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New and Selected Poems, Volume Two

By: Mary Oliver

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New and Selected Poems, Volume Two

By: Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver has been writing poetry for nearly five decades, and in that time she has become America's foremost poetic voice on our experience of the physical world. This collection presents forty-two new poems-an entire volume in itself-along with works chosen by Oliver from six of the books she has published since New and Selected Poems, Volume One.

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0807068888

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Dear Oliver: An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks

By: Susan R. Barry

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Dear Oliver: An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks

By: Susan R. Barry

A heartfelt memoir that captures the meeting of two great minds—and, with boundless generosity, shares the joy of what it's like to make, have, and keep a friend later in life To the world, he was Dr. Sacks, the brilliant neurologist behind bestselling books like Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. To professor Susan Barry, he became Dear Oliver—her mentor, friend, and confidant over the course of their unlikely, engrossing ten-year correspondence. It begins with a letter that Sue almost doesn't send. Dear Dr. Sacks . . . You asked me if I could imagine what the world would look like when viewed with two eyes. Sue’s unheard-of case history—as a “stereoblind” patient who acquired 3D vision in adulthood—so fascinates Dr. Sacks that he immediately asks to visit her. As “Stereo Sue,” she becomes the subject of one of his indelible New Yorker pieces—and, as a fellow neuroscientist, his sounding board for every kind of intellectual inquiry. Their shared passions—from classical music to cuttlefish, brain plasticity to bioluminescent plankton—spark a friendship that buoys both of them through life’s crests and falls: as Sue becomes an author in her own right, as she supports her father in his decline, and as Oliver becomes a patient himself—battling cancer that, in a painful twist, robs him of his own vision. Dr. Sacks’s letters to Sue offer his devoted readers an unprecedented glimpse of the man himself—from his legendary compassion and insight to his love of the periodic table (which he kept in his wallet). Throughout Dear Oliver, we are reminded that true friends help each other see the world a little differently.

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The Experiment, LLC

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1891011316

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Slavery and the Making of America

By: James Oliver Horton,Lois E. Horton

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Slavery and the Making of America

By: James Oliver Horton,Lois E. Horton

This companion volume to the four-part PBS series on the history of American slavery--narrated by Morgan Freeman and scheduled to air in February 2006--illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through the stories of the slaves themselves. Features 120 illustrations.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195304519

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Devotions

The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver

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Devotions

The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver

A New York Times Bestseller, chosen as Oprah's "Books That Help Me Through" for Oprah's Book Club “No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Primitive, and Dream Work, one of her exceptional collections. Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides respite from our crazy world and demonstrates how mindfulness can define and transform a life, moment by moment, poem by poem.” —The Washington Post “It’s as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration.” —Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years. Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver's work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015. This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.

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Penguin

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0399563245

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Raymond or Life and Death by Sir Oliver Lodge

Raymond; or, Life and Death: Sir Oliver Lodge's Philosophical Reflections

By: Sir Oliver Lodge

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Raymond; or, Life and Death: Sir Oliver Lodge's Philosophical Reflections

By: Sir Oliver Lodge

Embark on a profound exploration of life and death with "Raymond; or, Life and Death" by Sir Oliver Lodge. Join Sir Oliver Lodge as he delves into the mysteries of existence and the afterlife, offering profound insights and spiritual guidance in this timeless classic. As Lodge contemplates the nature of life and death, immerse yourself in his philosophical journey through the realms of consciousness and spirituality. Follow the protagonist, Raymond, as he grapples with the ultimate questions of existence and the eternal mystery of what lies beyond. But amidst the philosophical inquiry and metaphysical exploration, a deeper truth emerges: the interconnectedness of all things and the enduring power of love. Prepare to be moved by Lodge's poignant reflections on the human condition and the transcendent nature of the soul. Hook: Will Raymond unlock the secrets of the afterlife and find peace in the embrace of eternity? Experience the beauty and wisdom of "Raymond; or, Life and Death" as you journey through its pages. With each chapter, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the profound truths that lie at the heart of existence and the transformative power of spiritual enlightenment. Join Sir Oliver Lodge in his exploration of life and death in "Raymond; or, Life and Death." Will you find solace and inspiration in his timeless wisdom and profound insights? Discover the eternal truths that illuminate the path to spiritual enlightenment in this captivating book. Whether you're seeking answers to life's deepest questions or simply curious about the mysteries of existence, "Raymond; or, Life and Death" promises to enlighten, uplift, and inspire. Are you ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening? Order your copy of "Raymond; or, Life and Death by Sir Oliver Lodge" today and open your heart to the infinite possibilities of the soul. Illuminate your path. Purchase your copy now.

