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All over Creationby Ruth L. OzekiISBN 0142003891 (0-14-200389-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Alternative Third World War, 1985-2035by William JacksonISBN 0080347401 (0-08-034740-1)
Hardcover, Potomac Books Inc
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Anthropology: 2001/2002by Elvio AngeloniISBN 0072433272 (0-07-243327-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Archangelby Robert HarrisISBN 0091801370 (0-09-180137-0)
Softcover, Hutchinson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Archangel'Book summary:Before political journalist Robert Harris turned to fiction and resurrected Hitler for his best selling novel Fatherland, he also wrote a hugely entertaining account of the farce surrounding the publication of the hoax Hitler diaries. Archangel, with the obvious exception of substituting Hitler for that other 20th-century ogre Josef Stalin, can be seen as something of a combination of these previous projects. The novel opens in present-day Russia where a louche Oxford academic, Christopher "Fluke" Kelso, is attending a conference on the newly available Stalin archives. Kelso quickly becomes embroiled in a quest for some of Uncle Joe's still secret papers--and also a quest to make his own academic reputation--but soon uncovers more than he bargains for. The ghosts of the old authoritarian past exert a peculiar and all too powerful tug on Yeltsin's fragile capitalist democracy and as Kelso is drawn ever nearer to the secret that lies in the remote White Sea port of Archangel so the tragedies of the past become hideously more plausible in the present. Harris is historically sound, politically astute and his acute insight into the apparatus of state repression and minds of despots is unnerving. But most of all he tells a terrific yarn and Archangel sees him on top form. This is his best yet.--Nick Wroe [via]
The Boy Who Returned from the Seaby Clay MorganISBN 0142403431 (0-14-240343-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Bridget Jonesby Helen FieldingISBN 0140298479 (0-14-029847-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones'Book summary:Fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary will recall that at the end of that sly and funny version of Pride and Prejudice, singleton heroine Bridget landed her Mr. Darcy at last--Mark Darcy, that is. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks later, and already the honeymoon is over. In addition to discovering that the man of her dreams votes conservative, left-leaning Bridget is also feeling just a mite uncomfortable with the realities of sharing bed and board with another person:
V. complicated actually having man in house as cannot freely spend requisite amount of time in bathroom or turn into gas chamber as conscious of other person late for work, desperate for pee etc.; also disturbed by Mark folding up underpants at night, rendering it strangely embarrassing now simply to keep all own clothes in pile on floor.
But all of these problems pale to insignificance with the arrival on the scene of Rebecca, a beautiful, man-hunting arch-nemesis with "thighs like a baby giraffe" and absolutely no girlfriend code of ethics when it comes to poaching another woman's man. Before long, Rebecca's manipulations, Bridget's own insecurities, and a string of misunderstandings (starting with a naked Filipino boy in Mark Darcy's bed and ending with a suggestive valentine from Bridget's dry cleaner) result in "128 lbs. (good), alcohol units 0 (excellent), cigarettes 5 (a pleasant, healthy number), no. times driven past Mark Darcy's house 2 (v.g.), no. of times looked up Mark Darcy's name in phone book to prove still exists 18 (v.g.), 1471 calls 12 (better), no. of phone calls from Mark 0 (tragic).Fortunately, Bridget has plenty of other problems to distract her. Her mother has returned from a trip to Kenya with a young Masai in tow--to her father's consternation; her best friends Jude, Shazzer, and Tom are all trapped in dating hell themselves; her apartment is in shambles thanks to a dotty carpenter; an unreliable ex-boyfriend has just reentered her life; and now someone is sending Bridget death threats--could it be Mark Darcy? If Bridget Jones's Diary was a modern riff on Pride and Prejudice, its sequel borrows several themes and devices (not to mention a section heading) from another Austen novel, Persuasion. And as in Austen's fiction, here the journey is the destination. A happy ending for Bridget and her pals is a foregone conclusion; how they get there, however, will have you on the edge of your chair--if you haven't already fallen off of it laughing. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Bridget Jones's Diaryby Helen FieldingISBN 014028009X (0-14-028009-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones's Diary'Book summary:Now a major motion picture starring Renee Zellwegger and Hugh Grant!
"130 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds overnight? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier (repulsive, horrifying notion)); alcohol units 2 (excellent) cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow); number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)?"
