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Recently-Added  Books

How To Change The World book by David Bornstein   "How To Change The World: Social Entrepreneurs & The Power of New Ideas" [orig 2004, updated 2007]
by David Bornstein

Interviews with fellows of the Ashoka program reveal six qualities of successful social entrepreneurs and four practices of innovative organizations.
Oxford Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/2007] for $11.16
Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2004] for $24.00
Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life book by Sir Richard Branson  
"Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life & Business" [2006]
by Sir Richard Branson

Virgin Books 7½x5 expanded edition pb [3/2007] for $15.67
Virgin Books 7½x5 pb [5/2006] for $6.99
Last Book You'll Ever Read book by Frank Ogden  "The Last Book You'll Ever Read: And Other Lessons From The Future" [1993]
by Frank Ogden

MW&R 10x6½ hardcover & CD-ROM [6/93] out of print/used
author's website
More Than Human scifi novel by Ted Sturgeon  "More Than Human" [1953 novel] by Theodore Sturgeon [1918-85]
Most speculative fiction is merely science fiction; this work is considered a classic, and asks questions about the definition of human being.
Vintage 8x5 pb [12/98] for $11.01
Del Rey mass pb [4/85] out of print/used
Happiness Hypothesis book by Jonathan Haidt   "The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth In Ancient Wisdom – Why The Meaningful Life Is Closer Than You Think" [2005]
by Jonathan Haidt

Basic Books 7¾x5¼ pb [12/2006] for $10.85
Basic Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2005] for $17.16
official book site
Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness of Crowds book by Charles Mackay   "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds"
[1841 classic] by Charles Mackay

Besides looking at too-frequent financial bubbles & schemes, the book covers alchemy, the Crusades, witchery, haunted houses, fashions, fortune-telling and other mass phenomena.
Three Rivers Press 9x6 pb [7/95] for $10.85
Prometheus Books 8½x5½ pb [5/2001] for $20.00
Harriman House 7½x4½ hardcover [12/2003] for $12.91
Hegemony of Common Sense book >by Dean Wolfe Manders   "The Hegemony of Common Sense: Wisdom & Mystification In Everyday Life" [2006]
by Dean Wolfe Manders

examines how deeply embedded 'class' is in American society, thru paroemiology, the study of popular sayings
Peter Lang Publg pb [8/2006] for $34.95
Primates & Philosophers / Morality book by Frans de Waal   "Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved" [2006]
by Frans de Waal

refutes the common 'veneer theory' of morality and explains how evolution works to produce both Machiavellian survival and natural empathy
Princeton Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $15.61
author entry at Wikipediaauthor homepage at Emory Univ.
Power and Powerlessness book by Susan Rosenthal  "Power and Powerlessness" [2006]
by Susan Rosenthal

Trafford 10¾x8¼ pb [9/2006] for $12.40
official booksite
Don't Know Much About Mythology book by Kenneth C. Davis   "Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need To Know About The Greatest Stories In Human History But Never Learned"
[2005] by Kenneth C. Davis

Harper 8¼x5¼ pb [8/2006] for $10.17
HarperCollins hardcover [11/2005] for $17.79
"Don't Know Much About World Myths" [ages 9-12; 2005]
by Kenneth C. Davis

HarperTrophy 9x6 pb [4/2005] for $6.99
HarperTrophy 9x6 hardcover [4/2005] for $19.99
Short History of Myth book by Karen Armstrong  
"A Short History of Myth" [2005]
by Karen Armstrong

Canongate 7½x5 pb [10/2006] for $9.00
Canongate 7½x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $12.24
Politics of Small Things book by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb   "The Politics of Small Things: The Power of The Powerless In Dark Times" [2006]
by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

Univ Chicago Press hardcover [4/2006] for $29.00
Age of Access / Hypercapitalism book by by Jeremy Rifkin   "The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism, Where All of Life Is A Paid-For Experience" [2000]
by Jeremy Rifkin

