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1968by Joe HaldemanISBN 0380708035 (0-380-70803-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: '1968'Book summary:In 1968, a nation fought two wars: one abroad...and one with itself. On one front, Spider walked point and tried to survive an insanity he neither accepted nor understood. On another, his "girl," Beverly, drifted into a strange counterculture that offered her dangerous freedoms at the price of her innocence. In 1968, a great black leader was murdered on a balcony in Memphis...a political convention in Chicago was stained with young blood...and Spider and Beverly searched for their separate peace in two worlds on fire. It was the year that changed us all. In 1968, everything went crazy. [via]
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52 Pickupby Elmore LeonardISBN 0380654903 (0-380-65490-3)
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All My Sins Rememberedby Joe W. HaldemanISBN 0380393212 (0-380-39321-2)
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American Romanceby John CaseyISBN 0380712407 (0-380-71240-7)
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Because the Nightby James EllroyISBN 0380700638 (0-380-70063-8)
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Before the Delugeby Otto FriedrichISBN 0380010445 (0-380-01044-5)
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Best Mystery and Suspense Plays of the Modern Theatreby RichardsISBN 0380464667 (0-380-46466-7)
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The Best of Lifeby David E. SchermanISBN 0380449099 (0-380-44909-9)
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Black Sunby Edward AbbeyISBN 0380585030 (0-380-58503-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Sun'Book summary:BLACK SUN, a bittersweet love story, is about a forest ranger -- loner, iconclast, lover of the rugged life -- who falls for an utterly beguiling freckle-faced "American princess" half his age.
Like Lady Chatterley's lover, he initiates her into the rite of sex and the stark, hidden harmonies of his wild wooded kingdom and canyons. She, in turn, awakens in him the pleasures of loving and being loved. Then she disappears, plunging him into a gloom he can barely support.
"If the ending is sad and haunting, the book is not. It's a lyrical romance with the kind of passion and scenery that Abbey alone can conjure up." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board) [via]
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Blood On The Moonby James EllroyISBN 038069851X (0-380-69851-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood On The Moon'Book summary:Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can-t stand music, or any loud sounds. He-s got a beautiful wife, but he can-t get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He-s a thinking man-s cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, there-s something haunting him. He sees a connection in a series of increasingly gruesome murders of women committed over a period of twenty years. To solve the case, Hopkins will dump all the rules and risk his career to make the final link and get the killer. [via]
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Bones of the Moonby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0380706881 (0-380-70688-1)
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Bread: An 87th Precinct Mystery Novelby Ed McBainISBN 0380703688 (0-380-70368-8)
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By Bizarre Handsby Joe R. LansadleISBN 0380712059 (0-380-71205-9)
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The Cayby Theodore TaylorISBN 0380010038 (0-380-01003-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cay'Book summary:This award-winning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, and survival. In 1942, 11-year-old Phillip Enright lives with his parents on the Dutch island of Curaçao, but when the war moves too close for comfort, his mother decides to travel with him back to the safety of Virginia. When their boat is torpedoed, however, Phillip is blinded and finds himself adrift on a life raft with an old black man and a cat. They eventually land on a deserted island. Phillip is suspicious of "the large Negro," but soon grows to trust--and ultimately love--the patient and generous Timothy. Dedicated to "Dr. King's Dream," The Cay has a clear message that friendship is colorblind; it is also a terrific adventure story of a young, newly blinded man learning to survive on an uninhabited island. (Ages 12 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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Celery Stalks at Midnightby James HoweISBN 0380690543 (0-380-69054-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celery Stalks at Midnight'Book summary:"The rambunctious animals of BUNNICULA and HOWLIDAY INN are back with another comic escapade sure to garner an even wider audience."-Booklist. "A clever tale abounding with puns, wild chases and slapstick humor."-School Library Journal [via]
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Charlestonby Alexandra RipleyISBN 0380577291 (0-380-57729-1)
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Creatures of Light and Darknessby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380011220 (0-380-01122-0)
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouseby Lawrence BlockISBN 0380713748 (0-380-71374-8)
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The Day of the Scorpion: A Novelby Paul ScottISBN 0380409232 (0-380-40923-2)
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Dialogues With Mothersby Bruno BettelheimISBN 038049874X (0-380-49874-X)
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Dispatchesby Michael HerrISBN 0380019760 (0-380-01976-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dispatches'Book summary:Michael Herr, who wrote about the Vietnam War for Esquire magazine, gathered his years of notes from his front-line reporting and turned them into what many people consider the best account of the war to date, when published in 1977. He captured the feel of the war and how it differed from any theater of combat ever fought, as well as the flavor of the time and the essence of the people who were there. Since Dispatches was published, other excellent books have appeared on the war--may we suggest The Things They Carried, The Sorrow of War, We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young--but Herr's book was the first to hit the target head-on and remains a classic. [via]
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Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurierby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0380452529 (0-380-45252-9)
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Downtownby Ed McBainISBN 0380707616 (0-380-70761-6)
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Echoes from the Macabreby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0380019531 (0-380-01953-1)
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Eight Black Horses: An 87th Precinct Novelby Ed McBainISBN 0380700298 (0-380-70029-8)
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Eighth Dayby Thornton Niven WilderISBN 0380441497 (0-380-44149-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eighth Day'Book summary:This new edition of Thornton Wilder's renowned 1967 National Book Awardwinning novel features a new foreword by John Updike and an afterword by Tappan Wilder, who draws on such unique sources as Wilder's unpublished letters, handwritten annotations in the margins of the book, and other illuminating documentary material.
