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19th Century Girls & Womenby Bobbie KalmanISBN 0865054649 (0-86505-464-9)
Softcover, Crabtree Pub Co
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Brendan LynchISBN 0866119760 (0-86611-976-0)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Alice in WonderlandISBN 0881011096 (0-88101-109-6)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollISBN 0870300229 (0-87030-022-9)
Hardcover, Capricorn Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Allan Quatermainby H. Rider HaggardISBN 0878771174 (0-87877-117-4)
Hardcover, Newcastle Pub Co
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The American Commonwealthby Bryce, James Bryce, ViscountISBN 086597117X (0-86597-117-X)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Commonwealth'Book summary:American Founding and Constitution [via]
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- The American Commonwealth: ISBN 0865971196 (0-86597-119-6)
Softcover, Liberty Fund - The American Commonwealth: ISBN 0865971218 (0-86597-121-8)
Softcover, Liberty Fund - The American Commonwealth: ISBN 0865971161 (0-86597-116-1)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund - The American Commonwealth: ISBN 0865971188 (0-86597-118-8)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund - The American Commonwealth: ISBN 086597120X (0-86597-120-X)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund - The American Commonwealth: ISBN 086597117X (0-86597-117-X)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
- The American Commonwealth: ISBN 0865971196 (0-86597-119-6)
American Notesby Charles DickensISBN 0880640235 (0-88064-023-5)
Softcover, Fromm Intl
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Anderson's Aliceby Lewis Carroll, Walter Inglis AndersonISBN 0878051880 (0-87805-188-0)
Hardcover, University Press of Mississippi
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Around the World in 80 Daysby Jules Verne, Marian LeightonISBN 0866119523 (0-86611-952-3)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Ayeshaby H. Rider HaggardISBN 0878771131 (0-87877-113-1)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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British Trade and Expansion in Southeast Asia, 1830-1914by D. R. SardesaiISBN 0883869888 (0-88386-988-8)
Hardcover, South Asia Books
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The Brontes: A Life in Lettersby Juliet BarkerISBN 0879518383 (0-87951-838-3)
Hardcover, Overlook Press, The
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The Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0883017016 (0-88301-701-6)
Softcover, Academic Industries
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Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 0870300156 (0-87030-015-6)
Hardcover, Capricorn Pr - The Call of the Wild: ISBN 088301095X (0-88301-095-X)
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Captains CourageousISBN 0866119809 (0-86611-980-9)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
Find This BookBook summary:First published in 1897, Captains Courageous tells of the high-seas adventures of Harvey Cheyne, the son of an American millionaire, who, after falling from a luxury ocean liner, is rescued by the raucous crew of the fishing ship Were Here. Obstinate and spoiled at first, Harvey in due course learns diligence and responsibility and earns the camaraderie of the seamen, who treat him as one of their own. A true test of character, Harveys months aboard the Were Here provide a delightful glimpse of life at sea and well-told morals of discipline, empathy, and self- reliance.
My first genuine out and out American story ... Its a corker... Im sinfully proud of it. -Rudyard Kipling [via]
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Clothing and Furnishings: Women's Suits, Walking Costumes and Dresses, Wrappers, Shawls, Underwear, Corsets, Shoes, Trimmed Hats; Bridal Dresses and Sets; Men Furnishings and Boys' Clothing; Laces and Embroideries Lord & Taylor, 1881, Illustrated...by Lord & TaylorISBN 0878610138 (0-87861-013-8)
Hardcover, Pyne Press
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Commodore Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0884119289 (0-88411-928-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Commodore Hornblower'Book summary:These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.
-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.
-- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.
-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E.
-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories. [via]More editions of Commodore Hornblower:
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writingsby Thomas De QuinceyISBN 0881841307 (0-88184-130-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Conquest Of Moroccoby Douglas PorchISBN 088064057X (0-88064-057-X)
Softcover, Fromm Intl
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 0866119795 (0-86611-979-5)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Dead Reckoningby C. Northcote ParkinsonISBN 0872167283 (0-87216-728-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Democracy in Americaby Alexis De Tocqueville, Stephen D. GrantISBN 0872204944 (0-87220-494-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Devil to Payby Cyril Northcote ParkinsonISBN 0872166368 (0-87216-636-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Domestic Manners of the Americansby Frances Milton TrollopeISBN 0876360002 (0-87636-000-2)
Hardcover, Imprint Society
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The Doubleby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0882337572 (0-88233-757-2)
Softcover, Ardis
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Double'Book summary:At once a comic masterpiece and a penetrating examination of a mental breakdown, The Double portrays Golyadkin, a petty government official convinced that his "double"a man who looks just like him, works in his office, and bears the same name, but is otherwise superior to him in every aspectis ruining his life. With keen psychological insight far ahead of its time, leading to wide misinterpretation among critics upon its first publication in 1846, Dostoevskys second novel is now recognized as one his most important works and one that inspired nearly hundreds of imitations.
