Safco Forge Collection Coffee Table $114.99 Create a welcome reception area with Safco furniture from the Forge CollectionThis coffee table is perfect for holding waiting room materialsThis steel-framed table is a wonderful way to make a great first impression

Safco Forge Collection Reception End Table $84.54 Create a welcome reception area with Safco furniture from the Forge CollectionThis reception end table is perfect for holding magazinesThis steel-framed table is a wonderful way to make a great first impression

Safco Clear2c 6 Pamphlet and 3 Magazine Display $92.91 Clear the clutter and make a great first impression with this six-pamphlet/three-magazine displayMagazine rack features deep pockets for all of your literatureBreak-resistant materials make this display sturdy and functional

Ybike Orange Extreme Balance Bike $77.99 A great new balance bike for kids the Extreme Balance Bike from Ybike features a lightweight aluminum body with injection molded plastic front forks. This bike also includes large rubber tires, making it a great first bicycle for toddlers.

Safco Acrylic Single-pocket Pamphlet Displays (Pack of 6) $71.99 Keep your pamphlets organized with these convenient magazine displaysThis easy-to-see display will help make a great first impression Great for any shared space, this display will help you sort and track

Ybike Pink Extreme Balance Bike $77.99 A great new balance bike for kids the Extreme Balance Bike from Ybike features a lightweight aluminum body with injection molded plastic front forks. This bike also includes large rubber tires, making it a great first bicycle for toddlers.

500 Words To Grow On (Paperback) $3.95 In a great first word book, names of objects and accompanying illustrations are grouped by topics such as colors, toys, animals, and tools.

Money Origami (Hardcover) $11.41 Includes instructional DVD.Need a snazzy new idea for a gift, or trying to make a great first impression? Try folding some amazing origami out of a dollar bill and watch the reaction! Money Origami is a fun and creative book full of…

Bright Baby Noisy Trains (Board) $6.92 What noise does a train make? Children will love pressing the button in this neat little board book to find out! Inside, on the bright, illustrated pages, there are some great first train facts to learn, such as the jobs a train does and the …

Buddy`s Big, Big Book of Big, Big Dinosaurs (Board) $8.55 Exciting Dinosaur Train nonfiction!This oversize board book is a great first BIG dinosaur book for children. Guided by Buddy and his friends, young readers will learn the facts about six BIG dinosaurs.

Simple First Sounds Noisy Pets (Board) $9.89 What sound does this pet make? Children will have fun pressing the buttons in this noisy book and finding out! The book introduces some great first facts about four favorite family pets – cat, dog, bird and guinea pig – and there …

Classical Solos for Trombone (Mixed media product) $12.86 The CD-ROM included with this collection of easy level classical solos has everything the young student needs for a great first solo experience: bFull Performance recordings and Accompaniment Only recordings for each piece bTempo Adjustment Software f…

Classical Solos for Baritone (Mixed media product) $10.93 The CD-ROM included with this collection of easy level classical solos has everything the young student needs for a great first solo experience: bFull Performance recordings and Accompaniment Only recordings for each piece bTempo Adjustment Software f…

Starter Kit: Blossom & Pals $26.85 Bring your friends home from BabyFirstTV to decorate your wall. With this easy to install and easy to remove self adhesive Starter Kit featuring Blossom and her friends. Kit includes 1 wall border and 2 different wall decals. Can be used as decorations at your child’s next Birthday Party. Great as a gift or special surprise! *Wall Border-6 inches high x 15 feet long. Prepasted Dry Strippable. *Wall Decals-Two per package-Approximately 6" x 6" peel and stick easy to remove and reposition.

Starter Kit: Rainbow Horse & Pals $26.85 Bring your friends home from BabyFirstTV to decorate your wall. With this easy to install and easy to remove self adhesive Starter Kit featuring Rainbow Horse and her friends. Kit includes 1 wall boarder and 2 different wall decals. Can be used as decorations at your child’s next Birthday Party. Great as a gift or special surprise! *Wall Boarder-6 inches high x 15 feet long. Prepasted Dry Strippable. *Wall Decals-Two per package-Approximately 6" x 6" peel and stick easy to remove and reposition.

