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The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foulston, Jill, PUBLISHER: Virago Press (UK), Jane Austen found her sister Cassandra a locket. Joan Didion bought nail enamel and a toaster on impulse. Karyn Bosnak charged $ on credit cards, and Elizabeth Wurtzel got caught shoplifting. George Eliot, for some reason, hated shopping. Jane Eyre cringes at Mr Rochester's pre-wedding excess, while Undine Spragg's spending drives her husband to despair. The Girl with a Pearl Earring turns up her nose at some stale meat, Tom Ripley lusts after Venetian leather, and Mrs. Dalloway chooses flowers on Bond Street. As people began to shop more, novelists imagined them doing it. The darker side of shopping is here in the letters, diaries, and memoirs of those who remember blackmarkets and rations. There are even records from the England's central criminal court of audacious and desperate five-finger discounts, and a recent account of brawling at IKEA. "The Virago Book of Shopping" revels in the lists, the etiquette, and the thrills of finding just the right thing.

Internal Noise: Chaos to Christ

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Farris, Cheryl, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, INTERNAL NOISE: Chaos to Christ is a product of Cheryl Farris' poetic quest to examine the current turmoil of life through the prism of spirituality. In so doing, she summons her reader for a moment of silence in determining:...Which noise will you hear? From where does He rule? In a whisper that both creates And destroys The winds of our time Contain the noise A still power which brings Peace and pain Turns us back to God again

Gigantic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nesbitt, Marc, PUBLISHER: Grove Press, An extraordinary collection of dynamic stories by an exciting new voice in American fiction, Gigantic features ten powerful stories of emotional stagnation and personal transformation, passion and violence, race and community, that are viscerally immediate in their impact and otherworldly in their scope. In "What Good Is You Anyway?" a struggling mattress salesman witnesses a horrific car accident at his bus stop and embarks on a wild journey that will lead him to put his life in order, beginning with his troubled relationship with his disabled alcoholic father. In "Quality Fuel for Electric Living, " a sanitation worker, recovering from a romantic breakup and a painful hangover, suddenly faces a life-threatening situation while collecting an unusual deer carcass. In "Thursday the Sixteenth, " a club manager dating the ex-girlfriend of a reggae singer unwittingly becomes entangled in a chain of events that ends in a violent confrontation. At turns comic and heartbreaking, and at all times rich with languag and meanings that operate simultaneously on a variety of levels, the stories of Gigantic mark the arrival of an exciting voice in American fiction.

Slowburn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lalos, Peter, PUBLISHER: American Literary Press, The Corpus Crossing mining camp faces sure failure unless someone can unravel the mysterious murders that are plaguing the camp and its operation. What begins as the simple murder of the camp director by a miner, who then commits suicide, soon turns into something more sinister and complex. The drama plays out in this isolated Oregon mining settlement to its thrilling conclusion as Hayley Strickland, the murdered camp director's replacement attempts to halt the escalating cycle of bloodshed before the storm of death buries the entire camp.

A Door in the River

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wolfe, Inger Ash, PUBLISHER: McClelland & Stewart, When Henry Weist, Port Dundas, Ontario's likeable hardware store owner is found dead in the parking lot of a cigarette shop on a local First Nation reserve, apparently of a bee sting, and with more deaths to follow, Hazel Micallef finds herself involved in one of the most sensational and shocking cases of her career. And one that literally goes underground to get to the bottom of what turns out to be a vengeful, murderous rampage. Behind the scenes of the investigation, Hazel is dealing with an 87-year-old mother who seems to have lost the will to live; the complications of procedures and protocols, political manoeuvrings within the force itself, including the promotion of her former nemesis to whom she will now report. In Hazel Micallef, Wolfe has created one of the more intriguing and no-nonsense protagonists in crime fiction. Brilliantly plotted and pyschologically complex, and rewarding, "A Door in the River" is the strongest, most haunting Hazel Micallef mystery yet.

