Church to date...Libraries will want this exceptional book to modernize their reference collections on the saints.""Catholic Library World""...'a comprehensive biographical dictionary' edited by Basil Watkins OSB, has a hundred illustrations and ten thousand saints. If sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces, this book is twice the bargain..."" Philip C. Fischer, Review for Religious, Vol. 66, 2007 (Review For Religious )a comprehensive biographical dictionary edited by Basil Watkins OSB, has a hundred illustrations and ten thousand saints. If sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces, this book is twice the bargain Philip C. Fischer, Review for Religious, Vol. 66, 2007 (, )	Dom Basil Watkins is based at St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, Kent, UK.",biographies & memoirs;books;christian books & bibles;christian living;church history;leaders & notable people;religion & spirituality;religious;religious studies;theology,10
0754809900,"Illustrated Book of Fighter Aircraft: From the Earliest Planes to the Supersonic Jets of Today Francis Crosby has had a deep interest in aviation since an early age. After qualifying and working as an archaeologist, in 1985 he joined the Imperial War Museum's branch at Duxford, acknowledged as a mecca for aviation enthusiasts. Having held research and exhibition posts at the Museum he now heads up Duxford's Marketing Department. He has written extensively on historic aviation and has acted as a consultant for the media and the publishing industry.",aerospace;aviation;books;education & reference;engineering;history;military;military science;professional & technical;transportation,10
0517881241,"Decorating With Paper: Creative Looks with Wallpapers, Art Prints, Gift Wrap, and More The innovative effects achieved by Lang and Robertson prove that any surface can be beautifully enhanced with cut and printed papers. With more than 125 full-color photographs that bring their transformations to life, they show readers how to create a mitered border, make a decoupage screen, create the illusion of faux architectural detailing, and much more, all using readily available materials and simplified techniques. Full-color-photographs.",architecture;books;crafts;decorating;decoration & ornament;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;interior design;professional & technical,10
0876044429,"The Scented Veil: Using Scent to Awaken the Soul Carly Wall is a certified aromatherapist, a writer, and a longtime student of the Edgar Cayce readings.  She is the author of Flower Secrets Revealed: Using Flowers to Heal, Beautify, and Energize Your Life!, Naturally Healing Herbs, Setting the Mood with Aromatherapy, and The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Home Remedies.  A regular contributor to aromatherapy publications, she lives on an Ohio farm with her husband and cat.",books;fitness & dieting;health;metaphysics;occult;philosophy;politics & social sciences;psychology & counseling;religion & spirituality;self-help,10
0735711763,"Illustrator 10 Shop Manual One is hard-pressed to improve on the description used on the actual back cover of the book: ""The Illustrator 10 Shop Manual is the only resource of its kind. This detailed reference features an intensive walk-through of Illustrator's entire interface. Every tool and command, every last button and box, is accompanied by a description of its proper use and recommended settings. ""Wherever appropriate, detailed lists of avoidable mistakes and special issues flesh out a topic's realistic production-oriented context. Additionally, appendices list complex techniques expected of today's graphics professional--from selection strategies to advanced XML variable workflows. ""This book contains no tutorials. It doesn't hold your hand or try to entertain you with witty commentary. Like you, author Steve Kurth uses Illustrator for a living. When the clock is ticking, he knows you don't want to flip through page after page of unnecessary text for the information you need. He presents the facts--and only the facts--so you can get in, get out, and get back to work. Any serious Illustrator will find this book an invaluable resource."" It doesn't hurt that Mordy Golding, the Adobe Illustrator Product Manager, took a look at the book and told us ""Some books belong on a shelf, others on your desk. For serious Illustrator users, ""The Illustrator Shop Manual"" is the one that goes on your desk."" We hope you agree. Let us know how it works for you, and thanks for listening.... Steve Weiss, executive editor, New Riders. steve.weiss@newriders.com	The easy-to-use Illustrator 10 reference grounded in the real world production environment. Illustrator 10 Shop Manual has just the facts about Illustrator 10 and how to use it. The main text of the book covers every aspect of the Illustrator 10 interface. Specifically, discussion has the following headings: description of purpose, dialog or pallet call-outs, issues to consider (suggestions for proper use, clarification of misconceptions, external issues, and redirection to other more appropriate commands), and related topics (cross referencing).  The second part of the book - a series of appendices - provides step-by-step techniques for important Illustrator tasks.	Steve Kurth has been using Illustrator since its initial release, first as an illustrator -- doing caricatures, cartoons, logos, and technical illustration -- and now as a trainer. His clients, including Verizon, LL Bean, Unum, Hasbrook, and All-American Insurance, all praise his ability to explain the application and enhance the productivity of their workforce. In his role a content developer for corporate training courses, Steve has had to learn Illustrator in a new way. He's learned the ins and outs of the program from a production standpoint.",adobe creative suite;adobe illustrator;books;computers & technology;desktop publishing;graphic design;graphics & multimedia;programming;software;web development & design,10
0806640820,"Scolding the Snakes: And 58 Other Kid's from the Gospel of Luke From the Introduction (pre-publication version): Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these (Matt. 19:14 niv). Jesus words remind us to see a child through the eyes of Godnot as a noisy distraction from business at hand, but as an honored inheritor of Gods kingdom and a model of humility. Children, dancing their way through life, not yet filled with pride and self, still delightfully saturated with the joy of livingthey embrace the kingdom. They live in the moment of grace.  This book offers fifty-nine chances to interact with children during worship services. Childrens time is a magical moment in the church service. When young ones are invited forward, many will spring from their seats and gallop to the front of the church, thrilled to sit next to you and have the attention of the whole congregation. And the idea of hearing a good story told just for them, or the chance to unravel the meaning of an intriguing object lessonwell, these are opportunities just too good to pass up.  So, right from the start, all the advantages belong to you.  Stories have power. Even as you capture the childrens attention, adults in the congregation will be drawn into the story, hearing Bible truths told in a new way, appreciating the simplicity you bring to the message. We areall of uschildren, the sons and daughters of our heavenly Parent. Jesus reaches out to the child in each of us, teaching through stories and parables, because children love a good story. The sermons in this book ask you to be a storyteller. Each one is self-contained and ready to use. But before you begin, here are tips to sharpen your storytelling skills and make these childrens sermons the most effective they can be. Use sermons that work for you. If you are following the Revised Common Lectionary, you will find that each sermon is based on one of the texts for the day. There are 59 sermons in alla years worth, plus seven extras (for non-Sunday events or festivals). If you are not following a lectionary, you can search the contents list by theme or topic to find applicable sermons. Build relationships. Many sermons in this book make use of a personal anecdote or illustration. Children love to hear real-life stories about their elders, especially if they like the elders who are telling the stories. The relationship with your listeners has a lot to do with the connection you build in your first moments with them. It is important to be on their levelphysically as well as intellectually. Sit with the children and recognize the importance of each child with your gestures and eye contact. Make it clear that you are eager to travel into the story with them. And its good to remember that our preconceived ideas about teaching and learning may be wrong. Even though we might really want our listeners to sit quietly and keep their eyes glued on us, some children learn best while in motion. Some of my most active listeners often turn out to be ones who most fully understand the point I am trying to make. Keep it simple, brief, concrete. I have tried to keep the language of these sermons simple and direct, easily understandable to a child. Most sermons will take five minutes or less to deliver. A childs attention is a tenuous and precious thing. Children are intent on soaking in every miracle of the world around them, and to concentrate on one thing at a time is a considerable challenge.  Many sermons make use of a simple object to illustrate a lesson. (A brief note at the beginning of each sermon will alert you to any special preparations or props.) Children will understand and retain more as more of their five senses are engaged. Their sense of touch or smell or taste will draw them back into the sermon and remind them of the truth that was taught. And with Gods grace, they will learn that truth by heart. Make the sermons your ownthe CD ROM. As was noted earlier, these sermons can be used just as they areread directly from the page. But they will be even better with a bit of preparation and personalization. Use the enclosed CD to customize each sermon for the most appropriate delivery in your situation, to your audience. Add or substitute your own interesting, relevant stories wherever possible. Build in anecdotes, illustrations, and names from your congregation, city, or community.  Prepare. Its always better to tell your sermon than to read it. The more familiar you are with the sermon, the easier it will be to talk to your listeners. In a well-rehearsed play, the trappings of the performance fade into the background while the emotion and meaning of the play come into focus. A performer who knows the part well is able to ad-lib if occasion demands.  And while you are sharing your sermons, dont be surprised if a kid puts his oar in. That may shift your direction slightly; but if youre prepared, you can go with the flow while continuing to steer gently. The bank you end up traveling to may be more interesting and important than the place you were headed. Finally, enjoy the rewards. God has generously blessed me through the children who have sat with me on the steps of the altar. I marvel to see how a very young child can catch the meaning behind a story before Ive even gotten to the explanation. I rejoice in the delightful insights of my young audience. I suspect that, through the years, they have taught me far more than I have taught them. May God bless you as you teach the childrenand, in teaching them, welcome the Lord Jesus himself into your midst.	Ruth Gilmore is Director of Childrens Ministries at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Sacramento, California.	Advent 3; Luke 3:7-18 Scolding the Snakes Preparation: If possible, bring a rubber snake or a picture of a snake to illustrate the sermon.  Can you count the lighted candles on the Advent wreath? (Thats right: three. This is the third week of Advent.) You remember that we said Advent is a time of getting ready. Who remembers what we are getting ready for? (Let children answer.) We want to be ready for Christmas, when Jesus was born, but we also need to be ready for when Jesus comes back.  Jesus was born long ago in Bethlehem, and when he was about thirty years old, he was ready to begin telling people about God and about why he had come to live on earth. But before Jesus began to teach and preach, God wanted to make sure the people were ready to listen. So God sent someone ahead of Jesus to get everyone ready. Do you know who that person was? (Someone may answer.) A man named John the Baptist was sent to tell the people to get ready for Jesus. He was not a shy or quiet preacher. John the Baptist told people to get ready for Jesus by repenting. And he shouted it loud: Repent! To repent means to change your direction, to turn around. It means to stop doing the bad things that God doesnt like, and to start doing the things that God really wants you to do. What if we had the bad habit of hitting people every time we got angry? If we repent, then what happens? (Let kids offer ideas.) We stop hitting, dont we? What if you told God that you were really sorry and promised to stop hitting other people, but in the back of your mind, you were thinking, Ill stop hitting everyone except my sister. She makes me so mad. Does God know what youre thinking? Is that really repenting?  After hearing John the Baptist, lots of people said they would repent and change. Most of the people really did repent. But some people only wanted to look like they were following God. In their hearts, they didnt really want to change. John scolded those pretenders. Do you know what he called them? He called them poisonous snakes. (Hold up rubber snake.)  How do many people feel about snakes? (Let children answer. Even though most snakes are harmlesseven beneficialsome are poisonous and deserve to be feared and disliked.) Snakes are quiet and kind of sneaky. And some snakesthe bad onesare filled with poison. John was angry with people who pretended to repent. They were like snakes: they were being sneaky with God; they were poisonous inside. We all do things that are wrong sometimes, but once we know what needs to be changed, we must really want to change it. We dont want to be sneaky and false like snakes.  Forgive our sins, Lord Jesus, and change us to be more and more like you. Advent 4  Luke 1:39-55 Leap for Joy Today how many candles are lit on the Advent wreath? (Children may respond.) Its the fourth Sunday in Advent, isnt it? Its almostalmosttime for Christmas! We want to be ready for Christmas, and we want to be ready when Jesus comes to earth again. Is everyone ready? The Gospel lesson for today shows us two women who were ready for Gods Son to come. Mary had just been told by the angel Gabriel that she was going to be the mother of Jesus, Gods Son. The angel also told her that her cousin Elizabeth, who was very old and had never been able to have children, was pregnant. This was a lot of amazing news for Mary to take in, but Mary was ready. She believed what the angel said. She said she would be willing to be the mother of this special baby. Mary was ready for Christmas. Marys cousin Elizabeth was ready, too. Elizabeth was older than most grandmas, and she was having a baby for the first time. She knew something special was happening. God was at work. Elizabeths son would be named John the Baptist, and he would help get the world ready for Jesus. Elizabeth was ready for Christmas. Even the tiny baby inside ElizabethJohn the Baptistwas ready. Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth. And as soon as Mary stepped through the door and said, Hello, the baby inside Elizabeth moved, and Elizabeth knew that Mary had a wonderful secret. God told her that Mary was going to be the mother of Gods Son. Elizabeth told Mary, The instant I heard your voice, my baby jumped for joy! You are blessed because you believed the Lords promise to you. Mary was ready, Elizabeth was ready, even John the Baptistwho wasnt even born yetwas ready. The world was getting ready for Jesus, ready for the first Christmas. God was getting their hearts ready. All of these people were believing in God. Mary sang a song of joy, and the baby, John, leaped for joy. They were excited and happy. We get excited before Christmas, dont we? As Christmas gets closer and closer, sometimes its hard to hold all that excitement in. We just have to jump up and down or sing or yell. (You may share a childhood memory of your own or an expression that shows your excitement.) What do you do when youre really excited and happy? (Let children share.) Its a good thing to be excited about Christmas! Jesus is coming! Lets all leap for joy! (You may leap and yell, Hooray! with the children, or let the children leap for joy.) Jesus, we love you and cant wait to celebrate your birth once again. Thank you for coming to be born.",bible;books;children's books;christian books & bibles;christianity;education & reference;ministry & church leadership;preaching;religions;sermons,10
007142010X,Teach Yourself German Complete Course Paul Coggle is a professor of German and Series Advisor for teach yourself language courses.    Helen Schenke lectures on German at the university level.,books;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;german;humanities;instruction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0700701850,Arabic Proverbs: The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians Text: English (translation) Original Language: Arabic,books;education & reference;ethnic studies;language & grammar;linguistics;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;specific demographics;words,10
0595005438,"Deadly Ambition Brad Thompson was born in Schenectady, NY, and has been a pharmacist and a naval aviator.  He is currently a pilot for a major airline and lives in Chicago, IL.",books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;political;spy stories & tales of intrigue;suspense;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
1580230539,"Soul Judaism: Dancing With God into a New Era ""A very helpful, considerate introductory manual to a richer Jewish life. Rabbi Dosick writes knowingly of how Jewish life is lived today, and wisely of how it might be improved today, and now.""  -- Rodger Kamentz, author of Stalking Elijah""Empowers you to ride on the wings of your soul.""  -- Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi	Rabbi Wayne Dosick, Ph.D., noted author, teacher and lecturer, is Spiritual Guide of the Elijah Minyan in San Diego, CA, and an adjunct professor of Jewish Studies at the University of San Diego.    He is the author of Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition and Practice; Golden Rules: The Ten Ethical Values Parents Need to Teach Their Children; and When Life Hurts: A Book of Hope; among other books.",books;christian books & bibles;jewish life;judaism;kabbalah;meditations;religion & spirituality;sacred writings;spirituality;worship & devotion,10
B000FO6TN8,"An Introduction to Ray tracing (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) ""Glassner's excellent book is indispensable for anyone wishing to understand and implement the up-to-date methods of ray tracing (and in the process, learn about surface physics too)...It is well edited and avoids any of the repetitions or contradictions that might have arisen in a multi-author text. Covering both theory and practicalities it includes sufficient detail (and code) to allow competent programmers to set up their own ray tracing systems...To me it seems to be an exemplary text and I highly recommend it.""--John Lansdown, THE COMPUTER BULLETIN""Excellent reference for ray tracing for both the beginner and the experienced ray tracer. It is the only book we know of completely dedicated to ray tracing.""--IMAGING & VISION COMPUTING	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	The creation of ever more realistic 3-D images is central to the development of computer graphics. The ray tracing technique has become one of the most popular and powerful means by which photo-realistic images can now be created. The simplicity, elegance and ease of implementation makes ray tracing an essential part of understanding and exploiting state-of-the-art computer graphics.An Introduction to Ray Tracing develops from fundamental principles to advanced applications, providing ""how-to"" procedures as well as a detailed understanding of the scientific foundations of ray tracing. It is also richly illustrated with four-color and black-and-white plates. This is a book which will be welcomed by all concerned with modern computer graphics, image processing, and computer-aided design.                                        Key Features* Provides practical ""how-to"" information* Contains high quality color plates of images created using ray tracing techniques* Progresses from a basic understanding to the advanced science and application of ray tracing	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;computer science;computers & technology;game programming;graphic design;graphics & multimedia;new;programming;rendering & ray tracing;used & rental textbooks,10
0520248007,"The Science of Wine: From Vine to Glass If you drink wine, but feel uncomfortable using words like phylloxera, brettanomyces or anthocyanins in daily conversation, then this book is a godsend. Light on pages but not for lightweights, Goode combines hard science with a casual conversational style, and though whole paragraphs might discuss specific technical issues, Goode returns to layman language, asking a few simple questions if the discussion becomes complex. ""Why then is oak so good for barrel construction?"" he asks after a paragraph about oak genus nomenclature. ""At what level does TCA the chemical causing cork taint become a problem?"" he asks after a detailed description of chromatography-mass spectrometry. Illustrations could be better integrated with the text, and many of the distant views of vineyards are decorative rather than illustrative, but most of Goode's charts and insets help make the science digestible. Both the chemical composition of wine and the physiological effects of drinking wine, including a fascinating discussion of what actually happens in the brain as seen through MRI scans, are discussed in detail.  The wide array of topics and Goode's reader-friendly tone make this a book that'll appeal to science students as much as wine aficionados and professionals.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	""The Science of Wine does an outstanding job of integrating 'hard' science about wine with the emotional aspects that make wine appealing.""Patrick J. Mahaney, former senior Vice President for wine quality at Robert Mondavi WineryJamie Goode is a rarity in the wine world: a trained scientist who can explain complicated subjects without dumbing them down or coming over like a pointy head. It also helps that hes a terrific writer with a real passion for his subject.Tim Atkin MW, The Observer	Jamie Goode, a member of the UK Circle of Wine Writers and a former scientific editor, is wine writer for the Sunday Express, wine columnist with The Western Mail, and a regular contributor to Harpers, Decanter, and Wine International. In 2000 he established the consumer-oriented website www.wineanorak.com, one of the worlds most visited wine sites. He is a finalist for the Louis Roederer Award for International Wine Writer 2005.",agricultural sciences;books;cookbooks;drinks & beverages;food & wine;food science;science & math;spirits;wine;wine & winemaking,10
0789463202,"Essential Finance Series: Buying the Best Home Joe Breckner, GRI, has been a top producing real estate agent in the Los Angeles area for the past fifteen years. During that time Joe has participated in over 500 transactions totaling more than one hundred million dollars in sales production. Affiliated with Coldwell Banker, Joe is a member of the Presidents Elite, the top two percent of Coldwell Banker agents nationwide.  Marc Robinson is co-founder of moneytours.com, a personal finance resource for corporations, universities, credit unions, and other institutions interested in helping their constituents make intelligent decisions about their financial lives. He wrote the original The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets, created The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal Finance, co-published a personal finance series with Time Life Books, and wrote a children's book about onomatopoeia in different languages. In his two decades in the financial services industry, Marc has provided marketing consulting to many top Wall Street firms. He is admitted to practice law in New York State.",books;business & investing;buying & selling homes;education & reference;marketing & sales;mortgages;personal finance;real estate;sales;sales & selling,10
0521592917,"Hubble Vision: Further Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope The first edition of Hubble Vision was published in 1995, when the Hubble Space Telescope was already ""the foremost observatory of our age."" This second edition has been almost completely rewritten to emphasize the telescope's impressive list of new discoveries. The 100 new illustrations include many glorious images: exploding stars and colliding galaxies, the profound vision of the Hubble Deep Field, gravitational lenses, the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter, and pictures of other solar systems.  But the book is not just a collection of pretty pictures; it's also an excellent introduction to astronomy. Since it describes both objects (from the level of the nearby planets to the level of the big bang) and instruments, it gives laypeople a particularly accurate idea of what astronomers actually do--and of how much fun they have doing it. Brandt is an astronomer at the University of Colorado and a principal investigator for the space telescope, while his collaborator Collins Petersen is a science writer with practical experience in astronomy.  Their combined expertise results in a book that is authoritative but not daunting, gorgeous but not superficial.  You may want to keep it on your coffee table, but you should also actually read it. --Mary Ellen Curtin	' ... the most superb encapsulation of modern astronomy I have ever come across ... This is heady stuff indeed. ...This is a book for us all ...The authors, HST and CUP have created a landmark popular book for astronomy.' Derek McNally, Astronomy and Geophysics' ... the eagerly awaited second edition ... you will find one of the most comprehensive, authoritative, and expertly illustrated popular books about the HST available ... serves to expand public access to the wonders and treasures held within Hubble's vault of images. The magnificent collection of latest and greatest Hubble images is complemented by a clear and fascinating text ... the pictures alone are enough to make this a must-have.' Astronomy Magazine'It is a most beautiful book and should at the very least belong to every school library ... a truly excellent book.' Astronomy Now'beautifully illustrated ... Hubble Vision is exactly the type of astronomy book that first captured my imagination as a child: large, glossy pages that offer a stunning tour of the cosmos in pictures. It allows us to ponder and marvel at celestial sights previously hidden ... an engaging and informative introduction to astronomy.' New York Times' ... a good book for schools and libraries with a lot of thoughtful educational material, held together by the stream of classy images.' N. R. Tanvir, The Observatory'This second edition is probably one of the most comprehensive, authoritative and best illustrated popular books currently available on the Hubble Space Telescope. It contains a magnificant portfolio of the latest and best images from the HST, together with a lucid text which explains some of the most exciting discoveries and places them in the context of our current understandings in astronomy. This new edition has been completely revised, updated and expanded to include many of the latest discoveries - from supernovae and protostars to gravitational lensing, balck holes and the early universe. It has jet more illustrations, with the addition of more than 100 new images. The text provides sufficient scientific background to enable readers to appreciate the remarkable discoveries being made which are providing a fascinating new insight into the universe.' Spaceflight'This book is a stunningly spectacular and visual work of art that will delight the beginner and expert alike. The authors enthusiasm for science and exploration shines through the text making the book a pleasant read. This book is not just a once-off read but it will be dipped into time and time again.' James Maher, Astronomy and Space'A rich trove of images with explanatory text highlights some of Hubble's greatest hits.  The well crafted narrative challenges readers to comprehend a wide variety of subjects studied with Hubble.' Astronomy Magazine	The first edition of Hubble Vision became an international bestseller and won world-wide, critical acclaim. This eagerly awaited second edition is the most comprehensive, most authoritative and best illustrated popular book available on the Hubble Space Telescope.",astronomy;astronomy & astrophysics;astronomy & space science;books;cosmology;new;science & math;science & mathematics;star-gazing;used & rental textbooks,10
1573226505,"Wild Geese and Tea: An Asian-American Wedding Planner Wedding planners are a perennial for public libraries, which should buy new ones periodically to keep up with current trends. Two of these three would be good choices if your copy of Martha Stewart's Weddings (Crown, 1987) is wearing out. Both Weddings and The Perfect Wedding present the requisite gorgeous photos, planning timetable, and suggestions for choosing and working with florists, caterers, and the rest of the myriad support services these events entail. McBride-Mellinger (The Wedding Dress, Random, 1993) takes a slightly more traditional stance, while Clark (Wedding Memories, Wilshire, 1990) shows what can be done with Western, nautical, Victorian, or Renaissance themes, in addition to the more traditional weddings. McBride-Mellinger's book is somewhat easier to use for actual planning, while Clark's is more of a wishbook for style. McBride-Mellinger's resource directory is particularly well done. Costa, who has written for Redbook and Working Woman, looks at the traditional weddings of China, Japan, and Korea and also offers suggestions for blending these customs with Occidental styles. Menus and recipes are included, along with an excellent resource list for supplies and for further information. All three titles will be useful to public libraries, and Costa's is very highly recommended for those serving Asian American populations.?Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, OhioCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Shu Shu Costa has written for Redbook, Self, Manhattan, Inc., and Working Woman, and is former editor of Smart Money. She lives in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.",books;crafts;education & reference;hobbies & home;minority studies;planning;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;weddings,10
0823030490,"Merwin: Master of Disguise (Children's Best-Sellers) This cheesy tale of a mischievous elephant, illustrated in black line and marker on a white ground, resembles a cheaply made TV cartoon. Merwin is a stocky biped with the one-track mind and the blue coloration of Yogi Bear, the difference being an interest in costumery rather than pic-a-nic baskets. He confiscates ""every pair of lost sunglasses, every misplaced cap, every forgotten jacket"" at the unnamed zoo where he lives, and uses these ""countless disguises to sneak out of the wild animal park, right under the park ranger's nose."" After stealing a car and heading for a shopping mall, Merwin outwits the ranger by pretending to be a mallrat (backwards baseball cap, high tops, hoop earring) and a baby in a stroller (""Goo goo,"" he says). Hijinks include the infuriated ranger tearing the clothes off chubby shoppers whom he thinks might be Merwin. Ultimately, Merwin dresses in camouflage fatigues like the ranger, causing his nemesis to be mistaken for an elephant and carted away. Hart, creator of how-to-draw books like Manga Mania, keeps returning to the same visual gag: the smarmy, grinning elephant, hidden in plain sight. He adds no fresh material to this comic retread. Ages 3-7.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Christopher Hart is Watson-Guptill's best-selling author. Total sales for his books have now surpassed the million mark. He lives in Connecticut.",action & adventure;animals;art;arts;books;children's books;crafts & music;elephants;humor;zoos,10
B000BQ7ZDS,"Bayer Advanced 700335A Carpenter Ant and Termite Killer Plus Ready-to-Use Power Sprayer, 1.3-Gallons This product kills on contact, is non staining, leaves no oily residue, is long lasting and  gives you immediate results when spraying insects directly.  Kills a wide range of climbing and flying wood-infesting insects. Kills on contact.  Broad spectrum outdoor use: lawn, landscape, foundation, trench, deck and patio, wood piles, and home structures.  Should be applied as an aid in preventing termite infestations. The purpose of such applications is to kill workers or winged forms that may be present in the treated areas at the time of application. This product is not recommended as sole protection against termites.  Such applications are not a substitute for mechanical alteration, soil treatment or foundation treatment but are merely a supplement. For severe termite infestation, contact a professional pest control operator in your area.  Should not be applied to plants grown for food.  May be applied indoors for control of the following pests: Carpenter Ants: For effective control, locate and treat nests and surrounding areas. Apply around doors and windows and other places where ants enter premises and where they crawl and hide. Spray into infested wood through existing openings. Silverfish, Crickets, Roaches and Ants: Apply as a spot and crack-and-crevice treatment to areas where these pests crawl and hide, especially in hidden areas around sinks and storage areas, behind baseboards, around doors and windows, and similar areas. Cover all food handling surfaces and cover or remove all food and cooking utensils or wash thoroughly after treatment. Spiders: Apply along and behind baseboards, to window and door frames, corners, pipes, storage localities, attics, crawl spaces and other areas over which these pests may crawl.Centipedes, Ground Beetles, Pillbugs, Sowbugs, Scorpions and Ticks: Apply around doors and windows and other places where these pests may enter the premises. Treat baseboards, storage areas and other locations where these pests are found.",accessories;camping & hiking;insect repellent;lawn & garden;outdoor recreation;patio;personal care;pest control;repellents;sports & outdoors,10
0965273326,"Back Roads Bicycling in Bucks County, Pa. ""Catherine D. Kerr's books are, by far, the most complete and detailed works outlining some of Bucks County's premier routes . . . the Bible of Bucks County biking."" Michael J. McConaghy, Pathfinder Adventures, a Bucks County-based organizer of bike, hike and kayak trips throughout the U.S. and Canada ""Cyclers wishing to explore the scenic byways of beautiful Bucks County, Pennsylvania, will find Catherine Kerr's Back Roads Bicycling in Bucks County a valuable compendium of 15 new routes, each with maps, detailed cue sheets, descriptive commentary and even places to stop for refreshment.  Building on the success of The Back Roads Bike Book, showcasing rides in the Lambertville and New Hope areas, Catherine has expanded her vistas to encompass far more of one of Pennsylvania's most scenic locales. A perfect resource for recreational and serious cyclists alike."" Bob Ingersoll, Pedal Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia bicycle touring company providing cross-Pennsylvania cycling adventures Catherine D. Kerr's ""bike books are compact but laden with details and helpful information.  ""Each ride gets a chapter with text reflecting a detailed knowledge of the area.  Kerr reports on traffic conditions at various times of the day or week, local tourist attractions, the grade of the road and the scenery. ""Kerr also rates each ride according to distance and difficulty, provides maps and detailed written directions-with variations on each route-suggests detours and tells you where to buy a cold drink or find a public restroom."" -- Gwen Shrift, The Bucks County Courier Times	I was out on my bike not far from my home in New Hope, Pa., one day when it occurred to me that I had never seen a bicycling book devoted to Bucks County. I couldn't understand why, because this area has some of the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen, but I knew right away that this was a book I had to write.	Catherine D. Kerr is a writer and editor who has worked for magazines and newspapers including Newsday, The Times of Trenton, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.  A resident of New Hope, Pa., she has been cycling the back roads near Lambertville and New Hope since 1978.	Ringing Rocks Ringing Rocks Park is one of Bucks Countys more unusual attractions. A short foot trail from the parking area leads to an imposing sight: an 8-acre field of large boulders piled several deep. Many of these boulders ring like bells when struck with a hammer. You might wonder how anyone ever discovered this, but the ones that ring best are easy to find now because theyre marked with worn spots from many hammer blows. Similar rocks are scattered across much of the landscape in this remote and somewhat isolated part of Bucks County. The area also seems to have disproportionate numbers of barking dogs and what one might be tempted to call mobile homes, except that its clear they wont be moving anytime soon. It also has some lovely scenery. Sheep Hole Road is a mile of unpaved road following Tinicum Creek through an isolated valley. Lake Warren is a treasure hidden by trees from cars passing on Kintner Hill and Lake Warren Roads. Geigel Hill Road offers sweeping views of distant hills. There are hills on the ride, too, but nothing severe. Upper Tinicum Church Road climbs for several miles, but it isnt too steep. Geigel Hill is steep and winding as it heads down toward Sheep Hole. The shorter variation avoids both of these places, though it does include several small hills.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;cycling;general;hiking & camping;individual sports;instructional;pennsylvania;sports & outdoors;travel;united states,10
081016051X,"The World is a Prison Despite its metaphorical title, this captivating memoir is filled with all-too-real prisons of the dank, dark variety. In May 1944, Petroni (1911-1993) was arrested by Italy's Fascist government for participating in a political demonstration. Over the next month, as Allied troops advanced, he was transferred from one dismal cell to another with no idea of his ultimate fate. Finally, on June 4, the Allies reached Rome and he escaped. From today's vantage, perhaps, Petroni's ordeal seems relatively mild: he never saw the horrors of the concentration camps and, by his own admission, imprisoned intellectuals were accorded special treatment, handled with ""a kind of awe."" Still, conditions were severe enough. Beatings and casual death threats were commonplace, and the prisons were filthy. At one point, Petroni recalls waking up with his cheeks and torso coated in bloodAas he had moved in his sleep, he explains, he had crushed hundreds of bedbugs. In other cells, he had no bed at all, no light and little food. Through it all, he maintained his sanity and his dignity by retreating into an emotional shell. That reticence lends the memoir a haunting tone of preternatural calm, a plainspokenness the translator has preserved well. It also lets Petroni abandon his gripping prison narrative at times to meditate instead on heroism, human solitude and the life of the mind. Simultaneously hopeful and despairing, convinced ""it would be better not to be born, since often there are no solutions to the human condition,"" Petroni nonetheless makes the best of his situation, and leaves prison with ""the will to join somehow in the sufferings and joys of others."" In the end, his memoir is a stark and eloquent testament to the virtues of fortitude and forbearance. (Nov.) FYI: The World Is a Prison was published in Italy in 1948 and has remained in print almost continuously. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	In this slim volume, Petroni, an Italian intellectual arrested for political reasons by the Germans in 1944, reveals what it was like to be imprisoned in Rome by the Gestapo. The interrogations, the unprovoked beatings, and the bleak surroundings caused Petroni to question the meaning of life and freedom and to debate the true extent of a prison's walls. Petroni was severely tortured by his captors because he refused to give the names of those who shared his ""heretical"" political beliefs. He assured himself that it is not because he was so brave but because he felt there was no benefit to naming names. He survived by forcing his mind to go blank and become totally apathetic. The most fascinating twist to Petroni's story was his denial that he was free when he was releasedAhence the title. Continuously in print since 1948, this book is considered a masterpiece by Italian critics. A marvelous little memoir, finally in English; recommended for public and academic libraries.AKay Bowes, Wilmington Inst. Lib., DE Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.	paper 0-8101-6051-X A jewel of a memoir. Born in 1911, Guglielmo Petroni was only eleven when fascism came to power in Italy. This work was written during the final days of WWII and published in the first issue of the Italian Communist Party's literary journal Botteghe Oscure (yes, in Italy, the political parties have literary journals) in 1948. Since 1949 it is has been almost continuously in print, for reasons English readers will now be able to discover for themselves. A writer, journalist, and poet in Florence and Rome during the fascist dictatorship, Petroni paints a finely shaded psychological portrait of the conformity and oppression of those years. Most of the book, though, is devoted to the month he spent in various fascist and nazi prisons in Rome. After Italy's armistice with the Allies on 8 September 1943, Petroni had joined the Resistance and was captured in May 1944. Italians have long been familiar with the places Petroni ``visited,'' such as the infamous Regina Coeli prison and the notorious Via Tasso offices of the SS where he, and many other partisans, were tortured and some eventually executed. Petroni too was scheduled for execution, but the Allied liberation of Rome on 4 June 1944 saved his life. Memory, nostalgia, and a burning desire for understanding come together in some compelling passages here. Petroni offers no apocalyptic solutions, neither political nor religious, neither Christian nor Marxist. His is a deceptively simple account, but one that is striking and profound. His readers will immediately recognize a writing style similar to Primo Levi's: an avoidance of rhetoric and a refusal to accept the role of omniscient narrator: ``Humans find a moral solution only by seeking . . . the universal truths bearing the marks of the tragedies that surround them.'' In a postscript written fifteen years after the end of the war, Petroni compares the world to a prison ``whose dimensions do not change the impossibility of overstepping the barriers of life.'' And yet, in his obscure bitterness there is still a faint hope in human solidarity. A small masterpiece.  -- Copyright 1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	A stark and eloquent testament to the virtues of fortitude and forbearance.  -- Publishers Weekly, October 18, 1999	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Italian	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Guglielmo Petroni was born in 1911 in Lucca, Italy, and died in 1993 after a distinguished literary career. ""The World Is a Prison"" has been almost continuously in print in Italy since first being published in 1948. Italian critics consider it to be Petroni's masterpiece.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",biographies & memoirs;books;crime & criminals;europe;historical;history;italy;military;specific groups;world war ii,10
076242009X,"The Irish Brigade: A Pictoral History Of The Famed Civil War Fighters Russ A. Pritchard, Jr., is a leading expert on the Irish Brigade. Having graduated from the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, he set out on a spectacular career, operating as Executive Director of the Civil War Library and Museum from 1976 through 1995. He is the author of Civil War Weapons and Equipment (2003) as well as a contributor to The Civil War Reenactors Encyclopedia (2002).",19th century;americas;books;civil war;europe;history;ireland;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);united states,10
0786605227,"Mel Bay Presents Complete Music for Fife and Drum Walter D. Sweet is a native Connecticut fifer with 32 years' experience. He has taught fifing on all levels, and plays other instruments as well. With Yankee ingenuity, he also designs instruments: The ""Waltfife"" features a Boehm-style bore for traditional easy with added robustness; his Boehm flute in F above C matches the range of the fiddle for playing dance music. Sweet also works as a technical writer for Jagenberg in Enfield, Connecticut.",arts & photography;books;composition;composition & performance;education & reference;instruments;music;percussion;songbooks;theory,10
0812023315,"Spanish Now!: A Level One Workbook This Level One blend of textbook and workbook isn't recommended for library use - too many fill-in blanks - but parents, teachers, and students of Spanish will find it can excellent assistance to any Spanish language study program. The basic communication essentials central to reading and listening comprehension are covered in a set of exercises designed to supplement classroom work. This 5th edition features a new emphasis on oral exercises.  -- Midwest Book Review	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Text: English, Spanish	[back cover]    SPANISH NOW!  El espaol actual!    WITH COMPACT DISCS     Level 1  Primer Programa     Lets talk in Spanish!  Vamos a hablar en espaol!      This comprehensive text introduces students to Spanish, emphasizing the language as it is spoken today. Students are also treated to the richness of Spanish culture, both past and contemporary.   Helpful and attractive learning features include:  Sample answers, graded exercises, a pronunciation guide, and bilingual glossaries that help make Spanish easy  Amusing illustrations, puzles, and cartoons that make learning fun  An introduction to Hispanic culture in the Americas   Includes a detachable teachers manual     Seventh Edition	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;education & reference;foreign languages;humanities;new;spanish;study guides;studying & workbooks;test prep & study guides;used & rental textbooks,10
0609603493,"Fast and Easy Czech (Living Language) 300 essential words and phrases on cassette Audioscript with pronunciation guideFastIf you've always wanted to learn Czech or need to learn it in a hurry, here is a quick, stress-free introduction to the basics. This 60-minute audio course features more than 300 essential Czech words and phrases.EasyA narrator guides you through the program, providing brief explanations of the foreign phrases.All you have to do is listen and repeat after the native speakers.EffectiveBrief quizzes in this interactive course help you think in Czech. Lessons include short dialogues so you can hear Czech spoken naturally. Learn both pronunciation and comprehension skills. To help with memorization, each phrase is spoken twice, with ample pauses for repetition.PortableA transcript with pronunciation guide is included, but the cassette may be used alone. It's easy to learn on the go: in a car, on a plane, even while walking or jogging.ContentsGreetingsShoppingPolite ExpressionsThe Post OfficeDirectionsThe AirportAt the HotelThe Train StationAt the RestaurantThe TelephoneNumbersQuestionsTelling TimeDays and Months",books;education & reference;foreign languages;grammar;humanities;language & grammar;new;politics & social sciences;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0804835071,"Elementary Japanese Teacher's Guide (Tuttle Language Library) Yoko Hasegawa is Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics in the Department of East Asia Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley. She currently teaches Japanese linguistics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and also serves as Coordinator of the university's Japanese language program. She received her PhD in linguistics from Berkeley in 1992.",books;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;humanities;instruction;japanese;new;used & rental textbooks,10
0684801582,"Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Crick (co-discoverer with James Watson of DNA's double helix structure) here takes readers to the forefront of modern brain research. Geared to serious lay readers and scientists, this speculative study argues that our minds can be explained, without recourse to religious concepts of a soul, in terms of the interactions of a vast assembly of nerve cells and associated molecules. Crick delves into the nature of consciousness by focusing on visual awareness, an active, constructive process in which the brain selectively combines discrete elements into meaningful images. Early chapters include numerous interactive illustrations to demonstrate the brain's shortcuts, tricks and habits of visual perception. In later chapters Crick discusses neural networks--electronic pathways that can ""remember"" patterns or produce spoken language--and outlines research strategies designed to pinpoint the brain's ""awareness neurons"" that enable us to see. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Nobel Prize winner Crick, who with James D. Watson discovered the molecular structure of DNA, considers the nature of human consciousness, focusing in particular on visual consciousness in an explanation of how the brain ""sees.""Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Winner, with James Watson, of a Nobel Prize in 1962 for their world-changing discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, Crick here devotes his considerable mental powers to the study of the brain and the nature of consciousness. No topic could be more demanding or fraught with subjectivity--not to mention mysticism--but Crick insists upon the value of rational thought, logic, and experimental verification. This perspective underlies the ""Astonishing Hypothesis,"" which states ""that `You,' your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."" How's that for reductionism? But think about it. Could anything actually be more astonishing than learning that neurons make, store, and retrieve memories? Create moods? Or, and this is Crick's focus, interpret light as images? Given the impossibility of tackling consciousness in its entirety, Crick has chosen to concentrate on one crucial manifestation, visual awareness, a process far more complicated than most of us realize. While scientists have begun to understand how the brain breaks down visual information, no one knows how it puts it back together. What Crick presents is a lucid, if challenging, explanation of the components and actions of neurons, the many levels of ""neural architecture"" in the neocortex, and all the dynamic and constructive cognitive processes relating to vision that evolve from the incessant pulse of a myriad of molecular events.  Donna Seaman	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	It's exactly 40 years since Watson and Crick published their landmark double-helix papers in Nature, setting biology on a revolutionary course. In the meantime, Watson has continued to reign supreme in matters genomic, while Crick (now at the Salk Institute) has pursued lifelong interests: the origin of life and the nature of the brain. Lest anyone doubt, Crick hasn't suddenly got religion; the ``astonishing'' of the title refers to his reductionist conviction that we're merely a reflection of how our nerve cells behave. As for soul, this is a book about consciousness: Soul hardly enters in except by way of denying mystical entities, ghosts, or other personae in the machine. Moreover, Crick omits discussion of self- consciousness and uses visual awareness as his surrogate for consciousness in general. His reasons are that humans are strongly visual animals; that much is known about the visual system in primates and humans; and that many experiments have and can be done to test hypotheses. So after some introductory historical material, he plunges into several hundred pages of review on the organization of the brain and the visual pathways. None of this is likely to entrance readers outside of neuroanatomy classes, but at least one point is well taken: Computer folk won't get anywhere trying to model the brain with digital approaches--the brain is a super parallel processor that ``degrades gracefully'' (it can afford some loss of neurons without ill effects) compared with ``brittle'' PCs. In the end, Crick (as well as CalTech colleague Christof Koch) sees the virtue in some neural network models and argues that the brain's thalamus may be the central integrating unit in consciousness, with the process perhaps requiring some aspects of memory and attention and involving synchronous firing of groups of neurons. These are plausible, interesting, testable ideas--but, as Crick admits, there's a long way to go.... (Ten b photographs, 60 drawings--not seen) -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Carl Sagan Author of Cosmos The Astonishing Hypothesis is a fascinating argument that consciousness and what has long been called the soul are now accessible to scientific investigation.Sheryl Stolberg Los Angeles Times Skewering philosophy and religion in a book that is supposed to be about the study of the brain might be awkward for other scientists. But Crick pulls it off, and incorporates the nitty-gritty of science to boot.Matthew Belmonte The Washington Times Crick's new book is a well-constructed and comprehensive overview of visual neuroscience for the lay reader....[The] book's questions and conjectures are incisive and provocative.	Francis Crick is the British physicist and biochemist who collaborated with James D. Watson in the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1962. He is the author of What Mad Pursuit, Life Itself, and Molecules and Men. Dr. Crick lectures widely all over the world to both professional and lay audiences, and is a Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California.	Chapter 1IntroductionQ: What is the soul?A: The soul is a living being without a body, having reason and free will.Roman Catholic catechismThe Astonishing Hypothesis is that ""You,"" your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules. As Lewis Carroll's Alice might have phrased it: ""You're nothing but a pack of neurons."" This hypothesis is so alien to the ideas of most people alive today that it can truly be called astonishing.The interest of human beings in the nature of the world, and about their own natures in particular, is found in one form or another in all peoples and tribes, however primitive. It goes back to the earliest times from which we have written records and almost certainly from before that, to judge from the widespread occurrence of careful human burial. Most religions hold that some kind of spirit exists that persists after one's bodily death and, to some degree, embodies the essence of that human being. Without its spirit a body cannot function normally, if at all. When a person dies his soul leaves the body, although what happens after that -- whether the soul goes to heaven, hell, or purgatory or alternatively is reincarnated in a donkey or a mosquito -- depends upon the particular religion. Not all the religions agree in detail, but this is usually because they are based on different revelations -- contrast the Christian Bible and the Muslim Koran. In spite of differences among religions, there is broad agreement on at least one point: People have souls, in the literal and not merely the metaphorical sense. These beliefs are held, and in many cases held strongly and aggressively, by the majority of human beings alive today.There are, of course, a few exceptions. At one point, a minority of some of the more extreme Christians (following Aristotle) doubted whether women had souls, or at least had souls of the same quality as men. Some religions, such as Judaism, put little emphasis on life after death. Religions differ as to whether animals have souls. An old joke suggests that philosophers (in spite of all their differences) fall broadly into two classes: Those who own dogs, it is said, are confident that dogs have souls; those who do not, deny this.Yet a minority of people today (including a large number in the former Communist countries) is inclined to a totally different view. Such people believe that the idea of a soul, distinct from the body and not subject to our known scientific laws, is a myth. It is easy to see how such myths could have arisen. Indeed, without a detailed knowledge of the nature of matter and radiation, and of biological evolution, such myths appear only too plausible.Why, then, should this basic concept of the soul be doubted? Surely if almost everyone believed it, this is, in itself, prima facie evidence for it. But then some four thousand years ago almost everyone believed the earth was fiat. The main reason for this radical change of opinion is the spectacular advance of modern science. Most of the religious beliefs we have today originated in a time when the earth, while a small place by our standards, was then thought of as being very large, even though its exact extent was unknown. Any one person had direct knowledge of only a tiny part of it. It was not implausible to believe that this large earth was the center of the universe and that man occupied the leading place in it. The earth's origins seemed lost in the mists of time and yet the span of time thought to be involved, while it seemed long in terms of human experience, we now know to be ridiculously short. It was not implausible to believe the earth was less than ten thousand years old. We now know its true age is about 4.6 billion years. The stars seemed far away, fixed perhaps in the spherical firmament, but that the universe extended as far as it does more than 10 billion light years -- was almost inconceivable. (An exception has to be made here for certain Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, that take pleasure in inflating times and distances for the sheer joy of it.)Before Galileo and Newton our knowledge of basic physics was primitive. The movements of the sun and the planets seemed to be regular in some very intricate way. It was not totally unreasonable to believe that they needed angels to guide them. What else could make their behavior so regular? Even in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries our understanding of chemistry was largely incorrect. Indeed, the existence of atoms was doubted by some physicists as late as the beginning of the twentieth century.Yet today we know a great deal about the properties of atoms. We can give each type of chemical atom a unique whole number. We know their structure in detail, and most of the laws that control their behavior. Physics has provided a framework of explanation for chemistry. Our detailed knowledge of organic chemical molecules is enormous and expanding every day.Admittedly, we still do not understand exactly what happens at very small distances (within the nucleus of an atom), at extremely high energies, and in very large gravitational fields. But for the conditions we normally have to deal with on earth (when an atom will only change into another atom under very special circumstances), most scientists think that this incompleteness of our knowledge probably matters very little, if at all, in our attempts to understand the mind and the brain.In addition to our knowledge of basic chemistry and physics, the earth sciences (such as geology) and cosmic science (astronomy and cosmology) have developed pictures of our world and our universe that are quite different from those common when the traditional religions were founded. The modern picture of the universe, and how it developed in time, forms an essential background to our present knowledge of biology. That knowledge has been completely transformed in the last 150 years. Until Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently hit on the basic mechanism driving biological evolution -- the process of natural selection -- the ""Argument from Design"" appeared to be unanswerable. How could an organism as complex and well designed as man have arisen without the help of an all-wise Designer? Yet this argument has collapsed completely. We now know that all living things, from bacteria to ourselves, are closely related at the biochemical level. We know that life has existed on earth for billions of years, and that the many species of plants and animals have changed, often radically, over that time. The dinosaurs have gone and in their place many new species of mammals have arisen. We can watch the basic processes of evolution happening today, both in the field and in our test tubes.In this century there has been an equally dramatic biological advance, due to our understanding of the molecular nature of genes, the processes involved in their exact replication, together with our detailed knowledge of proteins and the mechanisms of their synthesis. We now realize that proteins, as a class, are immensely powerful and versatile, and can form the basis of elaborate biochemical devices. A major assault is being mounted on embryology (now often called ""developmental biology""). The fertilized egg of a sea urchin normally divides many times, eventually turning into a mature sea urchin. If, after the first division, the two daughter cells of the fertilized egg are separated, then each of them will develop, in time, into a separate though rather smaller sea urchin. A similar experiment can be done on a frog's egg. The molecules have reorganized themselves to produce two little animals from the material that would otherwise have produced one. When this was first discovered, about a hundred years ago, it was suggested that some kind of immaterial Life Force must surely be at work. It seemed inconceivable that this dramatic doubling of a living creature could ever be explained on a biochemical basis -- that is, using the properties of organic and other molecules and their interactions. Nowadays we feel that we shall have no difficulty in principle in working out how this can happen, although we expect the explanation to be complex. The history of science is littered with statements that something was inherently impossible to understand (""we shall never know of what the stars are made""). In many cases time has shown these predictions to be incorrect.A modern neurobiologist sees no need for the religious concept of a soul to explain the behavior of humans and other animals. One is reminded of the question Napoleon asked after Pierre-Simon Laplace had explained to him the workings of the solar system: Where does God come into all this? To which Laplace replied, ""Sire, I have no need of that hypothesis."" Not all neuroscientists believe that the idea of the soul is a myth -- Sir John Eccles is the most notable exception -- but certainly the majority do. It is not that they can yet prove the idea to be false. Rather, as things stand at the moment, they see no need for that hypothesis. Looked at in the perspective of human history, the main object of scientific research on the brain is not merely to understand and cure various medical conditions, important though this task may be, but to grasp the true nature of the human soul. Whether this term is metaphorical or literal is exactly what we are trying to discover.Many educated people, especially in the Western world, also share the belief that the soul is a metaphor and that there is no personal life either before conception or after death. They may call themselves atheists, agnostics, humanists, or just lapsed believers, but they all deny the major claims of the traditional religions. Yet this does not mean that they normally think of themselves in a radically different way. The old habits of thought die hard. A man may, in religious terms, be an unbeliever but psychologically he may continue to think of himself in mu...",behavioral sciences;books;cognitive psychology;education & reference;history & philosophy;internal medicine;medical books;medicine;neurology;science & math,10
