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Imprint: Tor Science Fiction, 1988 What kind of force can freeze a lynx solid in seconds, so fast that, once t hawed, the cat can walk away in perfect health? What kind of force can murder almost all the inhabitants of a small New Mex ico town in seconds? Larry Fowler is a scientist--he doesn't want to be frightened by things he doesn't understand. he'd rather run away from the frozen cat than have to believe it existed. However, he can't stop asking questions--questions that will bring him face to face with psychlone!, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038131. ISBN: 9780812531657
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Imprint: Warner Books, 1991 The motivation of the mass-murderer--in this case a noted poet--becomes the subject of investigation by an ambitious policewoman, a renegade psycholog ist, and the murderer's closest friend. Twenty-first century Los Angeles pr ovides the surrealistic setting for a remarkable exploration of human guilt and fears in the latest novel by the author of Blood Music and Eternity. B ear's blending of high-tech gloss with penetrating insights into human natu re results in a complex and challenging speculative vision of the "country of the mind." Highly recommended., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000011452. ISBN: 9780446361309
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Imprint: Legend paperbacks, 1989 Sequel to THE INFINITY CONCERTO. The story: He's been held captive in the l and of the Sidhe, and when he returned home to Los Angeles, all he wanted w as to live like a normal, average man again. But there are hauntings in the city streets, and strange bodies in a crumbling old hotel, a Song of Power in the air and an ancient creature summoning him from beneath the waters o f a loch in Scotland, Michael had returned to California at last. But the S idhe were following him home.., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000001070. ISBN: 9780099537007
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Imprint: A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1969 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030337. ISBN: 9780713609936
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Imprint: Macmillan Education, 1999 Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000006531. ISBN: 9784895853675
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Imprint: Macmillan Education, 1999 Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000006530. ISBN: 9784895853682
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Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin, 1991 A read copy, but no markings throughout, spine unblemished, not an ex-lib e dition. The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction is recognized as one of the world's most authoritative and trusted sources of information concerning sexuality, sexual health and practices, and related issues. Now the Kinsey Institute has compiled a thorough, easy-to-read volume containing hundreds of answers to actual questions they're asked most often., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000027387. ISBN: 9780312063863
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Imprint: Optima Books, 1993 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000029834. ISBN: 9780356207643
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Imprint: On Your Own Publications, 2001 Zany's New York City Apartment Guide is a colorful and easy to use sourcebo ok., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000026743. ISBN: 9781929377114
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Imprint: Vintage, 1992 A collection of short fiction, twelve works in all, including two never- bef ore-published novellas. Here are disconnected marriages and uneasy reunions , nostalgic reminiscences and sudden epiphanies--a remarkable and moving co llage of contemporary lives., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035841. ISBN: 9780679739036
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Imprint: HarperTorch, 2002 Published more than 60 years ago, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca still captiva tes, at least partly because of its insistent ambiguity: we never learn def initively whether Maxim de Winter murdered his stunning first wife, Rebecca , or why Maxim so hastily remarried a mousy younger woman, famously unnamed . Selected by the du Maurier estate, Beauman (Destiny) has written a "compa nion" to Rebecca that preserves, and even deepens, the earlier novel's craf ty evasions. Set in 1951, two decades after Rebecca's death was ruled a sui cide, Beauman's story opens with the same (now famous) sentence as the earl ier book: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Elderly, ailing Colonel Arthur Julyan was magistrate in the district when the legendary de Winter mansion mysteriously burned to the ground. Julyan's last days are di sturbed by the intrusive visits of Terence Gray, a Scottish academic who cl aims to be writing a book about Rebecca's death. Then both Julyan's sharp d aughter Ellie and Gray, who has secrets of his own, become rattled when Reb ecca's personal effects begin arriving at the Julyan home. One of the anony mously sent packages contains Rebecca's journal, written just before her de ath a possible Rosetta stone. Beauman expertly tells Rebecca's tale from fo ur different perspectives Julyan's, Gray's, Ellie's and, most vividly, Rebe cca's without settling which version is nearest the truth. Though a composi te Rebecca emerges depressive, possibly schizophrenic, promiscuous, fearles s and almost certainly "dangerous" Beauman merely hints at a biological cau se, raising titillating, though fully plausible, possibilities. This lushly, Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000009531. ISBN: 9780061032042
