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The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France 1848-1851by T. J. ClarkISBN 0691003386 (0-691-00338-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Adam Bedeby George EliotISBN 0701112441 (0-7011-1244-1)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Barry MoserISBN 0688107826 (0-688-10782-6)
Hardcover, William Morrow & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:The extraordinary adventures of the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes, as faithfully recounted by his comrade, Dr. Watson, have captivated readers of all ages for over a century. The stories' blend of heartpounding, fast-paced action and mind-boggling deductive reasoning is as riveting today as it was when first published.
This deluxe illustrated edition contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first twelve stories and includes such famous cases as "The Red-headed League," in which Holmes uncovers a well-concealed, devilishly clever criminal plot; "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," in which Holmes must trap a jewel thief--with astonishing results; "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," in which Holmes and Watson find themselves dealing with treachery, violence, and deadly snakes; and nine more equally thrilling and puzzling mysteries.
Magnificently illustrated with twelve powerful watercolors by award-winning artist Barry Moser, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features the complete text of the original collection of Doyle's short stories and is an ideal introduction to the fascinating world of this mesmerizing detective.
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The Age of Capital, 1848-1875by Eric J. HobsbawmISBN 0684144506 (0-684-14450-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desireby Eunice LiptonISBN 0684194171 (0-684-19417-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alice in Wonderland: Book and Charmby Lewis CarrollISBN 0694014540 (0-694-01454-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, Nancy WillardISBN 068983375X (0-689-83375-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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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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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Tony Ross, Lewis CarrollISBN 0689318642 (0-689-31864-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Original Taleby Lewis Carroll, Robert SabudaISBN 0689847432 (0-689-84743-2)
Hardcover, Little Simon
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glassby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0688120504 (0-688-12050-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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The Amateur Emigrantby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0701219122 (0-7012-1912-2)
Softcover, Chatto & Windus
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules Verne, George M. Towle, Barry MoserISBN 0688075088 (0-688-07508-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Aurora Leigh, and Other Poemsby Cora Kaplan, Elizabeth Barrett BrowningISBN 0704328208 (0-7043-2820-8)
Hardcover, The Women's Press
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The Awakeningby Kate ChopinISBN 0704347334 (0-7043-4733-4)
Softcover, Women's Press, Limited, The
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Badge of Gloryby Douglas ReemanISBN 0688021328 (0-688-02132-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Black Arrow : A Tale of the Two Rosesby Robert Louis Stevenson, N. C. WyethISBN 0684188775 (0-684-18877-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Caddie Woodlawnby Carol Ryrie Brink, Richard MantelISBN 0689815212 (0-689-81521-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Caddie Woodlawn'Book summary:At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Written in 1935 about Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother's childhood, the adventures of Caddie and her brothers are still exciting over 60 years later. With each chapter comes another ever-more exciting adventure: a midnight gallop on her horse across a frozen river to warn her American Indian friends of the white men's plan to attack; a prairie fire approaching the school house; and a letter from England that may change the family's life forever. This Newbery Medal-winning book bursts at the seams with Caddie's irrepressible spirit. In spite of her mother's misgivings, Caddie is a perfect role model for any girl--or boy, for that matter. She's big-hearted, she's brave, and she's mechanically inclined! (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Caddie Woodlawnby Trina Schart Hyman, Carol Ryrie BrinkISBN 0689862253 (0-689-86225-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Call of the Wildby Jack London, Gary PaulsenISBN 0689856741 (0-689-85674-1)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Call of the Wild'Book summary:In this quintessential adventure story, Jack London takes readers on an arduous journey through the forbidding Alaskan landscape during the gold rush of the 1890s. Buck, a rangy mixed breed used to a comfortable, sun-filled life as a family dog, is stolen by a greedy opportunist and sold to dog traffickers. In no time, Buck finds himself on a team of sled dogs run ragged in the harsh winter of the Klondike. In a climate where every day is a savage struggle for survival, the last traces of Buck's soft, pampered existence are erased as his dormant primordial urges -- deeply embedded for generations -- are brutally awakened.