Starter Kit: Tillie Knock Knock $26.85 Bring your friends home from BabyFirstTV to decorate your wall. With this easy to install and easy to remove self adhesive Starter Kit featuring Tillie Knock Knock and her friends. Kit includes 1 wall border and 2 different wall decals. Can be used as decorations at your child’s next Birthday Party. Great as a gift or special surprise! *Wall Border-6 inches high x 15 feet long. Prepasted Dry Strippable. *Wall Decals-Two per package-Approximately 6" x 6" peel and stick easy to remove and reposition.

Starter Kit: Numbers Around the Globe $26.85 Bring your friends home from BabyFirstTV to decorate your wall. With this easy to install and easy to remove self adhesive Starter Kit featuring Numbers Around the Globe. Kit includes 1 wall border and 2 different wall decals. Can be used as decorations at your child’s next Birthday Party. Great as a gift or special surprise! *Wall Border-6 inches high x 15 feet long. Prepasted Dry Strippable. *Wall Decals-Two per package-Approximately 6" x 6" peel and stick easy to remove and reposition.

BabyFirstTV’s Spanish Essentials $14.95 Teaching your child a second language has many advantages. Some studies show that bilingual children have higher grades and critical thinking abilities. It has been proven that it’s easier to learn a language as a small child even while mastering your native language. This Spanish Essentials DVD introduces your child to basic Spanish words for family food animals and more while creating an appreciation for the language and culture. Teaching your child a second language is a great way for your baby to learn and have fun at the same time.

The First Phase Of The Great War $19.47 The First Phase Of The Great War

The First Great Train Robbery $18.44 The First Great Train Robbery

The First Book Of The Great Musicians $17.44 The First Book Of The Great Musicians

First Issue: The Great American Songbook $20.13 First Issue: The Great American Songbook

Our First Year In The Great War $17.44 Our First Year In The Great War

Babur_the_tiger_first_of_the_great_moguls $22.77 Babur_the_tiger_first_of_the_great_moguls

Chicago”s First Great Lawsuit $12.88 Chicago”s First Great Lawsuit

International Relations and the First Great Debate $61.95 International Relations and the First Great Debate

The First Great Political Realist $76.5 The First Great Political Realist is a succinct and penetrating analysis of one of the ancient world””s foremost political realists, Kautilya…

The Poster Story: The First Great Master $49.99 The Poster Story: The First Great Master – Giclee Print

Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky $34.94 Written over a period of twenty-five years, this first volume in a trilogy is intended to depict in the life and work of writers of different nationality-Balzac, Dickens, and Dostoevsky-the world-portraying novelist. Though these essays were composed at fairly long intervals, their essential uniformity has prompted Zweig to bring these three great novelists of the nineteenth century together; to show them as writers who, for the very reason that they contrast with each other, also complete one another in ways which makes them round our concept of the epic portrayers of the world.Zweig considers Balzac, Dickens, and Dostoevsky the supremely great novelists of the nineteenth century. He draws between the writer of one outstanding novel, and what he terms a true novelist-an epic master, the creator of an almost unending series of pre-eminent romances. The novelist in this higher sense is endowed with encyclopedic genius, is a universal artist, who constructs a cosmos, peopling it with types of his own making, giving it laws of gravity that are unique to these figures.

China, the US and the Power-Transition Theory $43.95 China’s recent growth has called attention to the power-transition theory, which contends that the danger of a major war is the greatest when a rising dissatisfied challenger threatens to overtake a declining satisfied hegemon. Steve Chan questions this prevailing view by analyzing the extent of ongoing power shifts among the leading powers, exploring the portents for their future growth, and seeking indicators of their relative commitment to the existing international order. To better understand the strategic motivations of ascending and declining states, insights are drawn from prospect theory and past episodes of peaceful and violent transition (such as the end of the Cold War and the outbreak of the First and Second World Wars). He concludes that China is unlikely to instigate a confrontation with the US, and that whilst military conflict over the Taiwan Strait is possible, this is more likely to be due to China’s inability to prevent US involvement than its willingness to provoke the US.This book places China in a comparative and historical context, in which inquiry is informed by the experiences of other major powers and pertinent theories in international relations, such as those on extended deterrence, preventive war, and democratic peace. Its comparative and theoretical orientation and its contrarian perspective will be of great interest not only to students and scholars of international relations and Chinese politics, but also to policy makers and professionals.