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Imprint: Little Brown Paperbacks, 2002 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Published more than 60 years ago, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca still captivates, at least partly because of its insistent ambiguity: we never learn definitively whether Maxim de Winter murdered his stunning first wife, Rebecca, or why Maxim so hastily remarried a mousy younger woman, famously unnamed. Selected by the du Maurier estate, Beauman (Destiny) has written a "companion" to Rebecca that preserves, and even deepens, the earlier novel's crafty evasions. Set in 1951, two decades after Rebecca's death was ruled a suicide, Beauman's story opens with the same (now famous) sentence as the earlier book: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Elderly, ailing Colonel Arthur Julyan was magistrate in the district when the legendary de Winter mansion mysteriously burned to the ground. Julyan's last days are disturbed by the intrusive visits of Terence Gray, a Scottish academic who claims to be writing a book about Rebecca's death. Then both Julyan's sharp daughter Ellie and Gray, who has secrets of his own, become rattled when Rebecca's personal effects begin arriving at the Julyan home. One of the anonymously sent packages contains Rebecca's journal, written just before her death a possible Rosetta stone. Beauman expertly tells Rebecca's tale from four different perspectives Julyan's, Gray's, Ellie's and, most vividly, Rebecca's without settling which version is nearest the truth. Though a composite Rebecca emerges depressive, possibly schizophrenic, promiscuous, fearless and almost certainly "dangerous" Beauman merely hints at a biological cause, raising titillating, t, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000021409. ISBN: 9780751532289
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Imprint: Macmillan ELT, 1993 Part of a four-level American English course that takes learners from begin ner to intermediate level. It consists of student's books which include sel f-study grammar reviews, illustrated workbooks, teacher's books, and casset tes., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000006664. ISBN: 9780435296063
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Imprint: Non Basic Stock Line, 2000 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000019405. ISBN: 9789748237114
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Imprint: MITCH, 2006 A crisp clean hardcover, no markings throughout: In celebration of its 30th year, this book has undergone a subtle revamping, while keeping the same authoritative tone and clarity of presentation that has come to characterise this classic. Hugh Johnson and his galaxy of expert contributors have refreshed the text more than ever, with added pages for Australia, Chile and Germany, as well as updated introductions to every country. New features, such as moving the vintage charts to the front endpapers, ensure this book remains "the definitive annual guide to wine", offering the "most accessible and valuable advice available"., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000020808. ISBN: 9781845331023
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Imprint: Mysterious Press, 1994 Amateur detective Jane da Silva searches for a missing witness to the murd er of a pharmacist, a crime for which the wrong man may have been convicte d., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000015819. ISBN: 9780446401456
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Imprint: Threshold Editions, 2009 (No Dustjacket) #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio and tv host Glenn Beck's ult imate handbook for tackling and winning life's most important arguments. FUNNY. FRIGHTENING. TRUE. It happens to all of us: You're minding your own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying their fair share of taxes. Just go away! you think to yourself -- but they only become more obnoxious. Your heart rate quickens. You start to sweat. You can't get away. Your onl y hope is...this book. Glenn Beck, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers An Inconvenient Boo k and Glenn Beck's Common Sense, has stumbled upon the secret formula to wi nning arguments against people with big mouths but small minds: knowing the facts. And this book is full of them. The next time your Idiot Friends tell you how gun control prevents gun viol ence, you'll tell them all about England's handgun ban (see page 53). When they tell you that we should copy the UK's health-care system, you'll recou nt the horrifying facts you read on page 244. And the next time an idiot te lls you that vegetable prices will skyrocket without illegal workers, you'l l stop saying "no, they won't" and you'll start saying, "actually, eliminat ing all illegal labor will cause us to spend just $8 a year more on produce ." (See page 139.) Idiots can't be identified through voting records, they can be found only by looking for people who hide behind stereotypes, embrace partisanship, and believe that bumper sticker slogans are a substitute for common sense. If you know someone who fits the bill, th, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000028968. ISBN: 9781416595014
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Imprint: Hollis Pub, 1996 Bearing Fruit for Christ: A Girl Named Linde Is Pruned from the Vine, Fine Stock number: RWARE0000005681. ISBN: 9781884186028