Tarcher 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $10.17
Tarcher 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used
Dark Ages America book by Morris Berman  "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire" [2006]
by Morris Berman

W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2006] for $16.35
author website
Survival Hot List book by Joseph A. Bagnall  "The Survival Hot List: Conquering The Seven Deadly Trends"
[2006] by Joseph A. Bagnall

iUniverse 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $13.95
author's website


Guernica The Biography of Picasso's Painting book by Gijs van Hensbergen   "Guernica: The Biography of A Painting" [2004]
by Gijs van Hensbergen

"Ingeniously chronicling the last century using Picasso's visionary tableau, van Hensbergen offers a new way of understanding our own history."
Bloomsbury hardcover [11/2004] for $23.80
Impossible / Citizen's Guide book edited by Paul Rogat Loeb  
"The Impossible Will Take A Little While: A Citizen's Guide To Hope In A Time of Fear" [2004]
Edited by Paul Rogat Loeb

Basic Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2004] for $10.37
Cheating Culture book by David Callahan  "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong To Get Ahead" [2004]
by David Callahan

Harcourt 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2004] for $18.20
Recorded Books UNABR audio CD [1/2004] for $20.99
Recorded Books UNABR audio [1/2004] for $29.99
Why Not? Everyday Ingenuity book by Barry J. Nalebuff & Ian Ayres   "Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity To Solve Problems Big and Small" [2003]
by Barry J. Nalebuff & Ian Ayres

Harvard Business School Press hardcover [10/2003] for $19.25
Innovator's Solution Sustaining Successful Growth book by Clayton M. Christensen & Michael E. Raynor   "The Innovator's Solution: Creating & Sustaining Successful Growth"
[2003] by Clayton M. Christensen & Michael E. Raynor

Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2003] for $19.77
Walking Tightrope of Reason book by Robert J. Fogelin  "Walking The Tightrope of Reason: The Precarious Life of A Rational Animal" [2003]
by Robert J. Fogelin

"...[written] with a wonderful sense of danger, as if it matters what philosophers think." — Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Oxford Univ Press 7½x5¼ hardcover [8/2003] for $15.40

Constants of Nature book by John D. Barrow   "The Constants of Nature: From Alpha To Omega - The Numbers That Encode The Deepest Secrets of The Universe" [2003]
by John D. Barrow

Vintage 8x5¼ pb [3/2004] for $10.50
Pantheon 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $17.68
Politics of Stupid book by Susan Powter  "The Politics of Stupid" [2002]
by Susan Powter

Powter's style may be tough to take (for some) but underneath that, what she has to say about power & women in America is both accurate & inspiring
Crone 8½x5½ pb [11/2002] for $11.96
author website
Zero Point Anti-Gravity Technology book by Nick Cook  "The Hunt For Zero Point: Inside The Classified World of Anti-Gravity Technology" [2002]
by Nick Cook

Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2003] for $10.17
Broadway Books 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2002] for $17.16
Web Thinking For Success book by Dr. Linda Seger  "Web Thinking: Connecting, Not Competing For Success" [2002]
by Dr. Linda Seger

Inner Ocean Publg 7.4x5.4 hardcover [6/2002] for $13.27
New Kind of Science book by Stephen Wolfram  "A New Kind of Science" [2002 bestseller]
by Stephen Wolfram

Instant hit: the initial printing of 50,000 sold out in just weeks! 1280 pages!
Wolfram Media 9¾x8 hardcover [5/2002] for $44.95
Difference Engine First Computer book by Doron Swade  "The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage & The Quest To Build The First Computer" [2001]
by Doron Swade

Viking 8x5.3 hardcover [9/2001] for $17.46
Socrates Cafe Philosophy book by Christopher Phillips   "Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy" [2001]
by Christopher Phillips