0873360613,Kamehameha and His Warrior Text: English (translation)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.,americas;biographies & memoirs;books;history;humanities;memoirs;new;state & local;united states;used & rental textbooks,10
0271007516,"General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence, October 1950-February 1953 Declassified under the Historical Review Program the CIA authorized in 1985, this inside account by Montague, once the executive assistant to CIA director Walter Bedell Smith, tells how the modern intelligence community was established and expanded after WW II. Montague reveals how Smith, named the CIA's fourth director in 1950, defined the agency's role and responsibilities and reorganized it in light of mounting Soviet subversion and the outbreak of the Korean War. Montague, who died in 1972, also discusses Smith's still-reverberating reputation as the CIA's resident ""ogre,"" arguing that his irritable impatience was a managerial technique meant to masked an essentially kind nature. The study sheds considerable light on the birth of the modern national security state. Montague participated in many of the events chronicled here. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	In this second recently declassified in-house history of the detailed workings at the upper levels, Montague demonstrates that Smith's ability to reorganize and take control made him the CIA's genuine founder. Montague, an intelligence officer who completed this important account in 1971, continues the description initiated by Arthur Darling's The Central Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950 ( LJ 11/15/90) and is critical of Darling's work as well as of Smith's predecessors, the first three directors. For specialists only.- Ron Christenson, Gustavus Adolphus Coll., St. Peter, Minn.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",biographies & memoirs;books;espionage;history;intelligence & espionage;military;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;true accounts,10
0967739403,"Low Carb Diets : Easy & Healthy Weight Loss Programs That Really Work! If challenged to a one-sentence review on Low Carb Diets  Id say, ""Dont buy another book!"" -- Antonia Thomas Jensen Beach, FloridaSusan Somerset Webb has taken all the guesswork out of  deciding which low carb diet to choose.  -- Sandra Landsman, PhD	Susan Somerset Webb has been interested in nutrition and  diet for more than two decades. However, it was only when she was  diagnosed with hypoglycemia a few years ago that she became serious  about exactly what she ate. As she read everything available on the  subject, it did not take her long to discover the important role of  carbohydrates in any diet. She moved to a low carb diet and found her  health changed for the better.    Somerset Webb wanted others to experience her success with low carb  living. But she didnt want success to elude anyone because the  science underlying many of these low carbohydrate diet books can be  difficult. She set out to interpret and simplify and difficult  material for the average reader. She leads the reader easily through  the low carb maze so they can choose the diet thats best for their  lifestyle.",books;cookbooks;diets & weight loss;fitness & dieting;food & wine;health;low carb;low carbohydrate;low fat;special diet,10
0825424844,"Signs of the Times: Studies in the Prophetic Scriptures (M. R. DeHaan Classic Library) M. R. De Haan (1891-1965) spoke to millions of listeners each week for some twenty-seven years on the Radio Bible Class broadcast.  His academic training included a degree fro Hope College, a medical degree from the University of Illinois Medical College, and further study at Western Theological Seminary.  He was the author of more than twenty books and countless daily devotionals in Our Daily Bread, published by RBC Ministries of Grand Rapids, MI.",20th century;books;christian books & bibles;history;ministry & church leadership;modern (16th-21st centuries);reference;religion & spirituality;sermons;theology,10
1568028741,"Political Science Research Methods I have found Johnson and Reynolds' Political Science Research Methods to be one of the most important texts which I have adopted, not only for this course, but for any one. Many methods texts which are published are directed at the social sciences in general. This text is superior to the more general social science texts and other political science methods texts with which I am familiar because it successfully engages students in building methodological and statistical literacy. The book incorporates much of the important foundational information that today's undergraduate political science major needs to learn. The need to study both human behavior as well as institutions requires a more focused course of study. This text is superb because it provides students with a host of applications specific to the discipline. It is accessible and yet it does not encourage lower order thinking. I am very likely to continue to use this text because of its comprehensiveness and design -- Robin Lauermann I have found Johnson and Reynolds' Political Science Research Methods to be one of the most important texts which I have adopted, not only for this course, but for any one. Many methods texts which are published are directed at the social sciences in general. This text is superior to the more general social science texts and other political science methods texts with which I am familiar because it successfully engages students in building methodological and statistical literacy. The book incorporates much of the important foundational information that today's undergraduate political science major needs to learn. The need to study both human behavior as well as institutions requires a more focused course of study. This text is superb because it provides students with a host of applications specific to the discipline. It is accessible and yet it does not encourage lower order thinking. I am very likely to continue to use this text because of its comprehensiveness and design -- Robin Lauermann Janet Buttolph Johnson and H.T. Reynolds have developed an outstanding research methods textbook that has wide applicability for both undergraduate and graduate courses. It has been the primary textbook in my undergraduate political analysis class for several years because it offers a sophisticated introduction to empirical political science and both qualitative and quantitative research methods, while presenting the material in a writing style that is easily accessible to undergraduate students. The range of methods discussed in the book and the many topical examples it provides has given me great flexibility to select exactly what I wanted to use in class. The companion workbook has been a great resource for homework assignments and in-class exercises and discussions. I consider this the leading textbook of its kind -- Scott Silverstone Janet Buttolph Johnson and H.T. Reynolds have developed an outstanding research methods textbook that has wide applicability for both undergraduate and graduate courses. It has been the primary textbook in my undergraduate political analysis class for several years because it offers a sophisticated introduction to empirical political science and both qualitative and quantitative research methods, while presenting the material in a writing style that is easily accessible to undergraduate students. The range of methods discussed in the book and the many topical examples it provides has given me great flexibility to select exactly what I wanted to use in class. The companion workbook has been a great resource for homework assignments and in-class exercises and discussions. I consider this the leading textbook of its kind -- Scott Silverstone Political Science Research Methods offers students a comprehensive and engaging view of both the scientific research process and the application of research methods. The authors skillfully integrate examples throughout the book that illustrate how scholars utilize methodological techniques to address substantive theoretical questions in political science. In so doing, the book systematically unpacks the foundation for understanding, evaluating, and producing scientific research. The companion workbook, Working with Political Science Research Methods, provides exercises and data sets to help students build an applied foundation for the statistical techniques they learn about in the text. The superb balance achieved between methodological theory and application makes the entire package an immensely valuable tool for both students and teachers -- Bryan W. Marshall Political Science Research Methods offers students a comprehensive and engaging view of both the scientific research process and the application of research methods. The authors skillfully integrate examples throughout the book that illustrate how scholars utilize methodological techniques to address substantive theoretical questions in political science. In so doing, the book systematically unpacks the foundation for understanding, evaluating, and producing scientific research. The companion workbook, Working with Political Science Research Methods, provides exercises and data sets to help students build an applied foundation for the statistical techniques they learn about in the text. The superb balance achieved between methodological theory and application makes the entire package an immensely valuable tool for both students and teachers -- Bryan W. Marshall	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Janet Buttolph Johnson is associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. H.T. Reynolds is professor of political science at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Governing America with David Volger, and The Analysis of Nominal Data, Second Edition",books;education & reference;new;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;reference;research;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
066422962X,"Christ Is the Question ""Who is Christ?"" and ""Which Jesus does he represent?"" are two of the questions early- Christian historian Meeks asks in this slim, provocative volume. In contemporary culture, so many images of Jesus--gentle Jesus; ""touchdown"" Jesus; blond, blue-eyed Jesus; black Jesus; athletic Jesus; feminist Jesus--abound that Jesus seemingly can mean anything to anybody. Meeks explores the origins of the historical Jesus; examines the great interpreter of Jesus, the apostle Paul; and questions biblical interpretation. Like the image of Jesus, the Bible itself isn't undisputed or indisputable, Meeks argues, pointing to gray areas that help make the Bible so vital and complex. He also examines the nature of personal identity and comments on what he considers the bizarre discussion of religion in popular culture that is perhaps best exemplified by the Left Behind novels, which allow little room for nuance and subtlety. To Meeks, the making of Jesus was an interpretative process on the part of those who followed him and continued to convey his message through the ages. June SawyersCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Wayne A. Meeks is Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies in theDepartment of Religious Studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is a well-known New Testament scholar and the author of a number of books, including The Moral World of the First Christians.",books;christian books & bibles;christianity;church history;history;jesus;reference;religious;theology;world,10
0743504704,"The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 Long before he entered politics, when he was just in his early 20s,  South Dakotan George McGovern flew 35 bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe,  earning a Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. Stephen Ambrose,  the industrious historian, focuses on McGovern and the young crew of his B-24  bomber, volunteers all, in this vivid study of the air war in Europe. Manufactured by a consortium of companies that included Ford Motor and Douglas  Aircraft, the B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, was designed to drop high  explosives on enemy positions well behind the front lines--and especially on the  German capital, Berlin. Unheated, drafty, and only lightly armored, the planes  were dangerous places to be, and indeed, only 50 percent of their crews survived  to the war's end. Dangerous or not, they did their job, delivering thousand- pound bombs to targets deep within Germany and Austria. In his fast-paced narrative, Ambrose follows many other flyers (including the  Tuskegee Airmen, the African American pilots who gave the B-24s essential  fighter support on some of their most dangerous missions) as they brave the long  odds against them, facing moments of glory and terror alike. ""It would be an  exaggeration to say that the B-24 won the war for the Allies,"" Ambrose writes.  ""But don't ask how they could have won the war without it."" --Gregory  McNamee	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Brought to life by best-selling historian Ambrose (author of more than 20 books), here is one of America's forgotten workhorse weapons of WWII the B-24 bomber. Carrying a heavier payload than the glamorous B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24, nicknamed the Liberator, also filled the skies over Germany, bombing troops, oil refineries, factories and other strategic targets. South Dakota-born George S. McGovern was 22 when he became a B-24 pilot in the 741st Bomb Squadron, based in Cerignola, Italy. Though basing the book largely on McGovern's 35 missions, for which he won the Distinguished Flying Cross, Ambrose includes many other stories about the men who flew over Germany and eastern Europe. As Ambrose makes abundantly clear, the planes were not fun to fly. The crew faced inside temperatures of 50 below zero, sat in cramped seats and suffered high casualty rates. Ambrose follows pilots and crews from start to finish where they were from, their backgrounds, training, bravery and heroism as they did their part to help win the war. Today there are only four B-24s left of the 18,300 that once made up the force. While this book leans largely toward hagiography of the everymen it depicts, it also clearly refutes lies spread about McGovern's service during the 1972 presidential campaign. Photos not seen by PW. (Aug.)Forecast: Any book with the Ambrose name should do a short stint on bestseller lists; this one should pick up some (largely unrelated) momentum from the Pearl Harbor anniversary and film. The book's release coincides with the airing of a 10-part Dreamworks/ HBO series based on Ambrose's Band of Brothers. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Given the 50 percent casualty rate, it's hard to imagine young soldiers wanting to join the flight crews that flew B24s over Germany, but they did. A popular historian recounts their training and combat. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Popular historian Ambrose's latest is about half the size of his usual books but much more than half as good. It focuses on former senator and presidential candidate George McGovern's experience as a B-24 pilot in the last months of World War II, when he flew 35 missions out of a base near Cerignola, Italy, during which he made three emergency landings and for which he won two Distinguished Flying Crosses. Ambrose admires McGovern pretty much without reserve, yet he hasn't written a panegyric. Nor is he uncritical of much of the rest of what he portrays. The B-24 Liberator performed better than its stablemate, the B-17 Flying Fortress, but it was emphatically less ergonomic and more vulnerable to battle damage. The Italian-based strategic bombers operated out of improvised fields, sans hangars and barracks, surrounded by a civilian population amid ruins and on the edge of starvation. And although the incompetent were few and the evil fewer in the Army Air Force, the strange were numerous. Based on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources, the book is another affirmation of the Greatest Generation, to be sure, and a tribute to a fast-diminishing band of American heroes who offered and in many cases gave their lives to save their posterity from real and gruesome dangers. Roland GreenCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Dorman T. ShindlerThe Denver Post[The Wild Blue] demands our attention...page-turning reading.Calvin L. ChristmanThe Dallas Morning NewsThe Wild Blue is right on target...[the book] finally gives those men of the 15th Air Force the tribute they so richly earned.Larry KingUSA TodayBrilliant...It is a terrific story.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Dr. Stephen Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more thanthirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History. He also participated in numerous national television programs, includingshows appearing onthe History Channel and National Geographic.	Prologue  The B-24 was built like a 1930s Mack truck, except that it had an aluminum skin that could be cut with a knife. It could carry a heavy load far and fast but it had no refinements. Steering the four-engine airplane was difficult and exhausting, as there was no power except the pilot's muscles. It had no windshield wipers, so the pilot had to stick his head out the side window to see during a rain. Breathing was possible only by wearing an oxygen mask -- cold and clammy, smelling of rubber and sweat -- above 10,000 feet in altitude. There was no heat, despite temperatures that at 20,000 feet and higher got as low as 40 or even 50 degrees below zero. The wind blew through the airplane like fury, especially from the waist gunners' windows and whenever the bomb bay doors were open. The oxygen mask often froze to the wearer's face. If the men at the waist touched their machine guns with bare hands, the skin froze to the metal.  There were no bathrooms. To urinate there were two small relief tubes, one forward and one aft, which were almost impossible to use without spilling because of the heavy layers of clothing the men wore. Plus which the tubes were often clogged with frozen urine. Defecating could be done only in a receptacle lined with a wax paper bag. A man had to be desperate to use it because of the difficulty of removing enough clothing and exposing bare skin to the arctic cold. The bags were dropped out of the waist windows or through the open bomb bay doors. There were no kitchen facilities, no way to warm up food or coffee, but anyway there was no food unless a crew member had packed in a C ration or a sandwich. With no pressurization, pockets of gas in a man's intestinal tract could swell like balloons and cause him to double over in pain.  There was no aisle to walk down, only the eight-inch-wide catwalk running beside the bombs and over the bomb bay doors used to move forward and aft. It had to be done with care, as the aluminum doors, which rolled up into the fuselage instead of opening outward on a hinge, had only a 100-pound capacity, so if a man slipped he would break through. The seats were not padded, could not be reclined, and were cramped into so small a space that a man had almost no chance to stretch and none whatsoever to relax. Absolutely nothing was done to make it comfortable for the pilot, the co-pilot, or the other eight men in the crew, even though most flights lasted for eight hours, sometimes ten or more, seldom less than six. The plane existed and was flown for one purpose only, to carry 500 or 1,000 pound bombs and drop them accurately over enemy targets.  It was called a Liberator. That was a perhaps unusual name for a plane designed to drop high explosives on the enemy well behind the front lines, but it was nevertheless the perfect name. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation first made it, with the initial flight in 1939. When a few went over to England in 1940, the British Air Ministry wanted to know what it was called. Reuben Fleet of Consolidated answered, ""Liberator."" He added, ""We chose the name Liberator because this airplane can carry destruction to the heart of the Hun, and thus help you and us to liberate those millions temporarily finding themselves under Hitler's yoke.""  Consolidated, along with the Ford Motor Company, Douglas Aircraft Company, and North American Aviation -- together called the Liberator Production Pool -- made more than 18,300 Liberators, about 5,000 more than the total number of B-17s. The Liberator was not operational before World War II and was not operational after the war (nearly every B-24 was cut up into pieces of scrap in 1945 and 1946, or left to rot on Pacific islands). The number of people involved in making it, in servicing it, and in flying the B-24 outnumbered those involved with any other airplane, in any country, in any time. There were more B-24s than any other American airplane ever built.  It would be an exaggeration to say that the B-24 won the war for the Allies. But don't ask how they could have won the war without it.  The Army Air Forces needed thousands of pilots, and tens of thousands of crew members, to fly the B-24s. It needed to gather them and train them and supply them and service the planes from a country in which only a relatively small number of men knew anything at all about how to fly even a single-engine airplane, or fix it. From whence came such men?  Copyright  2001 by Ambrose-Tubbs, Inc. from Chapter One: Where They Came From  The pilots and crews of the B-24s came from every state and territory in America. They were young, fit, eager. They were sons of workers, doctors, lawyers, farmers, businessmen, educators. A few were married, most were not. Some had an excellent education, including college, where they majored in history, literature, physics, engineering, chemistry, and more. Others were barely, if at all, out of high school.  They were all volunteers. The U.S. Army Air Corps -- after 1942 the Army Air Forces -- did not force anyone to fly. They made the choice. Most of them were between the ages of two and ten in 1927, when Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island to Paris. For many boys, this was the first outside-the-family event to influence them. It fired their imagination. Like Lindbergh, they too wanted to fly.  In their teenage years, they drove Model T Fords, or perhaps Model A's -- if they drove at all. Many of them were farm boys. They plowed behind mules or horses. They relieved themselves in outdoor privies. They walked to school, one, two, or sometimes more miles. Most of them, including the city kids, were poor. If they were lucky enough to have jobs they earned a dollar a day, sometimes less. If they were younger sons, they wore hand-me-down clothes. In the summertime, many of them went barefoot. They seldom traveled. Many had never been out of their home counties. Even most of the more fortunate had never been out of their home states or regions. Of those who were best off, only a handful had ever been out of the country. Almost none of them had ever been up in an airplane. A surprising number had never even seen a plane. But they all wanted to fly.  There were inducements beyond the adventure of the thing. Glamour. Extra pay. The right to wear wings. Quick promotions. You got to pick your service -- no sleeping in a Navy bunk in a heaving ship or in a foxhole with someone shooting at you. They knew they would have to serve, indeed most of them wanted to serve. Their patriotism was beyond question. They wanted to be a part of smashing Hitler, Tojo, Mussolini, and their thugs. But they wanted to choose how they did it. Overwhelmingly they wanted to fly.  They wanted to get off the ground, be like a bird, see the country from up high, travel faster than anyone could do while attached to the earth. More than electric lights, more than steam engines, more than telephones, more than automobiles, more even than the printing press, the airplane separated past from future. It had freed mankind from the earth and opened the skies.  They were astonishingly young. Many joined the Army Air Forces as teens. Some never got to be twenty years old before the war ended. Anyone over twenty-five was considered to be, and was called, an ""old man."" In the twenty-first century, adults would hardly give such youngsters the key to the family car, but in the first half of the 1940s the adults sent them out to play a critical role in saving the world.  Most wanted to be fighter pilots, but only a relatively few attained that goal. Many became pilots or co-pilots on two- or four-engine bombers. The majority became crew members, serving as gunners or radiomen or bombardiers or flight engineers or navigators. Never mind. They wanted to fly and they did.  Copyright  2001 by Ambrose-Tubbs, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Preceded by woodwinds, Stephen Ambrose personally reads the introduction and epilogue to his abridged audiobook about bomber crews in WWII. Primary attention is focused on the flights of Lt. George McGovern, who later became a senator and presidential candidate. With meaningful expression, reader Jeffrey DeMunn creates a believable and empathetic treatment of these touching, patriotic stories of the Army Air Corps in Europe. He seems interested in every word, and his captivation impacts us, as well. The combination of story and teller offers audiophiles a memorable examination of the psychological dynamics of men in aerial combat.  J.A.H.  AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",aviation;biographies & memoirs;books;history;leaders & notable people;literature & fiction;military;russia;united states;world war ii,10
0664225985,"R Father N Hvn: Up 2 D8 Txts Frm d Bible Simon Jenkins is founder/editor of ship-of-fools.com, the acclaimed online community and 'magazine of Christian unrest'. The site is currently attracting close to 1 million page views per month from visitors chiefly in the UK and USA. Simon is also an independent author and writer, whose previous publications include The Bible Map Book, Windows into Heaven and The Bible From Scratch (Lion, new edn forthcoming, autumn 2002).",books;christian books & bibles;computers;computers & technology;education & reference;networking;reference;religion & spirituality;science & technology;teens,10
0786658673,"Mel Bay Classic Guitar Method, Vol. 2 Mel Bay was born on February 25, 1913 in the little Ozark Mountain town of Bunker, Missouri. He bought a Sears Roebuck guitar at the age of 13 and several months later played his first ""gig."" (He recalled playing until his fingers were raw!) Mel took up the tenor banjo shortly thereafter and continued to play both instruments. During his teenage years Mel played with a wild assortement of bands and characters in rural Missouri. Perhaps no ""gig"" was as strange as the job he landed with, in Mel's words, ""a snake oil salesman."" This flamboyant peddler would pull his ostentatious Pierce Arrow automobile, complete with steer horns mounted on the grill, into the center of a small, rural town. Mel would sit on the car and play up a storm on the tenor banjo. After a crowd gathered, the peddler took over and began extolling the merits of his ""wonder elixer.""    In 1933 Mel Bay moved to St. Louis and began his professional career. He played with numerous local and traveling bands. In addition, he landed staff guitar jobs on several radio stations. Mel fronted his own trio (piano, bass, guitar) and played steadily for 25 years! He was equally adept on most fretted instruments and played mandolin, uke, Hawaiian guitar, tenor and plectrum banjo professionally.     While Mel was actively pursuing his playing career, he continued to teach as many as 100 students a week. He decided to begin writing instructional materials due to the difficulty encountered by guitarists at playing good sounding chord forms in rhythm sections and due to the poor note reading ability prevalent among guitarists.     After the war Mel was asked to write instructional materials on guitar for GI's wanting to learn music under the GI Bill. In 1947 Mel formed his own publishing company and wrote his landmark initial book titled The Orchestral Chord System for Guitar. (This book is still in print under the title Rhythm Guitar Chord System and continues to be one the finest rhythm guitar chord texts available!) His Modern Guitar Method was penned shortly thereafter. For years Mel traveled from town to town talking to guitar teachers and players and showing them his publications. At one time Mel claims to have known virtually every guitar teacher in America on a first name basis! The guitar and Mel Bay books caught on in a big way in the 1950's. Things have continued to grow ever since.     Mel used to sell D'Angelico guitars. At any given time he would have 5 or 6 ""lying around the house."" Mel played professionally on his New Yorker model but his favorite was the initial Mel Bay Model crafted as a gift for him by John D'Angelico. This famous guitar had all of the main features of the New Yorker but was a ""cut away"" model and had a slightly thinner neck. This instrument has been pictured on the Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method for decades.     Someone once calculated that sales of guitar books written by Mel Bay have exceeded 25 million copies. When asked, Mel frequently said that he quit counting long ago. Sales of his Modern Guitar Method have alone surpassed the 7 million mark. It is safe to say that Mel Bay is one of the pivotal figures in the world of guitar music and instruction in this century.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;guitar;instruction & study;instruments;music;strings;theory,10
1853392170,"Flexible Specialization: The Dynamics of Small-Scale Industries in the South Miene Pieter van Dijk is an economist who splits his time between working as IHS professor of Urban management in emerging economies at the Economic Faculty of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (EUR) at IHS. He worked on and in developing countries since 1973, in particular on the role of small enterprises in urban development and on urban finance issues.",books;business & investing;globalization;industries & professions;information management;politics & government;politics & social sciences;popular economics;small business & entrepreneurship;specific topics,10
1886969507,"The Root of Chinese Qigong: Secrets of Health, Longevity, & Enlightenment ""For those who are interested in learning the basic concepts and practical applications of Qigong as a means of cultivating health and longevity, The Root of Chinese Qigong provides an excellent and comprehensive overview ."" (Daniel Reid, author of The Complete Guide to Chinese Health and Healing from his forward)""...we are in Dr. Yang's debt for this definitive guide to better health and well-being."" (Irwing W Rosenberg, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Nutrition, Director of The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging)	Text: English (translation) Original Language: Chinese	Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has ""made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years."" Dr. Yang lives in Northern California.	Part One General Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1. Prelude In their seven thousand years of history, the Chinese people have experienced all possible human suffering and pain. Chinese culture is like a very old man who has seen and experienced all of the pain of human life. Yet through his experience, he has also accumulated a great store of knowledge. Chinese culture, as reflected in its literature and painting, ranks among the greatest achievements of the human spirit. It reflects humankind's joy and grief, pleasure and suffering, peace and strife, vitality, sickness, and death. Within this complex cultural and historical background, the Chinese people have long sought ways of living healthy and happy lives. However, as they looked for ways to better themselves and seek spiritual fulfillment, they have also tended to believe that everything that happens is due to destiny, and that it is prearranged by heaven. Despite this fatalistic belief, they have still looked for ways to resist the apparent inevitability of sickness and death. The Chinese have devoted a large part of their intellectual effort to self-study and self-cultivation in the hope of understanding the meaning of their lives. This inward-feeling and looking, this spiritual searching, has become one of the major roots of Chinese religion and medical science. Qi, the energy within the human body, was studied very carefully. As people perceived the link between the Qi in the human body and the Qi in nature, they began to hope that this Qi was the means whereby man could escape from the trap of sickness and death. Over the years, many different sectors of Chinese society have studied and researched Qi. Of all the researchers, the scholars and the doctors have had the longest history, and they have brought the understanding of Qi to a very deep level. It was they who learned the methods of maintaining health and curing sickness. Chinese medical science has developed out of the Qi research of the physicians. When Indian Buddhism was imported into China, it profoundly influenced Chinese culture. Naturally, Chinese Qigong was also affected by the Buddhist meditative practices. The Daoist religion was created out of a mixture of traditional scholarly Daoism and Buddhism. Since that time, Buddhist and Daoist Qigong have been considered among the greatest achievements of Chinese culture. Daoism and Buddhism have not only brought the Chinese people a peaceful, spiritual mind which may untie the mystery of human life and destiny, they have also created a hope that the development of Qigong may give people a healthy and happy life while they are alive, and an eternal spiritual life after death. When viewed from this historical background, it is not hard to understand why a major part of Chinese culture in the last two thousand years, other than warfare and possibly medical science, were based on the religions of Daoism and Buddhism, and spiritual science. The emphasis on the spiritual life, rather than the material, is one of the major differences between Eastern and the Western cultures. An example of this is in the maintenance of health, where the West emphasizes the physical body more, while the East tends to also treat the person's spiritual and mental health. Most Westerners believe that if you strengthen your physical body, you also improve your health. They emphasize the exercising and training of the physical body, but they ignore the balancing of the body's internal energy (Qi), which is also related to the emotions and the cultivation of spiritual calmness. Daoists call this Cong Wai Jian Gong () (building the strength externally) or Yuan Xin Zhi Wai Gong Yun Dong ()(distant mind's external exercises, meaning external exercises without mental concentration or attention). People who exercise a lot and whose bodies are externally strong are not necessarily healthier or happier than the average person. In order to have true good health you must have a healthy body, a healthy mind, and also smooth and balanced Qi circulation. According to Chinese medicine, many illnesses are caused by imbalances in your mind. For example, worry and nervousness can upset your stomach or harm your spleen.1 Fear or fright can hinder the normal functioning of your kidneys and bladder. This is because your internal energy (Qi circulation) is closely related to your mind. In order to be truly healthy, you must have both a healthy physical body and a calm and healthy mind. True good health is both external and internal. When someone gets involved in body building, he will emphasize building strong muscles. According to acupuncture and Qigong theory, he will also energize his body, stimulate his mind, and increase the level of the Qi circulation. If he trains properly, he will naturally gain physical health. However, if he exercises too much, he will over energize his body and over-excite his mind and Qi. This will make his physical body too Yang (positive). According to Chinese philosophy, too much of something is excessive Yang () and too little is excessive Yin (), and neither extreme is desirable. When your body is too Yang or too Yin, your internal organs will tend to weaken and to degenerate sooner than they ordinarily would. A person who seems to be externally strong and healthy may be weak internally. In addition, when a body builder gets older, his over-stressed muscle fibers may lose their elasticity and degenerate faster than those of the average person. This causes the Qi to stagnate in the Qi channels. This phenomenon is well known among older practitioners of external martial arts, where it is called San Gong (), meaning energy dispersion. The proper amount of exercise will generate only enough Qi to stimulate the organs and help them function normally and healthily. Overdoing exercise is like getting too much sunshine, which we now know will cause your skin cells to degenerate faster than the lack of sun. Qigong practitioners believe that in order to gain real health you must not only do external exercises, but must also Cong Nei Zhu Ji ()(build the foundation internally), or do Xiang Xin Zhi Nei Gong Yun Dong ()(literally toward the mind's internal exercise, meaning internal exercise with mental concentration). Strengthening yourself internally and externally at the same time is called Xing Ming Shuang Xiu (). Xing means natural characteristics, personality, temperament, or disposition. It is shown internally. Ming is life, and refers to the life or death of the physical body. Shuang Xiu means double cultivation. The expression therefore means that if you desire to gain real health, you must cultivate your character internally and strengthen your body both internally and externally. The internal side is approached through meditation and Qigong exercises. Many people believe that Qigong is a product only of China, India, or other Oriental countries. As a matter of fact, internal energy cultivation has also been common in the Western world, usually within the context of religion. Many people have been able to find their internal foundation and strength through meditation or praying in their church, temple, or mosque. Through their devotions and the practice of prayer, they are able to build up their concentration, confidence, and will, all of which are prerequisites to internal strength. The practice of such disciplines allows the energy in the body to become balanced, bringing health and strength to some, and even, in some cases, seemingly supernatural powers. Jesus is credited with many miracles, but he told his disciples He that believeth on me, the works that I do, shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do, (John 14:12). All of the major Western religions have had branches or sects which used practices similar to the Oriental Qi",alternative medicine;books;exercise & fitness;fitness & dieting;health;injuries & rehabilitation;occult;religion & spirituality;self-help;tai chi & qi gong,10
156455211X,"The Red Shoes: On Torment and the Recovery of Soul Life (Cassette) how people fall prey to destructive impulses, analyzes the deep-seated needs that lead to addiction, and offers ways to free us from the traps that torment and destroy the soul.	Clarissa Pinkola Estes was born in Indiana in 1943 to parents of Spanish and Mexican ancestry, but was later adopted by Hungarian immigrants. She received her Ph.D. from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was certified as a Jungian analyst in 1984. She worked as a psychoanalyst in private practice and developed and taught the Writing as Liberation of the Spirit program in state and federal prisons. Estes served as executive director of the C.G. Jung Center for Education and Research and cofounded and codirected Colorado Authors for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights. One of Estes's better-known writings, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (1992), is drawn from tales and myths she heard firsthand from members of such cultures as Asian, Mexican, African, and Greek. She also wrote The Gift of Story (1993). Her books can be found indexed under Psychology, Women's Studies, Mythology, Spiritual Development, and Poetry.",books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;psychoanalysis;psychology & counseling;psychotherapy;reference;self-help;ta & nlp,10
091164721X,"Starting Colts (A Western Horseman Book) This book explains the step-by-step process in starting a colt under saddle. It includes chapters on: round pen  facilities; equipment; catching a horse; leading; typing up; longeing; sacking out; first saddling; introduction to the bit and much, much more. (8 x 11, 168 pages, bw photos)	MIKE KEVIL has over thirty years' experience starting colts and changing the behavior of older horses. He's traveled all over the United States and Europe working with all breeds of horses and disciplines. He works with clubs, associations, schools, and horsemen's groups. The countless colts Kevil has started have gone on to become champions in a variety of disciplines, but perhaps what's most important to him is that The horses have become winners in the hearts of their owners. When asked why he does what he does, he replied: ""Two reasons. I like helping people learn, and I find the horse's mind fascinating. After all these years and all the horses I've worked with, I still get a kick every time a horse makes an improvement. My job is to teach the horse something so he's better than when I started with him."" He lives in Cave Creek, Arizona	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;crafts;education & reference;equestrian;hobbies & home;horses;individual sports;pets & animal care;showing & training;sports & outdoors,10
0803265735,"Wolves for the Blue Soldiers: Indian Scouts and Auxiliaries with the United States Army, 1860-90 Thomas W. Dunlay is assistant editor of the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.",19th century;americas;books;history;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);native american;politics & social sciences;social sciences;united states,10
1587310600,"Back to the Drawing Board: The Future of the Pro-Life Movement Teresa R. Wagner is a former lobbyist with the National  Right to Life Committee, and a former Legislative Analyst for the  Family Research Council.",abortion & birth control;americas;books;elections & political process;general;history;politics & government;politics & social sciences;united states;women's studies,10
B000FC0P44,"The Star Trek: The next Generation: The Genesis Wave Book Two: 2 John Vornholt is the author of several bestsellling Star Trek novels including two of the hugely successful four-volume Next Generation/Deep Space Nine DOMINION WAR sequence. He lives in Tuscon, Arizona.	Chapter One  Geordi La Forge had never before doubted the information his ocular implants imparted to his mind, but he could barely grasp the vivid spectrums and soaring electromagnetic pulses surging across the plains of Myrmidon. He staggered to remain on his feet in the fierce wind, which the phase-shifting did nothing to stop. The air smelled like tar, and his thumping heart told him this was not a sight that anyone should expect to see...and live.  Worriedly, Geordi laid hands upon the two interphase generators, each standing about two meters high, buttressed by struts and platforms. Only their phase-shifted field prevented the fifty thousand souls in the dry river bed from perishing in the holocaust.  Experienced at close range, the Genesis Wave was even more spectacular than he had been led to believe. Like a wildfire set loose in a parched forest, it ripped apart all molecules in its path and recombined them on the fly -- only it moved with incredible speed. Instead of leaving spent ashes, the wave left a throbbing quagmire of new life, exploding into existence with barbarous fury. Just outside their field of protection, geysers spewed and mountains dissolved in the bubbling, churning morass. The horizon was undulating like a sine wave, and people and animals were mewling with fear all around him.  Without warning, the earth heaved under Geordi's feet, and the sand swiftly dissolved into a thick liquid. His first terrified reaction was that the Genesis Effect had reached them through the ground. But when the human didn't melt into a puddle, he figured it was liquefaction of the soil. Knowing the dissolving sand was a side effect didn't make it any less horrifying. Geordi felt as if he were slogging through molasses. He lunged for the generators and the gel packs, but the heavy equipment was also shifting and sinking into the muck. La Forge squirmed to his knees and dug a shoulder into a tilting strut to keep it level.  Now panic gripped scores of frightened Bolians in the riverbed, and many of their animals bolted into oblivion. Shrieking and wailing, the inhabitants lurched past him, hardly caring that they were all going to die if sand clogged the generators. La Forge grabbed an armful of gel packs and tried to keep them from sinking out of sight while he strained to hold the rack upright. When a distraught Bolian collided with him, knocking him into the sand, Geordi felt himself slipping downward. He rolled onto his stomach and swam over the moist sand to the generators, which he grabbed like a drowning man.  La Forge lifted his head and looked for his fallen comrades -- Admiral Nechayev and Dolores Linton -- but he could barely trust his vision. In every direction, there was nothing but turmoil. Despite the sensory overload, he tried to tell himself that only a few seconds had passed, and the worst of it would only last a few minutes. He would have to be patient and stay at his post with the generators, now half sunken into the sand. If the phase-shifting failed, nothing could keep them safe from the staggering forces reworking the planet.  As he hunkered down, Geordi tried to remember the strange events that had occurred just before the wave hit. Explosions had ripped through the riverbed, and they hadn't seemed accidental or part of the Genesis Effect. Geordi had seen concentrated flashes that had looked like beamed weapons to him. In the melee, Admiral Nechayev and Dolores Linton had both fallen. He had seen them on the ground, but he had stayed at his post, ignoring their plight.  Was it self-preservation, a sense of duty, or fear that kept me from helping them? he wondered. A howling gust of foul-smelling wind forced him to hunker down, and he tried not to be too hard on himself. He was in the middle of a world that was hemorrhaging and birthing at the same time, and the lives of a few carbon-based animals seemed to pale beside these momentous changes.  With a groan, the ground shuddered and then seemed to solidify -- either that, or he and the equipment had sunk down to more solid rock. Maybe the effect was beginning to lessen, he thought with hope. Geordi looked up to see that some of the panicked inhabitants had stopped their mad flight, but many others had lost their minds entirely. In the distance, one Bolian dashed outside the protective field and dissolved like a swarm of bees breaking apart.  But most of the survivors realized that there was nowhere to run. They huddled in small groups, curled protectively over the wounded. He still couldn't see either Nechayev or Linton, but he mustered some hope that they would live long enough for him to get help.  Help? he thought derisively. Where? How? Even if they lived through this initial phase, Myrmidon's civilization had been reduced beyond rubble to nonexistence. The churning sludge bore new life writhing in its depths, but it bore no resemblance to the sacred planet which had existed here before. All of its people's efforts paled in comparison with the throes of Myrmidon in its destruction and rebirth. He didn't want to watch the carnage, feeling shame and helplessness, but he couldn't tear his gaze away.  We should have done better for these people than this! he thought miserably. This isn't survival -- it's insanity.  After a few moments, he found himself appreciating the fractured kaleidoscope in the sky, but the more he saw, the sadder he became. Although it looked as if much of the populace would survive, how could they live in this hellish place? It didn't seem possible that Myrmidon would ever revert to normal, although the spirit of a proud people like the Bolians would account for a lot. They had lived, but for what purpose?  La Forge fumbled in his belt for his tricorder, thinking that it should be safe to move around soon. If the effect was beginning to ebb, or at least enter its sustainable mode, he wanted to be ready. With reluctance, he tore his attention away from the swirling sky and writhing landscape to concentrate on his readings. The effect was lessening, but it was still too complex for the tricorder to register at all levels.  Although Project Genesis had been named for the first chapter of the Bible, this version reminded him more of the last chapter, Revelations -- when the world was torn asunder in a great cataclysm...and the dead rose from their graves.   Captain Jean-Luc Picard rushed down the corridor leading to Transporter Room One, where Beverly Crusher and the crew of the Neptune were under arrest. At least he hoped they were under arrest, because their actions and treachery had endangered the entire operation on Myrmidon. The Enterprise had barely escaped from the Genesis Wave, because they'd been forced to disable the rogue ship. Even so, several installations on the ground had been severely damaged, and there was no telling how many lives had been lost because of the unexpected friendly fire.  The captain was hoping there would be a logical explanation, but he couldn't imagine what that could possibly be. At first, he feared the attack might have something to do with the Bolians' predilection for suicide, but there were no Bolians among the skeleton crew on the Neptune. No matter how he looked at it, the Neptune's actions made absolutely no sense, especially coming from the one person he trusted most -- Beverly Crusher.  Taking a deep breath, Captain Picard charged into the transporter room, ready to confront just about anything. The first thing he saw was a phalanx of Starfleet security officers; their broad backs were toward him as they faced the transporter platform. Their weapons were lowered, and they didn't seem unduly concerned.  Upon seeing the captain, the security detail opened a path for him, and he caught a glimpse of a shimmering force field stretched across the transporter platform. Stepping closer, Picard saw Nurse Ogawa and a medical team poised for action just outside the force field. He still hadn't seen anyone from the Neptune, but Ogawa's worried eyes told him where they were. Piled haphazardly like a collection of discarded dolls, Crusher and seven others lay sprawled across the transporter platform.  Are they dead? he asked, trying to mask his alarm with a calm tone of voice.  No, it's like they're in a coma...and not breathing well. Ogawa consulted her tricorder, and Picard took a closer look at the distressed crew members. Now he could see them squirming weakly, gasping for breath even as they remained in a deathlike trance.  He looked at Ogawa, who shook her head worriedly. They're alive, but they're dying of asphyxiation. Their lungs seem to be paralyzed. Please, Captain, won't you allow us to help them?  Worf wasn't aboard the Enterprise anymore, but Picard could hear the Klingon warning him about quarantine procedures. He also knew that Beverly Crusher -- the woman who meant more to him than any other -- was curled in a fetal position, looking like she was on the brink of death. He would just have to count on the biofilters in the transporters to do their job.  Lower the force field, ordered the captain, and get them to sickbay. Let's station security in sickbay until we get an explanation.  I don't think they'll be any threat, replied Ogawa dryly. She rushed forward with the rest of the medteam, and they quickly applied oxygen and hypos to the sick prisoners. Within a few seconds, all of them were on portable ventilators.  The captain tapped his combadge. Picard to Riker.  Riker here, came the response.  I need you on the bridge, said Picard, while I monitor the situation in Transporter Room One. How are Counselor Troi and the Bolian girl?  Fine. I just dropped them off at sickbay. Deanna has a concussion, but she'll be okay. I'm on my way to the bridge.  Thank you, Number One. Picard out.  When the antigrav gurneys and more medical personnel arrived, the captain just stood out of the way with the security officers until the patients were ready to be moved. As Ogawa guided Crusher's floating gurney towa...",adventure;books;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;series;space opera;star trek,10
