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The Best American Sports Writing 2003

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:32:55 PST

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Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a ...

The Best American Crime Writing

Thu, 9 May 2013 2:44:06 PST

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The Chitlin' Circuit

Tue, 7 May 2013 8:45:53 PST

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A definitive account of the birth of rock'n'roll in black America, this book establishes the Chitlin' Circuit as a major force in American musical history. Combining terrific firsthand reporting with deep historical research, Preston Lauterbach uncovers characters like Chicago Defender columnist Walter Barnes, who pioneered the circuit in the 1930s and larger-than-life promoters such as Denver Fe ...

The Best American Sports Writing 2006

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:10:15 PST

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For fans of sports and just plain great writing, this collection of twenty-seven of the finest pieces from the past year features "outstanding sports reporting on a wealth of different topics" (Booklist). Guest editor Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of Moneyball and Coach, has assembled a compelling look at the sports stories and issues that dominated 2005. Pamela Colloff reports from th ...

The Outlaw Sea

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:55:20 PST

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Riveting stories of our last frontier and the acts of God and man upon it Even if we live within sight of the sea, it is easy to forget that our world is an ocean world. The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--begins just a few miles out and spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last p ...

Into the Wild

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 5:06:38 PST

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In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. Jon Krakauer brings Chris McCandless's ...

The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2005

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 6:03:56 PST

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This year's editor, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jonathan Weiner, noted for his "philosophical and poetic mind" (New York Times), brings a new perspective to the year's best, most provocative writing on science and nature. Contributors include Sherwin B. Nuland, Malcolm Gladwell, Oliver Sacks, and others.

Best american sports writing 2009

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 7:05:21 PST

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The Best American Crime Writing 2005

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 8:35:49 PST

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The 2005 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, including Peter Landesman's article about female sex slaves (the most requested and widely read New York Times story of 2004), a piece from The New Yorker by Stephen J. Dubner (the coauthor of Freakanomics) about a high-society silver thief, and an extraordi ...

Annapurna

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 6:59:36 PST

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In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club had resolved to try. Their goal was a 26,493-foot Himalayan peak called Annapurna. But unlike other climbs, which draw on the experience of prior reconnaissance, the routes up Annapurna had never been analyzed before. Herzog and his team had to locate the mountain using ...

The New New Journalism

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 1:35:19 PST

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Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in their subjects. Jon Krakauer accompanies a moun ...

The Best American Sports Writing 2005

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 4:45:29 PST

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Mike Lupica, one of the best-known and most widely read sports columnists in the United States, assembles another extraordinary year of writing on sports. Offering fresh insight into the sporting world, The Best American Sports Writing 2005 continues the series" tradition as "an ongoing centerpiece for all sports collections" (Booklist). Contributors include Michael Lewis, Gary Smith, Bill Plasc ...

The Secret Financial Life of Food

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 5:39:42 PST

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One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman to take a closer look at agricultural commodities, from the iconic pork belly to the obscure peppercorn and nutmeg. The ...

The Best American Travel Writing 2004

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 7:44:02 PST

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In his thought-provoking and witty introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2004, Pico Iyer explores American travel writing from the viewpoint of a non-American. He writes, "For many Americans, living in a country that borders few others and at a time when only one in three fellow citizens holds a passport, travel is the only way to get a living, human sense of the world around us . . . ...

Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:13:04 PST

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Discover the story behind the failed Halo movie, how videogame tech paved the way for Avatar, and what companies like Ubisoft and Valve are doing to take gaming to the next level.

The Best Business Writing 2012

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:12:09 PST

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The Best Business Writing 2012 reflects the year's most intriguing reporting and rigorous investigative journalism at a time of dramatic economic crisis and upheaval. Covering bad business behavior, the intersection of politics and money, and big-picture analysis, the volume fills a longstanding gap for those seeking diverse, enriching, and lively perspectives on the business world. This year's ...

Spillover

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 7:02:08 PST

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The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia--but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases sha ...