W.W.Norton 8¼x5½ pb [4/2002] for $17.46
W.W.Norton 7¾x5½ hardcover [2/2001] for $16.77
author's website
Twilight of American Culture book by Morris Berman  "The Twilight of American Culture" [2000]
by Morris Berman

W.W.Norton 8¼x5½ pb [6/2001] for $10.74
W.W.Norton hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used
author's website
Leading the Revolution / Innovation / Way of Life book by Gary Hamel   "Leading The Revolution: How To Thrive In Turbulent Times By Making Innovation A Way of Life" [2000]
by Gary Hamel

Plume 9x6¼ pb [8/2002] for $11.20
Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $23.10
Harvard Press 9½x7 hardcover [8/2000] out of print/used
Highbridge audio CD [9/2000] 2 disks for $16.47
Highbridge ABR audio [9/2000] 2 tapes for $12.89

Tipping Point Can Make A Big Difference classic book by Malcolm Gladwell   "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference"
[2000 classic] by Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [1/2002] for $14.95
Little, Brown 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/2000] for $15.72
TimeWarner ABR audio CD [1/2005] for $16.31
TimeWarner ABR audio [2/2000] for $12.23

Words & Rules book by Steven Pinker   "Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language" [1999]
by Steven Pinker

Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [1/2000] for $10.50
Perseus/Basic 9½x6½ hardcover [10/99] for $4.98
Faster Everything book by James Gleick   "Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything" [1999]
by James Gleick

Vintage 8x5 pb [9/2000] for $11.20
Random House 9¼x6 hardcover [9/99] out of print/many used
Random House ABR audio CD [9/99] out of stock/used
Random House ABR audio [9/99] out of stock/used
Recorded Books UNABR audio [9/99] out of stock/used

Guns, Germs & Steel book by Jared Diamond   "Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies"
[1999 bestseller] by Jared Diamond

Two years on the N.Y. Times bestseller lists; won Pulitzer Prize
W.W. Norton 9¼x6 pb [4/99] for $9.57
Econo-Clad YA hardcover [10/99] for $23.70
ABRIDGED audio read by Grover Gardner [10/99]
6 Audio Scholar cassettes for $24.95


Life The Movie book by Neal Gabler   "Life: The Movie - How Entertainment Conquered Reality" [1998]
by Neal Gabler

"The story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, glamour, and melodrama has turned everything of importance – from news and politics to religion and high culture – into one vast public entertainment."
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2000] for $11.20
Knopf hardcover [11/98] out of print/used

Give Me Liberty! book by Gerry Spence   "Give Me Liberty!: Freeing Ourselves In The Twenty-First Century"
[1998] by Gerry Spence

Griffin 9.2x6 pb [10/99] for $10.47
St Martin 9½x6.4 hardcover [10/98] for $17.47
author's website
Consilience Unity of Knowledge book by Edward O. Wilson  "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge" [1998]
by Edward O. Wilson

Random House 8x5 pb [4/99] for $11.20
Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $19.25
Audio Scholar ABRIDGED cassette [10/99] for $24.95
Future of the Self book by Walter Truett Anderson   "Future of The Self: Exploring The Post-Identity Society" [1997]
by Walter Truett Anderson

Tarcher 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/97] out of print/used
author website
Forbes Business Quotations book from Forbes Magazine   "The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts On The Business of Life" [1997]
by editors of Forbes Magazine

Black Dog & Leventhal 9½x8¼ hardcover [4/97] for $40.00
Visions Science Will Revolutionize book by Michio Kaku   "Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize The 21st Century" [1997]
by Michio Kaku

Bantam 8x5½ pb [5/98] for $11.20
Doubleday 10x6½ hardcover [1/97] out of print/used
author's website
Full House The Spread of Excellence book by Stephen Jay Gould   "Full House: The Spread of Excellence From Plato To Darwin" [1996]
by Stephen Jay Gould

