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...past five months, I've been trying desperately to sell out. Unfortunately, there haven't been any buyers. Yes, in my search for a summer job, I have attempted to auction my spirit, prostitute my body and barter my soul. But, if my luck doesn't change soon, I may have to spend the summer volunteering, and I have no interest in helping others...
...even further dwarfed by the mountains than Ollantaytambo. The men of Huitoc take turns serving as porters along the nearby Inca Trail, sprinting on rubber-tire sandals or ragged sneakers past winded trekkers while carrying huge boxes and packs. Today is the fair, and the menfolk have gathered to barter for goods while women sit in circles, gossiping and sharing home-brewed chicha, or corn beer. We hike above the straw-roofed adobe huts, along the terraces that stretch across the face of the slope and 1,000 feet up, as impressive as any of the more frequently visited ruins...
...Arctic to the Cape of Good Hope, has created more new appetites and thirsts in more people than an army of dancing girls bearing jugs of wine. It has brought refrigeration to sweltering one-ox towns without plumbing, and it has transformed men one generation removed from jungle barter into American salesmen with an irresistibly sincere approach...
...Forget (Crown; $29.95), an interactive children's book serious enough for parents. Readers remove slave sale receipts from envelopes and pull back a paper ship hatch to find slaves stacked like cordwood. British historian Hugh Thomas (no relation) has published The Slave Trade (Simon & Schuster; $37.50). Tracking the barter of Africans from 1440 to 1870, Thomas ranges through Europe, Arabia, Africa and the Americas. As societies spin and tug at one another like a warped solar system, a sad message emerges: no hand is clean. Thomas notes that the true voice of the slave, usually unable to record...
...bargaining chip: Lucas owns the copyrights to the Empire and Jedi installments, but Star Wars belongs to Fox. A friend says Lucas wants to complete his collection; Fox might be willing to trade its copyright for an international film- and television-distribution deal. But Disney also has something to barter: Lucas has his theme-park deal there, and a source familiar with his thinking says the terms could be sweetened. Star Tours remains one of the most popular attractions at the Disney parks...