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  A Man Without a Country

 
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Price: $23.95
Sale: $9.69
 
Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.54
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Reading Level: 192
 
Description:

A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'"), and the condition of the soul of America today ("What has happened to us?"). Gleaned from short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.

Kurt Vonnegut is among the very few grandmasters of contemporary American letters, without whom the very term "American literature" would mean less than it does. His novels include Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, among so many others. Projects with Seven Stories Press in recent years include God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian and, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands with God, a book about writing. His most recent novel is Timequake (1997). In addition to his writing, Vonnegut is a visual artist of note. His paintings and prints can be seen at www.vonnegut.com. He lives with his wife, photographer Jill Krementz, in New York City.

Daniel Simon is the founder and publisher of Seven Stories Press and served as editor on two previous books by Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian and, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands God. Simon is also co-author of a biography of Abbie Hoffman, Run, Run, Run: The Lives of Abbie Hoffman.


 

  The Key: The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want

 
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Price: $24.95
Sale: $13.56
 
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Joe Vitale
Publisher: Wiley
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
Publication Date: 2007-10-19
Reading Level: 224
 
Description: The secret key to unlocking our full potential-from Joe Vitale, high-profile contributor to The Secret

The Key reveals the ultimate secret of attracting wealth, health, success, happiness, or anything else that we want from life. From author and self-help guru Joe Vitale, The Key builds on his bestselling book The Attractor Factor, and goes beyond the mega-hit book and movie The Secret, which features Vitale.

The Key shows how a person must first rid themselves of unconscious self-limiting beliefs if they want to reach their full potential and attain the things they say they want from life. Inside every person are "counter-intentions" that actually attract the things they don't want and prevent them from getting those things they do. The Key reveals ten proven ways to remedy the situation and end self-sabotage forever. For anyone who knows they can achieve more but doesn't know why it isn't working for them, The Key reveals the psychological and unconscious limitations that are holding them back. Like all of Joe Vitale's other bestselling books, The Key offers real, practical wisdom for anyone who wants to get more out of life.

Joe Vitale (Wimberley, TX) is President of Hypnotic Marketing, Inc., a marketing consulting firm. He has been called the "The Buddha of the Internet" for his combination of spirituality and marketing acumen. His professional clients include the Red Cross, PBS, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, and many other small and large businesses. His other books include The Attractor Factor (0-470-00980-2), There's a Customer Born Every Minute (0-471-78462-1) and Life's Missing Instruction Manual (0-471-76849-9), all from Wiley.


 

  Forgotten Ways, The: Reactivating the Missional Church

 
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Price: $19.99
Sale: $12.30
 
Manufacturer: Brazos Press
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Alan Hirsch
Publisher: Brazos Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 266
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Reading Level: 304
 
Description: Alan Hirsch is convinced that the inherited formulas for growing the Body of Christ do not work anymore. And rather than relying on slightly revised solutions from the past, he sees a vision of the future growth of the church coming about by harnessing the power of the early church, which grew from as few as 25,000 adherents in AD 100 to up to 20 million in AD 310. Such incredible growth is also being experienced today in the church in China and other parts of the world. How do they do it? The Forgotten Ways explores the concept of Apostolic Genius as a way to understand what caused the church to expand at various times in history, interpreting it for use in our own time and place. From the theological underpinnings to the practical application, Hirsch takes the reader through this dynamic mixture of passion, prayer, and incarnational practice to rediscover the dormant potential of the modern church in the West.

 

  The Poetics of Space

 
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Price: $16.00
Sale: $9.49
 
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Gaston Bachelard
Publisher: Beacon Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 114
Publication Date: 1994-04-01
Reading Level: 241
 
Description: This is a deep, magical, densely captivating book about space, our homes, how we live in them, and how dwellings and space affect us; it is as much a book of philosophy as a work of serious literature. It requires careful, preferably leisurely reading, with the possibility of moments to pause and digest and re-read the words. It will change the way you look at your home and your life, providing a deeper, more insightful relationship with the spaces you occupy.

 

  The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary

 
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Price: $35.00
Sale: $19.96
 
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Robert Alter
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Dewey Decimal Number: 223.2077
Publication Date: 2007-09-10
Reading Level: 560
 
Description: A brilliant new translation and commentary of one of the Bible's most cherished and powerful books.
Like the Five Books of Moses a cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. The cleansing purity of its images invites reflection and supplication in times of sorrow. The musicality of its powerful rhythms moves readers to celebration of good tidings. So today as it has been throughout our past, this is a book to be cherished as the grounding for our daily lives.