0534423663,"Understanding Operating Systems ""The book is wonderful. It is a joy to be able to provide students with a text that does such a good job at explaining how things work when it comes to operating systems.""  ---Tim Young, Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis",apis & operating environments;books;computer science;computers & technology;networking;new;operating systems;operating systems theory;programming;used & rental textbooks,10
1578590280,"The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Thirty years after the publication of his classic  American Cinema: Directors and Directions,   Andrew Sarris has  edited this comprehensive guide to international film directors.  It covers the spectrum of significant filmmakers from Altman to  Armstrong, Kazan to Kurosawa, Truffaut to Tarantino. With entries  written by distinguished critics such as Dudley Andrew, Jeanine Basinger,  David Bordwell, Raymond Durgnat, Roger Manvell, Gerald Mast, and  Robin Wood, it will be a standard reference tool  for many years to come. In line with Sarris's auteur theory of  directing, the contributors consider the ways in which directors  put their personal stamp on their work. Included with the  assessments are biographical sketches and complete filmographies.",art;biographies;books;catalogs & directories;direction & production;education & reference;encyclopedias;humor & entertainment;movies;pop culture,10
0761930485,"Cultures and Societies in a Changing World (Sociology for a New Century Series) ""Excellent, comprehensive introduction to the key concepts in sociology of culture."" (Nick Dempsey )	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Wendy Griswold has a background in both social science and the humanities. She received her doctorate in sociology from Harvard University in 1980 and has a masters degree in English from Duke University. She taught at the University of Chicago from 1981 to 1997, She is the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. She has been associate editor and book review editor of the American Journal of Sociology and has been on the editorial boards of Contexts, Poetics, and Acta Sociologica. She is on the Advisory Board for the Centro per lo Studio della Moda e della Produzione Culturale, Universit Cattolica del Sarcro Cuore, Milan. She has received research support from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, support from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science American Council of Learned Societies, the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, and the European University Institute in Florence. Her research on culture has been international in scope. Her most recent book is Regionalism and the Reading Class (2008); she is currently completing a book on the WPA Federal Writers Project and its impact on American culture. Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria (2000), won the Best Book award for the Sociology of Culture section of the American Sociological Association. Her first book was on the English theater (Renaissance Revivals: City Comedy and Revenge Tragedy in the London Theatre 15761980 [1986]). In addition, she co-edited a book on the sociology of literature (Literature and Social Practice [1989]) and has written on the sociology of religion, specifically on conflict within churches. Her current research explores cultural regionalism; she is also studying the relationship between the Internet and reading in Africa. She has written an influential paper on sociological methods for cultural analysis (A Methodological Framework for the Sociology of Culture, Sociological Methodology 17 [1987]:135); much of her methodological thinking is incorporated in the present book.",anthropology;books;cultural;ethnic studies;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;specific demographics;used & rental textbooks,10
080903719X,"Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is home to historic, ongoing strife between two countries deeply divided by race, language, and history yet forced constantly into confrontation by their shared geography. In her first book, American journalist Michele Wucker reports from both Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the complex relations between these two cultures and sheds light on the sources of their struggles both in their island home and in the United States. This book is charged from the start with the violence and posturing of blood sport, as Wucker observes her first Haitian cockfight: ""The air cracks with the impact of stiffened feathers as each bird tries to push the other to the ground. Around the ring, the Haitian men shout to one another and wave dirty wads of gourdes in the air, seeking bets.... Soon, the feathers of both cocks are slick with blood."" Popular in both countries, these fights become a totemic image for the author, who finds in them, as in the many clashes between Hispaniola's two cultures, ""both division and community, opposite sides of the same coin."" This is a fine historical primer, buoyed along by Wucker's graceful, observant prose style. --Maria Dolan	The U.S. has sent troops to Haiti and the Dominican Republic four times in this century, twice to each country. In the last 20 years, reports Wucker, one-eighth of the population of the island of Hispaniola has emigrated to the U.S. Wucker, a freelance journalist, delves much deeper than mere numbers and chronology, supplementing her knowledge of the island's history with a great sense of the fabric of everyday life in the two countries. While each chapter is discrete enough to stand alone, cumulatively they create a passionate mural of the often bloody relationship between wary neighbors. Among the critical issues and events Wucker addresses are the role of geography as a barrier, European settlement, slave revolts, the role of the sugar industry and the experience of Dominican and Haitian immigrants in the U.S. Wucker's treatment of Dominican racism toward Haitians is particularly good, capturing the nuance and ambivalence at work when two peoples who are not nearly as different as they would sometimes like to believe are stuck together on a small piece of land with limited resources. Throughout the book, Wucker uses the metaphor of cockfighting, presenting the countries as two roosters forced (sometimes by the U.S.) to battle in a small, enclosed ring. If she relies a bit too heavily on this trope, Wucker more than makes up for the minor indulgence with her insightful treatment of many cultural issues, particularly the politicized nature of language, to which she brings an understanding of Creole, Spanish and French. Clear prose and vivid scenes of life at street level make Wucker's first book a marvelous immersion experience in the clash and conciliation of cultures on a small, embattled island next door. (Jan.) FYI: Why the Cocks Fight makes good companion reading to Edwidge Danticat's novel, The Farming of Bones (Forecasts, June 8.)Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Two countries are found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic is Spanish-speaking and mixed-race; Haiti is Francophone and black. Though there are important similarities in the two populations, their differences are more significant. Wucker, a freelance journalist, examines the cultural divide between the two neighbors from the colonial period to the present. She suggests that the root of the conflict is the politically sensitive issue of immigration from Haiti to the Dominican Republic and argues that the racial differences between the two populations intensify the problem. Of interest to public libraries serving these two populations and research libraries with Caribbean collections.?Mark L. Grover, Brigham Young Univ. Lib., Provo, UTCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	...a complex exploration of the cultural divide between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.... a subtle picture of the island today. -- The New York Times Book Review, Patrick Markee	Michele Wucker, born in 1969, is a freelance writer who reports regularly on Caribbean affairs for both Dominican and North American papers. She lives in New York City. This is her first book.",books;caribbean & latin american;international & world politics;international relations;new;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
019505976X,"Presidential Wives: An Anecdotal History Completing a trilogy that includes Presidential Anecdotes and Presidential Campaigns, Boller ""looks to the ladies"" in entertaining stories and vignettes of presidents' wives from Martha Washington to Nancy Reagan. Each First Lady is accorded a thoughtful essay that fixes the historical moment of her residency in the White House; the accompanying anecdotes illuminate her special relationship to the country as well as her husband. We hear of Jefferson's profound grief on Martha's death, which put him ""in a stupor of mind""; of Dolley Madison's unfortunate propensity to snuff-taking; of Teddy Roosevelt's wife, who thought he was ""just the biggest of her children."" Tales about presidential wives prior to the 20th century are not abundant because, as Boller points out, many were practically ""invisible women,"" exerting their influence in the recesses of the White House by coping with husband and children. For the more public First Ladies of recent times, the author provides some fresh, even amusing, anecdotes in this lively popular history. 30,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""For anyone interested in a snapshot view of the presidency, this anecdotal history of American presidential wives...is important to read--and certainly fun....Boller's anecdotes are fascinating and amusing.""--Letitia Baldrige, The Washington Post Book World""Boller excels at illuminating the pathos and tragedy that suffused the lives of other presidential wives.""--The Chicago Tribune""Boller's deep insight into [these women's] lives and personalities...[adds] new historical detail to White House folklore.""--Los Angeles Times Book Review""Boller has splendidly fulfilled his purpose of producing a fascinating...account of what it has meant for a woman to be the wife of a president....This collective history of presidential wives calls attention to their significance in the nation's history.""--Journal of American History	About the Author: Paul F. Boller, Jr., is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Texas Christian University.  He is the author of many books, including Presidential Anecdotes and Presidential Campaigns.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;historical;history;leaders & notable people;presidents & heads of state;specific groups;united states;women,10
0971774803,"Mammoth: The Sierra Legend Concise and well researched...A must have for any Eastern Sierra aficionado. -- Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2003",adventure;books;pacific;skiing;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;travel;united states;west;winter sports,10
1862044848,"Lover's I Ching Stephen Karcher writes and lectures on myth, divination and depth psychology. He has researched the I Ching for 25 years and collaborated with Rudolf Ritsema to produce the first definitive translation, published by Element. He is also the author of The Elements of I Ching, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Divination, How to Use the I Ching and The I Ching Kit.",books;divination;i ching;love & romance;new age;occult;other eastern religions & sacred texts;relationships;religion & spirituality;self-help,10
0811837890,"Buzz: The Intimate Bond Between Humans and Insects In this coffeetable-sized volume, Glausiusz, a senior editor at Discover magazine, explores the ways in which humans come into everyday contact with insects. The striking colorized photographs, taken by German photographer Steger using a SEM (scanning electron microscope), make one simultaneously wince and gaze in awe as each image displays insects much larger than life. As Glausiusz writes in her introduction, ""Without insects and mites to recycle it, all the waste the we and other animals produce... would pile up to colossal heights."" In prose almost as graphic as the photos themselves, she then describes the common bedbug, which procreates by ""traumatic insemination,"" during which the ""lusty"" male stabs the female in the abdomen with his copulatory organ, the paramere. There are many photos not taken with the SEM, such as a close-up of a woman drawing blood with a syringe from a thumb-size castniid moth larva. But Glausiuz and Steger takes readers to the next intriguing level of the human-insect relationship as they explore such delicacies as a chocolate-covered Locusta migratoria (shown in a photo worthy of most high-end cookbooks), prepared by a Berlin chef.Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	Volker Steger lives in Munich. His innovative and award-winning photography has been published in popular science and general interest magazines around the world.Josie Glausiusz is a senior editor at Discover and has written on a wide range of scientific subjects. She lives in New York.",animals;arts & photography;biological sciences;books;education & reference;insects & spiders;nature & wildlife;photography;schools & teaching;science & math,10
1576104192,"Linux System Administration Black Book: The Definitive Guide to Deploying and Configuring the Leading Open Source Operating System Dee-Ann LeBlanc (Vancouver, Canada) is the author and co-author of twelve computer books, including several for Coriolis. She develops and teaches courses on Linux, Unix, and other computer-related topics both online and in-person. She has also presented at various computer conferences. Dee-Ann was one of the first to attain a RHCE certification.",apis & operating environments;books;computers & technology;education & reference;linux;networking & system administration;operating systems;operating systems theory;programming;software,10
0841902321,"The Afro-American and the Second World War Hightlighting the period between the Depression and the 1950s, Wynn covers his subject from not only the perspective of African Americans as soldiers but also from the effect the war had on their economic situation, the psychological impact, and how they were portrayed in the films and books of the time. The result, said the American History Review , is an ""intelligent synthesis."" This update to the 1977 original contains a new epilog in which Wynn muses on the war as a catalyst for African American civil rights.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",americas;books;europe;history;humanities;military;new;united states;used & rental textbooks;world war ii,10
0262740257,"The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity (Short Circuits) ""With this book Zizek consolidates his reputation as the foremost intellectual gadfly of the postmodern cosmopolis. For anyone interested in the contemporary vogue of the 'theological turn' or theories of 'religion without God,' *The Puppet and the Dwarf* is indispensable reading.... If Socrates underwent a ten-year analysis with Jacques Lacan, the result would be Slavoj Zizek.""--Richard Wolin, Distinguished Professor of History and Comparative Literature, the Graduate Center, City University of New York""A witty, informative trip... both erudite and accessible...."" Rick Mitchell  Leonardo Reviews""His writing is bold, confident and contentious."" Julian Baggini  The Philosopher's Magazine"" The Puppet and the Dwarf is Zizek""s most compelling and passionate writing on Christianity to date."" Erik Davis  Bookforum""Quite possibly the most entertaining philosopher working today. Zizek knows how to think the unthinkable."" Jori Finkel  Village Voice""Slavoj Zizek may have the strongest 'brand identity'... of any cultural theorist now in the marketplace of ideas."" Scott McLemee  The Chronicle of Higher Education""Zizek is the first Marxist to write theology in a post-marxist, post-secular age."" Eugene McCarraher  In These Times""... Zizek mixes Pauline speculations with analyses of everything from G. K. Chesterton to chocolate eggs."" Terry Eagleton  TLS""Zizek rarely fails to entertain...."" Charles Seymour  Library Journal	Slavoj Zizek is a philosopher and cultural critic. He has published over thirty books, including Looking Awry, The Puppet and the Dwarf, and The Parallax View (these three published by the MIT Press).",books;christian books & bibles;fitness & dieting;health;philosophy;politics & social sciences;psychoanalysis;psychology & counseling;sociology;theology,10
B000MPAU62,"Westcott Photo Basics 5' x 8' 583 Background (Twilight) All Photo Basics Backgrounds are constructed of 100% cotton muslin and contain grommets along the four sides as well as a 6"" pole pocket.  Each background is computer printed to perfection to insure the exact color and quality you'd expect.  They are lightweight, easy to manage and machine washable.",accessories;batteries;batteries & chargers;camcorder batteries;camera & photo;electronics;microphones;photo backgrounds;photo studio;professional video accessories,10
088675058X,"The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America This book of photographs concerning the plight of America's homeless is the companion document to a traveling photographic exhibit of the same name that opened in December 1999 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and will tour the United States in 2000. The cocurators, Philip Brookman and Jane Slate Siena, invited 13 photographers, including Diana Walker, Tipper Gore (who wrote the introduction to the book), Clarence Williams, and Annie Leibovitz, to photograph U.S. homeless citizens and noncitizens and document their struggles to find places to call their own. The book aims to announce that homelessness need not be a permanent part of the American landscape and that the complex problem of homelessness is not insurmountable. However, the photographs do not especially confirm this philosophy, as the devastation and despair portrayed greatly overwhelms any joy. Also, the variety of artistic styles gives the book a jerky, disjointed dimension that interrupts the flow of the major theme. Yet the book succeeds in making the public aware that homelessness is more than just another election-year topic. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Recommended for public libraries.-Glenn Masuchika, Chaminade Univ. Lib., Honolulu Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This extraordinary book documents the plight of the  homeless in cities and towns across America-and points the way to  lasting solutions.  The Way Home showcases images by many well-known  photographers-among them Mary Ellen Mark, Jodi Cobb, Betsy Frampton,  Donna Ferrato, Callie Shell, Eli Reed, Diana Walker, and Tipper  Gore-as well as an essay by Nan Roman and a foreword by Gore, the wife  of Vice President Al Gore and a longtime advocate for the homeless.  The companion volume to a major traveling exhibition organized by the  Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this eye-opening yet  hopeful book is a must-buy for anyone concerned about the  homeless. Royalties will benefit the National Alliance to End  Homelessness.  116 photographs, 32 in full color 9 x 1111/4""  Promotion: Royalties from the sale of the book go to benefit the  National Alliance to End Homelessness Tipper Gore is an accomplished  photographer and the author of a previous book of photojournalism,  Picture This: A Visual Diary.  Nan Roman is president of the National  Alliance to End Homelessness.  Exhibition Schedule  The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.  Opens Dec. 4, 1999	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & photography;books;equipment;humanities;new;photography;photojournalism;techniques & reference;used & rental textbooks;visual arts,10
1893618013,"Prototypes: The History of the Imsa Gtp Series A beautiful book, which is a lesson to the major publishers on how it should be done. -- Classic and Sports CarAn amazing history of an incredible era...a perfect reference. -- Le Mans Series and Sportscar Racer	Winner, 2001 Independent Publisher Book Awards Winner, Book of the Year Award 2001, American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association	J.A. Martin has writing about motorsports for more than twenty years. A practicing industrial designer, he lives in Maryland. Ken Wells helped this book's foundation before his early death in 1992. He also authored books on LeMans, Ayrton Senna, and Cosworth Engineering.",automotive;books;classic cars;miscellaneous;motor sports;professional & technical;racing;science & math;sports & outdoors;technology,10
0375755357,"Prenups for Lovers: A Romantic Guide to Prenuptial Agreements Clear and entertaining, this book is a good starting place for those considering a prenuptial agreement. -- Library Journal, January 5, 2001Compassionate and clear, this is a book for lovers young and old. -- Publishers Weekly, January 15, 2001	This ring-to-altar guide is a valentine to anyone who's dating, contemplating marriage, living with someone, or engaged.	Arlene G. Dubin is a partner at Sonnenschein Nath  Rosenthal, a national law firm with offices in 9 cities. She and her husband are happily married - with a prenup, of course.	MOONLIGHT, ROSES, AND PRENUPSAfter a twelve-year marriage and a seven-year divorce proceeding, I married a lifelong bachelor. How did we do it? Although the complete answer could be the subject of another book, a principal reason is our prenuptial agreement. Since my prenup paved the way to a magical marriage, it obviously has a great deal of sentimental value to me. I have it placed in a Tiffany bowl in our living room along with my dried bouquet and other romantic reminders of our wedding. The reason that our prenup catapulted our relationship into marriage is because it enabled us, admittedly each a bit marriage challenged, to confront our worst fears. Concerned that I might become a two-time loser in marriage, I didn't want to lose another seven years in a divorce proceeding. As for my husband, in the event that bachelorhood was his ultimate destiny, he wanted to avoid any unpleasant property disputes. Perhaps the greatest value of our prenup, though, was in its successful negotiation to completion. The process promoted honesty and openness and strengthened the bond between us. There is an old bromide that money is the last thing that people talk about before marriage and the first thing they fight about after marriage. That didn't happen to us! We had avoided our first fight. We disclosed our assets and liabilities, expressed ourselves as to how these would be handled in various possible scenarios, and  what do you know?  We were still wild about each other. In fact, we felt closer than ever, because these practical, mundane issues were no longer ticking time bombs. Our relationship was grounded in reality, not illusion; we were marrying for love, not money. Our prenup swept aside the business part of our relationship, allowing us to enjoy the pleasures of our anticipated union. From the vantage point of my own situation as well as my matrimonial practice, I have seen a prenup as a marriage enabler and a marriage enhancer. I have concluded that a prenup is for just about everyone. It should be standard issue for impending nuptials, along with the license and the ring, and part of the romance of courtship, like moonlight and roses. A CRASH COURSE IN FAMILY LAWFlashback to my divorce: Over the course of seven years, my ex-husband and I each were represented by serial lawyers. (Unfortunately, this is the norm in matrimonial cases, although Patricia Duff in her tiff with Revlon billionaire Ronald Perelman may have abused the privilege with her twenty-five teams of lawyers.) During this protracted proceeding, I took a crash course in family law. My case introduced me to the gamut of family law issues-equitable distribution, pension split-ups, divorce taxes, child support and custody, etc. I knew I could do legal work as well as or better than the next lawyer, so I researched, studied, and investigated and emerged an expert in the field. For my entire legal career of more than twenty years, I have had the privilege of practicing law with my partners at RubinBaum LLP in New York City. Our firm represents corporations, entrepreneurial enterprises, and individuals in a full-service general practice. At the time of my divorce, I specialized in employee benefits and executive compensation. Our firm had done prenuptial agreements, but generally referred matrimonial work to other lawyers. After my divorce, I convinced my partners to turn matrimonial work over to me. I had the education, the experience, and, most important, the empathy. HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE PRENUPS AND HOW YOU WILL TOO!In the course of practicing domestic relations law, I became passionate about prenups. One of my observations is the transmogrifying effect of divorce on the human personality; it brings out a hidden dark side in many people. Your beloved becomes bedeviled. Your kitten becomes a wildcat in this negatively charged atmosphere, individuals are supposed to make rational choices profoundly affecting the rest of their lives. Most mortals cannot accomplish this feat. Many of us resort to counterproductive litigation rather than compromise and conciliation. We go out of our way-far out of our way-to disrupt the process and dismay the soon-to-be ex. As the late criminal defense lawyer Louis Nizer once said, There is no murder trial, nothing that happens in the law, as acrimonious as divorce. A prenup is a vaccine against this virulent illness. You discuss your concerns openly in advance and negotiate solutions when you are favorably disposed to your intended and in an atmosphere of mutual good faith. You arrive at a fair solution without the need for expensive and lengthy litigation. You spend less time extricating yourself from a failed relationship and more time ushering in your new life. And your children suffer far fewer side effects. A prenup assures that, in the off chance that you do end up in divorce court, you will be treated on an outpatient basis-not in the intensive care unit.",administrative law;books;divorce & separation;family law;law;legal self-help;love & romance;marriage;relationships;self-help,10
013021227X,"Jazz Styles: History and Analysis (7th Edition) America's #1 best-selling introduction to jazz -- ideal for both non-musician and music major alike, Gridley's classic text details the basic musical principles, important styles, musical trends, history, innovations, and instruments of jazz. Easy-to-read, tightly organized, and filled with tips to help increase listening enjoyment, it focuses on what jazz is, how it is made, and how to listen to it. It guides students through the full spectrum of jazz history -- from Africa to New Age -- examining the major artists and providing an abundance of examples throughout the text, and in the accompanying cassettes and CDs (sold separately). Using a point-by-point differentiation of styles, it focuses on the inner workings of the music -- helping students learn to hear the substance and subtleties in the music itself.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A layman's guide to jazz, this #1 best-seller focuses on what jazz is, how it is made, and how to listen to itpairing written narrative with audio recordings as it details the basic musical principles, important styles, major artists, musical trends, history, innovations, and instruments of jazz. Highlighting the musical characteristics of each style and contrasting each successive era in a point-by-point manner, it offer companion CDs, cassettes and a video to help the reader/listeners improve their ear for music, increase their listening enjoyment, and gain a deeper appreciation of the many layers of sound music.  Provides an informative, chronological study of jazz, with insightful commentaries on it's origins, and full descriptions of the various styles of jazz and contributing artists. Covers early jazz, swing, bop, cool jazz, ""free"" jazz, and jazz-rock fusionhighlighting the musical characteristics of each style and contrasting each successive era. Discusses many influential performers, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius. Integrates numerous photos, and detailed drawings of hard-to-describe instruments, and includes 21 ""Listening Guides with Timings"" that help readers analyze CD pieces measure-by-measure. Ties material to accompanying recordings ""Jazz Styles"" and Jazz Classics"", available in both cassette and CD; also features a 60-minute video version of  ""Jazz Styles"" that demonstrates all instruments and rhythm section methods. Now looks at the blues, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and acid jazz, plus updates CD collection list and footnotes.  For music buffs and jazz aficionados.	Mark C. Gridley is an active jazz musician and educator. He has done field research in Africa, the Caribbean, and all the jazz centers of America. His books have been translated into five foreign languages. His articles appear in the Grove Dictionaries of Music, Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Musical Quarterly, The Black Perspective in Music, The Instrumentalist, and Jazz Educators Journal.        David Cutler is a jazz and classical composer and pianist. His compositions have been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He currently serves on the Duquesne University and Brevard Summer Music Festival faculties.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & photography;books;history & criticism;humanities;jazz;music;musical genres;new;performing arts;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FSZE6M,RoomMates RMK1034BCS Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends Peel and Stick Wall Border Decorate in seconds with this self-adhesive border!  Just Peel & Stick.  Removes in seconds without damaging the walls or leaving sticky residue.  Repositionable over and over.	RMK1034BCS Features: -Wall border.-Create your own custom scenic by placing and re-arranging all the decorative wall stickers any where you see fit.-Get the kids involved it's so much fun.,baby products;décor & storage;kids' furniture;nursery;nursery décor;painting supplies & wall treatments;tools & home improvement;toys & games;wall décor;wallpaper borders,10
0306807807,"Pink Floyd: Through The Eyes Of The Band, Its Fans, Friends, And Foes Bruno MacDonald coedited The Amazing Pudding, the original Pink Floyd and Roger Waters magazine, and now contributes to Brain Damage. He lives in London.",arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;composers & musicians;entertainers;humor & entertainment;music;politics & social sciences;sociology,10
1564557200,"Original Prayer: Teachings and Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus If we could travel back in time to the ancient Holy Land -- and witness Jesus himself teaching the words of the Lord's Prayer -- what would we learn? On Original Prayer, acclaimed biblical scholar Neil Douglas-Klotz reveals the rich layers of meaning enfolded within the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic -- the language that Jesus and his disciples actually spoke. Includes 24 ""body prayers"" that reflect the actual devotions used by the first Christians to experience the Gospels as a living and breathing experience of God.	Neil Douglas-Klotz is an independent scholar of religious studies, spirituality, and psychology. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies and psychology from the Union Institute, and taught these subjects for ten years at Holy Names College in California. Other books by Neil Douglas-Klotz include Desert Flowers, and The Hidden Gospel.	Aramaic is a sparse language in which words have alternative meanings that are often quite different from the King James translations of Jesus's teachings people use today. The author is a religious scholar who studies Aramaic to learn how people two thousand years ago thought about God, love, humanity, and spiritual community. In Aramaic, the Lord's Prayer is fertile ground for the author's interpretation of what Jesus said about personal development, emotional integrity, and the meaning of life. His historical explanations, which are poetic and illuminating, gently challenge the notion of our being separated from God and offer a more communal remedy to our alienation and relentless ambitious-ness. An outstanding historical and spiritual lesson.  T.W.  AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine",books;inspirational;meditations;philosophy;politics & social sciences;prayer;religion & spirituality;self-help;spirituality;stress management,10
0764127179,"Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication The chapters of this richly illustrated book touch on everything from media, materials, and techniques to design and typography, but the information given is not enough to actually teach the subject. Instead, the author gives readers a brief but interesting overview. For instance, in the chapter entitled ""Character Development,"" Salisbury discusses mannerisms, facial expressions, and child-friendliness of characters, but doesn't tell readers how to actually create these effects on their own. However, this book does a very good job of addressing the many elements of illustration for someone who is unfamiliar with the process. Topics such as ""What to illustrate,"" ""Dynamics of composition and layout,"" and ""Type as image"" give a more concrete concept of the profession and artistry. The featured artwork is all pulled from children's picture books to demonstrate the concepts in the related text. Some are spot illustrations, a character or scene cut from its background, while others are spreads reduced to fit within the page with accompanying text. Colorful and lively, the illustrative material is indispensable to the content. A fine choice for adults interested in illustration, or as a resource for someone new to discussing art in children's books. - Heather E. Miller, Homewood Public Library, AL Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	'Follow Martin Salisbury's tips and instructions and, if you have the apititude, you could find yourself producing pictures good enough for printing.' Writing Magazine (October 2007)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	back cover Illustrating  Childrens Books    The art of illustration for children has a long and rich tradition, and for generations has been beloved by countless readers. Illustrating Childrens Books shows you how to create beautiful artwork for children. It examines the approaches taken by advanced-level students and leading artists, and describes how their ideas evolve from start to finish.    Sketches and annotations reveal the techniques of successful childrens illustrators and explain how to tackle fantasy, fairytale, realism, and nature drawings.  Includes tips on working in a variety of media and offers advice on illustrating for different age groups and types of books. Teaches you how to interpret and enrich the text, build characters, and create vibrant settings that will stir readers imaginations. Youll discover how to create storyboards and layouts, work to a brief, and present your work professionally.  Martin Salisbury is Course Director for the Master of Arts Degree in Childrens Book Illustration at Anglia University, Cambridge, England. Since graduating in illustration from Maidstone College of Art he has worked continuously as a book illustrator and painter alongside his academic post. He is a regular contributor to  Artists and Illustrators  Magazine and is co-editor of the graphic arts magazine  Line.  Martin lives in Cambridgeshire, England.",arts & photography;book design;books;commercial;education & reference;graphic design;illustration;publishing & books;research & publishing guides;writing,10
0785280197,"Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People Paul Meier, M.D. is a psychiatrist and founder of the national chain of Meier Clinics as well as best-selling author or co-author of more than eighty books. He holds five degrees in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and theology. Happily married, he has six children and two grandchildren.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;counseling;fitness & dieting;health;interpersonal relations;psychology & counseling;relationships;self-help,10
0312275676,"Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logic Osho is one of the most provocativeand inspiring spiritual teachers of the twentieth century.Known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world. He is the author of many books, including Love, Freedom, Aloneness; The Book of Secrets; and Innocence, Knowledge, and Wonder.	IntuitionMAPSWhen the body functions spontaneously, that is called instinct. When the soul functions spontaneously, that is called intuition. They are alike and yet far away from each other. Instinct is of the body--the gross; and intuition is of the soul--the subtle. And between the two is the mind, the expert, which never functions spontaneously. Mind means knowledge. Knowledge can never be spontaneous. Instinct is deeper than intellect and intuition is higher than intellect. Both are beyond the intellect, and both are good.HEAD, HEART, AND BEINGYour individuality can be divided--just for the purpose of understanding it; otherwise there is no division. It is one single unity, whole: the head, the heart, and the being.Intellect is the functioning of the head, instinct is the functioning of your body, and intuition is the functioning of your heart. And behind these three is your being, whose only quality is witnessing.The head only thinks; hence it never comes to any conclusion. It is verbal, linguistic, logical, but because it has no roots in reality, thousands of years of philosophical thinking have not given us a single conclusion. Philosophy has been the greatest exercise in futility Intellect is very clever in creating questions and then creating answers, and then out of those answers, more questions and more answers. It can make palaces of words, systems of theories, but they are all just hot air.The body cannot rely on your intellect, because the body has to live. That's why all essential functions of the body are in the hands of instinct--for example, breathing, heartbeat, digestion of your food, circulation of the blood. A thousand and one processes are going on inside your body in which you have no part at all. And it is good that nature has given body its own wisdom. Otherwise, if your intellect were to take care of the body, life would have been impossible! Because sometimes you may forget to breathe--at least in the night, how will you breathe while you are asleep? You are already so confused just with thoughts; in this confusion, who will take care about the blood circulation, whether the right amount of oxygen is reaching your cells or not? Whether the food that you are eating is being analyzed into its basic constituents, and those basic constituents are sent where they are needed? And this whole, tremendous amount of work is done by instinct. You are not needed. You can remain in a coma; still the body will continue to work.Nature has given all essential functions of your body to instinct, and it has left all that makes your life meaningful ... because just to exist, just to survive, has no meaning. To give meaning to your life, existence has given intuition to your heart. Out of your intuition arises the possibility of art, of aesthetics, of love, of friendship--all kinds of creativity are intuitive.Intellect has its use, but by some misfortune it has become the master of your whole being. That has created immense troubles in the world.But the marketplace does not need your intuition. It does not deal in love, in your sensibilities; it deals with solid and mundane things. For that, your intellect--which is the most superficial part--functions. Intellect is for the mundane life with others in the marketplace, in the world, to make you capable of functioning. It is mathematics, it is geography, it is history, it is chemistry--all science and all technology are created by your intellect. Your logic and your geometry are useful--but the intellect is blind. It simply goes on creating things, but it does not know whether they are being used for destruction or for creation. A nuclear war will be a war created by intellect.Intellect has its use, but by some misfortune it has become the master of your whole being. That has created immense troubles in the world.The master is hidden behind these three: the body, the mind, the heart. The master is hidden behind all these three--that is your being. But you never go inward; all your roads go outward,all your senses go outward. All your achievements are out there in the world.Intellect is useful in the world, and all your educational systems are techniques to avoid the heart and take your energy directly to your head. The heart can create troubles for the head--the heart knows nothing of logic. The heart has a totally different center of functioning, and that is intuition. It knows love, but love is not a commodity of any use in the world. It knows beauty, but what are you going to do with beauty in the marketplace?Nobody wants his or her children to become musicians or painters or dancers. Everybody wants them to be doctors, engineers, scientists, because those professions pay.The people of the heart--the painters, the poets, the musicians, the dancers, the actors--are all irrational. They create great beauty, they are great lovers, but they are absolutely unfit in a society that is arranged by the head. Your artists are thought by your society to be almost outcast, a little bit crazy, an insane type of people. Nobody wants his or her children to become musicians or painters or dancers. Everybody wants them to be doctors, engineers, scientists, because those professions pay. Painting, poetry, dance, are dangerous, risky--you may end up just a beggar on the street, playing on your flute.The heart has been denied--and by the way, it will be useful to remember that the denial of the heart has been the denial of the woman. And unless the heart is accepted, the woman cannotbe accepted. Unless the heart has the same opportunity to grow as the head, the woman cannot have liberation. The woman is heart and the man is head. The distinction is clear.Instinct, nature has taken in its own hands. And whenever you interfere with instinct, you create perversions. All the religions have been doing that; every religion has been interfering with the body--and the body is absolutely innocent, it has never done anything wrong. If you accept the body in its absolute naturalness, it will help you tremendously. It will help your heart, nourish your heart. It will help your intelligence to become sharper, because the nourishment for the intellect comes from the body, nourishment to the heart comes from the body. And if your head, your heart, and your body are all in a symphony, then to find your being is the easiest thing in the world. But because they are in conflict, your whole life goes on being wasted in that conflict, conflict between instinct and intellect and intuition.I am not against anything. I am only against disharmony, and because your head is creating the most inharmonious situation, I want your head to be put in its right place. It is a servant, not a master.A wise person creates a harmony between the head, the heart, and the body. In this harmony comes the revelation of the source of one's life, the very center, the soul. And that is the greatest ecstasy possible--not only to human beings but in this whole universe, nothing more is possible.I am not against anything. I am only against disharmony, and because your head is creating the most inharmonious situation, I want your head to be put in its right place. It is a servant, not a master. As a servant it is great, helpful.A Dublin milkman has just finished his delivery, so he parks his horse and cart outside the pub and goes in for a drink. Refreshed after an hour, he comes out to find his horse painted bright green. Angry, he strides back into the pub and demands, ""Which of you just painted my horse green?""A seven-foot Irish giant stands up and, towering over him, says, ""I did. Want to do something about it?""The milkman gives a sickly grin and says, ""I just came in to tell you, the first coat is dry!""Intellect is helpful! In some situations you will be in need of intellect--but only as a servant, not as a master.PAST PRESENT, AND FUTUREYou have a past and you have a present and you have a future. Instinct is what belongs to your animal past. It is very old, solid; it is the inheritance of millions of years. And when I say it is animal-like, I am not condemning it. With the word animal the priests of all religions have associated some condemnation--but I am simply stating a fact, with no condemnation at all. Our past was an animal past. We have passed through all kinds of animals; our evolutionhas been from fish up to man, passing through all the species of animals. It has been a long, long journey to arrive at mankind.Intellect is human. It is our present. That's how we function, through intellect. All our sciences, all our businesses, all our professions, whatever is going on in the world--our politics, our religion, our philosophy--they are all based on intellect. Intellect is human.Instinct is almost infallible because it is so old, so ripe, so mature. Your eyes are blinking--are you doing it? They go on doing it by themselves--this is instinct. Your heart is beating, your breathing is going in and out; it is not up to your intellect to look after all these essential things of life. They are in the hands of instinct because instinct is absolutely infallible. It never forgets to breathe, it never forgets anything.Your heart is beating, your breathing is going in and out--all these essential things of life are in the hands of instinct because instinct is absolutely infallible. It never forgets anything.The intellect is fallible because it is new, a recent arrival. It is just groping in the dark, still trying to find out what it is and where it belongs. And because it does not have roots in experience, it substitutes experience with beliefs, philosoph...",alternative medicine;books;fitness & dieting;health;meditation;occult;personal transformation;psychology & counseling;religion & spirituality;self-help,10
B000GCFWLE,"Broken (Women of the Otherworld, Book 6) Action abounds as old characters and new ones run with a plot full of twists, turns and enough red herrings to keep the most persnickety of readers entertained. A vastly entertaining read! FreshFiction.com	Kelley Armstrong is the bestselling author of a growing series of novels and novellas in the Women of the Otherworld series, the first two of which are Bitten and Stolen. Laural Merlington has recorded well over one hundred audiobooks, including works by Margaret Atwood and Alice Hoffman, and is the recipient of several AudioFile Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks.	Changes    Clayton doesn't do unobtrusive well. Not even when he tries, and that  afternoon, he was trying his damnedest. He was downwind of me, at least two  hundred feet away, so I couldn't smell him, see him or hear him. But I knew  he was there.    As I stood under the oaks, I couldn't suppress a twinge of resentment at the  pressure his presence added to an already gut-twisting situation. Yes, I'd  been the one to suggest the run, leaping up from the lunch table and  declaring I was ready. He'd asked if he should stay insidepossibly the  first time in our fifteen-year relationship that Clay had been willing to  give me space. But I'd grabbed his hand and dragged him out with me. Now I  was blaming him for being here. Not fair. But better than to admit that what  I felt was not resentment but fearfear that I would fail, and in failing I  would disappoint him.    I took a deep breath and filled my lungs with the loamy richness of a forest  emerging from winter, the first buds appearing tentatively, as if still  uncertain. Uncertain . . . good word. That was what I felt: uncertainty.    Uncertainty? Try abject, pant-pissing, stomach-heaving terror    I took another deep breath. The scent of the forest filled me, called to me,  like Clay's presence out there, beckoning    Don't think of him. Just relax.    I followed the sound of a rabbit thumping nearby, upwind and oblivious of  me. As I moved, I saw my shadow and realized I was still standing. Well,  there was the first problem. I'd undressed, but how would I Change if I was  still on two legs?    As I started to crouch, a pang ran through the left side of my abdomen and I  froze, heart pounding. It was probably a random muscle spasm or a digestive  complaint. And yet . . .    My fingers rubbed the hard swell of my belly. There was definitely a swell  there, however staunchly Jeremy swore otherwise. I could feel it with my  hand, feel it in the tightening waistband of my jeans. Clay tried to avoid  the questionsmart manbut when pressed he would admit I did seem to be  showing already. Showing, when I was no more than five weeks pregnant. That  shouldn't be. Yet one more thing to add to my growing list of worries.    At the top of the list was this: the regular transformation from human to  wolf that my body required. I had to Change, but what would it do to my  baby?    My fear over losing my child came as a revelation to me. In the nearly three  years I'd wrestled with the thought of having a baby, I'd considered the  possibility that the choice wouldn't be mine to make, that being a werewolf  might mean I wouldn't be able to conceive or carry a child to term. I'd  accepted that. If my pregnancy ended, I'd know that I couldn't have a child.  That would be that.    Now that I was actually pregnant I couldn't believe I'd been so cavalier.  This was more than a collection of cells growing in me, it was the  actualization of a dream I'd thought I'd lost when I became a werewolf. A  dream I was certain I'd given up when I decided to stay with Clay.    But I had to Change. Already I'd waited too long, and I could feel the need  in every muscle spasm and restless twitch, hear it in my growls and snaps  whenever someone spoke to me. Twice I'd come out here with Clay, and twice  I'd been unableor refusedto Change. Make it a third, and Clay and Jeremy  would be flipping coins to see who locked me in the cage. That was a safety  precautionbeing Change-deprived makes us violent and unpredictablebut  given my surly behavior this past week, I wouldn't blame them if they fought  over the privilege.    Just Change, goddamn it! Get down on your knees . . . See? That feels fine,  right? Now put your hands on the ground . . . There. Now concentrate    My body rebelled, convulsing so hard I doubled over, gasping. Change into a  wolf? With a baby inside me? Was I crazy? I'd rip, tear, suffocate    No!    I pushed up onto all fours and cleared my head, then opened the gate only to  thoughts bearing the pass-code of logic. Was this my first Change since I'd  become pregnant? No. It was the first since I'd learned I was pregnant, two  weeks ago. I must have Changed a half-dozen times between conception and  testing.    Had anything happened during those Changes? Bleeding? Cramping? No.    So stop worrying. Take a deep breath, smell the forest, dig your fingers  into the damp soil, hear the whistle of the April wind, feel the ache in  your muscles. Run to Clay, who'll be so happy, so relieved . . .    My skin prickled, stretching, itching as fur sprouted    My brain threw up the brakes again and my body tensed. Sweat trickled down  my cheeks. I growled and dug my fingers and toes into the soft earth,  refusing to reverse the process.    Relax, relax, relax. Just stop worrying and let your body do the work. Like  constipation. Relax and nature takes over.    Constipation? Oh, there was a romantic analogy. I laughed, and my changing  vocal cords squeezed the sound into a hideous screech, more worthy of a  hyena than a wolf, which only made me laugh all the harder. I toppled  sideways and, as I lay there, laughing, I finally relaxed.    The Change took over, spontaneous. My convulsions of laughter turned to  spasms of pain, and I twisted and writhed on the ground. The pain of a  Change. Yet some still-panicked part of my brain convinced me this wasn't  the normal kind of painI was killing my child, suffocating it as my body  contorted.    I mustMust stopOh, God, I couldn't!    I tried to stopfighting, snarling, concentrating on reversing to human.  But it was too late. I'd waited too long, and now my body was determined to  see it through.    Finally, the pain ended, gone without so much as a lingering ache, and I lay  on my side, panting, then leapt to my feet.    Damn it, not so fast! Be careful.    I stood there, motionless except for my tail, which wouldn't stop whipping  from side to side, as if to say Well, we're Changed. What are you waiting  for? Let's run! The rest of my body didn't disagree with the sentiment,  though it let the tail do the shouting, settling for subtler displays of  restlessness: heart tripping, ears swiveling, muscles tensing. I refused to  move, though; not until I'd taken inventory, made sure everything was as it  should be.    First, my belly. No obvious signs of distress. I panted, letting my chest  rise and fall, testing whether the movement seemed to hurt anything. It  didn't, though my stomach did let out a growl as that nearby rabbit's scent  wafted past. You wouldn't know I'd just devoured a three-course lunch.  Ungrateful stomach. But the other part of my belly, newly filling with life,  felt fine.    I lifted my paws one at a time, stretching and rotating my joints. Good. My  nose and ears had done fine picking up that rabbit. And the still-wagging  tail was obviously working. Okay, enough of this.    I stepped forward. One paw, two, three, four . . . No sudden scream of  complaint from my belly. I broke into a lope, then a run, then a headlong  dash across the clearing. Still no signs of distress.    Next, the tougher movesthe wolf maneuvers. I crouched, wiggled my  hindquarters, then leapt at an imaginary mouse. As I hit the ground, I  wheeled around, teeth bared as I snapped at an unseen foe. I bounded across  the clearing. I jumped and twisted in midair. I pranced. I lunged. I  charged. I chased my tail    A wheezing sound erupted behind me and I froze, the tip hairs of my tail  still caught between my teeth. There, across the clearing, was a huge,  golden-haired wolf, his head between his forepaws, eyes closed, hindquarters  in the air, body quivering with that strange wheezing noise. His eyes  opened, bright blue eyes dancing with relief and amusement, and I realized  what that noise was. He was laughing at me.    Laughing? I'd just gone through a horrible trauma, and the guy had the nerve  to laugh? I knew half of that laughter was relief at seeing me Changed, and  I admit I probably looked a little silly gallivanting alone in the clearing.  But still, such indignities should not be tolerated.    With as much grace as I could muster with tail fur hanging out of my mouth,  I swept around and stalked in the other direction. Halfway across the  clearing, I wheeled and charged, teeth bared. His eyes widened in oh, shit  comprehension and he backpedaled just in time to get out of my way, then  bolted into the forest.    I tore after him. I loped along the path, muzzle skimming the ground. The  earth was thick with the scent of my preya deliberate move, as he weaved  and circled, permeating this patch of forest with his smell, hoping to throw  me off the trail.    I untangled the web of trails and latched onto the most recent. As I picked  up speed, the ground whooshed past beneath me. Ahead, the path opened into a  clearing. I pitched forward, straining for the open run, but before I hit  the edge of the clearing, I dug in my claws and skidded to a graceless stop.    I stood there, adrenaline roaring, urging me to find him, take him down. I  closed my eyes and shuddered. Too eager. Keep that up and I'd run straight  into a trap. After a moment, the adrenaline rush ebbed and I started forward  again, cautious now, ears straining, muzzle up, sniffing as I walked.    My eyes saved me this time. That and the sun, peeking from fast-moving  clouds. One break in the cloud cover and I caught the glint of gold through  the trees. He was downwind, crouched to the left of the path's end, waiting  for me to come barreling out.    I retraced my last few steps, walking backward. An awkward maneuversome  things easily accomplished on two legs are much more difficult to coordinate...",books;contemporary;fantasy;genre fiction;horror;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;science fiction & fantasy;united states,10
