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 | Paideia Program Product# 458503044 Selling for $15.75 "Essays discuss seminars, tutoring, lectures, school structure, and the teaching of English, math, science, history, social studies, foreign languages, and art" |
 | Domestic Revolutions; A Social History Of American Family Life Product# 458503398 Selling for $20.95 "The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private, independent unit. The authors explain just how the family has adapted and endured these changes." |
 | Caravaggio: Painter Of Miracles Product# 458504354 Selling for $21.95 "A National Book Award finalist presents the story of the tumultuous life of the Baroque Italian artist, offering insight into how he defined the aesthetic conventions of his time to create realistic portraits of everyday people and natural subjects. 40,000 first printing." |
 | The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships Product# 458504576 Selling for $22 "Based on the author's clinical experience and workshops she has introduced, this guide helps women understand the causes and patterns of their anger while providing specific alternatives for forging more powerful relationships. Book available." |
 | Diamonds Take Forever Product# 458504731 Selling for $12.95 "Losing her apartment when she breaks up with her boyfriend, Michelle Benamou faces the difficult task of locating an affordable New York City apartment and considers a relationship with a soon-to-be-divorced old friend, a situation that is compromised by her career ambitions, busybody relatives, and an ex-boyfriend's efforts to reconcile. Original. 25,000 first printing." |
 | Landlocked Product# 458505396 Selling for $13.95 "In the aftermath of World War II, Martha Quest finds herself completely disillusioned. She is losing faith with the communist movement in Africa, and her marriage to one of the movement's leaders is disintegrating. Determined to resist the erosion of her personality, she engages in the first satisfactory love affair and breaks free, if only momentarily, from her suffocating unhappiness. 'Landlocked is the fourth novel of Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence sequence of novels, each a masterpiece in its own right, and collectively an incisive, all encompassing vision of our world in the twentiethcentury." |
 | THINK A SECOND TIME Product# 458505411 Selling for $14 "Dennis Prager, theologian, philosopher, and host of the highest-rated radio talk show in its time period challenges people to think about right and wrong during the 1996 electin season with this incisive look at morality and ethics in America." |
 | Soul of Cinema, The: An Appreciation of Film Music Product# 459052423 Selling for $74.8 "Filling a void in the literature on film music appreciation, this volume provides a consolidation of relevant film music with information about film composers and their scores. The volume also features well-illustrated information about each film with a text that clearly illustrates a well-rounded and in-depth look at film music. The reference addresses the functions of film scoring, the operational aspects of the industry, music for silent films, early sound film, the rise of the symphonic film score, the golden age of film music, the age of versatility, new faces enter the ranks and the 21st century. For film and music enthusiasts and others interested in the evolution of music in film." |
| Paideia Program Product# 459631484 Selling for $15.75 "Essays discuss seminars, tutoring, lectures, school structure, and the teaching of English, math, science, history, social studies, foreign languages, and art" |
| Soul of Cinema, The: An Appreciation of Film Music Product# 459632076 Selling for $74.8 "Filling a void in the literature on film music appreciation, this volume provides a consolidation of relevant film music with information about film composers and their scores. The volume also features well-illustrated information about each film with a text that clearly illustrates a well-rounded and in-depth look at film music. The reference addresses the functions of film scoring, the operational aspects of the industry, music for silent films, early sound film, the rise of the symphonic film score, the golden age of film music, the age of versatility, new faces enter the ranks and the 21st century. For film and music enthusiasts and others interested in the evolution of music in film." |
| Domestic Revolutions; A Social History Of American Family Life Product# 460075906 Selling for $20.95 "The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private, independent unit. The authors explain just how the family has adapted and endured these changes." |
 | Heritage of World Civilizations, Combined Volume Product# 460447343 Selling for $125.8 "This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, 'Heritage of World Civilizations, 6/e,' combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions. Interactive maps'--one Web-based interactive map in each chapter--provides readers with opportunities to explore the relationships between time and space in shaping world history. A three-volume organization (available in A, B, C splits)'-- Volume A covers antiquity to 1300; Volume B covers the period from 1300-1850; and Volume C covers the Enlightenment to the present. Sixth editions now provide roughly the same amount of coverage for European and non-European regions. Volumes include European events during the High Middle" |
 | The Snapper Product# 460447490 Selling for $14 "The Commitments was praised as one of the freshest and funniest first novels in years. In The Snapper, Doyle has produced another brilliant comedy of everyday life in Dublin. A young single girl who shares a room with her sisters endures pregnancy while her family and the whole town wonder who the father is." |
 | Type Primer, A Product# 460450219 Selling for $51.4 "Practical and hands-on in approach, this book/exercise manual speaks clearly to beginning graphic designers and others involved with type about the complex meeting of message, image, and history surrounding typography. Focused on intent and content, not affect or style, it makes informed distinctions between what is appropriate and what is merely show (especially in terms of the 'junk' often generated unenlightened by computer users). Filled with examples, exercises, and background information--and designed itself to reflect good typographic design--it guides readers systematically to the point where they can not only understand but demonstrate basic principles of typography, and thereby strengthen their own typographic instincts. Basics. Development. Letters. Words and Phrases. Text. Simple Organization. Grid Systems. For beginning graphic designers and others interested in learning the effective use of type." |
| The Snapper Product# 460450626 Selling for $14 "The Commitments was praised as one of the freshest and funniest first novels in years. In The Snapper, Doyle has produced another brilliant comedy of everyday life in Dublin. A young single girl who shares a room with her sisters endures pregnancy while her family and the whole town wonder who the father is." |
 | Oliver & Amanda and the Big Snow Product# 460450720 Selling for $3.99 "Whether building a snow fort, braving the big hill on their sleds, or building a snow pig, the lovable Oliver and Amanda Pig find plenty of fun after the 'big snow'." |
 | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics Product# 460451332 Selling for $14.95 "This invaluable resource will guide general readers, as well as students, through the often bewildering maze of equations and theorems encountered within the mathematical universe. Nearly 1,000 entries have been added for this new edition covering everything from pure and applied mathematics to statistics. Also included are entries on mathematics of more general interest, such as fractals, game theory, and chaos. Providing succinct definitions and clear explanations to a wealth of terms, A Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics also enables readers to make new discoveries as they browse and check cross-references. With explanatory figures, diagrams, and tables for ready reference to compliment the text, clear and precise definitions, with helpful examples of a wide range of mathematical terms and concepts, and brief biographical sketches of the great mathematicians, this comprehensive dictionary will serve as an indispensable and trustworthy guide to the dynamic world of mathematics." |