This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement--in which she resolves to: visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and not fall for any of the following: misogynists, megalomaniacs, adulterers, workaholics, chauvinists or perverts. And learn to program the VCR. Caught between her Singleton friends, who are all convinced they will end up dying alone and found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian, and the Smug Marrieds, whose dinner parties offer ever-new opportunities for humiliation, Bridget struggles to keep her life on an even keel (or at least afloat). Through it all, she will have her readers helpless with laughter and shouting, "BRIDGET JONES IS ME!"
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Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marnyamaby Lian HearnISBN 0142405949 (0-14-240594-9)
Softcover, Firebird
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marnyama'Book summary:When Kaede arrives at Shirakawa, she learns her sisters have been taken to Lord Fujiwaras houseand soon she too becomes a prisoner there. And neither Takeo nor Kaede know that Takeos old teacher, Muto Kenji, has grievances and schemes of his own. As Takeo and Kaede face disaster at the hands of their enemies, the forces of nature are also conspiring. Are Takeos skills of magic and his desire for revenge enough to outwit two armies? And will he and Kaede ever find a peaceful way to live their lives together? [via]
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Brothers and Keepersby John Edgar WidemanISBN 0140082670 (0-14-008267-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Cat Insideby William S. BurroughsISBN 0142000256 (0-14-200025-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cat Inside'Book summary:Best known for the wild, phantasmagoric satire of works like Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs reveals another, gentler side in The Cat Inside. Originally published as a limited-edition volume, this moving and witty discourse on cats combines deadpan routines and dream passages with a heartwarming account of Burroughs's unexpected friendships with the many cats he has known. It is also a meditation on the long, mysterious relationship between cats and their human hosts, which Burroughs traces back to the Egyptian cult of the "animal other." With its street sense and whiplash prose, The Cat Inside is a genuine revelation for Burroughs fans and cat lovers alike.[via]More editions of The Cat Inside:
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The Collected Stories of T. Coraghessan Boyleby T. C. BoyleISBN 014014076X (0-14-014076-X)
Softcover, Granta Books in association with Penguin
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A Common Lifeby Jan KaronISBN 0142000345 (0-14-200034-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Common Life'Book summary:A Common Life is a celebration of faith and love [via]
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Complications Notes from the Life of a Young SurgeonISBN 0143028456 (0-14-302845-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This BookBook summary:Gently dismantling the myth of medical infallibility, Dr. Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science is essential reading for anyone involved in medicine--on either end of the stethoscope. Medical professionals make mistakes, learn on the job, and improvise much of their technique and self-confidence. Gawande's tales are humane and passionate reminders that doctors are people, too. His prose is thoughtful and deeply engaging, shifting from sometimes painful stories of suffering patients (including his own child) to intriguing suggestions for improving medicine with the same care he expresses in the surgical theater. Some of his ideas will make health care providers nervous or even angry, but his disarming style, confessional tone, and thoughtful arguments should win over most readers. Complications is a book with heart and an excellent bedside manner, celebrating rather than berating doctors for being merely human. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Conceptual Physicsby Paul G. HewittISBN 0131943294 (0-13-194329-4)
Hardcover, Pearson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conceptual Physics'Book summary:"Conceptual Physics, Tenth Edition" helps readers connect physics to their everyday experiences and the world around them with additional help on solving more mathematical problems. Hewitt's text is famous for engaging readers with analogies and imagery from real-world situations that build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong foundation, readers are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and motivated to explore the thought-provoking exercises and fun projects in each chapter. Mechanics, Properties of Matter, Heat, Sound, Electricity and Magnetism, Light, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Relativity. For all readers interested in conceptual physics. [via]
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Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Programby Paul G. HewittISBN 0130542547 (0-13-054254-7)
Hardcover, Pearson Prentice Hall
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Physics becomes fun, relevant, and meaningful. The result? Far more students entering into and experiencing success with physics. [via]More editions of Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program:
Crime as Workby Peter LetkemannISBN 0131929143 (0-13-192914-3)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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Death And Judgmentby Donna LeonISBN 0143035827 (0-14-303582-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialismby Cornel WestISBN 0143035835 (0-14-303583-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Diary of an Ordinary Woman, 1914-1995by Margaret ForsterISBN 0099449285 (0-09-944928-5)
