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Breathing Is Irrelevant
$14.98
The Canadian technical metal act's terrifyingly extreme 2003 debut album. Nine tracks. Cacophonous. 2004.

It's Heartbreak That Sells: A Tribute to Ray Mason
$13.98
It's one thing to spend a lot of time reworking a song that everybody knows for a tribute album, but it takes another sort of love entirely to spend your time on a song that only a few people know--that takes a whole other sort of love and devotion. It takes a friend. Ray Mason, maybe the nicest guy you'll ever meet, has a lot of friends. A fixture on the fertile Northampton, Massachusetts, music scene for more than two decades, Mason--and his constant companion, a blue Silvertone guitar--has made a difference in most every musician in that town's life, directly or indirectly. On this tribute album, the scene pays him back, and what a scene it is: Cheri Knight gives a touching rendition of "Down in the Night," King Radio gives "Step Back Melody" a tinge of the Cars, and Boston stalwarts the Incredible Casuals rave up Mason's theme song, "Between Blue and OK." Charlie Chesterman, the ex-Scruffy the Cat leader, ran into the studio and cut "Big Hug" in no time flat to meet the album's deadline, and the Ass Ponys show their soft underbelly on "Missyouville." But it's roots rocker and producer Eric Ambel who hits the nail on the head with his cover of the title song; Mason's version is gently ironic, while Ambel's gruff version is tragic and bitter. Ambel reveals a side of Mason that he keeps locked up--ironically, in doing so, Ambel gives the song a kick that's never been heard before. --Randy Silver

Is the Bible Intolerant? Sexist? Oppressive? Homophobic? Outdated? Irrelevant?
$15.00
About the Book Why bother with the Bible? Of all the books in the world, the Bible sticks out like a sore thumb. For some, it's uniquely and divinely inspired, and thus the only authoritative source of truth. For others, it's a quaint relic from a bygone era that offers personal comfort to some but little more to anyone else. For still others, the Bible is a tool of sexist oppression, or a reactionary account of a violent God, or an arrogant detractor of other holy books, or even an indecipherable mess. But the Bible has withstood such criticism over the centuries, and as Amy Orr-Ewing shows, it bears surprising relevance to this generation. Facing contemporary critics square-on, with refreshing honesty and wit, Is the Bible Intolerant? will help you understand the Bible and the world it inhabits today. Bring your questions about the Bible, read with an open mind, and discover for yourself just how relevant--how good--the Good Book can be.

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
$29.95
Written by the business world's new gurus, "Blue Ocean Strategy" continues to challenge everything you thought you knew about competing in today's crowded market place. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and thirty industries, authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne argue that lasting success comes from creating 'blue oceans': untapped new market spaces ripe from growth. And the business world has caught on - companies around the world are skipping the bloody red oceans of rivals and creating their very own blue oceans. With over one million copies sold world wide, "Blue Ocean Strategy" is quickly reaching "must read" status among smart business readers. Have you caught the wave?