Random House 9x6 pb [10/97] for $11.20
Three Rivers hardcover [9/96] out of stock/used
Incomplete Education book by Judy Jones & William Wilson   "An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't" [orig 1987, rev 1995 & 2006]
by Judy Jones & William Wilson

"surprise hit & instant classic"
Ballantine 3rd edition hardcover [4/2006] for $23.10
RH/Ballantine 9½x7¾ hardcover [11/95] for $21.45
Random House pb [4/97] out of print/used
Race Matters book by Cornel West  
"Race Matters" [1993]
by Cornel West

Vintage 8¼x5 pb [3/94] for $9.12
Beacon Press hardcover [4/2001] for $12.60
Audio Partners UNABR audio [6/94] for $13.97
The Ghost In Turing's Machine essay by Brian Rotman   "Ad Infinitum – The Ghost In Turing's Machine: Taking God Out of Mathematics & Putting The Body Back In" [1993]
An essay in corporeal semiotics by Brian Rotman

"astonishing in its elegance & satisfaction"
Stanford Univ Press 9x5½ pb [6/93] for $14.36
Stanford Univ Press hardcover [6/93] for $45.00
Alan Turing [1912-54] fansite
Signifying Nothing book by Brian Rotman  
"Signifying Nothing: The Semiotics of Zero" [1993]
by Brian Rotman

Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $12.76
Evolution of Technology book by George Basalla   "The Evolution of Technology" (Cambridge History of Science Series)
[1989] by George Basalla

Cambridge Univ Press 8½x6¾ pb [2/89] for $31.99
Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [2/89] out of print/used
Time's Arrow Time's Cycle book by Stephen Jay Gould   "Time's Arrow / Time's Cycle: Myth & Metaphor In The Discovery of Geological Time" [1988]
by Stephen Jay Gould

Harvard Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/88] for $10.62
Distinction The Judgement of Taste book by Pierre Bourdieu   "Distinction: A Social Critique of The Judgement of Taste" [1987]
by Pierre Bourdieu; translation by Richard Nice

Harvard Univ Press 9.2x6 pb [9/87] for $25.00
Ten Philosophical Mistakes book by Mortimer J. Adler   "Ten Philosophical Mistakes: Basic Errors In Modern Thought - How They Came About, Their Consequences & How To Avoid Them" [1985]
by Mortimer J. Adler

Touchstone 8¼x5½ pb [4/97] for $9.75
Scribner 7¾x9¾ hardcover [3/85] out of print/used
Blackstone audio [7/94] for $32.95
Culture of Narcissism book by Christopher Lasch  "Culture of Narcissism: American Life In An Age of Diminishing Expectations" [1979]
by Christopher Lasch

W.W. Norton 8x5½ pb [5/91] for $11.16
W.W. Norton hardcover [1/79] out of print/used
How Real is Real? book by Paul Watzlawick  "How Real Is Real?: Confusion, Disinformation, Communication - An Anecdotal Introduction To Communications Theory" [1976]
by Paul Watzlawick

Vintage pb [1/77] out of print/used
Random House hardcover [76] out of print/used
Sincerity & Authenticity book by Lionel Trilling    "Sincerity and Authenticity" [1972]
by Lionel Trilling [1905-74]

Harvard Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [2/2005] for $16.95
Harvard Univ Press hardcover [1972] out of print/used
Western Intellectual Tradition book by Jacob Bronowski   "The Western Intellectual Tradition: From Leonardo To Hegel" [1962]
by Jacob Bronowski [1908-74] & Bruce Mazlish

a compelling overview of Western thought from the XVth to the XIXth centuries
Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [9/62] for $18.00
Marboro Books 8½x5½ hardcover [6/86] out of print/used
SM's Jacob Bronowski fansite





Business  Management

Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun book by Wess Roberts   "Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1989 N.Y. Times bestseller]
by Wess Roberts, PhD

