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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1984
ISBN 10: 0393301575ISBN 13: 9780393301571
Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
ISBN 10: 0393312429ISBN 13: 9780393312423
Seller: Orphans Treasure Box, Champaign, IL, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Significant wear. No loose pages. Markings. Dog-eared pages. Wrinkled pages due to water exposure. Stain on page edges lower side and bottom corner. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2017
ISBN 10: 0393354253ISBN 13: 9780393354256
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: New. Movie Tie-in. The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain.1939: the Germans have invaded Poland. The keepers of the Warsaw zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, survive the bombardment of the city, only to see the occupiers ruthlessly kill many of their animals. The Nazis then carry off the prized specimens to Berlin for their program to create the purest breeds, much as they saw themselves as the purest human race. Opposed to all the Nazis represented, the Zabinskis risked their lives by hiding Jews in the now-empty animal cages, saving as many as three hundred people from extermination. Acclaimed, best-selling author Diane Ackerman, fascinated both by the Zabinskis courage and by Antoninas incredible sensitivity to all living beings, tells a moving and dramatic story of the power of empathy and the strength of love.A Focus Features release, it is directed by Niki Caro, written by Angela Workman. 8 pages of illustrations.
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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 039330812XISBN 13: 9780393308129
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin].is about the best thing afloat.For Conradian power of description and sheer excitement there is nothing in naval fiction to beat the stern chase as the outgunned Leopard staggers through mountain waves in icy latitudes to escape the Dutch seventy-four." -Stephen Vaughan, ObserverCommissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy-and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2009
ISBN 10: 0393337804ISBN 13: 9780393337808
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The New York Times bestseller: the Nobel Prize-winning economist shows how todays crisis parallels the Great Depression-and explains how to avoid catastrophe. With a new foreword for this paperback edition. In this major bestseller, Paul Krugman warns that, like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression have made a comeback. He lays bare the 2008 financial crisis-the greatest since the 1930s-tracing it to the failure of regulation to keep pace with an out-of-control financial system. He also tells us how to contain the crisis and turn around a world economy sliding into a deep recession. Brilliantly crafted in Krugmans trademark style-lucid, lively, and supremely informed-this new edition of The Return of Depression Economics has become an instant classic. A hard-hitting new foreword takes the paperback edition right up to the present moment.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393930920ISBN 13: 9780393930924
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Second. A small and inexpensive reader that includes the most widely taught essays-along with some pieces that have never before been anthologized in a composition reader.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2008
ISBN 10: 039333158XISBN 13: 9780393331585
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The novel made into the major motion picture released October 2008, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe: "Clever [and] well-paced, Body of Lies is hard to put down."-John Miller, Wall Street Journal CIA soldier Roger Ferris has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission- to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as "Suleiman." Ferris's plan is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: He prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy's ranks.This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity. When it begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service. But can Ferris trust him?.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2008
ISBN 10: 0393705560ISBN 13: 9780393705560
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 1. A strategy-filled handbook to understand, manage, and conquer your own stress. Anxiety disorders-grouped into three main categories: panic, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety-are among the most common and pervasive mental health complaints. From the subtlest effect of sweaty palms during a work presentation to the more severe symptom of reclusion, anxiety casts a wide net.Medication, once considered the treatment of choice, is losing favor as more and more sufferers complain of unpleasant side effects and its temporary, quick-fix nature. Now, thanks to a flood of fresh neurobiology research and insights into the anatomy of the anxious brain, effective, practical strategies have emerged allowing us to manage day-to-day anxiety on our own.Addressing physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, Margaret Wehrenberg, a leading mental health clinician, draws on basic brain science to highlight the top ten anxiety-defeating tips. Everything from breathing techniques and mindful awareness to cognitive control and self-talk are included-all guaranteed to evict your anxious thoughts. 20 illustrations.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1993
ISBN 10: 0393310167ISBN 13: 9780393310160
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. The fifteenth installment in Patrick O'Brian's widely claimed series of Aubrey-Maturin novels is equal parts mystery, adventure, and psychological drama.A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the sandwich islands at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey, R. N., Is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cable-tier is an escaped female convict. To the officers, Clarissa Harvill is an object of awkward courtliness and dangerous jealousies. Aubrey himself is won over and indeed strongly attracted to this woman who will not speak of her past. But only Aubrey's friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin, can fathom Clarissa's secrets: her crime, her personality, and a clue identifying a highly placed English spy in the pay of Napoleon's intelligence service.In a thrilling finale, Patrick O'Brian delivers all the excitement his many readers expect: Aubrey and the crew of the Surprise impose a brutal pax Britannica upon the islanders in a pitched battle against a band of headhunting cannibals.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393060691ISBN 13: 9780393060690