Unhappy with the negative reception The Double received, Dostoevsky re-wrote his original version of 1846 fifteen years later. Dostoevsky wrote, "This revision, provided with an introduction, will be the equivalent of a new novel. They will finally see what The Double really is!...In a word, Im challenging everybody to a battle&Why should I lose a superb idea, a great type in its social importance, which I was the first to discover and of which I was the herald?" [via]
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The Emergence of the Modern Malayan Economy: The Impact of Foreign Trade in the 19th Centuryby John H. DrabbleISBN 086746920X (0-86746-920-X)
Softcover, Monash Asia Inst
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Essays in Religion, Politics, and Moralityby John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, J. Rufus FearsISBN 0865970505 (0-86597-050-5)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund
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The Essential Dickinsonby Joyce Carol Oates, Emily DickinsonISBN 0880015209 (0-88001-520-9)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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Eugene Oneginby Walter W. Arndt, Aleksandr Sergeevich PushkinISBN 0875011063 (0-87501-106-3)
Softcover, Ardis
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eugene Onegin'Book summary:This is the widely acclaimed translation of Russian literature's most seminal work. Pushkin's "novel in verse" has influenced Russian prose as well as poetry for more than a century. By turns brilliant, entertaining, romantic and serious, it traces the development of a young Petersburg dandy as he deals with life and love. Influeneced by Byron, Pushkin reveals the nature of his heroes through the emotional colorations found in their witty remarks, nature descriptions, and unexpected actions, all conveyed in stanzas of sonnet length (a form which became known as the Onegin Stanza), faithfully reproduced by Walter Arndt inthis Bollingen Prize translation. [via]
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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadieby Henry Wadsworth LongfellowISBN 0864924062 (0-86492-406-2)
Hardcover, Goose Lane Editions
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Storiesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0886390230 (0-88639-023-0)
Hardcover, New Trend Pub
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The Fireshipby Cyril Northcote ParkinsonISBN 0872166856 (0-87216-685-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Graham RustISBN 0879236493 (0-87923-649-3)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:This kindle book also includes bonus annotations:
- information on the historical context of the book
- biography of the author
- literary critique
The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911.
Its working title was Mistress Mary, in reference to the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of children's literature.
The main character of this story is Mary Lennox. She has been born to rich British parents that are currently living in India. Her parents were busy with extravagent parties and left Mary with her ayah for most of the time. Orphaned by an outbreak of cholera, she is sent back to England to be cared for by her mother's sister's husband, Archibald Craven, a reclusive widower. Craven's wife, Lilian, passed away ten years earlier. He is still mourning that loss. To escape his sad memories, he constantly travels abroad, leaving the entire manor, including Mary, to be cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock. The only person who has any time for the little girl is the chambermaid Martha Sowerby, who tells Mary about a locked up garden, surrounded by a wall that was the late Mrs. Craven's favorite place. No one has entered the garden since she died because Archibald locked its entrance and buried the key. He hasn't told anyone where it is.
Mary finds the key to the secret garden hidden in a box in the house. A robin shows her where the door is hidden beneath overgrown ivy. Once inside, she discovers that although the roses seem lifeless, some of the other flowers have survived. She decides to tend the garden herself. Mary wants to keep her new found garden a secret, but she knows she needs help tending it. She gets this help from Martha's brother Dickon. He seems to have a connection with all wild animals and plants. Mary gives him money to buy gardening implements and he shows her that the roses, though neglected, are not dead. When Mary's uncle briefly meets with her for the first time since her arrival, Mary asks him for permission to claim her own garden from any abandoned part of the grounds, and he acquiesces. Thanks to her new-found interests and activities, Mary herself begins to blossom, becoming more healthy looking and more pleasant to be around.
Some nights, Mary hears someone weeping in another part of the house. When she asks questions, the servants become evasive. They tell her that she is hearing things, like a servant with a toothache. Shortly after her uncle's visit, she goes exploring and discovers her uncle's son, Colin, a lonely, bedridden boy as petulant and disagreeable as Mary used to be. His father shuns him because the child closely resembles his mother. Mr. Craven is a mild hunchback, and both he and Colin are morbidly convinced that the boy will develop the same condition. The servants have been keeping Mary and Colin a secret from one another because Colin doesn't like strangers staring at him and is prone to terrible tantrums.