Softcover, Vintage
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Disgraceby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 0140296409 (0-14-029640-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disgrace'Book summary:Set in post-apartheid south africa, j. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of david lurie, a twice divorced, 52-year-old professor of communications and romantic poetry at cape technical university. Lurie believes he has created a comfortable, if somewhat passionless, life for himself. He lives within his financial and emotional means. Though his position at the university has been reduced, he teaches his classes dutifully; and while age has diminished his attractiveness, weekly visits to a prostitute satisfy his sexual needs. He considers himself happy. But when lurie seduces one of his students, he sets in motion a chain of events that will shatter his complacency and leave him utterly disgraced. Lurie pursues his relationship with the young melanie-whom he describes as having hips "as slim as a twelve-year-old's"-obsessively and narcissistically, ignoring, on one occasion, her wish not to have sex. When melanie and her father lodge a complaint against him, lurie is brought before an academic committee where he admits he is guilty of all the charges but refuses to express any repentance for his acts. In the furor of the scandal, jeered at by students, threatened by melanie's boyfriend, ridiculed by his ex-wife, lurie is forced to resign and flees cape town for his daughter lucy's smallholding in the country. There he struggles to rekindle his relationship with lucy and to understand the changing relations of blacks and whites in the new south africa. But when three black strangers appear at their house asking to make a phone call, a harrowing afternoon of violence follows which leaves both of them badly shaken and further estranged from one another. After a brief return to cape town, where lurie discovers his home has also been vandalized, he decides to stay on with his daughter, who is pregnant with the child of one of her attackers. [via]
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Diversity Amid Globalizationby Lester Rowntree, Marie PriceISBN 0130884405 (0-13-088440-5)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Dizzyby Cathy CassidyISBN 0142404748 (0-14-240474-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Dream Jungleby Jessica HagedornISBN 0142001090 (0-14-200109-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Dressing Up for the Carnivalby Carol ShieldsISBN 0141001917 (0-14-100191-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Drop Cityby T. C. BoyleISBN 0142003808 (0-14-200380-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drop City'Book summary:With Drop City, T. Coraghessan Boyle offers proof that he has become one of America's most prolific, gifted storytellers. Set in the 1970s, Boyle entertains readers with the denizens of "Drop City," a counterculture California commune that welcomes anyone wanting to live off the grid, use drugs, and practice free love. Boyle sublimely captures the sociology of its rebellious members, who doubt the sincerity or beliefs of newcomers, express some insecurity about nonconformity, and chastise outsiders while remaining oblivious to their own hypocrisy. Marco, Pan, Star, and other "cats" and "chicks" live hassle-free until dissention and cries of racism mount amid increasing run-ins with the local government (a young girl is raped, installation of a sewage system is mandated, a mother lets her toddlers drink LSD-laced juice). Seeking refuge, the citizens move north, to Alaska, to reinvent their utopia, but soon learn the natural environment is more unforgiving of a lackadaisical lifestyle.
Drop City is funny, evocative, and well-paced, shifting between the hippies and the Alaskan locals--primarily Sess and his new bride Pamela (a city dweller who arranged stays with several trappers over a few weeks to determine whom she would marry)--until the two cultures collide. Balanced between plot and character, Boyle excels at describing the physical world and his characters' interaction with it, whether portraying the harshness (or sheer beauty) of the Alaskan wilderness, the simple survival routines of its grizzled inhabitants, or the sounds wafting through Drop City: "the goats bleating to be milked or fed, the single sharp ringing note of a dog surprised by its own hunger, the regular slap of the screen door at the back of the house--and underneath it all, like the soundtrack to a movie, the dull hum of rock and roll leaking out the kitchen windows." Truly American in spirit, Drop City is a strong novel of freedom and those in pursuit of lives of liberty. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Emma Brownby Charlotte Bronte, Clare BoylanISBN 0143034839 (0-14-303483-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Environmental Science: A Global Concernby William P. Cunningham, Barbara Woodworth SaigoISBN 0071180729 (0-07-118072-9)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Education
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Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College - Environmental Science: A Global Concern: ISBN 0072439564 (0-07-243956-4)
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The Exp Inner Circleby T. Coraghesan BoyleISBN 0143035118 (0-14-303511-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Exp Inner Circle'Book summary:[via]Fresh on the heels of his New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-nominated novel, Drop City, T.C. Boyle has spun an even more dazzling tale that will delight both his longtime devotees and a legion of new fans. Boyles tenth novel, The Inner Circle has it all: fabulous characters, a rollicking plot, and more sex than pioneering researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey ever dreamed of documenting . . . well, almost.
