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I Like You Hospitality Under The Influence
Amy Sedaris
$45.00$19.95 (Hardcover book / Grand Central Publishing )
Sedaris's sidesplitting guide to throwing parties hopes to return readers to the times when the word "entertainment" was "charmingly old-fashioned, like courtship or back alley abortions." While her tongue is firmly in cheek, novice party-planners will actually find some helpful hints along the way as Sedaris offers instructions and real recipes. Her tips run the gamut from how to properly freeze meatballs (freeze them on a cookie sheet before putting them into a freezer bag so they won't stick together) and deal with the inebriated ("Better to cut them off rather than pretend it's not happening and then allow them to stay over and wet your bed"). She's a generous but crafty hostess ("A good trick is to fill your medicine cabinet with marbles. Nothing announces a nosey guest better than an...
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New Bargains
The Corrections
$54.95$15.95 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )
The Corrections is one of five classic Fourth Estate books to be released as numbered, collectable editions to mark the 25th anniversary. The books will be beautifully produced hardbacks, limited to 2000 copies each, wit... More »
Shopper Marketing: How To Increase Purchase Decisions At The Point Of Sale
$79.95$39.95 (Hardcover book / Kogan Page )
New and growing, Shopper Marketing is one of the hottest trends in marketing today. It targets consumers while they are in the store and involves every aspect of the shopping experience, from promotions, displays and pac... More »
The Book Of Lost Books: An Incomplete History Of All The Great Books You'll Never Read
$27.95$12.95 (Paperback book / )
In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it's sobering to realize that some of the world's greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty, wry, and unique new book rectifies that wrong. P... More »
Dirty Blonde
$69.95$9.95 (Hardcover book / Faber )
Groundbreaking rock musician. Award-winning actress. Perceptive songwriter and author. Mother. Wife of a rock god. Fashionista and trendsetter. Provocateur. In each and every one of these roles Courtney Love has demonstr... More »
Einstein His Life And Universe
$69.95$24.95 (Hardcover book / Simon & Schuster )
With the help of many witty, candid letters, Mr. Isaacson offers a wonderfully rounded portrait of the ever-surprising Einstein personality. Equally important is the Einstein myth, and the material on this subject is eve... More »
Borges: A Life
$35.95$12.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
Edwin Williamson's major new biography is the first in any language to encompass the entire span of Jorge Luis Borges's life and work. Drawing upon previously unknown or unavailable sources, it brings out the human side ... More »
DVD Bargains
The Open Road
$19.95 (Digital video disc / Idt Home Entertainment )
When Carlton's mum becomes ill he has to take an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle. Knowing his dad's charming yet painfully immature likelihood to disappoint, Carlto... More »
Twin Peaks: Season One
$69.95$24.95 (Digital video disc / Paramount Pictures )
This release includes the first season of director David Lynch's shockingly original television series. When its two-hour pilot episode aired on April 8, 1990, the program forever changed the face of prime-time televisio... More »
Twin Peaks: Season Two, Part One
$49.95$24.95 (Digital video disc / Paramount Pictures )
From MARK FROST and DAVID LYNCH (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive), the wildly imaginative, darkly comic mystery thriller series that became one of the most acclaimed events in television history, Twin... More »
Twin Peaks: Season Two, Part Two
$32.95$24.95 (Digital video disc / Paramount Pictures )
From MARK FROST and DAVID LYNCH (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive), the wildly imaginative, darkly comic mystery thriller series that became one of the most acclaimed events in television history, Twin... More »
Deadwood: The Complete First Season
$64.95$29.95 (Digital video disc / )
1876, the Black Hills of South Dakota, two weeks after Custer's last stand. Witness the birth of an American frontier town - and the ruthless power struggle between its just and unjust pioneers. In an age of plunder and ... More »