In 1962 and 1963, Thornton Wilder spent twenty months in hibernation, away from family and friends, in the Rio Grande border town of Douglas, Arizona. While there, he launched The Eighth Day, a tale set in a mining town in southern Illinois about two families blasted apart by the apparent murder of one father by the other. The miraculous escape of the accused killer, John Ashley, on the eve of his execution and his flight to freedom triggers a powerful story tracing the fate of his and the victim's wife and children. At once a murder mystery and a philosophical story, The Eighth Day is a "suspenseful and deeply moving" (New York Times) work of classic stature that has been hailed as a great American epic.
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Einsteinby Ronald W. ClarkISBN 038001159X (0-380-01159-X)
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Ex-Magician and Other Storiesby Murilo RubiaoISBN 0380691469 (0-380-69146-9)
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The Fairy Rebelby Lynne Reid BanksISBN 0380706504 (0-380-70650-4)
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The Fan Manby William KotzwinkleISBN 0380431254 (0-380-43125-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fan Man'Book summary:The indestructible cult classic starring Horse Badorties, legendary founder of Dorky Day, begins...
I am all alone in my pad, man, my piled-up-to-the-ceiling-with-junk pad. Piled with sheet music, with piles of garbage bags bursting with rubbish and encrusted frying pans piled on the floor, embedded with unnameable flecks of putrefied wretchedness in grease. My pad, man, my own little Lower East Side Horse Badorties pad.
"This is music to be played in the head, and only the quickest, least inhibited sight-readers can play it as written, and thus hear head music the likes of which, prior to its publication in 1974, had never been heard. It was and remains important..." Kurt Vonnegut
"The landmark novel of the dusking of the Age of Aquarius after its beatnik-hippie, speedfreak-pataphysician, revolutionist-artist Lower East Side decade-long summer of love - be-ins, psychedelics, dumpster prospecting, tenant squatting - is William Kotzwinkle's The Fan Man." Herbert Gold [via]More editions of The Fan Man:
The Fantasticksby Tom Jones, Harvey SchmidtISBN 0380009153 (0-380-00915-3)
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The Farthest-Away Mountainby Lynne Reid BanksISBN 0380713039 (0-380-71303-9)
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Fifteenby Joe Krush, Beverly ClearyISBN 0380709201 (0-380-70920-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fifteen'Book summary:The worries, joys and anguish of a fifteen-year old's first experience with love is sensitively portrayed. [via]
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Fire on the Mountainby Edward AbbeyISBN 0380595192 (0-380-59519-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fire on the Mountain'Book summary:Edward Abbey was a hero to environmentalists and rebels of every stripe. With Fire on the Mountain, this literary giant of the New West gave readers a powerful, moving, and enduring tale that gloriously celebrates the undying spirit of American individualism. This fiftieth anniversary edition, with an introduction by historian Douglas Brinkley, reminds readers of Abbey's powerful conviction that "a patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
John Vogelin's land is his lifea barren stretch of New Mexican wilderness mercifully bypassed by civilization. Then the government moves in. And suddenly the elderly, mule-stubborn rancher is confronting the combined land-grabbing greed of the county sheriff, the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the U.S. Air Force. But a tough old man is like a mountain lion: if you back him into a corner, he'll come out fighting.