A love story, The Inner Circle is narrated by John Milk, a virginal young man who in 1940 accepts a job as an assistant to Dr. Alfred Kinsey, an extraordinarily charming professor of zoology at Indiana University who has just discovered hislifes true calling: sex. As a member of Kinseys inner circle of researchers, Milk (and his beautiful new wife) is called on to participate in sexual experiments that become increasingly uninhibitedand problematic for his marriage. For in his later years Kinsey (who behind closed doors is a sexual enthusiast of the first order) ever more recklessly pushed the boundaries both personally and professionally.
While Boyle doesnt resist making the most of this delicious material, The Inner Circle is at heart a very moving and very loving look at sex, marriage, and jealousy that will have readers everywhere reassessing their own relationshipsbecause, in the end, love is all there is.
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Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculationby Joao MagueijoISBN 0142003611 (0-14-200361-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation'Book summary:Among physicists, it is widely assumed that one's greatest chance for a breakthrough discovery will come before one reaches the age of 30. True or not, this idea leads young physicists such as João Magueijo to pull out all the intellectual stops in the search for glory and immortality. In Faster Than the Speed of Light, Magueijo reveals the short, brilliant history of his possibly groundbreaking speculation--VSL, or Variable Light Speed. This notion--that the speed of light changed as the universe expanded after the Big Bang--contradicts no less prominent a figure than Albert Einstein. Because of this, Magueijo has suffered more than a few slings and arrows from hidebound, jealous, or perplexed colleagues. But the young scientist persisted, found a few important allies, and finally managed to shake up the establishment enough to get the attention he merited and craved. Magueijo begins the book with a suitably accessible explanation of special and general relativity, then moves on to the ideas that laid the groundwork for VSL. In the process, he rips the doors off of scientific academia and airs quite a bit of dirty laundry. Comparing himself to Einstein throughout the book, Magueijo approaches his topic and its dissemination with cocksure genius, expecting readers to sympathize with him as he battles to win favor. And we do. The scientific process is "rigorous, competitive, emotional, and argumentative," writes Magueijo. His theory could knock down two solid pillars of cosmology--inflation and relativity. Not only does his radical notion deserve a trial by fire, it also deserves a champion like Magueijo, who isn't afraid of the flames. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Forest Loverby Susan VreelandISBN 0143034308 (0-14-303430-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Girl From The Seaby James AldridgeISBN 0143001124 (0-14-300112-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The God Who Begat a Jackalby Nega MezlekiaISBN 0141006625 (0-14-100662-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Great Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0140620184 (0-14-062018-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Gatsby'Book summary:[via]Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the jazz age firmly in the context of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and times. She explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. She devotes a perceptive chapter to F. Scott Fitzgerald's controversial portrayal of women and goes on to discuss how the central characters, Gatsby and Nick Carraway, embody and confront the dualism inherent in the American Dream.
How to Do Everything With Dreamweaver 8by Michael MeadhraISBN 0072262389 (0-07-226238-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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How to Do Everything With Googleby Nancy Blachman, Eric FredricksenISBN 0072231742 (0-07-223174-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Do Everything With Google'Book summary:Get inside the massive search engine and learn how to make Googles enormous power work for you to find exactly what you need. Discover what librarians and researchers know and learn the best tactics and strategies for finding information on the web using Google search. Includes coverage of little-known Google features such as the bargain-searching Froogle, a news service, an image search service, and more. [via]
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In Americaby Susan SontagISBN 0099473216 (0-09-947321-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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In the Miso Soupby Ryu Murakami, Ralph F. McCarthyISBN 014303569X (0-14-303569-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Insiderby Piers MorganISBN 0091908493 (0-09-190849-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Introducing Cultural Anthropologyby Roberta Edwards LenkeitISBN 007282025X (0-07-282025-X)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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The Island of the Day Beforeby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0140259198 (0-14-025919-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Join Meby Danny WallaceISBN 009188800X (0-09-188800-X)
Hardcover, Ebury Press
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July, Julyby Tim O'BrienISBN 0142003387 (0-14-200338-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsarby Robert AlexanderISBN 0142003816 (0-14-200381-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Legend Of Lukeby Brian Jacques, FangornISBN 0142501093 (0-14-250109-3)
Softcover, Firebird
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Legend Of Luke'Book summary:Brian Jacques and his tremendous Redwall books never cease to amaze: this is the 12th book in a series that just gets better and better. This time, the interweaving story of a father and a son is told in three parts, starting with a visit to Redwall Abbey by a young hedgehog maid who, by singing a half-remembered song recounting the adventures of a warrior called Luke, begins to unlock some of the mysteries behind the Abbey's early years.