The superb detail, taken from London's firsthand knowledge of Alaskan frontier life, makes this classic tale as gripping today as it was almost a hundred years ago. No other novel has so clearly shown the fragile separation between tame and wild, between man and beast. Now, paired with master illustrator Wendell Minor's exquisite paintings, this timeless story is available in a handsome new addition to the Scribner Illustrated Classics collection. [via]
Cherokee Renascence in the New Republicby William G. McLoughlinISBN 069100627X (0-691-00627-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination ; The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ; The Raven and Other Poemsby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0706415523 (0-7064-1552-3)
Hardcover, Octopus Books
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David Balfourby Robert Louis Stevenson, N. C. WyethISBN 0684197367 (0-684-19736-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose Bierce, Jean-Claude SuaresISBN 0690017650 (0-690-01765-0)
Softcover, T. Y. Crowell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:The Devil's Dictionary_ was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title _The Cynic's Word Book..., a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve. [via]
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Disraeli and the Rise of a New Imperialismby C. C. EldridgeISBN 0708313523 (0-7083-1352-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The English Dane: A Life of Jorgen Jorgensonby Sarah BakewellISBN 0701173408 (0-7011-7340-8)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Eugene Oneginby Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Vladimir Vladimirovich NabokovISBN 0691019053 (0-691-01905-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eugene Onegin'Book summary:"In an era of inept and ignorant imitations, whose piped-in background music has hypnotized innocent readers into fearing literality's salutary jolt, some reviewers were upset by the humble fidelity of my version. . . ." Such was Vladimir Nabokov's response to the storm of controversy aroused by the first edition of his literal translation of Eugene Onegin. This bold rendering of the Russian masterpiece, together with Nabokov's detailed and witty commentary, is itself a work of enduring literary interest, and reflects a lifelong admiration for Pushkin on the part of one of this century's most brilliant stylists.
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Eugene Oneginby Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Aleksandr Sergeevich PushkinISBN 0691018375 (0-691-01837-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Families Who Made Rome: A History and a Guideby Anthony MajanlahtiISBN 0701176873 (0-7011-7687-3)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0709067380 (0-7090-6738-0)
Hardcover, Hale Limited, Robert
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:This book has been assembled after painstaking research in both Britain and America and is complete with background details about the items, their original publication, and what new facts they reveal about the great detective. [via]
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott AbbottISBN 0691025258 (0-691-02525-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:Over a hundred years ago, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then Flatland has fascinated generations of readers, becoming a perennial science-fiction favorite. By imagining the contact of beings from different dimensions, the author fully exploited the power of the analogy between the limitations of humans and those of his two-dimensional characters.
A first-rate fictional guide to the concept of multiple dimensions of space, the book will also appeal to those who are interested in computer graphics. This field, which literally makes higher dimensions seeable, has aroused a new interest in visualization. We can now manipulate objects in four dimensions and observe their three-dimensional slices tumbling on the computer screen. But how do we interpret these images? In his introduction, Thomas Banchoff points out that there is no better way to begin exploring the problem of understanding higher-dimensional slicing phenomena than reading this classic novel of the Victorian era.
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France Under Napoleonby Louis BergeronISBN 0691007896 (0-691-00789-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby E. L. Konigsburg, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0689831412 (0-689-83141-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor, Judith SuttonISBN 069401110X (0-694-01110-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Gate in the Wallby Ellen HowardISBN 0689822952 (0-689-82295-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Highgate Riseby Anne PerryISBN 0708930131 (0-7089-3013-1)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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His Last Bowby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0708900763 (0-7089-0076-3)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 068983571X (0-689-83571-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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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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In the South Seasby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0710301405 (0-7103-0140-5)
Softcover, Kegan Paul Intl
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J.m.w. Turnerby Sam Smiles, J.M.W. TurnerISBN 069107058X (0-691-07058-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling, Jerry PinkneyISBN 0688099793 (0-688-09979-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:For the past one hundred years, Rudyard Kipling's classic tales of Mowgli, the lost boy raised by wolves in the jungles of India, have captivated children and adults alike.
Mowgli's days are filled with danger, wonder, and excitement. He learns the ways of the jungle from the wise old bear, Baloo, and the great black panther, Bagheera. He is befriended by the faithful wolf, Gray Brother, and is carried off by the crafty Monkey-People -- only to be rescued by the mighty python, Kaa. And through it all, Mowgli knows that he must someday face his sworn enemy: the ferocious man-hating tiger, Shere Khan.
Presented here in the author's preferred order are all of Kipling's thrilling Mowgli stories, as well as the beloved tale of the brave mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi. Brilliantly captured in eighteen lush watercolors by Caldecott Honor artist Jerry Pinkney, this handsome centenary edition will be treasured by readers of all ages.
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore Cooper, N. C. WyethISBN 0684187116 (0-684-18711-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Carefully adapted for young readers, and featuring magnificent illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, Scribner Storybook Classics brings a dynamic introduction to James Fenimore Cooper's epic tale from his Leatherstocking series in which love, bravery, and loyalty are valued above all else.