Deadwood: The Complete Second Season
$64.95$29.95 (Digital video disc / )
A new day is dawning in Deadwood... The spring of 1877 brings major changes to the teeming outlaw camp of Deadwood, as civilization makes its way to town. New arrivals will usher in an era of power struggles with the cam... More »
Naxos Sale
Bernstein Mass, 2 CD Set
$19.95$13.95 (Compact disc / Naxos )
Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, September 2009
Jubilant Sykes (baritone)
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus, Morgan
State University Marching Band & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,
Marin Also... More »
C P E Bach - Complete Flute Concertos, 2 CD Set
$19.95$13.95 (Compact disc / Naxos )
Penguin Guide Rosette Winner
Bach, C P E:
Flute Concerto in A minor, Wq.166/H.430
Flute Concerto in B flat major, Wq.167/H.435
Sonata in A minor for solo flute W132
Flute Concerto in A major, Wq.168/H.438
Flute Concerto ... More »
JS Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007 - 1012, 2 CD Set (1927-1939)
$19.95$13.95 (Compact disc / Naxos Historical )
Readings Staff Recommend - Building a Classical Library
A double album from Naxos Historical, featuring the legendary cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973). He developed a highly personal florid style of playing, dismissed by... More »
Faure: Requiem, Messe Basse, Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
$12.95$8.95 (Compact disc / Naxos )
Readings Staff Recommend - Building a Classical Library
Lisa Beckley (soprano), Colm Carey (organ), Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone)
Fauré:
Requiem, Op. 48
Messe basse
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Severac: Tantum ergo More »
Glass Violin Concerto
$12.95$8.95 (Compact disc / Naxos )
Readings Staff Recommend - Building a Classical Library
Glass, P: Company
Violin Concerto
Akhnaten: Prelude and Dance
“Full marks to Naxos for its continuing 20th-century music releases... The disc contains a fine perfor... More »
Sibelius - Violin Concerto, Serenade, Sinding - Violin Concerto 1, Romance
$12.95$8.95 (Compact disc / Naxos )
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Kids' Book Bargains
Charlie And Lola Ziplock: 3 Absolutely Favourite Stories
$59.95$19.95 (Hardcover book / Penguin Books )
Presents Charlie and Lola stories. This title includes such stories as "Say Cheese", "I'm Really Ever So Not Well" and "We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog". More »
Amazing Egypt Pop-O-Rama
$29.95$9.95 (Paperback book / Scholastic )
An Egyptian extravaganza of panoramic proportions! These highly detailed pop-up scenes allow readers to explore the building of pyramids, magnificent temples and life on the River Nile. With timeline information. More »
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
$29.95$14.95 (Paperback book / )
Twelve year old Robert hates his maths teacher. He sets his class boring problems and won't let them use their calculators. Then in his dreams Robert meets the Number Devil who brings the subject of mathematics magically... More »
My Mummy's Bag
$24.95$14.95 (Boxed set / Workman )
From the creator of My Granny's Purse" and "My Grandpa's Briefcase", comes another die-cut storybook in the shape of a bag, that's crammed with interactive features and surprises. "My Mummy's Bag" contains the contents o... More »
Universal DVD Sale
The Outsiders
$19.95$9.99 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )
Based on the S.E. Hinton novel of the same name. A group of troubled young teenagers, struggle to deal with the present, as they contemplate a seemingly bleak and difficult future. The problems are not limited to the 'wr... More »
Lost in Translation
$19.95$9.99 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )
5,000 miles from home, Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is facing a mid-life crisis, and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) is having an identity crisis. When these two lonely Americans cross paths in a Tokyo bar, their chance encou... More »
Being John Malkovich
$19.95$9.99 (Digital video disc / )
Arguably one of the most inventive and rule-breaking screenplays ever written, Being John Malkovich came from the crazed, genius mind of Charlie Kaufman, and was directed by equally unique Spike Jonze.