Cry Liberty: The Great Stono River Slave Rebellion of 1739 $8.33 The story of slavery in the colonial New World is, in part, one of rebellion. In Jamaica, Hispaniola, Dutch Surinam and elsewhere, massive uprisings threatened European rule. But not in British North America. Between the founding of Jamestown in 1607 and the start of the American Revolution in 1775, the colonies experienced only one notable revolt, on South Carolina’s Stono River in 1739, and it lasted a single day. Yet, writes Peter Charles Hoffer, as brief as this event was, historians have misunderstood it—and have thus overlooked its deeper significance.In Cry Liberty, Hoffer provides a deeply researched and finely nuanced narrative of the Stono River conflict, offering uncomfortable insights into American slavery. In particular, he draws on new sources to reexamine this one dramatic day. According to conventional wisdom, recently imported African slaves-warriors in spirit and training-learned of an impending war between England and Spain. Seeking freedom from Spanish authorities, the argument runs, they launched a well-planned uprising in order to escape to Florida. But Hoffer has mined legislative and legal records, land surveys, and first-hand accounts to identify precisely where the fighting began, trace the paths taken by rebels and militia, and offer a new explanation of its causes. Far from a noble, well-crafted revolt, he reveals, the slaves were simply breaking into a store to take what they thought was their due, and chance events put them on a path no participant had originally intended. The truth is a far less heroic, but far more of a human tragedy.Richly researched, crisply told, and unflinchingly honest, this book uncovers the grim truth about the violent wages of slavery and sheds light on why North America had so few slave rebellions.

Dad, Now What’s for Dinner?: A New Collection of Family Favorites $55.98 It all started with the need to find something for dinner. From there it became a recipe, then a binder, then the first book, “Dad, what’s for Dinner?”. Now the tradition continues with a new and more expansive collection of recipes in “Dad, Now What’s for Dinner?” Dinnertime is really not just about the food, but great recipies never hurt. Dinnertime is really about sharing a special part of the day in the kitchen and around the table enjoying and connecting with each other as a family. This book helps to ease the task with delicious and easy to prepare recipes that can be prepared and enjoyed together. From the time of my childhood, through the efforts of my Mother and Grandmother, I came to love our time in the kitchen. Dinnertime is family time. We create recipes together, we cook together. We enjoy a meal together. We share our time together. It starts as a task and an idea for dinner. It ends with a strenghtened bond of family and memories around the table which will last forever.

De preclaris mulieribus, that is to say in Englyshe, Of the ryghte renoumyde ladyes. Translated from Bocasse, … $9.9 The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++British LibraryT098559In: ‘The literary museum’, 1792.London : printed for the editor, and sold at no.62, Great Wild-Street; by Mess. Egerton; Mess. Cox and Phillipson; R. Ryan; H. D. Symonds; and W. Richardson, 1789. viii,8p. ; 8°