0719565111,"In Ethiopia with a Mule 'One of the supreme virtues of Dervla Murphy as a travel writer is that she is human.  She needs her drink; she craves her cigarettes; she is capable of losing her temper; she smuggles things through customs.  A more virtuous figure would be far less endearing.' -- Daily Telegraph  'Dervla Murphy must be top of the intrepid class: conventional travel writers seem impossibly pallid by contrast.' -- Financial Times  'An admirable woman ! She has a romantic soul and a keen eye' -- Times Literary Supplement  'Dervla Murphy's credentials are more than a brave heart and strong calf muscles ! the fruit of these mature wanderings for my money puts her among the select travel writers of the last two decades.' -- Observer  'Murphy's observation is acute, her self-effacement is disarming' -- Sunday Times	Dervla Murphy is one of the very best loved of travel writers.  She was born in County Waterford and since 1964 has been regularly publishing accounts of her journeys - by bicycle or by mule or on foot -- in the remoter areas of four continents.  The Times Literary Supplement called her 'an admirable woman -- she has a romantic soul and a keen eye'.",africa;books;education & reference;ethiopia & djibouti;general;reference;research & publishing guides;travel;travel writing;writing,10
094045033X,"W.E.B. Du Bois : Writings : The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade / The Souls of Black Folk / Dusk of Dawn / Essays and Articles (Library of America) Spans two centuries, four wars, eleven presidencies and untold events in American history. This is the backdrop, and liberation is the message. -- Black Enterprise	The Library of America is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as ""the most important book-publishing project is the nation's history"" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in ""the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made"" (New Republic).	William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. A brilliant student and natural leader, he experienced little prejudice during his early years; it was while attending Fisk, a Southern university for Negroes, that the young Du Bois first fully awoke to the realities of race in America. His response was to make the cause of the black people his own. After graduation from Fisk, he earned his Ph.D. from Harvard, studied in Berlin, and become one of the great pioneer sociologists. In 1903, The Souls of Black Folk appeared. This prophetic masterpiece was but the beginning of a long, often lonely crusade that saw Du Bois forced into an increasingly radical position in his search for a solution to the American racial dilemma. His final years were marked by disillusionment with his native land, renunciation of his citizenship, and final self-exile in Ghana, where he died in 1963 at the age of ninety-five.",african-american studies;americas;books;classics;history;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics;united states,10
1581823584,"Best Little Stories from Virginia C. BRIAN KELLY, a prize-winning journalist, is cofounder of Montpelier Publishing and a columnist and editor emeritus for Military History magazine. He is also a lecturer in newswriting at the University of Virginia. Kelly's articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Friends, Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and other magazines. He is the author of several books on American history and resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.",20th century;americas;books;history;humanities;new;state & local;united states;used & rental textbooks;world,10
0743464974,"The Case of the Colonist's Corpse: A Sam Cogley Mystery (Star Trek) Chapter 1  ""Your Honor, I must object!""  Alexander Warren was on his feet as swiftly as if he'd been fired from a photon torpedo tube, practically leaping from behind the prosecutor's table to give emphasis to the objection he had just made.  Samuel T. Cogley looked over his shoulder at the imposingly brawny Warren and noted the prosecutor's face was as crimson as a Big Sky sunset. The older, decidedly not brawny defense attorney chuckled to himself. Even in the far reaches of space, images of Earth were never far from his thoughts. You can take the boy out of Montana...  Cogley could see the defense table from the corner of his eye. His executive assistant, Jacqueline LaSalle, had moved Cogley's pen off his pad of paper and put it on the desk, something Cogley would never do. He was obsessive about there being a place for everything and everything being in its place. Pens were not meant to lie on polished tabletops, when there was a perfectly serviceable pad of paper available.  He smiled and looked for a moment at Jackie. Her bright green eyes and wide smile practically jumped out at him from under her red-brown hair. Jackie was telling him their preparations were complete. Cogley tugged once at the bottom of his plain brown suit coat. It was time for the main event.  Cogley walked over to his opponent's table until he almost stood next to Warren. Side by side, prosecutor and defense attorney appeared to be a mismatch. Warren towered over Cogley's thin, five-foot, five-inch frame. Cogley didn't let the mismatch deter him. He fixed his pale blue eyes on Warren and spread his arms wide -- his hands open and his palms up to show they were empty. Then he turned back to Judge Faure and gave her a smile that seemed to ask, ""Who, me?""  ""'Must'? I'm sorry, Your Honor, I didn't realize that I was pointing my death ray at Mr. Warren.""  ""I beg your pardon?"" Warren asked.  ""You said you 'must object,' implying you were being forced into objecting. As I can assure the court, I have no mind-control powers. I can only assume I must have been pointing a death ray or some equally fearsome weapon at you.""  The resulting outburst of laughter was even louder than Cogley had dared hope. Even as the judge struck her gavel repeatedly on the bench and demanded that order be restored to her court at once, Cogley knew his comment had had its desired effect: everyone in the courtroom was off his or her guard, unsure of what might come next.  Especially the witness.  As the laughter dwindled, Cogley looked back over his shoulder at the defense table and at his client, Aaron Cole, regretting what he saw. Cole squirmed in his seat, then leaned over to Jackie, his discomfort obvious in the way he moved.  ""Ms. LaSalle, is it wise for Mr. Cogley to upset the court this way?"" Cole asked her.  Jackie smiled, a look designed to give reassurance to the client. A look she'd had manifold opportunities to perfect.  ""Don't worry, Aaron. When Sam gets this way, he has them right where he wants them. Just watch.""  Once the laughter had ended, which was obviously taking longer than Judge Faure wanted, Cogley turned to her and spoke before she could.  ""I'm sorry, Your Honor. It's just that Mr. Warren was being somewhat imprecise in his speech. Words are still, after all, our tools, our most important means of communication...when they are used properly. I guess I just forgot myself.""  ""If Mr. Cogley wants precision, I'll be more than happy to accommodate him,"" Warren said, his voice as edged as a Klingon bat'leth. Then he continued, putting a slight pause between each of his words, to demonstrate how precise he could be.  ""He is asking leading questions of his own witness.""  ""A most hostile witness, Your Honor, if I may be permitted to demonstrate...""  Before the judge could respond, Cogley turned back to the witness stand and looked directly at the Kradian seated there. Sahirn P'Thall stared back at Cogley with a withering glare that the defense attorney would have called cold-blooded, if Kradians had circulatory systems. P'Thall was wearing his family clan's most formal attire, complete with the ceremonial tunic that proudly displayed the family stone in its sash. Cogley also noticed that P'Thall's twin eyestalks did not point at him, but away from him, a gesture by which the Kradian signified that he regarded Cogley as unworthy at best, contemptuous at worst.  ""Mr. P'Thall,"" Cogley started to ask and noticed that both eyestalks turned toward him, even as the Kradian's glare widened so much that his eyes seemed to explode from his eyestalks. ""Mister"" was not a Kradian form of address; it was, in fact, an honorific that some Kradians found to be not an honor but an insult. If Cogley had harbored any doubts about his assessment of P'Thall's feelings toward humans, they were dispelled.  ""Exactly what are your feelings toward Aaron Cole?""  P'Thall leaned back in the witness stand and sat up straight, stretching his more than six foot height to its utmost so that he could look down at Cogley. He did not even look at Aaron Cole, but waved his left hand in Cole's general direction in a gesture almost of dismissal.  ""That human murdered my daughter Daleel P'Thall. How do you think I feel about the grelth?""  Cogley didn't miss the pointed emphasis P'Thall had put on the word ""human.""  ""And are your feelings toward me, the human"" -- Cogley put the same inflection on the word that P'Thall had used -- ""representing Mr. Cole, equally enlightened?""  ""You defend the grelth. Were it within my power, I would arrange for you to suffer the same richly deserved punishment that your client will endure.""  Cogley turned to Judge Faure and smiled.  ""As I said, Your Honor, hostile.""  ""You may proceed, Mr. Cogley,"" Judge Faure said, and Cogley noticed she seemed to be leaning forward ever so slightly. During his long career as a defense attorney, Samuel Cogley had earned a reputation for three things. The first was for being an eccentric, a reputation enhanced by his borderline obsessive compulsiveness, manifested most noticeably in his love of books and equally strong dislike of computers.  The second was his reputation for indulging in courtroom theatrics. This reputation was widespread, and Cogley was sure it had reached even here, to the vacation moon of Versailles in an out-of-the-way sector of United Federation of Planets space. Especially when his most recent courtroom theatrical, produced while he was representing Captain James T. Kirk in a court-martial, almost resulted in the destruction of Kirk's starship, the U.S.S. Enterprise. You don't nearly destroy a Constitution-class starship and expect the story won't spread.  However, it was the third thing Cogley was famous for -- doggedly getting to the truth of the matters he litigated -- that usually prompted judges to allow him to engage in those theatrics designed to ferret out the truth. Those judges who were concerned about justice, anyway.  Cogley had studied Judge Faure during the trial and was fairly sure he knew which type of magistrate she was. The next few minutes would either confirm or deny his assessment.  ""Oh dear,"" Cogley said, ""I appear to have lost my train of thought. No matter, I'll start at the beginning.  ""Why here, Mr. P'Thall?""  ""I beg your pardon?"" P'Thall said.  ""Versailles. A vacation moon for humans that simulates eighteenth-century France on Earth. It's primitive, doesn't allow spaceships or transporters or anything more advanced than horse-drawn carriages and oil lamps. Perfect for me, perhaps, but on Krador your family clan sells its engineering skills and technological expertise. Why would your family clan come to Versailles of all places?""  ""We have started doing business with humans and felt we should learn more about them.""  ""Then why not go to Earth? Why here?""  ""We have found we can learn much more about a species from the recreations it chooses than its usual routines. People tend to be more at ease, more natural when they're on vacation.""  ""How much could you learn about humans, when you rented an isolated castle on an island in the middle of a lake miles from any of the cities?""  ""My family clan is quite large. Not only my wives and fellow husband, but the wives and husbands of our children accompanied us. The castle we rented had to be large enough to accommodate all of us together.""  ""Did your daughter recommend coming here?""  ""She may have. She had been here before.""  ""In fact, Aaron Cole works here on Versailles and she met him here, correct?""  ""Yes.""  ""Mr. P'Thall, isn't that the real reason you came to Versailles, to meet the human Daleel had fallen in love with?""  ""It...was a consideration, yes.""  ""How did you feel about that?""  ""I'm afraid I don't understand the question.""  ""Did you approve of Daleel's romance with Aaron?""  ""It wasn't my place to approve. Who my daughter loved was her own choice.""  Cogley walked back to the defense table and picked up a thick book. He thumbed through its pages for a moment, as if consulting it for some elusive fact. This was part habit and part theater on the attorney's part.  ""Correct me if I'm wrong: the Kradians as a race prize both honor and family?""  ""That is correct.""  ""And you didn't care that Daleel loved a human?""  ""No. As I said, who she loved was her concern.""  ""A commendable attitude, Mr. P'Thall, considering her love for Aaron Cole cost your family both honor and stature among the other clans, as well as a good deal of business.""  ""It did neither.""  ""Oh? I thought you had arranged for your daughter to marry into the D'Quas, the family clan of your biggest customer, and when she refused, the D'Quas stopped doing business with you.""  P'Thall didn't answer at first, staring pensively at Cogley, who had turned his back on the Kradian and put the book back on the defense table. Jackie then handed him several sheets of paper. Cogley took the papers, then turned back to P'Thall, who looked at him with fury seething behind his eyes. Then, very slowly and very deliberately, P'Thall said, ""You were misinformed.""  ""You do that very well, Mr. P'Thall.""  ""Do what?""  ""Lie.""  Warren jumped to his feet and screamed, ""Objection!"" reaching a volume that startled the courtroom into silence. Cogley turned to the prosecutor and calmly said, ""I apologize and withdraw the comment. For now.""  He handed P'Thall the top sheet of paper.  ""Mr. P'Thall, what is this?""  P'Thall took the paper and read it. At first all expression leeched from his pale blue face. Then the fury that had burned in his eyes consumed his entire face.  ""Where did you get this? This was a private correspondence. I will have you arrested for stealing it from my office.""  ""Correspondence, Mr. P'Thall, has a recipient and a sender. In this case, you were the recipient. But after I explained to the D'Quas -- the senders of this correspondence -- what I needed and why, they were only too happy to supply me with a copy. They seemed delighted at the prospect of spreading word of the end of their dealings with you far and wide. To whoever would listen.  ""The letter you're holding is from the head of the D'Quas family, your customer -- excuse me, former customer -- stating that after your daughter disgraced them by spurning the D'Quas marriage, they were canceling all their contracts with you, isn't it?""  ""Yes.""  ""Come now, Mr. P'Thall, do you really think the jury could hear you when you're talking so softly? No matter, the record can reflect that you said, 'yes.'  ""Now these other letters, which other senders were also only too happy to supply, all basically say that because of the manner in which your family disgraced the D'Quas, they were also canceling their contracts with you. Is that correct? Remember, answer loudly.""  ""Yes."" P'Thall spat out the answer.  ""So, when you testified earlier that Daleel's romance with Aaron Cole didn't cost your family clan either honor or stature or business with the other clans, that wasn't true, was it?""  P'Thall said nothing.  ""Never mind, I think your silence speaks for itself. So you didn't come here just to learn more about humans, did you? You came here because Daleel was already here with Aaron. You came here to break them up, yes?""  ""I -- we came here to remind Daleel of her duty to her family, yes. And we were successful. Daleel did break off her relationship with him. That's why he killed her.""  ""Yes, I've wondered just exactly how you got your daughter to break off her romance with Aaron. But no matter, you said she did and so she must have. After all, you're an honorable man. But what I really wonder is, how do you know Aaron killed your daughter? You didn't see Aaron kill Daleel, did you?""  ""You know perfectly well that when my daughter died, my family and I were attending an opera here in New Paris.""  ""Yes, so you were. And how long did it take you to get to New Paris from your island?""  ""As you yourself have pointed out, transportation on this moon is antiquated, intentionally so. I believe the word you humans use is 'quaint.' The trip took the better part of a day.""  ""So...you were nowhere near the island when your daughter was killed?""  ""That is correct.""  ""Then, if you didn't see what happened, how can you be so sure Aaron killed your daughter?""  ""No one else could have. Daleel was alone on the island. She didn't wish to accompany us to the opera and stayed behind. Flight isn't possible on Versailles, so the only means of getting to the island is by boat. The records of the harbormaster show that the only boat that went to our island was the one your client hired and that he was alone when he made the trip. As he was the only person who could have been on the island, he must have murdered Daleel, then fled afterwards.  ""If you have any doubts about his guilt, ask him why he went into hiding even before we returned to the castle the next day and found Daleel's body.""  ""Aaron admits he went to the island. He says Daleel called him on his comm, asking him to come to the island so they could talk it out. But when he got there, he saw she had been strangled and was already dead. He panicked. He figured he'd be blamed and went into hiding.  ""That wasn't the smartest thing he could have done. Made him look guilty. But you know what? I believe him.""  Before the prosecutor could rise from his chair to object, the disdainful P'Thall made a sound half snort and half laugh, and began to respond to what had not been an actual question. Cogley had read his witness well.  ""Your gullibility gets the better of you, human. How can you believe your client, when he was the only other person who could have been on the island and, by simple logic, the only person who could have killed Daleel?""  ""Normally, I get to ask the questions, Mr. P'Thall, but since you're grieving over the loss of your daughter, I'll answer yours. Obviously, someone else was on the island.""  ""How? There was no possible way for someone else to get to the island.""  ""Someone could have used a transporter,"" Cogley said.  P'Thall's reaction was immediate. This time, his laugh was full and not combined with a snort.  ""Human, your handling of this case notwithstanding, you may be a competent lawyer, but you are clearly not an engineer. Before you suggest the impossible, I would suggest you familiarize yourself with transporter operation.""  ""The impossible? Why impossible?""  ""There is only one transporter station on all of Versailles, the one here in New Paris. As no spaceship is allowed to land on the moon and ruin its sentimental ambience, a transporter is used to ferry visitors from orbiting ships down to this little vacation paradise.  ""Our island is on the other side of the moon. An entire moon separates it from New Paris. Transporter beams travel in straight lines and, doing so, cannot bend around the curvature of a moon's surface. While transporters can beam people and materials through a few miles of solid rock, they couldn't beam someone through the entire moon. There's simply no way the transporter in this city could send anyone to our island.""  Cogley ran his right hand through his hair, then massaged the back of his neck.  ""You've got me there,"" he said, smiling and nodding demurely. ""Well, then, no transporter. Let's talk about the opera you saw. Did you like it?""  ""Not especially.""  ""I didn't think so. You left your seat about twenty minutes before intermission.""  ""I...had a certain biological necessity to which I needed to attend.""  Cogley nodded again. ""Well, when you've got to go, you've got to go. So...you couldn't hold it for the twenty minutes until the next intermission?""  ""I saw no need to. As I said, I wasn't enjoying myself.""  ""But you thought enough of it to wear your most formal tunic with your family stone, just like you're wearing now.""  ""Objection, Your Honor. Relevance.""  ""I'm trying to establish the witness's attitude toward humans, Your Honor. It goes to bias, which I'm allowed to explore.""  ""Briefly, Mr. Cogley. Don't go too far afield.""  ""That is the farthest thing from my mind.""  Cogley went back to his table and took some photographs from Jackie. Her eyes flashed the only amusement courtroom decorum would permit.  ""I'm showing you Defense Exhibit E, Mr. P'Thall. Can you tell me what this is?""  ""It's nothing more than an image, a photograph, of me at the reception before the opera.""  ""And you're wearing your formal tunic with the family stone in it, just as you are now, correct?""  ""Yes.""  ""Only it's not quite the same. I noticed that your tunic has a very delicate filigree pattern woven into it. It's really quite beautiful.""  ""My tailor will be delighted you approve.""  ""But here's the thing, the tunic you're wearing now has a blue filigree pattern. But, showing you Exhibit F, a blowup of Defense Exhibit E, the filigree weave is more violet.""  ""I have several such tunics, Mr. Cogley.""  ""I figured you had. A well-dressed Kradian such as yourself, with as much family honor as you have, would naturally bring more than one tunic on a trip. But let me show you Defense Exhibit G. Do you recognize it?""  ""Of course I do. It's an image of me and my wives and fellow husband taken after the opera, as we were being introduced to the lead singers.""  ""And can you see my problem?""  ""You have a great many problems, human. I scarcely know where to begin.""  ""Then let me clarify things for you. This is Defense Exhibit H. Do you recognize it?""  ""Yes, it's a blowup of the previous pic -- ""  ""You stopped in midword, sir. I guess you do see the problem after all. The filigree in the tunic in Defense Exhibit H is the precise same blue as in the tunic you wear now. In fact, it's the same tunic as the one you're wearing now, isn't it?  ""So here's my problem. How did you come to change tunics from the one in Defense Exhibit E to the one in Defense Exhibit H during the opera?""  P'Thall was silent. And Cogley waited. Waited several seconds before he said, ""No quick answers? No glib remarks? And you seemed so chatty just a few moments ago.""  This time the prosecutor didn't hesitate.  ""I object, Your Honor. Mr. Cogley is badgering the witness. Sahirn P'Thall is not on trial here.""  Cogley answered without turning away from his witness, keeping P'Thall squarely in his sights.  ""That was your mistake, Mr. Warren. You charged the wrong man for the murder of a beautiful and innocent young woman.""  P'Thall remained silent.  ""No answer? Then maybe you can answer this question: Where is the tunic you were wearing in Defense Exhibit E?""  P'Thall stared at Cogley. There was no haughty contempt, no defiance, in his gaze. If Kradians could sweat, the man would have drenched his fine tunic.  ""Again, no answer? Well, it doesn't really matter. I think I can answer this question myself.  ""Your Honor, Versailles may duplicate old-world France, but even vacationers don't want to be out of contact with the universe. You have quite a modern communications system. The court even has a viewscreen for taking the testimony of witnesses who can't travel to New Paris. With your permission?""  The judge nodded her consent, and the bailiff pushed a button at his desk. Immediately a portion of the wall directly opposite the jury box slid back to reveal a large screen. Cogley gestured to Jacqueline, who spoke into a personal comm box.  ""Now, Peter.""  The viewscreen came to life, showing a man in his midfifties, balding, with gray hair that was interrupted only occasionally by a spot of its former black. The middle-age lines on his face were just starting to change over to the deeper cracks caused by a greater maturity. The man was standing confidently in an opulent bedroom whose furniture and style would have fit perfectly in the palace from which the vacation moon Versailles took its name.  ""Mr. P'Thall...you recognize my investigative assistant, Peter Lawrence. Can you tell us where he is?""  P'Thall looked at the screen. He stood up suddenly and, with a savage thrust of his arm, pointed at the image.  ""How dare you!"" he shouted. ""You trespass in my bedchamber? Is nothing beneath you?""  ""I might ask you the same question. But first let me correct your natural mistake. It isn't your bedchamber. At least not alone. It's a vacation home. You rent it. We got the permission of the landlord to be there.  ""Peter,"" Cogley said, addressing the viewscreen, ""did you find our surprise exhibit?""  ""That I most certainly did.""  The grinning investigator held up a formal family clan tunic, similar to the one P'Thall was wearing. Identical to the one shown in Defense Exhibit E.  ""Where was it?""  ""Hidden in the closet. On a hanger underneath another suit of clothes.""  ""Can you hold it closer to the camera?""  Peter held the tunic up against his own muscular frame so that its violet filigree weave was clearly visible for all to see. Not even Alexander Warren bothered to object.  ""Peter, is that a rip I see on the tunic front?""  Lawrence moved his hand to the rip and pulled back the flap it created so the court could see how big it was.  ""That's the tunic you were wearing when you went to the opera, isn't it, Mr. P'Thall?"" Cogley asked.  P'Thall denied it, but his weak ""No"" was a stammer that caught in his throat as it came out.  ""Your daughter cost you business, reputation, status, honor. The only way you could restore that honor was to remove Daleel from your family.""  ""No.""  ""But it wasn't enough to kill her. You also wanted revenge on Aaron Cole for his part in your disgrace.""  ""No.""  ""So you came to Versailles and forced your daughter to break it off with Aaron.""  ""No.""  ""Then you used a voice chip to fake a communication from your daughter to lure Aaron to the island on a night you knew Daleel would be alone.""  ""No.""  ""That night you left your seat at the opera twenty minutes before the intermission so you could be sure you were alone when you transported yourself back to the island and your rented castle. You killed Daleel. You planned her murder so Aaron Cole would be the only suspect, and you killed your own daughter!""  ""No.""  ""Daleel struggled, fighting for her life even as you stole it from her, and in that struggle, she ripped your tunic. You had to replace it and hope no one would notice.""  ""No.""  ""Unfortunately for you, I do notice things.""  ""No. It's not true. None of it. That grelth murdered Daleel. Not me. I couldn't have done it. I was miles away.""  ""Miles away, Mr. P'Thall? How many miles? A transporter has a range of over fifteen thousand miles.""  In the witness stand, P'Thall stretched to his full height and glared down at Cogley. The sneer was back on the Kradian's face, the contempt back in his tone.  ""Your memory fails you, human. That is still quite impossible. Any transporter technician will confirm that I couldn't have beamed from New Paris to the island. Not around the planet and not through it. It can't be done.  ""So, then, how did I get from New Paris to the island and then back to New Paris in a matter of minutes? How, Mr. Cogley, did I manage that?""  ""How, Mr. P'Thall? I imagine like this.""  Samuel Cogley snapped his fingers.  In the next instant, Peter Lawrence, still holding P'Thall's tunic, appeared in the middle of the courtroom.  Copyright  2004 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.",adventure;books;legal;literature & fiction;mystery;science fiction;science fiction & fantasy;space opera;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0817440240,"Interior Photography: Lighting and Other Professional Techniques with Style Eric Roth is an internationally known interiors photographer. He has taken photographs for many well-known shelter magazines, like Home and Metropolitan Home. He lives Topsfield, MA.",arts & photography;books;equipment;humanities;new;photography;reference;techniques & reference;used & rental textbooks;visual arts,10
0142437824,"Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) Paul Laurence Dunbar (18721906) was born to two former slaves. While working as an elevator operator, he published his first poetry collection. His second collection in 1895 thrust him into the national spotlight and garnered praise from the white and black elite. He ultimately produced twelve books of poetry, several stories and plays, and five novels.   Herbert Woodward Martin is a professor at the University of Dayton. He is an active fan and promoter of Dunbars work.",african-american studies;american;books;criticism & theory;history & criticism;literature & fiction;poetry;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific demographics,10
0876053711,"How Dogs Learn (Howell reference books) How Dogs Learn explains the fascinating science of operant conditioning. The authors, recognized experts in this field, are also experienced dog trainers, and they explain each operant conditioning principle using dog training examples. For the first time, behavioral procedures that are used with humans, such as Behavioral Diagnostics and Functional Analysis, have been translated for applications with dogs. How Dogs Learn will help all dog owners solve canine behavior problems and improve their proficiency as trainers.	""...this book should be on every animal trainer's bookshelf for future reference. How Dogs Learn covers the content of an undergraduate course in learning and behavior, but the examples are taken from dog training?it is practical and very useful without sacrificing scientific and technical accuracy."" Jack Michael, PhD, Department of Psychology, Western Michigan UniversityHow Dogs Learn explore the fascinating science of operant conditioning, where science and dog training meet. How Dogs Learn explains the basic principles of behavior and how they can be used to teach your dog new skills, diagnose problems and eliminate unwanted behaviors. It's for anyone who wants to better understand the learning process in dogs. Every concept is laid out clearly and precisely, and its relevance to your dog and how you train is explained.A Howell Dog Book of Distinction	MARY R. BURCH, PHD, is a Certified Behavior Analyst. She has also been approved as a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist by the Animal Behavior Society. Her behavioral research has been published by the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Burch has trained dogs to the advanced levels of obedience and is considered a national expert on the topic of therapy dogs. She is the author of Volunteering with Your Pet and The Border Collie, published by Howell Book House. Dr. Burch has won the Maxwell Medallion from the Dog Writers' Association of America for her writing on dog-related topics. She is a founding member of the Animal Trainer's Forum in the Association for Behavior Analysis.JON S. BAILEY, PHD, is a Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. Dr. Bailey is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and was on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Dr. Bailey is a past editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. He is the author of the book Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis, the co-author of Behavioral Diagnostics, and is one of the most widely published researchers in the field of behavior analysis. Dr. Bailey serves as an expert witness on behavioral issues.",books;breeds;crafts;dogs;education & reference;hobbies & home;new;pets & animal care;training;used & rental textbooks,10
1930841485,"La Boheme (Opera Classics Library Series) These small-format volumes devoted to individual operas are the  first in a projected 200-volume series (with approximately four  titles to be added each month). An expansion of the ""Opera  Journeys Mini Guide"" series that the publisher launched last  year, they include a brief synopsis, a story narrative with very  brief music examples, commentary and analysis, a libretto, a  discography, a videography, and a dictionary of opera and  musical terms. Students and opera goers may find them attractive  because of their reasonable price, their e-book availability on  netLibrary, and the insightful commentary and analysis by Fisher  (lecturer, Florida Intl. Univ.). A list of source materials,  however, would have been useful; in portions of the Butterfly  and Boh?me volumes, for example, Fisher seems to have relied to  some extent on Julian Budden's articles in The New Grove  Dictionary of Opera. Also, the discographies are rife with  problems. Neither record labels nor formats are given, the  editing is sloppy, names are misspelled (""Tuckers"" for Tucker),  many dates are incorrect, and some recordings are listed twice  with different dates. In one case, a recording made in 1912 with  singers who are surely deceased is dated 2001. An entry for a  recording of Carmen reverses the women's roles, listing  Gheorghiu as Carmen and Larmore as Michaela. Attractive format  and engaging commentary aside, these volumes are compromised by  their inaccuracies. Not recommended. [The ISBNs for the e-books  are the same as those for the print versions. Ed.] Kate  McCaffrey, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.- Kate  McCaffrey, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, NY   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Other Opera Journeys Publishing titles ALSO AVAILABLE at amazon.com:   OPERA CLASSICS LIBRARY SERIES: Aida  The Barber of Seville   La Bohme  Carmen  Cavalleria Rusticana   Cos fan tutte  Don Giovanni   Lucia di Lammermoor  Madama Butterfly    The Magic Flute  Manon Lescaut   The Marriage of Figaro   Otello  I Pagliacci  Rigoletto  Salome Tosca   Il Trittico (Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi) La Traviata  Turandot  and The Ring of the Nibelung (without libretto) OPERA JOURNEYS MINI GUIDE SERIES: Ada  Andrea Chnier  The Barber of Seville  La Bohme Boris Godunov Carmen  Cavalleria Rusticana Cos fan tutte Der Freischtz  Die Fledermaus  Don Carlo Don Giovanni  Don Pasquale The Elixir of Love Elektra   Eugene Onegin  Exploring Wagners Ring  Falstaff   Faust Fidelio The Flying Dutchman   Hansel and Gretel  LItaliana in Algeri  Julius Caesar  Lohengrin  Lucia di Lammermoor  Macbeth   Madama Butterfly  The Magic Flute  Manon  Manon Lescaut  The Marriage of Figaro  A Masked Ball  The Mikado  Nabucco  Norma  Otello  I Pagliacci  Porgy and Bess   The Rhinegold  Rigoletto  Der Rosenkavalier   Salome  Samson and Delilah  Siegfried   The Tales of Hoffmann  Tannhuser    Tosca  La Traviata   Tristan and Isolde   Il Trovatore  Turandot   Twilight of the Gods The Valkyrie  Werther OPERA JOURNEYS  LIBRETTO SERIES: Aida  The Barber of Seville   La Bohme  Carmen  Cavalleria Rusticana   Cos fan tutte  Don Giovanni  Edgar  La Fanciulla del West  Gianni Schicchi   Lucia di Lammermoor  Madama Butterfly   The Magic Flute  Manon Lescaut   The Marriage of Figaro  Otello I Pagliacci  Rigoletto  La Rondine Salome  Suor Angelica   Il Tabarro  Tosca  La Traviata  Le Villi AND A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses	Burton D. Fisher, a former opera conductor, is currently principal lecturer for the Opera Journeys Lecture Series at Florida International University, author-publisher of the Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series, a commissioned author for Season Opera Guides for regional opera companies, and a frequent opera commentator on National Public Radio.",arts & photography;books;classical;education & reference;humor & entertainment;music;musical genres;opera;performing arts;reference,10
0801872634,"Back-of-the-Envelope Physics (Johns Hopkins Paperback) This delightfully broad spectrum of 104 familiar situations, each one or two pages long, includes the terminal velocity of falling objects, fatal impacts during car wrecks, timing to find the distance of lightning strikes, investigating the size and power of binoculars, and the height of Earth's atmosphere... For the well-grounded physics enthusiast. (Choice)A physics educator's coffee-table booka delightful and instructive accessory to an introductory physics course. (Physics World)Physicists young and old should follow Fermi and Swartz and hone a competency for back-of-the-envelope physics. (Robert K. Adair Physics Today)An entertaining new book  Back-of-the-Envelope Physics by Clifford Swartz nicely provides material to assist students (and teachers!) gain experience in handling real-world physics.  (Colin Keay The Physicist)If the physical world is to make sense to students (or even to professional scientists), then it must be understandable on the basis of broadly applicable principles and simple communicable reasoning. Long, dry calculations alone will not do, for they are as devoid of insight as they are impenetrable. Here, however, is a book of wide-ranging and aptly chosen topicseach brief glimpse conveying its (sometimes surprising!) lesson in one page with a short, physically insightful, quantitative argument. This is a book that will help make the study of physics fun and relevant. (Mark P. Silverman, author of  A Universe of Atoms... An Atom in the Universe and  Waves and Grains: Reflections on Light and Learning )This book is a treasure trove of fascinating calculations covering a wide range of physical principles, distance scales, and numerical orders of magnitude. Everyone with some curiosity about the natural world, from novice students to seasoned veterans, will find a variety of interesting cases in this wonderful collection. (Gregory N. Derry, author of  What Science Is and How It Works)The book is fun to read. I look forward to mining it for examples with which to spice up my lectures. (Don S. Lemons, author of  Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics)	""If the physical world is to make sense to students (or even to professional scientists), then it must be understandable on the basis of broadly applicable principles and simple communicable reasoning. Long, dry calculations alone will not do, for they are as devoid of insight as they are impenetrable. Here, however, is a book of wide-ranging and aptly chosen topics -- each brief glimpse conveying its (sometimes surprising!) lesson in one page with a short, physically insightful, quantitative argument. This is a book that will help make the study of physics fun and relevant."" -- Mark P. Silverman, author of A Universe of Atoms... An Atom in the Universe and Waves and Grains: Reflections on Light and Learning	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Clifford Swartz is a professor emeritus of physics at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He was the editor of The Physics Teacher for twenty-nine years and has written numerous physics texts for students from kindergarten to graduate level. He was the recipient in 2007 of the Melba Newell Phillips Award and in 1987 of the Oersted Medal, the most prestigious award of the American Association of Physics Teachers.",astronomy;astronomy & astrophysics;astronomy & space science;books;mathematics;new;physics;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
1581821204,"Murder Most Confederate: Tales of Crimes Quite Uncivil ""Murder Most Confederate"" presents military and civilian characters that are sometimes foolish, other times evil, and occasionally triumphant. -- Civil War Book Review, Fall 2000	Martin H. Greenberg, often called the king of anthologists, has compiled more than one thousand anthologies, including the American Ghosts Series and the Children of the Night. He is the president of TEKNO Books and lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.",books;genre fiction;historical;literature & fiction;mystery;short stories;single author;thriller & suspense;united states;war,10
B0000ALPQC,"Coming Back Alive Walker spends about half of his narrative assembling a cast for his tale of seafaring disaster on the southern Gulf of Alaska fishing grounds: a five-man crew of earnest commercial fishermen; a leaky trawler, La Conte; helicopter crews and surprise! an anomalous winter storm. The January 1998 storm was the worst in the state's history, and La Conte took in water and sank, leaving its crew to the mercy of 100 mph winds and 90-foot seas. Walker (Nights of Ice) ably describes the Coast Guard's heroic rescue of the ship's crew along the rugged Alaskan coast. The episode in which the crew is finally forced to abandon their vessel in 40-degree water, and to stay lashed together long enough for three Coast Guard teams to attempt wind-whipped rescues, is harrowing and suspenseful. Still, too many adverbs slow down the narrative and strain to convey tension. Walker tracked down and interviewed the La Conte's survivors and other participants in the operation, and his portrayal of the fringe existence of commercial fishermen juxtaposes society's typical disdain for them with the loyalty and stoicism of these five men. But he manages only a pat resolution: ""[t]he relationship between fishermen and the sea, and the airborne alliance of those sworn to watch over them, continues today all across the vast ocean reaches and tidelands of Alaska."" Map not seen by PW. Agents, Rand Koler and Lance Rosen. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Each year the U.S. Coast Guard carries out well over 50,000  search-and-rescue operations, but to many people away from the  coasts its efforts are little known. This book should change  that. It is the story of only one 1998 rescue, but this was  arguably ""the most harrowing high-seas helicopter rescue"" ever  carried out and will certainly raise readers' appreciation of  the Coast Guard mission. In a story at times reminiscent of  Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm (LJ 5/15/97) and Frederic  Stonehouse's The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Avery Color  Studios, 1998. reprint), the author describes how the Guard  rescued the crew of the La Conte despite 70' waves and 100-mph  winds in prose so vivid you can practically taste the salt  spray. While this is primarily the story of one particular  incident, there is substantial coverage of the individuals  involved including the fishermen and search-and-rescue crews and  of other rescues as well. Highly recommended for all public  libraries as well as high school and college libraries where  there is interest in marine careers. This book might also  interest ""reluctant readers."" Margaret Rioux, MBL/WHOI Lib.,  Woods Hole, MA   Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	In the fall of 1998, Walker moved to Alaska and began researching the sinking of the fishing schooner La Conte in a storm on the night of January 31 of that year, and the rescue of the crew by the U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue teams. The 79-year-old wooden-hulled vessel sank in the Fairweather fishing grounds off the coast of Sitka, Alaska, in what was described as the worst storm in the state's history. Walker gives readers a frightening account of the crews' struggle in the freezing water; only three of the five-man crew survived. He recounts the Coast Guard's three attempts to save the fishermen, the third rescue crew completing the mission without radio communication under the most adverse conditions imaginable. Walker offers a detailed portrait of the Coast Guard's search and rescue helicopter squads and recounts the lives and work of the commercial fishermen. His use of dialogue at crucial moments during the rescue operation is annoying, but the book is a meticulously researched story of an intense human drama. George CohenCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	""Don't be surprised if tears of relief flood your eyes after finishing any number of these death-dealing stories.""  -- Kirkus Reviews	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Spike Walker spent nine seasons as a crewman aboard some of the most successful crab boats in the Alaskan fleet.  In addition to his crab-fishing experience, Spike Walker has worked in the offshore oilfields of Louisiana and Texas; along the Mississippi River as a certified, commercial deep-sea diver; and in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska as a logger.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	COMING BACK ALIVEBook IFlyboys and FishermenPrologueAs he steered his speeding twenty-six-foot gillnet boat Marlene out across the Copper River Delta in Alaska's Prince William Sound on a gray, windblown afternoon in 1981, Skip Holden could not have known that within hours he would be engaged in a hellish struggle just to survive, nor could he have imagined how many lives would be so profoundly affected by the outcome.Bold and enterprising, but never reckless, ""Holden,"" as his friends like to call him, was looking forward to doing what he did best, and that was to net salmon.Eight years earlier, Skip Holden and his wife, Marlene, had set out from San Leandro, California, to hitchhike to Alaska. They headed north, holding a sign that read ALASKA OR BUST! They arrived in Cordova nearly broke, found work together in a local cannery, and, in a month, managed to save twelve hundred dollars. They bought a twenty-foot boat for exactly that amount. They lived on it, fished off of it, and used a bucket for a toilet.It was a romantic, albeit bare-bones, beginning in the rugged little fishing village located in a wind, sprawling land bursting with boomtown opportunity and colorful characters. There was a local stripper namedTequilla, whose writhing style of dancing naked was known to cause almost a riot as lonely, affection-starved fishermen trampled one another for a closer look.Then there was Machine Gun Betty. She was a large Indian woman who worked as a bartender at a local watering hole. Her way of dealing with a rowdy crowd of drunken fishermen (who refused to leave at quitting time) was to pull out a Thompson submachine gun, level it on her rambunctious patrons, and order them off the premises. ""It's closing time! Get the hell out!"" she'd say as the bar emptied.During those eight years of hard work as a commercial fisherman, Skip Holden had seen some sights--such as the time the Fish and Game Department opened the season up in the fjord near Coghill Point, and he and his fishing pals had netted one million sockeye salmon in a single week of red-hot fishing.Named after Skip's wife, the F/V Marlene was known in fishing circles as a Snowball bow-picker. She had a six-foot-high reel mounted in the center of her foredeck. This spool-like contraption was designed to feed the one-thousand-foot-long gillnet off her bow and reel it back aboard via the same route.Along the way, Skip had learned a few things about the nature of successful fishermen, too. Foremost, he had learned not to try to be like anybody else: The best fishermen fished according to the dictates of their own personalities.As a rule, Holden worked alone. More of a hunter-type person himself, he liked to motor past the main sandbars (where most of his more conservative fellow gillnetters chose to make their ""drifts"") and out through the surf. He enjoyed fishing the deep waters of the open ocean. When possible, he liked to intercept the fish well before they reached the main branch of the river, something at which he was quite adept, now having the self-assurance of a seasoned fisherman, one who had paid his dues and acquired a fair amount of fishing savvy along the way.Armed with little more than a compass and a Fathometer, he roamed as far as ten miles out from the wild and ever-changing sixty-mile-wide delta of sandbars and tidelands known as the Copper RiverFlats, fishing the salmon-rich waters as far out as Cape Hinchinbrook.Some fishermen didn't like the stress of making ""sets,"" laying out their gillnets and fishing out in the open ocean. They generally fished the inside waters. They didn't seem to mind fighting the crowds, or having to pull their gillnets back aboard every few minutes, then run back up the line, lay them out again, and start from scratch. By contrast, Skip Holden liked to fish the deep, outside waters. He liked the sight of free, open spaces and uncluttered horizons. He'd been raised that way. When he was a boy, sailing off the California coast, his father had taught him the art of navigation, as well as how to keep a ship in good repair and how to tie the rope knots that were essential to life at sea. Most important, his father instilled in his son the belief that shallow water is a fisherman's worst enemy.It was the going out and coming back in over the sandbars at entrance channels, especially those at Softuk, and Strawberry, and Egg Island, that local fishermen feared most. Let an out-rushing tide confront a strong flow of onshore wind, and the waves can really stack up.Even for Skip Holden, getting trapped out on the open sea in a sudden blow was something to be avoided if at all possible. Let him receive a warning over the local CB fishing channel announcing that the sandbar was closing, and Holden would rush his net aboard and make a mad scramble in over the building breakers before they closed him out. Once inside the punishing surf line, he would wait out the storm in the shelter of one of the tideland coves carved out of tens of miles of sandbars by the thirteen-foot tides that flooded in over the area several times each day.Miss the closing, get cut off by a sudden storm, and a fisherman would have few options, all of them dangerous. Left unprotected by island or berm, caught tens of miles from Cordova, a fisherman could either jog into the storm and weather (which might last for several days and nights) or make the near-impossible journey around the thirty-mile length of Hinchinbrook Island, running broadside to the storm winds and waves crashing ashore the entire way. Lose an engine, throw a prop, and you would be history.Regardless, Holden was always hanging it out there, working on theedge. Unlike some wanna-be fishermen, however, Holden had the touch. And during the season, it wasn't unusual for him to intercept as much as four thousand dollars' worth of the migrating fish in a single week.On that gray day in 1981, Holden had already gone for two days and nights without sleep, standing anchor watch, waiting out the past few days of blustery weather in a featureless, godforsaken reach inside Softuk Bar. It was no big deal, really. Gillnetting the flats had always been a young man's sport. And Holden could go for days without sleep. But when the winds finally did calm down, he thought, That's it. Time to go fishing, and, pulling anchor, he fled out across the bar.Once at sea, however, Holden soon found himself idling up the high, sloping faces of the unusually large swells lumbering in toward shore. Enormous as they were, the swells weren't breaking, and he drifted over them one by one, the bulging waters passing smoothly underneath him. It was the air around him, however, that spooked him. The enveloping air had turned ""eerie calm, like out of breath,"" as he put it. It was a little like entering into the eye of a hurricane. Skip Holden had never experienced anything quite like it.Shortly, the sky grew dark, and as the unexpected storm intensified, strong winds burst up the scene. Blowing directly in against the outrushing tide, the winds soon whipped the sea into a cresting frenzy. In only minutes, thunderous breakers began collapsing across the entire width of the bar, effectively closing off any possible retreat.Still, Holden was determined to give it a try, and so he maneuvered into the roiling waters of the bar. He had managed to weave his way past several rows of breakers, when, in the gray-black of the dim evening light, he spotted a single white lightbulb mounted atop the mast of another salmon boat. Having learned of Holden's plight, a fellow fisherman had apparently left the safety of his snug anchorage and was now motoring back and forth just inside the breakers, trying to guide Holden into the deeper waters of the main channel, through at least five thousand feet of breaking waves and lathering foam.Maybe I can make it through this, thought Holden, focusing on the challenge at hand. Now, should I go around this breaker and throughthat one? he asked himself as he pushed ahead. Is it deeper there? What's my Fathometer reading? Uh-oh--too shallow. I'll try this way.Finally conceding defeat, Holden fought his way back out through the marching rows of breakers, then began motoring down the sixty-mile delta of sandbars and bordering channels.When he arrived at the channel leading past Egg Island, he found stiff seventy-mile-per-hour winds driving heavy seas ashore, and the bar closed. Without one of the powerful VHF radios on board with which to call out, he was forced to rely on the comparatively feeble power of his CB radio.""Hey, Phil, what's happening?"" he radioed his good friend Phil Thum. ""Is there a way in? Do you see any way in there?""""No, I don't think you can get in, Holden. It's breaking all the way across the bar here.""The entire time he talked, Holden was jogging along the outside edge of the sandbar at the Egg Island entrance, quickly looking for an opening in the surf. Either I find my way in past Egg Island here, he thought, or I'll be out here all night. It's now or never. He cruised up and down the bar, but was unable to find anything like an opening.""I really don't see any way in there,"" Holden radioed Thum finally.""There is no way in,"" cut in the anonymous voice of another fisherman.And suddenly, all cross-chatter on his CB radio ceased, followed by a dead silence. Holden caught the full measure of what this meant. Everyone listening knew that there was no way back, and that in the building seas, the trip out and around Hinchinbrook Island would be pure suicide. His only hope would be to try to jog into the storm, however long it might last, however severe it might be.Well, this will be good for a laugh with my buddies back at the Reluctant Fisherman saloon in Cordova, he thought. Old Holden thought he could beat Mother Nature, and he got his butt...	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",americas;biographies & memoirs;books;disaster relief;history;memoirs;politics & social sciences;social sciences;state & local;united states,10
