Author: Li Zhi-Sui
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: mao, chairman, life, private
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 1996-04-02
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0679764437
ISBN-13: 9780679764434

From 1954 until Mao Zedong’s death 22 years later. Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler’s personal physician. For most of these years, Mao was in excellent health; thus he and the doctor had time to discuss political and personal matters. Dr. Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries, as well as in his memory. In this book, Dr. Li vividly reconstructs his extraordinary time with Chairman Mao. of illustrations.

Authors:Patti Smith, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, Be
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: music, american, leibovitz, annie
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2003-10-28
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0375505075
ISBN-13: 9780375505072

The impulse to do AMERICAN MUSIC, writes famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, “came from a desire to return to my original subject and look at it with a mature eye. Bring my experience to it…make it a real American tapestry.” Her ambitious idea became AMERICAN MUSIC, a stunning collection of photographs of the musicians, places and people that enrich the landscape of American music. As Rolling Stone’s chief photographer for over thirteen years, Leibovitz created a legendary body of work. Her portraits of some of the world’s most talented musicians capture more than the performer,

Authors:Paul Bertolli, Alice Waters,
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: cooking, panisse, chez
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1994-11-22
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0679755357
ISBN-13: 9780679755357

"Extraordinary," "poetic," and "inspired" are only a few words that have been used to describe the food at Chez Panisse. Since the first meal served there in 1971, Alice Waters’s Berkeley, California, restaurant has revolutionized American cooking, earning its place among the truly great restaurants of the world. Renowned for the brilliant innovations of its ever-changing menu, Chez Panisse has also come to represent a culinary philosophy inspired by nature -- dedicated to the common interest of environment and consumer in the use of gloriously fresh organic ingredients.In Chez Panisse C

Author: Stefan Ball
Publisher: Random House UK
Keywords: bach, remedies, flower, course, workbook, study
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0091906520
ISBN-13: 9780091906528

Here is a complete, self-contained course in the selection and use of the Bach Flower Remedies. The course begins with first principles, then in seven progressive sections covers all 38 of the remedies and their uses.

Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: stories, turtle, yertle
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1958-04-12
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0394800877
ISBN-13: 9780394800875

Illustrated in color. Three modern fables in humorous pictures and verse: "Yertle the Turtle," "Gertrude McFuzz," and "The Big Brag."

Author: Hilary Spurling
Publisher: Random House UK
Keywords: dance, invitation
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0099484366
ISBN-13: 9780099484363

An erudite companion to Anthony Powell’s 12-volume masterwork, A Dance to the Music of Time, which The NewYorker hailed as "one of the most important works of fiction since the Second World War."A Dance to the Music of Time is a landmark of 20th-century literature—but as the reader cavorts through the 12-volume novel alongside the narrator Nicholas Jenkins, it soon becomes apparent that he, too, confuses dates and events. Here, Hilary Spurling places every detail in its proper place. A magnificent database of Powell’s imagination and England’s cultural landscape, Invitation

Author: Rob Walker
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: dialogue, secret, buying
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-06-03
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1400063914
ISBN-13: 9781400063918

“Fascinating … A compelling blend of cultural anthropology and business journalism.” — Andrea Sachs, Time Magazine “An often startling tour of new cultural terrain.” — Laura Miller, Salon “Marked by meticulous research and careful conclusions, this superbly readable book confirms New York Times journalist Walker as an expert on consumerism. … [A] thoughtful and unhurried investigation into consumerism that pushes the analysis to the maximum…” — Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) Brands are dead. Advertising no longer works. Weaned on TiVo, the Internet, and other eme