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 Animating Space
From Mickey to WALL-E by J.P. Telotte. Focusing on American animation,
this critical text tracks the development of animation in line with
changing cultural attitudes toward space and examines innovations that
elevated the medium from a novelty to a fully realized art form.
Indexed. Bibliography. 296 pages. More
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Asylum
in the Grasslands by Diane Glancy. Poetry
collection by award-winning author exploring the history of loss in the
Cherokee community. More
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Collage of Myself
Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass
by Matt Miller. The first book-length study of Walt Whitman’s
journals and manuscripts and his use of the collage technique in
composing Leaves of Grass. Indexed. 295 pages. More
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The
Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English A
Brief History of the Future
edited by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor. First Edition. Over vulgar
language 60,000 entries from the English-speaking world. 720 pages. Buy
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Darwin's Sacred Cause Race,
Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins
by Adrian Desmond. Drawing on manuscripts, family letters, diaries, and
ships’ logs, the authors argue that Darwin’s abolitionist
heritage influenced the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Indexed. 485 pages.. Buy
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The Democratic Soul A
Wilson Carey McWilliams Reader by Wilson Carey McWilliams. Collection
of essays, articles, reviews, and lectures that trace Wilson Carey
McWilliams's evolution as a scholar and explain his often controversial
views on education, religion, and literature. Indexed. 430 pages. Buy
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The Extinction Gene by
Robert Gross.
Thriller about a Nobel Prize winning scientist who discovers that the
extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a DNA sequence triggered by
global warming 60 million years ago. 184 pages. Buy
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The Guinea Pig Diaries
My Life as an Experiment
by A. J. Jacobs. Accounts of the author's "experiments" with
outsourcing, honesty, fame, rationality, George Washington's rules of
life, and more. 256 pages. Buy
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Football and Philosophy
Going Deep by Michael W. Austin. The Philosophy of Popular Culture
series title. Academic essays on philosophical issues and arguments
that arise in American football. Indexed. 226 pages. Buy
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From
Superpower to Besieged Global Power Restoring
World Order after the Failure of the Bush Doctrine edited by Edward A.
Kolodziej and Roger E. Kanet. Essays argue that the "Bush Doctrine"
squandered enormous military and economic resources, diminished
American power, and undermined America's moral reputation as a defender
of democratic values and human rights. Indexed. 411 pages. Buy
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Giving by
Bill Clinton. The former U.S. president shares his own experiences and
those of other "givers" in an inspirational look at philanthrophy and
volunteer effort. Indexed. 240 pages. Buy
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Governing the Wild Ecotours of Power
by Stephanie Rutherford. Explores the commodification of nature in manifestations
of "green governmentality." Indexed. 250 pages. More
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In Defense of Childhood
Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness
by Chris Mercogliano. he author eloquently argues that the
"domestication of childhood" squeezes the adventure out of kids' lives
and threatens to smother the spark that animates each child with
talents, dreams, and inclinations. Indexed. 205 pages.. More
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In the Teeth of the Wind
A Study of Power and How to Fight It by Shelly Waxman. A Former
United States Attorney provides a tour on the inside of the Court
system and exposes corruption on a monumental scale 302 pages. More
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The
Jesus Mystery Astonishing
Clues to the True Identities of Jesus and Paul by Lena Einhorn.
Speculative history presenting a new hypothesis about the relationship
between Jesus and the apostle Paul. Indexed. 279 pages. Buy
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Jesus
the Rabbi Prophet A New Light on the Gospel Message by
Jacques Baldet.
Translated from the French by Joseph Rowe. Scholar Sand historian
Jacques
Baldet seeks to restore the historical context and true nature of the
Jewish
society in which Jesus lived. Indexed. 260 pages. Buy
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Leadership and Self
Deception Getting out of the Box by the Arbinger Institute.
Second Edition. Expanded edtion of a text suggesting that the key to
leadership lays not in what we do, but in who we are. Includes a
section that outlines how readers have been using the book in five
specific areas: hiring, teambuilding, conflict resolution,
accountability, and personal growth and development. Indexd. 199 pages.