Evolutionary Psychology, Public Policy and Personal Decisions $47.5 During the last 15 years, human sociobiology has metamorphosed into evolutionary psychology. It is concerned with the social problems and stresses hominid and primate ancestors encountered, the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with these stresses, and the way those ancient mechanisms work now. Evolutionary psychologists are making great progress in expanding the understanding of human nature, however, this knowledge has had little impact on policymakers and legislators. Supreme Court justices and managers seldom consult evolutionary psychologists to help with their deliberations. When faced with private decisions few individuals ask themselves how a Darwinian perspective might help them. This volume’s aim is to start the process of using theory and findings of evolutionary psychology to help make the world a better place to live. This book takes evolutionary psychology explicitly into applied areas in a way no other book has. It includes a reasonable scope of applications from pornography to psychopaths and from morality to sex differences in the workplace. An applications section provides concrete ideas for dealing with social and policy issues, including chapters on women in the workplace, rape, and child support. Providing good coverage of basic issues and theory of the field, this book gives lay people and law/policymakers appropriate background to fully understand the applications chapters. Part II provides information on basic psychological mechanisms for group living–including chapters on emotions, reciprocity and legal reasoning, and self deception–that impact on how well public policy and law function. The material in the first two sections providean intellectual basis for the chapters in the third part of the book which deals with the application of evolutionary psychology to a variety of substantive areas related to public policy and personal decisions. A political scientist concludes the book with a commentary on evolutionary

The King’s Threshold: Manuscript Materials $127.16 From reviews of The Cornell Yeats series:”For students of Yeats the whole series is bound to become an essential reference source and a stimulus to important critical re-readings of Yeats’s major works. In a wider context, the series will also provide an extraordinary and perhaps unique insight into the creative process of a great artists.”-Irish Literary Supplement”I consider the Cornell Yeats one of the most important scholarly projects of our time.”-A. Walton Litz, Princeton University, coeditor of The Collected Poems of William Carols Williams and Personae: The Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound”The most ambitious of the many important projects in current studies of Yeats and perhaps of modern poetry generally. . . . The list of both general and series editors, as well as prospective preparers of individual volumes, reads like a Who’s Who of Yeats textual studies in North America. Further, the project carries the blessing of Yeats’s heirs and bespeaks an ongoing commitment from a major university press. . . . The series will inevitably engender critical studies based on a more solid footing than those of any other modern poet. . . . Its volumes will be consulted long after gyres of currently fashionable theory have run on.”-Yeats Annual (1983)He has chosen death: Refusing to eat or drink, that he may bringDisgrace upon me; for there is a custom,An old and foolish custom, that if a manBe wronged, or think that he is wronged, and starveUpon another’s threshold till he die,The common people, for all time to come,Will raise a heavy cry against that threshold,Even though it be the King’s. -from The King’s ThresholdThe King’s Threshold was first performed in Dublin by the Irish National Theatre Society in 1903 and first published in New York in 1904. The Cornell Yeats edition of this play about a bard’s hunger strike includes the preliminary notes and first prose drafts dictated by Yeats to his patron and

They Have Killed Papa Dead!: The Road to Ford’s Theater, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance $19.99 The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is felt to this day, and the basic story is known to all. Anthony Pitch’s thrilling account of the Lincoln conspiracy and its aftermath transcends the mere facts of that awful night during which dashing actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head and would-be assassin Lewis Payne butchered Secretary of State William Seward in the bed of his own home. “They Have Killed Papa Dead!” transports the reader to one of the most breathtaking moments in history, and reveals much that is new about the stories, passions, and times of those who shaped this great tragedy.Virtually every word of Anthony Pitch’s account is based on primary source material: new quotes from previously unpublished diaries, letters and journals – authentic contemporary voices writing with freshness and clarity as eyewitnesses or intimate participants – new images, a new vision and understanding of one of America’s defining moments. With an unwavering fidelity to historical accuracy, Pitch provides new confirmation of threats against the president-elect’s life as he traveled to Washington by train for his first inauguration, and a vivid personal account of John Wilkes Booth being physically restrained from approaching Lincoln at his second inauguration. Perhaps most chillingly, new details come to light about conditions in the special prison where the civilian conspirators accused of participating in the Lincoln assassination endured tortuous conditions in extreme isolation and deprivation, hooded and shackled, before and even during their military trial. Pitch masterfully synthesizes the findings of his prodigious research into a tight, gripping narrative that adds important new insights to our national story.

