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84, Charing Cross Roadby Helene HanffISBN 074517115X (0-7451-7115-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Acceptance Worldby Anthony PowellISBN 0753158167 (0-7531-5816-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Age of Innocenceby Edith WhartonISBN 076070015X (0-7607-0015-X)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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Ancient Sorceries and Other Storiesby Algernon BlackwoodISBN 0755107888 (0-7551-0788-8)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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Are You Loathsome Tonightby Poppy BriteISBN 0759229287 (0-7592-2928-7)
Softcover, E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd
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The Awakeningby Kate Chopin, John CollierISBN 0760705909 (0-7607-0590-9)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening'Book summary:This Second Edition of a perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Edition series represents an extensive revision of its predecessor.
The text is that of the first edition of the novel, published by Herbert S. Stone in 1899. It has been annotated by the editor and includes translations of French phrases and information about New Orleans locales, customs, and lore, the Bayou region, and Creole culture. "Bibliographical and Historical Contexts", expanded and introduced by a new Editors Note, presents biographical, historical, and cultural documents contemporary with the novels publication. Included are a biographical essay by the acclaimed Chopin biographer Emily Toth, "An Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler" with selections from the conduct books of the period in which Chopin lived and wrote, and period fashion plates from Harpers Bazar. A comprehensive "Criticism" section, introduced by a new Editors Note, contains expanded selections from hard-to-find contemporary reviews of the novel; two letters of mysterious origin written in response to the novel; and Chopins "Retraction," which followed The Awakenings negative reception. These are followed by twenty-seven interpretive essays, twelve of them new to the Second Edition, that provide a variety of perspectives on The Awakening, including essays by Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Nancy Walker, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Paula A. Treichler, Sandra M. Gilbert, Lee R. Edwards, Patricia S. Yaeger, Elizabeth Ammons, and Elaine Showalter. A Chronology of Chopins life and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. [via] -
The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopinby Kate Chopin, Nina Baym, Alyssa HaradISBN 0743487672 (0-7434-8767-2)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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The Beautiful and Damnedby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0743451503 (0-7434-5150-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beautiful and Damned'Book summary:First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aeshete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveaux riches and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects wild ambiion, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerzld's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day.
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The Big Sleepby Raymond ChandlerISBN 0762188804 (0-7621-8880-4)
Hardcover, Scriptorium Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Sleep'Book summary:"His thin, claw-like hands were folded loosely on the rug, purple-nailed. A few locks of dry white hair clung to his scalp, like wild flowers fighting for life on a bare rock." Published in 1939, when Raymond Chandler was 50, this is the first of the Philip Marlowe novels. Its bursts of sex, violence, and explosively direct prose changed detective fiction forever. "She was trouble. She was tall and rangy and strong-looking. Her hair was black and wiry and parted in the middle. She had a good mouth and a good chin. There was a sulky droop to her lips and the lower lip was full." [via]
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The Blackboard Jungleby Evan HunterISBN 0743493680 (0-7434-9368-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Brothers of the Headby Brian AldissISBN 0755100727 (0-7551-0072-7)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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A Buyer's Marketby Anthony PowellISBN 0753158159 (0-7531-5815-9)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Case of the Constant Suicidesby John Dickson CarrISBN 0754086151 (0-7540-8615-1)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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Case of the Counterfeit Eyeby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0754037029 (0-7540-3702-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Christmas Treeby Jennifer JohnstonISBN 0747262586 (0-7472-6258-6)
Softcover, Headline Book Pub Ltd
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The Chrysalidsby John Wyndham, David HarrowerISBN 0748742867 (0-7487-4286-7)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chrysalids'Book summary:Teacher requests for new drama by the best authors are met in these plays recently commissioned from leading professional playwrights. Revised National Curriculum requirements for students to read recent and contemporary drama are catered for in scripts specifically written for 11-16+. Having been performed as part of a nationwide youth theatre scheme, Connections are suited for school-based productions. Connections are ideal for class reading and studio performance, lasting about one hour each, and with casts of 7-20+. Activities and support material provided on a dedicated website will encourage pupils to engage with and think beyond the text. [via]
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Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Frontby Susan Van KirkISBN 0764586718 (0-7645-8671-8)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Front'Book summary:The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.[via]In CliffsNotes on All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army.