The Best American Sports Writing 2000

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 7:08:23 PST

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As its tenth birthday approaches, THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING is at the top of its game. In the past decade, it has been hailed as "a must for any sports fan" and "a venerable institution" and has showcased promising new talents along with Pulitzer Prize winners such as David Halberstam, Richard Ford, and John McPhee. With the 2000 edition, best-selling author and Emmy Award–winning sp ...

The Dead Fish Museum

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:55:44 PST

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“In the fall, I went for walks and brought home bones. The best bones weren’t on trails—deer and moose don’t die conveniently—and soon I was wandering so far into the woods that I needed a map and compass to find my way home. When winter came and snow blew into the mountains, burying the bones, I continued to spend my days and often my nights in the woods. I vaguely understood that I was doing th ...

The Best American Travel Writing 2010

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 6:30:49 PST

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White Bicycles

Sat, 2 Feb 2013 21:14:05 PST

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"This is the best book about music I've read in years, and a gripping piece of social history."-Brian Eno When Muddy Waters came to London at the start of the 1960s, a kid from Boston called Joe Boyd was his tour manager; when Dylan went electric at the Newport Festival, Joe Boyd was plugging in his guitar; when the summer of love got going, Joe Boyd was running UFO, the coolest club in London ...

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:28:09 PST

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Signs and Wonders

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:57:01 PST

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These sixteen stories by the much-celebrated Alix Ohlin illuminate the connections between all of us—connections we choose to break, those broken for us, and those we find and make in spite of ourselves.

Birds of a Lesser Paradise

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:38:04 PST

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Exploring the way our choices and relationships are shaped by the menace and beauty of the natural world, Megan Mayhew Bergman's powerful and heartwarming collection captures the surprising moments when the pull of our biology becomes ...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 1:46:22 PST

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Best-selling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely selects the year's top science and nature writing, carrying readers into fresh, new worlds in this collection that brings together the best from a ...

The New Industrial Revolution

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 0:25:52 PST

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The rapid emergence of China and India as prime locations for low-cost manufacturing has led some analysts to conclude that manufacturers in the "old economies" - the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan - are being edged out of a profitable future. But if countries that have historically been at the forefront of events in manufacturing can adapt adroitly, opportunities are by no means over, says the a ...

The Best American Travel Writing 2006

Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:17:10 PST

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Tim Cahill writes in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2006, "'Story' is the essence of the travel essay. Stories are the way we organize the chaos in our lives, orchestrate voluminous factual material, and -- if we are very good -- shed some light on the human condition." Here are twenty-six pieces that showcase the best travel writing from 2005, filled with "keen observations ...

The Nao of Brown

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:53:49 PST

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Nao Brown is 'Hafu': half Japanese, half English. She suffers with OCD, but not the hand-washing, overly tidy type that people joke about. Nao suffers from violent morbid obsessions and a racing, unruly mind. She works part time in a 'designer' vinyl toy shop, whilst struggling to get her own design and illustration career off the ground. She's looking for love - the perfect love. But in meetin ...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:53:04 PST

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Breakout Nations

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 2:03:59 PST

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To identify the economic stars of the future we should abandon the habit of extrapolating from the recent past and lumping wildly diverse countries together. We need to remember that sustained economic success is a rare phenomenon. As an era of easy money and easy growth comes to a close, China in particular will cool down. Other major players including Brazil, Russia, and India face their own da ...

World 3.0

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:19:09 PST

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The world looks far different today than it did before the global financial crisis struck. Reeling from the most brutal impacts of the recession, governments, economies, and societies everywhere are retrenching and pushing hard for increased protectionism. That's understandable, but it's also dangerous, maintains global economy expert Pankaj Ghemawat in World 3.0. Left unchecked, heightened prote ...

The New Geography of Jobs

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:35:24 PST

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"Enrico Moretti's superb book highlights why the study of economic geography is vital for understanding fundamental issues such as the root causes of rising income inequality, innovation, and job growth.