Business Plus 8x5 pb [2/90] for $10.97
Grand Central Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/89] for $25.73
Hachette Audio UNABR audio CD [DUE Oct 2009] for $13.59  
author's official homepage: Attila's Camp
Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun book by Wess Roberts  "Victory Secrets of Attila The Hun" [1992 national bestseller]
by Wess Roberts, PhD

Dell 7¾x5¼ pb [2/94] for $11.56
Doubleday 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/92] out of print/used
author's official homepage: Attila's Camp
Breakthrough Company / Extraordinary Performers book by Keith R. McFarland   "The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers" [2008]
by Keith R. McFarland

Crown Business 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $18.15
Rules For Renegades bestseller book by Christine Comaford-Lynch   "Rules For Renegades: How To Make More Money, Rock Your Career & Revel In Your Individuality" [2007 bestseller]
by Christine Comaford-Lynch

McGraw-Hill 8x5½ hardcover [8/2007] for $16.47
author's official website
Ethics At Work book by Daniel Terris   "Ethics At Work: Creating Virtue At An American Corporation" [2005]
by Daniel Terris

Brandeis 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $12.21
Brandeis 9¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] for $14.97
Up The Organization & Further Up The Organization books by Robert Townsend   "Up The Organization: How To Stop The Organization From Stifling People & Strangling Profits" [1970 & 1984]
by Robert Townsend

Jossey-Bass hardcover [5/2007] for $17.90
self-published hardcover [1/70] out of print/used
"Further Up The Organization: How Groups of People Working Together For A Common Purpose Ought To Conduct Themselves For Fun & Profit" [1988]
by Robert Townsend

HarperCollins 8½x5¼ pb [1/88] out of print/used
Knopf hardcover [1/88] out of print/used
Accidental CEO book Tom Voccola  
"The Accidental C.E.O.: A Leader's Journey From Ego To Purpose"
[2006] by Tom Voccola

Lulu pb [4/2006] for $19.95
Tom's CEOing blog [est. 12/2007]
Small Giants book by Bo Burlingham   "Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big"
[2005] by Bo Burlingham

Portfolio pb [3/2007] for $10.17
Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [12/2005] for $15.72
Winning bestseller book by Jack Welch   "Winning" [2005 bestseller]
by Jack Welch, with Suzy Welch

"No other management book will ever be needed." — Warren E. Buffett
2005 bestseller at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
HarperBusiness 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $19.56
HarperAudio UNABR audio CD [4/2005] 10 disks for $26.37
official booksite

First, Break All the Rules book by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman   "First, Break All The Rules: What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently" [1999 bestseller]
by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

Gardners Books pb [9/2001] out of print/used
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [5/99] for $18.90
S&S ABR audio CD [11/2000] for $15.60
Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen   "The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change The Way You Do Business" [1997]
by Clayton M. Christensen

Collins 8x5¼ pb [1/2003] for $12.21
Harvard Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/97] for $19.77
Highbridge audio CD [9/2000] for $16.47
Highbridge ABR audio [8/2000] for $18.95

Last Word On Power by by Tracy Goss   "The Last Word On Power" [1995]
by Tracy Goss

Currency 9½x6½ hardcover [12/95] for $19.77
Center for Executive Re-Invention
Mind of The Strategist book by Kenichi Ohmae  "The Mind of The Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business" [1983]
by Kenichi Ohmae

McGraw-Hill 8x5½ pb [8/91] for $10.17




Physics  &  The Universe

Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page
Quantum Physics Page on Working Minds website

Uncertainty / Soul of Science book by David Lindley  "Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr & The Struggle For The Soul of Science" [2007]
by David Lindley

Anchor 8x5 pb [2/2008] for $10.17
Doubleday 8¼x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $17.16
Clockwork To Crapshoot Physics book by Roger G. Newton   "From Clockwork To Crapshoot: A History of Physics" [2007]
by Roger G. Newton

Belknap Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2007] for $19.77
Reinventing Physics book by Robert Laughlin  "A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics From The Bottom Down"
[2005] by Robert Laughlin