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. This wholly original new work by the best-selling author of The Great Unraveling challenges America to reclaim the values that made it great. With this major new volume, Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, studies the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age to the unraveling of that achievement and the reemergence of immense economic and political inequality since the 1970s. Seeking to understand both what happened to middle-class America and what it will take to achieve a "new New Deal," Krugman has created his finest book to date, a work that weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis. This book, written with Krugman's trademark ability to explain complex issues simply, will transform the debate about American social policy in much the same way as did John Kenneth Galbraith's deeply influential book, The Affluent Society.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
ISBN 10: 039330891XISBN 13: 9780393308914
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. An account of the detrimental effects of consumption and consumer behaviour on the world's natural environment. It discusses the use of resources, pollution, and the distortions created in the economies of both wealthy industrialized nations and Third World countries.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2009
ISBN 10: 039333838XISBN 13: 9780393338386
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Movie Tie-in. The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw-over one million copies sold.When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability, his blind side.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1974
ISBN 10: 0393093123ISBN 13: 9780393093124
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "Paul Roche.must be ranked among the great translators of the Greek dramas in our century."-Robert W. Corrigan Here are three of Euripides' finest tragedies offered in vivid, modern translations.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
ISBN 10: 0393315819ISBN 13: 9780393315813
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. From the celebrated author of the bestselling cult classic Trainspotting, a new work of fiction that triumphantly puts the E back in Eros. With three delightful tales of love and its ups and downs, the ever-surprising Irvine Welsh virtually invents a new genre of fiction: the chemical romance .In "Lorraine Goes to Livingston," a bestselling authoress of Regency romances, paralyzed and bedridden, plans her revenge on gambling, whoring husband with the aid of her nurse Lorraine. In "Fortune's Always Hiding," flawed beauty Samantha Worthington enlists a smitten young soccer thug to find the man who marketed the drug that crippled her from birth-in order to give his a taste of his own disastrous medicine. In the upbeat final tale "The Undefeated," we experience the transfiguring passion of the miserably married young yuppie Heather and the raver Lloyd from Leith-a grand affair played out to a house music beat.As these fools for love pursue it in all the wrong places, Ecstasy is guaranteed to set pulses racing and hearts aflutter.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
ISBN 10: 039304016XISBN 13: 9780393040166
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The bestselling book that became the blockbuster film starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Diane Lane. In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which vanished with all six crew members aboard."Drifting down on swimmers is standard rescue procedure, but the seas are so violent that Buschor keeps getting flung out of reach. There are times when he's thirty feet higher than the men trying to rescue him. . . . [I]f the boat's not going to Buschor, Buschor's going to have to go to it. SWIM! they scream over the rail. SWIM! Buschor rips off his gloves and hood and starts swimming for his life."It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." When it struck in October 1991, there was virtually no warning. "She's comin' on, boys, and she's comin' on strong," radioed Captain Billy Tyne of the Andrea Gail off the coast of Nova Scotia, and soon afterward the boat and its crew of six disappeared without a trace.In a book taut with the fury of the elements, Sebastian Junger takes us deep into the heart of the storm, depicting with vivid detail the courage, terror, and awe that surface in such a gale. Junger illuminates a world of swordfishermen consumed by the dangerous but lucrative trade of offshore fishing, "a young man's game, a single man's game," and gives us a glimpse of their lives in the tough fishing port of Gloucester, Massachusetts; he recreates the last moments of the Andrea Gail crew and recounts the daring high-seas rescues that made heroes of some and victims of others; and he weaves together the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched, to produce a rich and informed narrative. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that will leave readers with the taste of salt air on their tongues and a sense of terror of the deep. 8 pages of illustrations.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2016
ISBN 10: 039360263XISBN 13: 9780393602630
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Third. The pocket-sized handbook that does the work of a full-sized handbook, now with a new section on editing the errors that matter.Most handbooks include chapters on various general writing topics (e.g., the writing process or the elements of an argument), but few cover the specific kinds of writing students are assigned to do. The Little Seagull has chapters on reports, analyses, and all the other genres that college students are most often assigned. And because it's so small, so easy to use, and so affordable, it's proven to be a popular alternative to larger (and much more costly) handbooks.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1985