 | Women and Religion Product# 460543100 Selling for $36.8 "The book provides a balanced presentation of the global religious contributions of women. The book covers the religious experience of women from primal societies to modern day. Includes religious writings and practices from Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, Traditional African, Native American, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic communities." |
 | Growing Minds on Becoming a Teacher Product# 460543427 Selling for $13 "Herbert Kohl, one of America's most influential and provocative educators, believes that the only way to persist and to grow as a teacher is to commit oneself to the development of the child rather than to the regimented training of the pupil. His book is a lively, personal testament of one teacher's efforts to cultivate the natural vitality of the learning process; it is also a wonderfully concrete and practical guide full of stories of individual students and how they were helped to grow through learning." |
 | Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up Product# 460543432 Selling for $13.95 "Named a 'best bet' by 'USA Today, Chasing Grace' is a hilarious and touching memoir of a Catholic childhood and a lifetime spent in pursuit of grace--from the 'talented and thoughtful writer' ('New York Times') Martha Manning, author of the critically acclaimed 'Undercurrents'. 'Poignant, witty, often caustic. . . . Manning's meditation will appeal to thoughtful readers of every persuasion'.--'Library Journal'." |
 | Feminism and Art History Product# 460543444 Selling for $47 "A long-needed corrective and alternative view of Western art history, these seventeen essays by respected scholars are arranged chronologically and cover every major period from the ancient Egyptian to the present." |
 | Psychology: Brief Edition Product# 460543662 Selling for $76.7 "Based on the extensively revised Santrock's 'Psychology 6e, Psychology Brief Edition is a highly readable, practical and research oriented introduction to the discipline. The Brief Edition was developed to satisfy the demand for a shorter text that could easily be covered in one semester. Chapters were rewritten to maintain the continuity and pedagogy that has made Santrock a student and market favorite. Memory, Language, and Intelligence have been combined to form one cohesive chapter and the health psychology and statistics coverage has been moved into an appendix. Santrock provides faculty and students with the most relevant introduction to psychology available, no other Introductory text provides a better balance of research vs. pedagogy, content vs. applications, depth vs. breadth, and theoretical vs. practical information. All of this is presented in the clearly understandable and straightforward prose that Santrock is renowned for and in a highly visual design that is pedagogically sound and engaging without being distracting." |
 | Government by the People: Basic Version Product# 460543847 Selling for $97.25 Provides a text on government and society integrating Web sites and CD-ROM information to provide a comprehensive resource for study and communication. Basic version. CD-ROM included. DLC: Local government--U.S. |
 | Human Rights and Global Diversity Product# 460543968 Selling for $35.6 "This accessible book defends human rights as truly universal for all persons globally, while respecting the importance of plurality and cultural diversity. It is unique, as well, in discussing cross-cultural negotiations regarding human rights. The book shows that there is no inherent contradiction between human rights norms and social and cultural values, practices, and forms of life worthy of preservation. Concise yet comprehensive coverage includes reasoning about human rights, debating their universality, and cross-cultural negotiations. For anyone interested in the advancement of human rights, and respectful of pluralism and the diversity of cultures and ways of life." |
 | Comparative Psychology: Evolution and Development of Behavior Product# 460544049 Selling for $103 "This introduction to the evolutionary and developmental principles underlying the study of animal behavior provides a broad view of animal behavior from the comparative psychology perspective. Emphasizing problems and research interests that have traditional relevance for psychologist, the book uses examples drawn from specialized journals to provide a firm grasp of evolutionary science as it is applied to the understanding of behavior. The author discusses all aspects of the animal behavior including comparative learning and cognition, brain evolution and behavior, behavior genetics, behavioral ecology, social behavior in an ecological context, early experience and development, and the ontogeny of social behavior. For individuals interested in developing and deepening their understanding of evolutionary principles within psychology." |
 | History of England, Volume II, A: 1688 to the Present (Chapters 16-31) Product# 460544266 Selling for $75.8 "The second volume of a two-volume set, this book provides a broad, narrative account of English history from 1715 to the present day. It draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research to illuminate the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past, and focuses on how and why events occurred. It stresses dominant themes in English history without espousing any single interpretation, and considers events in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as they affected developments in England. An Age Of Stability: 1714-1760; The Economic, And Social Transformation Of England: 1761-1815; The Intellectual Transformation; Politics In The Reign Of George Iii; Diplomacy And War In The Age Of Revolution; Conservatism, Liberalism, And Reform; An Age Of Prosperity; Victorianism; The British Empire; An Age Of Crisis: 1873-1914; Britain And World War I; Britain Between The Wars; Britain And World War Ii; Socialist Britain 1945-1990; Life In Socialist Britain. For anyone interested in the History of England." |
 | Metaphysics Product# 460544320 Selling for $47.2 "Many of the problems of philosophy are of such broad relevance to human concerns, and so complex in their ramifications, that they are, in one form or another, perennially present. Though in the course of time they yield in part to philosophical inquiry, they may need to be rethought by each age in the light of its broader scientific knowledge and deepened ethical and religious experience." |
 | Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment Product# 460544433 Selling for $14 "Follows the plight of Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them" |
 | Maker of Saints: A Novel Product# 460544465 Selling for $15 "The author of '1959', a 'Los Angeles Times' Book Award nominee, returns with the tale of a woman's obsessive search for the truth behind her best friend's death. Alive with wit and sensibility, 'Maker of Saints' is a fascinating and provocative novel about art, love, jealousy and friendship in a glitzy New York demimonde." |
 | Time Product# 460545127 Selling for $7.95 "Collins Gems are smartly designed pocket reference guides, providing knowledge at a glance on a wide variety of popular and timely subjects. Packed with outstanding color photos and illustrations, and featuring durable flexi-bindings, these unique quick-reference books offer the minimum in size and the maximum in information." |
 | The Fire Line Product# 460545144 Selling for $16 "The acclaimed author of The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater has created another mythological tale in which lives run headlong off the rails into tangled thickets of love, deception and narrow escape. The tale of Reed Kitchen, lifelong railway worker. full-time language lover and part-time visionary, The Fire Line is a dazzling, dramatic novel, a mesmerizing journey through an eccentric universe. 'Trevor Ferguson has made magic in this marvellous novel'. -- The Edmonton Journal '(Ferguson) is extraordinarily gifted at capturing the experience of a moment, evoking through small ordinary gestures a man's entire emotional history'. -- Joan Thomas, The Globe and Mail '... a 'splendiferous' achievement. (The Fire Line) is a glorious chunk of sustained poetic language that deserves to be short-listed for several awards ..'. -- The Toronto Star 'The ending... is both joyous and surprising'. -- The Ottawa Citizen" |