The Race for What's Left

Sun, 9 Dec 2012 7:08:45 PST

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The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion - a crisis that goes beyond "peak oil" to encompass shortages of coal and natural gas, copper and cobalt, water and arable land. With all of the Earth's habitable areas already in use, the desperate hunt for supplies has now reached the final frontiers. "The Race for What's Left" takes us from the Arctic to war zones to deep ocean ...

Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "Lost in the Andes"

Mon, 3 Dec 2012 1:17:52 PST

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The first in a historic series of books collecting the comic book stories of “The Good Duck Artist.”Carl Barks’ Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics are considered among the greatest artistic and storytelling achievements in the history of the medium. After serving a stint at the Walt Disney studios as an in-betweener and a gag-man, Barks began drawing the comic book adventures of Donald ...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:58:32 PST

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Freeman Dyson, renowned physicist and public intellectual, edits this year's volumeof the finest science and nature writing.

Dark Pools

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 2:22:35 PST

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A Wall Street Journal reporter evaluates the cost and consequences of high-speed trading, arguing that the development of automatic, super-intelligent trading machines is eliminating necessary human interests and compromising regulation ...

Wandering Son

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 7:20:34 PST

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 7:09:23 PST

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Heatstroke

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:55:18 PST

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This is not the first time climate change has dramatically transformed Earth.

Fried Chicken

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 2:35:01 PST

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What could be a more fun and delicious way to celebrate American culture than through the lore of our favorite foods? That's what John T. Edge does in his smart, witty, and compulsively readable new series on the dishes everyone thinks their mom made best. If these are the best-loved American foods-ones so popular they've come to represent us-what does that tell us about ourselves? And what do th ...

Extra Lives

Mon, 5 Nov 2012 6:53:03 PST

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"A personal assessment of the author's addiction to video games explores hisfavorites, their roles as modern forms of popular art and their habit-forming ...

Orange roofs, golden arches

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 2:37:37 PST

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The Hamburger

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:59:51 PST

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What do Americans think of when they think of the hamburger? A robust, succulent spheroid of fresh ground beef, the birthright of red-blooded citizens? Or a Styrofoam-shrouded Big Mac, mass-produced to industrial specifications and served by wage slaves to an obese, brainwashed population? Is it cooking or commodity? An icon of freedom or the quintessence of conformity?This fast-paced and enterta ...

Taco USA

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:54:45 PST

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Nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author of ¡Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano presents an entertaining, tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican food in this country, uncovering great stories and charting the cuisine’s tremendous popularity in el Norte. In the tradition of Bill Buford’s Heat and Calvin Trillin’s The Tummy Trilogy, Arellano’s fascinating narrative combine ...

Global Outlaws

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 4:17:20 PST

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Carolyn Nordstrom explores the pathways of global crime in this stunning work of anthropology that has the power to change the way we think about the world. To write this book, she spent three years traveling to hot spots in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States investigating the dynamics of illegal trade around the world--from blood diamonds and arms to pharmaceuticals, exotica, and staple ...

Wandering Son, Vol. 1

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 4:15:10 PST

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Fifth grade: The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki enjoy happy homes and loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy ...

Prison Pit, Book Three

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 21:13:47 PST

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Prison Pit is so deranged and twisted that even the author’s plot description, while admirably reflecting the spirit of the book, has to be edited into a sea of asterisks in order to be bearable to normal human beings: “A mysterious new a**hole has descended into the Prison Pit. He’s looking for Cannibal F***face and he wants revenge. Revenge for what? Probably for some f***ed up evil s***. But b ...

Pippi Moves in

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 7:33:13 PST

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The original illustrator for the chapter books, Vang Nyman was an avant-garde champion of the importance of children’s literature who insisted that art in children’s books needed to meet the same esthetic standards as art in any other ...