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Namaskar Book

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2023103010

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House of Light

By: Mary Oliver

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House of Light

By: Mary Oliver

This collection of poems by Mary Oliver once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day" (one of the poems in this volume) Winner of a 1991 Christopher Award Winner of the 1991 Boston Globe Lawrence L. Winship Book Award This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the book with one of the available covers.

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Beacon Press

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0807095397

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Uncle Tungsten

Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

By: Oliver Sacks

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Uncle Tungsten

Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

By: Oliver Sacks

From the distinguished neurologist who is also one of the most remarkable storytellers of our time—a riveting memoir of his youth and his love affair with science, as unexpected and fascinating as his celebrated case histories. “A rare gem…. Fresh, joyous, wistful, generous, and tough-minded.” —The New York Times Book Review Long before Oliver Sacks became the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals—also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and the periodic table. In this endlessly charming and eloquent memoir, Sacks chronicles his love affair with science and the magnificently odd and sometimes harrowing childhood in which that love affair unfolded. In Uncle Tungsten we meet Sacks’ extraordinary family, from his surgeon mother (who introduces the fourteen-year-old Oliver to the art of human dissection) and his father, a family doctor who imbues in his son an early enthusiasm for housecalls, to his “Uncle Tungsten,” whose factory produces tungsten-filament lightbulbs. We follow the young Oliver as he is exiled at the age of six to a grim, sadistic boarding school to escape the London Blitz, and later watch as he sets about passionately reliving the exploits of his chemical heroes—in his own home laboratory. Uncle Tungsten is a crystalline view of a brilliant young mind springing to life, a story of growing up which is by turns elegiac, comic, and wistful, full of the electrifying joy of discovery.

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Vintage

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0804172153

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9780804172158

Baree, Son of Kazan

A Child of the Forest

By: James Oliver Curwood

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Baree, Son of Kazan

A Child of the Forest

By: James Oliver Curwood

Baree is the curious and kind offspring of Kazan and Gray Wolf. Happy in their home, Baree spends his day going on small adventures, until one day he wanders off a little too far. Lost and unable to find his way back home, Baree is tragically separated from his family, and is forced to find his own refuge. Though he tries to find his own pack, Baree is quickly shunned. In search of a new community and home, Baree begins friendships with bears, beavers, and other animals until he meets his closest friend of all—a young girl named Nepeese. Welcomed into the home of she and her trapper father, Pierrot, Nepeese and Baree share an intense bond. However, when another accident occurs, Baree finds himself once again separated from his family, but this time, he will stop at nothing to reunite with Nepeese. Featuring themes of friendship and chosen family, James Oliver Curwood’s Baree, Son of Kazan is a touching adventure tale, full of emotion and action. Told through the lively narration of Baree, Baree, Son of Kazan depicts a thought-provoking perspective of human kind while also allowing readers to fully invest in the unique views of the young wolfdog. First published in 1917, this 20th century adventure novel has inspired two film adaptations, proving the strength of this timeless tale. This edition of Baree, Son of Kazan by James Oliver Curwood now features a new, eye-catching cover design and is printed in a font that is both modern and readable. With these accommodations, this edition of Baree, Son of Kazan crafts an accessible and pleasant reading experience for modern audiences while restoring the original beauty of James Oliver Curwood’s literature.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513285769

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9781513285764

Astronomy on the Personal Computer

By: Oliver Montenbruck,Thomas Pfleger

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Astronomy on the Personal Computer

By: Oliver Montenbruck,Thomas Pfleger

A thorough introduction to the computation of celestial mechanics, covering everything from astronomical and computational theory to the construction of rapid and accurate applications programs. The book supplies the necessary knowledge and software solutions for determining and predicting positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, minor planets and comets, solar eclipses, stellar occultations by the Moon, phases of the Moon and much more. This completely revised edition takes advantage of C++, and individual applications may be efficiently realized through the use of a powerful module library. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete, fully documented and commented source codes as well as executable programs for Windows 98/2000/XP and LINUX.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642034365

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Pandemonium

By: Lauren Oliver

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Pandemonium

By: Lauren Oliver

The second book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. In this electrifying follow-up to Delirium, Lena is on a dangerous course that takes her through the unregulated Wilds and into the heart of a growing resistance movement. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.