ISBN 10: 0393954595ISBN 13: 9780393954593
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Expanded. In his highly original and controversial study. Professor Lockridge traces the origins of Dedham, Massachusetts, carefully examining its establishment as a utopia in 1636, the changes that occurred during the first four generations of its settlement, and the kind of community it had become by the mid-eighteenth century.The colonial New England Town is one of the myths of American history, along with such others as George Washington and the Cherry Tree and The Frontier. They are difficult to shatter, for they perpetuate the popular belief that the nation has always enjoyed universal democracy, honesty, and opportunity. The New England Town, however, deserves more than a mythical place in American history. In this industrial village society, the unique American experience had its beginnings.In his highly original and controversial study. Professor Lockridge traces the origins of Dedham, Massachusetts, carefully examining its establishment as a utopia in 1636, the changes that occurred during the first four generations of its settlement, and the kind of community it had become by the mid-eighteenth century. In bringing to life this peculiarly American town he creates a view of all New England towns, so vital to an understanding of how the American character and society were shaped. He also gives answers to the basic questions shrouded by the myths: Was the New England Town democratic? Was it equalitarian? Was opportunity great? was society mobile? was it static or dynamic? Who had power, and who wanted it? In examining these questions Professor Lockridge has gone to the heart of the controversy surrounding the New England Town experience, finding some truth, and not a little irony, in the myth.This enlarged edition includes an updated bibliography and an afterword in which Lockridge addresses two questions about the story of Dedham: What does it tell us about the impulses that led to American independence? The answers to these questions suggest the connections between the "new" social history and the broad political themes of the revolutionary period.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2010
ISBN 10: 0393337693ISBN 13: 9780393337693
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edit. [Nisbett] weighs in forcefully and articulately . . . [using] a thoroughly appealing style to engage . . . throughout.-Publishers Weekly Who are smarter, Asians or Westerners? Are there genetic explanations for group differences in test scores? From the damning research of The Bell Curve to the more recent controversy surrounding geneticist James Watsons statements, one factor has been consistently left out of the equation: culture. In the tradition of Stephen Jay Goulds The Mismeasure of Man, world-class social psychologist Richard E. Nisbett takes on the idea of intelligence as biologically determined and impervious to culture with vast implications for the role of education as it relates to social and economic development. Intelligence and How to Get It asserts that intellect is not primarily genetic but is principally determined by societal influences.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
ISBN 10: 0393935604ISBN 13: 9780393935608
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Second. Karl Marxs 1848 text is reframed in this revised Norton Critical Edition in the context of twenty-first-century theoretical debates, capitalist globalization, the information technology revolution, and contemporary struggles up to and including the 2011 Arab Spring. Simultaneously extolled in its day as truth incarnate and the inspiration for a life-and-death struggle for humankinds liberation and condemned as the vilest of propaganda on behalf of despotism, the Communist Manifesto continues to be the most potent literary symbol of the struggle over the form and content of freedom.This revised Norton Critical Edition provides students with the best documentation and scholarship with which to appreciate the Communist Manifestos complexities, context, and legacy of controversy. The Second Edition interprets the Manifesto in relation to the dominance of globalized financial capital, socialist feminist critique, postmodernism, and the fragmentation/transformation of the global working class in the twenty-first century.The volume includes a carefully annotated text of the Communist Manifesto, the editors historical and philosophical introduction, and a chronology of historical events surrounding publication of the Manifesto. Fifteen seminal interpretations-eight of them new to the Second Edition-have been collected. New contributions include Lucien Laurat on the Manifestos sociological standpoint as adapted to the modernization of the mid-twentieth century; Wendy Lynne Lees assessment of the Manifestos key concepts, metaphors, and arguments from a radical-feminist perspective; the article that served as the basis for Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negris important postmodernist adaptation of the Manifesto for twenty-first century conditions; and noteworthy responses to Hardt and Negris arguments by Slavoj Zizek and by Taki Fotopoulos and Alexandros Gezerlis.A Selected Bibliography and Index are also included.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
ISBN 10: 0393966356ISBN 13: 9780393966350
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Norton Critical Editions. This Norton Critical Edition of Edith Wharton's celebrated novella is based on the first edition, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1911. It is fully annotated for undergraduate readers."Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a rich selection of materials, some previously unavailable, for the study of contemporary psychological, social, and economic issues, as well as Wharton's private correspondence and writings and biographical accounts of the author.Arranged under two headings, "Criticism" reveals Ethan Frome's impact as both a literary work and a social commentary. "Contemporary Reviews" consists of eight prominent assessments of Ethan Frome, including reviews from the New York Times Book Review, Outlook, The Nation, the Saturday Review, and those penned by Frederic Taber Cooper and Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, among others. "Modern Criticism" (1956-1991) includes seven interpretations of the novella by Lionel Trilling, Elizabeth Ammons, Judith Fryer, Jean Frantz Blackall, Lev Raphael, Candace Waid, and Cynthia Griffin Wolff.A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