Craig Schwartz (Jo... More »
The Constant Gardener
$19.95$9.95 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )
Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, The Constant Gardener, based on a bestselling novel by John Le Carré, is an exciting mix of romance and spy thriller. Meirelles's pacing is outstanding, sw... More »
Elizabeth (Special Edition)
$14.95$9.99 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )
The story of one woman's crusade to control love, crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. As her cousin Mary Stuart conspires with Philip of Spain to topple the throne, Elizabeth (Bl... More »
To Kill a Mockingbird (Special Edition)
$19.95$9.99 (Digital video disc / Universal Pict Vid )
Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his brilliant performance as the Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a plac... More »
Summer Bargains
Lovesong (Signed And Numbered Limited Edition)
$59.95$33.95 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )
Hardback, jacket image printed directly on the jacket boards with foil, printed end papers all richly decorated, translucent tip in, individually hand numbered and signed by Alex Miller.
Seeking shelter in a Parisian caf... More »
Review
Britain Irelands Best Wild Places Five Hundred Ways To Walk In The Wild
$65.00$19.95 (Hardcover book / Penguin Books )
Christopher Somerville takes us on a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite Wild Places in fields and green lanes, in forests and mountain... More »
Children Of The Revolution France 1799 1914
$69.95$19.95 (Hardcover book / Allen Lane )
Children of the Revolution is a wonderful account of how the French repeatedly tried and failed to come up with a new, stable regime for themselves. For those who lived through the quarter-century from the storming of th... More »
Essential Managers Manual
$59.95$19.95 (Hardcover book / Dorling Kindersley )
Improve your management skills and take control of your career with the new edition of this bestselling one-stop-shop for every manager.
Pick up tips and advice on 12 core management skills: from communicating and motiva... More »
Imagining India Ideas For The New Century
$49.95$16.95 (Hardcover book / Allen Lane )
Indian software entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani has written the
definitive book about modern India.
Nilekani gives us a fascinating new perspective for the
twenty-first century, defying received and imported wisdom, and
sh... More »
McSweeney's: No. 27
$49.95$14.95 (Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton )
Plunging straight into the grayish, faintly understood area of the art world that involves oddly drawn objects coupled with uncertainly spelled text, McSweeney's 27 brings together a previously uncategorized cadre of pit... More »
ECM Sale
New Chautauqua
$24.95$19.95 (Compact disc / Ecm )
Metheny alone and, mostly, acoustic, playing folk-flavoured compositions. Pat viewed this as “an autobiographical album. It’s got a lot to do with the American Midwest. It’s very open and spacious.”
This album is... More »
First Circle
$32.95 (Compact disc / Ecm )
Metheny’s final ECM disc reflected a growing interest in South American rhythms and introduced Argentinean percussionist/singer Pedro Aznar to the group. Includes the popular “Yolanda, You Learn”.
This album is par... More »
Conte de l'incroyable amour
$32.95 (Compact disc / Ecm )
Tunisian oud master Brahem invites two Turkish musicians into his soundworld, ney player Kudsi Erguner, from the Sufi tradition, and clarinettist Barbaros Erköse, an exponent of Romany gipsy music.
This album is part of... More »
Psychology Bargains
Principles Of Therapeutic Change That Work
$120.00$49.95 (Hardcover book / Oxford University Pr )
This book presents the findings of a Joint Presidential Task Force of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of APA) and of the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research. This task force was charged with... More »
Forensic Mental Health Assessment Of Children And Adolescents
$140.00$39.95 (Hardcover book / Oxford University Pr )
Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors. Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents presents ... More »
Handbook Of Eating Disorders And Obesity
$133.95$59.95 (Hardcover book / Wiley )
Featuring contributors from an international group of experts, the Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity is a broad-based resource that explores the major classifications of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia... More »
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy For The Treatment Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Trauma Related Problems
$99.95 (Hardcover book / New Harbinger )
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) offers a promising, empirically validated approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related problems. In this volume, you'll find a comple... More »
Half Price Ultimate Box Set Sale
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