The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White, ISBN 0679755403
When the narrator of White's poised yet scalding autobiographical novel first embarks on his sexual odyssey, it is the 1950s, and America is "a big gray country of families on drowsy holiday." That country has no room for a scholarly teenager with guilty but insatiable stirrings toward other men. Moving from a Midwestern college to the Stonewall Tavern on the night of the first gay uprising--and populated by eloquent queens, butch poseurs, and a fearfully incompetent shrink--The Beautiful Room is Empty conflates the acts of coming out and coming of age.
"With intelligence, candor, humor--and anger--White explores the most insidious aspects of oppression.... An impressive novel.
Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers, ISBN 0374234612
On the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers is building an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage in another empty white room. These two remote places will be linked by the power of the imagination.
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Rosa's Room
Rosa and her mother have moved to a new house. Rosa knows what she needs to feel at home in her new room: on Monday, clothes in the closet; on Tuesday, her treasure box on her desk; on Wednesday, a poster on the wall. But still, somehow, her room seems empty. "More," her cat Concertina seems to say. Late at night in bed, she dreams about how to decorate her room. On Thursday, she borrows five new books the library. On Sunday, as Rosa sits in her room drawing a picture, she looks out the window and sees a girl outside playing. Now Rosa knows what she needs to make her room feel just right: a new friend to share everything with. Illustrator Beth Spiegel's full-color, appealing illustrations perfectly capture the resourceful spirit of the young protagonist, Rosa. This is a sensitive, simple story that shows young readers that even upsetting changes like moving can present exciting opportunities and imaginative possibilities for new experiences and new friends.
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Who Will Be My Friends by Sydney Hoff, ISBN 0064440729
He likes his new room and his new street. The policeman and the mailman are very nice.
Who Will Be My Friends by Sydney Hoff, ISBN 0064440729
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Gantz, Vol. 1: Game Of Death (Widescreen)
The Last thing Kei remembers is the train running over his own body. Now he is in a room filled with strangers, all resurrected by the featureless black sphere known only as the Gantz. But their reprieve from death may only be temporary, for unless they undertake the brutal mission that the Gantz assigns, none of them will live long enough to leave the room. Is it a game? A nightmare? All Kei knows is that if they fail, they will die again.
The series that shocked Japan is unleashed in the first uncut volume of "Gantz!"
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Gantz, Vol. 1: Game Of Death (Widescreen)
The Last thing Kei remembers is the train running over his own body. Now he is in a room filled with strangers, all resurrected by the featureless black sphere known only as the Gantz. But their reprieve from death may only be temporary, for unless they undertake the brutal mission that the Gantz assigns, none of them will live long enough to leave the room. Is it a game? A nightmare? All Kei knows is that if they fail, they will die again.
The series that shocked Japan is unleashed in the first uncut volume of "Gantz!"
Japanese 2.
Gantz, Vol. 1: Game Of Death (Widescreen)
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Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room by Michael K. Bohn, ISBN 1574884387
-- Includes dozens of personal reminiscences and anecdotes from presidents, national security advisors, and other officials connected with the Situation Room
-- Provides an insider's account of how the Situation Room functions and serves the president and his advisors during crises
-- Recounts the part played by the Situation Room in such pivotal events as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the war on terrorism
The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the president's intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisors. It can also be "an island of calm, " as a top advisor for Vice President Gore once described it. So little is known about the Situation Room that, until the publication of Nerve Center, the American public's knowledge of it is almost entirely based on its portrayal by the entertainment industry.
Yet,...
Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room by Michael K. Bohn, ISBN 1574884387
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Room Crafts
Whether a girl wants to make her room warm and fuzzy or cool and casual, she'll find inspiration and ideas to redo her room with crafts she can make herself. These projects use basic craft supplies or materials girls may already have in their homes. Wire-O binding. Full color.
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The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, ISBN 0679600701
Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of the scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England, and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly 'passed beyond the bounds of the study and lecture-room into the drawing-room and the public street.' Yet after reading it, Darwin's friend and colleague T.H. Huxley had a different reaction: 'How extremely stupid not to have thought of that.
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, ISBN 0679600701
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30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30
Competence. Now in convenient book format. 30 must-have life skills every capable adult should perfect before turning 30. You're old enough to own property and have a family, but can you safely open a bottle of champagne? Or change a flat tire? 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 provides idiot-proof instructions for mastering these and other essential, face-saving, and possibly life-saving skills. You'll learn how to... 1. wrap a present 2. start a successful fire in a...
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Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds by Christopher Bird, ISBN 1585743127
Raised beds are widely acknowledged as the way to grown the greatest yields of vegetables per alloted space. Christopher O. Bird offers a guide on how to get going with this most efficient and asthetically pleasing form of growing.
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Chinese Domestic Furniture by Gustav Ecke, ISBN 0486251713
Reprint of rare volume offers detailed review of hardwood furniture from early Shang to late Ming. For collector, craftsman. 161 illus.
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Arts and Crafts Furniture: The Complete Brooks Catalog of 1912 by Brooks Manufacturing Company, ISBN 0486274713
In the early 1900s American taste in furniture changed from Victorian to the simpler look associated with Mission and Craftsman styles and the Arts & Crafts movement. The Brooks Manufacturing Co. specialized in the these new designs. This republication of the company's 1912 catalog contains photographs and detailed descriptions of more than 150 now collectible pieces. 150 photos. 20 illustrations. 1 color plate.
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