Irwin
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Wiley
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2010
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A look at the philosophical underpinnings of the hit TV show, Mad Men
With its swirling cigarette smoke, martini lunches, skinny ties, and tight pencil skirts, Mad Men is unquestionably one of the most stylish, sexy, and irresistible shows on television. But the series becomes even more absorbing once you dig deeper into its portrayal of the changing social and political mores of 1960s America and explore the philosophical complexities
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Irwin Shaw's gripping final novel about a mysterious phone call that threatens to derail a man's life Roger Damon is a literary agent at the top of his field, but with one anonymous phone call, his life begins to unravel. The caller demands a meeting and threatens Roger with outing past transgressions. To identify the mysterious harasser, Roger reexamines his life and searches for clues in past successes and failures. But each new lead brings greater...
23) Exquisite corpse
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This “off-beat, brisk and darkly comic” historical novel about an artist’s romantic obsession with his muse is “consistently clever and inventive.”(The New York Times)
Set in London, Paris, and Munich in the 1940s and 1950s, Exquisite Corpse is, like Robert Irwin’s cult classic, The Arabian Nightmare, a novel about the strange and ever-morphing powers of the imagination. At once a love story, a mystery, and an investigation into...
24) Providence
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What do a billionaire reality TV show king and three of the world's best racehorse trainers have in common?How about 21 cloned past champion racehorses?Howard Irwin-billionaire reality TV show king-has done the unthinkable… neigh, the impossible. His 21 cloned champions are going to face each other in a showdown to prove, once and for all, which is the true winner.The event will be televised, of course.He hires three trainers; Logan Weston, Angus...
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"One of the Financial Times' Best Books of the Year: Critics' Picks" "One of Asian Review of Books' Books of the Year (Biography & Memoir)" Robert Irwin is senior research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and a former lecturer at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His many books include Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents and Memoirs of a Dervish: Sufis, Mystics, and the Sixties, as well as seven...
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An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it
George R.R. Martin's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it, have earned critical acclaim and inspired fanatic devotion. This book delves into the many philosophical questions that arise in this complex, character-driven series,
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The story of the Special Forces in World War II has never fully been told before. Information about them began to be declassified only in the 1980s.
Known as the Jedburghs, these Special Forces were selected from members of the British, American, and Free French armies to be dropped in teams of three deep behind German lines. There, in preparation for D-Day, they carried out what we now know as unconventional warfare: supporting the French Resistance...
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The Cañon City area's high points have been literal, starting with the magnificent Royal Gorge. Here the Royal Gorge Bridge crosses the Arkansas River, 1,053 feet below, as the highest suspension span in the world. From the scenic and geological diversity to some of the initial oil discoveries in the United States, this Fremont County seat has been a hub of coal mining and archaeological discoveries, particularly of dinosaur remains. The temperate...
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Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians, both prominent and obscure figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy and presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons, and discographies....
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One of Irwin Shaw's most unforgettable heroes battles to resurrect his declining career against a tough cast of women, whiskey, and old memories Jesse Crain was made for Cannes. A middle-aged filmmaker who dazzled audiences during Hollywood's Golden Age, Crain is talented, worldly, ambitious, and he knows how to play the game. As the Riviera sparkles in the spring of 1970, Crain juggles industry players while charming a persistent young journalist...
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An act of infidelity tears apart the members of a Depression-era family Friends always envied the Crown marriage, but for Lucy, something was missing. During a family trip to Vermont in the summer of 1937, her husband, Oliver, is called away. When Lucy falls into an affair with a younger man, her son, Tony, walks in on them. The betrayal rips apart the family, ultimately estranging Lucy from her son. Twenty years later, the two run into each other...
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Robert Irwin is America's #1 real estate expert. But don't take our word for it - the sales figures speak for themselves. To date, his real estate titles have sold more than one and a half million copies.
Both Tips and Traps When Buying a Home and Tips and Traps When Selling a Home have gone on to become the #1 guides in their respective subjects. In the seven years since those two classics were last revised the real estate market has undergone many...
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A man's past calls to him as he relives his successes and his mistakes Benjamin Federov has lived a thoroughly American life. The son of immigrants, husband to a lovely wife, and father to two healthy sons, he is successful in business, and blessed with good health. During a lazy 1964 summer afternoon at his son's baseball game, Ben reminisces on the triumphs and failures of his past fifty years. He recalls the comedy of his youth and the horrors...
36) The troubled air
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Irwin Shaw's provocative classic about courage and morality at the height of McCarthyism Clement Archer, head of a popular radio show, faces a profound dilemma: Five of his employees stand accused of being communists, and a magazine threatens disclosure unless Archer fires each and every one. Despite his efforts to meet his own moral standards and avoid self-incrimination, Archer finds himself hounded from both ends of the political spectrum for his...
37) Camouflage
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Bindi wildlife adventures volume 4
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"Bindi and her family are visiting Singapore for the opening of a new reptile park. ... But when a rare Komodo dragon is missing, Bindi and her brother Robert have to blend into their surroundings to find her"--P. [4] of cover.
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Bindi wildlife adventures volume 5
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Bindi takes a pair of twins whale-watching and they see an oil spill which threatens the whales. Includes animal facts about whales.
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Designed for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characters through a philosophical lens and includes Jerry and Socrates: The Examined Life? Act Two examines historical philosophers from a Seinfeldian standpoint and offers Plato or Nietzsche? Time, Essence, and Eternal Recurrence in Seinfeld. Act Three, Untimely...