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A Field Guide to the Yettie America's Young, Entrepreneurial Technocrats Description Gone is the yuppie, that late-eighties stooge. In his place, Sam Sifton introduces a new business-cultural stereotype for the 21st century: the yettie. Yetties are young. They are entrepreneurial. They are technocrats. From content-providing mouse jockeys to power-mad cyberlord CEOs, A Field Guide to the Yettie is the ultimate manual for recognizing over 20 different subspecies of yettie, explaining their natural habitats, behavior patterns, political beliefs, buying habits, and hidden desires. Designed with both aspiring Internet billionaires and their baffled friends (and relatives) in mind, A Field Guide to the Yettie provides a detailed, mischievous, and much-needed key to this mysterious new universe of dot-com geeks. Back to Top |
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The Last Samurai A Novel Description Ludo, age six, is a prodigy. His mother, Sibylla, raises him alone and tries hard to keep his voracious intellect satisfied, while she struggles to make ends meet. With her exasperated guidance, he teaches himself Greek, so that he can read The Odyssey, before moving on to study Hebrew, Arabic, Inuit, and Japanese. And both Sibylla and Ludo share a passion for Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, which they watch repeatedly, absorbing its lessons of samurai virtue. Soon Ludo embarks on a quest to find his father, and approaches seven men to test their mettle. Each of them--prominent, powerful, or flawed in his own way--has to rise to a unique challenge. An intellectual tour-de-force, playful, multi-layered, but wonderfully readable, The Last Samurai is full of stories of remarkable exploits, snatches of Greek poetry, passages of Icelandic legend, and ingenious math problems. But it also has a rare emotional depth, as Ludo's search for a father, or even a man heroic enough to be a father, gradually reveals a new and unexpected dimension of love. And at the book's heart is the relationship between mother and son, moving and memorable in its fusion of solidarity, frustration, and tenderness. Back to Top |
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A Density of Souls A Novel Description A Density of Souls is the story of four young friends whose lives are pulled in drastically different directions when they enter high school. Meredith, Brandon, Stephen, and Greg, once inseparable, are torn apart by envy, secret passion, and rage. They quickly discover the fragile boundaries between friendship and betrayal as they form new allegiances: Brandon and Greg gain popularity as football jocks, and Meredith joins the bulimic in-crowd, while fragile Stephen is treated as an outcast and is the target of homophobia rage in a school that viciously mocks him. Their struggles are fueled by generations of feuds and secrets hoarded in their opulent Garden District homes, and soon two violent deaths disrupt what they once shared. Five years later the four friends are drawn back together as new facts about their mutual history are revealed and what was held to be a tragic accident is discovered to be murder. As the true story emerges, other secrets begin to unravel and the casual cruelties of high school develop into acts of violence that threaten an entire city. Bold, richly plotted, and gripping, A Density of Souls is a stunning debut novel. Back to Top |
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A History of Britain At the Edge of the World 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D. Description In this, the first book in his epic two-volume history, Simon Schama brings Britain's past to dramatic life with a wealth of dramatic stories and vivid detail. Gripping and unapologetically personal, Schama's perspective moves from the early tribes and invasions of the British isles to the Norman Conquest; through the religious wars and turbulence of the Middle Ages to the reignes of Henry II, Richard I, and King John; through the outbreak of the Black Death, which destroyed nearly half of Europe's population; through the reign of Edward I and the growth of national identity in Scotland and Wales; to the turbulent religious and dynastic conflicts of the Tudor Age, culminating in the glorious reign of Elizabeth I. Back to Top |
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Stolen Lives Twenty Years in a Desert Jail Description Born in 1953, Malika Oufkir was the eldest daughter of General Oufkir, the king of Morocco's closest aide. Adopted by the king at the age of five, Malika was one of the most elgible heiresses in the kingdom and had spent most of her childhood and adolescence in the seclusion of the court harem, surrounded by luxury and extraordinary privilege. Then on August 16, 1972, her father was arrested and executed after an attempt to assassinate the king. Malika, her five younger brothers and sisters, and her mother were immediately imprisoned in a desert penal colony. After 15 years, the last 10 of which they spent locked up in solitary cells, the Oufkir children managed to dig a tunnel with their bare hands and make an audacious escape. Recaptured after five days, Malika was finally able to leave Morocco and begin a new life in exile in 1996. Stolen Lives, her heartrending account of resilience in the face of extreme deprivation and of the courage with which one family faced a terrible fate, is also an unforgettable story of a woman's personal journey to freedom. Back to Top |