ISBN 10: 0393081591ISBN 13: 9780393081596
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable BookWeve all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great?Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great. Is it a matter of natural-born charisma? Or does exceptional teaching require something more?Building a Better Teacher introduces a new generation of educators exploring the intricate science underlying their art. A former principal studies the countrys star teachers and discovers a set of common techniques that help children pay attention. Two math teachers videotape a year of lessons and develop an approach that has nine-year-olds writing sophisticated mathematical proofs. A former high school teacher works with a top English instructor to pinpoint the key interactions a teacher must foster to initiate a rich classroom discussion. Through their stories, and the hilarious and heartbreaking theater that unfolds in the classroom every day, Elizabeth Green takes us on a journey into the heart of a profession that impacts every child in America.What happens in the classroom of a great teacher? Opening with a moment-by-moment portrait of an everyday math lesson-a drama of urgent decisions and artful maneuvers-Building a Better Teacher demonstrates the unexpected complexity of teaching. Green focuses on the questions that really matter: How do we prepare teachers and what should they know before they enter the classroom? How does one get young minds to reason, conjecture, prove, and understand? What are the keys to good discipline? Incorporating new research from cognitive psychologists and education specialists as well as intrepid classroom entrepreneurs, Green provides a new way for parents to judge what their children need in the classroom and considers how to scale good ideas. Ultimately, Green discovers that good teaching is a skill. A skill that can be taught.A provocative and hopeful book, Building a Better Teacher shows that legendary teachers are more than inspiring; they are perhaps the greatest craftspeople of all.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
ISBN 10: 0393060004ISBN 13: 9780393060003
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. An impassioned defense of liberty from one of our most esteemed legal scholars. How has the modern welfare state redefined our notion of individual liberty? Are we free to express ourselves in speech, at work, or through sex? Arguing that equality is often the most potent rival of liberty, Charles Fried demonstrates how the dense tangle of government regulations both supports and threatens our personal freedoms. Richly illustrated with examples from contemporary life, Modern Liberty is vividly relevant to the experiences and needs of everyday Americans. This is Hayek's The Road to Serfdom updated for a time when we have put fascist and Marxist tyranny firmly behind us but still confront kinder, gentler threats to our liberty. Armed with Fried's insights, readers will be better able to defend themselves against those on both the left and the right who would limit their liberty to promote virtue, equality, or the greatness of the nation. Modern Liberty has profound implications for the societies in which we live now.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393330486ISBN 13: 9780393330489
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The book that launched a movement: Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all (Oliver Sacks).Called one of the greatest men alive by The Times of London, E. O. Wilson proposes an historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earths rapidly vanishing biodiversity.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393330346ISBN 13: 9780393330342
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The atmosphere of Bleak House, the sensuous thrill of Perfume, and the mystery of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell all combine in a story of murder, deceit, love, and revenge in Victorian England."After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the "enthralling" (Booklist, starred review) and "ingenious" (Boston Globe) story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar, and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he was destined for greatness. A chance discovery convinces him that he was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. Overwhelmed by his discovery, he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his.Glyver's path to reclaim his prize leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels, and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most beautiful and enchanting country houses, and finally to a consuming love for the beautiful but enigmatic Emily Carteret. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition. And at every turn, driving Glyver irresistibly onward, is his deadly rival: the poet-criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt.The Meaning of Night is an enthralling novel that will captivate readers right up to its final thrilling revelation.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2006
ISBN 10: 0393327396ISBN 13: 9780393327397
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The long-awaited novel; a very special love story; from the best-selling author of Cowboys Are My Weakness. This is the story of a woman, Rae, and her dog, Dante, a wolfhound who teaches "his human" that love is stronger than fear (the dog has always known this). Dante is the catalyst for change in other characters as well, and they step forward with their narratives: Rae's house-tender; her therapist; two veterinarians; and an anxiety-ridden actor, Howard, who turns out to be as stalwart as Dante himself. As the "seer" who hunts by sight rather than smell, Dante has some things to add, as does Rose, another dog who lives at Rae's heels, and Stanley the cat. Among and above these myriad voices, Rae voices her own challenges. With the wit and dead-on candor we've come to expect from Pam Houston, Sight Hound unfolds a story that illuminates the intangible covenant between loved ones. Here, dogs and humans are simply equal creatures, looking to connect and holding on for dear life when they do. Reading group guide included.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2015