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Harper Collins

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0062101994

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Seeing Voices

By: Oliver Sacks

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Seeing Voices

By: Oliver Sacks

The renowned neurologist and bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat takes us on a journey into the world of deaf culture, and the underpinnings of the remarkable visual language of the congenitally deaf. "This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time." —Los Angeles Times Book Review Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect—a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work.

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Vintage

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0307834115

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Rooms

A Novel

By: Lauren Oliver

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Rooms

A Novel

By: Lauren Oliver

The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane—a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family—bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna—have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone. Prim Alice and the cynical Sandra, long dead former residents bound to the house, linger within its claustrophobic walls. Jostling for space, memory, and supremacy, they observe the family, trading barbs and reminiscences about their past lives. Though their voices cannot be heard, Alice and Sandra speak through the house itself—in the hiss of the radiator, a creak in the stairs, the dimming of a light bulb. The living and dead are each haunted by painful truths that will soon surface with explosive force. When a new ghost appears, and Trenton begins to communicate with her, the spirit and human worlds collide—with cataclysmic results. Elegantly constructed and brilliantly paced, Rooms is an enticing and imaginative ghost story and a searing family drama that is as haunting as it is resonant.

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0062223216

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Oliver Twist (1000 Copy Limited Edition)

By: Oliver Dickens

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Oliver Twist (1000 Copy Limited Edition)

By: Oliver Dickens

The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. From this unpromising setting, Oliver's pure-heart leads him on an adventure of a lifetime.

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Engage Books

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1772262900

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Kazan

By: James Oliver Curwood

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Kazan

By: James Oliver Curwood

Kazan, a hybrid of a wolf and a dog, has been passed around from owner to owner since he was a young puppy. Suffering a long line of abuse at the hands of his previous owners, Kazan felt unloved until he met the wife of his current owner, Thrope. Happy in his new home, Kazan travels to Northern Canada with his owners, where he runs into trouble again. After meeting an unsavory man named McCready, Kazan feels uneasy, and distrusts him immediately. When McCready attempts to harm Thorpe’s wife, Kazan’s suspicions are proven correct. After being forced to violence, Kazan runs away, fearing punishment for his actions. Heartbroken over leaving the first place he felt at home, Kazan wanders around the Canadian wilderness in search of a new family. Though he finds a pack of wild wolves and a kind mate named Grey Wolf, Kazan still feels loyal to humans, despite the risk of rejection from the wild wolves. When the pack encounter an elderly man, and a woman with a small child, Kazan must make a choice between them and his pack, torn between which he should defend. Full of heart-pounding action and wonderful adventure, Kazan By James Oliver Curwood is a touching action-adventure novel. Featuring complex and unique characters, Kazan explores nature and instinct through the rare perspective of an animal protagonists. Appealing to a variety of ages, Kazan is written in descriptive prose and depicts relatable themes of identity, family, and adversity. This edition of Kazan by James Oliver Curwood now features a new, eye-catching cover design and is printed in a font that is both modern and readable. With these accommodations, this edition of Kazan crafts an accessible and pleasant reading experience for modern audiences while restoring the original beauty of James Oliver Curwood’s literature.

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1513285750

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Migraine

By: Oliver Sacks

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Migraine

By: Oliver Sacks

From the renowned neurologist and bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating investigation of the many manifestations of migraine, including the visual hallucinations and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs can experience. “So erudite, so gracefully written, that even those people fortunate enough never to have had a migraine in their lives should find it equally compelling.” —The New York Times The many manifestations of migraine can vary dramatically from one patient to another, even within the same patient at different times. Among the most compelling and perplexing of these symptoms are the strange visual hallucinations and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs sometimes experience. Portrayals of these uncanny states have found their way into many works of art, from the heavenly visions of Hildegard von Bingen to Alice in Wonderland. Dr. Oliver Sacks argues that migraine cannot be understood simply as an illness, but must be viewed as a complex condition with a unique role to play in each individual's life.