Mr. Craven has been traveling through Europe, but is inspired to rush home after hearing the voice of his dead wife in a dream and receiving a letter from Mrs. Sowerby (Martha's and Dickon's mother, who also knows the secret) telling him, "I think your lady would ask you to come if she was here." He arrives while the children are outdoors and finds himself drawn toward the secret garden. As he approaches nearer, he is astonished to hear their voices inside the walls; Colin bursts out of the garden door toward him, actually winning a footrace against Mary and Dickon. The story's heartwarming ending has Colin able to walk, Archibald smiling again, and Mary has a family and friends who love her. [via]More editions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden:
- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0874065755 (0-87406-575-5)
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Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0883632020 (0-88363-202-0)
Hardcover, Hugh Lauter Levin Assc - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0879236493 (0-87923-649-3)
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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0874065755 (0-87406-575-5)
Franco-Prussian Warby Michael C. HowardISBN 0880294329 (0-88029-432-9)
Hardcover, Dorset Press
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His Masterpieceby Emile ZolaISBN 0862992931 (0-86299-293-1)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 088301727X (0-88301-727-X)
Softcover, Xs Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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Softcover, Lerner Pub Group - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0883012642 (0-88301-264-2)
Softcover, Ags Pub - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0865472637 (0-86547-263-7)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 088301727X (0-88301-727-X)
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In a Glass Darklyby Sheridan Le FanuISBN 0862993792 (0-86299-379-2)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0866119884 (0-86611-988-4)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:No child should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies among the Jungle-People--cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers--hone this man-cub's strength and cleverness and whet every reader's imagination. Mowgli's story is interspersed with other tales of the jungle, such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," lending depth and diversity to our understanding of Kipling's India. In much the same way Mowgli is carried away by the Bandar-log monkeys, young readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless, thrilled, and terrified. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore Cooper, E.N. Feltskog, James A. SappenfieldISBN 087395470X (0-87395-470-X)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Le Pere Goriotby De Balzac HonoreISBN 0884360431 (0-88436-043-1)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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Les Fleurs Du Malby Charles BaudelaireISBN 0879234628 (0-87923-462-8)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Graham RustISBN 0879237848 (0-87923-784-8)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:A LITTLE PRINCESS is the story of Sara Crewe, a wealthy young student at a London boarding school. When tragedy suddenly strikes, Sara finds herself at the mercy of the cruel schoolmistress, Miss Minchen. Overwhelmed by terrible trials, Sara must find the strength to survive. But soon she finds hope in a wonderful secret -- a secret that magically transforms even the lowliest of beggars into true royalty.
Frances Hodgson Burnett said, With the best that was in me, I have tried to write more happiness into the world. In this illustrated edition, Kathryn Lindskoog has slightly updated the language in order to add to that happiness today. [via]
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Maria Stuartby Schiller, Wolfgang WittkowskiISBN 0881337064 (0-88133-706-4)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maria Stuart'Book summary:PUBLISHED IN GERMAN. Like all historical dramas of the mature Schiller, Maria Stuart responds to the topics put on the agenda since the French Revolution: the will to power in relationship to the legitimacy of government, dictatorship and human rights; the question of ends and means, of judicial murder and responsibility, of truth and falsity in political rhetorics. During her last days, the Scottish Queen fights for her freedom and life; but the conspiracy of two rival lovers only leads to her doom, as does Queen Elizabeth's unscrupulous determination to annihilate her political and more attractive female rival. In her cabinet, in court receptions and in Mary's prison cell, passions battle with calculation, slick posture with religion, bigotry with moral principles. Although published in the original German, this edition contains word explanations and cross references at the bottom of each page. A historical introduction leads up to the beginning of the action. The Nachwort discusses the positions and motifs of the characters as well as the artistic means by which Schiller puts forward his intentions with this classical tragedy. Finally, questions and a selective bibliography stimulate specific efforts to investigate this masterpiece and its inherent topics. [via]
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Master And Margaritaby Mikhail Bulgakov, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, Diana Lewis BurginISBN 0875010679 (0-87501-067-9)
Hardcover, Ardis
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Master I Margaritaby Mikhail BulgakovISBN 0882333453 (0-88233-345-3)
Hardcover, Ardis
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New Arabian Nightsby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0877733821 (0-87773-382-1)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0874716632 (0-87471-663-2)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:Since its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species has been the focal point of debate. Darwin's analysis of flora and fauna calls into question the long-held concepts of spontaneous generation, divine creation, and the unrelatedness of many species. Instead, he argues for Natural Selection: species survive and evolve in response to environmental conditions and other circumstances through a process in which those creatures and plants with stronger, more enduring characteristics live to beget more adaptable offspring. It was Darwin's research aboard the H.M.S. Beagle that led to the clash of intellectual titans - religion and science - over the true nature of humankind. Here is the book that started one of the greatest debates of the Western world. [via]