| Women and Religion Product# 460545263 Selling for $36.8 "The book provides a balanced presentation of the global religious contributions of women. The book covers the religious experience of women from primal societies to modern day. Includes religious writings and practices from Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, Traditional African, Native American, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic communities." |
 | Going Postal Product# 460546014 Selling for $7.99 "Sentenced to death for forgery and swindling, Moist von Lipwig accepts an offer of a pardon in exchange for revamping an ancient post office, but his efforts are thwarted by tons of undelivered mail, an 18,000-year-old ghost postman, his shoe-wielding new girlfriend, and murderous characters who want the post office shut down. By the author of Monstrous Regiment. Reprint." |
 | 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life: An Anthology of Emotional First Aid Product# 460546142 Selling for $15.95 "Prozac has side effects, drinking gives you hangovers, therapy's expensive. For quick and effective relief -- or at least some literary comfort -- from everyday and exceptional problems, try a poem. Over the ages, people have turned to poets as ambassadors of the emotions, because they give voice and definition to our troubles, and by so doing, ease them. No matter how bad things get, poets have been there, too, and they can help you get over the rough spots. This is the first poetry anthology designed expressly for the self-help generation. The poems listed include classics by Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron, Ogden Nash, and Lucretius, to name just a few, along with newer works by such current practitioners as Seamus Heaney and Wendy Cope. This book has a cure or consolation for nearly every affliction, ancient or modern. And no side effects-except pleasure." |
 | Joe and Me: An Education in Fishing and Friendship Product# 460546192 Selling for $13.95 "When James Prosek was just fifteen, a ranger named Joe Haines caught him fishing without a permit in a stream near Prosek's home in Connecticut. But instead of taking off with his fishing buddy, James put down his rod and surrendered. It was a move that would change his life forever. Expecting a small fine and a lecture, James instead received enough knowledge about fishing and the great outdoors to last a lifetime. The story of an unlikely friendship, 'Joe and Me is a book for those who remember the mentor in their life, the one who changed the way they look at the world." |
 | Hitts & Mrs. Product# 460546209 Selling for $13.95 "Ambitious would-be interior designer Melanie Hitts heads for New York City, willing to do anything , including sacrifice love, to pursue her career, but sparks fly when her life intersects with that of John Carlson, head of his own successful architectural firm, who is bored with his life in the suburbs, and his wife Sharon, comfortable with her predictable and comfortable existence. Original. 35,000 first printing." |
 | Taft Product# 460546212 Selling for $12.95 "John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. But when his son is taken away from him, he's left with nothing but the Memphis bar he manages. Then he hires Fay, a young white waitress, who has a volatile brother named Carl in tow. Nickel finds himself consumed with the idea of Taft -- Fay and Carl's dead father -- and begins to reconstruct the life of a man he never met. But his sympathies for these lost souls soon take him down a twisting path into the lives of strangers..." |
 | Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) Product# 460546288 Selling for $15.95 "An anthology of love poetry includes works by such writers as Maya Angelou, Shakespeare, and John Keats and traces the course of a romantic relationship, from the exciting early days through the healing of a broken heart, in a collection complemented by humorous and practical advice." |
 | Miss Julia Meets Her Match Product# 460546454 Selling for $34.95 "When long-time boyfriend Sam Murdoch pops the question, Miss Julia finds herself seriously contemplating the offer while the town is being turned upside down with rumors of infidelities and other events shocking to the Southern facade of gentility and family values. Simultaneous." |
 | The Hungering Dark Product# 460546474 Selling for $13 These powerful reflections on biblical themes by one of today's most popular religious writers point up the truth that the darkness of doubt is often necessary to provoke a hunger for God. The Hungering Dark towers as one of Frederick Buechner's best statements on contemporary belief challenged by doubt. |
 | Lost Lake Product# 460546561 Selling for $9.99 "Writing sensational stories based on her own paranoid fears, Washington, D.C., tabloid reporter Vanessa Kohler pursues a theory about a government conspiracy to cover up a secret military unit and stumbles across a clandestine operation that has resulted in the murder of a congressman. Reprint." |
 | Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge Product# 460546754 Selling for $14.95 "A tongue-in-cheek tribute to some of humanity's most notorious figures, acts, and creations is culled from the popular magazine and includes such lists as the world's six most extravagant tombs, the five laziest kings, and history's most outrageous hoaxes. Original. 75,000 first printing." |
 | Skywriting by Word of Mouth: And Other Writings, Including the Ballad of John and Yoko Product# 460546980 Selling for $14 "A whimsical look into a swift and creative mind, Skywriting By Word of Mouth will remind everyone what John Lennon was really like, and why he is still remembered with so much love. 31 line drawings." |
 | Holy the Firm Product# 460546983 Selling for $13 "In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with 'one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person.' For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality, sacrifice death, and the will of God. In 'Holy the Firm' she writes about a moth consumed in a candle flame, about a seven-year-old girl burned in an airplane accident, about a baptism on a cold beach. But behind the moving curtain of what she calls 'the hard things -- rock mountain and salt sea,' she sees, sometimes far off and sometimes as close by as a veil or air, the power play of holy fire. This is a profound book about the natural world -- both its beauty and its cruelty -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dillard knows so well." |
 | She Flew the Coop: A Novel Concerning Life, Death, Sex, and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana Product# 460547002 Selling for $14.95 "In this funny and touching novel, the author of Crazy Ladies brilliantly interweaves dark calamity with comedy to depict everyday life in small-town Limoges, Louisiana, circa 1952. '(Captures) the color, eccentricities and tragicomedy that the best Southern writers do so well'.--Publishers Weekly." |
 | RONALD REAGAN: THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR Product# 460547059 Selling for $20 "This edition, that will be published to coincide with Reagan's 90th birthday in February, 2001, features 16 new pages of quotations and photographs, and reflects the full scope of Reagan's vision. Includes a new introduction by Nancy Reagan, and a new afterword by Peggy Noonan. Color photos." |
 | The Width of the Sea Product# 460547149 Selling for $12.95 "A novel based on the life of a New England fishing village follows John and Chris, friends since high school, as they struggle to survive as fishermen in a dying town. Reader's Guide available. Reprint." |
| Growing Minds on Becoming a Teacher Product# 460547406 Selling for $13 "Herbert Kohl, one of America's most influential and provocative educators, believes that the only way to persist and to grow as a teacher is to commit oneself to the development of the child rather than to the regimented training of the pupil. His book is a lively, personal testament of one teacher's efforts to cultivate the natural vitality of the learning process; it is also a wonderfully concrete and practical guide full of stories of individual students and how they were helped to grow through learning." |