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Imprint: AMACOM, 2002 NTT DoCoMo is among the most exciting and profitable companies in the world . In three years, it has sold Internet wireless telephones to 29 million Ja panese residents, despite a recession and low consumer spending. DoCoMo's I -mode phones are not just, or even primarily, for talking. They can take an d transmit pictures, access the Web, send and receive data and transact bus iness without credit cards or currency. When the company announced plans fo r 500% market penetration (by selling wireless services for pets) and repla cing paper currency, no one laughed. DoCoMo is working hard to replicate it s success outside Japan, and in March listed its stock on the New York and London stock exchanges. As a spinoff of the stodgy Japanese national teleph one company, DoCoMo has unrivaled appeal for trendy hipsters and geeky gadg et-heads alike. It spends $10 billion a year on research and development, a field most service providers have abandoned., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000009100. ISBN: 9780814407530
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Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell, 1993 In a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts o f each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effe cts of the world's only 'total war' upon the civilians who often faced bewi lderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns i n which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attem pted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways., As New Stock number: RWARE0000036737. ISBN: 9780882959061
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Imprint: Kensington, 2007 Nineteen-year-old Nick, who is known as "the one who disappears" by his dis approving Midwestern family, suddenly finds his anonymity challenged by rel ationships and opportunities, love and sex, and truth and acceptance., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000021903. ISBN: 9780758216861
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Imprint: Continuum International Publ, 1994 A wonderful tight clean copy, first edition, protected in a new brodart wra pper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE /BOMC edition. Becker, an authority on semiotics (the theory of signs and symbols), has produced a scholarly compendium of symbols. Translated from the original German, more than 1,500 entries are arranged alphabetically, along with 800 illustrations, most of them in black and white, with an insert of colorplates. As he states in the foreword, the selection from the inestimable number of symbolic signs is always a personal one by the editor. Readers will find symbolic meanings for common objects, such as the rose, cross, and numbers, as well as the Greek god Tyche, valerian weed, and ancient mythical giant Ymir. Exploring a wealth of objects and concepts, this encyclopedia traces symbols to their cultural, religious, or mythological origins in 50-100 words. A short bibliography provides additional references. Dictionaries of symbols abound, and each covers some different symbols., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000008491. ISBN: 9780826406446
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Imprint: Dell, 1998 "A how-to book that reads like a thriller...provocative...empowering."-The Boston Globe "De Becker has a lot to say about crime and the fear of crime, and he says it persuasively...his blend of empathy, reassurance and common sense wows r eaders."-Newsweek "Chilling and fascinating."-Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine, Good Stock number: RWARE0000038859. ISBN: 9780440226192
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Imprint: Grove Press, 1994 This collection of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett's dramatic pieces incl udes a short stage play, two radio plays, and two pantomimes. The stage pla y, Krapp's Last Tape, evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a ma n who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded on his thirty-ninth birthday. The two radio plays were commissioned by the BBC; All That Fall "plumbs the same pessimistic depths [as Waiting for Godot] in what seems a no less despairing search for human dignity" (London Times), and Embers is equally unforgettable theater, born of the ramblings of an old man and his wife., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037827. ISBN: 9780802151346
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Imprint: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Sister Wendy Beckett lives in a Carmelite monastery in Norfolk, England, and proselytizes extensively about art, seeking to broaden popular appreciation. Following the success of the TV series Sister Wendy's Odyssey and the book of the same name, PBS recently began broadcasting Sister Wendy's Grand Tour. This accompanying book briefly summarizes her trips to several European cities, and the overall impression is of a whirlwind tour. Each city receives only a one-page overview facing a crowded montage of pen-and-ink views of its major monuments. Sister Wendy discusses four to ten works of art in each city and expresses frustration at having to leave out so many. Each work is illustrated in color, and a final section contains short biographies of the 47 artists., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000009152. ISBN: 9781556705090