This study guide will help you begin to consider how Remarque's views on war might relate to modern-day conflicts. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include
- Character analyses of major players
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Critical essays
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- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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Coffin, Scarcely Usedby Colin WatsonISBN 075408602X (0-7540-8602-X)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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Damnation Alleyby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0743486625 (0-7434-8662-5)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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The Daughter of Timeby Josephine TeyISBN 076218888X (0-7621-8888-X)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Daughter of Time'Book summary:Josephine Tey is often referred to as the mystery writer for people who don't like mysteries. Her skills at character development and mood setting, and her tendency to focus on themes not usually touched upon by mystery writers, have earned her a vast and appreciative audience. In Daughter of Time, Tey focuses on the legend of Richard III, the evil hunchback of British history accused of murdering his young nephews. While at a London hospital recuperating from a fall, Inspector Alan Grant becomes fascinated by a portrait of King Richard. A student of human faces, Grant cannot believe that the man in the picture would kill his own nephews. With an American researcher's help, Grant delves into his country's history to discover just what kind of man Richard Plantagenet was and who really killed the little princes. [via]
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David Copperfieldby Charles DickensISBN 0749307625 (0-7493-0762-5)
Softcover, Heinemann
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The Dragon Mastersby Jack VanceISBN 0743474678 (0-7434-7467-8)
Softcover, Pgw
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Eighty-Minute Hourby Brian AldissISBN 0755100700 (0-7551-0070-0)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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An English Murderby Cyril HareISBN 0745189431 (0-7451-8943-1)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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Ethan Fromeby Edith Wharton, Cynthia Brantley Johnson, Lynn MillerISBN 0743487702 (0-7434-8770-2)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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The Fall of Atlantisby Marion Zimmer Bradley, James BaenISBN 0743471571 (0-7434-7157-1)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fall of Atlantis'Book summary:A wounded prince washed up on a foreign shore becomes the focal point in an epic conflict between the nature-revering priests of the White Robes and the power-exploiting Black Robes when the full extent of his powers comes to light. [via]
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The Far Side of the Worldby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0754091759 (0-7540-9175-9)
Softcover, Chivers
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Flappers and Philosophersby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0743451511 (0-7434-5151-1)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flappers and Philosophers'Book summary:First published in 1920, Flappers and Philosophers marked F. Scott Fitzgerald's entry into the realm of the short story, in which he adroitly proved himself "a master of the mechanism of short story technique" (Boston Transcript). Several of his most beloved tales are represented in this collection of eight, including "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" and "Head and Shoulders," with their particularly O. Henrylike twists; the poignant "Benediction" and "The Cut-Glass Bowl"; and "The Offshore Pirate," the octet's opening and most romantic story. It is a collection of masterful short works from an American literary icon that led The New York Times Book Review to note that "[no one] can fail to recognize Mr. Fitzgerald's talent and genius."
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The Graduateby Charles WebbISBN 0743456459 (0-7434-5645-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Graduate'Book summary:The basis for Mike Nichols' acclaimed 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman -- and for successful stage productions in London and on Broadway -- this classic novel about a naive college graduate adrift in the shifting social and sexual mores of the 1960s captures with hilarity and insight the alienation of youth and the disillusionment of an era.