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Letters of Vincent van
Gogh
edited by Mark
Roskill. A collection of the artist's letters, arranged in
chronological order and written to Vincent's closest confidant, his
brother and art dealer, Theo. Includes includes a chronology, a short
memoir by van Gogh's sister-in-law, and reproductions of selected
artwork discussed in van Gogh's letters. Indexed. 351 pages. Buy
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Literature After Darwin Human
Beasts in Western Fiction 1859-1939 by Virginia Richter. Covering
fiction from Kipling to Kafka, this study offers a historically
embedded analysis of anthropological anxiety in the period between the
publication of the Origin of Species and the beginning of the Second
World War. Indexed. 257 pages. Buy
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Money and Soul
The Psychology Of Money And The Transformation Of Capitalism by Per
Espen Stoknes. The author suggests new methods of looking at, thinking
about, and using money. Indexed. 296 pages. Buy
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My River Chronicles
Rediscovering America on the Hudson by Jessica DuLong. Memoir of a
journey on the Hudson River. Indexed. 308 pages.. Buy
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Oink My Life with
Mini-Pigs by Matt Whyman. Memoir of a family life with mini-pigs
as pets. Illustrated with photographs by the author and Emma Whyman.
314 pages.. Buy
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On Private Property Finding
Common Ground on the Ownership of Land by Eric T. Freyfogle. A fresh
legal argument on what it means to own land, navigating issues of
eminent domain, sprawl, and conservation. 186 pages . Buy
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The Opinion Makers An
Insider
Exposes the Truth Behind the Poll
by David W. Moore. Describes the questionable tactics pollsters use to
create poll-driven news stories and manufacture public opinion.
Indexed. 196 pages. Buy
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Rural
Delivery by Michael Hofferber. A collection of short,
pungent, sometimes
humorous and frequently thought-provoking commentaries and advice on
rural
living in contemporary America. 146 pages. Buy
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The
Secret Powers of Naming by
Sara Littlecrow-Russell. Sun Tracks: An American Indian Literary Series
title. Collection of poems by a Native American poet based on the theme
of a naming ritual. More
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Spalding's
World Tour The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the
Globe -
And Made It America's Game by Mark Lamster. Illustrated with historic
B&W
photos. Biographical history of one of the most colorful figures in the
history of American sports -- A.G. Spalding. Indexed. 341 pages. More
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Tennis and Philosophy What
the Racket is All About
by David Baggett. The Philosophy of Popular Culture series title.
Contributors including David Foster Wallace, Robert R. Clewis, David
Detmer, Mark Huston, Tommy Valentini, Neil Delaney, and Kevin Kinghorn
consider philosophical issues within the sport of tennis. Indexed. 283
pages. More
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The Thinker's Thesaurus
Sophisticated
Alternatives to Common Words by Peter E. Meltzer. Expanded Second
Edition. A new thesaurus that offers interesting, original synonyms
along with contextual examples. 672 pages.. More
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This
Moment on Earth
Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future by John
Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry. An inspiring celebration of courageous
American innovators who are transforming the way we protect and care
for the world we live in. Indexed. 254 pages.. More
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Transformations
Thinking after Heidegger by Gail Stenstad. New Studies in Phenomenology
and Hermeneutics series title. Explores how to apply Martin Heidegger's
thought to today’s environmental and political catastrophes.
Indexed. 232 pages . More
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Um... Slips,
Stumbles, and
Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
by Michael Erard. A survey and discussion of verbal mistakes and why
they occur. First Anchor Books Edition. Indexed. 303 pages. More
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Where Clouds Are Formed
by
Ofelia Zepeda. Sun Tracks American Indian Series title.
Poetry by a Native American (Tohono O’odham) poet. .. More
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Wide Awake
A Memoir of Insomnia by Patricia Morrisroe.
Account of the author’s quest to understand why she and forty
million other Americans can’t sleep at night. Indexed. 176 pages.
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Quick
Change
by Jay Cronley. New paperback edition of novel first published in 1981,
and the inspiration for separate French and American films (the latter
starring Bill Murray and Geena Davis). 259 pages. More
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Informal
English Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles,
and Other
Curious Words and Phrases of North America by Jeffrey Kacirk.
Collection
of liguistic oddities and vernacular Americanisms. 239 pages. More
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The
Birdhouse Chronicles: Surviving the Joys of Country
Life. Trade
paperback, new. First Edition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part
nature
writing-an intimate first-person narrative of returning to a realer,
simpler
life. 258 pages.. More
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Dog
Culture: Writers on the Character of Canines edited
by Ken Foster.
Trade paperback, new. Anthology of writings about dogs. Includes
selections
by Annie Bruno, Hillary Rosner, Nicholas Dawidoff, Brent Hoff, T
Cooper,
Chris Offutt, Rene Steinke and more. 195 pages. More
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