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Imprint: Grove Press, 1982 As Vladimir and Estragon await the arrival of Godot, they discuss their liv es and consider hanging themselves, but choose to wait for Godot instead, i n the hope that he can tell them their purpose., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000032590. ISBN: 9780394475295
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Imprint: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, 1972 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033069. ISBN: 9780571058082
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Imprint: Sourcebooks Trade, 2000 "If there is a Fountain of Youth, I'll probably be the first one to ju mp in, but until then, I'm going to enjoy my mountaintop years. I&apos ;m going to have a ball at every age." Still Groovin' revels in all of life's wonders. Drawing on her extraordinary experiences in dance, theater and community service, Ruth Beckford offers more than 100 affirmations for women at midlife and beyond, touching on every aspect of life, from health and empowerment to romance and inner peace., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000014523. ISBN: 9781570715297
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Imprint: Avon, 2000 The only insiders account ever written on Americas most powerful weapon in the war against terrorism., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000030765. ISBN: 9780380809394
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Imprint: Anchorage Press, 1984 A collection of thirteen plays tracing the evolution of drama over the past century from the nineteenth-century English pantomime to the contemporary audience participation play., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000004066. ISBN: 9780876020456
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Imprint: Heinemann (William) Australi, 1991 A crisp clean trade paperback., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000014933. ISBN: 9780855614119
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Imprint: Lonely Planet Publications, 2002 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Glowing frescoes, patchwork blue-green landscapes, multihued Gothic cathedr als and cypress- dotted vineyards - from Florence's Renaissance riches to me dieval hilltop villages, this guide will help you get the most out of Italy 's most beguiling region. 46 detailed maps, including full-colour regional map mouthwatering special section on the region's food and wine comprehensive coverage of Tuscan art and architecture in-depth walking section the finest accommodation options, from convents to castelli practical Italian language chapter with Tuscan pronunciation guide, As New Stock number: RWARE0000017642. ISBN: 9781864503579
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Imprint: Tfh Pubns Inc, 1962 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000006099. ISBN: 9780876664285
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Imprint: Heinemann, 1994 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout. Susham Bedi lives and teaches in the USA, but continues to write in her mother-tongue, Hindi. Through a woman's eyes, this novel describes several years in the lives of Indian immigrants in the United States, charting the battle of traditional Hindu morals and values against modern American life., As New Stock number: RWARE0000018973. ISBN: 9780435950873
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Imprint: Lonely Planet Publications, 2005 This guide features Portugal's finest attractions from enchanting Lisbon to hilltop cork groves and picturesque beaches. Where to eat, sleep and party - anywhere and for any budget is covered, plus a special section on archit ecture and port wine. A user-friendly language chapter is included., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038190. ISBN: 9781740596824
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Imprint: Serindia Publications, 2004 This study of the sacred art of Tibet is the result of eight years of metic ulous brush drawing, and a life-time spent researching and reflecting upon the inner and often hidden meanings and origins encapsulated in this most c omplex of iconographical traditions. Several thousand individual drawings a rranged as a series of 169 plates illustrate the many variations in style a nd individual expression of these ritual objects. The text interweaves the origins, meanings and functions of these symbols, derived from India, Tibet and China, into a comprehensive tapestry, Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034965. ISBN: 9781932476101
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Imprint: Kessinger Pub Co, 2004 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. It occurs to you that he was a fool? It didn't to me. I was young, and had not the clarity of judgment that Rothenstein already had. Soames was quite five or six years older than either of us. Also--he had written a book. It was wonderful to have written a book., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038174. ISBN: 9781419117930