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When Benjamin Braddock graduates from a small Eastern college and moves home to his parents' house, everyone wants to know what he's going to do with his life. Embittered by the emptiness of his college education and indifferent to his grim prospects -- grad school? a career in plastics? -- Benjamin falls haplessly into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the relentlessly seductive wife of his father's business partner. It's only when beautiful coed Elaine Robinson comes home to visit her parents that Benjamin, now smitten, thinks he might have found some kind of direction in his life. Unfortuately for Benjamin, Mrs. Robinson plays the role of protective mother as well as she does the one of mistress. A wondrously fierce and absurd battle of wills ensues, with love and idealism triumphing over the forces of corruption and conformity. [via]
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The Grapes of Wrathby John SteinbeckISBN 0756757061 (0-7567-5706-1)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grapes of Wrath'Book summary:When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, America, still recovering from the Great Depression, came face to face with itself in a startling, lyrical way. John Steinbeck gathered the country's recent shames and devastations--the Hoovervilles, the desperate, dirty children, the dissolution of kin, the oppressive labor conditions--in the Joad family. Then he set them down on a westward-running road, local dialect and all, for the world to acknowledge. For this marvel of observation and perception, he won the Pulitzer in 1940.
The prize must have come, at least in part, because alongside the poverty and dispossession, Steinbeck chronicled the Joads' refusal, even inability, to let go of their faltering but unmistakable hold on human dignity. Witnessing their degeneration from Oklahoma farmers to a diminished band of migrant workers is nothing short of crushing. The Joads lose family members to death and cowardice as they go, and are challenged by everything from weather to the authorities to the California locals themselves. As Tom Joad puts it: "They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency."
The point, though, is that decency remains intact, if somewhat battle-scarred, and this, as much as the depression and the plight of the "Okies," is a part of American history. When the California of their dreams proves to be less than edenic, Ma tells Tom: "You got to have patience. Why, Tom--us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people--we go on." It's almost as if she's talking about the very novel she inhabits, for Steinbeck's characters, more than most literary creations, do go on. They continue, now as much as ever, to illuminate and humanize an era for generations of readers who, thankfully, have no experiential point of reference for understanding the depression. The book's final, haunting image of Rose of Sharon--Rosasharn, as they call her--the eldest Joad daughter, forcing the milk intended for her stillborn baby onto a starving stranger, is a lesson on the grandest scale. "'You got to,'" she says, simply. And so do we all. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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Great Apesby Will SelfISBN 0747529876 (0-7475-2987-6)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub
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Grey Area and Other Storiesby Will SelfISBN 0747518718 (0-7475-1871-8)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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Greybeardby Brian Wilson AldissISBN 0755100638 (0-7551-0063-8)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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Gridlockby Ben EltonISBN 0751510114 (0-7515-1011-4)
Softcover, Warner Futura
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Mark Summers, Arthur Ellicott CaseISBN 076070063X (0-7607-0063-X)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J. K. RowlingISBN 074754624X (0-7475-4624-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'Book summary:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CD Set tells the story of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 18 CDs. The audio book is also available in two volumes, Part 1 and Part 2, each containing 9 CDs.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the long-awaited, heavily hyped fourth instalment of a phenomenally successful series that has captured the imagination of millions of readers, young and old, across the globe. For J K Rowling the pressure is certainly on to continue to come up with thrilling, pacey storylines that allow her hero to mature into a young man without detracting from the magical secret that has made Harry into a superstar. In this book, the teenage Harry has a certain gawky charm that fits well with his advancing adolescence. As the story moves on, Harry too moves on to a new level of maturity that leaves the reader wondering how he will learn from his experiences, and liking him all the more as a character.
Once returned to Hogwarts after his summer holiday with the dreadful Dursleys and an extraordinary outing to the Quidditch World Cup, the 14-year-old Harry and his fellow pupils are enraptured by the promise of the Triwizard Tournament: an ancient, ritualistic tournament that brings Hogwarts together with two other schools of wizardry--Durmstrang and Beauxbatons--in heated competition. But when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire, and he is chosen to champion Hogwarts in the tournament, the trouble really begins. Still reeling from the effects of a terrifying nightmare that has left him shaken, and with the lightning-shaped scar on his head throbbing with pain (a sure sign that the evil Voldemort, Harry's sworn enemy, is close), Harry becomes at once the most popular boy in school. Yet, despite his fame, he is totally unprepared for the furore that follows.