The Clue Is in the Pudding

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kingsbury, Kate, PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group, The kitchen staff of the Pennyfoot Hotel is toiling away to prepare the finest meal for the guests on Christmas. And the plum pudding may very well be to die for... Cecily Sinclair Baxter could use a Christmas miracle. Mrs. Chubb, the Pennyfoot's housekeeper, must travel up north for a family emergency, and Cecily needs a temporary replacement. The agency doesn't have much to offer on short notice during this busy time of year. But they have someone--Beatrice Tucker--who turns out to be more of a curse. She fights with just about everyone, including Archibald Armitage. Star of the London stage, Armitage is staying at the Pennyfoot this holiday season. His presence turns out to be a blessing after he rescues the stable manager's dog from drowning in the icy duck pond. But not everyone in Badgers End is a fan of the actor... When Armitage drops dead after Beatrice serves him some plum pudding, everyone assumes the huffy housekeeper is the culprit. But as Cecily begins to investigate, the list of suspects grows, and solving this case may not be as easy as pie...or pudding.

Beating the Dow with T-Bills, T-Bonds, & Stocks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Higgins, Michael / McCarty, John, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, The Philosophy Michael B. O'Higgins presented in Beating the Dow was so successful it spawned a $20 billion industry of investments. Now, with equities dangerously overvalued and stock prices at an all-time high, O'Higgins turns his attention to bonds, providing a simple, proven system for determining when stocks aren't always the best investment choice, and where to be in order to achieve the highest risk-adjusted returns.

Wild Spirits

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jordan, Rosa, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group, Eleven-year-old Danny Ryan and 19-year-old Wendy Marshall think their friendship is only about looking after two baby raccoons that Danny has rescued. But when a bank holdup upsets Wendy so much that she can hardly stand to be around people, she leaves her job as a teller, retreats to a farm, and surrounds herself with injured and orphaned wildlife. Danny, neglected at home and considered weird in a town where other boys are into hunting, finds peace on the farm, too, plus excitement, as he and Wendy adopt ever more exotic animals such as llamas, bobcats, a serval, an ocelot, and a blind lynx. Over time the two friends develop a bond that goes beyond care of the animals to caring for each other. As it turns out, Wendy rescues not just wildlife but Danny, as well. What's more, the bank robbers are still at large and still a threat, and Danny, now 14, must act to save Wendy's life.

Persuading Prudence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cole, Liz, PUBLISHER: Breathless Press, A night of passion and mistaken identity has consequences...Frumpy Lady Prudence Mayville has harbored a tendre for the devilishly dashing Lord Ravensbrook since her days in the schoolroom. So when the sotted earl mistakes her room for his and her for his mistress, Prudence finds it impossible to resist a chance to experience his passionate lovemaking.When Kolton, Lord Ravensbrook, awakens naked in the wrong room and realizes what had occurred, he does the honorable thing and asks for Prudence's hand in marriage. Kolton is stunned when she turns him down flat. Why on earth would a compromised spinster refuse the most eligible bachelor of the season? Humbled, Kolton tries to overcome her objections, but will he be successful in persuading Prudence?

Arsenic and Old Cake

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brady, Jacklyn, PUBLISHER: Berkley, Blind man's bluff With business going stale at Zydeco Cakes, Rita Lucero has plenty to worry about. But when the blind trumpet player Old Dog Leg Magee asks for a favor, she can't say no. His brother Monroe disappeared forty years ago, and now someone has shown up claiming to be him. Old Dog Leg needs Rita to be his eyes--and see if it's really his brother. The Twisted Palms Bed and Breakfast is full of unsavory characters, Monroe included. Posing as newlyweds, Rita and her friend Gabriel check in, only to discover that Monroe's true identity isn't the only mystery they'll have to solve. When another guest at the Twisted Palms turns up dead, it seems the mysterious man might also be a murderer...

The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinson, G. Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In the three lectures which give their title to this delightful collection of esays, the author of "The Enchanted Voyage" and "The Itinerate Ivory Tower" turns his attention to the influence of the environment on the course of evolution. The first lecture considers the nature of the terrestrial biosphere, both as a unique phenomenon on earth and as one of a class of possible spaces on other bodies; the second examines the nature of the ecological niche; and the third discusses some of the possible environmental interactions of a single species, emphasis being placed on the extremely recondite nature of the selective forces that act on man, as on other animals. Another of the pieces deals with the problem of the relation of natural beauty to works of art, particularly in the context of the similarities and differences apparent when natural history museums and art galleries are compared. The final essay, "The Cream in the Gooseberry Fool," is an account of the role of an English country clergyman and of the European magpie most in one of the most significant early discoveries of genetics. Acquista Ora

Wicked Good Time

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Braund, Diana Tremain, PUBLISHER: Naiad Pr, Fleeing her painful past, Christina Reynolds hopes to find peace by moving to an isolated house in rural Maine. But the solitude she sought so desperately is soon disturbed by suspicious noises, crank calls, and signs of trespassing. The distraught Christina turns to Forest Ranger Miki Jamieson for help.

