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Anton Chekhov

The Crooked Mirror and Other Stories

MSRP: $11.00

$5.99
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John Kaag

American Philosophy: A Love Story

MSRP: $16.00

$8.99
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Philip Van Doren Stern

The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale

$50.00
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Diana Secker Tesdell

Christmas Stories

MSRP: $16.00

$9.99

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Have a happy Christmas in the English countryside with a volume of three heartwarming holiday tales from Miss Read.

As frost sparkles on cottage roofs and smoke rises from chimneys, the English village of Fairacre is a perfect vision of Christmas joy — but even in this cozy community, celebrations of the season do not always go as expected. In this enchanting holiday collection, Miss Read shares three of her most beloved and memorable Christmas tales.

In Village Christmas, the Emery family is preparing to celebrate their first Christmas in Fairacre, having moved from London just three months before, and to welcome the birth of their fourth child. When the unexpected happens on Christmas morning, their new neighbors, the elderly Waters sisters, are fortunately nearby to lend a hand.

The Christmas Mouse takes us to the nearby village of Caxley. Mrs. Berry has just finished her Christmas Eve preparations when a winter storm brings two visitors seeking refuge to her hospitable home. Their chance encounter will make this an unforgettable Christmas for them all.

In No Holly for Miss Quinn, a family emergency disrupts Miss Quinn’s plans for a quiet and fuss-free holiday. She agrees to look after her brother’s three young children while their mother is ill and soon finds herself swept away by holiday traditions, the infectious enthusiasm of the children, and the surprising arrival of someone from her past.

For uplifting reading, no one rivals Miss Read. Her delightful Christmas tales brim with good cheer and the spirit of Christmas itself. — Quick view Add to Cart

Miss Read

Christmas at Fairacre

MSRP: $14.95

$9.99

Ebenezer Scrooge is not a nice man. He is mean to his employees and mean to his family. He doesn't understand Christmas at all.

Then three ghosts appear, haunting Scrooge. One shows him Christmas past. one shows him Christmas present. And one shows him an eerie Christmas future.

Now Scrooge has one last chance...before it's too late.

With an Introduction by Karen Hesse — Quick view Add to Cart

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol (Scholastic Edition)

MSRP: $5.99

$2.99

George Perkins Marsh is often considered America's first environmentalist. Perkins was a diplomat, author, and philologist, and far ahead of his time in terms of his views on the environment. Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action presents readers with the opportunity to read the words of the father of the environmental movement in the United States.

The book begins with an introduction that presents ancient Rome as a case study for the importance of conservationism. Marsh uses a variety of sources to paint a picture of Rome as an area ripe with natural resources that were over utilized and eventually destroyed by man's actions. The second chapter discusses the effects of transferring and modifying vegetable and animal species, and argues for organic life as vital to environmental sustainability. The book goes on to examine specific ecosystems, and the impacts man has had on them, including forests, bodies of water, and deserts. March concludes his work with a discussion of projected and possible changes to geography that man has caused, and the potential impacts of these changes.

Marsh was clearly well ahead of his time in terms of his environmental attitudes. Man and Nature is a plea to readers to recognize the value of our natural landscapes and to ensure their protection. His words are every bit as poignant today as they were when they were written.

Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action is a seminal text of the conservationist movement. It is a must read for any modern environmentalist, and a sad reminder that the issues facing man today have gone unresolved for nearly two centuries. This is an important work and one that deserves to be read by a wide audience. — Quick view Add to Cart

George P. Marsh

Man and Nature: Or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action

MSRP: $19.99

$13.99

Three lost treasures from the African-American past--edited by one of the foremost authorities on black American literature. Originally published between 1853 and 1901, these three novels represent the beginnings of the black literary tradition in the United States. They have now been collected in one volume for the fist time, edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Clotel, or The President's Daughter by William Wells Brown (1853). Written by an escaped slave, this novel is the gripping account of the ordeals of a mulatto woman purported to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson.

Lola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted by Frances E.W. Harper (1892). In this pioneering work of the black woman's literary movement, a light-skinned black woman is raised as a free white, only to be tricked into slavery.

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chestnutt (1901). This suspenseful masterpiece tells of a sensitive African-American doctor facing the realities of segregation and racial terror in the Reconstruction South. — Quick view Add to Cart

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Editor)

Three Classic African-American Novels

MSRP: $21.00

$14.99

First published in 1859, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy. Today it is perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. Mill’s passionate advocacy of spontaneity, individuality, and diversity, along with his contempt for compulsory uniformity and the despotism of popular opinion, has attracted both admiration and condemnation.