This is a hefty volume: 636 pages, of which probably at least 200 could have been cut without detracting from the story. The weight and complexity of the book is perhaps a hint that Rowling now has her eye sharply focused on her adult audience, and the average child-reader (particularly one who is coming to Harry Potter for the first time) may well find its girth daunting. Rowling's ironic and pointed observations on tabloid journalism and the nature of media hype is just one of the references littered through the book that will tickle the grown-ups but may well fly over the heads of her young fans.
However, after a slow start, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire really starts to sparkle halfway through with Rowling's familiar magic (and yes, there is a death--sudden and tragic--and yes, Harry does start to notice girls). The crux of this story, however, is Harry's gradual coming-of-age and his handling of the increasingly determined threats to his own life.
This book is pivotal, not just for the author for whom the heat is well and truly on, but for Harry and his readers who, by the last chapter, are left in little doubt that there is much more to come. (Ages 10 to adult) --Susan Harrison [via]
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. RowlingISBN 0747546347 (0-7475-4634-7)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.
As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry. Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron. What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black--an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are unaffected? Once again, Rowling has created a mystery that will have children and adults cheering, not to mention standing in line for her next book. Fortunately, there are four more in the works. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Haunting of Toby Juggby Dennis WheatleyISBN 0749324961 (0-7493-2496-1)
Softcover, William Heinemann Ltd
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Heads You Loseby Christianna BrandISBN 0745164552 (0-7451-6455-2)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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The History of Mr Pollyby H. G. WellsISBN 0755104048 (0-7551-0404-8)
Hardcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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Holesby Louis SacharISBN 0747546487 (0-7475-4648-7)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holes'Book summary:"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.
It's a strange story, but strangely compelling and lovely too. Louis Sachar uses poker-faced understatement to create a bizarre but believable landscape--a place where Major Major Major Major of Catch-22 would feel right at home. But while there is humor and absurdity here, there is also a deep understanding of friendship and a searing compassion for society's underdogs. As Stanley unknowingly begins to fulfill his destiny--the dual plots coming together to reveal that fate has big plans in store--we can't help but cheer for the good guys, and all the Yelnats everywhere. (Ages 10 and older) --Brangien Davis [via]
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The Hollow Manby John Dickson CarrISBN 0745186378 (0-7451-8637-8)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hollow Man'Book summary:Professor Charles Grimaud was explaining to some friends the natural causes behind an ancient superstition about men leaving their coffins when a stranger entered and challenged Grimaud's scepticism. The stranger asserted that he had risen from his own coffin and that four walls meant nothing to him. He added, 'My brother can do more...he wants your life and will call on you!' The brother came during a snowstorm, walked through the locked front door, shot Grimaud and vanished. The tragedy brought Dr Gideon Fell into the bizarre mystery of a killer who left no footprints. [via]
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The Honourable Schoolboyby John Le CarreISBN 0743457919 (0-7434-5791-9)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Honourable Schoolboy'Book summary:John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
In this classic masterwork, le Carre expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.
In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin. [via]
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The House on Mango Streetby Sandra CisnerosISBN 0747560870 (0-7475-6087-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House on Mango Street'Book summary:Told in a series of vibrant vignettes, The House On Mango Street is the story of Esperanza Cordera, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. For Esperanza, Mango Street is a desolate landscape of concrete and run-down tenements where she discovers the hard realities of life - the fetters of class and gender, the spectre of racial enmity and the mysteries of sexuality. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, Esperanza is able to rise above hopelessness and create for herself "a house all of my own quiet as snow, a space for myself to go" in the midst of her oppressive surroundings. [via]
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliverby Jonathan Swift, Martin Jenkins, Chris RiddellISBN 0763624098 (0-7636-2409-8)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Swift's Gulliver'Book summary:A tour de force of illustration and design, JONATHAN SWIFT'S GULLIVER is a magnificent introduction to one of the most popular stories in the English language.
First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's classic adventure story has long been a favorite with adults and children alike. This magnificent edition contains all of Gulliver's extraordinary voyages. Travel to Lilliput, land of the small, and Brobdingnag, land of giants; to Laputa, where inhabitants need to be hit on the head with sticks to remind them to talk; to Glubbdubdrib, island of ghosts and magicians; and finally, to the kingdom of the Houyhnhnms, where horses rule over humans.