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The Fool's Progressby Edward AbbeyISBN 0380708566 (0-380-70856-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fool's Progress'Book summary:Just before he died in 1989, Ed Abbey published what he called his "honest novel," one loosely based on his own life. Early in its opening pages, Abbey's alter ego, Lightcap, takes off from his nearly empty home (its contents just removed by a disgruntled spouse) in Tucson, Arizona--but not before shooting his refrigerator, a hated symbol of civilization. Lightcap makes a winding journey by car to his boyhood home in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, calling on old friends along the road, visiting Indian reservations and out-of-the-way bars, and reminiscing about the triumphs and follies of his life. Readers would be mistaken to view this as pure autobiography, but The Fool's Progress nonetheless is an illuminating look into Abbey's time and his way of thinking, especially on matters of ecology and other social issues. It's also a picaresque tale humorously and artfully told, a book that Abbey himself rightly regarded as one of his best works of fiction. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Forever Warby Joe HaldemanISBN 0380708213 (0-380-70821-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Forever War'Book summary:In the 1970s Joe Haldeman approached more than a dozen different publishers before he finally found one interested in The Forever War. The book went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, although a large chunk of the story had been cut out before it saw publication. Now Haldeman and Avon Books have released the definitive version of The Forever War, published for the first time as Haldeman originally intended. The book tells the timeless story of war, in this case a conflict between humanity and the alien Taurans. Humans first bumped heads with the Taurans when we began using collapsars to travel the stars. Although the collapsars provide nearly instantaneous travel across vast distances, the relativistic speeds associated with the process means that time passes slower for those aboard ship. For William Mandella, a physics student drafted as a soldier, that means more than 27 years will have passed between his first encounter with the Taurans and his homecoming, though he himself will have aged only a year. When Mandella finds that he can't adjust to Earth after being gone so long from home, he reenlists, only to find himself shuttled endlessly from battle to battle as the centuries pass. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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Galleryby John H. BurnsISBN 0380016672 (0-380-01667-2)
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Gods, the Little Guys, and the Policeby Humberto ConstantiniISBN 0380698390 (0-380-69839-0)
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The Green Houseby Mario Vargas LlosaISBN 0380012332 (0-380-01233-2)
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The Growing Pains of Adrian Moleby Sue TownsendISBN 0380704307 (0-380-70430-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole'Book summary:Adrian Mole faces the same agonies which life sets before most adolescents: troubles with girls, school, parents, and an uncaring world. The difference, though, between young Master Mole and his peers is that this British lad keeps a diary -- an earnest chronicle of longing and disaster that has convulsed more than five million readers since its two-volume initial publication. From teenaged Adrian's obsession with intellectuality after understanding "nearly every word" of a Malcolm Muggeridge broadcast to his anguished adoration of a lovely, mercurial schoolmate, from his view of his parents' constantly creaking relationship to his heartfelt but hilarious attempts at cathartic verse, here is an outrageous triumph of deadpan, and deadly accurate, satire. ABBA, Princess Di's wedding, street punks. Monty Python, the Falklands campaign -- all the cultural pageantry of a keenly observed era marches past the unique perspective of Sue Townsend's brilliant comic creation: A. Mole, the unforgettable lad whose self-absorption only gets funnier as his life becomes more desperate.
Adrian Mole faces the same agonies which life sets before most adolescents: troubles with girls, school, parents, and an uncaring world. The difference, though, between young Master Mole and his peers is that this British lad keeps a diary--an earnest chronicle of longing and disaster that has convulsed more than five million readers since its two-volume initial publication. From teenaged Adrian's obsession with intellectuality after understanding "nearly every word" of a Malcolm Muggeridge broadcast to his anguished adoration of a lovely, mercurial schoolmate, from his view of his parents' constantly creaking relationship to his heartfelt but hilarious attempts at cathartic verse, here is an outrageous triumph of deadpan, and deadly accurate, satire. ABBA, Princess Di's wedding, street punks, Monty Python, the Falklands campaign--all the cultural pageantry of a keenly observed era marches past the unique perspective of Sue Townsend's brilliant comic creation: A. Mole, the unforgettable lad whose self-absorption only gets funnier as his life becomes more desperate. [via]More editions of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole:
Hail to the Chief: An 87th Precinct Mysteryby Ed McBainISBN 038070370X (0-380-70370-X)
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Hasidic Tales of the Holocaustby Yaffa EliachISBN 0380647257 (0-380-64725-7)
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Hemingway Hoaxby Joe HaldemanISBN 0380708000 (0-380-70800-0)
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I Stand Corrected: More on Languageby William SafireISBN 0380700492 (0-380-70049-2)
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Ice: A Major New Novel about the World of the 87th Precinctby Ed McBainISBN 0380671085 (0-380-67108-5)
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0380012774 (0-380-01277-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde's legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays, his decency and warmth. This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produed, as well as the full test of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate. [via]
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In Evil Hourby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0380521679 (0-380-52167-9)
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In the Last Analysisby Amanda CrossISBN 0380545101 (0-380-54510-1)
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Infinite Dreamsby Joe HaldemanISBN 0380476053 (0-380-47605-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Infinite Dreams'Book summary:A Science Fiction novel of both a speculative and fantasy nature, with a bit of social interaction and technology thrown in, by a well respected author in the genre [via]
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The Informed Heart: Autonomy in Mass Ageby Bruno BettelheimISBN 0380013029 (0-380-01302-9)
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Julieby Catherine MarshallISBN 0380698919 (0-380-69891-9)
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Katwalkby Karen KijewskiISBN 0380711877 (0-380-71187-7)
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A thirty-something California bartender-turned-P.I.--a curious lady with nine lives, nerves of iron. . .and a passion for justice.