0872202380,Philosophy in Play: Three Dialogues Text: English (translation) Original Language: Italian,books;criticism;education & reference;history & surveys;humanities;modern;new;philosophy;politics & social sciences;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FO79A0,"Fourier Acoustics: Sound Radiation and Nearfield Acoustical Holography ""Dr. Williams should be commended for clearly communicating his exceptional contributions and understanding of NAH and structural acoustics.""--J. ADIN MANN III, Iowa State University, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America""...a nice book...recommended to both students of acoustics and also to institutional libraries.""--Applied Mechanics Reviews, Volume 54 (1), Jan 2001	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	Intended a both a textbook and a reference, Fourier Acoustics develops the theory of sound radiation uniquely from the viewpoint of Fourier Analysis.  This powerful perspective of sound radiation provides the reader with a comprehensive and practical understanding which will enable him or her to diagnose and solve sound and vibration problems in the 21st Century.  As a result of this perspective, Fourier Acoustics is able to present thoroughly and simply, for the first time in book form, the theory of nearfield acoustical holography, an important technique which has revolutionised the measurement of sound.  Relying little on material outside the book, Fourier Acoustics will be invaluable as a graduate level text as well as a reference for researchers in academia and industry.                                        Key Features* The physics of wave propogation and sound vibration in homogeneous media*Acoustics, such as radiation of sound, and radiation from vibrating surfaces*Inverse problems, such as the theory of nearfield acoustical holography*Mathematics of specialized functions, such as spherical harmonics	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",acoustics & sound;books;electron microscopes & microscopy;engineering;experiments;instruments & measurement;physics;professional & technical;science & math;special topics,10
0385471637,"Draw 50 Birds: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Chickadees, Peacocks, Toucans, Mallards, and Many More of Our Feathered Friends (Draw 50 Series) LEE J. AMES began his career at Walt Disney Studios and taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and at Dowling College on Long Island, New York. He directed his own advertising agency and illustrated over 150 books, ranging from preschool picture books to postgraduate textbooks. A prolific author of more than 30 Draw 50 books, Lee Ames died at the age of 90 in June 2011.	As you work, it's a good idea, from time to time, to hold a mirror to your sketch. The image in the mirror frequently shows distortion you might not recognize otherwise. In the book you will notice that the new step additions (in color) are printed darker so they can be clearly identified. But be sure to keep all of your construction steps very lighty. Here's where the kneaded eraser can be useful. You can lighten a pencil stroke that is too dark by pressing on it with the eraser.",animals;art;arts;arts & photography;birds;books;children's books;crafts & music;drawing;history & criticism,10
0830826211,"Shepherds After My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible (New Studies in Biblical Theology) Features & Benefits * Offers insight into the biblical understanding of the metaphor of the shepherd/pastor* Presents an antidote to unbiblical notions of this metaphor and its pastoral implications* Highlights the key elements involved in the development of this metaphor in the Bible* Features a wealth of interaction with ancient Near Eastern culture and history* Provides a definitive resource for exploration of this important issue* Serves pastors and lay leaders who desire assistance in understanding this topic	About the Author Timothy Laniak is assistant professor of Old Testament and coordinator of the Urban Ministry Certificate Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina. He is author of Shame and Honor in the Book of Esther (Scholars Press, 1998) and ""Esther"" in Ezra-Nehemiah-Esther (NIBC, 2003).",bibles;books;christian books & bibles;education & reference;ministry;ministry & church leadership;reference;religion & spirituality;religious studies;theology,10
096028625X,"I Want It (Childrens Problem Solving Book) ""It's successfully designed to help children identify alternative solutions to a common situation . . . .""  -- The Reviewing Librarian, Vol. 12 #1	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Children learn by thinking through problems themselves. I Want It gives the young listener lots of opportunities to practice thinking. Help your child along the road to effective and compassionate social interaction with the help of the Children's Problem Solving Books.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	Teaching kids to solve social problems effectively and compassionately is one of Elizabeth Crary's goals. In this book, one of the Children's Problem Solving series, the award-winning author of more than 30 books gives children an interactive format so they can try one solution---or another. A well-known parent educator, Crary is a frequent speaker across North America and Japan and has guested on such programs as Oprah.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",behavioral sciences;books;cognitive;cognitive psychology;fitness & dieting;health;medical books;psychology;psychology & counseling;science & math,10
0738822523,Acts of the Apostles Guy Manchester is a licensed private investigator and an expert on radical right-wing organizations. He lives in New York City.,books;contemporary;genre fiction;literature & fiction;mystery;political;spy stories & tales of intrigue;technothrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0399524703,"Talk Your Way to the Top Tina Santi Flaherty, a lifelong admirer of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was the first woman elected a vice president at three of America's largest companies: Colgate-Palmolive, GTE, and Grey Advertising.  Described by Business Week as one of America's top corporate women, she is a much sought-after motivational speaker and the author of Talk Your Way to the Top and The Savvy Woman's Success Bible.  She coaches politicians, educators, and Fortune 500 executives in the art of communicating with creativity.",books;business & investing;communications;guides;job hunting & careers;management & leadership;marketing & sales;running meetings & presentations;sales & selling;skills,10
0134933540,"Resource Guide for Elementary School Teaching, A: Planning for Competence This popular elementary methods text is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow resource whose wealth of information for improving classroom instruction makes it so much more than a textbook. The new edition has been thoroughly redone, to better help students meet the enormous challenges facing elementary teachers today in such areas as multicultural teaching, national curriculum standards, thematic teaching, cooperative learning, technology in schools, authentic assessment, and the professional employability portfolio. Joined with this excellent new coverage, and still the core of the text, are a wealth of applications--oriented, informal ""practice teaching"" activities--that get students involved in situations much like those they will encounter on-the-job. The authors offer thorough coverage of strategy implementation, instructional planning, legal issues, classroom management, discipline, and evaluation of both students and their teachers. By combining this strong coverage with hands-on exercises and a workbook-style format, A Resource Guide for Elementary School Teaching, Third Edition again provides an outstanding vehicle for starting students on their way to successful teaching.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This practical and concise resource guide for  prospective elementary school teachers features comprehensive lists of  guidelines and suggestions for creating favorable environments for maximum  learning opportunities. Reflecting the most current trends and research, it  addresses the full range of teaching/classroom concerns and offers a  hands-on, minds-on approach to concepts, techniques, and  strategies through an abundance of interactive activities.   It provides perforated pages for easy removal of exercises. It emphasizes  the importance of an eclectic model of teaching in which teachers select  and integrate the best from various instructional approaches. It also provides  guidelines that help teachers decide which approach to use at a particular time  and in developing their skills in using and integrating specific approaches.	Patricia L. Roberts joined the faculty at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), where she taught courses in childrens literature, reading, and language arts, and served as coordinator of a Teacher Education Center in Elementary Education and Associate Chair and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education. Author and co-author of more than 20 teacher resource books and texts, she is an invited biographer in Whos Who in America, recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award (University of the Pacific) and CSUS Award for Merit for Teaching. Listed online Cambridge Whos Who Registry Among Executive and Professional Women at www.patriciaroberts76.mycwapp.com     Richard Kellough is author and coauthor of more than 50 textbooks, including A Primer For New Principals: Guidelines For Success (Rowman  Littlefield, 2008), A Resource Guide For Teaching K-12, 6/E (Allyn  Bacon, 2011), Teaching Young Adolescents: Methods And Resources, 5/E (Pearson, 2008), Teaching And Learning K-8: A Guide To Methods And Resources, 9/E (Pearson, 2008), Your First Year Of Teaching: Guidelines For Success, 5/E (Pearson, 2009), Science K-8: An Integrated Approach, 11/E (Allyn  Bacon, 2008), and A Guide For Developing Interdisciplinary Thematic Units, 4/E (Pearson, 2008), as well as numerous journal articles. A member of several prominent organizations, Dr. Kellough has been elected to the Phi Sigma Society, the Botanical Society of America, and the American Bryological Society. His many recognitions include recipient of the Outstanding Biology Teacher Recognition Award (State of California) from the National Biology Teachers Association, being named a National Science Foundation Research Fellow at the University of California, Davis, as well as listings in the International Authors And Writers Whos Who, Leaders In Eco Education, Men Of Achievement (Vol. 1), Dictionary Of International Biography (Volumes 9 and 10), and Leaders In Education.   	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.	Welcome to the fifth edition of A Resource Guide for Elementary School Teaching: Planning for Competence. The purpose of this resource guide is to provide a practical and concise guide for college or university students who are preparing to become competent elementary schoolteachers. Others who may find it useful are experienced teachers who desire to continue developing their teaching skills and curriculum specialists and school administrators who desire a current, practical, and concise text of methods, guidelines, and resources for teaching in elementary school.   NEW TO THIS EDITION   Because of all the activity in education today, the research and preparation for this fifth edition was unusually demanding. Major changes for this fifth edition are described below:    Chapter 1 is, we believe, a better organized and more focused overview of elementary school teaching today. A new chapter has been added, Chapter 2, devoted to elementary school children, their development and their diversity, and specific ways of working with them in the classroom, topics that were part of Chapter 1 of the previous edition. Although we strive to keep this book a comprehensive guide of methods and resources for teaching elementary school, we are also sensitive to the book's size and cost to its users. This edition has fewer chapters and, in general, is more condensed than the previous edition. This was accomplished by (a) eliminating material that was dated or worn or that could be moved to the Companion Website, (b) condensing or relocating material that was covered in more than one chapter (for example, cooperative learning was previously addressed in both Chapters 6 and 9; it now is addressed principally in Chapter 8), (c) reorganizing the content of Part II into two rather than three chapters, (d) eliminating what was formerly Chapter 7 and moving its major content to Chapter 6, and (e) eliminating Chapter 12 of the previous edition, which described the various subjects of the elementary school curriculum, material better left to the special methods courses of your program of teacher preparation. There are now 12 chapters rather than the 14 chapters of the previous edition. Despite the blue ribbon commissions, authors, and politicians who vilify what they perceive as the failures of public school education, thousands of committed teachers, administrators, parents, and community representatives struggle daily, year after year, to provide children with a quality education. So that readers can learn about or visit exemplary schools and programs, many are recognized and identified by name throughout this text. Found throughout the text, sometimes at the front of a chapter, are instructional scenarios and classroom vignettes that serve as additional springboards for thinking and class discussion. To reflect the concerted efforts throughout the nation to help students at all grade levels to connect academic learning, personal growth, and a sense of civic responsibility, this edition of the resource guide identifies many sample projects and resources for service learning, especially in Chapters 1 and 8.    Other changes made for this edition are mentioned in the paragraphs that follow.   OUR BELIEFS: HOW AND WHERE THEY ARE REFLECTED IN THIS RESOURCE GUIDE   In the preparation of this book, we saw our task not as making the teaching job easier for youeffective teaching is never easybut as improving your teaching effectiveness and providing relevant guidelines and current resources. You may choose from these resources and build upon what works best for you. Nobody can tell you what will work with your students; you will know them best. We do share what we believe to be the best of practice, the most useful of recent research findings, and the richest of experiences. The highlighted statements present our beliefs and explain how they are embraced in this resource guide.    The best learning occurs when the learner actively participates in the process, which includes having ownership in both the process and the product of the learning. Consequently, this resource guide is designed to engage you in ""hands-on"" and ""minds-on"" learning about effective teaching. For example, rather than simply finding a chapter devoted to an exposition of the important topic of cooperative learning, in each chapter you will become involved in cooperative and collaborative learning. In essence, via the exercises found in every chapter, you will practice cooperative learning, talk about it, practice it some more, and finally, through the process of doing it, learn a great deal about it. This resource guide involves you in it.    The best strategies for learning about teaching are those that model the strategies used in exemplary teaching of children. As you will learn, integrated learning is the cornerstone of effective teaching for the 21st century, and that is a premise upon which this resource guide continues to be designed.    To be most effective, any teacher, regardless of grade level and subject, must use an eclectic style in teaching. Rather than focusing your attention on particular models of teaching, we emphasize the importance of an eclectic modelthat is, one in which you select and integrate the best from various instructional approaches. For example, there are times when you will want to use a direct, expository approach, perhaps by lecturing; there are many more times when you will want to use an indirect, social-interactive, or student-centered approach, perhaps through project-based learning. This resource guide provides guidelines that will help you both decide which approach to use at a particular time and develop your skill in using specific approaches.    Learning should be active, pleasant, fun, meaningful, and productive. Our desire is, as it always has been, to present this book in an enthusiastic, positive, and cognitive-humanistic way, in part by providing rich experiences in cooperative and collaborative learning. How this is done is perhaps best exemplified by the active learning exercises found throughout the book. Some exercises have been rewritten, ones that were worn and dated have been deleted, others have been moved to the Companion Website, and some new ones have been added to ensure that you become an active participant in learning the methods and procedures that are most appropriate in facilitating the learning of the active, responsive children present in today's elementary schools.    Teaching skills can be learned. In medicine, certain knowledge and skills must be learned and developed before the student physician is licensed to practice with patients. In law, certain knowledge and skills must be learned and developed before the law student is licensed to practice in a courtroom. So it is in teacher preparation: Knowledge and skills must be learned and developed before the teacher candidate is licensed to practice the art and science of teaching children. We would never consider allowing just any person to treat our child's illness or to defend us in a legal case; the professional education of teachers is no less important! Receiving professional education in how to teach children is absolutely necessary, and certain aspects of that education must precede any interaction with children if teachers are to become truly accomplished professionals.   ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK: AN OVERVIEW   Competent elementary school teaching is a kaleidoscopic, multifaceted, eclectic process. When preparing and writing a resource guide for use in teacher preparation, by necessity one must separate that kaleidoscopic process into separate topics, which is not always possible to do in a way that makes the most sense to everyone using the book. We believe that there are developmental components involved in becoming a competent teacher. This book is organized around four developmental components: why, what, how, and how well. Each of the four parts of this resource guide clearly reflects one of these four components. Each part is introduced with the objectives of that part and reflective thoughts relevant to topics addressed in its chapters. The visual map on p. iv illustrates how these four developmental elements are divided.   Part I: Orientation to Elementary School Teaching and Learning   To better reflect the why componentthe reality and challenge of elementary school teaching todayPart I underwent substantial reorganization and updates for this edition. It now includes four rather than three chapters. Chapter 1 presents an important overview of that reality and the challenge of teaching grades elementary school today. Chapter 2 presents a detailed explanation and explicit guidelines for meeting that challenge. In preparing Chapter 2 we considered the developments in cognitive learning theory that enhance and celebrate the differences in students and their styles of learning. Regardless of gender, social or physical abilities, and ethnic or cultural characteristics, all students must have equal opportunity to participate and learn in the classroom. This belief is reflected throughout this resource guide. Chapter 3 reflects the expectations, responsibilities, and classroom behaviors that are characteristic of competent elementary school teachers. Whereas Chapter 2 is about children, Chapter 3 is about teachers and Chapter 4, is about the learning environment, specifically the classroom. Because a teacher must have the students' attention to effectively implement any instructional plan, guidelines for establishing and maintaining a supportive environment for learning are presented in Chapter 4.   Part II: Planning for Instruction   Effective teaching is performance-based and criterion-referenced. This resource guide continues to be constructed in this manner. Because we also believe that teaching, indeed living, must allow for serendipity, encourage the i...	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",books;education;education & reference;education theory;elementary education;instruction methods;new;pedagogy;schools & teaching;used & rental textbooks,10
0883185970,"The Theory of Heat Radiation (History of Modern Physics, 1800-1950) Text: English, German",books;dynamics;education & reference;mechanics;new;physics;science & math;science & mathematics;thermodynamics;used & rental textbooks,10
0936185333,"Insights of a Senior Acupuncturist ""Dr. Lee advances this bilateral combination of 10 points as a valuable tool for the less experienced acupuncturist. They served her well during those years when she had no time for diagnosis beyond recognizing a patient 'whose middle burner has been attacked.' Dr. Lee details how these points can be used to treat specific illnesses. Beyond the technical information, itself immensely valuable, this volume is rich with a sense of wisdom that Dr. Lee has come to through her many years of practice. It is a worthwhile addition to a serious acupuncturist's library."" -- Gateways, p. 11As the subtitle of her book state, ""one combination of points can treat many diseases."" Dr Lee found the theoretical basis for this combination in the Nei Jing. ""When the stomach and spleen, the central jiao, are attached by emotion, pure qi cannot ascend to the brain, and the evil qi, the waster, cannot descent,"" she explains. To facilitate the free flowing of qi in the central jiao, to benefit the liver as well as the kidneys and spleen, to force the evil qi to go down, and to improve brain function, Dr. Lee chooses a bilateral combination of 10 points. It is a valuable tool for any acupuncturist and Dr. Lee details how these points can be used to treat specific illnesses. Beyond the technical information, itself immensely valuable, the volume is rich with the wisdom that Dr. Lee has come to through her many years of practice. It is a worthwhile addition to any serious acupuncturist's library. Chris Vernon   Gateways Newsletter -- Gateways Newsletter	Students and practitioners love this book! It is one  of our perennially most popular titles.	Miriam Lee has been practicing acupuncture for over 40 years. She came to the United States from Singapore where she lived for 17 years after leaving mainland China in 1949. In China, she was a nurse and midwife before becoming an acupuncturist and lived through the Japanese occupation and World War II. When she arrived in California, acupuncture was illegal. So Miriam worked on a factory assembly line and gave treatments quietly out of her home, later sharing a space with an open-minded MD. In April 1974, Miriam was arrested for practicing medicine without a license. With the overwhelming support of her patients, she was acquitted and made part of an acupuncture research project at San Francisco University where she practiced until 1976 when acupuncture was legalized in California. Miriam Lee has been an important voice in the promotion of acupuncture and acupuncture legislation in California, has taught hundreds of Western students, and has treated thousands of patients. Today, Miriam is semi-retired and resides in Palo Alto, CA.	Miriam Lee has been practicing acupuncture for over 40 years. She came to the US in the mid-1960's and was a highly instrumental player in the passage of the first acupuncture licensure bill in California. Until her very recent retirement, Miriam's clinic was always full to overflowing. She was one of the most sought after acupuncture practitioners in the entire US.	Author's Preface I came to the United States from Singapore where I had lived for 17  years after leaving mainland China in 1949. In China I had been a  nurse and a midwife before becoming an acupuncturist, and I had  lived through the Japanese occupation and World War II, extremely  difficult times in a land accustomed to hard times. Life is easier in Singapore than it is in China, and as an  acupuncturist, I began seeing there the kinds of problems that  arise from unfairness and anger which are so common in America.  Treatments for depression, hyperactivity, and mental problems such  as schizophrenia or suicide are not discussed in acupuncture books  from China. There the struggle for life itself takes so much energy  that few people are able to suffer anguish over the quality of  life. In Singapore as in America, there is enough bread, and so  there is more qi caught up in emotional blockages. When I first came to California acupuncture was illegal. I worked  on an assembly line at Hewlett Packard and attended church,  building a life for myself in this country where my medicine was  against the law. I could only wait to see how I would be called  upon to give what I had learned. In 1973 Dr. Harry Oxenhandler, an  M.D., offered to share his office with me. I could only practice  for a limited amount of time each day, until 1 P.M. I had to start  earlier and earlier in the morning. By 5 A.M. there were 4 or 5  people waiting in their cars to get in. So for 7 hours a day, 5  days a week, I saw between 75 and 80 patients a day, 14 to 17  patients an hour. I had 4 beds for those who had to lie down.  People in wheelchairs were treated in the bathroom. Those who could  sit I treated in the waiting room or on the foot of the treatment  tables.  I worked alone, putting in and taking out the needles, and  recording all the treatments. The pressure was tremendous. I had to  come up with a safe, effective treatment that I could apply quickly  and easily to people with ordinary sicknesses so that I could focus  on those with really difficult conditions. There is an old Chinese saying, ""If you don't press the olive seed,  there will be no oil."" The pressure was a great challenge for me.  In the afternoons and evenings I poured over the classics looking  for guidance. In the Nei Jing I found my starting point: ""When the stomach and spleen, the central jiao, are attacked by  emotion, pure qi cannot ascend to the brain, and the evil qi, the  waste, cannot descend. It will remain stuck in the stomach."" In the Western way of thinking pure qi is oxygen; the evil qi, or  waste, is carbon dioxide. When there is no pure qi or oxygen in the  head, the person thinks only on the darker side, and death seems  like the only possible solution to life's difficulties.  Zu San Li (St 36) is the best point to free stuck qi in the central  jiao. You can drain or supplement it to make the pure qi go up.  Because many cases of depression are due to stagnant liver qi, I  chose San Yin Jiao (Sp 6) to help the liver along with the kidneys  and spleen. I also needed a way to make the evil qi go down, to drain it.  Draining Qu Chi (LI 11) and He Gu (LI 4) drains evil qi from the  body. Qu Chi (LI 11) helps move the bowel, clearing waste from the  intestines. Draining Lie Que (Lu 7) clears the kidneys as well, and  the kidneys rule the brain. When the brain has enough oxygen, then  the person thinks on the brighter side again. Because the stomach and large intestine channels have more qi and  more blood, you can do no harm by treating them at any time for any  person. These 10 needles have allowed me to think fast, treat fast.  They are safe for new hands, and can be used successfully by those  who do not yet know how to diagnose. They served me well during  those years when I had no time for diagnosis beyond recognizing  ""here is a person whose central jiao has been attacked by emotion"". On April 15, 1974, Governor Reagan vetoed a bill legalizing the  practice of acupuncture in California. I was arrested for  practicing medicine without a license on April 16. The police came  at 6:45 A.M. when I already had 10 people in the office. I had to  take the needles out and let them go. Some had driven a long way to  be treated, including one from Redding, 4 hours away. At the trial my patients filled the courtroom. There were so many  of them court officials didn't know what to do with them all. Day  after day they returned to protest being denied access to the only  medicine which had helped them, and to insist that they had a right  to choose to be treated with acupuncture. Within a matter of days  legislators reached a compromise with Governor Reagan, and  acupuncture was made an ""experimental procedure"" which could be  carried out as research. I was made part of a project at San  Francisco University and practiced under this umbrella until  Governor Jerry Brown signed the legislation legalizing acupuncture  in 1976. As I said, this 10 needle treatment is safe for new hands. I have  students who told me they have applied these points for 6 years,  and the treatments have never failed. When they record these  treatments they simple write ""M.L. Great"", for ""Miriam Lee's Great  10 Needle Treatment"".",acupuncture;acupuncture & acupressure;alternative medicine;books;fitness & dieting;health;medical books;medicine & health sciences;new;used & rental textbooks,10
B000FQJ8EI,"Novell's Guide to Troubleshooting NetWare 5 To troubleshoot networking problems effectively, you need to  know what solutions there are. Novell's Guide to Troubleshooting  NetWare 5 steps in to show you how to install, configure,  maintain, and improve Novell NetWare 5. More than a guide to tracking  down and repairing problems, this book provides quite a bit of  background information on Novell's networking solutions  You'll  want to consult this book if you're looking for specific instructions  on how to, say, create disk partitions under NetWare 4.x or step  through driver problems on DOS machines. The author inserts lots of  notes into his text--and not the throwaway, obvious kind that  characterize many books either. These are mainly troubleshooting hints  that explain what can go wrong and (usually) how to fix it. The only  problem with these notes is that specific ones are hard to locate in a  hurry. For certain problems, there are listings of key system  files. Novell's Guide to Troubleshooting NetWare 5 serves  its readers well by paying attention to the entire NetWare universe,  not just the portion that runs Windows 95. If your enterprise--or part  of it--still runs MS-DOS machines or Windows 3.x, you'll find plenty  of relevant management and troubleshooting information  here. --David Wall Topics covered: Network protocols,  configuring various NetWare servers (versions 3, 4, and 5), and Novell  Internet Access Server.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	With its new TCP/IP developments, JavaTM compliance, and a host of added or improved system administration features, NetWare 5 introduces a whole new dimension in enterprise networking -- and a whole new set of challenges. Featuring essential reference guides to NetWare utilities, NetWare command-line utilities, server utilities, error messages, and protocols, this no-nonsense guide to troubleshooting a NetWare-based network brings you both the foundation knowledge and practical strategies you need to quickly identify problems, minimize server downtime, and increase network efficiency.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",apis & operating environments;books;computers & technology;lan;networking;networks;novell netware;operating systems;programming;protocols & apis,10
1588342182,"America Noir: Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Era A must for any serious student of noir tradition in American culture. . . . Entertaining and enlightening.BookPageInsightful . . . a welcome addition to the literature devoted to postwar culture.American Studies InternationalDemonstrates . . . an obsessive knowledge of and contagious enthusiasm for its subject.Modern Language Notes	David Cochran earned his PhD in American history from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He currently teaches at John A. Logan College and lives with his wife, three children, and four cats in Herrin, Illinois.	About halfway through Charles Willeford's debut novel, High Priest of California (1953), the narrator, Russell Haxby, a successful though amoral used-car salesman, drops off his date Alyce. Unsuccessful in his immediate attempt to seduce her, Haxby has nonetheless begun formulating a long-term strategy toward achieving his goal. Before returning home, he walks into a tavern and orders a drink. Sitting at the bar, he surveys the other customers, noticing the man next to him is approximately his size. Then, without warning or provocation, Haxby says, ""I put my drink down, raised my elbow level with my shoulder, and spun on my heel. My elbow caught him just below the eye. He raised a beer bottle over his head and my fist caught him flush on the jaw. He dropped to the floor and lay still. I threw a half-dollar on the bar and left. No one looked in my direction as I closed the door."" Returning home, Haxby puts the ""Romeo and Juliet Overture"" on the turntable. ""I poured a glass full of gin and played the overture several times while I finished the drink. After this emotional bath I felt wonderful. I went to bed and slept soundly all night. Like a child."" With this one indelible scene, Willeford presented his vision of the quintessential postwar American man. Beneath the pleasant exterior of a successful used-car salesman lies a soul equally capable of lashing out in meaningless, anonymous violence or appreciating the beauty of Tchaikovsky. While at this point in the novel the events do not come as a complete surprise---earlier Haxby had kneed a parking attendant in the groin for pointing out that he had parked in the wrong spot---the realization that the core of his soul Haxby is utterly without conscience prepares the reader for the ultimate revelation that Haxby will treat the people in his life with the same cavalier disdain he shows toward his customers at the car lot.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",20th century;americas;art;books;history;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;movies;pop culture;united states,10
0842375171,"Fourth Dawn (A. D. Chronicles, Book 4) Sean Barrett's masterful performance gives an authentic flavor to the biblical story of Herod, King of Judea; Zachariah and his wife, Elisheba; Onias the tutor; the angel Gabriel; and Mary and Joseph. Barretts depiction of Herod's insanity is captivating. His depiction of Gabriels angelic voice, complete with appropriate sound effects, is stunning when Gabriel delivers his prophesy to Zachariah: He and Elisheba, long past child-bearing age, will give birth to a son. Barrett deftly captures Zachariah's disbelief. When Gabriel tells Mary she has been chosen to carry the Messiah, Barrett's beguiling performance equips listeners to experience her joy, wonder, fear, and even her lingering questions. Outstanding sound effects and a commanding performance of this historical fiction make this an unforgettable production.G.D.W.  AudioFile Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Audio CD	 edition.	Betrayal and suspicion are the coin of the realm as King Herod plunges deeper into madness. Where is the promised liberator who will set the world right?  No one is secure in Judea. Plots are hatched, poisonings contrived, and the least innuendo can bring torture or execution. As the people long for the true heir of King David to take the throne, Herod determines to hold on to his kingdom . . . no matter the price.  As young Mary of Nazareth tends a cow in her parents barn, she receives an unusual visitor. What he tells her will change everything about her life . . . and impact all those in Judea and beyondfor eternity! Yet will Yosef, her betrothed, believe her? Or will she lose the one she loves?  Onias the Tutor puzzles over the ancient prophecies in secret. If anyone discovers what he knows, not only he, but his beloved wife and child, will be in imminent peril.   Now signs are appearing in the heavens. But what do they mean?	A timeless tale of faith, love, and redemption  In their most dramatic, ambitious, and significant historical series to date, Bodie and Brock Thoene once again transport readers back in time to first century A.D., to the most critical events in the history of the world.  Fourth Dawn is available complete and unabridged from Tyndale Audio and Luke Thoene Productions. Fourth Dawn is performed by actor Sean Barrett for your listening enjoyment.	Bodie and Brock Thoene (pronounced Tay-nee) have written over 45 works of historical fiction. That these best sellers have sold more than 10 million copies and won eight ECPA Gold Medallion Awards affirms what millions of readers have already discovered - the Thoenes are not only master stylists, but experts at capturing readers' minds and hearts. Bodie and Brock have four grown children - Rachel, Jake, Luke, and Ellie - and five grandchildren. Bodie and Brock divide their time between London and Nevada.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Audio CD	 edition.	Sean Barrett's masterful performance gives an authentic flavor to the biblical story of Herod, King of Judea; Zachariah and his wife, Elisheba; Onias the tutor; the angel Gabriel; and Mary and Joseph. Barrett's depiction of Herod's insanity is captivating. His depiction of Gabriel's angelic voice, complete with appropriate sound effects, is stunning when Gabriel delivers his prophesy to Zachariah:  He and Elisheba, long past child-bearing age, will give birth to a son. Barrett deftly captures Zachariah's disbelief. When Gabriel tells Mary she has been chosen to carry the Messiah, Barrett's beguiling performance equips listeners to experience her joy, wonder, fear, and even her lingering questions. Outstanding sound effects and a commanding performance of this historical fiction make this an unforgettable production.  G.D.W.  AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Audio CD	 edition.",bibles;biblical;books;christian books & bibles;contemporary;fiction;historical;literature & fiction;religion & spirituality;united states,10
0140124950,"Evolution of Cooperation. (Penguin Press Science) Robert Axelrod is the Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding at the University of Michigan. He has been consulted on cooperation by the United Nations, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.",books;international & world politics;international relations;new;political science;politics & government;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;used & rental textbooks,10
B000MR8TFY,"When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age This frothy look at several generations of Astors by the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain is custom-made for the Waldorf gift shop. The tightwad founder of the Astor dynasty was a butcher's son from the German backwater of Waldorf. By the time John Jacob Astor died in 1848 at the age of 84, the richest man in America had turned a fur trade monopoly into a Manhattan real estate empire. Astor House, his ""astonishing"" luxury hotel adjacent to City Hall, cosseted the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Britain's future King Edward VII in its 80-year history. John Jacob's ""phlegmatic and cautious"" son, William, increased the family fortune, married a blueblood and sired sons who couldn't abide one another. ""Imperious and somber"" John Jacob III and playboy William, who was married to society queen Caroline Schermerhorn, passed on the family feud to their sons who managed to combine forces in 1897 to build the Waldorf-Astoria. Prickly and snobbish William Waldorf Astor failed in New York State politics, became a novelist and an art collector, and died a British viscount. John Jacob IV's military service and his death on the Titanic helped temper his reputation as a spoiled fool. Bw photos. (June 5) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	When it opened on Broadway in 1836, John Jacob Astor's hotel Astor House was called a ""marvel of the age."" However, it was nothing compared to the hotel built some 60 years later by Astor's great-grandsons, William Waldorf and John Jacob IV. Since the cousins could never agree on anything, the Waldorf-Astoria was actually two hotels, connected by corridors that could be sealed off. Henry James, back in the U.S. after an absence of 20 years, stayed there and described it as ""one of my few glimpses of perfect human felicity."" Kaplan is well known as a biographer, but he presents an unconventional biography here, crafting a fascinating work of social history by focusing on the cousins' hotel-building mania. The Waldorf-Astoria and other Astor hotels served as the stage for the family drama, as well as for people anxious to show off their wealth, and also helped define a new standard of luxury for the aspiring middle class. Mary Ellen QuinnCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A fascinating social history as well as a fun gossipy read. Kaplan has an eye for both  the dishy details and the deeper meaning beneath them. This vision makes When the Astors  Owned New York the best kind of history: entertaining. -- BookPageA gem of a book . . . No one since [Henry] James has written with such ease and grace  about the era of excess as Kaplan. -- Megan Marshall, author of The Peabody SistersA subject that proves more revealing of the nature of American democracy than many  hefty social and political histories. -- The Philadelphia InquirerAn entertaining social history. -- New York Daily NewsJustin Kaplans short but diverting tale of the career of the Astor family is told with  gleeful humor and frequent sarcasm. He defines his subject as a commentary on the progression  of taste and social attitudeand does it very well. -- St. Louis Post-DispatchMr. Kaplan is a companionable writer, and his well-turned sentences are a delight to  read. -- The New York ObserverMr. Kaplan, a dazzling stylist, is perfectly suited to his subject: what Henry James  lovingly called hotel civilization . . . [A] splendid book about a bygone age that has not quite gone  away. -- The New York SunA gem of a book . . . No one since [Henry] James has written with such ease and grace about the era of excess as Kaplan. (Megan Marshall, author of The Peabody Sisters)Mr. Kaplan is a companionable writer, and his well-turned sentences are a delight to read. (The New York Observer)An entertaining social history. (New York Daily News)Mr. Kaplan, a dazzling stylist, is perfectly suited to his subject: what Henry James lovingly called hotel civilization . . . [A] splendid book about a bygone age that has not quite gone away. (The New York Sun)A subject that proves more revealing of the nature of American democracy than many hefty social and political histories. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)Justin Kaplans short but diverting tale of the career of the Astor family is told with gleeful humor and frequent sarcasm. He defines his subject as a commentary on the progression of taste and social attitudeand does it very well. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)A fascinating social history as well as a fun gossipy read. Kaplan has an eye for both the dishy details and the deeper meaning beneath them. This vision makes When the Astors Owned New York the best kind of history: entertaining. (BookPage)	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Advance praise for WHEN THE ASTORS OWNED NEW YORK, by  Justin Kaplan  ""The Astors may have owned New York, but Justin Kaplan owns the Astors. This is a  grand book on a grand subject-the era of the great hotels and the family that created that  'vision of extravagance, grandeur, amplitude, order, and efficiency.' Kaplan is a superb  writer; his prose shines with clarity and crackles with wicked wit. An immensely  satisfying read-impossible to put down. Justin Kaplan has done it again."" -Robert R Richardson, author of Henry Thoreau: A life of the Mind and  Emerson: The Mind on Fire  ""When the Astors Owned New York is a gem of a book by one of our foremost  biographers.  Justin Kaplan gives us a slice of Manhattan's history that reaches across  three centuries, and offers fascinating glimpses of what Henry James has called the  'perfect human felicity' of 'hotel-civilization.'  Indeed, no one since James has  written with such ease and grace about the era of excess as Kaplan.  He recounts the  Astor family's 'ventures in the ideal,' as well as their bitter feuds and brushes with  scandal, with the economical style and wry wit that marked his Pulitzer-winning  biographies of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman.  Kaplan's latest achievement is a  tour-de-force, brimming with the vitality of its subject."" -Megan Marshall, author of The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited  American Romanticism  ""In velvet prose, Justin Kaplan offers up a family drama that played itself out in the  national headlines and the New York skyline.  There could be no better guide to that  new-fangled l9th century invention:  American ostentation.  This one is sheer  delight. -Stacy Schiff, author of A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of  America and Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize   ""If you've ever wondered about the real life models for Henry James' American novels or  Merchant-Ivory's films, this is the book for you.  An irresistible panorama of New York City  when ""the 400"" reigned supreme."" -Howard Gardner, author of Multiple Intelligences  and Changing  Minds  ""Justin Kaplan's reconstruction of the Astors and kindred hoteliers is a very entertaining  commentary on the Idle Rich and the lavish caravansaries they constructed in the Gilded  Age to service their clientele. His book is at once social history and cultural  anthropology. The principal actors-the Astors and their ilk-frequent an Aladdinish  world of conspicuous consumers. When the Astors Owned New York is   a distillation of  a place and of a time by a smiling and sardonic observer."" -David Aaron,  Harvard University  'I thought I knew everything worth knowing about the Astors.  Then I read Justin  Kaplan's new book. Wow. Was I ever wrong..."" -Stephen Birmingham, author of Our Crowd, Life at the Dakota, and The  Rest of Us   ""Though the story of the Astor family and the excesses of the Gilded Age is familiar, it  has never been told better than by Justin Kaplan, whose sharply focused, nuanced, and  unsentimental snapshot of American ambition and accomplishment is carefully  researched and gracefully written. I could not put it down."" -Rober A. M. Stern, architect  ""The remarkable talents of this prize-winning biographer have been happily focused uon  the hotel and real-estate dynasty of John Jacob Asto, especially his descendents whose  blood was never quite blue enough to satisfy their inherited fantasies. The result is New  York cultural history at its finest-a fascinating narrative that sparkles with wit and  charm from start to finish."" -Jerome Loving, author of The Last Titan: A life of Theodore Dreiser and  Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Justin Kaplan won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his biography  Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain. His Walt Whitman: A Life also won the National  Book Award.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",19th century;20th century;americas;books;business & investing;economic history;economics;history;state & local;united states,10
0812922522,"China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power In one of the best books on contemporary China, Kristoff and WuDunn ponder a central paradox: an explosion of wealth and entrepreneurship in the world's third biggest economy (after the U.S. and Japan) flourishes under a repressive, authoritarian regime. This husband-and-wife team, Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing correspondents for the New York Times from 1988 to 1993, take us from the Xinjiang region in China's far west, where an Islamic revival threatens Party rule, to occupied Tibet seething with hatred for the Chinese overlords. They report on widespread alienation from the government, massive rural poverty, rampant bribery and corruption, increasing discrimination against women in the workplace, routine abduction and trafficking in women and children. The authors also perceive ""the embryo of a civil society"" emerging that may one day undermine the dictatorship. WuDunn, who is Chinese-American, writes of her sometimes frustrating search for her native identity in a regimented society pervaded by a ""culture of silence."" Photos. Author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	This thought-provoking analysis of daily life in China is the first book to rival Fox Butterfield's China: Alive in the Bitter Sea (LJ 4/15/82). All the authors are New York Times correspondents, but while Butterfield did five years of graduate work in Asian studies, Kristof graduated from law school and WuDunn has an MBA and a master's degree in public administration. As a result, they analyze China in terms of its progress in the areas of civil rights and business. The authors argue that today's leaders are remarkably similar to those of past dynasties but that, given their entrepreneurial energy, Chinese people are living better now than ever before. In interviews with many different types of people, Kristof and WuDunn (who won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the Tiananmen Square massacre) observe that Chinese society is changing slowly in the face of much blatant injustice. On a positive note, they see China as a nation that is beginning to appreciate the benefits of law over imperial rule. Highly recommended.--Peggy Spitzer Christoff, Oak Park, Ill.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	A vivid and thoughtful portrait of China by a Pulitzer Prize- winning husband-and-wife team of New York Times correspondents formerly in Beijing. Allowing for the complexity of the task, and for the sad record of China watchers (almost all of whom, for example, were unaware of the greatest man-made famine in history, which followed the so-called Great Leap Forward at the end of the 1950s and killed 30 million people), Kristof and WuDunn puzzle over the great paradox of present-day China: that, amid all the signs of a dying political dynasty, there flourishes one of the most buoyant economies in the world. All the signs of the death of the Communist Party era are visible: the alienation of the people; the loss of belief in the ideology even among the Party elite; the loss of control over information; and the growth of competing centers of power. It is a regime that has ``the worst public relations sense of any major government in the world'' and is ``too corrupt, too rotten, to be very successful at being totalitarian.'' And yet, in bringing industry to the rural areas, Deng Xiaoping unleashed a second agricultural revolution which--largely by removing Party control and instituting a regime closer to that of Dickensian England--brought about an annual growth rate of 13% in 1992 and 1993. This rate, as the authors point out, is unsustainable, but it has already raised more than 100 million Chinese out of poverty. With due recognition of the fallibility of the experts, the authors think that the most likely scenario is one of peaceful evolution, along the lines of Taiwan. The authors may not always be quite as skeptical of statistics as one would like, but this is a hard-headed, clear analysis filled with anecdote and vivid reportage. -- Copyright 1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	""Nick Kristof's and Sheryl WuDunn's work as correspondents in China was beyond compare, and now they have written a book every bit as astonishing. China Wakes is filled with anecdote, detail, and analysis of the highest order...This book demands reading, and yet it is a pleasure as well as an education.""--David Remnick""Every page of China Wakes is trenchant, and I cannot think of a reportorial book on China so zealous in investigation and so painstaking in probing issues from every angle.""--Ross Terrill, Foreign Affairs""Thought-provoking and absorbing...Few books on China have done so much to further our understanding. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn share with the readers their wealth of information, keen observation and intelligent interpretation.""--Nien Cheng, author of Life and Death in Shanghai	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	""Nick Kristof's and Sheryl WuDunn's work as correspondents in China was beyond compare, and now they have written a book every bit as astonishing. China Wakes is filled with anecdote, detail, and analysis of the highest order...This book demands reading, and yet it is a pleasure as well as an education.""--David Remnick""Every page of China Wakes is trenchant, and I cannot think of a reportorial book on China so zealous in investigation and so painstaking in probing issues from every angle.""--Ross Terrill, Foreign Affairs""Thought-provoking and absorbing...Few books on China have done so much to further our understanding. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn share with the readers their wealth of information, keen observation and intelligent interpretation.""--Nien Cheng, author of Life and Death in Shanghai	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.	The definitive book on China's uneasy transformation into an economic and political superpower by two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters. An insightful and thought-provoking analysis of daily life in China, China Wakes is an exemplary work of reportage. 16 pages of photos.	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",anthropology;books;business & investing;cultural;economics;international;international & world politics;politics & government;politics & social sciences;popular economics,10
0671743635,"Rock Hard: Autobiography of Former Alcatraz Inmate Leon ""Whitey"" Thompson Thompson spent the years 1958-1962 in the notorious Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay, and his book offers some interesting Alcatraz tales. However, the book also tells Thompson's entire life story, and despite the 70-year-old author's grit, the third-person narrative is burdened by excessive detail, cliched writing and dubiously reconstructed dialogue. Thompson recounts a troubled youth at the hands of a violent father, an early career as an armed robber and his betrayal by a confederate. Sentenced in 1948 to 15 years for bank robbery and other crimes, Thompson's volatile behavior earned him a transfer to Alcatraz. He describes a dog-eat-dog world, in which he would test his cell's light bulb daily for explosives and barely avoided killing a snitch. Despite an absence of rehabilitation programs, Thompson, prompted by a fellow inmate, took up painting and kept his cool when scapegoated for an escape. Released thanks to a court decision that while the ""robbery charges were within the law, . . .the shotgun charge was wrong,"" Thompson struggled to rebuild his life, serving two more prison terms before meeting a woman who not only became his soulmate but also encouraged him to lecture about his experiences and write this book. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.",biographies & memoirs;books;crime & criminals;criminology;history & criticism;literature & fiction;movements & periods;politics & social sciences;social sciences;specific groups,10
0460115715,"The Vision of Piers Plowman (Everyman's University Paperbacks) Founded in 1906 by J.M. Dent, the Everyman Library has   always tried to make the best books ever written available to the   greatest number of people at the lowest possible price. Unique editorial   features that help Everyman Paperback Classics stand out from the crowd   include: a leading scholar or literary critic's introduction to the text,   a biography of the author, a chronology of her or his life and times, a   historical selection of criticism, and a concise plot summary.  All books   published since 1993 have also been completely restyled: all type has   been reset, to offer a clarity and ease of reading unique among editions   of the classics; a vibrant, full-color cover design now complements these   great texts with beautiful contemporary works of art. But the best   feature must be Everyman's uniquely low price. Each Everyman title offers   these extensive materials at a price that competes with the most   inexpensive editions on the market-but Everyman Paperbacks have durable   binding, quality paper, and the highest editorial and scholarly   standards.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	William Langland lived from c.1330 to c.1386. He was born near Malvern and was educated for a career in the Church, but appears to have married and never proceeded beyond minor orders.  A.V.C. Schmidt taught at University College, Dublin and Exeter College, Oxford, before becoming Andrew Bradley-James Mazwell Fellow in 1973 at Balliol College, Oxford, where he is Senior English Fellow.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",ancient;books;classical & medieval;humanities;literary;literature;literature & fiction;new;poetry;used & rental textbooks,10