They Have Killed Papa Dead!: The Road to Ford’s Theater, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance $19.99 The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is felt to this day, and the basic story is known to all. Anthony Pitch’s thrilling account of the Lincoln conspiracy and its aftermath transcends the mere facts of that awful night during which dashing actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head and would-be assassin Lewis Payne butchered Secretary of State William Seward in the bed of his own home. “They Have Killed Papa Dead!” transports the reader to one of the most breathtaking moments in history, and reveals much that is new about the stories, passions, and times of those who shaped this great tragedy.Virtually every word of Anthony Pitch’s account is based on primary source material: new quotes from previously unpublished diaries, letters and journals – authentic contemporary voices writing with freshness and clarity as eyewitnesses or intimate participants – new images, a new vision and understanding of one of America’s defining moments. With an unwavering fidelity to historical accuracy, Pitch provides new confirmation of threats against the president-elect’s life as he traveled to Washington by train for his first inauguration, and a vivid personal account of John Wilkes Booth being physically restrained from approaching Lincoln at his second inauguration. Perhaps most chillingly, new details come to light about conditions in the special prison where the civilian conspirators accused of participating in the Lincoln assassination endured tortuous conditions in extreme isolation and deprivation, hooded and shackled, before and even during their military trial. Pitch masterfully synthesizes the findings of his prodigious research into a tight, gripping narrative that adds important new insights to our national story.

They Have Killed Papa Dead!: The Road to Ford’s Theater, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance $5.3 The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a central drama of the American experience. Its impact is felt to this day, and the basic story is known to all. Anthony Pitch’s thrilling account of the Lincoln conspiracy and its aftermath transcends the mere facts of that awful night during which dashing actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head and would-be assassin Lewis Payne butchered Secretary of State William Seward in the bed of his own home. “They Have Killed Papa Dead!” transports the reader to one of the most breathtaking moments in history, and reveals much that is new about the stories, passions, and times of those who shaped this great tragedy.Virtually every word of Anthony Pitch’s account is based on primary source material: new quotes from previously unpublished diaries, letters and journals – authentic contemporary voices writing with freshness and clarity as eyewitnesses or intimate participants – new images, a new vision and understanding of one of America’s defining moments. With an unwavering fidelity to historical accuracy, Pitch provides new confirmation of threats against the president-elect’s life as he traveled to Washington by train for his first inauguration, and a vivid personal account of John Wilkes Booth being physically restrained from approaching Lincoln at his second inauguration. Perhaps most chillingly, new details come to light about conditions in the special prison where the civilian conspirators accused of participating in the Lincoln assassination endured tortuous conditions in extreme isolation and deprivation, hooded and shackled, before and even during their military trial. Pitch masterfully synthesizes the findings of his prodigious research into a tight, gripping narrative that adds important new insights to our national story.

They Say: Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race $19.95 In ‘They Say,’ James West Davidson recounts the first thirty years in the passionate life of Ida B. Wells–as well as the story of the great struggle over the meaning of race in post-emancipation America. Davidson captures the breathtaking and often chaotic changes that swept the South as Wells grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi: the spread of education among free blacks, the rise of political activism, and the bitter struggles for equality in the face of entrenched social custom.When Wells came of age she moved to bustling Memphis, where her quest for personal fulfillment was thwarted as whites increasingly used race as a barrier to separate blacks from mainstream America. Davidson traces the crosscurrents of these cultural conflicts through Wells’s forceful personality, intertwining her struggle to define herself with her early courageous, and often audacious, behavior. When a conductor threw her off a train for refusing to sit in the segregated car, she sued the railroad–and won. When she protested conditions in segregated Memphis schools, she was fired–and took up journalism. And in 1892, when an explosive lynching rocked Memphis, Wells embarked fully on the career for which she is now remembered, as outspoken anti-lynching writer and lecturer.Period photographs from postcards, newspapers, and Wells’s own diary further engage readers in this dynamic story. Richly researched and deftly written, the book offers a gripping portrait of the young Ida B. Wells, who directly encountered and influenced the evolving significance of race in America.

