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 | The House of Intellect Product# 458503632 Selling for $13.95 "In this international bestseller, originally published in 1959, Jacques Barzun, acclaimed author of 'From Dawn to Decadence, takes on the whole intellectual -- or pseudo-intellectual -- world, attacking it for its betrayal of Intellect. 'Intellect is despised and neglected,' Barzun says, 'yet intellectuals are well paid and riding high.' He details this great betrayal in such areas as public administrations, communications, conversation and home life, education, business, and scholarship. In this edition's new Preface, Jacques Barzun discussess the intense -- and controversial -- reaction the world had to 'The House of Intellect.'" |
 | Because He Could Product# 458504844 Selling for $25.95 "The former Clinton advisor draws on his long relationship with the former president to reveal the true personality of Bill Clinton hidden behind the distortions of his autobiography, 'My Life.'" |
 | The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill: A Treasury of More Than 1,000 Quotations and Anecdotes Product# 460547001 Selling for $12.95 "One of the most charismatic and fascinating figures of the 20th century, Winston Churchill was a prolific writer, masterful orator, and consummate wit. In The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill, James Humes captures the essence of this larger-than-life personality with more than 1,000 quotations and anecdotes by and about Churchill." |
 | PLAN OF ATTACK Product# 460681238 Selling for $7.99 "After the successes of Air Battle Force, Patrick McLanahan learns about a potentially devastating retaliatory Russian attack on America's air forces and faces limited options when planning a counterstrike. Reprint." |
 | American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Path To Power Product# 460681505 Selling for $7.99 "The best-selling author of The Day John Died, The Day Diana Died, and Sweet Caroline returns with a provocative, fascinating new biography that sheds dramatic new light on Hillary Clinton's roles as First Lady and as a senator representing New York. Reprint." |
 | Red, White & Liberal: Why Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong Product# 460681546 Selling for $29.95 "The liberal co-host of Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes presents a critical analysis of the conservative party's practices, the notion of a liberal media, the War on Terror, and the military campaign in Iraq, presenting suggestions on how to apply liberal ideas to today's more conservative world. Read by the author." |
 | April Fool's Day Product# 460681614 Selling for $13.95 "Coming of age in a small Croatian town under the thumb of a dictator, medical student Ivan Dolinar endures a series of misadventures that include his incarceration in a labor camp and his draft into the army, where he is rendered a pawn in a senseless conflict." |
 | The Ministry of Pain Product# 460682027 Selling for $22.95 "Abandoned by her husband in Berlin after being forced into exile by the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic seeks sanctuary in the Department of Slavonic Language at the University of Amsterdam, where she and her fellow displaced students struggle to confront their traumatic memories of their homeland. By the author of The Museum of Unconditional Surrender. 25,000 first printing." |
 | F.u.b.a.r.: America's Right-wing Nightmare Product# 460682116 Selling for $29.95 "Presents a satirical analysis of life in the United States and argues that the Right-wing has a blueprint for total domination over everybody's money, mind, sex life, and even the afterlife." |
 | The Confession Product# 460682169 Selling for $26.95 "A memoir by a former New Jersey governor who acknowledged his homosexuality during his 2004 resignation speech describes the struggles he faced with his sexual identity during his Catholic upbringing, his political rise and fall, and his decision to publicly declare his orientation. 150,000 first printing." |
 | The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Product# 460682173 Selling for $32.5 "A portrait of the enigmatic former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S. discusses such topics as his illegitimate birth, his role in such events as the Iran-Contra affair and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and his relationship with the Bush and Reagan families. 50,000 first printing." |
 | At the Center of the Storm Product# 460682547 Selling for $39.95 "An account of the war on terror by a former CIA director traces the author's intelligence career, offers insight into the agency's inner workings, and discusses how America was both prepared and unprepared for the September 11 attacks. Simultaneous." |
 | Letters from Burma Product# 460686517 Selling for $16 "For the last decade of Burma's traumatic history, Aung San Suu Kyi-winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize-has been the inspirational leader of attempts to restore democracy to her country. In these fifty-two pieces, originally written for a Japanese newspaper and begun soon after her release from house arrest, she paints a vivid, poignant yet fundamentally optimistic picture of her native land." |
 | Churchill: The End of Glory : A Political Biography Product# 460687535 Selling for $33 "Based on fifteen years' research in archives in Britain, France, and America, this new political biography reapprises the Churchill myth created by the man and his official biographer to reveal a complex figure who is far more interesting than the ideal leader he is so often presented to be." |
 | The Color of Summer: Or the New Garden of Earthly Delights Product# 460765710 Selling for $15 The final work from the author of 'Before Night Falls' is the penultimate installment in his 'secret history of Cuba' and a powerful tale about the triumph of the human spirit over political and sexual repression. |
 | The Republic Product# 460765877 Selling for $19.95 "This version aims at conveying to the English reader as much as possible of the thought of the Republic in the most convenient and least misleading form. The sole purpose is to bring out what Plato meant, not to attack or defend his opinions." |
 | Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer Product# 460765953 Selling for $17.95 "Chronicles the life and military career of the soldier, mystic, and explorer who led a full-scale invasion into Tibet" |
| The Color of Summer: Or the New Garden of Earthly Delights Product# 460767574 Selling for $15 The final work from the author of 'Before Night Falls' is the penultimate installment in his 'secret history of Cuba' and a powerful tale about the triumph of the human spirit over political and sexual repression. |
| The Republic Product# 460768023 Selling for $19.95 "This version aims at conveying to the English reader as much as possible of the thought of the Republic in the most convenient and least misleading form. The sole purpose is to bring out what Plato meant, not to attack or defend his opinions." |
 | The President and the Parties; The Transformation of the American Party System Since the New Deal Product# 460768238 Selling for $37.95 "'Shows how the growth of the presidential power in the twentieth century created a politics of administration that has supplanted a vigorous party politics. This book will prove fascinating and indispensable reading for all who are concerned about the vitality of democratic institutions in the United States.' - Margaret Weir, The Brookings Institution." |
 | Scanning Force Microscopy; With Applications to Electric, Magnetic, and Atomic Forces Product# 460768277 Selling for $187 Revised edition presents a unified view of the rapidly growing field of atomic force microscopy. Deals with three related microscopies. DLC: Scanning force microscopy. |