1555535739,"The Girl Who Fell Down: A Biography of Joan McCracken While biographies of great cultural icons abound, the greatest stories are often those of the tragic also-rans, the unheralded power behind the throne. Simultaneously the tale of a genuine innovator and an all-but-forgotten minor celebrity, dance historian and choreographer, Sagolla's biography of the dancer and actor Joan McCracken is a kind of literary rescue mission, an attempt to save her from the dreaded fate of cultural anonymity. An accomplished ballet dancer and the originator of the ""Girl who Falls Down"" role in the premiere run of Oklahoma! on Broadway, McCracken helped to define a new type of stage icon: the dancer-comedienne. From there she proceeded to develop a successful stage career, sign a film contract with MGM, marry the famed choreographer Bob Fosse and become an early television personality, an inaugural member of the Actors Studio and one of Truman Capote's inspirations for the protagonist of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Yet while McCracken's star shone brightly albeit briefly (she died at 44 after a lifetime battle with diabetes) on the Broadway stage, her career as a whole was a bizarre parade of missed opportunities, personal tragedy and failing health. Sagolla's skills as a researcher and scholar are formidable. Sadly, the same cannot be said for her instincts as a biographer. Such pains are taken to establish her subject's ""historical significance"" that the book takes on an air of dreary piety. McCracken is endlessly described as ""trailblazing"" and ""pioneering,"" and the text is so liberally peppered with quotations from her critical accolades as to border on the ridiculous. Amidst this storm of interviews and source material, McCracken's personality shines through only occasionally, leaving the reader with a strong sense of her place in history, but little idea of who she was. Illustrations not seen by PW. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.	26 illus.	Lisa Jo Sagolla is a dance historian, critic, choreographer, and Lecturer in Dance Education at Columbia University. She holds an Ed.D. in art education from Columbia and writes for Back Stage and Dance Teacher. She lives in New York City.",arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;broadway & musicals;dance;entertainers;humor & entertainment;performing arts;theater,10
B000OIZVJ8,"Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination Dependably delicious . . . Pitch perfect. -- NewsweekIts hard to imagine a more appealing heroine than Olivia. -- San Francisco  ChronicleDependably delicious . . . Pitch perfect. (Newsweek)  Its hard to imagine a more appealing heroine than Olivia. (San Francisco Chronicle)	Helen Fielding, a journalist and novelist, is the author of three previous  novelsBridget Joness Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and  Cause Celebwhich together have sold more than 15 million copies in thirty- five countries.	1. London   The problem with you, Olivia, is that you have an overactive imagination.   I dont, said Olivia Joules indignantly.   Barry Wilkinson, foreign editor of the Sunday Times, leaned back in his chair, trying to hold in his paunch, staring over his half-moon glasses at the disgruntled little figure before him, and thinking: And youre too damned cute.   What about your story about the cloud of giant, fanged locusts pancaking down on Ethiopia, blotting out the sun? he said.   It was the Sudan.   Barry sighed heavily. We sent you all the way out there and all you came up with was two grasshoppers in a polythene bag.   But there was a locust cloud. It was just that it had flown off to Chad. They were supposed to be roosting. Anyway, I got you the story about the animals starving in the zoo.   Olivia, it was one warthogand he looked quite porky to me.   Well, I would have got you an interview with the fundamentalist women and a cross amputee if you hadnt made me come back.   The birth of Posh and Beckss new baby you were sent to cover live for BSkyB?   That wasnt hard news.   Thank God.   I certainly didnt imagine anything there.   No. But nor did you say anything for the first ten seconds. You stared around like a simpleton, fiddling with your hair live on air, then suddenly yelled, The baby hasnt been born yet, but its all very exciting. Now back to the studio.   That wasnt my fault. The floor manager didnt cue me because there was a man trying to get into the shot with Im a Royal Love Child written on his naked paunch.   Wearily, Barry leafed through the pile of press releases on his desk. Listen, lovey;   Olivia quivered. One of these days she would call him lovey and see how he liked it.   ;youre a good writer, youre very observant and intuitive and, as I say, extremely imaginative, and we feel on the Sunday Times, in a freelancer, those qualities are better suited to the Style section than the news pages.   You mean the shallow end rather than the deep end? Theres nothing shallow about style, baby. Olivia laughed. I cant believe you just said that. Barry started laughing as well.   Look, he said, fishing out a press release from a cosmetics company, if you really want to travel, theres a celebrity launch in Miami next week for someperfume?face cream.   A face-cream launch, said Olivia dully   J.Lo or P. Binny or somebody;there we go;Devore. Who the fuck is Devore?   White rapper slash model slash actress.   Fine. If you can get a magazine to split the costs with us, you can go and cover her face cream for Style. Hows that?   Okay, said Olivia doubtfully, but if I find a proper news story out there, can I cover that as well?   Of course you can, sweetheart, smirked Barry.   2. South Beach, Miami   The lobby of the Delano Hotel was like a designers hissy fit on the set of Alice in Wonderland. Everything was too big, too small, the wrong color, or in the wrong place. A light in a ten-foot-high shade hung in front of the reception desk. Muslin curtains sixty feet long fluttered in the breeze beside a wall dotted with miniature wall lamps and a snooker table with beige felt and ecru balls. A dark man was sitting on a white molded chair that looked like a urinal, reading a newspaper. The man looked up as a slender girl with blunt-cut blond hair stepped into the lobby. He lowered his newspaper to watch as she looked around, amusement flickering across her features, then headed for the reception desk. She was wearing jeans and a thin black top, carrying a soft tan-leather tote, and dragging a battered tan and olive carry-on behind her.   Awesome name, said the receptionist. Is that Jewels as in Tiffany?   No. J.O.U.L.E.S. As in the unit of kinetic energy, the girl said.   No kidding? Ah yes, here we are, said the receptionist. Ill have the bellboy bring in your luggage and send it to your room.   Oh, dont worry. This is all Ive got.   The dark man watched as the small, determined figure marched off towards the elevators.   Olivia stared in consternation at the elevator doors, which seemed to be made of quilted stainless steel. As they were closing, a beautiful bellboy in a white T-shirt and shorts forced his arm between them and leapt into the elevator beside her, insisting on helping her take her luggagedespite the lack of itto her room.   The room was entirely white: white floor, white walls, white sheets, white desk, white armchair and footstool, white telescope pointing at a white venetian blind. The charmingly shaggable, white-clad whippersnapper pulled up the blind, and the startling aquamarines and electric blues of Miami Beach burst into the room like a tiny, vivid oil painting in the center of a thick white frame.   Yeees. Its like being in a hospital, she murmured.   Rather more comfortable, I hope, maam. What brings you to Miami?   His skin was like an advert for youth, peachlike, glowing, as if it had been force-fed vitamins in a greenhouse.   Oh, you know, she said, moving closer to the window. She looked down at the lines of umbrellas and loungers against the white sand, the pastel lifeguards huts, the surreally blue sea crisscrossed by yachts and Waverunners, a line of big ships following each other along the horizon like ducks in a shooting gallery My God, whats that? One of the ships was three times as big as the others: oddly big, like a pelican in the middle of the ducks.   Thats the OceansApart, said the bellboy with proprietary pride, as if he owned not only the ship, but Miami and the ocean too. Its like an apartment blockonly floating? Are you here on business or pleasure?   They built it already? she said, ignoring the nosy young whippersnappers rudely interrogatory manner.   They sure did.   I thought it was still just an artists impression.   No, maam. This is the maiden voyage. Its going to be anchored in Miami for four days.   This is the one on a permanent cruise from Grand Prix to Australian Open to Masters kind of thing, and the people fly in by helicopter to find their Picassos and dental floss laid out waiting?   You got it.   Sounds like it might make a good story   Are you a journalist?   Yes, she said, pride in her quasi foreign-correspondent status overcoming her discretion.   Wow! Who for?   The Sunday Times and Elan International magazine. She beamed.   Wow. Im a writer too. What are you writing about here?   Oh, you know. This and that.   Well, if you need any help, just give me a call. My names Kurt. Anything else I can do for you at all. . ?   Well... now you come to mention it . . . she felt like saying. Instead, she chastely tipped him five bucks and watched the delightful little white-clad bottom depart.   Olivia joules liked hotels. She liked hotels because:   When you went into a new hotel room, there was no past. It was like drawing a line and starting again.       Hotel life was almost Zen-like in its simplicity: a capsule ward robe, capsule living. No debris, no nasty clothes you never wore but couldnt throw away, no in-tray, no dishes full of leaky pens and Post-it notes with chewing gum stuck to them.       Hotels were anonymous.       Hotels were beautiful, if you picked right, which, after hours and sometimes days looking at hotel Web sites on the Internet, she inevitably did. They were temples of luxury or rusticity, coziness or design.       The mundanities of life were taken care of and you were freed from domestic slavery hell.       No one could bother you: you simply put DO NOT DISTURB on the door handle and the telephone and the world had to bugger off.       Olivia had not always loved hotels. Most of her family holidays had been taken in a tent. Until the age of twenty-two her only hotel experience had been of dingy yet embarrassingly formal Crowns and Majestics in northern British seaside resortsstrange-smelling, with bizarrely patterned carpets and wallpapers, where the guests spoke in intimidated whispers and forcedly posh accents, and her entire family would freeze with shame if one of them dropped a fork or a sausage on the floor.   The first time she was sent to a hotel on business, she didnt know what to do or how to behave. But when she found herself in an elegant, untouched room, with a mini-bar, crisp white cotton sheets, room service, high-end soap, no one to answer to and free slippers she felt like shed come home.   Sometimes she felt bad about liking hotels so much, worried that it made her a spoilt lucky bitch. But it wasnt just posh hotels she liked. It wasnt really to do with poshness. Some posh hotels were disgusting:...",books;humor;humor & entertainment;kindle ebooks;kindle store;literature & fiction;mystery;spy stories & tales of intrigue;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0805075402,"A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City--A Diary Starred Review. Anonymous, then a 34-year-old journalist, started this eight-week diary in April 1945, when the Russians were invading Berlin and the city's mostly female population was heading to its cellars to wait out the bombing. Anyone who was able looted abandoned buildings for food of any kind. Soon the Russians were everywhere; liquored-up Russian soldiers raped women indiscriminately. After being raped herself, Anonymous decided to ""find a single wolf to keep away the pack."" Thanks to a small series of Russian officers, she was better fed and better protected at night. Her story illustrates the horror war brings to the lives of women when the battles are waged near a home front (rather than a traditional battlefield). In retrospect, she advises women victimized by mass rape to talk to each other about it. Once the war was officially over, the real starvation began; by the time the author's soldier boyfriend returned to Berlin, she was too hungry and hurt to deal with him. When the radio reported concentration camp horrors, she was pained but unable to quite take it in. The author, who died in 2001, has a fierce, uncompromising voice, and her book should become a classic of war literature. First published in 1954, it was probably too dark for postwar readers, German or Allied. Now, after witnessing Bosnia and Darfur, maybe we are finally ready. New translation includes previously untranslated portions. (Aug. 4) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	The author of this diary was a 34-year-old journalist, now deceased, who consistently refused to reveal her identity publicly. She spoke some Russian and seemed liberal in outlook. Her chronicle was first published in 1953; after remaining dormant, it was republished 50 years later in Germany. This stunning account covers the period from late April to mid-June 1945, beginning with the massive Soviet bombardment of Berlin and ending with the opening weeks of the Soviet occupation. The author is a keen observer of the ironies, even the absurdities, of a collapsing society, but this is a work of great power. At times, one can virtually smell the fear as people cower in basements as the bombardment intensifies. When Russian troops arrive, they are, at first, comically playful as they seem intent on accumulating watches and bicycles. Then the rapes begin and there are scenes of casual but horrifying brutality. The author recounts her own rape with an unsettling detachment. This is a devastating and rare glimpse at ordinary people who struggle to survive. Jay FreemanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""One of the essential books for understanding war and life."" -A. S. Byatt""This is a victim's eye view, a woman's perspective of a terrifying onslaught on a civilian population . . . one of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat.""-Antony Beevor, from the introduction	Anonymous was a young woman at the time of the fall of Berlin. She was a journalist and editor during and after the war.	Berlin, spring 1945: ""I am essentially living off my body, trading it for something to eat."" An anonymous woman is writing into her diary, questioning whether she should call herself a whore. With that same stunning frankness, she describes the plundering of her neighborhood when Berlin was conquered and Soviet soldiers moved through the city, raping women of all ages, attacking them alone or gang-raping them in stairwells, cellars, on the streets. A Woman in Berlin is an amazing and essential book. Originally written in shorthand, longhand and the author's own code, it is so deeply personal that it becomes universal, evoking not only the rapes of countless German women in 1945 but also the rape of every anonymous woman throughout war history  --  the notion of women as booty. The book's focus is not on the Nazi rampage across Europe but on its aftermath, when 1.5 million Red Army soldiers crossed the Oder River and moved westward. More than 100,000 women in Berlin were raped, but many of them would never speak of it. ""Each one of us will have to act as if she in particular was spared,"" Anonymous writes. ""Otherwise no man is going to want to touch us anymore.""Anonymous was an editor and journalist. Her voice is unlike most other voices from that period: She probes, refuses to look away. Nearly half a century ago, when her diary was first published in German, it challenged the postwar silence and all it concealed: guilt, lies, defensiveness, denial. . . . What courage it must have taken her to agree to publication! She was initially reluctant and insisted on anonymity  --  a wise decision that protected her from the stigma of rape and, somewhat, from the outrage of her readers. How dare she dishonor German women? How dare she remind German men that they hadn't protected their wives or mothers or daughters from rape? How dare she survive by forming a relationship with one rapist, who was willing to protect her from other attackers and provide her with food? ""I hear that other women have done the same thing I have,"" she writes, ""that they're now spoken for and therefore taboo . . . [reserved] for officers only, who don't take kindly to low-ranking poachers trespassing on their private preserve."" The first day of the occupation, Anonymous was raped by two Russians. Later that day, when four more Russians broke into her apartment, she tried to escape. But one of them, Petka, caught her. Terrified, she told him she would be with him if he protected her from the others. This urge to survive  --  physically and emotionally  --  is at the core of her writing. It informs her perspective with dignity and grit, a bizarre sense of humor and the capacity to find odd moments of joy in her surroundings  --  in the scent of lilacs, in a tree stump ""foaming over with green.""She knows the ""blank, shiny eyes"" of hunger, knows what it's like to eat nettles and knows how ""all thinking and feeling, all wishes and hopes begin with food."" When she replaces Petka with a new protector, she questions herself: ""Am I doing it for bacon, butter, sugar, candles, canned meat? To some extent I'm sure I am. . . . out of all the male beasts I've seen these past days he's the most bearable. . . . Moreover I can control him."" Since Anonymous spoke Russian, she translated for Russians and the people in her building. War news came to her from the occupiers: By April 30, she heard that Hitler and Goebbels were dead. Many Germans who supported Hitler now claimed to resent him. The phrase ""For all of this we thank the Fhrer"" was no longer used to praise Hitler but to denounce him. Even when Anonymous was afraid or in pain, she did not consider herself a victim but understood the Russians' violence as the consequence of German cruelties in the Soviet Union. One Russian told her about German soldiers who brutally killed children in his village. Others asked her to be a matchmaker and promised her food. Her diary focuses on the moment  --  as if she were having a conversation with herself   --  and gives scant information about her past politics. But her voice suggests a woman who disagreed and adapted, who used her considerable survival skills to observe and think and record. This voice is irreverent and insightful, focused and without self-pity and hypocrisy. Capturing that prose in another language would be a challenge for any translator. In the 2003 German edition, published after the author's death, this voice comes at us in fragments, breaking many rules of grammar. It's a fascinating voice, hip and educated and weightless, flitting between slang and high German. In the English translation, Philip Boehm captures the details of the diary accurately, but unfortunately he alters the diarist's character by giving her an even voice that conforms to grammatical rules. Anonymous writes about other women on her block who adapt and survive. But many don't. There are suicides and horrendous injuries. Her neighbor, Elvira, is attacked by ""at least twenty, but she doesn't know exactly. . . . Her swollen mouth is sticking out of her pale face like a blue plum . . . her breasts, all bruised and bitten."" How can any woman survive mass rape? How can any woman live with the impact of mass rape? According to A Woman in Berlin, the impact is very different from rape during peacetime. ""We're dealing with a collective experience, something foreseen and feared many times in advance . . . something we are overcoming collectively as well,"" she writes. ""All the women help each other by speaking about it, airing their pain, and allowing others to air theirs and spit out what they've suffered.""  Reviewed by Ursula Hegi Copyright 2005, The Washington Post. All Rights Reserved.	From A Woman in Berlin:Friday, 11 pm, by the light of an oil lamp, my notebook on my knees. Around 10 pm there was a series of bombs. The siren started right in screaming. Apparently it has to be worked by hand now. No light. Running downstairs in the dark, we slip and stumble. Finally we're in our cellar, behind an iron door that weighs a hundred pounds. The official term is air-raid shelter. We call it cave, underworld, catacomb of fear.It's the usual cellar people on the usual cellar chairs, which range from kitchen stools to brocaded armchairs. First is the baker's wife, two plump red cheeks peeking over a lambskin collar. Frau Lehmann whose husband is missing in the east, a pillow-like woman with her sleeping infant on her arm and four-year-old Lutz on her lap, his shoelaces dangling. The young man in gray trousers and horn-rimmed glasses who on closer inspection turns out to be a young woman. Three elderly sisters, dressmakers, huddled together like a big black pudding. The bookselling husband and wife who lived in Paris and often speak French to each other in low voices . . . Then the caretaker's family, consisting of mother, two daughters, and a fatherless grandson. The landlord's housekeeper, who is carrying an aging fox terrier in defiance of all air-raid regulations. And then there's me-a pale-faced blonde always dressed in the same winter coat, which by chance I managed to save, who was employed in a publishing house until it closed last week and sent the employees on leave ""until further notice.""",biographies & memoirs;books;europe;germany;history;memoirs;military;specific groups;women;world war ii,10
1852401443,"Developing Your Prophetic Gifting Graham Cooke has been involved in prophetic ministry since 1974. As founder and director of the internationally acclaimed School of Prophecy, he has provided in-depth training for thousands of people across many countries in the prophetic gifting and ministry. Cooke is a member of the Pioneer team based in Southampton, England.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",books;christian books & bibles;christian living;christianity;humanities;new;reference;religious studies;theology;used & rental textbooks,10
1579590306,"Country and Modern: Contemporary Interiors for Rural Settings Country and Modern is a study in fascinating  contradictions.  Espousing ""rural minimalism,"" this photo-heavy volume demonstrates that  the  urbanite who seeks the spirit-renewing comfort of a country aura need  not fill the home with kitschy clutter. The rugged simplicity of these  interiors is derive partly from the popular shabby-chic aesthetic and  partly  from the timelessness of vernacular tradition before layers of artifice  overtook home decor. Surprisingly, the sleek language of  modernism--clean lines,  downplayed color, unfussy materials such as metal, concrete, brick, and  natural-  finished wood, and pared-down or altogether absent accessorizing--lends  itself  willingly to the uncluttered rusticity of the stark, daring concept of  modern  country. With eloquent but appropriately minimal text, the book lets the    photographs speak for themselves. What these images of wholesome  sophistication  say is that such country retreats would be as suitable in strictly urban    dwellings as in actual country domiciles. --Amy Handy",architecture;books;buildings;crafts;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;interior design;professional & technical;style,10
1565071824,"The Healing Promise Dr. Richard Mayhue joined the faculty of The Master's Seminary, Sun Valley, California in 1989 and was appointed Dean of the Seminary in 1990. In 2000 he also assumed the role of Senior Vice-President and Provost of The Master's College. He has an international speaking and teaching ministry and has authored many books.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",bibles;books;charismatic;christian books & bibles;christian living;inspirational;protestantism;religion & spirituality;theology;worship & devotion,10
1886801940,"Year 2000 Personal Computer Fix It Guide with CDROM A recent Gallup poll indicated 82 percent of small businesses are at risk from the millennium bug. The problem starts with the internal clock built into the Intel chip. Compound this with old software and there is a major problem in the making. Even some new software such as Quicken, NetWare, and Lotus have Y2K bugs, which need fixing before the clock resets to 00. The people at JD Consulting here cover not just hardware and software issues but also legal issues and how to hire a consultant. Geared to the nonexpert personal or small-business user, this book will circulate widely for the next 12 months. Before it leaves the building, it should be read by local librarians running computer systems.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;computers & technology;hardware;maintenance;networking;networks;pcs;programming;protocols & apis;repair & upgrading,10
0440234646,"Why Am I Still so Afraid? (The Dell Guides for Mental Health) Nightmares...headaches...intense reactions you don't understand...Are you unable to ""let go"" of fear? Do you suffer from depression? Anxiety? Self-destructive tendencies?It can be a smell, a place, a certain color, or any other ""trigger"" that results in overwhelming anxiety or fear. If this has happened to you, you may be one of the twenty million Americans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Victims of combat, violent crime, domestic or sexual abuse, or natural disasters often block out the trauma that left them feeling helpless, powerless, and vulnerable. The result can be crippling feelings of alienation, anger, and self-blame. Now this caring, comprehensive guide explains the complex symptoms of this highly treatable disorder and how sufferers can regain happiness and balance in their lives. Find out about: The personality types and career choices that put you at the greatest risk The kinds of trauma that cause PTSD and the cyclical nature of its symptoms Breakthrough therapies and how to choose the one that's right for you Information on alternative treatments, plus new techniques for anger management, relaxation, and desensitization to regain feelings of control and move forward with your life	John Barnhill, M.D., is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who specializes in depressive and anxiety disorders. He is a clinical instructor of psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College and a lecturer in psychoanalysis at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He is also a clinical affiliate at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Barnhill graduated from Duke University and received his medical degrees from the Baylor College of Medicine. He has written articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects for medical journals and textbooks. He maintains a private practice in New York City.R.K. Rosen is a medical writer and poet living in New York City. With a background in psychology, English, and medical technology, she has spent the past fifteen years working in human services. She specializes in education, mental retardation, and mental health.Roger Granet, M.D., F.A.P.A., series editor for the Dell Mental Health Guides, has practiced psychiatry for twenty years. He is clinical professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, lecturer in psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, consulting psychiatrist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, attending psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Division, and director of consultation-liaison psychiatry at Morristown Memorial Hospital. He also maintains a private practice in Morristown, New Jersey.	WHAT IS POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER?Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the name for an illness that has been present since the beginning of recorded history. At the same time, its symptoms have been complex and confusing and have frustrated the countless people who have suffered from it as well as all those who have tried to help the afflicted. The goal of this book is to help you get a handle on just what this diagnosis means and to offer some suggestions on ways it can be treated.What makes it so complicated?Post-traumatic stress disorder is a relatively recent term for a constellation of symptoms that can be hard to organize neatly. PTSD must begin after a trauma, but the trauma might be a train wreck that happened last month or sexual abuse that occurred in early childhood. At the time of occurrence, the trauma must have immediately caused intense fear, helplessness, or horror, but these feelings might not even be remembered by the time the person seeks treatment; and, in children, the immediate response might be disorganized or agitated behavior rather than a feeling. Although the trauma must be reexperienced, the recollections may take place in several ways. They might be in the form of clear memories, nightmares, physical feelings, reenactments, or distress when exposed to something that reminds them of the traumatic event (like a war veteran hearing the backfire of a car). In addition to reexperiencing the event in some fashion, people with PTSD must also avoid reminders of the trauma and numb their general responsiveness, and they must present symptoms of increased arousal. Each of these terms and the general categories of avoidance and arousal are simplified expressions that reflect wide-ranging symptoms in human beings.As can be seen, there are lots of ways that this disorder can present itself. In addition, most people experiencing PTSD have another disorder as well, such as depression, severe anxiety, or substance abuse, which can sometimes mask the diagnosis of PTSD.I think I might have PTSD, but I don't really understand what you're saying. If it's so complicated, how am I going to recognize it?The goal of this book is to allow everyone to understand the basic concepts of the disorder and to consider treatment options.Consider the following scenarios:Jim is a Vietnam vet. He has difficulty falling asleep. When he does doze off, he is tormented by nightmares that are sometimes so vivid that he shakes and pushes his wife, terrified that he is back in Vietnam and that she is the enemy. He has complained about sleep problems for years, but his family doctor has quit giving him sleeping pills, saying that sleeping pills and alcohol don't mix. Jim knows this is true, but he also believes that beer helps him in several ways. According to Jim, a few cans of beer stop him from exploding at all the daily frustrations of life, help him get to sleep, and help squash the nightmares. People say he should just get over it, that it's been thirty years since he was in the war, but he is just feeling worse and worse. And now his wife says she can't stand the physical abuse at night (he has been known to assault her in his sleep, mistaking her for the enemy hidden in the jungles of Vietnam) and his irritability all day. His relatives think he's an alcoholic, and he is afraid that his wife may want a divorce. Jim wants to change, but he doesn't know where to begin.While Lilly was walking home from work one night, she was wrestled into the woods and raped. She felt like a wreck afterwards, unable to sleep or relax. It's been six months, but she keeps thinking of the man's face. She never walks home anymore, but takes the bus, even though it's slow and out of her way. In fact, she gets very anxious at the thought of going anywhere near the woods. She quit her softball team, because all the games were held at a park, and the park reminded her of the woods. Her whole body shakes when she sees a stranger who reminds her of the man who raped her. She now has great difficulty going out on dates or being alone with men. She obsesses about what she should have done to prevent the rape.Fred, a paramedic in a small town, was called to the scene of a terrible traffic accident during a blizzard. A school bus carrying nine children had skidded off a cliff and crashed into the rocks below. The children and the driver were killed. Fred felt his whole body go numb at the scene of the accident, but he was able to help remove the bodies from the wreckage. While he seemed to be doing okay immediately after the accident, images of the school bus preoccupied him for months. His whole body seemed to alternate between being numb and being sensitive to any little stress. He decided to quit working as a paramedic. This helped a little, but almost anything reminded him of the accident: children, buses, snow, the cliffs. He convinced his wife to move to Florida, to get a fresh start. This helped, but he knows he's still not the same.Beverly started seeing a therapist last year because of persistent depression. She knew she should have seen the therapist sooner, but she'd never liked talking about herself. She'd finally relented because another of her boyfriends was complaining that she was uptight, spacey, and moody. As she and the therapist started talking about her difficulties with intimacy, a vague, nauseating sensation came over her, which then stuck with her for days. She'd never really enjoyed foreplay, but now she began to feel creepy whenever her boyfriend even touched her. She started to have terrifying dreams in which a giant rat was eating her. After a few weeks of these dreams and creepy feelings, Beverly had just about decided to stop therapy. She'd been depressed before, but now she was worse. Suddenly she began to have images of her first stepfather doing sexual things to her when she was a young child. The images seemed very clear, and there were lots of them, but they also seemed unreal, as if they'd happened to someone else. Could she possibly have forgotten something so major? That stepfather had disappeared when she was five. She'd never given him a second thought. How could he have done this? She began to feel dirty and contaminated and more depressed. She had lots of thoughts of hurting herself and a few, dim feelings of intense rage. She certainly wanted nothing to do with her boyfriend. And she wasn't so sure she wanted to continue with her therapy.In many ways, Jim, Lilly, Fred, and Beverly may have little in common, yet each is suffering from PTSD. I've started hearing and reading a lot about PTSD. Is this condition something new?While doctors have been studying and treating victims of trauma for centuries, the diagnosis of PTSD wasn't included in the psychiatric diagnostic manual until 1980. Prior to that time, people with PTSD symptoms were diagnosed and treated in a variety of ways; often their situation simply went unrecognized. How did PTSD get recognized in 1980?Apparently the efforts of three separate groups forced a review of the diagnosis. Vietnam veterans, women, and therapists began to challenge the status quo.What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the name for an illness that has been present since the beginning of recorded history. At the same time, its symptoms have been complex and confusing and have frustrated the countless people who have suffered from it as well as all those who have tried to help the afflicted. The goal of this book is to help you get a handle on just what this diagnosis means and to offer some suggestions on ways it can be treated.What makes it so complicated?Post-traumatic stress disorder is a relatively recent term for a constellation of symptoms that can be hard to organize neatly. PTSD must begin after a trauma, but the trauma might be a train wreck that happened last month or sexual abuse that occurred in early childhood. At the time of occurrence, the trauma must have immediately caused intense fear, helplessness, or horror, but these feelings might not even be remembered by the time the person seeks treatment; and, in children, the immediate response might be disorganized or agitated behavior rather than a feeling. Although the trauma must be reexperienced, the recollections may take place in several ways. They might be in the form of clear memories, nightmares, physical feelings, reenactments, or distress when exposed to something that reminds them of the traumatic event (like a war veteran hearing the backfire of a car). In addition to reexperiencing the event in some fashion, people with PTSD must also avoid reminders of the trauma and numb their general responsiveness, and they must present symptoms of increased arousal. Each of these terms and the general categories of avoidance and arousal are simplified expressions that reflect wide-ranging symptoms in human beings.As can be seen, there are lots of ways that this disorder can present itself. In addition, most people experiencing PTSD have another disorder as well, such as depression, severe anxiety, or substance abuse, which can sometimes mask the diagnosis of PTSD.I think I might have PTSD, but I don't really understand what you're saying. If it's so complicated, how am I going to recognize it?The goal of this book is to allow everyone to understand the basic concepts of the disorder and to consider treatment options.Consider the following scenarios:Jim is a Vietnam vet. He has difficulty falling asleep. When he does doze off, he is tormented by nightmares that are sometimes so vivid that he shakes and pushes his wife, terrified that he is back in Vietnam and that she is the enemy. He has complained about sleep problems for years, but his family doctor has quit giving him sleeping pills, saying that sleeping pills and alcohol don't mix. Jim knows this is true, but he also believes that beer helps him in several ways. According to Jim, ...",books;education & reference;fitness & dieting;health;mental health;neuropsychology;post-traumatic stress disorder;psychology & counseling;reference;self-help,10
B0001WOUGW,"What Matters Most: The Power of Living Your Values In an age of unprecedented prosperity and opportunity, there are still many who feel that something is missing in their lives: ""I've achieved success and am on the fast track in my career, I'm respected by my peers, I have a great family and all the toys and perks that I could possibly want. Why don't I feel a stronger sense of fulfillment, or any real happiness inside? Why does life feel so empty?"" In What Matters Most, best-selling author and speaker Hyrum W. Smith outlines compelling reasons for this dissatisfaction.",books;business & investing;guides;job hunting & careers;management & leadership;motivational;parenting;parenting & relationships;personal transformation;self-help,10
1590591119,"Design Concepts with Code: An Approach for Developers Stanko Blatnik teaches online courses for the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovinaon XML technologies, SVG, and process control. He also directs a nonprofit institute in Velenje, Slovenia: the Institute for Symbolic Analysis and Development of Information Technologies. In addition, Stanko writes about topics such as Balkan and European beaurocracy, patents and new technologies, and the hydrogen economy for journals in Slovenia. A physicist by trade, Stanko spent 15 years teaching and administering at the University of Tuzla, in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina.Kelly Carey teaches Internet services courses at West Valley College, a community college in California. Kelly teaches code-related topics including XML technologies, SVG, XHTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, and graphics topics including creating and reviewing digital portfolios and building commercial websites. Kelly also develops commercial website products at Praxis Development.",books;computers & technology;game programming;graphics & multimedia;programming;software design;software development;testing & engineering;web design;web development & design,10
0970801505,"3ds max: Organic Modeling Training CD This 3-1/2 hour training CD will show you how to build these three heads from scratch (800x600, 10fps, AVIs). Learn Box Modeling (also called subdivision or meshsmooth modeling), Surface Tools, and NURBS, all on one video training CD. Watch the construction of each head above, no steps are skipped. Before starting this CD, you should already be familiar with 3ds max and ready to start modeling more complicated free-form shapes. Once finished, the easy interface allows you to quickly go back and review how to build a nose or an ear. This CD-ROM works on any computer that can handle 3ds max. Models included on CD.	Tim Kugler, graphic artist",3d graphics;books;computers & technology;graphic design;graphics & multimedia;new;programming;used & rental textbooks;web design;web development & design,10
4770028067,"The Dark Side: Infamous Japanese Crimes and Criminals The establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 ended  Japan's long era of civil wars and ushered in a time of relative  domestic tranquility and order. Yet, as amply demonstrated by  this lively tour of criminality in Japan from 1600 to the  present, not even the best ordered of societies is free of  crime. Through a series of deftly sketched vignettes, Schreiber,  a Tokyo-based U.S. journalist with an eye for the bizarre,  introduces us to a colorful cohort of murderers, rapists,  arsonists, embezzlers, and criminal psychotics, many of whom  wound up on the gallows or the executioner's chopping block.  This is intellectual snack food salty, crunchy, and flavorful,  rather than a full meal but the author adds just enough history  and sociology to make the first half of this popular book more  than mere entertainment. The second half, in which the author  himself seems to have tired of his subject, is a slapdash  assortment of briefly summarized crime stories that are best  read in small doses. For larger public libraries. Steven I.  Levine, Univ. of Montana, Missoula   Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""... a readable and informative introduction to the criminal underbelly of Japanese society."" -- Insight Japan""... although this is ostensibly a book about crime, it also serves as an altogether agreeable window into Japanese culture."" -- Salon.com""... gets to the core of hot-button issues without being too academic, too judgmental or too prurient."" -- Michael Pronko, TokyoQ""... intellectual snack food--salty, crunchy, and flavorful... "" -- Library Journal""... offers much insight into a side of Japan that journalistic cliches about a 'crime-free society' paper over."" -- Mark Schilling, The Japan Times""... quirky and informative and hard to put down."" -- Burritt Sabin, The East""An essential addition to the shelf of any true-life crime fan."" -- Timeout.com	An online interview with the author:      Could you tell us a little about your background?    ""I'm a pedigreed U.S. Army brat--both parents were World War II veterans. Most of my childhood we moved from assignment to assignment, including about 4 years in Europe, and I was exposed to a lot of foreign cultures and languages. When I was 17, my father was transferred to Okinawa. Instead of remaining behind and matriculating at a U.S. college, I came along to the Far East and wound up making my home here for most of the past 36 years. It was always my dream to write, and I felt certain that Asia would provide me with plenty of topics and ideas. From early on my parents encouraged me to study Japanese and Chinese. More than anything else, it's knowledge of these languages that opened doors to my writing activities.""     What motivated you to write this book?    ""In 1996 I published a book on famous crimes in Japan after World War II, and it gradually dawned on me that Japan has preserved a treasure trove of true crime history going back to medieval times. Then I was hospitalized due to an accident in September 1997, and a very kind Japanese policeman I knew paid me an unexpected visit. He brought me some reading matter from police archives that got me focused on what I had already been thinking. The series, under the title 'Crime and Punishment in Old Japan,' began running in the Mainichi Daily News from July 1998.""     Could you tell us a little about the contents of the book?    ""It goes without saying that heads roll--literally in this case. Basically I cover the past 400 years, from the beginning of the Tokugawa Period (1603) to the end of the 20th century. The accounts are arranged chronological order. In addition to the 'infamous' crime stories about cops and robbers of yore, the I devote a few chapters to the administration of the law--police, judges, penal system, even rudimentary forensic pathology--in feudal times. Japan's opening to the West and modernization after 1868 saw how this centuries-old ancient system moved to adopt Western law and penology. And oh yes, the book is extensively illustrated with woodblock prints and photographs, so readers get some occasionally shocking images to go with the text.""     What do you see as the centerpiece of the book?    ""How does anyone absorb 400 years of Japanese history in a couple hours of reading? It's a tall order. What I try to do is use crime stories as the springboard. It's a lot easier to absorb snippets of history--say, on Japanese relations with and attitudes toward foreigners, toward religion, toward social hierarchies, their morals, superstitions, sexual practices, and so on. Reading about the rise and fall of colorful and eccentric individuals is essentially a painless and enjoyable way to pick up some useful snippets of history and enjoy one's self in the process.""     What did you yourself learn from writing the book?    ""Above all, I gained an appreciation for the enthusiasm and delight that Japanese people feel toward their national history, and beyond that, their deep reverence for the printed word. Many of my sources were published not by historians or academics, but amateur history buffs who very tenaciously dug up these old stories in their spare time. Ultimately their enthusiasm proved contagious and I caught the bug. The Dark Side reflects a sentiment that we are all duty-bound to preserve our history; I've come to understand what a meaningful undertaking it can be.""     What would you like readers to take away with them after reading this book?    ""That Japanese believe in rewarding good and punishing evil, just like people elsewhere. It's one of the things that reaffirms our common humanity. Of course, they can enjoy reading about bad guys; but the book will also appeal to people with an interest in the law and the criminal justice system. It even touches on some of the sleazier aspects of Japanese society, such as the fetish for S style bondage that apparently has roots going back hundreds of years. The stories I present serve as a useful benchmark by which to compare Japan's history and culture with our own.""     What people or books were influential in the writing of your book?    ""Back in the 1950s, the late Robert van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat and scholar, wrote a series of 'Judge Dee' stories featuring characters spun off from his earlier translation of a traditional Chinese mystery novel. Up to that point, Asian characters mostly figured in English books either as evil villains like Fu Manchu, or else as objects of racist satire or ridicule. Dr. van Gulik brought an Asian hero to life, in a way with which today's Western readers could empathize. He passed away in 1967, but most of his Judge Dee books remain in print, and continue to thrill new generations of readers. I can recommend them without reservation.""     What are your plans for the future, in terms of new books or other projects?    ""I'd like to try my hand at writing something about Asia for kids. When I was about eight years old, I read a children's story about five Chinese brothers, based on a famous traditional tale. This instilled in me a lifelong fascination for Asia. I'd like to do my part to wean kids away from TV and electronic games and steer them back to the printed word. I'd also like to try my hand at fiction.""     Is there anything else the reader should know?    ""A lot of fascinating knowledge about Asia, and the world in general, remains obscured due to linguistic and cultural bottlenecks. The process to revive this knowledge, from discovery to research, from compilation to translation, and finally to publication, might almost be described as a kind of modern-day archeology. Being able to open a window on mankind's past has been an exhilarating experience.""	An American who makes his home in Tokyo, Mark Schreiber has worked as a free-lance journalist and translator, as well as in such fields as retailing, advertising, and market research. He is author of Shocking Crimes of Postwar Japan and editor/coauthor of Tokyo Confidential: Titillating Tales from Japan's Wild Weeklies.",asia;biographies & memoirs;books;criminology;history;japan;politics & social sciences;social sciences;true accounts;true crime,10
0130871125,"IS-95 CDMA and cdma2000: Cellular/PCS Systems Implementation Preface   The global mobile communications market is booming. There are almost 250 million users worldwide and should be nearly 1 billion by early next century. Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is the fastest-growing digital wireless technology, tripling its worldwide subscriber base between 1997 and 1998. There are already 30 million CDMA customers and, at the current growth rate, there will be 50 million by the millennium. The major markets for CDMA are North America, Latin America, and Asia (particularly Japan and Korea). In total, CDMA has been adopted by almost 50 countries around the world.    It is not hard to see the reasons for the success of CDMA. CDMA is an advanced digital technology that can offer about 7 to10 times the capacity of analog technologies and up to 6 times the capacity of digital technologies such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). The speech quality provided by CDMA systems is far superior to any other digital cellular technology, particularly in difficult radio environments such as dense urban areas and mountainous regions. In both initial deployment and long-term operation, CDMA provides the most cost-effective solution for cellular operators. After an 18-month of market rollout, Personal Communications Services (PCS) providers have adequately demonstrated the power of CDMA technology to support a marketing strategy based on low prices and superior performance in key areas such as voice quality, system reliability, and handset battery life.    CDMA service providers have a strong advantage when pursuing the market to the minutes-of-use model, given the longevity of CDMA handset battery life and the higher quality of the voice signal. A recent analysis of wireless platform performance by the Telecommunications Research and Action Center (TRAC) found that CDMA outperformed other digital and analog technologies on every front, including signal quality, security, power consumption, and reliability. Although analog technology came out ahead in availability, all three digital services (GSM, IS-136 TDMA, and IS-95 CDMA) were rated equally over analog with respect to availability of enhanced service features. The TRAC study found CDMA to be superior in signal security and voice quality over the other digital air interface standards. According to TRAC, CDMA has several advantages for consumers. Lower power consumption enables CDMA handsets to support up to 4 hours of talk time or 48 hours of standby time on a single battery charge. It has also been found that the soft-handoff characteristics of CDMA lead to fewer dropped calls than with GSM and IS-136 TDMA. One possible drawback for some CDMA customers is that there are some limitations on roaming capabilities. Some PCS operators with cellular affiliates are supporting dual-mode handsets to allow roaming between CDMA and analog platforms.    CDMA technology is constantly evolving to offer customers new, advanced services. The mobile data speeds offered through CDMA phones are increasing, and new voice codecs provide speech quality close to wireline. Internet access is now available through CDMA terminals. The time will soon be at hand when CDMA service providers can further exploit the enhanced service potential of their platforms. There has been much talk of so-called third-generation (3G) data capabilities, where PCS providers will be able to compete with wireline service providers at high access speeds. PCS providers are looking ahead toward providing a range of service categories such as Internet and intranet access, multimedia applications, highspeed business transactions, and telemetry. The CDMA network offers operators a smooth evolutionary path to 3G mobile systems.    The IS-95B standard is quite flexible, enabling service providers to allocate data in increments of 8 kilobits per second (kbps) within the 1.25-megahertz (MHz) CDMA channel bandwidth based on how service providers configure software download to already-installed network controllers. This means operators can implement return data speeds at rates much lower than 64 kbps, ensuring much lower power consumption in handsets than would be the case at a full 64kbps return rate. While operators in GSM and IS-136 TDMA sectors are making efforts to ensure they won't be left behind as data becomes a factor, CDMA appears to have a clear edge in its ability to go to relatively high speeds over the existing infrastructure.    The opportunity to use the CDMA platform to add a fixed wireless service feature represents an added advantage for operators. Because CDMA has ample spectrum to provide a fixed service on top of mobile, several operators are exploring using terminals that would be able to shift the handset between fixed and mobile service, depending on where the user is. The universal handset would serve as a cordless phone in the home and as a mobile handset outside the home. The evolution to 3G will open the wireless local loop (WLL) with Public-Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Public Data Network (PDN) access, while providing more convenient control of applications and network resources. It will also open the door to convenient global roaming, service portability, zone-based ID and billing, and global directory access. The 3G technology is even expected to support seamless satellite interworking.    With the cornucopia of benefits surrounding CDMA, it is evident that operators using this platform will have every opportunity to grow the business once the community-based strategy begins to unfold. The question is, when will they get serious about bringing these new capabilities to market?    Recently an enhanced hybrid technology combining the CDMA air interface with the GSM network has been built, tested, and evaluated. GSM operators can save over 60% in cumulative capital costs using a GSM-CDMA overlay for network expansion of the GSM network using IS-95 CDMA radio access in addition to, or as a substitute for, TDMA radio access. This combines the spectral efficiency of CDMA with all GSM features, including seamless roaming and network services. The GSM-CDMA technology provides operators with a way to serve multiple market segments economically and to offer various services on one network platform. In addition to being a cost-effective network expansion solution, GSMCDMA also paves an evolutionary path to 3G services including high-speed data, multimedia, and mobile/fixed convergence services.    CDMA is the selected approach for the 3G system, as evidenced by the proposals submitted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the Association Radio Industry Business CARIB), and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). The 3G cdma2000 uses a CDMA air interface based on the existing IS-95B standard to provide wireline-quality voice service and high-speed data services, ranging from 144 kbps for mobile users to 2 megabits per second (Mbps) for stationary users. It is important to note that cdma2000 is a core proposal of the TIA for International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT 2000). Moreover, support for cdma2000 is not limited to North America; Korean carriers have a great opportunity to provide 3G-like service with today's existing CDMA technology. Mobile data rates of up to 114 kbps and fixed peak rates beyond 1.5 Mbps are within reach before the end of the decade with today's CDMA technology. These capabilities will be provided without degrading the systems' voice transmission capabilities or requiring additional spectrum. This will have tremendous implications for the majority of operators that are spectrum constrained. A doubling of capacity and a 1.5-Mbps data rate capability within a 1.25-MHz channel structure look very appealing.    This book is an extension of the book Applications of CDMA in Wireless Communications (Garg, Smolik, and Wilkes, Prentice Hall, 1997). In that book, the primary focus was on the CDMA systems standardized by TIA and American Telecommunications Industries Standards (ATIS) as standards IS-95 and IS-665. Since the publication of that book, CDMA technology has undergone major changes and has become a viable technology for 3G systems. In this book, I discuss those aspects of CDMA that are essential to understanding system capacity. I also provide guidelines for system parameters of a CDMA network. The book outlines a migration path for CDMA to a 3G cdma2000 system.    In writing this book, I addressed the needs of practicing engineers and engineering managers by explaining CDMA concepts, system capacity, radio frequency (RF) engineering, and other important aspects of the CDMA network. Students studying courses in telecommunications will also find this book useful as they prepare for careers in the wireless industry. I included a sufficient amount of mathematics so that you can understand the operation of the CDMA network, but I tried not to overwhelm you with very complex mathematical derivations.    This book can be used by practicing telecommunications engineers involved in the design and operation of CDMA-based cellular/PCS networks as well as by senior or graduate students in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, and computer engineering curricula. I assume that you have some basic background in mobile communications and CDMA technology. If you don't, the book mentioned above by Garg, Smolik, and Wilkes can provide that understanding. By selectively reading pertinent chapters of that book, telecommunications managers who are engaged in managing CDMA networks but who have little or no technical background can gain enough of an understanding of CDMA systems to read this book.    