Yogi Was Up With a Guy on Third…: Hall of Famers Recall Their Favorite Baseball Games Ever $19.95 Take a walk down memory lane with a group of Major League Baseball Hall of Famers as they share their memories of that one favorite game. From Red Schoendienst’s first professional game, with butterflies causing error after error until the great Branch Rickey assured him that he’d be in the game for a long time; and Paul Molitor’s rounding the bases in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, looking up into the stands to make eye contact with his father; to Bobby Doerr, the oldest living Hall of Famer; to Goose Gossage, one of the most recent Hall of Fame inductees, their memories are all here and told in poignant detail by the players themselves as they look back over the arc of their careers and recall their most memorable moments on the diamond. “Yogi Was Up with a Guy on Third…” is a book that will delight baseball fans of all ages.

#1 Best Poker Chip Set (Mahogany) – 500 Chips $144.29 11.5 Gram Dice Striped Chips 500 Piece Mahogany SetThese 39 mm diameter casino sized chips are 11.5 grams in weight. They are produced from a composite resin and an insert that gives them the weight feel of a heavy casino quality chip.The detail on these chips is great. The six stripes and dice are the most interesting design on the market. This unique design is great for casino and homestyle play alike. You can customize your order by choosing the colors and quantities of each chip.What makes this set the best in the country, is the rich mahogany case that holds the chips. Mahogany Poker Chip CaseThis beautiful dark mahogany poker chip case is one of the finest cases we have ever sold. At first glance it may resemble a fine cigar humidor. It is a deep reddish brown mahogany and is very solid. Made of 1/2 inch pieces of solid mahogany wood, this case is as solid as could be. The finish on this case is a smooth polished laquered finish. The tray inside is removable revealing a bottom layer that holds chips and playing cards. The woodwork on the inside and outside is as fine as any piece of furniture in your house.The hardware on this case is solid brass. There are 2 well built handles that are very strong and artistic in design. The best feature of all on this case is the key lock to keep your poker chips secured. The key itself is artistic and also fits in with the decor. It is an old style key made from solid brass with a tassle hanging from it. This is a collector’s item as well as a fully functional chip case for the person who appreciates the finer things in life. For a finishing touch on this fine piece, there is a solid brass name plate that is ready for engraving (engraving not offered). Once you receive this case you will want to get the name plate engraved and then you can easily mount it on the case as it has an adhesive surface on the back. The top rack in this case comfortably holds 300 chips as the bottom rack holds 200 chips for a total chip capa

#6 3/4 Regular Envelope – Astrobright Lift Off Lemon (3 5/8 x 6 1/2) (Box of 1000) $77 A Quantity of 1000 – Say goodbye to boring, brillant colors get opened first. A slightly larger envelope designed to mail personal checks. Great for birthdays and other special occasions! Our 6 3/4 Lift Off Lemon envelope is the envelope to use when you want your mailing to make a splash. The energetic Lift Off Lemon (Yellow) colors of this envelope are sure to catch the eye of your audience.

#6 3/4 Regular Envelope – Astrobright Lift Off Lemon (3 5/8 x 6 1/2) (Box of 250) $38 A Quantity of 250 – Say goodbye to boring, brillant colors get opened first. A slightly larger envelope designed to mail personal checks. Great for birthdays and other special occasions! Our 6 3/4 Lift Off Lemon envelope is the envelope to use when you want your mailing to make a splash. The energetic Lift Off Lemon (Yellow) colors of this envelope are sure to catch the eye of your audience.

#6 3/4 Regular Envelope – Astrobright Lift Off Lemon (3 5/8 x 6 1/2) (Box of 500) $50 A Quantity of 500 – Say goodbye to boring, brillant colors get opened first. A slightly larger envelope designed to mail personal checks. Great for birthdays and other special occasions! Our 6 3/4 Lift Off Lemon envelope is the envelope to use when you want your mailing to make a splash. The energetic Lift Off Lemon (Yellow) colors of this envelope are sure to catch the eye of your audience.