As deftly executed as all the other Redwall books, The Legend of Luke is a truly magnificent, rampaging, rip-roaring adventure story that gives the heart and mind the kind of aerobic workout normally reserved for a sprint round a playing field. From the very first page the readers know they're in for a treat, and as Jacques skillfully builds his story, cleverly interweaving intricate, imaginative detail with a vast cast of incredible characters who each play a vital role in the unfurling of the tale, there can be no doubt that he is still the true master of his genre.
Excellent as a stand-alone read for anyone new to Redwall, and even better as part of the amazing saga that has captured the imagination of millions since its inception, The Legend of Luke is an absolute must-read for anyone--young or old--who likes their fiction fast and fantastical. This story will certainly leave them breathless for more. --Susan Harrison [via]
The Light in the Windowby June GouldingISBN 0091902053 (0-09-190205-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Living with Art: With Core Conceptsby Rita GilbertISBN 0072859342 (0-07-285934-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Living with Art: With Core Concepts'Book summary:The fourth edition of this book won a first-place award for outstanding design and production at the 1995 New York Book Show. The new sixth edition is even more luxurious and beautiful. Not only a book about art, but also an artfully made book, it has earned a reptuation for elegance and the highest standards of quality. The text supports student efforts to develop an appreciation of art by clearly communicating the ways one can approach various forms of expression, offering a comprehensive introduction to the visual arts from several perspectives: themes and purposes of art; the vocabulary of art; individual art media (painting, drawing, camera arts, sculpture, architecture, etc.); and the chronological history of art. The book is rich with illustrations drawn from a wide range of artistic cultures and time periods. The book is written in a warm, engaging style that one reviewer has characterized as "information being communicated by real flesh and blood, by someone who is a scholar but also has a sincere love of art". From the first edition, the goal of the book has been to encourage students, with lavish image and compelling word, to embark on their own lifetime experience with The essays in the Crossing Cultures section address the interaction of the European art with those of other cultures. To incorporate a broader sense of the aesthetics and traditions of the world, new works have been included. These images introduce artists from non-Western cultures to the opening sections of the text and provide a greater emphasis on context and meaning in art. The "Living with Art" CD-ROM offers students an interactive tutorial in the elements and media, as well as review aides and quizzes to help them bettter master the text material. [via]
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heavenby Sherman AlexieISBN 007243418X (0-07-243418-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Education
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Loot And Other Storiesby Nadine GordimerISBN 0142004685 (0-14-200468-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Loot And Other Stories'Book summary:With her characteristic brilliance, Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer follows the inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances. An earthquake offers tragedy and opportunity in the title story, exposing both an ocean bed strewn with treasure and the avarice of the town?s survivors. ?Mission Statement? is the story of a bureaucrat?s idealism, the ghosts of colonial history, and a love affair with a government minister that ends astoundingly. And in ?Karma,? Gordimer?s inventiveness knows no bounds: in five returns to earthly life, a disembodied narrator, taking on different ages and genders, testifies to unfinished business and questions the nature of existence. Revelatory and powerful, these are stories that challenge our deepest convictions even as they dazzle us with their artful lyricism.[via]More editions of Loot And Other Stories:
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Lord Brocktreeby Brian Jacques, FangornISBN 0142501107 (0-14-250110-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Brocktree'Book summary:Lord Brocktree, the 13th novel in Brian Jacques's exciting Redwall series, brings to life the tale of how the greatest badger lord of all came to save Salamandastron, the mountain home of many heroic creatures. Everybeast will love heroic Lord Brocktree and his amazing adventure.
As the story opens, the villainous Ungatt Trunn, a menacing wildcat, has brought his powers to bear on Salamandastron, threatening the peace-loving beasts who live there.
