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Title
Purchase Date
Bookseller
B&N Net Rank
The Book
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Aviation
Aircraft Recognition
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Jane's Aircraft
Recognition Guide
Fourth Edition
Gunter Endres
Michael J. Gething
ISBN: 0060818948
ISBN-13: 9780060818944
Copyright © 2005
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December 2006
Powells.com
40,915
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From the Publisher:
The essential guide to the world's aircraft
- 500 color photographs
- Aircraft markings identification guide
- Technical data
- Recognition silhouettes
- Confusion guides
- Civilian and military aircraft
Mr.Wonderful Writes:
This is the one aircraft reference book you need if you ever want to know
for certain exactly what model that airliner, civilian aircraft, helicopter, or military jet
that woke you up by flying directly over your residence was. Why just the other day I identified
an F-18, complete with wingtip missiles gingerly taking off from the (civilian) Scottsdale
airport and banking directly above my tony Town of Paradise Valley apartment. If you are
interested at all in aircraft, this is the one book you need to have.
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Entertainment Biography
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Hollywood Animal
Joe Eszterhas
ISBN: 064173901X
ISBN-13: 9780641739019
Copyright © 2004
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December 2006
HamiltonBook.com
65,718
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From the Publisher:
"He spent his earliest years in post WWII–refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland—stealing cars, rolling drunks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the worldwide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge, and Flashdance. He also wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never ended, even as his films went on to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office and he became the most famous—or infamous—screenwriter in Hollywood.
Joe Eszterhas is a complex and paradoxical figure: part outlaw and outsider combined with equal parts romantic and moralist. More than one person has called him “the devil.” He has been referred to as “the most reviled man in America ... "
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Women's Studies
Political Biography
Women's Biography
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Killer Angel
A Short Biography of
Planned Parenthood's
Founder,
Margaret Sanger
George Grant
ISBN: 1581821506
ISBN-13: 9781581821505
Copyright © 1995, 2001
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December 2006
HamiltonBook.com
182,820
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* From the Back Cover:
"A Shocking Look at Feminism's Patron Saint"
Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, has been the subject of adoring television dramas and
enthusiastic biographies, but her life and work were anything but inspiring. Killer Angel is a close-up
look at Sanger that brings to light much that has been ignored or suppressed in most films and books that
are available today."
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*I found it quite unusual that barnesandnoble.com did not post a "From the Publisher" quote on this biography. MW
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Media & Communications
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SPY
The Funny Years
Kurt Anderson
Graydon Carter
George Kalogerakis
ISBN: 1401352391
ISBN-13: 9781401352394
Copyright © 2006
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December 2006
Gift
2,319
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From the Publisher:
"Just in time for the 20th anniversary of Spy’s creation comes the definitive anthology, inside story, and scrapbook. Spy: The Funny Years will remind the magazine’s million readers why they loved and depended on Spy and bring to a new generation the jewels of its reporting and writing, photography, illustration, design, and world-class mischief-making. It will demonstrate Spy’s singular niche in American magazine and cultural history. But it is also intended to be enjoyed on its own: one beautiful volume containing Spy’s funniest and most creative work, along with the ultimate insiders’ account of how it all came to be.
All the best is here: Separated at Birth; Naked City; The Fine Print; Logrolling in Our Time; the Blurb-o-Mat; those hysterical (and now ubiquitous) charts; the inside stories on the New York Times and Hollywood by J.J. Hunsecker and Celia Brady; the covers; investigative features; and the hilarious stories on pretty much everyone who was anyone during the late 80s and early 90s ... "
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Science Fiction
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The Humanoids
Jack Williamson
ISBN: 0312852533
ISBN-13: 9780312852535
Copyright © 1948, 1949
The Humanoids
Jack Williamson
1976 Cover
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December 2006
Powells.com
198,974
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From the Publisher:
" 'To serve and obey, and guard men from harm' on the far planet Wing IV, a brilliant scientist creates the humanoids - sleek black androids programmed to serve humanity. But are they perfect servants - or perfect masters? Slowly the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide ... if it's not already too late. First published in Astounding Science Fiction during the magazine's heyday, The Humanoids - science fiction grand master Jack Williamson's finest novel - has endured for fifty years as a classic on the theme of natural versus artificial life. Also included in this edition is the prelude novelette, "With Folded Hands," which was chosen for the Science Fiction Hall of Fame."
Listened to Audio
Book in 2006
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Politics & Government:
General & Miscellaneous
Islamic Studies
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Two Faces of Islam:
The House of Sa'ud
from Tradition to Terror
Steve Schwartz
ISBN: 0743211359
ISBN-13: 9780743211352
Copyright © 2000
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October 2006
HamiltonBook.com
66,746
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From the Publisher:
"In this informed, compelling exploration of Moslem beliefs and of the sectarian conflicts within the community, a Jewish historian paints a sympathetic portrait of mainstream Islam and exposes the centuries-old roots of Osama bin Laden's extremism.