 | The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden: Understanding the Wounded Feeling Function in Masculine and Feminine Psychology Product# 460547433 Selling for $13.95 "A thoroughly revised edition of the much-sought-after early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching." |
 | How a Book Is Made Product# 460547681 Selling for $6.99 The various steps in the making of a book can differ from one publishing house to another. This book show how this book was made. |
 | English Grammar Product# 460547727 Selling for $16.95 "The perfect guide to accompany the freshman English textbooks in use today, this outline covers everything the student needs to know." |
 | Portrait in Sepia Product# 460547741 Selling for $26 "Lacking all memory of the first five years of her life because of a brutal trauma, Aurora del Valle is raised by her regal grandmother Paulina and eventually seeks to confront the mystery of her past." |
| Psychology: Brief Edition Product# 460548606 Selling for $76.7 "Based on the extensively revised Santrock's 'Psychology 6e, Psychology Brief Edition is a highly readable, practical and research oriented introduction to the discipline. The Brief Edition was developed to satisfy the demand for a shorter text that could easily be covered in one semester. Chapters were rewritten to maintain the continuity and pedagogy that has made Santrock a student and market favorite. Memory, Language, and Intelligence have been combined to form one cohesive chapter and the health psychology and statistics coverage has been moved into an appendix. Santrock provides faculty and students with the most relevant introduction to psychology available, no other Introductory text provides a better balance of research vs. pedagogy, content vs. applications, depth vs. breadth, and theoretical vs. practical information. All of this is presented in the clearly understandable and straightforward prose that Santrock is renowned for and in a highly visual design that is pedagogically sound and engaging without being distracting." |
 | Concepts of Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness with Labs with HQ 4.2 CD & PW/OLC Bind-in Passcard Product# 460548773 Selling for $49.35 "Concepts of Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness with Labs provides readers with self-management skills necessary to adopt a healthy lifestyle. These skills will make a positive difference in one's health, fitness, and wellness through the use of activity labs and logs. In addition, new copies of the text now come packaged with the HealthQuest Activities CD." |
 | Building Cyberstores Product# 460548883 Selling for $39.95 "A complete programmer's and technical manager's guide to integrating existing databases with WWW sites for catalog sales, data inquiries, transaction processing, Intranet/Internet payment schemes, and delivery of pay-per-view documents, books, information and help services. The CD includes order-entry form templates, samples of existing cyberstore sites and tools for collecting customer data." |
 | Life With Father Product# 460548934 Selling for $6.99 "Originally serialized in The New Yorker, and later adapted for stage, screen, and television, Clarence Day's Life with Father is a cherished American classic. Set in 1890s New York, Clarence Day's tales of his father, Clarence 'Clare' Day, Sr., portray a willful, rambunctious, short-fused Wall Street broker who demands perfection. Intolerant and tyrannical in his determined battle to harness the world to his way of thinking, Clarence blusters at his wife, his cook, his horse, shopkeepers, servants, and, of course, his children and their inability to live up to his preposterous standards. Yet, the more he rants, the more comical he becomes--and the more he seems to endear himself to his beleaguered and bemused family. First published in 1935, and serialized in The New Yorker, Life with Father was adapted for the stage in 1939, brought to the screen in 1947, and went on to become a much-loved television series in the 1950s." |
 | Anthology of Living Religions, An Product# 460549429 Selling for $70.4 "This anthology provides each of the major world religions with an opportunity to explain itself in its own terms, creating a sensitive and accurate picture of its teachings and beliefs. It allows readers to gain an “inside” understanding of origins, founders, and practices—and presents the religions as living faiths. Selected extracts relate religion to such current issues as gender, environment, and politics. Chapters explore indigenous sacred ways, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and more. For individuals desiring to learn more about the major world religions, and their impact around the world today." |
| Human Rights and Global Diversity Product# 460549667 Selling for $35.6 "This accessible book defends human rights as truly universal for all persons globally, while respecting the importance of plurality and cultural diversity. It is unique, as well, in discussing cross-cultural negotiations regarding human rights. The book shows that there is no inherent contradiction between human rights norms and social and cultural values, practices, and forms of life worthy of preservation. Concise yet comprehensive coverage includes reasoning about human rights, debating their universality, and cross-cultural negotiations. For anyone interested in the advancement of human rights, and respectful of pluralism and the diversity of cultures and ways of life." |
| History of England, Volume II, A: 1688 to the Present (Chapters 16-31) Product# 460550964 Selling for $75.8 "The second volume of a two-volume set, this book provides a broad, narrative account of English history from 1715 to the present day. It draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research to illuminate the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past, and focuses on how and why events occurred. It stresses dominant themes in English history without espousing any single interpretation, and considers events in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as they affected developments in England. An Age Of Stability: 1714-1760; The Economic, And Social Transformation Of England: 1761-1815; The Intellectual Transformation; Politics In The Reign Of George Iii; Diplomacy And War In The Age Of Revolution; Conservatism, Liberalism, And Reform; An Age Of Prosperity; Victorianism; The British Empire; An Age Of Crisis: 1873-1914; Britain And World War I; Britain Between The Wars; Britain And World War Ii; Socialist Britain 1945-1990; Life In Socialist Britain. For anyone interested in the History of England." |
| Metaphysics Product# 460551163 Selling for $47.2 "Many of the problems of philosophy are of such broad relevance to human concerns, and so complex in their ramifications, that they are, in one form or another, perennially present. Though in the course of time they yield in part to philosophical inquiry, they may need to be rethought by each age in the light of its broader scientific knowledge and deepened ethical and religious experience." |
 | Religions of the World: Religion in the Twenty-First Century Product# 460551226 Selling for $28.4 "Religion in the Twenty-first Century is a unique and informative survey of the global religious situation as we enter the new millennium. Through a thematic and people-oriented approach, this book provides a valuable introduction to a variety of new religious movements -- whether offshoots of traditional religions of founded as a result of millennial expectations or charismatic leaders. It also considers the role of the Interfaith Movement and the ways in which modern technology is spreading religions both new and old." |
 | Readings in the Philosophy of Religion: An Analytic Approach Product# 460551244 Selling for $61.2 "This edition incorporates most of the topics of the first edition, but there has been some reorganization of the material. This edition contains significantly increased attention to the issue of faith and reason because of the extensive recent literature devoted to it." |
| Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment Product# 460551413 Selling for $14 "Follows the plight of Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them" |