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The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy: The Nineteenth Centuryby Resat KasabaISBN 0887068057 (0-88706-805-7)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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The Papers of John C. Calhoun: 1843-1844by John C. Calhoun, Clyde N. WilsonISBN 0872494837 (0-87249-483-7)
Hardcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Marian Leighton, Allen DavisISBN 0866119973 (0-86611-997-3)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:"All children, except one, grow up." Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, live a very proper middle-class life in Edwardian London, but they also happen to have a Newfoundland for a nurse. The text is full of such throwaway gems as "Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter Pan when she was tidying up her children's minds," and is peppered with deliberately obscure vocabulary including "embonpoint," "quietus," and "pluperfect." Lest we forget, it was written in 1904, a relatively innocent age in which a plot about abducted children must have seemed more safely fanciful. Also, perhaps, it was an age that expected more of its children's books, for Peter Pan has a suppleness, lightness, and intelligence that are "literary" in the best sense. In a typical exchange with the dastardly Captain Hook, Peter Pan describes himself as "youth... joy... a little bird that has broken out of the egg," and the author interjects: "This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form." A book for adult readers-aloud to revel in--and it just might teach young listeners to fly. (Ages 5 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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Peter Panby Greg HildebrandtISBN 0881011118 (0-88101-111-8)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House
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Peter Panby Moose CharlapISBN 0881881058 (0-88188-105-8)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:8 vocal selections from the 1954 Broadway version of the beloved story starring Mary Martin. Includes
Songs: I Won't Grow Up : I'm Flying : Tender Shepherd (count Your Sheep) : I've Gotta Crow : Distant Melody : Never Never Land : Captain Hook [via]More editions of Peter Pan:
Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 0880011645 (0-88001-164-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Pierre, Or, the Ambiguitiesby Herman MelvilleISBN 0875320031 (0-87532-003-1)
Hardcover, Hendricks House
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The Professor Challenger Adventures: The Lost World and The Poison Beltby Arthur Conan Doyle, William GibsonISBN 0877016208 (0-87701-620-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Professor Challenger Adventures: The Lost World and The Poison Belt'Book summary:Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun. [via]
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The Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 0883011018 (0-88301-101-8)
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Scrambles Amongst the Alpsby Edward Whymper, H. E. G. TyndaleISBN 0879052392 (0-87905-239-2)
Hardcover, Peregrine Smith Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scrambles Amongst the Alps'Book summary:When he first saw the Alps in 1860, Edward Whymper was a 20-year-old English wood engraver whose dream was to become an arctic explorer. Ambitious and hungry for adventure, he fell in love with the challenge the Alps presented and set out to conquer them peak by peak. Whymper made quick work of the challenge, racking up dozens of first ascents and acquiring a reputation as one of the best in the nascent field of mountaineering. But on the Matterhorn, considered to be mountaineering's Holy Grail at the time, Whymper met with failure again and again. On his eighth attempted ascent he finally succeeded, becoming the first man to reach its magnificent peak. The victory came at a heavy cost, however, as Whymper watched four of his companions fall to their deaths on the descent. It was a tragedy that would cast a shadow over the remainder of his life.
Published in 1871, Scrambles Amongst the Alps is Whymper's own story of his nine years spent climbing in the Alps. One of the first books devoted to the sheer thrill of mountaineering, it is a breathtaking account of the triumph of man over mountain in a time before thermal clothing, nylon ropes, global positioning systems, and air rescues. It also offers Whymper's controversial story of the tragedy on the Matterhorn. One of the best adventure books of all time, Scrambles Amongst the Alps is an essential classic of climbing literature by one of mountaineering's most legendary figures. [via]More editions of Scrambles Amongst the Alps:
Selected Poems of Robert Browningby Robert BrowningISBN 0882950193 (0-88295-019-3)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Selected Writings of Lord Acton: Essays in Religion, Politics, and Moralityby Lord Acton, J. Rufus FearsISBN 0865970513 (0-86597-051-3)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
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Sign of Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 087460219X (0-87460-219-X)
Softcover, Lion Books
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Three Men in a Boatby Jerome Klapka JeromeISBN 0862995698 (0-86299-569-8)
Hardcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Men in a Boat'Book summary:Describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford. [via]
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Time Machineby H. G. WellsISBN 087406726X (0-87406-726-X)
Softcover, Lerner Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time Machine'Book summary:This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. [via]
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To Purge This Land With Bloodby Stephen B. OatesISBN 0870234587 (0-87023-458-7)
Softcover, Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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Touch and Goby C. Northcote ParkinsonISBN 0872167135 (0-87216-713-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhounby John C. Calhoun, Ross M. LenceISBN 086597103X (0-86597-103-X)
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The Wild Irish Girlby Morgan, (Sydney)ISBN 0863580971 (0-86358-097-1)
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William Wordsworth's the Preludeby Harold BloomISBN 0877547491 (0-87754-749-1)
Hardcover, Chelsea House Pub
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Stories of Charlotte Perkins Gilmanby Denise D. Knight, Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 087413479X (0-87413-479-X)
Hardcover, University of Delaware Press
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