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Vintage

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0307834107

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9780307834102

Food in Colonial and Federal America

By: Sandra Oliver

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Food in Colonial and Federal America

By: Sandra Oliver

The success of the new settlements in what is now the United States depended on food. This book tells about the bounty that was here and how Europeans forged a society and culture, beginning with help from the Indians and eventually incorporating influences from African slaves. They developed regional food habits with the food they brought with them, what they found here, and what they traded for all around the globe. Their daily life is illuminated through descriptions of the typical meals, holidays, and special occasions, as well as their kitchens, cooking utensils, and cooking methods over an open hearth. Readers will also learn how they kept healthy and how their food choices reflected their spiritual beliefs. This thorough overview endeavors to cover all the regions settled during the Colonial and Federal. It also discusses each immigrant group in turn, with attention also given to Indian and slave contributions. The content is integral for U.S. history standards in many ways, such as illuminating the settlement and adaptation of the European settlers, the European struggle for control of North America, relations between the settlers from different European countries, and changes in Native American society resulting from settlements.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313060134

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9780313060137

Migraine

Understanding a Common Disorder Expanded and Updated

By: Oliver W Sacks

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Migraine

Understanding a Common Disorder Expanded and Updated

By: Oliver W Sacks

In recent years the bestselling Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat have received great critical acclaim, but Oliver Sacks's readers may remember that he began his medical career working with migraine patients. In this, the latest edition of "Migraine," he returns to his first book and enriches it with additional case histories, new findings, and practical information on treatment. To define "migraine, " suggests Oliver Sacks, one must embrace the dizzying variety of experiences of its sufferers. For some, the affliction features of a headache of monumental proportions. For others, there is no pain at all. Some attacks are triggered by weather, some intense light. Still others consist of intense light -- hallucinatory displays of dazzling loops, stars, and geometrics. "Migraine" is Sacks's brilliant examination of a debilitating ailment and the profound implications of neurological illness. Synthesizing his patients' case histories with 2,000 years of human research into the problem, he casts the migraine as exemplar of our psychological transparency, a complex biological response to external factors. Here is a classic meditation on the nature of health and malady, on the unity of mind and body. Here, too, is Sacks's discovery of how the migraine shows us, through hallucinatory displays, the elemental activity of the cerebral cortex -- and potentially, the self-organizing patterns of Nature itself. Enormously compelling, compassionate, and profound, Migraine offers comfort for sufferers -- and insight to all.

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Univ of California Press

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0520058895

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9780520058897

Musicophilia

By: Oliver Sacks

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Musicophilia

By: Oliver Sacks

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. “Powerful and compassionate. . . . A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.” —The New York Times In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.” Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable.

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Vintage

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0307267911

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To be a Cowboy

Oliver Christensen's Story

By: Barbara Holliday,Oliver Christensen

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To be a Cowboy

Oliver Christensen's Story

By: Barbara Holliday,Oliver Christensen

Spanning a period from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, To Be a Cowboy recounts the dreams and realities of Otto Christensen, a Denmark immigrant and his son Oliver.

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University of Calgary Press

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155238117X

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Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens,Eric Kincaid

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Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens,Eric Kincaid

Featuring Eric Kincaid's marvellous illustrations, this series of books has been especially written to introduce the younger reader to the great classics of children's literature. These abridged versions feature all the delightful characters and will charm a whole new generation of young children.

