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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1997
ISBN 10: 0679442758ISBN 13: 9780679442752
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. The author of On Love and The Romantic Movement presents a witty study of Marcel Proust that combines elements of literary biography, text analysis, and self-help manual as it examines the great writer's thoughts on true love, vacations, sex on the first date, and other issues. 17,500 first printing. Tour.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 2013
ISBN 10: 0307378411ISBN 13: 9780307378415
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Hardcover. Condition: used. Modern ideas get tangledup with traditional ones in the latest intriguing installment in the beloved, best-selling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First she is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmers estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmers nephew in order to claim his inheritance. Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can about the self-professed nephew. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice. The opening of her new salon has been shadowed by misfortune. Not only has she received a bad omen in the mail, but rumors are swirling that the salon is using dangerous products that burn peoples skin. Could someone be trying to put the salon out of business?Meanwhile, at the office, Mma Ramotswe has noticed something different about Grace Makutsi lately. Though Mma Makutsi has mentioned nothing, it has become clear that she is pregnant . . . But in Botswana-a land where family has always been held above all else-this may be cause for controversy as well as celebration.With genuine warmth, sympathy, and wit, Alexander McCall Smith explores some tough questions about married life, parenthood, grief, and the importance of the traditions that shape and guide our lives.This is the fourteenth installment in the series.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1996
ISBN 10: 0679435255ISBN 13: 9780679435259
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Like a photographer with his camera, John Berger uses words to capture moments: preserving them, denying their inherent transience. A passing encounter, an almost unnoticed gesture, a brief pause--Berger observes and transcribes them, and in so doing uncovers the extraordinary heart of the ordinary. This collection of stories brings a richly imagined landscape of elusive and ephemeral moments into eloquent existence.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 2001
ISBN 10: 0679453091ISBN 13: 9780679453093
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. For the first time ever, discoveries in our under-standing of the brain are changing anthropology, linguistics,philosophy, and psychology--indeed, the brain itself may become a catalyst for transforming the very nature of these inquiries.In A User's Guide to the Brain, Dr. John Ratey, best-selling co-author of Driven to Distraction, explains in lucid detail and with perfect clarity the basic structure and chemistry of the brain: howits systems shape our perceptions, emotions, actions, and reactions; how possession of this knowledge can enable us to more fully understand and improve our lives; and how the brainresponds to the guidance of its user. He draws on examples from his own practice, from research, and from everyday life toilluminate aspects of the brain's functioning, among themprenatal and early childhood development; the perceptualsystems; the processes of consciousness, memory, emotion, and language; and the social brain.As the best means for explaining the dynamic interactions of the brain, Ratey offers as a metaphor the four "theaters" of exploration: 1) the act of perception; 2) the filters of attention, consciousness, and cognition; 3) the array of options employed by the brain--memory, emotion, language, movement--to transform information into function; and 4) behavior and identity. Rateysucceeds not only in giving us a compelling portrait of the brain's infinite flexibility and unpredictability but also in demonstrating how our very understanding of the brain affects who we are.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679427279ISBN 13: 9780679427278
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st American Edition. Containing an eyewitness account of the first human courtship ever, a study of the lives of an everyday, ordinary cave family includes portraits of Mom, the ape woman; brother William and his attempted animal domestication; and Dad, the inventor. 25,000 first printing.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 2000
ISBN 10: 0679442766ISBN 13: 9780679442769
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems.Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing his work into six sections -- each highlighting a different psychic ailment and the appropriate philosopher -- de Botton offers consolation for unpopularity from Socrates, for not having enough money from Epicurus, for frustration from Seneca, for inadequacy from Montaigne, and for a broken heart from Schopenhauer (the darkest of thinkers and yet, paradoxically, the most cheering). Consolation for envy -- and, of course, the final word on consolation -- comes from Nietzsche: "Not everything which makes us feel better is good for us."This wonderfully engaging book will, however, make us feel better in a good way, with equal measures of wit and wisdom.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679424792ISBN 13: 9780679424796
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. An intimate of Gandhi describes how she grew from the shy daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru to political leader and reveals her thoughts, feelings, prejudices, insiights, flaws, strengths, loves, and emotional entanglements.
Published by Brand: Pantheon Books, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679420517ISBN 13: 9780679420514
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. A celebration of swimming includes commentary on swimming pulled from the works of Goethe, Fitzgerald, Mishima, and Swinburne; snippets from Olympic history; photographs of literary greats submerged; and pieces from the great Hollywood "swimming musicals."