This book can be divided into four segments: Chapters 1 through 4 provide a foundation for understanding the material in subsequent chapters. Chapters 5 through 11 deal with IS-95 CDMA standards, and chapters 12 and 13 provide design aspects of a CDMA system. Chapters 14 and 15 focus on the data applications in CDMA and the evolution of IS-95 (2G system) to cdma2000 (3G system) in order to satisfy ITU IMT-2000 specifications. The following is a synopsis of the subjects covered in each chapter.Chapter 1. Major attributes of CDMA and the access technologies used for cellular/ PCS systems. Chapter 2. The different types of Spread Spectrum (SS) systems that are used. The main focus is on the Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) techniques that are employed in CDMA. I provide a relationship to calculate the performance of a CDMA system. Chapter 3. Speech and channel coding applications in the IS-95 CDMA system. Chapter 4. The concepts of diversity reception used to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the system; various combining schemes used to combine the signals; some practical antennas used in the cellular telephone industry. Chapter 5. Functional entities of the wireless network and the TIA-standardized interfaces between the entities. I examine the activities of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to add Intelligent Network (IN) to wireless systems. Chapter 6. A high-level description of the IS-95 CDMA air interface, including important aspects of the forward link (base station to mobile) and reverse link (mobile to base station) and modulation parameters for the channels. Chapter 7. Modulation schemes, bit repetition, block interleaving, and channel coding; these are used in processing logical channels on the IS-95 CDMA forward and reverse links. Details about information processing, message types, and message framing are presented for the pilot, sync, paging, and traffic channels on the forward link. Similar details are provided for the access and traffic channels on the reverse link. Chapter 8. IS-95 CDMA call processing states that a mobile station (MS) goes through in getting to a traffic channel; idle handoff, slotted paging operation, CDMA registration, and authentication procedures; call flows for CDMA call origination, call termination, call release, and authentication. Chapter 9. The layering concept used to develop the protocols for IS-95 CDMA; the standardized interfaces between the functional entities, mainly the A-Interface and TIA IS-634defined MSC-BS messages, message sequencing, and mandatory timers at the BS and the MSC. The chapter also provides call flow diagrams for typical supplementary services, handoff scenarios, and Over-The-Air Service Provisioning (OTASP). Chapter 10. Handoff strategy used in IS-95 CDMA; power control schemes for the reverse and forward links. Chapter 11. Various parameters used to identify an MS including International Mobile Station Identity (IMSI), Mobile Station Number (MDN), Electronic Serial Number (ESN), and station class mark. I focus on authentication procedures, including the authentication of MS registration, MS originations, MS terminations, MS data bursts, and Temporary Mobile Station Identity (TMSI) assignment. Also discussed are unique challenge response procedures. Chapter 12. Basic guidelines for engineering a CDMA system, including a discussion of propagation models, link budgets, the transition from analog operation to CDMA operation, radio link capacity, facility engineering, border cells on a boundary between two service providers, and interfrequency handoff. Chapter 13. Procedures for calculating the capacity of the reverse and forward link of a CDMA system; a procedure to develop a link safety margin parameter for each of the forward link channels. Chapter 14. Standards for data services supported by CDMA cellular/PCS systems; highlights of the TIA IS-99, TIA IS-637, and TIA IS-657 standards. I describe the architecture for each of the four data services (e.g., packet data, asynchronous data, facsimile, and short message services) and the protocol stacks supported by these services. Chapter 15. The cdma2000, 3G evolution of IS-95. The cdma2000 Radio Transmission Technology (RTT) is a wideband, SS radio interface that uses CDMA technology to satisfy the needs of 3G wireless communication systems.    Appendix A presents traffic tables for a variety of blocking probabilities and channel numbers. Appendix B comprises a list of abbreviations I introduce in the text and that are common to the industry. The references cited in Appendix C are papers and texts that I have found useful and, when considered in addition to those cited in the text, provide a rich background for readers interested in looking into digital wireless technology in greater depth.    I suggest chapters 1-11 for those who are interested in IS-95 standards but who do not have much background in digital communications. Those who have adequate background in digital communications may skip chapters 1-4.    I recommend chapters 1, 2, 4-10, 12, and 13 for those who are involved with the design of a CDMA system. The engineering managers should use chapters 1 and 5-12 to achieve adequate knowledge of IS-95 CDMA.    I suggest chapters 1-8, 10-12, 13, and 15 for a one-semester graduate course in IS-95 CDMA and its evolution to cdma2000.    I would like to thank the many people who helped me prepare the material in this book. Bernard Goodwin provided his encouragement in motivating me to write the book. Professor Ted Rappaport of Virginia Tech took me under the banner of his new series. I acknowledge the many helpful suggestions I received from my many friends.    Finally, I acknowledge the assistance of my wife, Pushpa Garg, and the staff of BooksCraft, Inc. during the production of this book.	The Next Generation: Wireless Communications for Multimedia and Beyond   Of all wireless technologies for personal communications, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) offers the best combination of good signal quality, high security, low power consumption, and excellent system reliability. Features added in the IS-95 standard means this impressive list now also includes Third Generation (3G) data capabilities that will allow CDMA providers to offer Internet and intranet services for multimedia applications, high-speed business transactions, and telemetry. The upcoming cdma2000 standard will further expand usable bandwidth without sacrificing voice quality or requiring additional spectrum.   In this book by an experienced telecommunications authority, you will learn how to maximize the power of CDMA, migrate existing systems to the newest standards, and prepare for a smooth transition to features yet to come. IS-95 CDMA and cdma2000: Cellular/PCS Systems Implementation covers all aspects of up-to-date CDMA implementation and operation, including:   Coding and architecture   Radio interface and call flow   Physical, data link, and signaling layers   Handoff and power control   System security   Wireless Data   Reverse and Forward Link Capacity   RF Engineering and network planning   Evolution to Third Generation systems   Practicing engineers and their managers will benefit from the in-depth coverage of IS-95 systems, RF engineering, and capacity planning. Students will appreciate the forward-looking approach that offers a look at the future of the industry where they are preparing for careers. IS-95 CDMA and cdma2000: Cellular/PCS Systems Implementation offers both practical applications information and conveniently organized reference materials for anyone interested in the next generation of wireless telecommunications.	About the Author     Vijay Garg  is an internationally known expert on wireless  communications technologies and is an author of numerous books published by  Prentice Hall PTR, including Wireless and Personal Communications  Systems and Principles and Applications of GSM with Joe Wilkes, and  Applications of CDMA in Wireless Communication with Ken Smolik and Joe  Wilkes. Dr. Garg is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers  (ASME) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is a senior member  of IEEE and a feature editor for IEEE Communications Magazine PCS  Series.	Preface   The global mobile communications market is booming. There are almost 250 million users worldwide and should be nearly 1 billion by early next century. Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is the fastest-growing digital wireless technology, tripling its worldwide subscriber base between 1997 and 1998. There are already 30 million CDMA customers and, at the current growth rate, there will be 50 million by the millennium. The major markets for CDMA are North America, Latin America, and Asia (particularly Japan and Korea). In total, CDMA has been adopted by almost 50 countries around the world.    It is not hard to see the reasons for the success of CDMA. CDMA is an advanced digital technology that can offer about 7 to10 times the capacity of analog technologies and up to 6 times the capacity of digital technologies such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). The speech quality provided by CDMA systems is far superior to any other digital cellular technology, particularly in difficult radio environments such as dense urban areas and mountainous regions. In both initial deployment and long-term operation, CDMA provides the most cost-effective solution for cellular operators. After an 18-month of market rollout, Personal Communications Services (PCS) providers have adequately demonstrated the power of CDMA technology to support a marketing strategy based on low prices and superior performance in key areas such as voice quality, system reliability, and handset battery life.    CDMA service providers have a strong advantage when pursuing the market to the minutes-of-use model, given the longevity of CDMA handset battery life and the higher quality of the voice signal. A recent analysis of wireless platform performance by the Telecommunications Research and Action Center (TRAC) found that CDMA outperformed other digital and analog technologies on every front, including signal quality, security, power consumption, and reliability. Although analog technology came out ahead in availability, all three digital services (GSM, IS-136 TDMA, and IS-95 CDMA) were rated equally over analog with respect to availability of enhanced service features. The TRAC study found CDMA to be superior in signal security and voice quality over the other digital air interface standards. According to TRAC, CDMA has several advantages for consumers. Lower power consumption enables CDMA handsets to support up to 4 hours of talk time or 48 hours of standby time on a single battery charge. It has also been found that the soft-handoff characteristics of CDMA lead to fewer dropped calls than with GSM and IS-136 TDMA. One possible drawback for some CDMA customers is that there are some limitations on roaming capabilities. Some PCS operators with cellular affiliates are supporting dual-mode handsets to allow roaming between CDMA and analog platforms.    CDMA technology is constantly evolving to offer customers new, advanced services. The mobile data speeds offered through CDMA phones are increasing, and new voice codecs provide speech quality close to wireline. Internet access is now available through CDMA terminals. The time will soon be at hand when CDMA service providers can further exploit the enhanced service potential of their platforms. There has been much talk of so-called third-generation (3G) data capabilities, where PCS providers will be able to compete with wireline service providers at high access speeds. PCS providers are looking ahead toward providing a range of service categories such as Internet and intranet access, multimedia applications, highspeed business transactions, and telemetry. The CDMA network offers operators a smooth evolutionary path to 3G mobile systems.    The IS-95B standard is quite flexible, enabling service providers to allocate data in increments of 8 kilobits per second (kbps) within the 1.25-megahertz (MHz) CDMA channel bandwidth based on how service providers configure software download to already-installed network controllers. This means operators can implement return data speeds at rates much lower than 64 kbps, ensuring much lower power consumption in handsets than would be the case at a full 64kbps return rate. While operators in GSM and IS-136 TDMA sectors are making efforts to ensure they won't be left behind as data becomes a factor, CDMA appears to have a clear edge in its ability to go to relatively high speeds over the existing infrastructure.    The opportunity to use the CDMA platform to add a fixed wireless service feature represents an added advantage for operators. Because CDMA has ample spectrum to provide a fixed service on top of mobile, several operators are exploring using terminals that would be able to shift the handset between fixed and mobile service, depending on where the user is. The universal handset would serve as a cordless phone in the home and as a mobile handset outside the home. The evolution to 3G will open the wireless local loop (WLL) with Public-Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Public Data Network (PDN) access, while providing more convenient control of applications and network resources. It will also open the door to convenient global roaming, service portability, zone-based ID and billing, and global directory access. The 3G technology is even expected to support seamless satellite interworking.    With the cornucopia of benefits surrounding CDMA, it is evident that operators using this platform will have every opportunity to grow the business once the community-based strategy begins to unfold. The question is, when will they get serious about bringing these new capabilities to market?    Recently an enhanced hybrid technology combining the CDMA air interface with the GSM network has been built, tested, and evaluated. GSM operators can save over 60% in cumulative capital costs using a GSM-CDMA overlay for network expansion of the GSM network using IS-95 CDMA radio access in addition to, or as a substitute for, TDMA radio access. This combines the spectral efficiency of CDMA with all GSM features, including seamless roaming and network services. The GSM-CDMA technology provides operators with a way to serve multiple market segments economically and to offer various services on one network platform. In addition to being a cost-effective network expansion solution, GSMCDMA also paves an evolutionary path to 3G services including high-speed data, multimedia, and mobile/fixed convergence services.    CDMA is the selected approach for the 3G system, as evidenced by the proposals submitted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the Association Radio Industry Business CARIB), and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). The 3G cdma2000 uses a CDMA air interface based on the existing IS-95B standard to provide wireline-quality voice service and high-speed data services, ranging from 144 kbps for mobile users to 2 megabits per second (Mbps) for stationary users. It is important to note that cdma2000 is a core proposal of the TIA for International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT 2000). Moreover, support for cdma2000 is not limited to North America; Korean carriers have a great opportunity to provide 3G-like service with today's existing CDMA technology. Mobile data rates of up to 114 kbps and fixed peak rates beyond 1.5 Mbps are within reach before the end of the decade with today's CDMA technology. These capabilities will be provided without degrading the systems' voice transmission capabilities or requiring additional spectrum. This will have tremendous implications for the majority of operators that are spectrum constrained. A doubling of capacity and a 1.5-Mbps data rate capability within a 1.25-MHz channel structure look very appealing.    This book is an extension of the book Applications of CDMA in Wireless Communications (Garg, Smolik, and Wilkes, Prentice Hall, 1997). In that book, the primary focus was on the CDMA systems standardized by TIA and American Telecommunications Industries Standards (ATIS) as standards IS-95 and IS-665. Since the publication of that book, CDMA technology has undergone major changes and has become a viable technology for 3G systems. In this book, I discuss those aspects of CDMA that are essential to understanding system capacity. I also provide guidelines for system parameters of a CDMA network. The book outlines a migration path for CDMA to a 3G cdma2000 system.    In writing this book, I addressed the needs of practicing engineers and engineering managers by explaining CDMA concepts, system capacity, radio frequency (RF) engineering, and other important aspects of the CDMA network. Students studying courses in telecommunications will also find this book useful as they prepare for careers in the wireless industry. I included a sufficient amount of mathematics so that you can understand the operation of the CDMA network, but I tried not to overwhelm you with very complex mathematical derivations.    This book can be used by practicing telecommunications engineers involved in the design and operation of CDMA-based cellular/PCS networks as well as by senior or graduate students in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, and computer engineering curricula. I assume that you have some basic background in mobile communications and CDMA technology. If you don't, the book mentioned above by Garg, Smolik, and Wilkes can provide that understanding. By selectively reading pertinent chapters of that book, telecommunications managers who are engaged in managing CDMA networks but who have little or no technical background can gain enough of an understanding of CDMA systems to read this book.    This book can be divided into four segments: Chapters 1 through 4 provide a foundation for understanding the material in subsequent chapters. Chapters 5 through 11 deal with IS-95 CDMA standards, and chapters 12 and 13 provide design aspects of a CDMA system. Chapters 14 and 15 focus on the data applications in CDMA and the evolution of IS-95 (2G system) to cdma2000 (3G system) in order to satisfy ITU IMT-2000 specifications. T...",books;computers & technology;electrical & electronics;engineering;networking;new;professional & technical;telecommunications;used & rental textbooks;wireless networks,10
0887406017,"British Royalty Commemoratives: 19th & 20th Century Royal Events in Britain Illustrated by Commemoratives Douglas Flynn and Alan Bolton have collected British royalty commemorative for many years, searching for commemorative on both sides of the Atlantic. They live in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",19th century;20th century;biographies & memoirs;books;england;europe;history;leaders & notable people;modern (16th-21st centuries);royalty,10
1895569648,"Marvelous Mosaics with Unusual Materials George W. Shannon and Pat Torlen own and operate 'On the Edge Glass Studio' in Winnipeg, Canada. They teach as well as design and fabricate commissioned works for commercial and residential clientele.",arts & photography;books;ceramics;crafts;crafts & hobbies;history & criticism;hobbies & home;mosaic;other media;pottery & ceramics,10
0679737286,"The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music The ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll--comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated with coverage of the most important new sounds and artists of the 1980s and `90s.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;education & reference;history & criticism;music;musical genres;reference;rock;theory,10
1892389363,"The Stormwatcher Stormy emotions and turbulent revelations charge the tense atmosphere of this cunning exercise in magic realism, first published in the U.K. as a paperback original in 1998. Set in the French countryside, it presents the daily interactions of a group of British travelers who discover that vacationing together is no holiday. James, the outing organizer, is an arrogant prat who spends most of the trip demeaning his easygoing friend Matt; Matt's wife, Chrissie; and Rachel, an ex-mistress whom James has asked along to help his wife, Sabine, supervise their two girls. As friction among them intensifies, the lies and self-deceptions that have kept them civil give way to truths that emerge as a shadowy alternate reality. The novel's building emotional tempest is catalyzed by Jessie, James and Sabine's precocious preteen daughter, who secretly converses with a mysterious, seemingly invisible adult instructor. The identity of this instructor is the key to unlocking the narrative's occasional sidesteps into fantasy. Though his characters sometimes seem too self-aware to behave so meanly, Joyce (The Facts of Life) gives them solid psychological grounding and uses every detail of the external environment-from primitive paintings in a nearby cave to the increasingly ominous weather-as a carefully crafted corollary to their states of mind. Readers who have savored his recent excursions into mainstream fantasy will find this early tale a piquant foretaste. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.",books;contemporary;fantasy;literary;literature & fiction;mystery;psychological thrillers;science fiction & fantasy;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0521852544,"Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders Weinberg's World at Arms (1994) may be the best one-volume history of World War II, and that will prompt interest in the historian's assaying of the belligerents' war aims. Considering eight principal leaders, beginning with Hitler, Weinberg reviews the territorial arrangement each leader saw resulting from victory, and the intended destinies of the people brought under their country's power. Those permitted to survive the establishment of a Nazi empire would have no peace, as Hitler planned to keep them marching toward his next war against America. Japan, according to a ""Land Disposal Plan"" Weinberg cites, intended to seize Alaska, western Canada, and Washington State. On the Allied side, there was great discordance and not solely through inclusion in the alliance of Hitler's ex-ally Stalin. The author comments that his inspiration for undertaking this study was discovering that de Gaulle wanted to expand, not just restore, French colonies. Since imagined outcomes are essential to understanding WWII's actual result, Weinberg's experienced analysis is vital to the WWII collection. Gilbert TaylorCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	""Since imagined outcomes are essential to understanding WWII's actual result, Weinberg's experienced analysis is vital to the WWII collection.""    Booklist""Based on his unrivalled knowledge of the war-time policies of the main belligerent leaders of World War II as well as on newly published material, Professor Weinberg has combined scholarship with imagination in reconstructing their individual visions of the post-war world. The result is a book, written for a wide circle of readers, that throws new light on unfinished debates about the chief winners and losers of a truly global war.""    Zara Steiner, Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge University""Weinberg, the leading American scholar of World War II, presents a masterful overview of the postwar hopes and aspirations of the major leaders of history's greatest conflict. The scale of the fighting and the level of destruction made it impossible to wage that war for the purpose of restoring the status quo. Highlights among the eight leaders Weinberg profiles include Hitleras brutally dystopian visions, Stalinas aggressive imperialism, Charles de Gaulleas hopes of France restored to great-power status, and  Winston Churchill's image of the British Empire as a force for peace and stability . Weinberg, however, credits Franklin D. Roosevelt with the most comprehensive, most generous vision of the postwar world. The US and the UN may not have  succeeded entirely in implementing FDR's belief in international organization --but they came close enough to avert further comprehensive catastrophes. ""    Prof. Dennis Showalter, Colorado College""Visions of Victory   is a beautifully written and wide- ranging synthesis of a large and burgeoning literature...It is a masterpiece of historical writing that should be read by anyone interested in the origins of the world in which we live.""     Financial Times, Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government at Oxford University""A  look at the evolution and influence of the war aims of  the leaders of the principal warring powers -- Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Chiang, Stalin, Churchill, de Gaulle, Roosevelt--and how close they came to realization.  In a well-written book, Weinberg shows how each leader's personality and the culture and politics of his society helped shape his goals and his conduct of the war.  Arguing, rather persuasively, that most of these leaders had essentially nineteenth century views of the world, Weinberg concludes perhaps not suprisingly, that the leader who came closest to achieving his goals was FDR...More surprisingly, he concludes that second place must be accorded to Chiang...A very important book for anyone interested in the World War II or the grand strategy of the twentieth century"" - The NYMAS Review""[The Book] will provide readers with an excellent brief overview of the world of each of these leaders wished to create, and it is highly recommended for general as well as academic audiences."" - Mark A. Stoler, University of Vermont, The Historian""Overall, scholars will find that Weinberg's treatment is fair and his research exhaustive.  His chapter on Hitler is ultimately the strongest; it is a remarkable and concise exploration of Hitler's radical vision that did so much to nearly destroy the world.  Finally, no scholar is more qualified than Weinberg to write this compelling, approachable, and highly original book."" - Jeff Demers, Massachusetts School of Law	Visions of Victory explores the views of eight war leaders of the major powers of World War II - Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Chiang Kai-shek, Stalin, Churchill, de Gaulle, and Roosevelt - and compares their visions of the future assuming their side had emerged victorious.	Gerhard L. Weinberg is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the origins and course of World War II, including A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II (Cambridge University Press, 1994), which won the George Louis Beer Prize of the American Historical Association, and Germany, Hitler, and World War II (Cambridge University Press, 1995).",20th century;books;history;humanities;military;modern (16th-21st centuries);new;used & rental textbooks;world;world war ii,10
0130422533,"Introduction to the Philosophies of Research and Criticism in Education and the Social Sciences During the last half of the 20th century, public life changed in fundamental ways that reflected, among other things, different social values, global consciousness, and new visions of the human community. Changes in concepts of communication, economics, space, time, transportation, human development, and intelligence are but a few of the life-altering changes that occurred during this time. The world we inhabit now and the values and systems of thought we use in making meaning of our lives stand in stark contrast to the world as it was before the 1960s. A part of this change was a radical transformation of thinking about knowledge. New perspectives on knowledge and approaches to acquiring or creating knowledge emerged, creating a diverse literature filled with vigorous debates about what is, and what is not, research. This book presents nine of those perspectives that now support different approaches to research and the implications of those perspectives for how we understand and critically appreciate the new pluralism in research that now exists.    Generally, students are not expected to know enough about all or even most of the different perspectives to be sophisticated in using the methods derived from those views. However, in order to read the literature and participate as a member of critical research communities, students need to have some knowledge of different perspectives and be able to think critically about the implications of the multiple discourses on knowledge and knowing that now exist.    Learning to value different approaches and to accord respect to those who hold views different from our own is an ethical matter as well as a necessary attitude for participating constructively in the conversation about the nature of research. This in no way suggests that students and researchers must believe all approaches to be equally valid or must agree with views that do not make sense to them. That, too, is an ethical matter. Rather, it suggests the need for a positive regard for those whose work is guided by different lights and for vigilance in keeping the conversation fair. Rapprochement may or may not be possible in some instances, and agreeing on basic research issues is not necessarily a goal. However, there should be a credible space where diverse scholarly perspectives are shared and valued and where an ethic of positive regard for diversity in scholarship sustains a pluralistic discourse about knowledge and ethics.    This book is intended for those who are learning to read education and related research literature as well as those preparing to become education researchers. It is intended to help students read and think critically about alternative approaches to research. The focus is not on research methods in different approaches but on the perspectives that provide the justifying reasons for those approaches.    The book begins with two chapters, both of which are essentially preamble to Parts Two and Three. In Chapter 1, I discuss some of the historical and political influences shaping the current conversations about different perspectives on research. In Chapter 2, Lynda Stone prepares those readers with a limited background in philosophy for reading and understanding Parts Two and Three. She provides foundational concepts and vocabularies related to the nature and history of philosophical arguments related to knowledge and method. Part Two includes nine research perspectives, each written by a senior scholar whose expertise in the perspective is widely known and respected. Part Three provides a ""guided tour"" of criticism, with the scholars introduced in Part Two demonstrating the use of critical method in applying their perspectives in critiquing six studies selected as exemplars of different research approaches or methods. In both Parts Two and Three, readers will learn the basic concepts and vocabularies of the perspectives and methods of criticism. In Chapter 11, I discuss central issues raised by a pluralistic view of research and the likely influence of critical perspectives on the future of education research.    Before the journey begins, however, a brief word about ""perspectives"" is needed. Throughout this text the emphasis is on different perspectives. Other words such as lens, worldview, or paradigm are used interchangeably with perspective. Although the nature of a particular perspective can be complex, it is essentially a coherent, systematic view of what is believed to be true, real, and of value. These perspectives and their use in critiquing different approaches to research form the core of this text.    The idea of perspectivism, or perspectivalism, is that there are different legitimate ways of understanding reality, different truths, and different ways of knowing the truth. This concept, associated with the work of Nietzsche in the last quarter of the 19th century, became significant in criticism of all forms of research in education and the social sciences during the last part of the 20th century. The implication of perspectivism, that knowledge is relative to the knower and the view of truth he or she holds, has divided the research community that had traditionally grounded its work in pursuit of universal truths and understandings. At issue here is whether reality is regarded as external and independent of an observer, the traditional positivist view, or a product o the mind of the observer. What may appear at first blush to be a ""common sense"" matter turns out to be a serious philosophical problem that, in the last quarter of the 20th century, generated a considerable literature on the nature of research and how it should be conducted.    This literature now includes multiple discourses about knowledge, each with its own vocabulary, history, worldview, and priorities. So, what is research? Or, what is ""good"" research? Although peer review is a mainstay for the research community in validating a researcher's work, such reviews are usually conducted within the perspective of the work being reviewed. Criticism, however, includes but also extends beyond the perspective in which the research is conducted. Perspective-based critique involves employing a point of view, a set of values, and assumptions that may be different from those of the study. For example, a quantitative study can be critiqued through a race-based, or a gender-based, lens or perspective. Such a critique yields a different view of the work. It raises questions and offers insights that are not a part of the logics and conventions of the perspective that guided the research. Some may question whether it is fair to raise questions that are outside the worldview reflected in the study As you will see, this issue is raised in the text. However, the view here is that all authoritative texts are strengthened by critique from different perspectives. For example, Biblical texts are investigated and critiqued by archaeologists, historians, linguists, and individuals with different theological perspectives, each of whom brings a particular point of view, assumptions, and knowledge to the criticism. Similarly, published research is a text that has the authority of a particular approach or method and the academic community supporting the publication. All research should be examined and critiqued from any perspective that adds information and value with respect to the methods, claims, and implications of the research. The politics of research and the ethical quandaries that can arise in the methods and substance of different approaches to research can pose great difficulty for anyone reading and interpreting the texts who does not understand the perspectives involved and the nature of criticism.    The perspectives described in this text include postpositivism; pragmatism; constructivism; ethics and deliberative democracy; criticism; interpretivism; race, ethnicity, and gender; arts based educational research; and poststructuralism. Each perspective reflects a point of view and assumptions about the nature of research. Each has its own constructs and poses particular dilemmas when applied to other perspectives. Each tends to privilege one or more methods or approaches to research. And, finally, each has its own utilities with respect to applications in practice.    Why these perspectives? There are other perspectives that could have been included. Conversely, it could be argued that the differences could have been illustrated by focusing on a smaller number of more distinct perspectives. For example, postpositivism places a high premium on objectivity while others, such as interpretivism, prize subjectivity. Certainly, the perspectives selected are not mutually exclusive. Critical theory and race, ethnicity, and gender perspectives are similar and the similarities and differences depend, in part, on the scholar describing and interpreting the perspective. However, I selected these nine perspectives because, in my view, they are among the most prominent perspectives guiding research and framing criticism in the current research literature. Debates about different approaches to research are filled with concepts drawn from one or more of these perspectives. I chose to include what I consider to be a sufficiently broad sample of perspectives from several fields to enable students preparing to be researchers and those learning to read the research literature to see the similarities and differences in vocabularies, core concepts, and values of the different perspectives.    The studies critiqued are experimental, correlational, ethnographic, autoethnography, narrative, and arts based. Why these studies? Again, they do not reflect all possible approaches to research. They do, however, span a wide range of approaches in education and related research and provide critics with an opportunity to make rather clear discriminations with respect to different perspectives. Selecting an exemplar for any approach to research can be problematic. Researchers who share the same general perspective do not necessarily agree on exemplars. I consulted researchers within the different traditions and made ...",books;education;education & reference;education theory;educational philosophy;new;philosophy & social aspects;research;schools & teaching;used & rental textbooks,10
1857028945,"Life and Death of Lord Erroll Errol Trzebinski is the author of The Kenya Pioneers, The Lives of Beryl Markham, and Silence Will Speak, a biography of Denys Finch Hatton used as the source for the love story in Out of Africa.",africa;biographies & memoirs;books;criminology;history;kenya;politics & social sciences;social sciences;true accounts;true crime,10
0801486491,"The Eye's Mind: Literary Modernism and Visual Culture In her first book, Jacobs (English, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) expands on a new area of interpreting Modernist literature. She analyzes the act of viewing in Modernist texts. Using examples from Virginia Woolf, Maurice Blanchot, and others, she demonstrates how this movement is unique in its distrust of omniscient narrators. Jacobs examines contemporary innovations photography and film, anthropological and sociological observation techniques, and psychoanalysis and ""skeptical philosophy"" and illustrates how they affected the selected texts. Her selections from U.S., British, and French writing, both literary and nonliterary, are unconventional, and her argument for choosing them is not thoroughly expressed. The book is well researched, with extensive notes, but the writing is uneven. While the discussion of the selected texts is clear and thoughtful, the introduction is dense and indirect. Recommended only for academic libraries. Paolina Taglienti, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.	""A highly nuanced picture of the racial and sexual frames of the modernists eye's mind.""Laura Doyle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. American Literature, June 2002""The Eye's Mind is a study of literary modernism that we have needed for a long while. Our post-structuralist obsession with visuality is everywhere apparent; but it has taken a scholar with Karen Jacobs's deep learning and range of knowledge to help us understand. . . She is able to do this, and to do this so well, because her study is genuinely interdisciplinary; its primary strength lies precisely in its synthetic and comparativist aims.""Dorothy J. Hale, University of California, Berkeley. Modernism/modernity, Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2001""This is a lucid, well-researched and documented book that successfully contributes to the critical reimagining of the field of Modernism that has been taking place for the past 20+ years.""Jeanette McVicker, SUNY Freedonia. Woolf Studies Annual, Vol. 8, 2002""Jacobs presents a truly fresh analysis of the impact of visual culture on modernist literature. . . A consistent, synthetic study that does not disintegrate into theoretical chaos; rather, the integration of all these perspectives into a clear, focused argument is impressive and refreshing.""Choice, Vol. 38, No. 11, July 2001""The Eye's Mind offers a richly synthetic account of modernism's visual subjects. Indeed, Jacobs is among the first to situate literary modernism within a systematic analysis of visual culture, one that draws on the work of Martin Jay, Luce Irigaray, Susan Bordo, and Robyn Wiegman (among others). . . . Jacob's strength as a critic lies in her ability to offer fresh, complex readings of theoretical and literary texts and to juxtapose them in surprising and productive ways.""Laura Saltz, Colby College, MFS: Modern Fiction Studies, Fall 2002, vol. 48, no. 3""A fine book on a topic of real importance, full of smart prose and ingenious arguments, The Eye's Mind is an impressive and theoretically sophisticated piece of work by an outstanding reader of the modernist novel.""James F. English, University of Pennsylvania""Karen Jacobs' analysis is often breathtaking, while the wide range of texts she examines is crucial to a remapping of the literary terrain of modernity. The Eye's Mind is essential reading and a unique contribution to the study of visual culture.""Barbara Green, University of Notre Dame	""A fine book on a topic of real importance, full of smart prose and ingenious arguments, The Eye's Mind is an impressive and theoretically sophisticated piece of work by an outstanding reader of the modernist novel.""--James F. English, University of Pennsylvania ""Karen Jacobs' analysis is often breathtaking, while the wide range of texts she examines is crucial to a remapping of the literary terrain of modernity. The Eye's Mind is essential reading and a unique contribution to the study of visual culture.""--Barbara Green, University of Notre Dame	Karen Jacobs is Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder.",20th century;books;criticism & theory;history;history & criticism;literature & fiction;modern (16th-21st centuries);modernism;movements & periods;world,10
0826337252,"The Sorrow of Archaeology: A Novel As her MS symptoms become increasingly severe, Sarah MacLeish is forced to confront her own mortality and the unraveling of her marriage to handsome, gregarious Harry. Harry is an archeologist; Sarah gave up her life as a physician to join him on digs. Martin (Beethoven's Hair) backtracks through Sarah's upbringing in Cortez, Colo., outlining the family history and delving into her preoccupation with the damaged skeleton of an adolescent Pueblo girl that has turned up on one of Harry's sites. When Sarah accidentally witnesses Harry's affair with Sarah's friend Alice, Sarah responds by taking off on an extended platonic road trip with one of the couple's best friends, the older Tom John, who is gay and proves a sage foil for Sarah's frustrations. Sarah and Harry then meet in New Mexico at the bedside of her grandmother Oma, who is forced to undergo gall bladder surgery, and who has been one of Sarah's emotional centers. The narrative occasionally stalls, and the dialogue doesn't dazzle, but Martin, beginning particularly with the road trip, gets to the bottom of Sarah's dilemmas and doesn't turn away from what he finds there. (Nov.) Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.	In his fourth novel, set near the rugged four corners area of southwestern Colorado, Martin employs a 700-year-old skeleton as a metaphor for a modern-day woman's struggle with disease. On a dig near Tse Canyon with her husband, Harry, Sarah finds the deformed leg bone of a young Puebloan girl, who also shows evidence of a fatal head injury. Sarah relates on some deep level to this long-dead girl, and wonders about her fate. Sarah had to give up her medical practice when the ""exacerbations"" of her multiple sclerosis became more frequent and increasingly debilitating. She also suffered a miscarriage, and she and Harry are forced to face the likelihood that their marriage will remain childless. Now Sarah begins to suspect her husband's attentions may be wandering. The vivid Mesa Verde landscape and strong characters drive the plot, but, unfortunately, the intriguing story of the young Puebloan girl is forgotten as Martin focuses on Sarah's sexual insecurities and growing inferiority complex as a result of her disease. Deborah DonovanCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	Employing archaeology as both subject and metaphor, this is a provocative and always lyrical book whose characters grapple with the deepest human questions.	Russell Martin is the author of numerous books, including internationally bestselling Beethoven's Hair, Picasso's War, Out of Silence, and A Story That Stands Like a Dam. He lives in Burbank, California.",books;diseases & physical ailments;fitness & dieting;health;literature & fiction;multiple sclerosis;mystery;psychological thrillers;thriller & suspense;thrillers,10
0823033201,"One Space Living One-space living is becoming increasingly popular, and it doesn't just mean loft dwelling. This contemporary book looks at every kind of single space, from a purpose-built London apartment to a Belgian beach house.   Author Cynthia Inions advocates this kind of contemporary living as more suited to the less-formal lifestyles many people now lead. Inions points out the freedom and flexibility of manipulating space in this way, likening it to the traditional Japanese interior, but working the idea into more Western homes. She focuses strongly on use of light and architectural features. Her enviable showcase homes are displayed by Andrew Wood's photography.  On a practical level, the book talks you through structural changes and asks if plans for demolishing existing partitions are realistic and, if so, how best to carry them out. Using the concept of zoning your space once you have opened it up, Inions advises separate zones for relaxing, cooking, bathing, sleeping, and working and explains how to make optimum use of your space according to your lifestyle. This book makes good use of case studies to illustrate one-space living, including the practical templates of floor plans. One of the most useful parts of the book is a chapter on storage, which is key to successful open-plan living. With a directory of stockists at the end, this is a comprehensive and attractive book that will be invaluable to anyone who intends to live in this style. --Karen Homer",architecture;books;buildings;crafts;education & reference;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;interior design;professional & technical,10
0070113343,"Geschaftsdeutsch: An Introduction to Business German Text: English, German",books;education & reference;foreign language dictionaries & thesauruses;foreign language study & reference;foreign languages;german;humanities;literature & fiction;new;used & rental textbooks,10
B00005478L,"Sailing Alone Around the World In 1895, when Captain Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation on his 37-foot sloop, the Spray, no one believed it could be done. This firsthand account of Captain Slocum's remarkable voyage - 3 years and 46,000 miles - is full of adventures, dangers, and triumphs. Stormy seas, hostile natives, Moorish pirates, and even a bizarre meeting with President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal, who insisted that Slocum could never have sailed ""around the world,"" since everyone with the meanest intelligence knew the world was flat, make up the fabric of the most wonderful travelogue of all.",books;history;professional & technical;sailing;ships;sports & outdoors;transportation;travel;travel writing;water sports,10
0761535276,"The Complete Book of Triathlons Train Hard, Enjoy Yourself, and Excel!Congratulations! You've reached the starting line for achieving the physical and psychological triumph of your life?training for a triathlon. Whether you're training for your very first triathlon or simply looking to improve your performance, this book has it all.Inside, 19-time Ironman finisher Sally Edwards coaches you mile by mile through the exhilarating sport of triathlon. You'll learn how to work out at a pace that's perfect for you and discover the wonderful physical and mental rewards of regular training and exercise. Triathlons are for everyone, including you! This book will help you prove it by teaching you how to:Overcome the mental and physical barriers Train properly and improve steadily in each sport Find the equipment suited just for you Develop a performance-enhancing nutritional and workout strategy And much, much more!	Sally Edwards, one of America's leading fitness authorities and triathlon experts, is a member of the Triathlon Hall ofFame, a former Ironman Master's world record holder, and the national spokesperson for the Danskin Women's Triathlon, finishing more than 75 Danskin triathlons. As one of triathlon's pioneers, today she is the head heart of Heart Zones, an international health, fitness, and sports training company.",books;exercise & fitness;fitness & dieting;health;individual sports;other team sports;sports & outdoors;track & field;triathlon;triathlons,10
1580170366,"What Color Is Your Swimming Pool? The Guide to Trouble-Free Pool Maintenance This may not be the snappy tome you take with you to read on vacation, but if you have and maintain a swimming pool, it's a book you will want to have handy. It covers the basic construction of pools of all kinds, cleaning routines, water chemistry and treatment, simple repairs, caring for hot tubs and spas, and even pool safety. Also included are tips on water and energy conservation, a glossary of terms, and a thorough index for quick reference. If you own a swimming pool, you should own this book. --Mark Hetts	Since I had an in-ground swimming pool installed last spring [John] OKeefes book has been my maintenance bible. Newsday  OKeefe does an excellent job of organizing subjects so that even a pool novice like me can find the solution to a problem. Newsday  OKeefe provides an excellent glossary, chapters on energy conservation and pool safety, and even a chapter on maintaining hot tubs and spas. Newsday  Id recommend OKeefes book to both owners of above-ground and in-ground pools, and to those thinking about purchasing a pool. Newsday  this is a something-for-everyone type of manual. Newsday	Forget costly commercial pool maintenance. You can establish your own pool-maintenance routine and save money with sparkling results. With the easy-to-understand information and clear photographs and illustrations in What Color Is Your Swimming Pool? you'll learn about every aspect of pool maintenance including: * Basic construction of all types of pools * Easy, step-by-step cleaning routines * Basic water chemistry and treatment * Winterizing and opening * Making simple repairs * Selecting and caring for pool components, such as filters, pumps, motors, and heaters * Caring for hot tubs and spas * Pool safety Acclaim for the first edition of What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?  ""Pool owners puzzling over the best way to keep the water safe and clear are bound to find enlightenment here."" -- Better Homes & Gardens Remodeling Ideas ""If your swimming pool looks more like the Cuyahoga River after a heavy rain than the Caribbean on a clear, sunny day, this book is for you."" -- Cleveland Plain Dealer	Author John O'Keefe is currently a marine engineer and the former managing editor of Pool & Spa News. His book What Color Is Your Swimming Pool? has received much acclaim from various publications, including Better Homes & Gardens Remodeling Ideas: ""Pool owners puzzling over the best way to keep the water safe and clear are bound to find enlightenment here."" Additionally, the Star Ledger (Newark, NJ) has said, ""If you've got a pool, or there's one in your future, take a look at this book.""Alan E. Sanderfoot, author of What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?, is the former editor and associate publisher of AQUA Magazine, the leading trade magazine for the pool and spa industry.",books;crafts;design & construction;gardening & landscape design;hobbies & home;home decorating & design;home improvement & design;home repair;how-to & home improvements;outdoor & recreational areas,10
1887169237,"The Ultimate Guide To Wedding Music Music is one of the most important elements for a successful wedding.  It sets the tone for either an elegant and romantic affair, or a lavish, wild party. The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Music will help you to set your wedding to music!	Elizabeth and Alex Lluch are professional wedding consultants and the authors of fifteen best-selling wedding planners.  They live in San Diego, California, with their daughters Emily and Isabel and the newest addition to their family, Alexander.",arts & photography;books;composition & performance;crafts;education & reference;hobbies & home;music;planning;theory;weddings,10
0899973108,"Hot Showers, Soft Beds, and Dayhikes in the Sierra: Walks and Strolls Near Lodgings Walks and day trips near fine lodgings in the Sierras make for an unusual title: unusual because many guides to the Sierras assume readers are outdoors-types who will be camping in the wild. It's refreshing to find over a hundred day hikes located near listed lodgings: this approach makes the Sierras much more accessible to the ordinary individual with less outdoors experience. The descriptions of each hike and region clarify fitness levels and areas of interest.  -- Midwest Book Review	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Kathy Morey has authored or coauthored eight other Wilderness Press titles.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Paperback	 edition.",adventure;books;excursion guides;food;hiking & camping;hotels & inns;lodging & transportation;specialty travel;sports & outdoors;travel,10
0471415693,"Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma Fear had gripped me like a gigantic vice. . . . If a man as strong and dominant as my father could be struck down . . . then weaklings like Mum, Maisie, George and me stood no chance of getting to India. One by one, we too would be wrapped in a blanket and thrown into the jungle. Worse still, who would be the last one to go? . . . Would it be me?In 1942, as war spread in the Far East and the British, Japanese, and Chinese fought ferocious battles on Burmese soil, an eleven-year-old Anglo-Burmese boy and his family found themselves trapped in the deadly path of advancing armies. Told through the eyes of that eleven-year-old boy, this is the compelling story of Stephen Brookes, who, along with hordes of terrified civilians, was forced to flee his home when the Japanese invaded. Packing whatever they could carry on foot, young Brookes, his parents, and his siblings joined the exodus of thousands of refugees abandoned by the civil administration. Their only hope of survival was to try to escape through the dense jungles of Northern Burma that led to the Indian border. In this rare firsthand account, Brookes provides a riveting chronicle of that terrifying 3,000-mile journeya journey that would last eight grueling months and partially destroy his family. From their barefoot trek across mountain ridges where the family was ambushed by Chinese soldiers, through the sweltering jungle swamps of the Hukawng Valleyalso known as the Valley of Deathat the height of the Monsoon, and into the final horror of an internment camp before reaching safety at Jhansi in India, Brookes shares an unforgettable story not only of bravery and survival, faith and fortitude, but of a boy becoming a man under impossible conditions.	A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION""As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.""--Daily Mail (London)""A tale of hair-raising adventure, survival, love and loss, shot through with rage, polemic, unlikely humour and a rare spiritual sensibility.""--Telegraph Magazine (London)""Unique and heartfelt . . . a tale of human resilience and bravery in the most desperate circumstances.""--The Irish News""Written with simplicity, understanding, and surprising good humour. It deserves to be read.""--The Times Educational Supplement (London)	STEPHEN BROOKES was educated at La Martiniere College in Lucknow, India, and has taught in Malay, served as a soldier in the Indian army, and worked in the oil fields in Borneo. He now lives in Cambridgeshire, England.",asia;biographies & memoirs;books;family & childhood;historical;history;memoirs;military;myanmar;world war ii,10
0786420510,"Cambodia Now: Life In the Wake of War ""Compelling""--Pacific Affairs Journal ""Impressive""--The Montanan 	      --This text refers to the 							Kindle Edition	 edition.	Karen J. Coates is a freelance journalist who writes for a variety of newspapers, magazines and journals around the world. She is based in Thailand.",asia;books;cambodia;history;humanities;new;southeast asia;travel;used & rental textbooks;world,10