 | The Cat I.Q. Test Product# 460551467 Selling for $11 "Is your beloved feline cunningly clever or blissfully ignorant? Melissa Miller, author of the bestselling Dog I.Q. Test, has designed an I.Q. test that lets you grade your pet against the domestic cat population. Find out how your cat rates on everything from compatibility, intelligence, and sensitivity to charm, curiosity, and imagination. And how do you measure up as an owner? Find out with a test that assesses your knowledge of your responsibilities, and your attitude toward your cat. Filled with humorous anecdotes, unforgettable stories, and fascinating facts, this book is a must for every cat owner - and it just may offer new insights into the perfect owner-cat relationship." |
| Maker of Saints: A Novel Product# 460551477 Selling for $15 "The author of '1959', a 'Los Angeles Times' Book Award nominee, returns with the tale of a woman's obsessive search for the truth behind her best friend's death. Alive with wit and sensibility, 'Maker of Saints' is a fascinating and provocative novel about art, love, jealousy and friendship in a glitzy New York demimonde." |
 | This Little Puffin Product# 460551519 Selling for $12.95 "Finger plays, jingles, and musical games provide entertainment for the nursery." |
 | The Eternal Footman Product# 460552116 Selling for $24 "The Eternal Footman completes Morrow's darkly comic trilogy about God's untimely demise. With God's skull in orbit, competing with the moon, a plague of 'death awareness' spreads across the Western hemisphere. As the United States sinks into apocalypse, two people fight to preserve life and sanity. One is Nora Burkhart, a schoolteacher who will stop at nothing to save her only son, Kevin. The other is the genius sculptor Gerard Korty, who struggles to create a masterwork that will heal the metaphysical wounds of the age. A few highlights: a bloody battle on a New Jersey golf course between Jews and anti-Semites; a theater troupe's stirring dramatization of the Gilgamesh epic; and a debate between Martin Luther and Erasmus. Morrow also gives us his most chilling villain ever -- Dr. Adrian Lucido, founder of a new pagan church in Mexico and inventor of a cure worse than any disease." |
 | 5 Essentials for a Winning Life; The Nutrition, Fitness, and Life Plan for Discovering the Champion Within Product# 460553584 Selling for $24.95 "Lance Armstrong's personal coach describes a life philosophy through which he counsels male athletes on how to harmonize fitness levels, nutrition, relationships, career, and health as part of an overall program for reaching personal goals." |
 | Social Environment and Human Behavior: A Diversity Perspective Product# 460678493 Selling for $131.6 "This is the first Human Behavior and Social Environment (HBSE) book to truly integrate and emphasize multicultural material throughout the chapters, and to provide readers with an introduction to the realities of practice with diverse populations. It provides comprehensive, balanced, and in-depth coverage of the subject matter rather than using a single theoretical approach." |
 | Homes Today and Tomorrow Product# 460678498 Selling for $72.64 "A textbook examining the theory and history of house design, construction, and furnishing, as well as factors to be considered when buying a house." |
 | Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech Product# 460678539 Selling for $21.95 "The right to free speech is invoked to protect an astonishing range of activities, a range that seems to expand every day. Newspapers publish the names of rape victims, flags are burned, pornography flourishes, and all of these controversial actions are protected under the constitutional right of free speech. The Supreme Court increasingly decides disputes by invoking the First Amendment. Civil libertarians, former antiwar protesters, and tobacco advertisers join revisionist conservatives in attacking almost all forms of censorship, extending the search to the farthest reaches of commercial and symbolic speech. In short, we are in the midst of a revolution of absolutist interpretations of free expression. The absolutists are misguided, argues Cass Sunstein. Our government now protects speech that causes harm yet forbids speech that is essential, he says. Instead, we should conceive of free speech first and foremost as a means to achieve civic deliberation and true popular sovereignty. Building on James Madison, Sunstein proposes a 'New Deal' for the first Amendment, a new interpretation that attacks undifferentiated absolutism and replaces it with a vision of responsible public life. Sunstein examines broadcasting, campaign finance, hate speech, pornography, government art funding, commercial speech, and the privacy of rape victims. He insists that political speech, essential for the functioning of any democracy, must not only be protected, but encouraged. If the government, say were to use broadcasting markets to encourage attention to public issues and diverse points of view, the First Amendment would not stand in the way. Nonpolitical speech, on the other hand, should be less fullyprotected when it conflicts with other interests and rights such as that of privacy. Democracy cannot achieve its full potential with a stunted public discourse. Instant polls and 900 numbers may seem to increase political participation, but they are no substitute for reasoned and careful public deliberation. In Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech, Cass Sunstein points the way toward a renewal of American democracy and a reaffirmation of political equality." |
 | Becoming American Product# 460678541 Selling for $19.95 Traces the history of American immigration from 1607 to the 1920s and looks at how groups of immigrants have adapted to the United States |
 | Negotiating Rationally Product# 460678542 Selling for $16.95 "'Based on gobs of evidence with real managers, the authors not only identify common errors that many negotiators make, but offer sage prescriptive advice on how you can avoid such errors yourself and perhaps exploit the errors of others.'" |
 | When Battered Women Kill Product# 460678543 Selling for $15.95 "Shares the experiences of battered wives, discusses the psychological impact on victims and their children, and explains why some women are driven to murder" |
 | Elementary Forms Of The Religious Life; Newly Translated By Karen E. Fields Product# 460678546 Selling for $19.95 "'Karen Fields has given us a splendid new translation of the greatest work of sociology ever written, one we will not be embarrassed to assign to our students. In addition she has written a brilliant and profound introduction. The publication of this translation is an occasion for general celebration, for a veritable 'collective effervescence.' -- Robert N. Bellah 'Co-author of 'Habits of the Heart,' and editor of 'Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society' 'This superb new translation finally allows non-French speaking American readers fully to appreciate Durkheim's genius. It is a labor of love for which all scholars must be grateful.' --Lewis A. Coser" |
 | Sick Societies Product# 460678547 Selling for $35 "An anthropologist challenges the myth of the Noble Savage, reviewing the actual social conditions in the developed and developing worlds and examining such phenomena as mental illness, poverty, disease, deviance, criminality, suicide, revolution, and more." |
 | Urban Villagers, Rev & Exp Ed Product# 460678548 Selling for $22.95 A sociological study of the native-born Americans of Italian parentage who lived in Boston's West End during the fifties |
 | For the Common Defense Product# 460678550 Selling for $26 "Traces the competing strategies and goals, and struggles for manpower and material that have shaped American military institutions" |
 | Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers Product# 460678578 Selling for $116.95 "Using a business process approach, this text focuses on not only the concepts but also the applicable skills in the design and implementation of an effective accounting information system." |
 | The Death of Vishnu Product# 460678583 Selling for $13.95 "In a stirring new novel that incorporates elements of Hindu mythology, a Bombay apartment building becomes a metaphor for the divisions and cultural clashes of modern India, as Vishnu, the resident handyman, lies dying on the staircase while his neighbors argue over who will pay for an ambulance. A first novel. Reprint." |
 | Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna Product# 460678603 Selling for $13.95 "'What binds us pushes time away' wrote David Oppenheim to his future wife, Amalie Pollak, on March 24, 1905. Oppenheim, classical scholar, collaborator, then critic of Sigmund Freud, and friend and supporter of Alfred Adler, lived through the heights and depths of Vienna's twentieth-century intellectual and cultural history. He perished in obscurity at a Nazi concentration camp in 1943, separated from family and friends, leaving his grandson, the philosopher Peter Singer, without a chance to know him. Almost fifty years later Peter Singer set out to explore the life of the grandfather he never knew, and found a scholar whose ideas on ethics and human nature often parallel his own writings. Drawing on a wealth of documents and personal letters, Singer made startling discoveries about his grandparents' early romantic attachments, the basis on which they decide to marry, their professional aspirations, and their differing views of Judaism. An essay that Oppenheim co-wrote with Freud, but which was suppressed because of a bitter split within Freud's psychoanalyti" |
 | Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill Product# 460678605 Selling for $27.95 "For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively -- to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola -- she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common. Based on her vast research, Stern lucidly explains how terrorist organizations are formed by opportunistic leaders who -- using religion as both motivation and justification -- recruit the disenfranchised. She depicts how moral fervor is transformed into sophisticated organizations that strive for money, power, and attention. Jessica Stern’ s extensive interaction with the faces behind the terror provide unprecedented insight into acts of inexplicable horror, and enable her to suggest how terrorism can most effectively be countered. A crucial book on terrorism, 'Terror in the Name of God is a brilliant and thought-provoking work." |
 | Rice: A Novel Product# 460678654 Selling for $12.95 "Adopting Five Dragons, a vicious, starving wanderer from the provinces of pre-Communist China, a city family suffers from a human debasement and spiritual degradation that threatens to tear it apart. Reader's Guide available. Reprint." |
 | Liberating Paris Product# 460678656 Selling for $24.95 "Successful doctor and family man Wood McIlroy has an affair that prompts an emotional maelstrom among his friends, a situation that is complicated by a national discount store's entry into their small-town community. A first novel. 50,000 first printing." |
 | KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: ADVENTURES IN THE CULINARY UNDERBELLY Product# 460678748 Selling for $14 "When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote 'Don't Eat Before You Read This' in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine. From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants of Tokyo to the drug dealers of the East Village, from the mobsters to the rats, Bourdain's brilliantly written, wild-but-true tales make the belly ache with laughter." |
 | PENTHESILEA: A TRAGIC DRAMA Product# 460678764 Selling for $16 "An army of Amazons sets out to conquer Greek heroes for the purpose of stocking their women's state with new female offspring. They blast into the midst of the Trojan War, confusing Greeks and Trojans alike and for a moment forcing those enemies into a terrified alliance. When Achilles, the pride and mainstay of the Greeks, and Penthesilea ('Pen-te-sil-lay-uh), queen of the Amazons, meet, a chase begins, 'The like of which not even the wildest storms Set loose to thunder across the plain of heaven Have yet presented to the astonished world, and it is the queen who is hunting Achilles, to the uncomprehending horror of the Greeks. Thus begins a tragedy of love in a world governed by the rules of war, on which 'the gods look down but from afar.' For the first time, in this splendidly illustrated book, an English translation recreates the audaity, romance, and poetry of one of the strangest and most beautiful works of Western literature." |
 | Outcast Product# 460678772 Selling for $12.95 "Elliot Steil, the son of a Cuban mother and an American-bo rn laborer living on the island before the revolution, is a down-on-his-luck schoolteacher in Havana. Like so many of his fellow Havanans, he has come to accept his rather dull life and for the most part has given up hoping for a better future. But unexpectedly he is offered the opportunity to escape when a man appears on the island, claiming to be an old friend of Elliot's deceased father. The man offers to take Elliot to the United States, but it isn't long before he reveals his ulterior motives and Ell iot is left to die in the dangerous waters of the Florida Straits. It is there that Elliot begins to relive the events of his life that have haunted him since his childhood. He is miraculo usly rescued by a family onboard a makeshift raft and soon after ar riving in Miami begins his search for the man who betrayed him. As the search immerses him deeper and deeper into Miami's darker side of crime and corruption, he slowly unravels the mystery of his bicultural past and its links to the man who knew his" |
 | The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Product# 460678793 Selling for $13.95 "The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of its creation is a fascinating and mysterious story--a story of two remarkable men whose strange twenty-year relationship lies at the core of this historic undertaking. Professor James Murray, an astonishingly learned former schoolmaster and bank clerk, was the distinguished editor of the OED project. Dr. William Chester Minor, an American surgeon from New Haven, Connecticut, who had served in the Civil War, was one of thousands of contributors who submitted illustrative quotations of words to be used in the dictionary. But Minor was no ordinary contributor. He was remarkably prolific, sending thousands of neat, handwritten quotations from his home in the small village of Crowthorne, fifty miles from Oxford. On numerous occasions Murray invited Minor to visit Oxford and celebrate his work, but Murray's offer was regularly--and mysteriously--refused. Thus the two men, for two decades, maintained a close relationship only through correspondence. Finally, in 1896, after Minor had sent nearly ten thousand definitions to the dictionary but had still never traveled from his home, a puzzled Murray set out to visit him. It was then that Murray finally learned the truth about Minor--that, in addition to being a masterful wordsmith, Minor was also a murderer, clinically insane--and locked up in Broadmoor, England's harshest asylum for criminal lunatics." |
 | Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough Product# 460678804 Selling for $13.95 "Lorelei vengefully returns to the hometown where she was wrongfully accused of murder, while Sarah hides the truth about her troubled marriage behind a faade of perfection, and Erin's frustration about her husband's inappropriate behavior reaches a boiling point. Original. 25,000 first printing." |
 | Purity of Heart Product# 460678806 Selling for $15 'To read this book with care is to know oneself pursued by 'The Hound of Heaven.' 'Purity of Heart' is one of many books in which Kierkegaard sought to rescue the individual from 'massification' by compelling him to stand alone before God.' Howard A. Johnson in The Review of Religion' |
 | The Present Age Product# 460678807 Selling for $12 "'Those who would know Kierkegaard, the intesely religious humorist, the irrepressibly witty critic of his age and ours, can do no better than to begin with this book. In it we find the heart of Kierkagaard. It is not innocuous, not genteel, not comfortable. He does not invite the reader to realx and have a little laugh with him at the expense of other people or at his own foibles. Kierkegaard deliberately challenges the reader's whole existence. 'Nor does he merely challenge our existence; he also questions some ideas that had become well entrenched in his time and that are even more characteristic of the present age. Kierkegaard insists, for example, that Christianity was from the start essentially authoritarian--not just that the Catholic Church was, or that Calvin was, or Luther, or, regrettably, most of the Christian churches, but that Christ was--and is. Indeed, though Kierkegaard was, and wished to be, an individual, and even said that on his tombstone he would like no other epitaph than 'That Individual, ' his protest against his age was centered in" |