Loneliness was everywhere. Hopelessness and an air of foreboding had settled over the western shores, casting their pall over land, sea and the mountain of Salamandastron. Yet nobeast knew the cause of it.
But all is not lost. Old Lord Stonepaw, the venerable Badger Ruler, summons the strongest of the strong to take over as lord of the mountain fortress and battle the evil wildcat. Lord Brocktree, far away from the trouble, begins to have visions that beckon him to Salamandastron. He travels there with his companion, a young haremaid named Dotti. But can he raise an army in time to smash Ungatt Trunn's terrifying Blue Hordes?
Like all the Redwall books, Lord Brocktree is a rollicking tale of adventure, war, magic, and beastly battles. The animal characters are sometimes brusque and brutal, and there's a strong current of darkness in the stories, as well as no-nonsense death scenes and strong language. But for fans of medieval fantasy adventure with a twist, this unforgettable series continues to satisfy. (Ages 9 and older) --Therese Littleton [via]
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Memories of a Pure Springby Nina McPherson, Duong Thu Huong, Thu Hng Dng, Huy Ng Phan, Phan Huy DuongISBN 0140298436 (0-14-029843-6)
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Moab Is My Washpotby Stephen FryISBN 0091801613 (0-09-180161-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moab Is My Washpot'Book summary:Stephen Fry is not making this up! Fry started out as a dishonorable schoolboy inclined to lies, pranks, bringing decaying moles to school as a science exhibit, theft, suicide attempts, the illicit pursuit of candy and lads, a genius for mischief, and a neurotic life of crime that sent him straight to Pucklechurch Prison and Cambridge University, where he vaulted to fame along with actress Emma Thompson. He wound up starring as Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde, costarring in A Civil Action, and writing funny, distinguished novels.
This irresistible book, the best-written celebrity memoir of 1999, concentrates on Fry's first two tumultuous decades, but beware! A Fry sentence can lead anywhere, from a ringing defense of beating schoolchildren to a thoughtful comparison of male and female naughty parts. Fry's deepest regrets seem to be the elusiveness of a particular boy's love and the fact that, despite his keen ear for music, Fry's singing voice can make listeners "claw out their inner ears, electrocute their genitals, put on a Jim Reeves record, throw themselves cackling hysterically onto the path of moving buses... anything, anything to take away the pain." A chance mention of Fry's time-travel book about thwarting Hitler, Making History (a finalist for the 1998 Sidewise Award for Best Alternative History), leads to the startling real-life revelation that Fry's own Jewish uncle may have loaned a young, shivering Hitler the coat off his back.
Fry's life is full of school and jailhouse blues overcome by jaunty wit, à la Wilde. The title, from Psalm 108:9, refers to King David's triumph over the Philistines. Fry triumphs similarly, and with more style. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The New York Trilogy: City Of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Roomby Paul AusterISBN 0140131558 (0-14-013155-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New York Trilogy: City Of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room'Book summary:Three stories on the nature of identity. In the first a detective writer is drawn into a curious and baffling investigation, in the second a man is set up in an apartment to spy on someone, and the third concerns the disappearance of a man whose childhood friend is left as his literary executor. [via]
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Nightby Elie WieselISBN 0134374940 (0-13-437494-0)
Hardcover, Pearson Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Night'Book summary:2000 copyright Hardcover [via]
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Olivia Joules And The Overactive Imaginationby Helen FieldingISBN 0143035363 (0-14-303536-3)
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Open Source Licensing : Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Lawby Lawrence RosenISBN 0131487876 (0-13-148787-6)
Softcover, Pearson Technology Group Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Open Source Licensing : Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law'Book summary:I have studied Rosens book in detail and am impressed with its scope and content. I strongly recommend it to anybody interested in the current controversies surrounding open source licensing.
John Terpstra, Samba.org; cofounder, Samba-TeamLinux and open source software have forever altered the computing landscape. The important conversations no longer revolve around the technology but rather the business and legal issues. Rosens book is must reading for anyone using or providing open source solutions.
