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  The Gift of Fear

 
The Gift of Fear under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $15.00
Sale: $7.24
 
Manufacturer: Dell
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Gavin De Becker
Publisher: Dell
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.88
Publication Date: 1999-05-11
Reading Level: 384
 
Description: Each hour, 75 women are raped in the United States, and every few seconds, a woman is beaten. Each day, 400 Americans suffer shooting injuries, and another 1,100 face criminals armed with guns. Author Gavin de Becker says victims of violent behavior usually feel a sense of fear before any threat or violence takes place. They may distrust the fear, or it may impel them to some action that saves their lives. A leading expert on predicting violent behavior, de Becker believes we can all learn to recognize these signals of the "universal code of violence," and use them as tools to help us survive. The book teaches how to identify the warning signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the problem before it becomes life threatening. The case studies are gripping and suspenseful, and include tactics for dealing with similar situations.

People don't just "snap" and become violent, says de Becker, whose clients include federal government agencies, celebrities, police departments, and shelters for battered women. "There is a process as observable, and often as predictable, as water coming to a boil." Learning to predict violence is the cornerstone to preventing it. De Becker is a master of the psychology of violence, and his advice may save your life. --Joan Price


 

  Great Emergence, The: How Christianity Is Changing and Why (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

 
Great Emergence, The: How Christianity Is Changing and Why (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $17.99
Sale: $11.18
 
Manufacturer: Baker Books
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Phyllis Tickle
Publisher: Baker Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 270.83
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Reading Level: 176
 
Description: Rooted in the observation that massive transitions in the church happen about every 500 years, Phyllis Tickle shows readers that we live in such a time right now. She compares the Great Emergence to other "Greats" in the history of Christianity, including the Great Transformation (when God walked among us), the time of Gregory the Great, the Great Schism, and the Great Reformation. Combining history, a look at the causes of social upheaval, and current events, The Great Emergence shows readers what the Great Emergence in church and culture is, how it came to be, and where it is going. Anyone who is interested in the future of the church in America, no matter what their personal affiliation, will find this book a fascinating exploration.

 

  Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

 
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $13.95
Sale: $7.49
 
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Dewey Decimal Number: 611
Publication Date: 2004-05
Reading Level: 304
 
Description: Oddly compelling and often hilarious, Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.

 

  Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses

 
Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $10.95
Sale: $6.77
 
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Dorothy Richmond
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 468.2421
Publication Date: 1996-01-11
Reading Level: 320
 
Description:

This convenient worktext gives students a unique approach to learning, remembering, and reviewing how to use Spanish verbs correctly. The book provides a systematic presentation and review of Spanish verb forms and explains when and why a certain verb tense should be used. Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses includes an impressive number of exercises and open-ended questions, numerous conjugation charts, a list of verbs and their prepositions, and Spanish-English and English-Spanish vocabulary lists.


 

  There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters

 
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $27.95
Sale: $13.96
 
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Claire Berlinski
Publisher: Basic Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.0858092
Publication Date: 2008-09-29
Reading Level: 400
 
Description:
Great Britain in the 1970s appeared to be in terminal decline—ungovernable, an economic train wreck, and rapidly headed for global irrelevance. Three decades later, it is the richest and most influential country in Europe, and Margaret Thatcher is the reason. The preternaturally determined Thatcher rose from nothing, seized control of Britain’s Conservative party, and took a sledgehammer to the nation’s postwar socialist consensus. She proved that socialism could be reversed, inspiring a global free-market revolution. Simultaneously exploiting every politically useful aspect of her femininity and defying every conventional expectation of women in power, Thatcher crushed her enemies with a calculated ruthlessness that stunned the British public and without doubt caused immense collateral damage.

Ultimately, however, Claire Berlinski agrees with Thatcher: There was no alternative. Berlinski explains what Thatcher did, why it matters, and how she got away with it in this vivid and immensely readable portrait of one of the towering figures of the twentieth century.


 

  Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads

 
Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $15.00
Sale: $7.94
 
Brand: Simon & Schuster
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Gary Greenberg::Jeannie Hayden
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster Paperback Ed
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8742
Publication Date: 2004-05-04
Reading Level: 240
 
Description: Take your average guide for new mothers, chuck most of the stuff about breast feeding and ditch the deep background research and stats, then generously pepper with illustrations and burley humor and what do you have? Your average guide for new fathers. Be Prepared follows that template pretty closely, and that's really quite an acceptable thing. Yes, there's a bit too much emphasis here on broadly drawn manly stuff like changing a diaper at a ballgame, but there's also heaps of useful advice that's cleverly and efficiently presented for pops who, despite their best intentions, really aren't prepared to dig into encyclopedia-sized tomes. The basics (childproofing, bathing, feeding, entertaining) intermix with nifty sidebars (homemade bath toys, foods to never give your baby, exercises for dads) in easy-to-peruse chapters organized according to the age of the offspring up to age 1. There are more thorough how-to guides for new dads, but for most men moving into fatherhood, Be Prepared will fill the bill. --Steven Stolder

 

  The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

 
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $14.99
Sale: $7.83
 
Manufacturer: Zondervan
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Shane Claiborne
Publisher: Zondervan
Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3083092
Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Reading Level: 368
 
Description: Using unconventional examples from his own life, Shane Claiborne stirs up questions about the church and the world, and challenges readers to truly live out their Christian faith.