Hide and Seek

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shepard, Sara, PUBLISHER: Harper Teen, My friends and I used to play lying games. Now my twin sister is living one. When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we're both learning just how flawed my family really is. Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret--could it be the reason I'm dead? How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if she's not careful, she'll end up buried, too.... From Sara Shepard, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars books, comes a riveting series about secrets, lies, and killer consequences.

The Awakening

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chopin, Kate / Robinson, Marilyn, PUBLISHER: Bantam Classics, First published in , this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Now widely read and admired, "The Awakening" has been hailed as an early vision of woman's emancipation. This sensuous book tells of a woman's abandonment of her family, her seduction, and her awakening to desires and passions that threated to consumer her. Originally entitled "A Solitary Soul," this portrait of twenty-eight-year-old Edna Pontellier is a landmark in American fiction, rooted firmly in the romantic tradition of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson. Here, a woman in search of self-discovery turns away from convention and society, and toward the primal, from convention and society, and toward the primal, irresistibly attracted to nature and the senses"The Awakening," Kate Chopin's last novel, has been praised by Edmund Wilson as "beautifully written." And Willa Cather described its style as "exquisite," "sensitive," and "iridescent." This edition of "The Awakening" also includes a selection of short stories by Kate Chopin. "This seems to me a higher order of feminism than repeating the story of woman as victim... Kate Chopin gives her female protagonist the central role, normally reserved for Man, in a meditation on identity and culture, consciousness and art." -- From the introduction by Marilynne Robinson.

Shelly's Diary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frazier, Benjamin J., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, In the hidden world of Appalachia, cut off from the outside and frozen in a moment of time from yesteryear, two young women embark on an enthralling adventure that one of them chronicles in Shellyas Diary. The two outsiders combine an unusual mix of sophistication and charm to penetrate the mysteriously closed society. When the murder of a neighbor occurs, the mountain community turns against them as they land in jail charged with the heinous crime. The defense teamaa bellicose, old Southern lawyer and a young criminal attorney from upstate Virginia who was top of her classauses the diary to explore every contact made during the intriguing summer leading to its tumultuous conclusion. The ever-entertaining attorneys lead the young women through anguished preparation, a declined plea bargain attempt and a full-blown trial. This delectable tale of murderous intrigue meticulously foreshadows the unforgettable and unpredictable climax.

Multimedia Systems, Standards, and Networks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Puri / Puri, Atul, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, "Describes ITU H H.323 and H.324, H.263, ITU-T video, and MPEG-4 standards, systems, and coding; IP and ATM networks; multimedia search and retrieval; image retrieval in digital laboratories; and the status and direction of MPEG-7."

Tricks or Treats?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, Bill, Jr., PUBLISHER: Holt McDougal, "Trick or Treat" When Merlin the wizard answers the door, trick-or-treating becomes more tricky than usual. Suddenly everything turns Wackbards Those tasty jelly beans have turned into silly belly jeans Enjoy this hilarious Halloween treat that's guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth and your funny bone

Religion Politics Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradley, James E. / Van Kley, Dale K., PUBLISHER: University of Notre Dame Press, Religion and Politics in Enlightenment Europe, a collection of original essays from leading scholars, demonstrates that the collapse of the post-Reformation confessional state was more the result of religious dissent from within, much of it orthodox, than attacks of an anti-religious Enlightenment. In sharp contrast to the Reformation-era religious conflicts which tended to pit Protestant and Catholic confessions and states against each other, the eighteenth-century religious conflicts described in Religion and Politics in Enlightenment Europe took place within the various confessional establishments and states that founded and maintained them, such as Russian Orthodoxy in the East and the Anglican Establishment in England and Ireland. In the course of its analysis, Religion and Politics in Enlightenment Europe destroys the notion of any kind of privileged relationship between "religion" and political or social "reaction." This book reveals the religious roots of modern ideas of individual rights and limitations on government, as well as the imperative of political order and the need for social hierarchy. It also shows the impossibility of any purely secular treatment of eighteenth-century European political history or institutions. Based on fresh, primary research as well as a synthesis of secondary sources, Religion and Politics in Enlightenment Europe turns the familiar eighteenth century of the textbooks upside down and inside out, challenging the dominant narratives of secularization and inevitable conclusion in the French Revolution.