With an Introduction by Patrick Hayden — Quick view Add to Cart

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

MSRP: $7.95

$5.99

The Little Big Book of Christmas is filled with everything needed for a joyous, old-fashioned celebration of Christmas. Open it and find classic Christmas poems and stories to read aloud, favorite carols to sing, and delicious recipes to make--all to share and treasure. The Little Big Book of Christmas's delightful illustrations, reminiscent of the simple beauty of a cozy, Victorian Christmas, cast their charm over poems, stories, songs, and treats.

The Little Big Book of Christmas contains: 11 poems by such renowned poets as Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, and Lewis Carroll; 21 stories by such favorite authors as Hans Christian Anderson, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Thompson, and Norman Vincent Peale; 13 carols, complete with music, including "The First Noel", "Silent night", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", and "Joy to the World"; 14 recipes for holiday treats, including The Perfect Brownie Christmas Trees, Classic Sugar Cookies, and Apple Cider with Cinnamon Sticks; More than 200 illustrations, including 55 full-color nineteenth-century images.

Edited by Lena Tabori

Designed by Timothy Shaner — Quick view Add to Cart

Lena Tabori (Editor)

The Little Big Book of Christmas

MSRP: $26.00

$17.99

This project started when Tom Glazer of Graphic Image found an original copy of The Greatest Gift among his father's possessions. Inside, the author writes:

For Bennett Glazer

who remembers the movie

With best regards

from the author

Philip Van Doren Stern

Although printed in 1944, evidently it was presented to Bennett Glazer after the release of It's A Wonderful Life. Setting off on a pleasurable voyage of discovery into the history of this book, Tom Glazer soon realized that he had one of the original print run that Van Doren Stern had published after first sending 200 copies out as a holiday card to give to friends in Christmas 1943. It was one of these festive pamphlets that eventually found its way into the hands of a producer at RKO Films. The rest is, as they say, movie history!

We are delighted to be able to present The Greatest Gift here in a new edition for readers everywhere to enjoy.

With an Afterword by Marguerite Stern Robinson

Illustrations by Finlay Cowan — Quick view Add to Cart

Philip Van Doren Stern

The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale

$50.00

While we live in a world of amazing scientific advances, our bodily systems have evolved to handle the conditions of the Stone Age--that million-year-long period when we were still huddling around campfires and hunting for our meals. The medical world has only begun to understand the implications of this chasm, as researchers in the burgeoning field of evolutionary medicine look back in time to better understand a wide array of health conditions and the ways in which our bodies have evolved to combat them.

In this practical and eye-opening guide, Dr. William Meller offers fascinating, and in many cases counterintuitive, insights into diet and exercise, aging, disease, germs and infection, allergies, sports medicine, mental health, and more--based not on modern medicine, but on how our distant ancestors lived.

Evolution Rx presents a new paradigm for vibrant health--including simple strategies for hearing and heeding what our bodies are telling us in order to prevent illness, slow the aging process, and harness our innate capacity to heal. — Quick view Add to Cart

William Meller, MD

Evolution Rx: A Practical Guide to Harnessing Our Innate Capacity for Health and Healing

MSRP: $24.95

$8.99

Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his acclaimed first book.

One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. In this new book Hawking takes us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction, to explain in laymen’s terms the principles that control our universe.

Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is seeking to uncover the grail of science — the elusive Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. In his accessible and often playful style, he guides us on his search to uncover the secrets of the universe — from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography to duality. He takes us to the wild frontiers of science, where superstring theory and p-branes may hold the final clue to the puzzle. And he lets us behind the scenes of one of his most exciting intellectual adventures as he seeks “to combine Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman’s idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe.”

With characteristic exuberance, Professor Hawking invites us to be fellow travelers on this extraordinary voyage through space-time. Copious four-color illustrations help clarify this journey into a surreal wonderland where particles, sheets, and strings move in eleven dimensions; where black holes evaporate and disappear, taking their secret with them; and where the original cosmic seed from which our own universe sprang was a tiny nut.

The Universe in a Nutshell is essential reading for all of us who want to understand the universe in which we live. Like its companion volume, A Brief History of Time, it conveys the excitement felt within the scientific community as the secrets of the cosmos reveal themselves. — Quick view Add to Cart

Stephen Hawking

The Universe in a Nutshell

MSRP: $35.00

$15.99

As staff writer for Scientific American, John Horgan has a window on contemporary science unsurpassed in all the world. Who else routinely interviews the likes of Lynn Margulis, Roger Penrose, Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Hawking, Thomas Kuhn, Chris Langton, Karl Popper, Stephen Weinberg, and E.O. Wilson, with the freedom to probe their innermost thoughts?

In The End Of Science, Horgan displays his genius for getting these larger-than-life figures to be simply human, and scientists, he writes, ”are rarely so human...so at ther mercy of their fears and desires, as when they are confronting the limits of knowledge.”

This is the secret fear that Horgan pursues throughout this remarkable book: Have the big questions all been answered? Has all the knowledge worth pursuing become known? Will there be a final ”theory of everything” that signals the end? Is the age of great discoverers behind us? Is science today reduced to mere puzzle solving and adding detains to existing theories?