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Fame: Ain't it a Bitch Confessions of a reformed gossip collumnist Description Taking readers behind the bright lights and past the velvet rope, A.J. Benza, host of E! Entertainment Television’s Mysteries and Scandals, gives us the ultimate inside story on the gossip columnist’s trade. A little piece of advice: A.J. Benza is not the man to have on the other end of the phone if you have a secret. Throughout the 90’s, with his New York Daily News columns "Hot Copy" and "Downtown," A.J. Benza gave us the skinny on the personalities that fed America’s appetite for celebrity, high society, and criminal mischief. Equal parts Jimmy Olsen, Tony Soprano, and "the (Bensonhurst) boy next door," A.J. Benza was the master of being "in the know." From his days working "half sheets" at a Queens bookmaking operation while scheming to get behind the velvet ropes of New York City’s hottest clubs to his heyday skinny-dipping in the Playboy Mansion’s grotto, chatting tete-a-tete at Patsy’s with Nancy Sinatra, smooth-talking an angry Mickey Rourke, and much more, Fame: Ain't it a Bitch, Confessions of a Reformed Gossip Columnist tells the stories behind the stories about the actors, rock stars, models, moguls, and society bad girls that are the spice of Manhattan’s legendary night life. Fame: Ain't it a Bitch lays out the (mis-) adventures of a glamorous and unscrupulous trade and explains how a Brooklyn street kid got a VIP pass to a world that he had read about in the gossip columns at his mother’s kitchen table. Benza exposes the deals, threats, and cajoling that make a hot gossip column, and how this boy with Hedda Hooper--like ambitions climbed his way up the tabloid ladder to become New York’s most celebrated, feared, and unorthodox gossip columnist. And then he explains why he chose to leave it all behind. In Fame: Ain't it a Bitch, Benza gives the real inside
scoop yet again. This name-dropping, anecdote-filled memoir will
appeal to celebrity-watchers everywhere. Benza’s writing
has an edge and an energy that convey the excitement of the hunt
for gossip amid the sleaze and glamour of the celebrity world.
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'57, Chicago A Novel Description In the tradition of James Ellroy and Elmore Leonard, a hard-boiled thriller set in 1950s Chicago during the tense buildup to a high-stakes boxing match. Bobby the Lip, a scheming down-on-his-luck sports promoter, intends to score big by setting up--and fixing--a bout between Tomcat Gordon, the reigning heavyweight champion, and Junior, a young black contender. But everyone wants a piece of the action, and the Lip soon finds himself having to outsmart a hungry little crowd of crooks, bookies, detectives, and mob goons. To make matters worse, Junior captures the imagination of Chicago's sports fans, who root for this young upstart. High bets knock the odds in the air as both the police and the mob begin to close in on the Lip, smelling the fix and a profit. And just before the big night, a couple of dead bodies and a secret from Junior's past turn up. threatening to upset the big plan. Thick with period color and detail, this stunningly taut novel brings a city and its dark underside to thrilling life and winds a story as tight as a whiplash around the events and personalities of the era. '57, Chicago introduces readers to an exciting new storyteller. About the Author: Steve Monroe is a real estate broker and former newspaper reporter who works and lives in Chicago. This is his first novel; he is at work on his second, entitled '46, Chicago. Miramax is currently developing '57, Chicago into a feature film. |
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Surrendering to Marriage: Surrendering to Marriage offers a vivid,
provocative portrait of what the author calls the "inhuman" but
"essential" institution. Her own 13-year marriage to an architect
served as the impetus for her research and insight. "Even when
my marriage felt like it was breaking apart, in the early years,
we always clung together, sometimes only by a strand.…Working
at marriage has been a huge, hard deal-monumental. And so we work
on making it until forever, one hour at a time," writes the author. |
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Artemis Fowl Fiction Description Artemis Fowl, a fast and funny high-tech fantasy for kids and adults, revolves around twelve-year-old Artemis, who battles gnomes, kidnaps fairies with attitude, and grapples with the legacy of his centuries-old family of con artists and spies. Back to Top |
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Cranberry Queen A Novel Description In CRANBERRY QUEEN, Kathleen DeMarco poses the question that the increasingly single, sophisticated set of women ask themselves privately in their beds at night: What would I do if my family was gone? Who would be here for me? Is this my destiny and what did I do to deserve it? She gives credence to the fear and heartbreak and loss of Diana Moore in a way that extends to the lives of women from coast to coast, continent to continent. With compassion and extraordinary craft, Kathleen
DeMarco makes her literary debut with a singularly astonishing
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Dangerous Beauty True Stories Description On March 1, 1999, American safari guide Mark Ross was camped with fourclients in Uganda, searching for endangered mountain gorillas. By day's end, two of these clients and six other tourists were dead at the hand of Rwandan rebels slipping across the border from Congo. The tragedy made headlines around the world, and Mark Ross, grieving for his lost clients and friends, realized his life had changed forever. He writes, "The continent has always been the love of my life. Now there is trouble between us." Dangerous Beauty is the story of that love and that trouble.