Award-winning author Martin Jenkins has skillfully abridged the original novel, remaining true to its tone and humor while making it accessible to younger readers. He is brilliantly assisted by Kate Greenaway Medalist Chris Riddell, who brings to life the people, creatures, and kingdoms of Swift's searing imagination in wonderful panoramic detail. [via]More editions of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver:
Le Divorceby Diane JohnsonISBN 0754095657 (0-7540-9565-7)
Hardcover, Chivers
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The Little Drummer Girlby John Le CarreISBN 0743464656 (0-7434-6465-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Drummer Girl'Book summary:John le Carré has earned worldwide acclaim with novels that navigate the shadow worlds of espionage. In The Little Drummer Girl, one of his most enduring works, le Carré took leave of the Circus, George Smiley, and all his people, and presented instead an original canvas that remains, two decades later, stunningly fresh and topical. It was then, and is now, a thrilling, moving, and courageous novel of Middle Eastern intrigue.
Charlie is a promiscuous, unsuccessful, English actress in her twenties. Vacationing on the Greek island of Mykonos with friends, she longs for commitment. But to what? To whom? Intrigued by a handsome, solitary bather, Charlie finds herself lured into the "theatre of the real." For the mysterious man is Kurtz, an embattled Israeli intelligence officer out to stop the bombing of Jews in Europe. Forced to play her most challenging role, Charlie is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist...and soon proves herself a double agent of the highest order. [via]
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Long Afternoon of Earthby Brian AldissISBN 075511339X (0-7551-1339-X)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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Look to Windwardby Iain M. BanksISBN 0743421922 (0-7434-2192-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0760755833 (0-7607-5583-3)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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Malacia Tapestryby Brian W. AldissISBN 0755100719 (0-7551-0071-9)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmareby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0755100166 (0-7551-0016-6)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare'Book summary:The man who was Thursday is a classic of the spy genre that is equal parts mystery, suspense story, allegory, and farce. Each rereading of G.K. Chesterton's critically acclaimed novel reveals new meanings and nuances, while its jokes never become stale. The hero, Gabriel Syme, is Chesterton's ideal fo the virtuous common man. He must infiltrate and try to thwart an anarchist cell, at whose heart is the ambiguous Sunday, a man whose powers seem almost godlike. Syme's mission leads him through the back ways of Victorian London and on a wild chase through the French countryside, an adventure at once madcap, surreal, and cosmically important. More than just a charming tale full of Dickensian characters and a mysterious man who is supposed to be"Thursday," The Man Who Was Thursday asks the dark question: Will the human race survive? [via]
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Menagerie Manorby Gerald DurrellISBN 0755111958 (0-7551-1195-8)
Hardcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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Mind Readersby Margery AllinghamISBN 0745172601 (0-7451-7260-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Moment of Eclipseby Brian AldissISBN 0755100794 (0-7551-0079-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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My Antoniaby Willa Cather, Alyssa HaradISBN 0743487699 (0-7434-8769-9)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Antonia'Book summary:It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful and rich as Willa Cather's My Ántonia by offering comment. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made") comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollections deliberately: "I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather's masterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heard of Ántonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too, will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwise unremarkable trip through the world.
Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, "had not lost the fire of life," lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time (with which Cather was very much concerned), the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier.