Horgan extracts surprisingly candid answers to there and other delicate questions as he discusses God, Star Trek, superstrings, quarks, plectics, consciousness, Neural Darwinism, Marx's view of progress, Kuhn's view of revolutions, cellular automata, robots, and the Omega Point, with Fred Hoyle, Noam Chomsky, John Wheeler, Clifford Geertz, and dozens of other eminent scholars. The resulting narrative will both infuriate and delight as it mindles Horgan's smart, contrarian argument for ”endism” with a witty, thoughtful, even profound overview of the entire scientific enterprise.

Scientists have always set themselves apart from other scholars in the belief that they do not construct the truth, they discover it. Their work is not interpretation but simple revelation of what exists in the empirical universe. But science itself keeps imposing limits on its own power. Special relativity prohibits the transmission of matter or information as speeds faster than that of light; quantum mechanics dictates uncertainty; and chaos theory confirms the impossibility of complete prediction. Meanwhile, the very idea of scientific rationality is under fire from Neo-Luddites, animal-rights acitivists, religious fundamentalists, and New Agers alike.

As Horgan makes clear, perhaps the greatest threat to science may come from losing its special place in the hierarchy of disciplines, being reduced to something more akin to literaty criticism as more and more theoreticians engage in the theory twiddling he calls ”ironic science.” Still, while Horgan offers his critique, grounded in the thinking of the world's leading researchers, he offers homage too. If science is ending, he maintains, it is only because it has done its work so well. — Quick view Add to Cart

John Horgan

The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age

MSRP: $24.00

$10.00

Robert S. McNamara, the brilliant secretary of defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, helped lead America into Vietnam. McNamara believed that the fight against communism in Asia was worth the sacrifice of American lives, and yet he eventually came to believe that the war was, in fact, unwinnable. Outnumbered by those who wanted to continue fighting, he left the Johnson administration and his involvement in Vietnam behind. he refused any public comment on the war, and for almost three decades he has kept that silence--until now.

Drawing on his personal experience and a wealth of documentation - much of it only recently declassified and some presented here for the first time ever - McNamara has crafted the classic insider account of Vietnam policy making. He reveals exactly how we stumbled into the war, and exactly why it quickly became so difficult to pull out. We meet John F. Kennedy, and McNamara discloses what he believes Kennedy would have done in Vietnam had he lived. We get to know Lyndon B. Johnson, and see exactly how the war tore him apart and damaged his entire presidency. We sit in on secret meetings, we read private cables, and we hear the voices and arguments of the men who battled over America's Vietnam policy. McNamara takes us into the Oval Office for late-night discussions with the president, into the halls of the Pentagon as military strategy is argued, and into the chambers of Congress as policy is debated. He also reveals his own inner torment as the war effort becomes increasingly frustrating, and then utterly disastrous. The result is a book that is not only history of the highest order, but a revealing portrait of the trials of leadership.

For almost thirty years the world has waited to hear what Robert S. McNamara had to say about the Vietnam War and his role in it. With this book, that wait is over. In Retrospect stands as the finest dissection ever written of America's stumble into Vietnam, an essential chapter of American history that not only finally provides the answer as to why the "best and the brightest" led us into tragedy, but also reveals what we can learn from their mistakes in order to reply to the post-Cold War world of the twenty-first century. — Quick view Add to Cart

Robert S. McNamara

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

MSRP: $20.00

$13.99

A mysterious stranger suddenly appears in town, tired and worn, desperately seeking employment. Disheartened by his reception from the Christians he meets, he attends their church service and makes an impassioned plea for the downtrodden, the poor, the forgotten in their midst, finally asking, "What would Jesus do?" Sent by his efforts, the gentle young man collapses, and Rev. Henry Maxwell and the congregation are left to answer the heart-rending question as best they can.

Deeply shaken, the minister realizes the enormous significance of the simple query, and resolves to help his flock attempt to live by the precepts of Christ, applying His behaviour to their own lives.

"What would Jesus do?" Mr. Maxwell searches his soul for guidance, suddenly alert to the trials that lie ahead...the newspaper editor awakens to an opportunity to do great good for his neighbors, even though his job is placed in jeopardy...the heiress realizes spiritual fulfillment is within her grasp, even at the cost of bitter family and social opposition...the novelist sees a chance to win the woman he loves, though deception...the executive faces up to community responsibility in his business dealings...

No one in town is left untouched by the brief, probing question. And no reader will remain untouched by the powerful challenge given here. For over seventy-five years, millions the world over have responded to this book's vibrant story and its inspiring message. It has become the most widely read religious novel ever written...and has influenced countless multitudes to seek to walk "In His Steps." — Quick view Add to Cart

Charles M. Sheldon

In His Steps

$12.00