Basic Books 9½x6&frac hardcover [3/2005] for $17.16
Road To Reality book by Roger Penrose   "The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide To The Laws of The Universe" [2005]
by Roger Penrose

Vintage 9x6 pb [1/2007] for $16.50
Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2005] for $26.40
Fabric of the Cosmos book by Brian Greene  "The Fabric of The Cosmos: Space, Time & The Texture of Reality"
[2004] by Brian Greene

Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2004] for $19.69
Random House ABR audio CD [2/2004] for $20.37
Random House ABR audio [2/2004] for $17.65
Elegant Universe book by Brian Greene   "The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions & The Quest For The Ultimate Theory" [1999]
by Brian Greene

Vintage 8x5 pb [2/2000] for $12.00
W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [2/99] for $22.36
Elegant Universe P.B.S. TV special  "The Elegant Universe" 3-hour tv special [P.B.S./Nova aired Oct 2003]
P.B.S./WGBH letterbox color DVD [1/2004] for $15.99
P.B.S./WGBH color VHS [1/2004] for $18.95
full credits at IMDb; P.B.S. official program site
"Physics: The Elegant Universe & Beyond"
3-hour program above, plus "Einstein Revealed" [1996] and "Einstein's Big Idea" [2005]
P.B.S./WGBH color DVD box set [2/2006] 4 disks for $31.99




Classics  &  Bestsellers
from 1889 to 2000

Bergson's Time & Free Will essay by Henri Bergson  "Time & Free Will: An Essay On The Immediate Data of Consciousness"
[1889] by Henri Bergson [1859-1941];
translated by F. L. Pogson
Dover Books 8½x5½ pb [6/2001] for $8.76
Elibron ebook (PDF format) for $4.95
Bergson's Creative Mind book by Henri Bergson   "The Creative Mind: An Introduction To Metaphysics" [1903]
by Henri Bergson [1859-1941]

Citadel Press 8½x6¾ pb [2/2002] for $10.36
Citadel Press 8¼x5½ pb [9/97] for $17.95
Replica Books hardcover [2/99] for $31.85
Generation of Vipers classic book by Philip Wylie   "Generation of Vipers" [Farrar & Rinehart 1942 classic]
by Philip Wylie

"Wylie's classic, written with devastating wit and a pen as sharp as a barber's razor, wages war on all forms of American hypocrisy."
Dalkey Archive Press 8x5½ pb [9/96] for $11.16
Larlin Corp hardcover [12/79] out of print/used

Glass Bead Game / Magister Ludi by Hermann Hesse   "The Glass Bead Game" [1943] by Hermann Hesse [1877-1962]
American title: "Magister Ludi"; original German title: "Das Glasperlenspiel"; translation 1970 by Richard & Clara Winston
Henry Holt 8¼x5½ pb [6/90] for $12.60
Peter Smith 8½x5½ hardcover [12/92] for $28.00
Abolition of Man classic book by C.S. Lewis  "The Abolition of Man" [1943 classic] by C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
a defense of objective value & natural law against subjectivism in education and science
HarperSanFrancisco 8x5¼ pb [3/2001] for $9.95
Touchstone 8¾x5¾ pb [6/96] out of print/used
book review at Wikipedia
Lonely Crowd / American Character classic book by David Reisman   "The Lonely Crowd: A Study of The Changing American Character" [1950 classic]
by David Reisman [1909-2002], with Nathan Glazer & Reuel Denney

Yale Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [3/2001] for $12.21
Uses of Literacy classic book by Richard Hoggart   "The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life With Special Reference To Publications & Entertainments" [1957 classic]
by Richard Hoggart

Transaction Publrs 9x6 pb [2/98] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press pb [1/70] out of print/used
Logic of Scientific Discovery book by Karl Popper  "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" [1959]
by Karl Popper