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Five Mile Press

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174300379X

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The Pacific Islands

By: Douglas L. Oliver

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The Pacific Islands

By: Douglas L. Oliver

By far the best compendium on Pacific studies available today. There have been several attempts to imitate it during the past decade but they are either boiled-down histories or else reference works without any cohesive structure." --H.E. Maude, Australian National University

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824812336

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9780824812331

Witnessing

Beyond Recognition

By: Kelly Oliver

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Witnessing

Beyond Recognition

By: Kelly Oliver

Challenging the fundamental tenet of the multicultural movement -- that social struggles turning upon race, gender, and sexuality are struggles for recognition -- this work offers a powerful critique of current conceptions of identity and subjectivity based on Hegelian notions of recognition. The author's critical engagement with major texts of contemporary philosophy prepares the way for a highly original conception of ethics based on witnessing. Central to this project is Oliver's contention that the demand for recognition is a symptom of the pathology of oppression that perpetuates subject-object and same-different hierarchies. While theorists across the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences focus their research on multiculturalism around the struggle for recognition, Oliver argues that the actual texts and survivors' accounts from the aftermath of the Holocaust and slavery are testimonials to a pathos that is "beyond recognition". Oliver traces many of the problems with the recognition model of subjective identity to a particular notion of vision presupposed in theories of recognition and misrecognition. Contesting the idea of an objectifying gaze, she reformulates vision as a loving look that facilitates connection rather than necessitates alienation. As an alternative, Oliver develops a theory of witnessing subjectivity. She suggests that the notion of witnessing, with its double meaning as either eyewitness or bearing witness to the unseen, is more promising than recognition for describing the onset and sustenance of subjectivity. Subjectivity is born out of and sustained by the process of witnessing -- the possibility of address and response -- which puts ethicalobligations at its heart.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816636281

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Africa Since 1800

By: Roland Anthony Oliver,Anthony Atmore

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Africa Since 1800

By: Roland Anthony Oliver,Anthony Atmore

This general history of modern Africa has been revised and updated to take full account of the fresh perspectives on African history brought about by the end of the Cold War.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521429706

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Delirium: The Special Edition

By: Lauren Oliver

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Delirium: The Special Edition

By: Lauren Oliver

Ninety-five days, and then I’ll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It’s hard to be patient. It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t. Lauren Oliver astonished readers with her stunning debut, Before I Fall. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it “raw, emotional, and, at times, beautiful. An end as brave as it is heartbreaking.” Her much-awaited second novel fulfills her promise as an exceptionally talented and versatile writer.

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Harper Collins

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0062112430

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The Island of the Colorblind

By: Oliver Sacks

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The Island of the Colorblind

By: Oliver Sacks

Part travelogue, part autobiography, part medical mystery, this moving book by the "poet laureate of medicine" (The New York Times) and bestselling author of Awakenings takes us to a tiny Pacific atoll and the island of Guam to explore the genesis of disease, the wonders of botany, and the complexities of being human. "Sacks's total immersion in island life makes this luminous, beautifully written report a wonderous voyage of discovery. As a travel writer, Sacks ranks with Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin. As an investigator of the mind's mysteries, he is in a class by himself." —Publishers Weekly For Oliver Sacks, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace. Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally color-blind, Sacks finds himself setting up a clinic in a one-room island dispensary, where he listens to these achromatopic islanders describe their colorless world in rich terms of pattern and tone, luminance and shadow. And on Guam, where he goes to investigate the puzzling neurodegenerative paralysis endemic there for a century, he becomes, for a brief time, an island neurologist, making house calls with his colleague John Steele, amid crowing cockerels, cycad jungles, and the remains of a colonial culture. Out of this unexpected journey, Sacks has woven an unforgettable narrative which immerses us in the romance of island life, and shares his own compelling vision of the mysteries of being human.

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Vintage

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0345805895

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A Contested Nation

History, Memory and Nationalism in Switzerland, 1761-1891

By: Oliver Zimmer

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A Contested Nation

History, Memory and Nationalism in Switzerland, 1761-1891

By: Oliver Zimmer

This book examines the ways in which the Swiss defined their national identity in the long nineteenth century, in the face of a changing domestic and international background. Its narrative begins in 1761, when the first Swiss patriotic society of national significance was founded, and ends in 1891, when the Swiss celebrated their 600-year existence as a nation in a monumental national festival. While conceding that the creation of a nation-state in 1848 marked a watershed in the history of Swiss nation-formation, the author does not focus one-sidedly - as many others have done - on the activities of the nationalizing state. Instead, he attributes a key role to the competitive and contentious struggles over the shaping of public institutions and over the symbolic representation of the nation. These struggles, to which the nation-state and civil society contributed in equal measure, were framed increasingly along national lines.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521819199

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