ISBN 10: 0393088618ISBN 13: 9780393088618
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. "A stirring, vividly told story of a young woman's quest to find the family she lost . . . an impressive debut." -Peter BalakianIn the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words, were "great at making babies, but not so great at holding on to them." After her father leaves the family, she is raised among a commune of mothers in a low-income housing complex. Then, no longer able to care for the only daughter she has left at home, Mary's mother sends Mary away to Oklahoma to live with her maternal grandparents, who have also been raising her younger sister, Rebecca. When Mary is legally adopted by her grandparents, the result is a family story like no other. Because Mary was adopted by her grandparents, Marys mother, Peggy, is legally her sister, while her brother, Jacob, is legally her nephew.Living in Oklahoma with her maternal grandfather, Mary gets a new name and a new life. But she's haunted by the past: by the baby girls shes sure will come looking for her someday, by the mother she left behind, by the father who left her. Mary is a college student when her sisters start to get back in touch. With each subsequent reunion, her family becomes closer to whole again. Moving, haunting, and at times wickedly funny, Bastards is about finding one's family and oneself.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2017
ISBN 10: 0393354857ISBN 13: 9780393354850
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. The liberty of written and spoken expression has been fixed in the firmament of American social values since our nation's beginning - the government of the United States was the first to legalize free speech and a free press as fundamental human rights. But when the British began colonizing the New World, strict censorship was the iron rule of the realm. Any words,true or false, that were thought to disparage the government were prejudged as a criminally subversive and duly punishable threat to law,order, and the peace of the kingdom. Even after Parliament lifted licensing requirements for all printed material late in the seventeenth century, publishers did not escape the crown's strict scrutiny and prosecution if they dared criticize their rulers.So in 1733, when a small newspaper, The New-York Weekly Journal, printed scathing articles that assailed and mocked the new British governor, William Cosby, as corrupt and abusive of his power, colonial New York was scandalized - but hardly displeased. The paper's publisher, a previously impoverished print shop owner named John Peter Zenger, with a wife and six children to feed, in fact had no hand in his paper's vitriolic content; he was only the front man for Codby's two most impassioned adversaries, New York Supreme Court Chief Justice Lewis Morris and his collaborator James Alexander, a shrewd and highly successful attorney.While Morris and Alexander, with fame and fortune to lose if convicted for seditiously libeling the colony's royal governor, bankrolled the paper but remained in the shadows, Zenger became the venture's courageous fall guy as Cosby brought the full force of his high office down upon the Journal and its publisher. Jailed for the better part of a year, Zenger faced a jury in New York's City Hall on August 4, 1735, a court proceeding matched in importance during the colonial period only by the Salem witch trials.In Indelible Ink, social historian Richard Kluger re-creates in rich and engaging detail the dramatic clash of powerful antagonists that marked the beginning of press freedom in America and its role in vanquishing colonial tyranny.Here is an enduring lesson that redounds to this day on the vital importance of free public expression as the underpinning of true democracy and the key to an informed electorate.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
ISBN 10: 039330857XISBN 13: 9780393308570
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. "Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best."--John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2016
ISBN 10: 039307059XISBN 13: 9780393070590
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Finalist for the 2017 NAACP Image AwardInternationally best-selling author Lawrence Hill returns with an extraordinary, resonant novel about a man on the run.Lawrence Hill spellbound readers with Someone Knows My Name (made into the television mini-series, The Book of Negroes), hailed as transporting (Entertainment Weekly) and completely engrossing (Washington Post). The Illegal is the gripping story of Keita Ali, a refugee-like the many in todays headlines-compelled to leave his homeland.All Keita has ever wanted to do is to run. Running means respect and wealth at home. His native Zantoroland, a fictionalized country whose tyrants are eerily familiar, turns out the fastest marathoners on earth. But after his journalist father is killed for his outspoken political views, Keita must flee to the wealthy nation of Freedom State-a country engaged in a crackdown on all undocumented people.There, Keita becomes a part of the new underground. He learns what it means to live as an illegal: surfacing to earn cash prizes by running local races and assessing whether the people he meets will be kind or turn him in. As the authorities seek to arrest Keita, he strives to elude capture and ransom his sister, who has been kidnapped.Set in an imagined country bearing a striking resemblance to our own, this tension-filled novel casts its eye on race, human potential, and what it means to belong.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
ISBN 10: 039397197XISBN 13: 9780393971972
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Designed to improve students reading and writing abilities, Progressions opens with short, accessible selections that can be read and reread quickly and builds to longer, more academic readings that call for and develop increased attention spans, greater vocabulary skills, and more advanced comprehension and critical reading abilities. This is the ideal text for instructors seeking an exciting way to enlarge the writing capabilities of beginning undergraduates.