 | Exploring the World's Religions: A Reading and Writing Workbook Product# 460678813 Selling for $8 The perfect companion to Huston Smith's 'The World's Religions'-- a classroom-tested workbook for the understanding of humankind's wisdom traditions. |
 | Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art Product# 460678822 Selling for $42 "Identifies and explains the religious, historical, mythical, literary, and other figures and themes upon which the repertoire of European art is based" |
 | The Imperfect Panacea Product# 460678885 Selling for $67.32 "This short history of American Education examines our nation's peculiar faith in the power of its schools to solve its various social problems. Focusing mainly on the post Civil War period, it shows how our early public school system was used in an attempt to solve such problems as racial inequality, urban decay, unemployment, and nationalization. It also shows how later problems such as overpopulation, AIDS, environmental pollution, drugs, automobile safety, crime, and cultural discrimination have been put on the school's agenda. In a new concluding section, Professor Perkinson discusses why the public schools have not solved these broad social problems and why they should not be expected to do so." |
 | The Might of Nations Product# 460678897 Selling for $65.35 "This highly successful basic text concentrates on the struggle for power and order in world affairs. Clearly organized and written in a vivid, engaging style, 'The Might of Nations provides exceptional breadth and depth of coverage of world politics since 1945." |
 | Wireless Crash Course Product# 460678924 Selling for $34.95 "A text for a first course in wireless management, as well as a tool for managers in need of an expanded understanding of wireless carrier systems, their operation and optimization. Shows readers how voice and data systems work, including cellular radio systems, RF channelization and propagation, enhancers, and microcells. Softcover. DLC: Wireless communication systems." |
 | The Auction App: How Companies Tap the Power of Online Auctions to Maximize Revenue Growth Product# 460678933 Selling for $27.95 "Details the tools and tactics employed by Sun Microsystems, Coca-Cola, and companies of any size and virtually every industry for creating, conducting, managing, and executing online auctions. Provides new avenues of cooperation between sellers and suppliers." |
 | Teach Yourself Mathematics Product# 460678970 Selling for $11.95 "For anyone who needs help grasping basic math concepts, this step-by-step guide offers clear, detailed explanations and numerous worked examples for quick learning. 'Teach Yourself Mathematics covers algebra and geometry; fractions and decimals; Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry; ratio and proportion; and much more. This new edition addresses recent developments such as the greater prominence of probability and statistics in education and general usage. Throughout, exercises with answers are provided to test and reinforce understanding of mathematical processes and solutions to common problems." |
 | Teaching To Change The World Product# 460679050 Selling for $67.1 "This is a highly current and engaging, multicultural, introduction to education and teaching -- both its challenges and its joys. Jeannie Oakes is a leading education researcher and director of the UCLA teacher education program. Martin Lipton is an education writer and consultant and has taught in public schools for 31 years. Together, they bring an excellent blend of theory and applications to the text. This ground-breaking text responds to the current national crisis in teaching and teacher education, considers the values and politics that pervade education, and asks critical questions about how conventional thinking and practice came to be and who benefits from them. The text takes the position that a hopeful, democratic future depends on whether all students learn, and pays particular attention to inequalities associated with race, social class, language, gender, and other social categories and looks for alternatives to the inequalities. The text provides a solid research base and practical treatment of essential topics that locates these topics within cog" |
 | Living With Art Product# 460679072 Selling for $83.8 "In its fourth edition 'Gilbert's Living with Art' won a first-place award for outstanding design and production at the 1995 New York Book Show. The new sixth edition is even more luxurious and beautiful. Not only a book about art, but also an artfully made book, 'Gilbert's Living with Art' has earned a reputation for elegance and the highest standards of quality. 'Living with Art' supports student efforts to develop an appreciation of art by clearly communicating the ways one can approach various forms of expression - offering a comprehensive introduction to the visual arts from several perspectives: themes and purposes of art; the vocabulary of art; individual art media (painting, drawing, camera arts, sculpture, architecture, etc.); and the chronological history of art. The book is rich with illustrations drawn from a wide range of artistic cultures and time periods." |
 | Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism 04/05 Product# 460679123 Selling for $24.15 "This edition of Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism provides convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current, carefully selected articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Within the pages of this volume are interesting, well-illustrated articles by sociologists, political scientists, researchers, and writers providing an effective and useful perspective on today's important topics in the study of violence and terrorism. This title is supported by the student Web site Dushkin Onine (www.dushkin.com)." |
 | Business: A Changing World with PowerWeb and Enhanced Quizzing CD-ROM Product# 460679146 Selling for $85 "Business: A Changing World is the fastest growing introduction to business text available today. Its success is due in large measure to the real-world, skill-building, decision-focused framework in a compact and timely format, as well as the authors' commitment to providing the content and teaching materials that instructors and students desire. Contemporary examples and boxed features help the fundamental concepts of business come alive for students. The authors provide an abundance of new real-world examples, cases, boxed features, and exercises to make the course interesting and exciting. Feedback from adopters and reviewers alike indicates that they have done an excellent job in providing a complete teaching package that engages and connects students to the realities of business. Authors O.C. Ferrell and Geoff Hirt emphasize the important issues and challenges facing business today, but they also believe that there must be a balance in coverage to avoid an over-emphasis of trendy topics. They believe that students must first learn some of the fundamental co" |
 | Experiencing Philosophy Product# 460679217 Selling for $88.4 "This useful and richly informative book will inspire and motivate readers to appreciate the importance and relevance of philosophy in their everyday lives. A user-friendly format provides detailed content coverage and critical reasoning skills development. Its “ applied focus” pays attention to the personal and practical relevance of philosophy by focusing on its experiential, therapeutic, and social applications--complemented by a built-in study guide and substantial excerpts from classical original sourceworks. Six chapters cover: what philosophy is, philosophies of life, logic and philosophical method, epistemology and metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy. For individuals new to, and interested in, the study of philosphy." |
 | Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History Product# 460679244 Selling for $57.8 "This landmark volume of Latin American history weaves the history of an entire region into a coherent story that emphasizes both common themes and regional and national specificity. This unique volume provides an interpretive history of Modern Latin America with a focus on the central dynamic of Latin American history—the enigma of poor people inhabiting rich lands. The Seventh Edition has been updated and modernized to reflect recent research, interpretations and developments. This volume addresses the origins of a multiracial society, the institutions of empire, independence, the emergence of the modern state, new actors on an old stage, world war to cold war issues, the revolutionary option and modern problems. For Historians and those interested in a concise analysis of Latin American history." |
 | Western Heritage, The: Volume B, 1300-1815 Product# 460679266 Selling for $63 "FOR STUDENTS: Study Guide Modules contain multiple choice and true/false quizzes, map exercises, and other features designed to help students with self-study. Reference Modules contain Web Destinations and Net Search options that provide the opportunity to quickly reach information on the Web that relates to the content in the text. Communication Modules include tools such as Live Chat and Message Boards to facilitate online collaboration and communication. Personalization Modules include our enhanced Help feature that contains a text page for browsers an plug-ins. FOR INSTRUCTORS: Syllabus Manager ™ tool provides an easy-to-follow process for creating, posting, and revising a syllabus online that is accessible from any point within the Companion Website ™. Faculty Resources ™ give faculty the ability to download art from the book for creating Powerpoint™ slides in addition to lecture notes and strategies for teaching Western Civilization. The Companion Website ™ makes integrating the Internet into your course exciting and easy. Join us online at www.prenhall.com/kagan and enter a new world of teaching and learning." |
 | World's History, The, Volume II: Since 1100 Product# 460679276 Selling for $91.6 "A true exploration of world history, Volume II presents the latter phases of world history through an analysis of three chronological turning points seen through the prisms of eight different themes —origens, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions and technology. Focusing throughout on three major questions — What do we know? How do we know it? What difference does it make? — it helps readers make sense of the immensity of human historical experience. Volume II covers history from migration: 1500-1750, demographic changes, social change: 1688-1914, and exploding technologies:1914-1900s. For individuals interested in a comprehensive, yet manageable presentation of world history." |
 | Creative Impulse, The: An Introduction to the Arts Product# 460679336 Selling for $93.8 "This book presents readers with an overview of the arts in the Western tradition; in the contexts of the philosophy, religion, aesthetic theory, economics, and politics surrounding them. It is an historical introduction to the humanities yielding a basic familiarity with major styles and their implications as well as a sense of the historical development of individual arts disciplines. Includes comprehensive and equal treatment of the histories of all the arts as well as a vibrant color illustration program. Explores such topics as Greek Classicism and Hellenism, Byzantium and the Rise of Islam, and The Baroque Age. For anyone interested in artwork or the history of art, whether in a museum, theatre, concert hall, or on the street." |
 | Western Civilization, A Social and Cultural History, Volume I: Prehistory to 1750 Product# 460679340 Selling for $92.2 "These 'Western Civilization, Second Edition' books explain why western civilization is worth knowing about. Taking a topical approach, they stress social and cultural themes, they ask, “ What is the West?”, and incorporate significant discussion of peoples and civilizations outside the boundaries of the West. Provides a more coherent introduction to global issues than a world history presentation. 'Western Civilization, 2/e' is accompanied by rich visual images, numerous textual excerpts, provocative special features, and timelines, charts and maps that make the narrative even more accessible. Each chapter now includes internet resources for research. Examines the French Revolution and 19th-century social and political movements in depth. Discussion of religion now occurs at key junctures in each chapter. Updated first chapter reflects the latest findings in paleoanthropology. Epilogue includes recent events such as global terrorism. Covers Social/economic history--e.g., gender roles, family and children, elite groups, urban/rural contrasts, cities an" |
 | Balanced Introduction to Computer Science, A Product# 460679355 Selling for $90 "This carefully written, balanced book teaches the most important concepts in computing and computer science while providing enough programming depth to enable understanding about how people work with computers. Taking advantage of today's interest in and familiarity with the Web, the book contains experimental problems using Web-based tools; enabling readers to learn the fundamentals of programming by developing their own interactive Web pages. Beginning with an introduction, overview, and the basics of computers, the book proceeds with comprehensive chapters on HTML and Web pages, the Internet, JavaScript and Web page creation, the history of computers, abstraction and user-defined functions, algorithms and programming languages, event-driven programming, conditional execution, data representation, conditional repetition, JavaScript strings, and transistors and integrated circuits. This book can serve as an excellent reference resource for those entering the computer job market: programmers, Web site and Web page designers, and technical support staff." |
 | New Global Terrorism, The: Characteristics, Causes, Controls Product# 460679364 Selling for $55.6 "This book comprehensively covers the debatable issues regarding the post-September 11th wave of terrorism, the multiple roots of this deadly new form of international violence, and the leading ideas being considered as means for the “war on global terrorism” to be won. Informed and informative interpretations, written by the world's most authoritative scholars especially for this book, present a balanced and accessible set of essays and chapters describing the new international terrain that has emerged in the wake of 9-11. A three-part organization breaks the subject of global terrorism into three categories of analysis, and demonstrates to readers that how terrorism is defined will shape the conclusions that are reached about its causes and remedies. For analyzing present and future acts of terrorism, creating awareness of the obstacles to accurately understanding it, and consideration of the strategies for containing the destructiveness of this deadly phenomena." |
 | Applied Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences Product# 460679391 Selling for $125 "Textbook for applied mathematics for business, economics, life sciences, and the social sciences." |
 | African Religions: Symbol, Ritual, and Community Product# 460679416 Selling for $45.8 "This book presents a portrait of African religious history framed in the religious themes common to the rest of the world. It looks at the traditional religions that provided the philosophical, religious, and ethical basis of African culture. Focusing primarily on traditional African religions and their related myths, rituals, authorities , ethics , and artwork, the book also includes substantial treatment on nationalism, African Islam and Christianity. For anyone who wants to gain an understanding of the relationship between African religion and culture." |
 | Critical Approaches to Writing About Film Product# 460679419 Selling for $47.8 "This book explains how to prepare for and write various types of critical pieces on film. It distinguishes the four main critical formats of writing about film—the review, the critique, the comparative analysis and the documented research paper—from each other (why, when, and how to use each and the different aspects within each). The book provides theor |