As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature--the high, red grass, the road that "ran about like a wild thing," the endless wind on the plains--with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. As the story progresses, Jim goes off to the University in Lincoln to study Latin (later moving on to Harvard and eventually staying put on the East Coast in another neat encompassing of a stage in America's development) and learns Virgil's phrase "Optima dies ... prima fugit" that Cather uses as the novel's epigraph. "The best days are the first to flee"--this could be said equally of childhood and the earliest hours of this country in which the open land, much like My Ántonia, was nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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On A Planet Alienby Barry N. MalzbergISBN 0743435095 (0-7434-3509-5)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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An Oxford Tragedyby J. C. MastermanISBN 0745187072 (0-7451-8707-2)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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Peaceby Gene WolfeISBN 0756782082 (0-7567-8208-2)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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A Perfect Spyby John Le CarreISBN 0743457927 (0-7434-5792-7)
Softcover, Scribner
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The Piccadilly Murderby Anthony BerkeleyISBN 0755102177 (0-7551-0217-7)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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Presumed Innocentby Scott TurowISBN 0762102543 (0-7621-0254-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Presumed Innocent'Book summary:Rusty Sabich is chief deputy prosecuting attorney in a large mid-western city. His boss is in the midst of a bitter campaign for re-election. A fellow prosecuting attorney, Carolyn Polhemus, has been brutally murdered. Rusty is handling the investigation-- and he needs results. Before election day. Before his illicit affair with Carolyn is uncovered. Election day brings a new prosecuting attorney into office. A political enemy who wants Rusty out. A man whose own secret investigation has revealed Rusty's relationship with Carolyn. A man who takes Rusty off the case-- and charges him with murder. Rusty now faces a long battle in court. Each side will twist the evidence to win its case, and try any procedural ploy, any courtroom trick that might ensure victory. Rusty's ordeal will uncover corruption, deceit, depravity and incompetence-- and keep you spellbound. Who did kill Carolyn Polhemus? [via]
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The Prisonerby Thomas M. DischISBN 074347533X (0-7434-7533-X)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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The Pumpkin Eaterby Penelope MortimerISBN 0747518874 (0-7475-1887-4)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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The Railway Station Manby Jennifer JohnstonISBN 0747259364 (0-7472-5936-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Report on Probability Aby Brian AldissISBN 0755100654 (0-7551-0065-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Serviceby Erskine ChildersISBN 0760765235 (0-7607-6523-5)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novelby Zane GreyISBN 0760757550 (0-7607-5755-0)
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The Russia Houseby John Le CarreISBN 0743464664 (0-7434-6466-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Emmuska OrczyISBN 0755111184 (0-7551-1118-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:The French nobility are living in terror; one by one they are sent to the guillotine. Revenge at last for the years of callousness and cruelty suffered by the people of France. There is no escape; the city walls of Paris are guarded day and night. And yet a few achieve the impossible, disappearing without a trace in Paris, only to re-emerge in the safety of England. Rumours abound of a group of young English gentleman of unparalleled daring. Under their anonymous leader they save scores of aristocrats from terrible deaths. And each time a note is put mockingly into the hands of the merciless tribunal chairman, Citoyen Tinville. On it is the stamp of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Tinville will do or pay anything to see the Englishmen dead but they seem to evade capture with almost devilish ease. But with the cunning and ruthless spy master, Chauvelin, on his trail, the Scarlet Pimpernel must make no slip for he has everything to lose. [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Orczy, Margaret BrantleyISBN 0743487745 (0-7434-8774-5)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
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Shadows on Our Skinby Jennifer JohnstonISBN 074726791X (0-7472-6791-X)
Hardcover, Review
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The Shiningby Stephen KingISBN 0743424425 (0-7434-2442-5)
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-- DELBERT GRADY OF THE OVERLOOK HOTEL
THE SHINING
First published in 1977, The Shining quickly became a benchmark in the literary career of Stephen King. This tale of a troubled man hired to care for a remote mountain resort over the winter, his loyal wife, and their uniquely gifted son slowly but steadily unfolds as secrets from the Overlook Hotel's past are revealed, and the hotel itself attempts to laim the very souls of the Torrence family. Adapted into a cinematic masterpiece of horror by legendaryStanley Kubrick -- featuring an unforgettable performance by a demonic Jack Nicholson --The Shining stands as a cultural icon of modern horror, a searing study of a family torn apart, and a nightmarish glimpse into the dark recesses of human weakness and dementia. [via]
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Small Islandby Andrea LevyISBN 0755307518 (0-7553-0751-8)
Softcover, Review
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Small Island'Book summary:Andrea Levy's award-winning novel, Small Island, deftly brings two bleak families into crisp focus. First a Jamaican family, including the well-intentioned Gilbert, who can never manage to say or do exactly the right thing; Romeo Michael, who leaves a wake of women in his path; and finally, Hortense, whose primness belies her huge ambition to become English in every way possible. The other unhappy family is English, starting with Queenie, who escapes the drudgery of being a butcher's daughter only to marry a dull banker. As the chapters reverse chronology and the two groups collide and finally mesh, the book unfolds through time like a photo album, and Levy captures the struggle between class, race, and sex with a humor and tenderness that is both authentic and bracing. The book is cinematic in the best way--lighting up London's bombed-out houses and wartime existence with clarity and verve while never losing her character's voice or story. --Meg Halverson [via]
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Smiley's Peopleby John Le CarreISBN 0743455800 (0-7434-5580-0)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Smiley's People'Book summary:John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
Rounding off his astonishing vision of a clandestine world, master storyteller le Carre perfects his art in "Smiley's People."