Routledge pb [10/92] for $38.95
Stranger in a Strange Land book by Robert A. Heinlein   "Stranger In A Strange Land" [1961]
by Robert A. Heinlein [1907-88]

the counter-culture classic & winner of the Hugo Award 1962
Ace pb [8/95] for $7.99
Putnam hardcover [6/61] out of print/used
Blackstone UNABR audio [4/96] for $83.95
The Image / Pseudo-Events In America classic book by Daniel J. Boorstin   "The Image: A Guide To Pseudo-Events In America" [1962 classic]
by Daniel J. Boorstin

Vintage 8x5¼ pb [9/92] for $10.47
Vintage pb [11/71] out of print/many used
Peter Smith Publng hardcover [12/84] out of print/used
Blackstone audio [8/97] 7 tapes for $49.95
Self-Renewal book by John W. Gardner   "Self-Renewal: The Individual & The Innovative Society" [1964]
by John W. Gardner

"...should be required reading for any person wondering just where he is going on life's long journey." — Los Angeles Times review 1964
W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [8/95] for $8.80

Boys In The Band play & movie by Mart Crowley   "The Boys In The Band: A Play In Two Acts" [1968]
off-Broadway play by Mart Crowley

A revelation back then, it still astounds; a poignant & enlightening view into a world perhaps unknown to you
Alyson Books 40th anniv edition 8x5½ pb [4/2008] for $10.92
Samuel French pb [6/68] out of print/used
1970 film adaptation directed by William Friedkin
Paramount widescreen color DVD [11/2008] for $19.99  
Fox color VHS [12/80] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

Myths to Live By book by Joseph Campbell   "Myths To Live By: How We Re-Create Ancient Legends In Our Daily Lives To Release Human Potential" [1972]
by Joseph Campbell

Arkana 8½x5½ pb [2/93] for $11.20
Viking hardcover [4/72] out of print/used
Denial of Death book by Ernest Becker   "Denial of Death" [S&S 1973] by Ernest Becker [1925-74]
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974
Free Press 8½x5½ pb [5/97] for $10.65
Free Press 8¼x5½ pb [3/85] out of print/used
Peter Smith Publrs 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/98] for $31.75
Escape From Evil book by Ernest Becker  "Escape From Evil" [1975] sequel to "Denial of Death"
by Ernest Becker [1925-74]

Free Press pb [3/85] for $17.95
Free Press hardcover [11/1975] out of print/used
Origins of Knowledge & Imagination lecture series by Jacob Bronowski   "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination" [1978]
text of lecture series by Jacob Bronowski [1908-74]

Yale Univ Press 8x5 pb [9/79] for $16.00
Yale Univ Press hardcover [1/78] out of print/used
SM's Jacob Bronowski fansite
Guide for the Perplexed   "A Guide For The Perplexed" [1978]
by E. F. Schumacher
(author of "Small Is Beautiful" below)
HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [6/78] for $9.60
Gödel, Escher, Bach Eternal Golden Braid book by Douglas R. Hofstadter   "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" [1979]
by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Basic Books 9x6 pb [1/99] for $14.00
Basic Books hardcover [3/79] out of print/used
Realism & The Aim of Sciencebook by Karl Popper  "Realism and The Aim of Science: Postscript To The Logic of Scientific Discovery" [1982]
by Karl Popper

Routledge pb [4/92] for $34.95
Closing of the American Mind bestseller book by Allan Bloom  "The Closing of The American Mind" [1988 bestseller]
by Allan Bloom

Touchstone 8¼x5¼ pb [5/88] for $11.20
Blackstone UNABR audio narrated by Christopher Hurt [1/93] for $76.95
Small Is Beautiful book by E.F. Schumacher   "Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered – 25 Years Later ... With Commentaries" [1999]
by E.F. Schumacher

Hartley & Marks 9¼x7½ pb [rev 12/99] for $19.95
original edition [1974]
HarperCollins 8x5¼ pb [8/89] for $10.50

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