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Imprint: Pocket Books, 2004 A revised and updated edition of the World's most widely used medical refer ence, The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Second Home Edition. For more than 100 years doctors have been coming to us for advice. Now you can, too. The Merck Manual has traditionally provided exclusive, up-to-the- minute inf ormation to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Now, with the special Home Edition, the general public can access virtually the same critical data contained in the physician's version-but in everyday language and a reader-friendly format. With contributions from nearly 200 internationally respected medical expert s, this fully revised edition offers vital, easy-to-understand information about almost every known medical issue, including: • AIDS • cancer • eating, digestive, and nutrition disorders • heart disease • mental illness • pediatric care -- including a new chapter on early-childhood develo pment • sexual dysfunction • terminal illness • viruses and infections ...and much more. Featuring original illustrations and diagrams, an A-Z lis ting of brand- name and generic drugs, and an appendix of medical resources, The Merck Manual Home Edition is published as a not-for-profit service by Merck, a world leader in breakthrough medical discoveries with a long commi tment to making the world a healthier place. Editorial Reviews Review Sherwin Noland, M.D. Clinical Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine; author of "How We Die, Doctors, and The Wisdom of the Body"Merck has accomplished what I had thought was impossible -- to produce a clear, readabl, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039058. ISBN: 9780743477345
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Imprint: Image, 1987 St. Therese wrote this account of her life at the behest of her prioress si ster two and a half years before she died. Writing in her cold cell for a s hort spell each evening, this obscure manuscript was completed just a few s hort weeks before she expired., Good Stock number: RWARE0000015425. ISBN: 9780385029032
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Imprint: Mcgraw Hill Book Co, 1997 Creased front cover, no markings throughout: Begg, Fischer and Dornbusch's Economics has shaped introductory economics t eaching for a decade and a half with its judicious, even-handed approach, c lear but entertaining exposition and impressive array of the latest data an d policy applications. Don't make the millennium a lottery--buy the book th at students have come to rely upon. New Features of the Fifth Edition: * Essential infrastructure for effective markets--Western lessons from East ern Europe * open- economy microeconomics: the new economic geography, migration, loca tional competition and the subsidiarity principle * Dead or hibernating? The outlook for inflation and new approaches to infl ation control * European integration: progress, pitfalls and how to keep score All backed up by a host of exciting new boxes to bring economics alive and a completely new Instructor's Manual with David Begg's "top tips for teaching"., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000019169. ISBN: 9780077094126
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Imprint: Ironbark, 1994 A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-library edition. Based on the BBC-TV series., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000026010. ISBN: 9780330274845
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Imprint: Earthpulse Press, 2006 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. "The best deterrent that we have against acts of terrorism is to find out w ho is conspiring, who has the material, where they are getting it, who they are talking to, and what are their plans. In order to do that, in order to interdict the terrorists before they set off their weapon, you have to hav e that kind of intelligence-gathering capability, but it runs smack into ou r constitutional protections of privacy. And it's a tension which will cont inue to exist in every free society - the reconciliation of the need for li berty and the need for law and order....that once these weapons start to be exploded people will say, "Protect us. We're willing to give up some of ou r liberties and some of our freedoms, but you must protect us." And that is what will lead us into this 21st century, this kind of Constitutional tens ion of how much protection can we provide and still preserve essential libe rties." SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILLIAM S. COHEN, DEFENSE VIEWPOINT, DECEMBER 1, 1998 "One can envision the development of electromagnetic energy sources, the output of which can be pulsed, shaped, and focused, that can couple with the human body in a fashion that will allow one to prevent voluntary muscular movements, control emotions (and thus actions), produce sleep, transmit suggestions, interfere with both short-term and long-term memory, produce an experience set, and delete an experience set. It would also appear possible to create high fidelity speech in the human body, raising the possibi, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038826. ISBN: 9781890693541
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Imprint: Addison Wesley Publishing Co, 1997 Contemporary Topics: Advanced Listening Comprehension, As New Stock number: RWARE0000006970. ISBN: 9780801309298