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Le Pere Goriot/Pbn 757by BalzacISBN 0685114864 (0-685-11486-4)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Leopardi: Selected Poemsby Giacomo Leopardi, Eamon GrennanISBN 0691016445 (0-691-01644-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Les Fleurs Du Malby Charles BaudelaireISBN 0685374092 (0-685-37409-2)
Hardcover, Distribooks Inc
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Les Fleurs Du Malby Richard Howard, Charles BaudelaireISBN 0710804598 (0-7108-0459-8)
Hardcover, Harvester Press
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0685113973 (0-685-11397-3)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Nancy BondISBN 0689844077 (0-689-84407-7)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:This very special Charming Classics bookandcharm package includes a paperback edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess and a goldtone oval locket and necklace. The perfect gift for every little girl who wants to be a princess!
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Softcover, Scribner - A Little Princess: ISBN 0684207591 (0-684-20759-1)
Hardcover, Scribner - A Little Princess: ISBN 0689844077 (0-689-84407-7)
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Mont-Saint Michel and Chartresby AdamsISBN 0691003351 (0-691-00335-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mont-Saint Michel and Chartres'Book summary:This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art."
Henry Adams' record of his journeys through France, searching for images of unity in an age of conflict, is accompanied by observations on literature, politics, religion, and maior church leaders such as Abelard, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas.
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The One Vs. the Many: Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novelby Alex WolochISBN 0691113149 (0-691-11314-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Susan CooperISBN 0689866917 (0-689-86691-7)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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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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Pictures from Italyby Charles Dickens, David ParoissienISBN 0698105680 (0-698-10568-0)
Hardcover, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
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Poe Short Storiesby Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur RackhamISBN 0706426517 (0-7064-2651-7)
Hardcover, Octopus Publishing Group
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The Professorby Charlotte BronteISBN 0701129999 (0-7011-2999-9)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 0689878354 (0-689-87835-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red Badge of Courage'Book summary:As important a book today as it was when it was first written, The Red Badge of Courage tells the story of Henry Fielding, a farm boy who sets out in search of glory by running away from home to join the Civil War, only to find himself running away from the battlefield in terror during the first skirmish. Mortified by his cowardice, Henry yearns for a wound, his own red badge of courage, which would legitimize his desertion of his company. When Henry is finally wounded, he finds himself feeling real anger for the very first time, and finally is able to redeem himself.
First published in 1865, and in print for 137 years, Stephen Crane's story is considered one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It explores the dual natures of battle -- the simultaneous sensations of beauty and violence, of terror and triumph -- and masterfully mirrors them to Henry's own inner turmoil. Fervent and patriotic illustrations by Wendell Minor make The Red Badge of Courage an important addition to the Scribner Illustrated Classics series. [via]
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Salomeby Oscar WildeISBN 0704300265 (0-7043-0026-5)
Softcover, Quartet Books Ltd
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The Secret Gardenby Susan Gallagher, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0688145825 (0-688-14582-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Silence in Hanover Closeby Anne PerryISBN 0708923240 (0-7089-2324-0)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Sir Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0706415663 (0-7064-1566-3)
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Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0701131373 (0-7011-3137-3)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolutionby R. R. Palmer, Isser WolochISBN 0691121877 (0-691-12187-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black GarnettISBN 0690011083 (0-690-01108-3)
Hardcover, Crowell
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Works of Victor Hugo: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0681410566 (0-681-41056-6)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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The Yearlingby Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsISBN 0689846231 (0-689-84623-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Yearling'Book summary:Fighting off a pack of starving wolves, wrestling alligators in the swamp, romping with bear cubs, drawing off the venom of a giant rattlesnake bite with the heart of a fresh-killed deer--it's all in a day's work for the Baxter family of the Florida scrublands. But young Jody Baxter is not content with these electrifying escapades, or even with the cozy comfort of home with Pa and Ma. He wants a pet, a friend with whom he can share his quiet cogitations and his corn pone. Jody gets his pet, a frisky fawn he calls Flag, but that's not all. With Flag comes a year of life lessons, frolicking times, and achingly hard decisions. This powerful book is as compelling now as when it was written over 60 years ago. Read simply as a naturalist study of the Florida interior, it fascinates and entices. Add the heart-stopping adventure and heart-wrenching human elements, and this is a classic well worth its Pulitzer Prize. Earthy dialect and homespun wisdom season the story, giving it a unique and unforgettable flavor, and N.C. Wyeth's warm, soft illustrations capture an era of rough subsistence and sweet survival. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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