 

  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $13.95
Sale: $7.45
 
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: 2nd
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
Publication Date: 1998-05-12
Reading Level: 224
 
Description: Heralded as the "best book on the dope decade" by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the "Great Red Shark." In its trunk, they stow "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers.... A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls," which they manage to consume during their short tour.

On assignment from a sports magazine to cover "the fabulous Mint 400"--a free-for-all biker's race in the heart of the Nevada desert--the drug-a-delic duo stumbles through Vegas in hallucinatory hopes of finding the American dream (two truck-stop waitresses tell them it's nearby, but can't remember if it's on the right or the left). They of course never get the story, but they do commit the only sins in Vegas: "burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help." For Thompson to remember and pen his experiences with such clarity and wit is nothing short of a miracle; an impressive feat no matter how one feels about the subject matter. A first-rate sensibility twinger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a pop-culture classic, an icon of an era past, and a nugget of pure comedic genius. --Rebekah Warren


 

  The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality

 
The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $28.00
Sale: $13.99
 
Manufacturer: Threshold Editions
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Jerome R. Corsi
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Edition: 1st
Dewey Decimal Number: 328.73092
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
Reading Level: 384
 
Description:

From the Publisher:

In this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an Obama presidency would leave the United States weakened, diminished and divided, why Obama must be defeated—and how he can be.

THE OBAMA NATION Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality

Barack Obama stepped onto the national political stage when the then-Illinois State senator addressed the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Soon after Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, author Jerome Corsi began researching Obama's personal and political background.

Scrupulously sourced with more than 600 footnotes, THE OBAMA NATION is the result of that research. By tracing Obama's career and influences from his early years in Hawaii and Indonesia, the beginnings of his political career in Chicago, his voting record in the Illinois legislature, his religious training and his adoption of Christianity through to his recent involvement in Kenyan politics, his political advisors and fundraising associates and his meteoric campaign for president, Jerome Corsi shows that an Obama presidency would, in his words, be “a repeat of the failed extremist politics that have characterized and plagued Democratic Party politics since the late 1960s.”

In this stunning and comprehensive new book, the reader will learn about: -Obama's extensive connections with Islam and radical politics, from his father and step-father's Islamic backgrounds, to his Communist and socialist mentors in Hawaii and Chicago, to his long-term and close associations with former Weather Underground heroes William Ayers and Bernadette Dohrn—associations much closer than heretofore revealed by the press
-Barack and Michelle's 20-year-long religious affiliation with the black-liberation theology of former Trinity United Church of Christ Reverend Jeremiah Wright, whose sermons have always been steeped in a rage first expressed by Franz Fanon , Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, a rage that Corsi shows has deep meaning for Obama
-Obama's continuing connections with Kenya, the homeland of his father, through his support for the candidacy of Raila Odinga, the radical socialist presidential contender who came to power amid Islamist violence and church burnings
-Obama's involvement in the slum-landlord empire of the Chicago political fixer Tony Rezko, who helped to bankroll Obama's initial campaigns and to purchase of Barack and Michelle's dream-home property.
-the background and techniques of the Obama campaign's cult of personality, including the derivation of the words “hope” and change”
-Obama's far-left domestic policy, his controversial votes on abortion, his history of opposition to the Second Amendment, his determination to raise capital-gains taxes, his impractical plan to achieve universal health care, and his radical plan to tax Americans to fund a global-poverty-reduction program
-Obama's naïve, anti-war, anti-nuclear foreign-policy, predicated on the reduction of the military, the eradication of nuclear weapons and an overconfidence in the power of his personality, as if belief in change alone could somehow transform international politics, achieve nuclear-weapons disarmament and withdrawal from Iraq without adverse consequences, for us, for the Iraqis or for Israel.

Meticulously researched and documented, THE OBAMA NATION is the definitive source for information on why and how Barack Obama must be defeated—not by invective and general attacks, but by detailed arguments that are well-researched and fact-based.


 

  The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age

 
The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age under Social Sciences in The Books Store
Price: $65.00
Sale: $40.95
 
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Neil Harris
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 051
Publication Date: 2008-11-03
Reading Level: 400
 
Description:
While browsing the stacks of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago some years ago, noted historian Neil Harris made a surprising discovery: a group of nine plainly bound volumes whose unassuming spines bore the name the Chicagoan.  Pulling one down and leafing through its pages, Harris was startled to find it brimming with striking covers, fanciful art, witty cartoons, profiles of local personalities, and a whole range of incisive articles.  He quickly realized that he had stumbled upon a Chicago counterpart to the New Yorker that mysteriously had slipped through the cracks of history and memory. Here Harris brings this lost magazine of the Jazz Age back to life. In its own words, the Chicagoan claimed to represent “a cultural, civilized, and vibrant” city “which needs make no obeisance to Park Avenue, Mayfair, or the Champs Elysees.” Urbane in aspiration and first published just sixteen months after the 1925 appearance of the New Yorker, it sought passionately to redeem the Windy City’s unhappy reputation for organized crime, political mayhem, and industrial squalor by demonstrating the presence of style and sophistication in the Midwest.  Harris’s substantial introductory essay here sets the stage, exploring the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and 30s.  The author then lets the Chicagoan speak for itself in lavish full-color segments that reproduce its many elements: from covers, cartoons, and editorials to reviews, features—and even one issue reprinted in its entirety. Recalling a vivid moment in the life of the Second City, the Chicagoan is a forgotten treasure, offered here for a whole new age to enjoy. 
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