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Imprint: Ivy Books, 1999 Thomas Mistler has always thought himself "a happy man, as the world goes." A scion of old money, he made his own fortune in advertising and is now po ised to sell the company he founded for a fabulous price. But when a medica l examination reveals the presence in his liver of a fatal intruder, "prepo sterously, unmistakably, he begins to rejoice," with a feeling of having be en set free. But free from what? He will seek the answer surreptitiously, without revealing his illness to h is family, during a last reprieve, a moment of grace in "the one place on e arth where nothing irritates him." But amidst the surreal beauties of Venic e, he finds bitterness and chaos as he allows himself to drift for the firs t time. His halfhearted efforts to seize the day and its present pleasures- - first with a striving young photographer and later with a love of his yout h who never loved him--cannot compete with his need to commune with the liv ing and the dead that crowd his life: his father and uncle, pillars of the Establishment, sources of the "genetic puritanism" he has never tried to re sist; his son, Sam, whose love he has only barely salvaged; his wife, once perfectly "beautiful and suitable," now humiliated by him and half-scorned. And the one woman who embodies everything he might have wished for, a woma n he "never had and never lost." Deeply poignant yet mordantly funny, Mistler's Exit brilliantly discloses the pleasures and miseries of having it all. A masterly revelation of the complexities of the heart., Good Stock number: RWARE0000030464. ISBN: 9780804119153
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Imprint: Barron's Educational Series, 1999 Information and illustrations cover everything from exercise ramps and scra tching posts to litter boxes. This volume is filled with handsome, full-col or photos, instructive line art, and easy-to-read tables and charts. It pro vides information on all aspects of pet care for new and prospective pet ow ners., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000027121. ISBN: 9780764109355
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Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd, 2003 Andy Behrman was Superman. He slept three hours a day. He learned new langu ages in a week. He was a dealer, a hustler and an art forger who made milli ons. He flew from Geneva to Anguilla then back again to balance out the hot and cold. He gave strangers spontaneous gifts of thousands of dollars from the cash he kept in a refrigerator. Then he was arrested for art forgery, went to prison and soon after that found out he was mad. Following intensiv e bouts of electric shock therapy, he was cured. No longer Superman, but El ectroboy. This is his story., Good Stock number: RWARE0000029565. ISBN: 9780140288858
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Imprint: Apress, 2005 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Covers IPv6 on Windows XP, MacOS X, FreeBSD, and Linux. * It is on the cusp of the next Internet breakthrough. Network administrato rs will have to accommodate this technology eventually; this book will help them become more proficient. * IPv6 is gaining popularity, even the US government is starting to adopt it., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000032786. ISBN: 9781590595275
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Imprint: Baltos lankos, 2002 Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000026750. ISBN: 9789955429807
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Imprint: Harper, 2010 "Why do we succumb to hubris? Peter Beinart has written a highly intelligen t and wonderfully readable book that answers the question by looking at a c entury of American foreign policy. As with everything Beinart writes, it is lucid, thoughtful and strikingly honest." - Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World "Peter Beinart has written a vivid, empathetic, and convincing history of t he men and ideas that have shaped the ambitions of American foreign policy during the last century-a story in which human fallibility and idealism flo w together. The story continues, of course, and so his book is not only tim ely; it is indispensible." - Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars Peter Beinart, one of the nation's leading political writers, offers a provocative and strikingly original account of American hubris throughout history-and how we learn from the tragedies that result., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034803. ISBN: 9780061456466
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Imprint: Island Books, 2000 City of Light is quite simply electrifying. Not that there's anything simpl e about this rich novel, which is first and foremost an examination of illu sion, invisibility, and power--physical and personal. Set in the spring of 1901, as preparations for the Pan-American Exposition would seem to promise Buffalo, New York, a permanent place in the world, Lauren Belfer's book is narrated by the never-married headmistress of a fashionable girls' school. At 36, Louisa Barrett does her best to free her charges from their societa l shackles. "I'm rather ashamed of all the things I've been able to give my students through the subterfuge of training them to be better wives," she says proudly. What Louisa is most concerned about, however, is her 9-year-o ld goddaughter, Grace Sinclair, who has grown increasingly unstable since h er mother's sudden death. Meanwhile, Grace's father is heading up Buffalo's hydroelectric power plans with dangerous zeal--much to the chagrin of loca l conservationists who oppose any exploitation of Niagara Falls. Will Tom's intensity, which smacks of fanaticism, extend so far as murder? But this offers only the barest idea of Belfer's complex grid. In 500 fast pages, she creates a fascinating, disquieting world in which nothing is what it seems. As Louisa battles against her instinct for self-preservation, her past-- particularly a vile encounter with the corpulent Grover Cleveland-- threatens to undermine her carefully created persona and loose her greatest secret. Looking back on the events of 1901 from the safety (and disappointment) of 1909, Louisa is the most astringent and intriguing of narrators. To Lauren, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000011451. ISBN: 9780407101838
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