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1994
ISBN 10: 0679407731ISBN 13: 9780679407737
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics--as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policies. Illustrations.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 2000
ISBN 10: 067940516XISBN 13: 9780679405160
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 2013
ISBN 10: 0307378845ISBN 13: 9780307378842
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. With a 4-page full-color insert, and black-and-white illustrations throughoutWhy do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing neurocriminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques to investigate the causes and cures of crime. In The Anatomy of Violence, Raine dissects the criminal mind with a fascinating, readable, and far-reaching scientific journey into the body of evidence that reveals the brain to be a key culprit in crime causation.Raine documents from genetic research that the seeds of sin are sown early in life, giving rise to abnormal physiological functioning that cultivates crime. Drawing on classical case studies of well-known killers in history-including Richard Speck, Ted Kaczynski, and Henry Lee Lucas-Raine illustrates how impairments to brain areas controlling our ability to experience fear, make good decisions, and feel guilt predispose us to violence. He contends that killers can actually be coldhearted: something as simple as a low resting heart rate can give rise to violence. But arguing that biology is not destiny, he also sketches out provocative new biosocial treatment approaches that can change the brain and prevent violence.Finally, Raine tackles the thorny legal and ethical dilemmas posed by his research, visualizing a futuristic brave new world where our increasing ability to identify violent offenders early in life might shape crime-prevention policies, for good and bad. Will we sacrifice our notions of privacy and civil rights to identify children as potential killers in the hopes of helping both offenders and victims? How should we punish individuals with little to no control over their violent behavior? And should parenting require a license? The Anatomy of Violence offers a revolutionary appraisal of our understanding of criminal offending, while also raising provocative questions that challenge our core human values of free will, responsibility, and punishment.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon Books, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679424113ISBN 13: 9780679424116
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the meechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1996
ISBN 10: 0679442359ISBN 13: 9780679442356
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Incorporating previously unpublished letters, journals, notebooks, songs, and other writings--a massive archive that Cohen himself has preserved--and hours of interviews with Cohen and his closest friends and colleagues, Ira Nadel gives readers an extraordinary rich and revealing life of one of the most fascinating and artists of our time. Photos.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0679442499ISBN 13: 9780679442493
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Argues that the techniques taught in acting school, and in particular the famous Stanislavsky Method, mislead aspiring actors, and suggests ways for performers to remain true to the characters they present.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679428062ISBN 13: 9780679428060
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. From King Lear to the Tragedy of Carmen, from Marat/Sade to the epic Mahabharata, Peter Brook has reinvented modern theatre, not once but again and again. In The Open Door the visionary director and theorist offers a lucid, comprehensive exposition of the philosophy that underlies his work.It is a philosophy of paradoxes: We come to the theatre to find life, but that life must be different from the life we find outside. Actors have to prepare painstakingly yet be willing to sacrifice the results of their preparation. The directors most reliable tool may be his capacity to be bored. Brook illustrates these principles with anecdotes that span his entire career and that demonstrate his familiarity with Shakespeare, Chekhov, and the indigenous theatres of India and Iran. The result is an unparalleled look at what happens both onstage and behind the scenes, fresh in its insights and elegant in its prose.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679415637ISBN 13: 9780679415633
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Describes the development of the Israeli Air Force from a handful of old surplus planes battling enemies of the newly created state of Israel into the sophisticated fighting force of the present day.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679758410ISBN 13: 9780679758419
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised. Sirens, trolls, giants, household spirits, and ghosts come to life in this unique collection of voices from Sweden's folkloric past.Swedish Folktales and Legends is a diverse and representative sampling of stories from Sweden's centuries-old folklore tradition. Ranging from the ribald to the romantic, from the rustic to the mystical, from farmers' jokes to epiphanies, these are lively new translations of 150 tales drawn from unique sources including the Swedish National Folklore Archives and numerous private collections.Illustrated with woodcuts and drawings throughout.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1998
ISBN 10: 067945005XISBN 13: 9780679450054
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Hardcover. Condition: used. Examines the lives and art of Black women blues singers and argues that they expressed a Black, working class, feminist perspective.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1991
ISBN 10: 0679405046ISBN 13: 9780679405047
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Examines Japan's uneasy relationship to its past, the tortuous relations between religion and state, and the role of dissent in a society where freedom has become banal and elusive.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1996
ISBN 10: 067943819XISBN 13: 9780679438199
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This is a major work of ecological philosophy that startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679419446ISBN 13: 9780679419440
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The successor to Huey Newton as leader of the Black Panther Party in 1974 tells how, despite threats from the FBI, sexism and internal conflict destroyed the party's initiatives, in a personal account of the struggle to define Black identity.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679758542ISBN 13: 9780679758549
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reissue. In these seven interrelated stories we are again invited to Port William, Kentucky. Rich with humor and wisdom, this collection describes the depth of affection and tolerance for eccentricity that these neighbors bear toward one another, and highlights the comic and often poignant ways they cope with the intrusions of the 20th century into their idyllic, agrarian world.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1995
ISBN 10: 0679439986ISBN 13: 9780679439981
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Writing with great style and humor, Weschler guides the readers through the Museum of Jurassic Technology and through the mind of its curator, David Wilson, a man of unusual imagination who mounts exhibits such as spore-inhaling ants, bats deploying ultraviolet frequencies, peach-pit carvings, and other exhibits that seem the manifest definition of bizarre. Illustrations.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1992
ISBN 10: 0679740236ISBN 13: 9780679740230
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula by the Black Tarantula; I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac; The Adult Life of Toulouse-Lautrec by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1991
ISBN 10: 0679406298ISBN 13: 9780679406297
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book by Berger, John.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1997
ISBN 10: 0679429905ISBN 13: 9780679429906
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. An unfinished novel by the murdered Italian author and filmmaker focuses on Carlo, a left-wing Italian Catholic working for the state-controlled oil company, a man who becomes obsessed with satisfying his perverse, insatiable sexual passions.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1994
ISBN 10: 0679434690ISBN 13: 9780679434696
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. In these seven interrelated stories we are again invited to Port William, Kentucky. Rich with humor and wisdom, this collection describes the depth of affection and tolerance for eccentricity that these neighbors bear toward one another, and highlights the comic and often poignant ways they cope with the intrusions of the 20th century into their idyllic, agrarian world.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679427295ISBN 13: 9780679427292
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A collection of the song lyrics and poetry of the Canadian poet and novelist and the man behind Judy Collins's hit song, "Suzanne," which Cohen wrote, showcases the clarity, passion, and timelessness of his work. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
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Published by Brand: Pantheon, 1994
ISBN 10: 0679400656ISBN 13: 9780679400653
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Nineteen essays discuss African, European, and American literature, culture, and politics.
Published by Brand: Pantheon Books, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394499425ISBN 13: 9780394499420
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. English, French (translation).
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