Feeding a Yen

Thu, 4 Oct 2012 19:00:45 PST

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Calvin Trillin has never been a champion of the “continental cuisine” palaces he used to refer to as La Maison de la Casa House. What he treasures is the superb local specialty. And he will go anywhere to find one. As it happens, some of his favorite dishes can be found only in their place of origin. Join Trillin on his charming, funny culinary adventures as he samples fried marlin in Barbados an ...

The Quest for the Missing Girl

Mon, 1 Oct 2012 3:16:43 PST

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China Syndrome

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:40:37 PST

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As the world braces for the next flu pandemic, the 2003 SARS outbreak now seems even more relevant as the harbinger of crises to come. The next great viral storm will likely emerge from Asia and could be more contagious than any respiratory disease since the catastrophic influenza of 1918. "China Syndrome," an intensely compelling and unrivaled exploration of the first epidemic of the twenty-fir ...

Deluxe

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:28:52 PST

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Dana Thomas, style and cultural reporter for Newsweek, brings a hard-hitting behind-the-scenes look at the world of "New Luxury" and how the massification of luxury goods has ensured that luxury isn't luxurious any longer There was a time when luxury was available to only the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. Luxury wasn't simply a product, it was a lifestyle, one that ...

Black Market Billions

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:28:25 PST

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From piracy to counterfeiting to cargo theft, organized retail crime has exploded into a $38 billion industry. Synchronized global teams of thieves are pilfering immense volumes of high-value products, counterfeiting even more--and using the profits to support the world's most vicious terrorists and criminal gangs. In this eye-opening piece of investigative journalism, top business reporter Hitha ...

Angels, Mobsters and Narco-Terrorists

Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:20:19 PST

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In this ground-breaking book, Antonio Nicaso, an internationally renowned expert on organized crime groups, and Lee Lamothe, a veteran investigative journalist specializing in criminal conspiracies, present solid evidence of how established organized crime groups - such as the Mafia and the Triads - have changed their tactics and allegiances to protect their interests against the rise of violent ...

1493

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 4:59:36 PST

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Uncorking the Past

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:35:27 PST

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In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, "Uncorking the Past" tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological, chemical, artistic, and textual clues, Patrick E. McGovern, the leading authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, brings us up to date on what we now know about how humans cr ...

El Narco

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:24:54 PST

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Midnight Plus One

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:41:52 PST

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Lewis Cane fought with the French Resistance during the Second World War and gained a justified reputation as a tough and resourceful man. So it's no great surprise when one of his ex-Resistance comrades, now a successful lawyer in the early 1960s in Paris employs him to escort a businessman from Brittany to Liechtenstein for a crucial meeting. There are just two problems: the man's associates do ...

Night Walker

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:06:43 PST

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The Dolly Dolly Spy

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 1:29:04 PST

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The Green Fields of Eden

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 3:50:26 PST

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.44

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 8:17:09 PST

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Harland, a legendary gun for hire, rediscovers his long-lost conscience when he hunts down a man who seems all too ready to meet his maker and embarks on a quest for the mysterious man who hired him. Original.

The year of the quiet sun

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 4:07:28 PST

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COLD WAR SWAP

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 3:32:06 PST

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At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on "business trips." McCorkle, his partner, wisely doesn't ask questions; he knows Padillo has a second job -- he's a (reluctant) US agent. But McCorkle is ready to answer a call for help from Padillo, and he j ...

No House Limit

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 2:50:00 PST

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Joe Martin ran the biggest independent casino on the Las Vegas strip—and the Syndicate wanted him out.

The Chinese bandit

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 3:07:50 PST

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The Door into Summer

Sat, 7 Jul 2012 20:21:16 PST

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Dan Davis was tricked by an unscrupulous business partner and a greedy fiancee into spending thirty years in suspended animation just when he was on the verge of a success beyond his wildest dreams. But when he awoke in the future, he discovered he had the means to travel back in time -- and get his revenge!

THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY

Fri, 6 Jul 2012 19:49:38 PST

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The Stepford Wives

Thu, 5 Jul 2012 9:06:16 PST

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When Joanna Eberhart arrives in Stepford she struggles to establish a women"sliberation group

Guns of Navarone

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 6:23:59 PST

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An entire navy had tried to silence the guns of Navarone and failed. Full-scale attacks had been driven back. Now they were sending in just five men, each one a specialist in dealing death.

The pass beyond Kashmir

Sun, 1 Jul 2012 6:56:52 PST

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CHAPTER 1 Three of us waited there that evening. The sun was dipping down behind the high ground towards Malabar Hill but it hadn't taken the heat with it. You could almost see the heat. It seeped out of the streaked, yellow-washed ...

Time Out of Joint

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 4:21:35 PST

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Time Out of Joint is Philip K. Dick’s classic depiction of the disorienting disparity between the world as we think it is and the world as it actually is. The year is 1998, although Ragle Gumm doesn’t know that. He thinks it’s 1959. He also thinks that he served in World War II, that he lives in a quiet little community, and that he really is the world’s long-standing champion of newspaper puzzle ...

A Cage of Ice

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 6:16:42 PST

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Surgeon John Edwards finds himself caught up in a KGB plot that will literally change the shape of the world - by melting the polar ice caps. Only one man can avert world catastrophe and he is held captive in Arctic Russia.

In a Lonely Place

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:47:33 PST

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A 1947 classic that takes us inside the mind of a male serial killer. Author Dorothy B. Hughes explores the ana-tomy of American -misogyny and -accomplishes a mystery writing tour de force by depicting his eventual -capture-by two daring and powerful women-from his point of view. The characters of Dix Steele and Laurel Grey, the glamorous actress he falls for but can't hold on to, were so well dr ...

Valdez Is Coming

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:48:30 PST

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They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem -- and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. Trouble was, Valdez killed an innocent man. And when he asked for justice -- and some money for the dead man's woman -- they beat Valdez and tied him to a ...

A Stir of Echoes

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 6:36:50 PST

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Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him--and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, greater jolts are in store when he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave!

The Rose of Tibet

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:57:42 PST

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In the forbidding mountains of a remote, hidden land, a goddess cries a river of emeralds, an enemy army is missing on the border, and Charles Houston is fighting for his life in an avalanche of danger. Searching for his missing brother, he comes upon an innocent people and is plunged into a bizarre religious ritual.

Backflash

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:33:50 PST

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When the steel-nerved crook Parker receives a tip about a floating casino stuffed with cash on the Hudson River, the job is too tempting to pass up. With his usual meticulous precision, he plans every detail of the heist, from the guns to the getaway boat. His team is ready. But somebody finds out about the scheme, and soon Parker finds himself at the center of a maelstrom of greed, lies, and bul ...

Dove Season

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:59:59 PST

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Carlito's way

Sat, 9 Jun 2012 4:17:03 PST

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This powerful, gritty, and vivid novel is the unforgettable story of Carlito Brigante, a Harlem drug dealer in the 1960s, and his rise to the top. Drug dealer, thief, and murdered, Carlito Brigante was once just another Spanish Harlem street punk with a poor boy's dream of flash and fast money -- but as he gets older he determines that it's either take or be taken, and he knows which role he inte ...

Sweetheart, sweetheart

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 5:48:05 PST

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Honey in His Mouth

Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:29:01 PST

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A small-time grifter who's a lookalike for a South American dictator gets draggedinto a plot to steal the despot's ill-gotten wealth-with the help of the man's ...

Inverted World

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:56:03 PST

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The city is winched along a track through a devastated land full of hostile tribes. Tracks must be freshly laid ahead of the city and carefully removed in its wake. Rivers and mountains present nearly insurmountable challenges to the ingenuity of the city’s engineers. But if the city does not move, it will fall farther and farther behind the “optimum,” slipping into the crushing gravitational fie ...

The Clustered World

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:23:24 PST

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Michael Weiss expands on the geodemographics of The Clustering of America with this fascinating look at the sixty-two new lifestyle "clusters" that define who we are by what we buy. Clustering has become a widely accepted business concept throughout the world, revealing a global village of people who have more in common with foreigners of the same cluster than they do with their fellow countrypeo ...