Katwalk
A murderer has struck home--and Kat Colorado is taking it personally. Her cousin Johnny has been found stabbed to death in he parking lot of the Homestead Cafe. And now Kat's on the prowl--trailing a killer through a dangerous world of shady real estate shenanigans and teenage hookers. And she's about to uncover a closetful of sordid family secrets almost certain to get an overly inquisitive Kat skinned.When Sam, the estranged, deadbeat husband of nationally known advice columnist Charity Collins, ran off to Vegas with $200,000 of their money, Charity turned to Kat Colortado for help. Now Sam's twisted trail of glitz and grime is leading the inquisitively lady P.I. through dangerous territory--and into a rats' nest of sleazy deals, heavy-hitting mobsters and contract killings. But Kat's got a job to do and she's not about to walkaway--even though prowling the low liife has put her at the top of a syndicate hit list. [via]
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Kissby Ed McBainISBN 0380713829 (0-380-71382-9)
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Labravaby Elmore LeonardISBN 0380692376 (0-380-69237-6)
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Last Waltz in Viennaby George ClareISBN 0380647095 (0-380-64709-5)
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The Lathe of Heavenby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0380013207 (0-380-01320-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lathe of Heaven'Book summary:Ursula K. Le Guin is one of science fiction's greatest writers. She is also an acclaimed author of powerful and perceptive nonfiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. She has received many honors, including six Nebula and five Hugo Awards, the National Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Newbery, the Pilgrim, the Tiptree, and citations by the American Library Association. She has written over a dozen highly regarded novels and story collections. Her SF masterworks are The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), The Dispossessed (1974), and The Lathe of Heaven (1971).
George Orr has dreams that come true--dreams that change reality. He dreams that the aunt who is sexually harassing him is killed in a car crash, and wakes to find that she died in a wreck six weeks ago, in another part of the country. But a far darker dream drives George into the care of a psychotherapist--a dream researcher who doesn't share George's ambivalence about altering reality.
The Lathe of Heaven is set in the sort of worlds that one would associate with Philip K. Dick, but Ms. Le Guin's treatment of the material, her plot and characterization and concerns, are more akin to the humanistic, ethically engaged, psychologically nuanced fiction of Theodore Sturgeon. The Lathe of Heaven is an insightful and chilling examination of total power, of war and injustice and other age-old problems, of changing the world, of playing God. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Legacyby Susan KayISBN 038070322X (0-380-70322-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Legacy'Book summary:A Spellbinding Tale of England's Most Passionate Queen-and the Three Men Whose Destinies Belonged to Her Alone.
"Fast-paced...one of the most fascinating monarchs in history."
-New York Times Book Review"A stupendous achievement...a book that captures
Queen Elizabeth I completely."
-Mainstream HistoricalBeloved for its stunning storytelling, Legacy offers an exquisite portrait of the queen who defined an era. Tracing the unlikely path from her tragic childhood to her ruthless confrontations with Mary, Queen of Scots, and capturing in all its glory her brilliant reign as Europe's most celebrated queen, Legacy peels back the layers from a mysterious monarch and satisfies the questions of history.
Winner of the Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize and the Betty Trask Award, Legacy gives us Elizabeth the woman: proud, passionate, and captivating in her intensity. She inspired men to love her with bewitching devotion, no matter what the cost, but the depth of her love for England required a sacrifice that would haunt her to the grave.
