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Action Jacksonby Robert Andrew Parker , Sandra JordanISBN 0312367511 (0-312-36751-1)
Softcover, Square Fish
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Aunt Skilly and the Strangerby Kathleen Stevens, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0395687128 (0-395-68712-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Beautiful My Mane in the Windby Catherine Petroski, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0395330742 (0-395-33074-2)
Hardcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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Brothersby Florence B. Freedman, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0060218711 (0-06-021871-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Charterhouse of Parmaby Stendhal, Robert Andrew Parker , Richard HowardISBN 0330483978 (0-330-48397-8)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Charterhouse of Parma'Book summary:Officer, diplomat, spy, journalist, and intermittent genius, Marie Henri Beyle employed more than 200 aliases in the course of his crowded career. His most famous moniker, however, was Stendhal, which he affixed to his greatest work, The Charterhouse of Parma. The author spent a mere seven weeks cranking out this marvel in 1838, setting the fictional equivalent of a land-speed record. To be honest, there are occasional signs of haste, during which he clearly bypassed le mot juste in favor of narrative zing. So what? Stendhal at his sloppiest is still wittier, and wiser about human behavior, than just about any writer you could name. No wonder so meticulous a stylist as Paul Valéry was happy to forgive his sins against French grammar: "We should never be finished with Stendhal. I can think of no greater praise than that."
The plot of The Charterhouse of Parma suggests a run-of-the-mill potboiler, complete with court intrigue, military derring-do, and more romance than you can shake a saber at. But Stendhal had an amazing, pre-Freudian grasp of psychology (at least the Gallic variant). More than most of his contemporaries, he understood the incessant jostling of love, sex, fear, and ambition, not to mention our endless capacity for self-deception. No wonder his hero, Fabrizio de Dongo, seems to know everything and nothing about himself. Even under fire at the Battle of Waterloo, the young Fabrizio has a tendency to lose himself in Napoleonic reverie:
Suddenly everyone galloped off. A few moments later Fabrizio saw, twenty paces ahead, a ploughed field that seemed to be strangely in motion; the furrows were filled with water, and the wet ground that formed their crests was exploding into tiny black fragments flung three or four feet into the air. Fabrizio noticed this odd effect as he passed; then his mind returned to daydreams of the Marshal's glory. He heard a sharp cry beside him: two hussars had fallen, riddled by bullets; and when he turned to look at them, they were already twenty paces behind the escort.
The quote above, a famous one, captures something of Stendhal's headlong style. Until now, most English-speaking readers have experienced it via C.K. Scott-Moncrieff's superb 1925 translation. But now Richard Howard has modernized his predecessor's period touches, streamlined some of the fussier locutions, and generally given Stendhal his high-velocity due. The result is a timely version of a timeless masterpiece, which shouldn't need to be updated again until, oh, 2050. Crammed with life, lust, and verbal fireworks, The Charterhouse of Parma demonstrates the real truth of its creator's self-composed epitaph: "He lived. He wrote. He loved." --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Charterhouse of Parma:
Dancing Skeletonby Cynthia De Felice, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0027264521 (0-02-726452-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Father Time and the Day Boxesby George Ella Lyon, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0027613704 (0-02-761370-4)
Hardcover, Bradbury Press
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Flightby Robert Andrew Parker , Melvin ZisfeinISBN 0394850424 (0-394-85042-4)
Softcover, Pantheon Books
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Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told With Tangramsby Ann Tompert, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0517885581 (0-517-88558-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told With Tangrams'Book summary:Illus. in full color. "Drawing on a Chinese form of storytelling with seven shapes cut from a square of paper, Tompert recounts the tale of two fox fairies. Parker's pen-and-watercolor art adds drama, while the tangram insets will motivate children to try their own versions. Ingenious."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. [via]
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Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told With Tangrams: ISBN 0517572729 (0-517-57272-9)
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Great Miracle Happened Thereby Karla Kuskin, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0060236175 (0-06-023617-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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A Great Miracle Happened There: A Chanukah Storyby Karla Kuskin, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0064434265 (0-06-443426-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Great Shakingby Jo Carson, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0531068099 (0-531-06809-9)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Gunga Dinby Jo Carson, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0152004564 (0-15-200456-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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The Hatmaker's Signby Benjamin Franklin, Candace Fleming, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 053107174X (0-531-07174-X)
Softcover, Scholastic
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The Impossible Major Rogersby Robert Andrew Parker , Patricia Lee GauchISBN 0399205934 (0-399-20593-4)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Just Juiceby Karen Hesse, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0059003324 (0-05-900332-4)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Magic Wingsby Robert Andrew Parker , Diane WolksteinISBN 014054769X (0-14-054769-X)
Softcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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The Magician's Visit : A Passover Taleby Robert Andrew Parker , Diane WolksteinISBN 0140544550 (0-14-054455-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Mermaid and the Whaleby Georgess McHargue, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0030111668 (0-03-011166-8)
Hardcover, Holt Rinehart & Winston
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Robert Andrew Parker's Illustrated Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0517516977 (0-517-51697-7)
Hardcover, C.N. Potter
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Trouble in Paradiseby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0425221105 (0-425-22110-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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When Light Turns into Nightby Robert Andrew Parker , Crescent DragonwagonISBN 0060217391 (0-06-021739-1)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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The Whistling Skeletonby John Bierhorst, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0027097706 (0-02-709770-6)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Who Was Albert Einstein?by Jess M. Brallier, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0448424967 (0-448-42496-7)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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Winter Journeyby David Updike, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 023397850X (0-233-97850-X)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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The Winter Wifeby Anne Eliot Crompton, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0316161438 (0-316-16143-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Year of No More Cornby Anne Eliot Crompton, Robert Andrew ParkerISBN 0531059502 (0-531-05950-2)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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