The difficult, protracted war against terrorism has raised unsettling questions about the nature of Islam and its influence on America's declared enemies. In The Two Faces of Islam, Stephen Schwartz, who has devoted years to the study of Islam, explains its complex history and describes the profound philosophical and religious differences that distinguish traditional beliefs from the radical sects that have sprung up over the past fifteen hundred years. He focuses on Wahhabism, the puritanical sect to which Osama bin Laden belongs."
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Diplomacy & International Politics
Political Biography
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Saddam's Bombmaker
The Terrifying inside Story
of the Iraqi Nuclear and
Biological Weapons Agenda
Khidhir Hamza
with Jeff Stein
ISBN: 0743211359
ISBN-13: 9780743211352
Copyright © 2000
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October 2006
HamiltonBook.com
156,913
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From the Publisher:
"The Iraqi scientist who designed Baghdad's nuclear bomb tells how he did it in secret with the cynical help of U.S., French, German, and British suppliers and experts, and kept it hidden from U.N. inspectors after the Gulf War. Today, he says, Saddam Hussein is only months away from making a workable bomb and has every intention of using it.
Don't tell me about the law. The law is anything I write on a scrap of paper."
Saddam Hussein
In 1994, after twenty years developing Iraq's atomic weapon, Dr. Khidhir Hamza made a daring escape to warn the CIA of Saddam's nuclear ambitions...only to be ridiculed and turned away!"
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Gifted Persons
Case Studies
Genius
Case Studies
Civilization
History
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Human Accomplishment:
The Pursuit of Excellence
in the Arts and Sciences,
800 B.C. to 1950
Charles Murray
ISBN: 0060929642
ISBN-13: 9780060929640
Copyright © 2003
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October 2006
HamiltonBook.com
241,103
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From the Publisher:
"So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that rarely have been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences -- a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography."
(On Shelf)
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Life Sciences: Evolution
Religion & Science
Philosophy & Social Aspects
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The Politically
Incorrect Guide to
Darwinism and
Intelligent Design
Jonathan Wells, Ph.D.
ISBN: 1596980133
ISBN-13: 9781596980136
Copyright © 2006
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September 2006
americancompass.com
55,918
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From the Publisher:
"Born without arms or legs below his elbows and knees, Kyle Maynard excels as a champion athlete, inspirational speaker, college student and male model. No Excuses is his inspirational autobiography that shows how a positive can-do attitude gives someone we might see as disadvantaged the advantage over life."
Did you know:
- The famous "ape to man" species chart is based on guesswork, not evidence
- Intelligent design is based on scientific evidence, not religious belief
- What many public schools teach about Darwinism is based on known falsehoods
- Scientists who question Darwinism are punished - by public institutions using your tax dollars
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Political Ideologies Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Theory
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Do As I Say:
(Not As I Do)
Profiles in
Liberal Hypocrisy
Charles Stross
ISBN 0385513496
Copyright © 2005
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September 2006
americancompass.com
18,221
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From the Publisher:
"Prominent liberals support a whole litany of policies and principles: progressive taxes, affirmative action, greater regulation of corporations, raising the inheritance tax, strict environmental regulations, children’s rights, consumer rights, and more. But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate the private lives of politicians like the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedys, and Ralph Nader; commentators Michael Moore, Al Franken, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West; entertainers or philanthropists Barbra Streisand and George Soros. Using publicly-available real estate records, IRS returns, court depositions, and their own published statements, he sought to examine whether they lived by the principles they so forcefully advocate. What he found was a long list of contradictions. Many of these proponents of organized labor had developed various methods to sidestep paying union wages or avoid employing unions altogether ... "
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Political Ideologies
Political Parties
Popular Culture
Liberalism
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Hoodwinked:
How Intellectual
Hucksters Have
Hijacked
American Culture
Jack Cashill
ISBN 1595550119
Copyright © 2005
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09/27/2006
zooba.com
139,207 |
From the Publisher:
"For the last century, many "progressive" intellectuals responsible for shaping the way we think about guns, corporations, the legal system, sex, and even our very history have been completely fabricating the facts. And yet they have been published, praised, promoted, and protected by the cultural establishment who have their own leftist agendas advanced by their liberal lies. This book tells the stories behind the fraud and reveals an unsettling pattern of institutional deception most recently exampled in the treachery perpetrated by the liberals' newest darling, Michael Moore. It's a startling exposé that targets the biggest names in politics, history, and literature-including John F. Kennedy, Alfred Kinsey, Margaret Mead, Alex Haley, Dashiell Hammett, and Stephen Ambrose-and proves how their corrosive lies have completely perverted our society, culture, and understanding of the world at large."
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