"Full of dramatic twists and turns, not to mention a scintillating central character and colorful supporting cast. Readers will lose themselves for hours in this richly entertaining novel."
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Life to Come and Other Storiesby E. M. ForsterISBN 0380486113 (0-380-48611-3)
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The Little White Horseby Elizabeth GoudgeISBN 0380018756 (0-380-01875-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little White Horse'Book summary:[via]The beautiful valley of Moonacre is shadowed by the memory of the Moon Princess and the mysterious little white horse. When Maria Merryweather comes to live at Moonacre Manor she finds herself involved with an ancient feud. She is determined to restore peace and happiness to the whole of Moonacre Valley, and Maria usually gets her own way!
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Lives of the Twinsby Rosamond SmithISBN 0380706563 (0-380-70656-3)
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Long Time No See: An 87th Precinct Mysteryby Ed McBainISBN 0380703696 (0-380-70369-6)
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Lullabyby Ed McBainISBN 038070384X (0-380-70384-X)
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Marco Polo, If You Canby William F. BuckleyISBN 0380614243 (0-380-61424-3)
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Mossflowerby Brian Jacques, Gary ChalkISBN 0380708280 (0-380-70828-0)
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The Muggerby Ed McBainISBN 0380700816 (0-380-70081-6)
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Nabokov's Dozenby Vladimir NabokovISBN 0380013525 (0-380-01352-5)
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The Naturalby Bernard MalamudISBN 0380506092 (0-380-50609-2)
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A New Lifeby Bernard MalamudISBN 0380525305 (0-380-52530-5)
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Nightby Elie WieselISBN 0380009951 (0-380-00995-1)
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Patty Hearst: Her Own Storyby Patricia Campbell HearstISBN 0380706512 (0-380-70651-2)
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Pictures from an Institutionby Randall JarrellISBN 038049650X (0-380-49650-X)
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Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poeby Daniel HoffmanISBN 0380414597 (0-380-41459-7)
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Poisonby Ed McBainISBN 0380700301 (0-380-70030-1)
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Quin's Shanghai Circusby Edward WhittemoreISBN 0380612003 (0-380-61200-3)
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Radio Free Albemuthby Philip K. DickISBN 0380702886 (0-380-70288-6)
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The Raj Quartetby Paul ScottISBN 0380466988 (0-380-46698-8)
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8by Beverly ClearyISBN 0380709562 (0-380-70956-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona Quimby, Age 8'Book summary:From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace--usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her annoying young neighbor, and, worst of all, throwing up in her classroom. The responsibilities of an 8-year-old are sometimes daunting, especially in a family that is trying to squeak by while the father goes back to school. But Ramona is full of too much vim and vigor to ever be down for long.
In her second Newbery Honor Book about Ramona (the first was Ramona and Her Father), Beverly Cleary presents another slice of the Quimby family life. Author of more than two dozen children's books, Cleary has a true knack for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child's mind and heart. Empathic, witty, and astute, she has earned many other awards, including the Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Alan Tiegreen's clever line drawings have charmed countless readers of Cleary's books over the years, and his style is now inextricably tied to hers. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Rascalby Sterling NorthISBN 0380015188 (0-380-01518-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rascal'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Puffin Modern Classics edition. [via]
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Redwall: The Graphic Novelby Brian JacquesISBN 0380708272 (0-380-70827-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Redwall: The Graphic Novel'Book summary:There's something wonderful in hearing an author read his or her own work. And when that work is an epic adventure with a mouse for a hero and a rat for a villain, it's also just plain fun. This entertaining fantasy opens with Matthias, a clumsy young mouse who has big dreams of becoming a warrior. "Poor Matthias, alas for your ambition," says the head mouse of the peaceful little group. "The day of the warrior is gone." But even as the words are spoken, that day is about to change. Led by the deliciously evil Cluny the Scourge, a savage army of rats is heading for Redwall, destroying anything in its way: "A farmhouse set alight ... piglets, an entire litter of them eaten alive." Matthias is about to get his wish--the only thing that can save the idyllic world of Redwall is a true warrior. But, as the little mouse quickly learns, that's a title that must be earned.