Stuart Open Source Development LabsA Complete Guide to the Law of Open Source for Developers, Managers, and Lawyers
Now that open source software is blossoming around the world, it is crucial to understand how open source licenses workand their solid legal foundations. Open Source Initiative general counsel Lawrence Rosen presents a plain-English guide to open source law for developers, managers, users, and lawyers. Rosen clearly explains the intellectual property laws that support open source licensing, carefully reviews todays leading licenses, and helps you make the best choices for your project or organization. Coverage includes:
- Explanation of why the SCO litigation and other attacks wont derail open source
- Dispelling the myths of open source licensing
- Intellectual property law for nonlawyers: ownership and licensing of copyrights, patents, and trademarks
- Academic licenses : BSD, MIT, Apache, and beyond
- The reciprocal bargain at the heart of the GPL
- Alternative licenses: Mozilla, CPL, OSL and AFL
- Benefits of open source, and the obligations and risks facing businesses that deploy open source software
- Choosing the right license: considering business models, product architecture, IP ownership, license compatibility issues, relicensing, and more
- Enforcing the terms and conditions of open source licenses
- Shared source, eventual source, and other alternative models to open source
- Protecting yourself against lawsuits
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Our Arcadiaby Robin LippincottISBN 0142001236 (0-14-200123-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Passion of Artemisiaby Susan VreelandISBN 0142001821 (0-14-200182-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Passion of Artemisia'Book summary:Like her bestselling debut, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland's second novel, The Passion of Artemisia, traces a particular painting through time: in this case, the post-Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi's violent masterpiece, "Judith." Although the novel purports to cover the life of the painter, the painting serves as a touchstone, foreshadowing Artemisia's rape by Agostino Tassi, an assistant in her father's painting studio in Rome; the well-documented (and humiliating) trial that followed; the early days of her hastily arranged marriage; and her eventual triumph as the first woman elected to the Accademia dell' Arte in Florence. Although Vreeland makes a bit free with her characters (which she admits in her introduction), attributing some decidedly modern attitudes to people who would not have thought that way at the time, her book is beautifully researched and rich with casual detail of clothing, interiors, and street life. She deftly works history and politics into the background of her canvas, keeping her focus on Artemisia and her family. Beyond the paintings Artemisia left behind, Vreeland's vision may be as close as we can come to understanding the anger and ambition that kept this talented woman at the doors of the Accademia, demanding entrance, in a time when respectable women rarely left their homes. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Photograph: Library Editionby Penelope LivelyISBN 0142004421 (0-14-200442-1)
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Pickupby Nadine GordimerISBN 0142001422 (0-14-200142-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pickup'Book summary:When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant, is desperate to avoid deportation to his impoverished country. In the course of their relationship, there are unpredictable consequences, and overwhelming emotions will overturn each one's notion of the other. Set in the new South Africa and in an Arab village in the desert, The Pickup is "a masterpiece of creative empathy . . . a gripping tale of contemporary anguish and unexpected desire, and it also opens the Arab world to unusually nuanced perception" (Edward W. Said).[via]More editions of Pickup:
The Planetsby Dava SobelISBN 0142001163 (0-14-200116-3)
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Plato: Republicby Plato, Desmond LeeISBN 0140440488 (0-14-044048-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plato: Republic'Book summary:The Republic is arguably the greatest of Plato's dialogues. Although its subject is the ideal state, it encompasses education, psychology, ethics and politics. In the Republic's central passage, Plato uses myth to explore the nature of reality, conveying a vision of the human predicament and the role of philosophy in setting us free. He imagines a cave whose inhabitants are chained from birth watching a shadow-play that they take for reality. The role of philosophy, and more specifically what Plato calls dialectic, is to turn us away from the shadow play and orient ourselves towards the real. This is the essence of the pursuit of wisdom without which an ideal state is impossible. Few modern readers will agree with everything that Plato says, yet his rigorous argument and poetic vision still have the power to stimulate and challenge. This enduring power has made The Republic one of the foundation stones of western culture. [via]
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Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get a Lifeby Maureen McCarthy, Kathleen HaleISBN 014028124X (0-14-028124-X)