Ross is one of the most seasoned and skilled safari guides at
work in Africa today, and he writes here about his close-hand
encounters with danger and natural beauty in Kenya, Tanzania,
Zimbabwe and Uganda. He describes his walks in the bush and the
way he teaches his clients to read the unearthly silences and
stillnesses in the wind that signify trouble. He writes about
deadly charges by elephants, encounters with lions, cheetah and
Cape buffalo, and the electric excitement of witnessing the mass
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Too Much of a Good Thing Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age Description "We give our kids too much and expect too little of them." With these words, psychologist and bestselling author Dan Kindlon begins a journey that takes him from his groundbreaking research (with teenagers, parents, and educators) into an examination of the ways in which the emotional indulgence of parents deprives children of the opportunity to learn from adversity. While many of the adolescents today have all the useful accessories of a prosperous society -- cell phones, credit cards, computers, cars -- they have few of the responsibilities that build character. Under intense pressure to be perfect and achieve, they devote little time to an inner life, and a culture that worships instant success makes it hard for them to engage in the slow, careful building of the skills that enhance self-esteem and self-sufficiency. In this powerful and provocative book, Kindlon delineates how indulged toddlers become indulged teenagers who are at risk for becoming prone to, among other things, excessive self-absorption, depression and anxiety, and lack of self-control. In searching interviews with educators, this book draws lessons from those working on the front lines with parents who too often think that they can buy their children's achievements and protect them from failure. There are also the voices of the kids, painfully confused by parental absence and lack of involvement in their lives. And there are the voices of the parents, including Kindlon himself, who are afraid to set limits, who want to be their children's friends rather than authority figures. who feel guilty about their work-obsessed lives. Amidst all these concerns and minefields, how can parents today raise competent kids with character? Dr. Kindlon reveals the data
and dissects the behaviors that parents must be on the alert for
in their children. Too Much of a Good Thing maps out the ways in
which parents can reach out to their children, teach them engagement
in meaningful activity, and promote emotional maturity and a sense
of self-worth. It offers wisdom and enlightenment as an all-embracing
guide into the hearts and minds of parents and children. |
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Thirty Years of Unforgettable Images Description For more than thirty years, The National Enquirer has electrified America with unforgettable photographs and captivating stories. It has put us on a first-name basis with stars, villains, beauties, cads, and killers -- bringing remarkable stories to life with breathtaking photos that pack an emotional punch and often break news in themselves. The National Enquirer:Thirty Years of Unforgettable Images is a sumptuous, mesmerizing selection of the most memorable photographs from The National Enquirer history. This riveting volume takes readers on a visual voyage through the lives of newsmakers from JFK, Jr. to Michael Jackson, from Liz Taylor to JonBenet Ramsey, from O.J. to Jackie O. All of the spellbinding Enquirer photographs are here: the never-to-be-forgotten image of Elvis in his coffin; the picture that unseated a potential president (sexy Donna Rice perched on Gary Hart's lap); the shot of the Bruno Magli shoes that nailed O.J. in the civil suit, plus some stunning never-before-published photographs that are guaranteed to raise controversy. A magnificent record
of three decades of riveting scandal and celebrity news, The National
Enquirer: Thirty Years of Unforgettable Images celebrates the photographic
scoops and gutsy, provocative journalism that have made the paper
a legend. Handsomely produced, complete with over six hundred photographs,
it's the perfect holiday gift. |