Yes, the characters are mice and rats (and a badger and a few birds), but there are no song-and-dance numbers here. These mammals take their quest seriously, and author Brian Jacques narrates his tale with all the drama and passion of an old-time storyteller. The full cast of talented but little-known actors rounds out the story and helps bring the memorable characters of Redwall to complete and vivid life. (Running time: 10 hours and 43 minutes, eight cassettes) --Sara Nickerson [via]
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The Rights of Union Membersby Clyde W. Summers, Robert J. Rabin, American Civil Liberties UnionISBN 0380461935 (0-380-46193-5)
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Sideways Stories from Wayside Schoolby Louis SacharISBN 0380698714 (0-380-69871-4)
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Sniperby Theodore TaylorISBN 0380711931 (0-380-71193-1)
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The Soul of a New Machineby Tracy KidderISBN 038071115X (0-380-71115-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Soul of a New Machine'Book summary:The computer revolution brought with it new methods of getting work done--just look at today's news for reports of hard-driven, highly-motivated young software and online commerce developers who sacrifice evenings and weekends to meet impossible deadlines. Tracy Kidder got a preview of this world in the late 1970s when he observed the engineers of Data General design and build a new 32-bit minicomputer in just one year. His thoughtful, prescient book, The Soul of a New Machine, tells stories of 35-year-old "veteran" engineers hiring recent college graduates and encouraging them to work harder and faster on complex and difficult projects, exploiting the youngsters' ignorance of normal scheduling processes while engendering a new kind of work ethic.
These days, we are used to the "total commitment" philosophy of managing technical creation, but Kidder was surprised and even a little alarmed at the obsessions and compulsions he found. From in-house political struggles to workers being permitted to tease management to marathon 24-hour work sessions, The Soul of a New Machine explores concepts that already seem familiar, even old-hat, less than 20 years later. Kidder plainly admires his subjects; while he admits to hopeless confusion about their work, he finds their dedication heroic. The reader wonders, though, what will become of it all, now and in the future. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Spirit of St. Louisby Charles Augustus LindberghISBN 0380698552 (0-380-69855-2)
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Spring Moon: A Novel of Chinaby Bette LordISBN 0380599236 (0-380-59923-6)
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Staying Onby Paul ScottISBN 0380460459 (0-380-46045-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Staying On'Book summary:After writing the Raj Quartet, Paul Scott produced this graceful novel of life in post-colonial India. It is 1972, long after the British have left the hills of Pankot. STAYING ON -- or more precisely, hanging on -- are Colonel Tusher Smalley, an irascible, but endearing arachronism faced with a dwindling supply of rupees and loss of his way of life. With him is his nostalgic wife Lucy, living on memories, Hollywood movies and her will to keep her husband alive.
Pitted against them is Mrs. Bhoolabhoy, their landlady, who wages a bitter domestic war against her tenants. In the end this conflict gives Tusher and Lucy something to rally around -- something that strengthens their love for for each other.
"A graceful coda to the earlier Raj Quartet." (Time) [via]
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The Tenantsby Bernard MalamudISBN 0380535386 (0-380-53538-6)
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Timby Colleen McCulloughISBN 0380711966 (0-380-71196-6)
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Tool of the Tradeby Joe HaldemanISBN 0380704382 (0-380-70438-2)
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Tours Of The Black Clockby Steve EricksonISBN 0380709449 (0-380-70944-9)
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Tricksby Ed McBainISBN 0380703831 (0-380-70383-1)
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Trillion Year Spreeby Brian AldissISBN 0380704617 (0-380-70461-7)
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Triumph of Politics: The Inside Story of the Reagan Revolutionby David StockmanISBN 0380703114 (0-380-70311-4)
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As Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the early 1980s, David Stockman was a chief architect of the Reagan Revolutiona bold plan to cut taxes and reduce the scope and cost of government. The Triumph of Politics was Stockmans frontline report of the miscalculations, manipulations, and political intrigues that led to its failure. A major publishing event and New York Times bestseller in its day, The Triumph of Politics is still startling relevant to the conduct of Washington politics today.More editions of Triumph of Politics: The Inside Story of the Reagan Revolution:
The Truth About Lorin Jonesby Alison LurieISBN 0380708078 (0-380-70807-8)
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Vespersby Ed McBainISBN 0380703858 (0-380-70385-8)
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The Violent Landby Jorg AmadoISBN 0380476967 (0-380-47696-7)
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The War of the End of the Worldby Mario Vargas LlosaISBN 0380699877 (0-380-69987-7)
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William Safire on Languageby William SafireISBN 0380564572 (0-380-56457-2)
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The Dollmakerby Harriette Louisa Simpson ArnowISBN 0380009471 (0-380-00947-1)
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