0071443266,"SAT Vocabulary Express: Word Puzzles Designed to Decode the New SAT Solve puzzles, play games--and improve your SAT score!  Memorizing words isn't a very effective way to ace your SATs--and let's be honest, it's not a lot of fun!  To score well, you have to play with words--take words apart, understand their connotations, and spot the word games the test is playing with you.  Now, with SAT Vocabulary Express, you can build these necessary skills, prepare for your exams, and have a great time doing it! In this uniquely entertaining workbook, a test preparation expert and a crossword puzzle constructor join forces to help you crack the word code on the new SAT, improve your active vocabulary, and increase your score on any college admission test--all by playing games.  From crosswords and anagram magic squares to quotation, word connection, and hidden meaning puzzles, you'll tackle unfamiliar words and spot the clues hidden in the most difficult exam questions. You'll also gain the tools you need to:  Develop and use a powerful repertoire of words  Dissect new words and understand their meanings  Solve word problems quickly and easily  Master decoding strategies you can apply to any college admission test   Challenge your mind and build your confidence with SAT Vocabulary Express--the perfect way to have a great time while you study for success!	Jacqueline Byrne is a founding partner of Ivy Educational Associates, a test prep and college application consulting firm. She provides private tutoring for the verbal SAT, the SAT II Writing exam and the AP and SAT II Literature exams. Michael Ashley's crossword puzzles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal  He has been a contributor to GAMES Magazine for 25 years.",books;college & university;education & reference;new;sat & psat;study guides;studying & workbooks;test prep & study guides;test preparation;used & rental textbooks,10
0062059211,"Whitefish Will Rides Again! Yorinks, author of the Caldecott-winning Hey, Al , and veteran Mad magazine illustrator Drucker (who here makes his children's book debut) are just the right fellas to relate this rollicking tale set in the Wild West. The book opens with three mighty tall (the type is 214 high) words: ""WHO'S WHITEFISH WILL?"" The answer, set in ordinary-size type: ""Why, he's just about the best danged sheriff that ever lived. That's who."" That pretty much sets the tone for the folksy-tongued narrator's tale, which uncoils as smoothly as a rodeo rope. Sure-firing Will has proven ""so good at rassling rustlers that soon there were no more rustlers left to rassle."" So he is put out to pasture, left to raise roosters and blow on his harmonica (his ""stinkweed serenades"" sound ""worse than a bobcat caught on a cactus""). But what happens when bad Bart (who was ""so mean rattlesnakes would line up and try to kiss his feet"") and his gang ride into town and threaten to burn the place down? The townsfolk go fetch Will, of course, who runs the varmint out of town--by playing his harmonica ("" ' Ay yi yi yi yi! ' Bart cried, 'Have mercy!' ""). And the West is safe for honest (earplug-wearing) folks once again. Drucker's droll, hyperbolic art--featuring a passel of comical cowboy caricatures--is smack on target. No question 'bout it: kids gonna love this one. All ages. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Kindergarten-Grade 3-Whitefish Will was ""just about the best danged sheriff that ever lived."" He loses his job, though, after there are ""no more rustlers left to rassle."" In his later years, he takes up the harmonica, and when he plays it sounds ""worse than a bobcat caught on a cactus."" When an awful troublemaker named Bart shows up in town, the people finally get their old sheriff to come back and save them. Without overdoing it, Yorinks sprinkles tongue-in-cheek Old West expressions into his lively story and goes a step beyond the predictable in his plot. When Bart steals all of the horses, the townsfolk gladly walk. He robs the bank and they cheerfully give up their money. When he takes everyone's clothes, they just wear barrels (""'Nice breeze,' said the tailor. 'And one size fits all.'""). Mad Magazine readers will recognize Drucker's humorous cartoons, and they fit this tall tale just right. All of the people (and the animals, too) are drawn as caricatures, so everyone looks equally silly. Little touches like the happy-face button on Bart's hat and the safety pin holding big-bellied Will's shirt together add extra humor.Steven Engelfried, West Lynn Library, Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Ages 5-9. With his hairy chest, cleft chin, and bulging biceps, sheriff Whitefish Will merely had to look at varmints and they'd scramble out of his way. Why, Will was so good at keeping order that he made his job obsolete and retired to the hills, where he took up the harmonica. It's said that his playing provoked coyotes to learn to howl just to drown him out. After a while, peaceful Whitefish, Montana, was invaded by the evil villain Bart, who stole the townspeople's horses, money, and even their clothes. Reduced to walking instead of riding and to wearing barrels instead of clothes, the citizens finally sent for Whitefish Will to rescue them. But it was a pot-bellied, thin-haired Will who returned to challenge Bart. When the snickering villain went for his pistol, Will whipped out his harmonica and serenaded Bart and his gang right out of town. Having honed his talent on the pages and covers of Mad magazine, Drucker exaggerates Yorinks' text with rollicking, bright-colored caricatures, ably helping to stretch this tall tale to the heights of hilarity.  Ellen Mandel	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Arthur Yorinks is the author of more than two dozen books for children, including the Caldecott Medal winner Hey, Al, illustrated by Richard Egielski. He has also collaborated with Maurice Sendak on several titles, most recently mommy? The founder and artistic director of the yorinks theater group, he lives in New York City.Mort Druckers legendary features and covers for Mad have been a mainstay of that magazine for over forty years. His only children's books are Whitefish Will Rides Again!, and Tomatoes from Mars, both in collaboration with Arthur Yorinks. Mr. Drucker lives in Woodbury, NY.",books;children's books;explore the world;historical fiction;humor;humor & entertainment;lawyers & criminals;literature & fiction;travel & cultures;united states,10
B00001SIF9,"Pop Music: Early Years 1890-1950 Audio CD (October 12, 1999) 	Original Release Date: October 12, 1999 	Number of Discs: 2 	Label: Sony",blues;broadway & vocalists;classic rock;dance & electronic;jazz;miscellaneous;music;pop;r&b;rock,10
1576751546,"Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to Work Leslie Yerkes is President of Catalyst Consulting Group, a 10 year old change management consulting firm also based in Cleveland, Ohio. Leslie has devoted a large part of her consulting practice to the needs of start-up organizations, non-profit arts organizations, and fortune 500 companies. For many years Leslie has mixed fun into her consulting and speaking programs where she is known for her juggling. She is coauthor of the bestselling book 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work.",books;business & investing;business life;human resources & personnel management;industries & professions;leadership;management;management & leadership;motivation & self-improvement;motivational,10
1563972433,"Sleep Rhymes Around the World PreSchool-Grade 2-A collection of rhymes from 17 countries around the globe, most of which are not widely known. All are printed in English as well as in their original languages; all of the selections, even those that do not use the Roman alphabet, have been transcribed into verselike form. The overall effect is not soporific, counteracted at least in part by the lively illustrations, each done by an artist native to the country represented. The colors are neither muted nor necessarily restful; in fact, few of the scenes take place in full night. The techniques vary widely from painterly to cartoon fantasy to an approximation of woodcut; some seem sketchy and unfinished, others are more detailed and defined. This book won't calm either a parent or a child, but it should encourage conversation and commentary.Ruth K. MacDonald, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CTCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Ages 4-8. This companion volume to Street Rhymes around the World (1992) offers 21 lullabies from various parts of the globe, including Uganda, Slovenia, and Iran. The universality of putting children to sleep knows no boundaries as evidenced by the soothing words and images shared by each culture. Each poem or song is presented in its native language with an English translation, and the illustrations are by artists native to the countries. The quality varies, with a couple that are too precious; however, most of the art depicting babes in beds, on mats, in mothers' arms, and in all kinds of cradles captures the gentle tenor of the subject and the flavor of the culture.  Denia Hester	From 17 peoples on five continents, 21 lullabies, with colorful illustrations by artists from each country of origin, in contrasting styles: Italian folk designs; an Afghan painting recalling manuscript miniatures; a serene Abenaki landscape in oils; a Nigerian family group in watercolors, boldly limned in black. It's good to have the verses in their original languages as well as English, but too bad that non-Roman alphabets aren't shown in addition to transliterations (while some languages-- e.g., Welsh--defy pronunciation without a guide). As poetry, some selections seem saccharine (the melodies are regrettably missing), but in the light of current events, the Slovenian ``God will rock you lovingly./And with angels in His gardens/you will play so blissfully'' has a bittersweet dual meaning. Of particular interest here, in addition to the art, are themes in common (the security of home and family) and distinctive details (Iran's ``The leopard is roaring on the mountain''; Korea's ``Baby, loyal to your country, loyal to your parents''; Venezuela's ``your mother...went to look for guavas''), all of which could provide a good basis for discussion. (Poetry/Picture book. 2-8) -- Copyright 1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.	Text: English (translation)	Jane Yolen has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Golden Kite Award, two Christopher Medals, and both the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota and the Regina Medal for her body of work. In 2011 she was named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and St. Andrews, Scotland.",arts;books;children's books;crafts & music;explore the world;literary criticism & collections;literature & fiction;music;poetry;travel & cultures,10
1840680024,"Babylon Blue : An Illustrated History of Adult Cinema 1960-1998(Creation Cinema Collection) Book of the Month: Here, in intricate and quite literally anal  detail, is the history and background to all the major hardcore films  of the last four decades. Every key porn star and director gets a  lengthy entry, so to speak: John Holmes, Mary Millington, Traci Lords,  Jenna Jameson, Ben Dover, the woman from the Oxo ads and Leslie  Philips.Flint avoids mere titillation in favour of hard details. A  moist 9/10. -- Loaded",books;erotica;guides & reviews;history & criticism;humor & entertainment;literature & fiction;movies;politics & social sciences;pornography;social sciences,10
039331586X,"The New Grove Schubert (The New Grove Series) The most remarkable composer of song literature in the history of Western music, Franz Schubert sometimes gets overlooked in favor of his more bombastic contemporaries. 1997 marks the bicentennial of his birth; record companies and concert programmers, who love such pegs, have accordingly scheduled loads of Schubert for the year. You can find some useful insights into the composer and his work with this biography, a slightly expanded version of the essay written for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Also helpful is the detailed chronicle of his music, arranged by type and date of composition.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	From reviews of the first edition: `a model of critical biography ... an essential vade mecum for all Schubertians'' TLS`a book which should open many ears and minds to Schubert's true musical stature' The Musical Times`admirable' Andrew Porter, The Observer`This was first published in 1987 to wide acclaim and it is good to have it available once again.' Contemporary Review`Reed's room for manoevre is restricted, but he manages a number of admirable biographical nuggets ... Reed is both judicious and pithy.' The Musical Times/November 1997`sturdy, well written ... balanced and reliable' Peter Branscombe, Austrian Studies 10	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Formerly a music critic for the Manchester Guardian, John Reed is the author of several books on Schubert.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.",arts & literature;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;classical;composers & musicians;education & reference;music;musical genres;reference,10
0136563155,"Success in Multi Level Marketing Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., is the author of 35 books including The Power of Fantasy, Mind Your Own Business: The Battle for Personal Privacy, Secrets of the Shaman, Shamanism and Personal Mastery, Shamanism for Everyone, and Shaman Warrior. She has appeared on such television programs as Oprah, CNN Talk Back Live, and The OReilly Factor.",accounting;accounting & finance;advertising;books;business & investing;management & leadership;marketing;marketing & sales;multilevel;professional & technical,10
0444882774,"Palynology of Arid Lands Those working with pollen and with the results of palynology will find this comprehensive work not only interesting reading but a valuable reference on all palynology-related questions in arid lands.Palaeoecology of Africa...the book appeals in the first place to palynologists and students in this discipline but some of the general chapters, especially the last three ones, will also appeal to botanists, geographers and geologists working on arid land problems. The text and line-drawings are of good printing quality,...a commendable work.VegetatioThe benefits of the book, its overall usefulness as a reference source, and the wide range of subjects covered by the book make it a useful addition to one's library.American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Inc.This is a monumental book, and not only because of its size. This is an important book, which draws together and systematises a considerable, diffuse and geographically heterogeneous body of research. It is essential reading for any palynologist interested in arid or semi arid lands, and for biogeographers and others, interested in the evolution of the global flora. For anyone dealing with other ""marginal"" palynological environments, this volume provides a model of what can be achieved with determination and innovative methodology. It will also be a salutary read for all pollen analysts who are content with their temperate zone peat bogs and lakes.Linnean Society Palynology Specialist Group Newsletter",biological sciences;books;earth sciences;geography;geology;new;paleontology;science & math;science & mathematics;used & rental textbooks,10
0553756842,"Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean In Last Train to Paradise novelist Les Standiford has written a lively, felicitous account of the building of the Florida East Coast Railway, which, for a little over two decades, connected mainland Florida with Key West. Henry Morrison Flagler, John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil partner and, in many eyes, the true genius behind that company, embarked on the project in 1905 when he was 74 years old. The railroad, which crossed more than 150 miles of open sea, was an engineering feat nearly equal in scale and difficulty to the digging of the Panama Canal. Standiford's narrative skillfully blends tales of construction perils (not the least of which were escadrilles of mosquitoes) with brief, illuminating travelogues and natural histories, pocket descriptions of life in early 20th-century Florida, and a truly gripping description of an epic standoff between Mother Nature, in the form of a monstrous hurricane, and a stalled, 160-ton steam locomotive. With nary a single missed note, this fascinating tale is popular history at its best. --H. O'Billovich	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A good idea to have a novelist tell the story of Henry Morrison Flagler, the 19th-century mogul credited with developing Florida as a vacation paradise goes sadly astray here. Readers hoping to learn about the man will be disappointed, as will those looking for a good yarn about the engineering marvel that is this tale's centerpiece Flagler's creation, in the early 20th century, of a rail line that traversed 153 miles of open ocean to link mainland Florida with Key West. The narrative bumps along, frequently veering off into tantalizing detours that lead nowhere. Standiford presents pages about the power of hurricanes to destroy property and savage the human body, an emphasis that is the book's undoing: readers are led to believe that storm damage in 1935 was the sole reason for the railroad's abandonment. This prompts Standiford to argue that Flagler's undertaking was a ""folly"" from the start, as his contemporaries claimed, and that his story constitutes a classic ""tragedy."" In fact, the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) was undone as much, if not more, by a force Standiford never mentions: the internal combustion engine. After the hurricane of 1935, investors and the government considered rebuilding the FEC, but decided instead on a highway. The book's conclusion references Shelley's cautionary poem ""Ozymandias,"" a gloss on the impermanence of man's works. The warning might apply to this unsatisfying book. 8 pages of b photos.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	It sounds like fiction and Standiford is a celebrated  novelist but this is the story of building a train from the  Florida mainland to Key West the seemingly impossible dream of  millionaire Henry Flagler that lasted until a 1935 hurricane  wiped out the tracks.   Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Henry Flagler, millionaire and cofounder of Standard Oil, was the man who conceived and built a 153-mile railroad from Miami to Key West, much of it over water. The railroad stood for 22 years, until it was destroyed by a hurricane on Labor Day weekend in 1935. (See Willie Drye's Storm of the Century, reviewed on p.1914 ). Standiford, a crime novelist, begins with a brief account of Flagler's early life, then describes Flagler's career building railroads and his conception and creation of the city of Miami. Standiford tracks Flagler's extraordinary vision, effort, perseverance, and sacrifices in his effort to construct the railroad. The greater sacrifice, of course, was suffered by hundreds of laborers, most of them southern blacks, plagued by hoards of mosquitoes, dehydration, influenza, rattlesnakes, and three hurricanes that killed many of them. With an eight-page black-and-white photo insert, this book is a remarkable account of one man's dream that ended in disaster. George CohenCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This is the remarkable true-life chronicle of one of Americas greatest engineering achievements, and how it was all blown to bits in a few hellish hours. No novelist could have invented such a stunning tale, or such unforgettable characters. Carl Hiaasen, author of Basket CaseLast Train to Paradise is a fast-moving and gripping story about one of the most ambitious and difficult engineering projects of the last century. Henry Petroski, author of Engineers of DreamsThis is a wonderfully told tale, a strange and compelling story about a strange and compelling part of the world. With sharp, evocative reporting, the book captures an era, the Florida landscape, and the very human dream of doing the impossible. Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid ThiefLast Train to Paradise is an extraordinary achievement, a nonfiction book as exciting and finely written as a first-rate novel, with the narrative drive of a locomotive. . . .  Throw in Ernest Hemingway and some of the most dramatic scenes of the chaos of a hurricane ever written and youve got one hell of a spectacular book. James Hall, author of Blackwater Sound and Under Cover of DaylightOnly one thing could have stopped entrepreneur Henry Flagler: the most powerful storm ever to strike the United States. Les Standiford has given us a rousinga deeply soberingstory of this 1935 collision between hubris and hurricane in the Florida Keys. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedLast Train to Paradise is a mesmerizing account of Gilded Age titan Henry Flagler and his extraordinary dream to build a railroad across the sea. Henry Flaglers quest to build an overseas railroad has all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy, and Les Standiford has captured both the man and his times with pitch perfect grace. Connie May Fowler, author of Before Women Had Wings and When Katie WakesFrom the Hardcover edition.	Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford?s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad?one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller and the true mastermind behind Standard Oil, concocted the dream of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean?an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal. ?The financiers considered the project and said, Unthinkable. The engineers pondered the problems and from all came one verdict, Impossible. . . .? But build it they did, and the railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for twenty-two years. Once dismissed as ?Flagler?s Folly,? it was heralded as ?the Eighth Wonder of the World??until a will even greater than Flagler?s rose up in opposition. In 1935, a hurricane of exceptional force, which would be dubbed ?the Storm of the Century,? swept through the tiny islands, killing some 700 residents and workmen and washing away all but one sixty-foot section of track, on which a 320,000-pound railroad engine stood and ?gripped its rails as if the gravity of Jupiter were pressing upon it.? Standiford brings the full force and fury of this storm to terrifying life. In spinning his saga of the railroad?s construction, Standiford immerses us in the treacherous world of the thousands of workers who beat their way through infested swamps, lived in fragile tent cities on barges anchored in the midst of daunting stretches of ocean, and suffered from a remarkable succession of three ominous hurricanes that killed many and washed away vast stretches of track. Steadfast through every setback, Flagler inspired a loyalty in his workers so strong that even after a hurricane dislodged one of the railroad?s massive pilings, casting doubt over the viability of the entire project, his engineers refused to be beaten. The question was no longer ?Could it be done?? but ?Can we make it to Key West on time?? to allow Flagler to ride the rails of his dream. Last Train to Paradise celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition, a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of nature?s wrath. From the Hardcover edition.	This is the remarkable true-life chronicle of one of Americas greatest engineering achievements, and how it was all blown to bits in a few hellish hours. No novelist could have invented such a stunning tale, or such unforgettable characters. Carl Hiaasen, author of Basket CaseLast Train to Paradise is a fast-moving and gripping story about one of the most ambitious and difficult engineering projects of the last century. Henry Petroski, author of Engineers of DreamsThis is a wonderfully told tale, a strange and compelling story about a strange and compelling part of the world. With sharp, evocative reporting, the book captures an era, the Florida landscape, and the very human dream of doing the impossible. Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid ThiefLast Train to Paradise is an extraordinary achievement, a nonfiction book as exciting and finely written as a first-rate novel, with the narrative drive of a locomotive. . . .  Throw in Ernest Hemingway and some of the most dramatic scenes of the chaos of a hurricane ever written and youve got one hell of a spectacular book. James Hall, author of Blackwater Sound and Under Cover of DaylightOnly one thing could have stopped entrepreneur Henry Flagler: the most powerful storm ever to strike the United States. Les Standiford has given us a rousinga deeply soberingstory of this 1935 collision between hubris and hurricane in the Florida Keys. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedLast Train to Paradise is a mesmerizing account of Gilded Age titan Henry Flagler and his extraordinary dream to build a railroad across the sea. Henry Flaglers quest to build an overseas railroad has all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy, and Les Standiford has captured both the man and his times with pitch perfect grace. Connie May Fowler, author of Before Women Had Wings and When Katie WakesFrom the Hardcover edition.	Les Standiford is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, including most recently Bone Key, as well as several works of nonfiction. He has received the Frank OConnor Award for Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Since 1981 he has lived in Miami with his wife and three children. They are themselves survivors of Hurricane Andrew. From the Hardcover edition.	End of the LineKey WestLabor Day Weekend, 1935At about four o'clock in the afternoon on Labor Day Saturday in 1935, Ernest Hemingway, by then one of Key West's most notable residents, thought it time to knock off work on weaving together what an editor had called those Harry Morgan stories, an undertaking that would eventually be published as a novel titled To Have and Have Not. He left his studio, went into the kitchen with its tall, built-to-Papa cabinet tops, to pour himself a drink, then walked out onto the spacious porch of the two-story home on Whitehead Street that he and his second wife, Pauline, had bought in 1931.The day's work had been good. Now he intended to wind down and have a look at the evening paper.The weather was typical for late summer in Key West: the temperature in the high eighties, the humidity about the same, but the skies were clear, and there was a sea breeze sweeping over the mile-wide island to soften the heat, especially in the shade of a broad front porch.It was a new-found pleasure for Hemingway to indulge himself in such a simple fashion, even in his own home. The year before, a zealous Federal Emergency Relief Act administrator had published a pamphlet intended to boost tourism, listing Hemingway's home as among the top twenty-five attractions on the island of some twelve thousand souls.Though Hemingway well understood the value of cultivating a certain mystique, it had nonetheless galled him to find himself, on the way to or from his workroom on the second floor of a then-unattached outbuilding, staring back at a queue of gawking visitors on the other side of the chain-link fence that protected his property. Thus, only a few days before, and after much wrangling with a city bureaucracy that considered it an eyesore, work had been completed on a stone wall that now marched about the three open sides of the house's corner lot, giving him some measure of privacy at last.It is easy to imagine Hemingway in a reasonably affable mood that afternoon. Now that I've gone private, he'd remarked to his longtime handyman, Toby Bruce, once the wall was up, they might even take me off the tourist list.And because it was the off-season, there would be no crowds in Sloppy Joe's Bar to annoy him during his late-night rounds. Nor had the mob--as he sometimes referred to the annual coterie of friends and hangers-on from the North--arrived to lure him from his work on fishing expeditions out to the nearby Gulf Stream or Dry Tortugas, or to an endless round of parties there on land.Earlier that summer he had turned in a completed manuscript of The Green Hills of Africa, which he privately considered his best writing since Death in the Afternoon. With publication scheduled in October, Hemingway was eager to see if the public's approbation matched his own. Though he'd had similar hopes for the bullfighting book when it was published in 1932 and had been disappointed by the decidedly mixed opinion of the critics, he was certain he would receive his due this time.He'd received a nice little bonus in the form of a five- thousand-dollar sale to Scribner's for the magazine serialization of Death in the Afternoon, things were going well between him and his second wife, Pauline, and he was intrigued with his current project in To Have and Have Not, where he intended to bring fictive life to all the Key West lore and legend that he had accumulated since moving to the island city in 1928.Not a bad moment, then, not by any stretch of the imagination: the end of a good day's effort, a drink in hand, a breezy porch to lounge upon for a glance at the day's events . . . until everything suddenly changed.Storm warning! was the banner headline Hemingway found in front of him, and, just below, the details of a hurricane feared to be coming Key West's way.In those days, weather forecasting was primitive, by modern standards. The storm, which had formed off the coast of Africa sometime during the last week of August, had moved across the Atlantic, undetected by the likes of modern-day satellite eyes or storm-chasing converted bomber planes, and now it was zeroing in on the United States.Ships steaming southward to Havana were the first to encounter the disturbance, then a minimal hurricane with winds hovering in the seventy-five mile-per-hour range. The reports were forwarded by telegraph back to Miami, where, in good time, newspapers had passed along the news. Though there were no computer tracking models to consult, in the Keys the average landmass lay lower than the top of a small child's head above sea level, and any fool--much less Ernest Hemingway--knew enough to get ready for trouble.The papers reported the location of the storm at press time as just east of Long Island, in the Bahamas, some four hundred miles east of Key West. Hemingway finished his drink, put his paper down, and went into the house to dig out his storm charts, one of which detailed the dates and tracking of the forty hurricanes that had, since 1900, approached Florida during the month of September.Given the reported rate of speed for the current storm (the quaint practice of naming hurricanes was not adopted by the U.S. Weather Bureau until 1953), Hemingway calculated--without the aid of television newsmen or late-breaking advisories--that he had until noon on Labor Day Monday before the worst might hit.Hemingway's first concern was his beloved boat, Pilar, a forty-foot powered fishing yacht he'd had built to order in a New York shipyard hardly a year before. His game-fishing forays about the northern Caribbean with Pauline and fellow writer John Dos Passos and Key West barkeep Sloppy Joe Russell and famed bullfighter Sidney Franklin and so many others were already the stuff of local legend, and Hemingway was prone to discuss the boat with others in a way that sometimes made casual acquaintances think he was referring to a lover.As anyone who has tried to secure a boat in the face of an advancing hurricane can attest, however, the process is a tedious and frustrating one, complicated by a steady escalation of panic among other owners, many of whom may not have visited their craft in months. And Hemingway, despite his notoriety, found himself no exception. In a piece he wrote for The Masses, a left-leaning publication of the day, he shares a vivid picture of what he was up against.Sunday you spend making the boat as safe as you can. When they refuse to haul her out on the ways because there are too many boats ahead, you buy $52 of new heavy hawser and shift her to what seems the safest part of the submarine base and tie her up there.With the boat attended to as best he could, Hemingway spent the rest of Sunday evening and the following morning feverishly moving lawn furniture, carrying in plants, and shooing the ever-present hoard of cats inside his house, then nailing makeshift wooden shutters over all the windows. By five in the afternoon the storm had not materialized, but the double red and black flags that signified an impending hurricane were snapping over the Key West harbor in a heavy northeast wind. The barometer was falling precipitously, and the streets all over the town resounded with the crack of hammers driving nails into shutters, which nervous owners only hoped would hold.With nothing more to do at home, Hemingway left Pauline and returned to the navy yard where he'd tied up Pilar:You go down to the boat and wrap the lines with canvas where they will chafe when the surge starts, and believe that she has a good chance to ride it out . . . provided no other boat smashes into you and sinks you. There is a booze boat seized by the Coast Guard tied next to you and you notice her stern lines are only tied to ringbolts in the stern, and you start bellyaching about that. . . .Hemingway was enough of a sailor to know that lines attached to a few bolts drilled into the deck of a poorly maintained boat could never withstand the pressure exerted by the winds of a hurricane, but his complaints had little effect on an already overburdened staff. The harbormaster simply shrugged and told him he had permission to sink the rumrunner if she broke free and threatened to ram Pilar.Just how Hemingway was supposed to manage such a feat in the midst of a hurricane was not made clear, but there was nothing else to be done at the basin. He gave one last baleful glance at the precariously tied-off rumrunner, then made his way back to the house on Whitehead Street, left with the very worst thing to do as a hurricane approaches: wait.From the Hardcover edition.	In 1904, Henry Flagler, an oil man made rich by his partnership with John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of building a railroad over 153 miles of open ocean from Florida's mainland to the island of Key West. The planning, financing, construction, and heartbreaking failures the enterprise faced are the substance of this story, which focuses on the unusual dedication of a great man to a plan. Richmond Hoxie's deep, resonant voice has a pleasant flow for nonfiction, making a pleasant companion with whom we face Flagler's doubt, disappointment, disaster, and debt. Our suspense is maintained to the end, as we wonder whether he will live to ride the railroad line he envisioned.  J.A.H.  AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright  AudioFile, Portland, Maine",20th century;americas;books;history;politics & social sciences;professional & technical;railroads;state & local;transportation;united states,10
0201737191,"ARM Architecture Reference Manual (2nd Edition) About the ARM Architecture  The ARM architecture is the industry's leading 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solution.  ARM Powered microprocessors are  being routinely designed into a wider range of products than any other 32-bit processor.  This wide applicability is made possible by the ARM architecture, resulting in optimal system solutions at the crossroads of high performance, low power consumption and low cost.    About the book  This is the authoritative reference guide to the ARM RISC architecture.  Produced by the architects that are actively working on the ARM specification, the book contains detailed information about all versions of the ARM and Thumb instruction sets, the memory management and cache functions, as well as optimized code examples.    0201737191B05092001	David Seal is one of the chief instruction set architects working for ARM, and has worked with the ARM architecture since it was first developed in 1984-85.  He received a BA in Mathematics from Cambridge University, England, and is the holder of several patents relating to the ARM architecture.            0201737191AB05092001",books;computer science;computers & technology;design & architecture;education & reference;hardware;microprocessor design;microprocessors & system design;new;used & rental textbooks,10
B000JLC8GO,"NHL Philadelphia Flyers Billiards Cue Official Licensed NHL Philadelphia Flyers team Logo - this 57"" Billiard Cue stick is a 2 piece Fiberglass cue, with Black Joints, Polycarbonate Ferrules to prevent splitting and Leather tips. NHL pool cues are the perfect gift or collectable for the billiards player who loves hockey, all at a reasonable price. Regent customer care at 1-800-645-5190.",billiards;cue sticks;fan shop;game room;game room games;games;leisure sports & games;sports & outdoors;toys & game room;toys & games,10
0833535471,"Signing Made Easy: A Complete Program for Learning Sign Language/Includes Sentence Drills and Exercises for Increased Comprehension and S Mickey Flodin is the author of Signing Everyday Phrases, Signing for Kids, Signing is Fun, Signing Illustrated, and co-author, with Rod R. Butterworth, of The Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing, The Pocket Dictionary of Signing, and Signing Made Easy. 	      --This text refers to the 							Paperback	 edition.",books;children's books;dictionaries;dictionaries & thesauruses;education & reference;language & grammar;new;reference;used & rental textbooks;words,10
0965525058,"Speak to Sell : Using Public Speaking as a Marketing Tool Since 1987, Vickie Sullivan of Sullivan Speaker Services  Inc has generated six-figure revenue streams for her clients using  public speaking as a marketing tool.  She has helped thousands of  speakers, consultants, experts and industry leaders extend their brand  and increase sales and market share. Vickie speaks internationally on  marketing trends and strategies and is the author of Splash newsletter  and Springboard Marketing audiotape systems. Her work has been  featured in national media, ranging from Home Office Computing to  Lawyers Weekly.",books;business & investing;communications;education & reference;language & grammar;marketing & sales;public speaking;sales & selling;skills;words,10
0816515409,"At the Desert's Green Edge: An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima Winner of the Society for Economic Botanys Klinger Book Award.""Sets a new standard for ethnobotanical research."" American Anthropologist""Phenomenal . . . every person interested in American people and plants should use this book."" Economic Botany""The finest ethnobotanical book available . . . [a] masterpiece."" Human Mosaic	Amadeo M. Rea is an ethnobiologist and ornithologist who has conducted research on the Gila River Indian Reservation over a period of thirty years.  He is also the author of Once a River:  Bird Life and Habitat Changes on the Middle Gila",anthropology;biological sciences;books;botany;native american studies;plants;politics & social sciences;science & math;social sciences;specific demographics,10
B000857QPO,"Memoirs of Hector Berlioz from 1803 to 1865,: Comprising his travels in Germany, Italy, Russia, and England; The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz has long been considered to be among the best of musical autobiographies.Like his massive compositions, Berlioz (1803-69) was colorful, eloquent, larger than life. His book is both an account of his important place in the rise of the Romantic movement and a personal testament. He tells the story of his liaison with Harriet Smithson, and his even more passionate affairs of the mind with Shakespeare, Scott, and Byron. Familiar with all the great figures of the age, Berlioz paints brilliant portraits of Liszt, Wagner, Balzac, Weber, and Rossini, among others. And through Berlioz's intimate and detailed self-revelation, there emerges a profoundly sympathetic and attractive man, driven, finally, by his overwhelming creative urges to a position of lonely eminence. For this new Everyman's edition of The Memoirs, the translator--the composer's most admired biographer--has completely revised the text and the extensive notes to take into account the latest research.	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.	David Cairns, author of the highly acclaimed biography Berlioz, has been music critic of the Spectator, The Evening Standard, The New Statesman, and The Sunday Times (London).	      --This text refers to an alternate 							Hardcover	 edition.",asia;books;england;europe;general;germany;great britain;italy;russia;travel,10
B0002M9S6I,"HELLA H12273001 FF 1000 Single Driving Lamp The HELLA FF1000 Series Halogen Driving Lamp Kit has the only light of its size that utilizes Free Form reflector technology to produce a more intense light. The magnesium reflector is the same material used in Formula 1 race cars and aerospace applications, and two stone shields help make the FF1000 very durable and able to withstand the most extreme conditions. Flexible mounting allows the lamps to be installed in almost any position, and the wiring harness helps keep connections reliable.",automotive;driving & fog lights;exterior accessories;lamps;lighting;lighting & electrical;lights & lighting accessories;performance lighting;performance parts & accessories;replacement parts,10
0740727222,"The Little Book Of Hot Love Spells A professional psychic, astrologer, and spiritual teacher, Sophia has more than 25 years of experience both in the United States and abroad. She has written a regular column called ""Emerging Women"" for the New Times and maintains a thriving practice as a professional reader and teacher. She currently carries on the family tradition in a wooded corner of Seattle, Wash. Sophia's publishing credits include The Little Book of Hexes for Women, The Little Book of Love Spells, The Little Book of Office Spells, The Magical Garden, and The Little Book of Money Spells.",books;humor;humor & entertainment;love & romance;new age;new thought;occult;relationships;religion & spirituality;self-help,10
1585440981,"The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats (S. N. Arch) Lillian Ray Martin, who has a degree in art history and European studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, earned her masters degree in nautical archaeology at Texas AM University. She has worked as an archaeologist and photographer at numerous underwater and land excavations since 1981, including the Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey, as well as sites in the Dominican Republic, Holland, Greece, Cyprus, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.",archaeology;arts & photography;books;criticism;history;history & criticism;politics & social sciences;professional & technical;ships;transportation,10
1885865198,"Stars Inside Her: Lesbian Erotic Fantasy Cecilia Tan writes about her many passions, from erotic fantasy to baseball, from her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of many books, including The Siren and the Sword, The Tower and the Tears, The Incubus and the Angel, Black Feathers, Mind Games, White Flames, and The 50 Greatest Yankee Games. She has edited over 50 anthologies of erotica for Red Silk Editions, Thunder's Mouth Press, Blue Moon Books, Masquerade Books, Ravenous Romance, and for the publishing house she founded, Circlet Press. Her short fiction has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, Best American Erotica, and many other places, and her nonfiction on baseball has been in Slow Trains, Baseball Ink, Gotham Baseball Magazine, Yankees Magazine, Yankees Annual, and elsewhere. Follow her blog at http://blog.ceciliatan.com.",books;erotica;gay & lesbian;literature & fiction;politics & social sciences;short stories;single author;social sciences;specific demographics;united states,10
1558322698,"Some Like It Hot: Spicy Favorites From The World's Hot Zones Americans' newfound passion for chili peppers knows no bounds. Whether this obsession originated with the Cajuns, Mexican immigrants, or the advent of Szechuan restaurants is a moot point. Kitchens that used to have nothing hotter than a decades-old tiny bottle of Tabasco now overflow with bird peppers from Thailand, Scotch bonnets from Jamaica, and the ubiquitous jalapeno. Wright's assembly of recipes calling for hot peppers originates from tropical countries, but there are some exceptions to that rule. He inventories Oaxacan mole, Korean kimchi, Thai curries, Louisiana gumbo, Jamaican jerk, Texan chili con carne, African piri-piri, and Bengali fish stew. In addition to familiar dishes such as enchiladas, he offers such classics as Chinese Ants Climbing a Tree. Wright moderates all these searing specialties with neutral dishes such as peas and rice, lentil dal, green rice, chutney, and cabbage salad, all calculated to foil peppers' numbing heat. He also addresses the best beverages to accompany chili-infused cooking. Devotees of spicy cooking will enjoy every fiery mouthful. Mark KnoblauchCopyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	A wonderful collection of hot and spicy dishes from . . . around the world . . . A must-have book. -- Gourmet RetailerWright is as multiculturally-minded as ever . . . Globe-trotting recipes that will sear your palate. -- Boston Globe	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	Clifford A. Wright won the James Beard/KitchenAid Cookbook of the Year award and the James Beard Award for the Best Writing on Food in 2000 for A Mediterranean Feast (William Morrow), which was also a finalist for the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook of the Year award that same year. He is the author of fourteen books, twelve of which are cookbooks. Wright's articles on food and cuisine have appeared in Gourmet, Bon Apptit, Food  Wine, Saveur, and other magazines. He is a contributing editor to ZesterDaily.com. As an independent researcher, Wright wrote the food entries for Columbia University's Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and has published scholarly articles on food in peer-reviewed journals such as Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean, Food and Foodways, and Gastronomica. Wright has also lectured on food at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, Boston University, Georgetown University, Davidson College in North Carolina, Loyola Marymount University, South Dakota State University, University of California at Santa Barbara, and the Culinary Institute of America, among other institutions. As a cooking teacher, he has taught cooking classes at the Central Market cooking schools in Texas, the Rhode Island School of Design, Institute for Culinary Education in New York, Sur la Table, and other cooking schools around the United States. His website www.CliffordAWright.com is one of the most-visited sites for people interested in Mediterranean foods. In 2009 he launched the Venice Cooking School (www.VeniceCookingSchool.com) with Martha Rose Shulman in Los Angeles, California. He lives in Santa Monica, California.",books;cookbooks;cooking by ingredient;culinary arts & techniques;food & wine;herbs;international;regional & international;spices & condiments;u.s. regional,10
0821222988,"Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective Gordon Parks is one of the 20th century's greatest multitalented cultural treasures: a writer, poet, musician, composer, filmmaker, and photographer. In this book--the companion volume to a traveling retrospective--the full flower of Parks's genius is both awe-inspiring in its depth and thorough in its demolition of the era's social-science fictions about African American potential. Born in Kansas, Parks wandered as a homeless teen, and through wit, smarts, and improvisation--and no experience--landed a job as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration, then with his new skill took pictures for Life magazine. ""Tyrants, dictators, dethroned kings,"" he writes, ""all stared into my camera with eyes that were unveiled. The camera revealed them as they were--human beings imprisoned inside themselves."" Highlights among his photographic work include the haunting shot of domestic Ella Watson, the starkness of a 1940s teenaged gang leader named Red Jackson lying eternally young in his coffin, and the elegant, life-and-death ballet of the Spanish bullfight. Parks's depiction of Duke Ellington's towering music in motion reflects the importance of jazz and blues in Parks's artistry. From the films Shaft and The Learning Tree (the latter adapted from his own novel) to his impressionistic ballet honoring Martin Luther King Jr., his work swings with an American rhythm that continues to inspire him. ""A musical theme vibrates in my sleep,"" he writes. ""I get up, go to the piano, and jot it down. A blustery sky, a crescent moon, or the blazing sun can hurry me to poetry, or to the camera. When the doors of promise open, the trick is to quickly walk through them."" --Eugene Holley Jr. 	      --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.	This lavishly illustrated book of photographs from prolific African American artist Parks accompanies a traveling exhibit organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Though Philip Brookman, the Corcoran's curator of photography, offers an assessment of Parks's artistic contributions, his autobiography?revised, updated, and shortened for this retrospective volume?tells it best. Born in 1912, Parks began photography with a $7.50 camera in 1938 and later talked his way into a job with Roy Stryker at the Farm Security Administration. He went on to photograph a range of subjects, from factory workers and Harlem riots to fashion (for Vogue), Paris (for Life), the Civil Rights movement, and Muhammad Ali; his later color work is at once dreamlike and stark. Unrivaled in the emotional impact of his photographs and the range of projects he undertook?his bibliography/filmography lists 15 books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography, and he has also written and directed several films and composed film scores, ballets, and works for piano and orchestra?Parks shows no signs of slowing down. The images in this fine book, presented chronologically from 1949, go right up to 1997. Highly recommended for photography, black history, photojournalism, fashion photography, and general collections.?Kathleen Collins, Bank of America Archives, San FranciscoCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.	Parks does not ""take"" pictures; he gives them. Now 84 years old, and the subject of a major traveling retrospective collection, Parks recalls his remarkable life in this magnificent union of memoir and art. Nearly 300 of Parks' photographs are collected here, images that speak volumes even as their drama is enhanced by Parks' circumspect but riveting narration. He traces the seemingly blessed course of his life from his childhood in Kansas as the youngest of 15 children to being sent to live in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a teenager after his mother's death, where he faced racism in all its virulence and realized that he not only had to learn how to survive but to fight back and satisfy his ""urge to create."" He chose his ""weapons"" wisely, the camera and the pen, and set out on what became not only an aesthetic quest but also a mission of compassion. A black man working for the white establishment, Parks was a bridge between worlds and a crucial presence in the long battle for racial equality, covering the civil rights movement for Life magazine. And whoever he photographed, whether it was members of Harlem street gangs, Winston Churchill, Duke Ellington, Ingrid Bergman, Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver, Muhammad Ali, or the poorest of Rio de Janeiro's poor, Parks earned his subjects' trust with his empathy, respect, and gratitude. The measure of his immense talent isn't confined to photographs, however, for Parks is also a writer, composer, and film director. Whatever his medium, he is always an artist of conscience.  Donna Seaman	...his photographs of the urban poor, from Harlem to the slums of Brazil, and of segregation in  the South, are uniquely marked by the power of personal conviction.  -- The New York Times Book Review, Andy Grundberg	Gordon Parks, at age 84, is truly a living legend - one of the early Life photographers, and among the most esteemed photographers of our time. His career also extends well beyond the camera - he is an acclaimed poet, filmmaker and composer, and author of many books, from The Learning Tree (1963) to Voices in the Mirror (1990), Arias in Silence (1994), and Glimpses Toward Infinity (1996).",african-american & black;arts & photography;biographies & memoirs;books;catalogs & exhibitions;collections;ethnic & national;individual artists;photo essays;photography,10
080186755X,"The Art of Alibi: English Law Courts and the Novel Among those texts that attend both to historical environment and formal or generic pressures, Jonathan H. Grossman's  The Art of Alibi stands out. (Andrew H. Miller Studies in English Literature 2003)[An] absorbing study of the cultural influence of the law courts on the Victorian novel... Grossman's refusal to simply draw an analogy between trials and novels distinguishes his argument from others working in the crossover territory between legal studies and literary criticism. (David McAllister Times Literary Supplement 2003)Grossman's innovative study is a provocative reconsideration of the early nineteenth-century novel and should stimulate further exploration of the generative intersection of law and literature. (Gareth Cordery Dickens Quarterly 2004)Jonathan Grossman offers an important exploration of the relationships of physical, political, and narrative forms of the law in the early Victorian period. His powerful readings form an essential tool for understanding the way writers like Dickens and Gaskell used juridical forms to make important innovations in literary form. His use of visual material as well as court records to illuminate these readings is marvelous. (Hilary M. Schor, University of Southern California )The crossover territory between legal studies and literary criticism is a subject of central interest to scholarship. Grossman's study deals with this subject in a fresh and vigorous manner that presents a young critic who will make his mark. (John Sutherland, University College London )	Jonathan H. Grossman  is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.",19th century;books;british;criticism & theory;history;history & criticism;law;literature & fiction;modern (16th-21st centuries);movements & periods,10
B000FO7XYC,"Chef's Compendium of Professional Recipes, Third Edition `As textbooks go it is first rate.'- Caterer & Hotel Keeper, February 1993	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.	This is a well-established reference and textbook for professional chefs and students. This edition presents essential recipes based on traditional and classic methods, but is simplified and adapted to meet the needs and conditions of the busy professional kitchen.  Trends towards healthy and safe eating are taken into account and alternatives are suggested to certain ingredients to meet this demand. Vegetarian recipes are also included.                                        Well-established reference and textbookThis new edition presents essential recipes based on traditional and classic methods	      --This text refers to the 							Hardcover	 edition.",books;business & investing;cookbooks;food & wine;hospitality;industries & professions;professional;professional cooking;quantity;travel & tourism,10
1855324296,Tornado Pilot (Osprey Military Aircraft) The top class photography showcased in the Osprey Colour Classics series offers a superb insight into the appearance and deployment of a wide range of civil and military machines.,atmospheric sciences;automotive;books;earth sciences;engineering;history;military science;professional & technical;science & math;special topics,10
1403965676,"Neither Enemies nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos ""Extremely urgent for studies of comparative race relations...""--Jossiana Aroyo, University of Michigan""A significant and much-needed contribution to study of Afro-Latino issues, and to the comparative study of 'race' and racial formations and transformations in the US today.""--Lourdes Martinez-Echazabal, University of California, Santa Cruz""Timely and path-breaking. This book will be welcomed by all those interested in race, multiculturalism, transnationalism and diaspora in the Americas.""--Peter Wade, University of Manchester""This book is a precious tool for students of Afro-Latino and Latino Studies.""--Antonio Srgio Alfredo Guimares, Universidade de So Paulo""Neither Enemies nor Friends is absolutely one of the most outstanding, exciting and well-written collections of essays on the issue of race relations that I have read in a long time.  The volume coherently explores the multifaceted dimensions of relations between and among Latinos, Blacks and Afro-Latinos, in a refreshing and unsurpassed manner.  Without question, this volume constitutes one of the most unique and formidable compilations of writings on the topic, within the field of Latino and Latin-American Studies.""--Antonia Darder, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Latino Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Suzanne Oboler is an Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago.  She is Founding Editor of the journal Latino Studies (Palgrave). Anani Dzidzienyo is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies, and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University.",african-american studies;books;ethnic studies;minority studies;new;politics & social sciences;social sciences;sociology;specific demographics;used & rental textbooks,10