Drone con Telecamera 720P HD WiFi

Originali Nuove imballate mai usate vendo causa inutilizzo Quadricottero Telecomandato, 3D Flips con Scheda di memoria Funzione di sospensione altitudine: i sensori per l'alta pressione aiutano a mantenere la stabilità ad una determinata altitudine, in modo da permetterti di ottenere video e foto stabilizzati di alta qualità, è l'ideale sia per principianti che per piloti più esperti. 3D FLIPS: il drone gira di 360 gradi. (NOTE: 5M superiore per utilizzare questa funzione) Stabilizzazione: 6 assi di stabilizzazione del giroscopio che lo rende veramente stabile e facile da pilotare. Videocamera 720P HD e 2 batterie: il drone dotato di un deputato videocamera HD 2 e non ha capacità di messa a fuoco, 2 batterie nella scatola.

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Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moalem, Sharon / Prince, Jonathan, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. But "Survival of the Sickest" doesn't stop there. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.

Pacific Campaign: The U.S.-Japanes Naval War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van Der Vat, Dan, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Dan van der Vat's naval histories have been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as "definitive," "extraordinary," and "vivid and harrowing." Now he turns to the greatest naval conflict in history: the Pacific campaign of World War II. Drawing on neglected archives of firsthand accounts from both sides, van der Vat interweaves eyewitness testimony with sharp, analytical narration to provide a penetrating reappraisal of the strategic and political background of both the Japanese and American forces, as well as a major reassessment of the role of intelligence on both sides. A comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the war in the Pacific, "The Pacific Campaign" promises to be the standard work on the U.S.-Japanese war for years to come.

Exemplarity and Mediocrity: The Art of the Average from

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleming, Paul, Jr., PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press, Following Hegel's analysis of art's increasing difficulty to both engage and extricate itself from prosaic reality, Paul Fleming investigates the strategies employed by German literature from to for increasingly attuning itself to quotidian life--common heroes, everyday life, non-extraordinary events--while also avoiding all notions of mediocrity. He focuses on three sites of this tension: the average audience (Lessing), the average artist (Goethe and Schiller), and the everyday, or average life (Grillparzer and Stifter). The book's title, "Exemplarity and Mediocrity," describes both a disjunctive and a conjunctive relation. Read disjunctively, modern art must display the "exemplary originality" (Kant) that only genius can provide and is thus fundamentally opposed to mediocrity as that which does not stand out or lacks distinctiveness; in the conjunctive sense, modern art turns to non-exceptional life in order to transform it--without forsaking its commonness--thereby producing exemplary forms of mediocrity that both represent the non-exceptional and, insofar as they stand outside the group they represent, are something other than mediocre.

It's No Accident: How Corporations Sell Dangerous Baby

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Felcher, E. Marla, PUBLISHER: Common Courage Press, Last year consumers spent $4.5 billion on infant products such as portable cribs, cradles, infant carriers, and car seats. Today's parents, many of them older, dual income, and mobile, demand product features that fifteen years ago were unheard of: portable cribs that weigh only a few pounds and easily collapse for storage, car seats that double as infant carriers, over-sized strollers for parents who jog. Products, it turns out, that are too often inadequately tested and ultimately unsafe. Marla Felchers' two-year-long investigation has revealed case after case of infants and toddlers being seriously injured and killed by these products and case after case of manufacturers going to great lengths to cover this up. It's No Accident exposes the inner-workings of the infant products industry, highlighting the tactics used by corporate giants such as Hasboro (Playskool), Evenflo, Kolcraft, Cosco, Graco, and Century Products to keep consumers in the dark about their safety records.

Between Faith and Doubt: Dialogues on Religion and Reason

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hick, John, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This short book is a lively dialogue between a religious believer and a skeptic. It covers all the main issues including different ideas of God, the good and bad in religion, religious experience and neuroscience, pain and suffering, death and life after death, and includes interesting autobiographical revelations.

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