#6 3/4 Regular Envelope – Astrobright Lift Off Lemon (3 5/8 x 6 1/2) (Pkg of 100) $23 A Quantity of 100 – Say goodbye to boring, brillant colors get opened first. A slightly larger envelope designed to mail personal checks. Great for birthdays and other special occasions! Our 6 3/4 Lift Off Lemon envelope is the envelope to use when you want your mailing to make a splash. The energetic Lift Off Lemon (Yellow) colors of this envelope are sure to catch the eye of your audience.

$12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art $7.87 Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million? Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world. Why were record prices achieved at auction for works by 131 contemporary artists in 2006 alone, with astonishing new heights reached in 2007? Don Thompson explores the money, lust, and self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored.This book is the first to look at the economics and the marketing strategies that enable the modern art market to generate such astronomical prices. Drawing on interviews with both past and present executives of auction houses and art dealerships, artists, and the buyers who move the market, Thompson launches the reader on a journey of discovery through the peculiar world of modern art. Surprising, passionate, gossipy, revelatory, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark reveals a great deal that even experienced auction purchasers do not know.

$12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art $12 Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million? Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world. Why were record prices achieved at auction for works by 131 contemporary artists in 2006 alone, with astonishing new heights reached in 2007? Don Thompson explores the money, lust, and self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored.This book is the first to look at the economics and the marketing strategies that enable the modern art market to generate such astronomical prices. Drawing on interviews with both past and present executives of auction houses and art dealerships, artists, and the buyers who move the market, Thompson launches the reader on a journey of discovery through the peculiar world of modern art. Surprising, passionate, gossipy, revelatory, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark reveals a great deal that even experienced auction purchasers do not know.

”A revolution in Christian morals”: Lambeth 1930-Resolution #15. History & reception. $49.99 Resolution #15 of the 1930 Anglican Lambeth Conference, issued a qualified acceptance of artificial birth control use in marriage. Little of substance has been written on this topic, yet many scholars would agree that it is a watershed event in the history of Christian moral thinking. Prior to Lambeth 1930, Christian moral tradition consistently opposed any interference with the God-given natural fecundity of the nature of conjugal relations. Lambeth 1930 officially ended that unanimity. This dissertation represents an attempt to tell that story.;Part of Resolution #15′s story includes an examination of the messages of the early phases of the modern sexual revolution. This sub-theme, unforseen at first, emerges throughout the Anglican bishops’ discussion on birth control. The messages of the early phases of the modern sexual revolution are a source of anxiety and even motivation to competently address what they called “the changed world.”;The dissertation is divided into two sections. Part one treats the historical context with its primary focus on the messages of the early phases of the modern sexual revolution. It contains three chapters. Chapter 1 summarizes the post-World War I era. Chapter 2 treats the changing attitudes about sex and marriage among the middle and upper-classes. Chapter 3 examines the modern birth control, population and eugenics movements. Throughout this section the focus is on the United States and Great Britain because it would be activists from these two nations who led the West in promoting the messages of the modern sexual revolution especially as seen in the spread of birth control. Part two provides the story of Lambeth 1930′s Resolution #15. Chapters 4 and 5 reconstruct the Conference debate on birth control. Chapter 6 covers the analysis of the ensuing public debate. A conclusion reflects on the ramifications of the decisions made on that hot August day in 1930.

Great First
How do you make a great first impression with your future inlaws?

I’m going to Venezuela over the holidays and I will be meeting my fiance’s parents for the first time. I have so much butterflies in my stomach. I’m a Filipino girl raised in Canada but my Spanish is pretty good — well my Spanish is ok. I’ve been practicing for a few months. I’ve managed to read/speak/and understand Spanish in just over a few months. And now here comes the day — I’m finally meeting my future in-laws. Any suggestions in making a great first and lasting impression?

Be yourself; certainly not someone you’re not. If you “play” them, you stand a better chance in the future to give them the impression that you aren’t a genuine individual. I’m sure you’re a nice, polite person…just be that person and you’ll be fine!

Good luck to you!

BEST WEDDING DANCE EVER!!! Surprise First Dance: You’re the one that I want!

Great First