In London at dead of night, George Smiley, sometime acting Chief of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service), is summoned from his lonely bed by news of the murder of an ex-agent. Lured back to active service, Smiley skillfully maneuvers his people -- "the no-men of no-man's land" -- into crisscrossing Paris, London, Germany, and Switzerland as he prepares for his own final, inevitable duel on the Berlin border with his Soviet counterpart and archenemy, Karla. [via]
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Starkby Ben EltonISBN 0751501999 (0-7515-0199-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Stone Diariesby Carol ShieldsISBN 0745131832 (0-7451-3183-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Talented Mr. Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 0762188561 (0-7621-8856-1)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Talented Mr. Ripley'Book summary:One of the great crime novels of the 20th century, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley is a blend of the narrative subtlety of Henry James and the self-reflexive irony of Vladimir Nabokov. Like the best modernist fiction, Ripley works on two levels. First, it is the story of a young man, Tom Ripley, whose nihilistic tendencies lead him on a deadly passage across Europe. On another level, the novel is a commentary on fictionmaking and techniques of narrative persuasion. Like Humbert Humbert, Tom Ripley seduces readers into empathizing with him even as his actions defy all moral standards.
The novel begins with a play on James's The Ambassadors. Tom Ripley is chosen by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf to retrieve Greenleaf's son, Dickie, from his overlong sojourn in Italy. Dickie, it seems, is held captive both by the Mediterranean climate and the attractions of his female companion, but Mr. Greenleaf needs him back in New York to help with the family business. With an allowance and a new purpose, Tom leaves behind his dismal city apartment to begin his career as a return escort. But Tom, too, is captivated by Italy. He is also taken with the life and looks of Dickie Greenleaf. He insinuates himself into Dickie's world and soon finds that his passion for a lifestyle of wealth and sophistication transcends moral compunction. Tom will become Dickie Greenleaf--at all costs.
Unlike many modernist experiments, The Talented Mr. Ripley is eminently readable and is driven by a gripping chase narrative that chronicles each of Tom's calculated maneuvers of self-preservation. Highsmith was in peak form with this novel, and her ability to enter the mind of a sociopath and view the world through his disturbingly amoral eyes is a model that has spawned such latter-day serial killers as Hannibal Lecter. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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This Side of Paradiseby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Patrick O'DonnellISBN 0760700125 (0-7607-0012-5)
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Three Stories and a Reflectionby Patrick SuskindISBN 0747529817 (0-7475-2981-7)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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To Live Foreverby Jack VanceISBN 0743479211 (0-7434-7921-1)
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Too Many Women: A Nero Wolfe Mysteryby Rex StoutISBN 0754038831 (0-7540-3883-1)
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Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boysby Will SelfISBN 0747539065 (0-7475-3906-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub
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Winter's Taleby Mark HelprinISBN 0756785391 (0-7567-8539-1)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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WLT: A Radio Romanceby Garrison KeillorISBN 0745174612 (0-7451-7461-2)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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