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The printed edition for Collectors: The complete transcripts of Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech at the DNC 2008 and Barack Obama's Announcement Speech on his VP-Pick Joe Biden.
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The most dramatic — and seemingly glamorous — of medical fields, surgery captivates the public’s imagination Written for inquisitive laymen as well as anyone in the medical profession, this fascinating first-person account documents the career of one of America’s top surgeons. Readers accompany Sidney Schwab through medical school at Case Western Reserve University; internship; junior and senior residencies (with a detour to Vietnam, where he won a Purple Heart); and finally his chief residency years in San Francisco. With humor and poignancy — and sometimes graphic detail — Schwab recalls memorable surgeries, surgeons, and patients. He takes care to explain, in understandable and interesting fashion, a variety of diseases, medical issues, and surgical techniques. More than just a memoir, Cutting Remarks offers a compelling look at how trauma and surgery are handled at a major hospital, and provides valuable insight into a surgeon’s relationship with both peers and patients..
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We're here. We're queer. And we're hilarious! Not to mention eloquent, bitchy, poetic, luminous, and dead-on brilliant! To Quote a Queer features more than 2,500 quotations on a host of subjects, including:

Body Image: "To be gay and out of shape is almost as much of a stigma as just being gay used to be." —Bruce Vilanch

Fashion: "If I am occasionally a little overdressed, I make up for it by being always immensely overeducated." —Oscar Wilde

Homophobia: "A lot of people are not homophobic, but they think they're supposed to be. They think that if they don't express prejudice, people will think there's something the matter with them." —Barney Frank

Therapy: "I think I have OCD or ADD or some other three-initial ditty. Whatever it is, it's exhauasting." —Rosie O'Donnell

Truth: "I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true." —Truman Capote

Childhood: "Bike-riding and tree-climbing may be typically boyish, but they were merely means to my sissified ends; I wanted, like an eight-year-old Garbo, to be alone." —Dan Savage

Coming Out: "What happened to me is exactly the opposite of what closeted people fear. They think they'll lose everything if they come out. This did not happen to me at all. In fact, everything came back tenfold." —Melissa Etheridge

Fame: "When you become a public figure, you become at the same time a product, and people actually look at your 'expiration date,' you know? They look at your age and say, 'Hmm. How fresh is this one?'" —RuPaul

And much more. Hitting shelves just in time for summer's pride festivities, To Quote a Queer is the perfect gift for gays and the people who love them..
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The holidays are the best and the worst of times, a collective frenzy of correspondence, shopping, and socializing To navigate the season's potential minefields requires preparation and a deft tongue. Holiday Remarks & Replies for All Occasions provides verbatim lines for every holiday scenario in tones ranging from diplomatic to downright Scrooge-like. With this pocket-sized prompter, you'll make it to January with your sanity and relationships intact..
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"The most revealing, penetrating book on filmmaking I know of . . ."--King Vidor

David O. Selznick was a unique figure in the golden Hollywood studio era. He produced some of the greatest and most memorable American films ever made--notably, Rebecca, A Star Is Born, Anna Karenina, A Farewell to Arms, and, above all, Gone With the Wind. Selznick's
absolute power and artistic control are evidenced in his impassioned, eloquent, witty, and sometimes rageful memos to directors, writers, stars and studio executives, writings that have become almost as famous as his films. Newsweek wrote,"I can't imagine how a book on the American movie business could be more illuminating, more riveting or more fun to read than this collection of David Selznick's memos..
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Four score and seven years ago...

So begins one of the most important speeches in the history of the United States -- Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Given on a cold November day, it wasn't much of a speech, really -- just a few remarks Not meant to be remembered.

But these few remarks have been remembered. Why? What was the true meaning behind them? Where did they come from? Why is it so important that we never forget what President Lincoln said on that cold November day?.
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With more than 3,000 quotations on fashion, family, science, art, history, love, laughter, and more, this massive compilation proves once and for all that women know everything! It's full of wit, wisdom, and inspiration from a host of legendary women everyone from Abigail Adams and Eleanor Roosevelt to Oprah Winfrey, Donna Karan, Tina Fey, Margaret Cho, Debbie Stoller, and others. Here's what they say about:

Fashion: "I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn t itch." Gilda Radner
Being Single: "I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me." Elayne Boosler
Men and Women: "Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backward and in high heels." Faith Whittlesey

Arriving just in time for Mother's Day and graduation ceremonies, Women Know Everything! is a superb gift for thoughtful women of all ages..
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"A fool and his words are soon parted," wrote William Shenstone in 1764; one might add that "A wit and his words are rarely collected " Here is the antidote: a dazzling survey of the one-liners, quips, and observations from Ancient Rome, the Bible, and Chaucer right up to "The Simpsons." This book contains more than 5,000 of the very funniest remarks to have appeared on paper since - well, since paper was invented.

The lines we all wish we could have said are arranged thematically and cover all aspects of life, from the world we inhabit to the things we eat, drink, and smoke - oh, and the pointlessness of football. The quotations within each theme are placed chronologically to illustrate the evolution of ideas and jokes over the years, and to reveal who "borrowed" from whom.

Funny You Should Say That also includes a biography of each author, contextual notes for each quotation, and an index of keywords to help locate the perfect witticism. But do not be over-hasty when you read this book; it is a browser's delight, and should be enjoyed at leisure..
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A leader's sourcebook of ready-to-use speeches for any occasion

Effective leaders must be able to speak to groups of employees in ways that motivate, inspire, and challenge. 50 High-Impact Speeches and Remarks is a sourcebook of proven speeches successful business leaders have used to rally their troops at a sales conference, carefully announce a major change or restructuring, or celebrate an important achievement.

Each speech has been edited to make it easy to adapt and customize to suit any organization.

Leaders will find the powerful, inspiring, and diplomatic words they need to:

• Challenge people to do their best work
• Congratulate the workforce after a successful quarter or year
• Announce a round of layoffs
• Inspire the organization with a new direction or strategy
• Ask employees to cut costs
• Deliver congratulations for a retirement

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