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Edge of Glory The Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals
In Edge of Glory Christine Brennan tells the stories of the world's best figure skaters as they travel through the most intense year of their young lives. Brennan goes backstage at major competitions and behind the scenes at the practice rinks to chronicle the figure skaters' quest for victory at the l998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. The year opens with the 1997 U.S. national championships in Nashville, where the teenage Michelle Kwan, a favorite for the Olympic gold medal, dissolves on the ice during a wrenching four-minute performance. As Kwan bursts into tears leaving the rink, tiny Tara Lipinski arrives on the ice and steals the show. In the 368 days from Nashville to Nagano, other women will vie for the gold, including the unpredictable Nicole Bobek, the lyrical Lu Chen, and even a college graduate, Tonia Kwiatkowski, who would love simply to make the U.S. team. The men's competition has turned into an unprecedented jumping contest, led by Canada's controversial Elvis Stojko. Todd Eldredge of the United States and Russia's Alexei Urmanov and Ilia Kulik are chasing Stojko, as are some youngsters, including America's top jumper, Michael Weiss. On the way to the Olympics, Brennan catches up with the famous and infamous, including Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Scott Hamilton, Rudy Galindo, and the exquisite Russian pairs. She introduces us to the people behind the scenes: the edgy agents who are never far from their cellular phones; the attentive coaches and choreographers who have devised the intricate moves that will determine who wins the gold and who does not; and the stern judges, who control the sport from their rinkside seats. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461122738
- Edge of Glory The Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals
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On the Nature of the Universe
This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, didactic poem written in six books of hexameters. Melville's particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor is especially helpful to those looking at the text from a scientific or philosophical point of view. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461123977
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Against Nature A Rebours
As Joris-Karl Huysmans predicted in 1884, Against Nature (A rebours) was fated to be a novel like no other. Resisting the models of classic nineteenth-century fiction, it focuses on the attempts of its anti-hero, the hypersensitive neurotic and aesthete Des Esseintes, to escape Paris and the vulgarity of modern life. Holed up in his private museum of high taste, he indulges his pleasure in fine art and literature. A compendium of fin-de-siecle cultural decadence, Against Nature anticipates strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarme, and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by substantial annotation to enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461123984
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Hecuba
In this new edition of HECUBA, a poet and a classical scholar have collaborated to produce a striking version of a play central to Euripides' dramatic vision. The translators have focused their attention on tonal texture, ranging from grief-stricken monodies and duets to lyrical choral verse, as well as on the problems created by political and forensic rhetoric. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124214
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Strategies for Winning Science Fair Projects
Discover the Secrets of Science Fair Success with This Essential Guide . . . Written by a science fair judge and an international science fair winner, this must-have resource is packed with strategies and pointers for putting together a winning science fair project. Here you?ll get the nitty-gritty on a wide variety of topics, from the fundamentals of the science fair process to the last-minute details of polishing your presentation, including: *Choosing the right project for you *Doing research and taking notes *Using the scientific method *Writing up procedures, data, and conclusions *Creating eye-catching backboards *Handling pre-contest jitters *Dealing with difficult judges *and much more With insider tips, checklists, and solid advice from people who?ve been there, Strategies for Winning Science Fair Projects is the one guide you?ll need for science fair season and beyond. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124754
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Wendell Minor
This one-of-a-kind retrospective brings together a rich selection of pieces from Wendell Minor's extraordinary body of jacket art, coupled with lively commentary from authors and others in publishing on the relationship between a book's cover and what is inside. The volume includes over one hundred full-color reproductions of artwork from the jackets of best-selling books. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461513106
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Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Terminal Services The Official Guide
(Osborne) Learn how to build, deploy, and administer a successful server-based computing environment, install and maintain Windows 2000 Terminal Services and MetaFrame 1.8, simplify administration with Citrix Installation Management Services, configure a reliable, distributed data center to house Corporate ASP, and more. Softcover. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461571431
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Network+ Certification Study Guide Second Edition
Covers all CompTIA exam objectives, contains over 200 practice exam questions, and includes CD-ROM with CertTrainer interactive tutorials and lab simulation software. CD-ROM included. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461571436
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AIX 5L Administration
Configure, customize, and administer AIX version 5L effectively using this expert resource. Use system management tools, work with network and distributed file systems, manage the user environment, tune and monitor the system, and much more. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461571440
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BEA WebLogic 7 Server Administration
Get more out of your e-business applications by using the leading Web and wireless applications server and this comprehensive guide. This book will show you step-by-step how to run and maintain BEA WebLogic Server and customize it to meet the individual needs of your business. Written by experienced WebLogic trainers, this detailed guide offers thorough coverage of everything from installation and workload management to troubleshooting -- and much more. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461571442
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Numerical Methods For Differential Equations Fundamental Concepts For Scientific & Engineering Applications
Derived from the authors' teverying experiences and feedback from students at MIT, Notre Dame, and Princeton, this book breaks with traditional presentations of basic numerical methods to offer readers a deeper understanding of fundamental concepts and a broader perspective of the subject. - Books Reading - New - 461122444
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PACKAGE STATSTCL METHDS SOCL SCI
THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES: 0135265266 > STATSTCL METHDS SOCL SCI 0130204064 > SYSTAT 8.0 WIN STDNT VER - Books Reading - New - 461512040
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PACKAGE BROCK BIOLGY MICROORGNSM
THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES: 0130819220 > BROCK BIOLGY MICROORGNSM 0130282537 > SCI ON INT:STU GD EARTH 0130336777 > 2001 ISS 1 NYT MICROBIO - Books Reading - New - 461512146
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Analysis and Control of Production Systems
Emphasizes the process of production decision making. Relates the techniques being described to the kind of industrial environment in which they are most likely to be usefully applied. DLC: Industrial engineering. - Books Reading - New - 461512189
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Commercial Bank Financial Management in the Financial-Services Industry
Established as the market-leader for more than 12 years, this thoroughly revised book describes both the theory and practice of commercial banking from a financial-management perspective. Focusing on the dynamic and rapidly changing financial-services industry, this book explores modern financial management decision-making and highlights the importance of adapting to change and creating value as the way for firms to succeed. - Books Reading - New - 461512596
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