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Books: Travel: American Samoa
Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empireby Niall Ferguson List Price: $16.00 Available from Amazon $10.88 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Ernest May Every page of Colossus is provocative. Book Description Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson ranges across the entire history of America’s foreign entanglements and delves into all the dimensions of American power—military, economic, cultural, and political. The result is a book whose conclusions are as convincing, and troubling, as they are original. Ferguson demonstrates that America has always been an empire in denial and shows the fateful consequences of its special brand of imperialism. He examines the challenges to the United States from its principal rivals, the European Union and China, and offers a compelling analysis of the connection between the country’s domestic economic health and its foreign affairs—the bottom line of imperialism, American style. Colossus is a peerless reckoning with American power that should be read by any thinking citizen of this unspoken empire. |
American Map 2006 United States Road Atlas: Large Scale-Large Type (American Map Road Atlas)by American Map Corp List Price: $21.95 Available from Amazon $14.27 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Featuring brilliant new digital maps that are 30% bigger than normal, the United States is given highly detailed treatment. With rounded edges and durable, easy-opening spiral binding, this atlas gets you from coast to coast without eye strain or squinting. Major city inserts, mileage tables, "3-D" elevation shading, are added bonuses. Co-branded with the Discovery Channel, we include 8 pages of vacation and sightseeing tips from their editors. Our money-back guarantee assures that we will fully refund the price of the book if you go off course due to an error in our mapping. Find you way with ease with our first ever large type tool. |
The Travel Bookby Roz Hopkins List Price: $50.00 Available from Amazon $31.50 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page From Booklist *Starred Review* Even the most avid readers of travel guides and travel literature will not have encountered a book quite like this one. It is huge and heavy but reasonably priced, and it is vastly informative, which is its calling card. All the writers who contribute to the Lonely Planet travel guide series have put heads, knowledge, and experience together and come up with an A-Z series of capsule profiles of every country in the world, 230 in number. Each country gets a two-page spread, on which are placed, like luscious dishes set before one at a feast, illustrations that are typical of Lonely Planet's unique, non-picture-postcard brand of shots. The accompanying text presents a cogent rundown of the best experiences for gaining the essence of the place; books to read beforehand; music to listen to before you go; food and drink to consume once you are there; and a few brief but pungent closing comments on the trademark things to do and buy and see and what, ultimately, is the best surprise awaiting the tourist. For borrowers in the travel section to sit down, look at, and make notes from, without taking off the premises. Brad Hooper Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Book Description The world is a breathtakingly big place, and in this big book we have undertaken the big task of detailing as much of it as we can - every single country, many of the larger dependencies and other, smaller destinations. With the traveler's experience at its heart, this book shows a slice of life in every corner of the globe, and all points in between, engaging the reader's senses in an adventure which conjures up the sights, smells, tastes, sounds and feel of our amazing world. |
The First Americans, Third Edition: Prehistory-1600 (A History of US, Book 1)by Joy Hakim List Price: $15.95 Available from Amazon $10.37 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of John Adams "A big breath of fresh air and the best possible news for the youngsters who get to read them." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Dr. Sonya Friedman, CNN "An incredible look at who we were when this country began." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
American Hardcore: A Tribal Historyby Steven Blush List Price: $19.95 Available from Amazon $12.97 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page From Library Journal Culling quotes from numerous interviews conducted over a five-year period, Blush presents an oral history of the first generation of American hardcore music (1980-86) what he deems its golden age. Charting the rise of bands such as Black Flag and the Misfits, as well as more famous hardcore alumni like the Beastie Boys and Moby, the book is divided into chapters based on different regional scenes. Rather than having a chronological narrative, then, the book bounces back and forth in time, from chapter to chapter, which will possibly confuse readers unfamiliar with the people and bands discussed. The author's tone also veers between that of a jaded ex-hardcore kid and a sentimental old-timer, but his account is nonetheless fascinating and rings with experience (he promoted hardcore shows and tours in the 1980s). It should also be noted that American Hardcore is the first book to document hardcore on a national level; books such as Cynthia Connolly's Banned in D.C. (1988) and Bri Hurley's Making a Scene (o.p.) have regional focuses. Blush also includes an extensive discography (just on vinyl and cassette, however) that lists noteworthy as well as forgettable releases. Recommended for academic libraries and ones with extensive music collections. Vincent Au, New York Copyright 2001 Reed business Information, Inc. From Booklist Hardcore rock music, "an infectious blend of ultra-fast music, thought-provoking lyrics, and fuck-you attitude," sprang from the puddle of post-New Wave punk. According to Blush, punk transformed the pop-music landscape and quickly flamed out. New Wave, a "watered-down" punk, was then "cranked out by major labels . . . for mainstream consumption." Enough interpretation. The meat of the book is an oral-history-style continuum of the comments of scads of hardcore movers and shakers, leavened by squibs from aging hardcore-scene participants. One highlight is a discussion of the merging of a branch of heavy metal with hardcore to create a hybrid called crossover. Metallica's James Hetfield contrasts tellingly with the Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra and D.O.A.'s Joey Shithead, exemplifying the difference between "old school" metal money-mongers and revolutionary punkers. Difference? Well, "an old school manager" wanted hardcorers Black Flag to tour with metal band Motorhead but tried to charge rent for the lights and P.A. "Flag said, 'Fuck you!,' " as well they should. An extraordinary resource on one of pop music's most overlooked influential subgenres. Mike Tribby Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved |
American Map Los Angeles County Street Atlasby Creative Sales Corporation/American Map List Price: $18.95 Available from Amazon $12.32 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description This street atlas of Los Angeles County features detailed street maps and a complete index to streets and places. It also shows schools, hospitals, parks, golf courses, highways, railroad routes, cemeteries and airports. Areas included in this atlas are Burbank, Downey, El Monte, Glendale, Inglewood, Lancaster, Long Beach, Palmdale, Pasadena, Pomona, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica and Torrance. |
A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom...by Michael Farquhar List Price: $15.00 Available from Amazon $9.75 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly There's nothing about a certain recent president's sexual wanderings in this entertaining collection: notes Farquhar, an editor and writer at the Washington Post, "History needs a little time to percolate. Besides, the first three centuries of American scandal should put a little perspective on the relatively minor sins of recent memory." The bad behavior is not all sexual (though there is that, too)-it sometimes involved family. George Washington kept his distance from a mother bent on publicly humiliating him. Benjamin Franklin arranged the arrest of his own son, colonial governor of New Jersey and a British loyalist. Dirty campaigns (in 1828, Andrew Jackson accused John Quincy Adams of aspiring to kingship; Adams's followers in turn called Jackson a murderer); congressional floor fights; and demagoguery all figure here. Politicians are the main offenders in this collection, but they are complemented by witch hunters in early Salem, Mass., and other "just plain strange" events. Readers who enjoyed Farquhar's earlier A Treasury of Royal Scandals will find much to savor here. Copyright 2003 Reed business Information, Inc. Book Description Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors; treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. But we do have better media coverage. Bonus educational material: * A brief history of the United States, including scandals! * The American Hall of Shame! * A complete listing of presidential administrations! |
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Lonely Planet Samoa, Western and American Samoa (Lonely Planet Samoan Islands) by Deanna Swaney Available from Amazon $9.00 On 7-21-2006
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