This timeless poetry is beautifully wrought by a scholar whose translation of the Five Books of Moses was hailed as a "godsend" by Seamus Heaney and a "masterpiece" by Robert Fagles. Robert Alter's The Book of Psalms captures the simplicity, the physicality, and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of these ancient poems. His learned and insightful commentary shines a light on the obscurities of the text.

 

  Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

 
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Price: $29.95
Sale: $14.99
 
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: John Ferling
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.33
Publication Date: 2007-06-04
Reading Level: 704
 
Description: In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle."
Almost a Miracle offers an illuminating portrait of America's triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on Lexington Green to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. The author paints sharp-eyed portraits of the key figures in the war, including General Washington and other American officers and civilian leaders. Some do not always measure up to their iconic reputations, including Washington himself. Others, such as the quirky, acerbic Charles Lee, are seen in a much better light than usual. The book also examines the many faceless men who soldiered, often for years on end, braving untold dangers and enduring abounding miseries. The author explains why they served and sacrificed, and sees them as the forgotten heroes who won American independence. Ferling's narrative is also filled with compassion for the men who comprised the British army and who, like their American counterparts, struggled and died at an astonishing rate in this harsh war. Nor does Ferling ignore the naval war, describing dangerous patrols and grand and dazzling naval actions.
Finally, Almost a Miracle takes readers inside the legislative chambers and plush offices of diplomats to reveal countless decisions that altered the course of this war. The story that unfolds is at times a tale of folly, at times one of appalling misinformation and confusion, and now and then one of insightful and dauntless statesmanship.

 

  Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

 
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Price: $12.95
Sale: $5.50
 
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Dava Sobel
Publisher: Walker & Company
Dewey Decimal Number: 526.62
Publication Date: 2007-10-30
Reading Level: 208
 
Description: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an east-west position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker, John "Longitude" Harrison, who solved the problem that Newton and Galileo had failed to conquer, yet claimed only half the promised rich reward.

 

  As I Lay Dying

 
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Price: $12.95
Sale: $3.20
 
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: William Faulkner
Publisher: Vintage
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
Publication Date: 1991-01-30
Reading Level: 288
 
Description: Faulkner's distinctive narrative structures--the uses of multiple points of view and the inner psychological voices of the characters--in one of its most successful incarnations here in As I Lay Dying. In the story, the members of the Bundren family must take the body of Addie, matriarch of the family, to the town where Addie wanted to be buried. Along the way, we listen to each of the members on the macabre pilgrimage, while Faulkner heaps upon them various flavors of disaster. Contains the famous chapter completing the equation about mothers and fish--you'll see.

 

  Don't Waste Your Life

 
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Price: $13.99
Sale: $7.25
 
Manufacturer: Crossway Books
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
Publication Date: 2003-05-16
Reading Level: 192
 
Description: Most people slip by in life without a passion for God, spending their lives on trivial diversions, living for comfort and pleasure, and perhaps trying to avoid sin. This book will warn you not to get caught up in a life that counts for nothing. It will challenge you to live and die boasting in the cross of Christ and making the glory of God your singular passion. If you believe that to live is Christ and to die is gain, read this book, learn to live for Christ, and don't waste your life!

 

  From Beirut to Jerusalem

 
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Price: $16.95
Sale: $4.00
 
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Anchor
Edition: 1ST
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.04
Publication Date: 1990-08-01
Reading Level: 541
 
Description: Winner of the 1989 National Book Award for nonfiction, this extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about the Middle East. Thomas L. Friedman, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and now the Foreign Affairs columnist on the op-ed page of the New York Times, drew on his ten years in the Middle East to write a book that The Wall Street Journal called "a sparkling intellectual guidebook... an engrossing journey not to be missed." Now with a new chapter that brings the ever-changing history of the conflict in the Middle East up to date, this seminal historical work reaffirms both its timeliness and its timelessness. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." -- Seymour Hersh. "From Beirut To Jerusalem is the most intelligent and comprehensive account one is likely to read." -- New York Times Book Review.

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