Why We Buy

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:25:36 PST

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In an effort to determine why people buy, Paco Underhill and his detailed- orientated band of retail researchers have camped out in stores for over 20 years, dedicating their efforts to the "science of shopping." Armed with an array of video equipment, store maps, and customer profile sheets, Underhill and his consulting firm Envirosell have observed over 900 aspects of shopper/store interacti ...

Buyology

Tue, 15 May 2012 4:24:18 PST

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Does sex sell? Are health warnings on cigarette packs effective? What do religion and ritual have in common with successful advertising? Do product placements work? Can subliminal advertising really influence our behavior? The fact is, nearly everything companies think they know about why we buy is completely wrong. In BUYOLOGY, marketing guru Martin Lindstrom draws on a three-year cutting-ed ...

I Want That

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:49:36 PST

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"Shopping has a lot in common with sex," Thomas Hine observes near the beginning of this wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of one of the most commonplace and important activities of modern Life. "Just about everybody does it. Some people brag about how well they do it. Some keep it a secret. Most people worry, at Least a little, about whether they do it right. And both provi ...

Restless nights

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:01:20 PST

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The food axis

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:38:15 PST

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Blending architectural and social history with the necessityùand the passionùfor food, this engaging new book attempts to understand the development of the American house by viewing it through one very specific lens: the food axis.

Point of Purchase

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 7:02:57 PST

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Why does shopping have such a powerful influence on our lives? As shoppers will attest, it provides a terrific balm for the soul. But shopping offers us an even greater bargain than that: as the public face of consumer society, it keeps the modern economy afloat, linking the family looking for jeans at Wal-Mart in California to factories in China and Bangladesh. As we push our wire carts around t ...

American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 6:53:35 PST

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The sleek lines and gleaming facades of the architecture of the late 1940s and 1950s reflect a culture fascinated by the promise of the Jet Age. Buildings like Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal at JFK Airport and Philip Johnson's Four Seasons Restaurant retain a thrilling allure, seeming to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. In this work, distinguished architectural historian Alice Friedma ...

The Melancholy of Resistance

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:57:28 PST

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In this surreal, dark, humorous novel Lszl Krasznahorkai describes the chaotic events surrounding the arrival of a circus in an insignificant town in Hungary. The circus promises to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world and its arrival is greeted with frenzy of speculation. Bizarre rumors begin to spread that the circus has some sinister hidden agenda and as the expectant c ...

Tokyo Cancelled

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:28:09 PST

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Thirteen passengers are stranded at an airport. Tokyo, their destination, is covered in snow and all flights are cancelled. To pass the night they form a huddle by the silent baggage carousels and tell one another stories. Thus begins Rana Dasgupta's Canterbury Tales for our times. In the spirit of Borges and Calvino, Dasgupta's writing combines an energetically modern landscape with a timeless, ...

The quick and the dead

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:26:02 PST

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Alice, Corvus, and Annabel, three misfit, motherless teanage girls, form an unlikely circle of friendship in the Arizona desert as they search for meaning, identity, and their own individual paths in the world.

Measuring the World

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:04:49 PST

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The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the lives of two geniuses of the Enlightenment. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the Prussian aristocrat Alexander von Hum-boldt, negotiates savanna and jungle, travels down the Orinoco, tastes poisons, climbs the highest mountain know ...

Honored Guest

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:03:00 PST

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The first collection of stories in well over a decade by a writer Ann Beattie has called “one of our most remarkable storytellers,” and whom Bret Easton Ellis has named “the rightful heir to the mastery, genius, and poetry of Flannery O’Connor.” These twelve stories further Joy Williams’s utterly singular achievement, described by the Washington Post as “poetic, disturbing, yet very funny . . . ...

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse - Vol. 1 (1930-1932)

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:39:41 PST

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The Best American Short Stories 2009

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:05:56 PST

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