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Quick Access Reference for Writersby Lynn Quitman Troyka, Douglas HesseISBN 0131952269 (0-13-195226-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quick Access Reference for Writers'Book summary:For Freshman-level writing courses, such as Freshman Composition, English Composition, First-Year Writing, Expository Writing, or any course where students need help with the writing. Now in its fifth edition, Quick Access is written by trusted authors Lynn Troyka and Doug Hesse. Quick Access is a brief, spiral-bound, tabbed (12 tabs) handbook, published in full color. Quick Access is also accompanied by a valuable supplements and media package, including an interactive eBook, a personal writing plan, tutoring, and tools on the Web. The Troyka/Hesse family of handbooks provides the most balanced coverage of writing process, grammar, research, and topics important to today's students. Both respected teachers and authors, Troyka and Hesse give practical advice to students about the writing they will do in composition courses, in other classes, and in the world beyond. Offering instructors a full range of choices in handbooks, the Troyka/Hesse family of handbooks is available in a variety of formats, including web-based and customized options, so instructors can select the handbook that best fits their course needs. There are many roads to good writing.Choose the most balanced handbook in the most useful format for you and your students. Part of the MyCompLab Series Student edition now availble with MyCompLab and e-book, at no additional cost. Providing more opportunities for practice, assessment and instruction than any similar site, MyCompLab is a dynamic online resource for the Composition course. It offers market-leading tools for improving grammar, writing and research skills with comprehensive results tracking so students and instructors can gauge student progress. Easy to use and easy to integrate into the classroom, MyCompLab engages students as it builds confidence and helps them to be better writers and researchers. MyCompLab is an incredible value for your students -- we'll provide them with pre-paid access when they purchase a new Prentice Hall English textbook. Visit MyCompLab at www.mycomplab.com [via]
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Ravelsteinby Saul BellowISBN 0141001763 (0-14-100176-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ravelstein'Book summary:Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Saul Bellow confined himself to shorter fictions. Not that this old master ever dabbled in minimalism: novellas such as The Actual and The Bellarosa Connection are bursting at the seams with wit, plot, and the intellectual equivalent of high fiber. Still, Bellow's readers wondered if he would ever pull another full-sized novel from his hat. With Ravelstein, the author has done just that--and he proves that even in his ninth decade, he can pin a character to the page more vividly, and more permanently, than just about anybody on the planet.
Character is very much the issue in Ravelstein, whose eponymous subject is a thinly disguised version of Bellow's boon companion, the late Allan Bloom. Like Bloom, Abe Ravelstein has spent much of his career at the University of Chicago, fighting a rearguard action against the creeping boobism and vulgarity of American life. What's more, he's written a surprise bestseller (a ringer, of course, for The Closing of the American Mind), which has made him into a millionaire. And finally, he's dying--has died of AIDS, in fact, six years before the opening of the novel. What we're reading, then, is a faux memoir by his best friend and anointed Boswell, a Bellovian body-double named Chick:
Ravelstein was willing to lay it all out for me. Now why did he bother to tell me such things, this large Jewish man from Dayton, Ohio? Because it very urgently needed to be said. He was HIV-positive, he was dying of complications from it. Weakened, he became the host of an endless list of infections. Still, he insisted on telling me over and over again what love was--the neediness, the awareness of incompleteness, the longing for wholeness, and how the pains of Eros were joined to the most ecstatic pleasures.
Ravelstein is a little thin in the plot department--or more accurately, it has an anti-plot, which consists of Chick's inability to write his memoir. But seldom has a case of writer's block been so supremely productive. The narrator dredges up anecdote after anecdote about his subject, assembling a composite portrait: "In approaching a man like Ravelstein, a piecemeal method is perhaps best." We see this very worldly philosopher teaching, kvetching, eating, drinking, and dying, the last in melancholic increments. His death, and Chick's own brush with what Henry James called "the distinguished thing," give much of the novel a kind of black-crepe coloration. But fortunately, Bellow shares Ravelstein's "Nietzschean view, favorable to comedy and bandstands," and there can't be many eulogies as funny as this one.As always, the author is lavish with physical detail, bringing not only his star but a large gallery of minor players to rude and resounding life ("Rahkmiel was a non-benevolent Santa Claus, a dangerous person, ruddy, with a red-eyed scowl and a face in which the anger muscles were highly developed"). His sympathies are also stretched in some interesting directions by his homosexual protagonist. Bellow hasn't, to be sure, transformed himself into an affirmative-action novelist. But his famously capacious view of human nature has been enriched by this additional wrinkle: "In art you become familiar with due process. You can't simply write people off or send them to hell." A world-class portrait, a piercing intimation of mortality, Ravelstein is truly that other distinguished thing: a great novel. --James Marcus [via]
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The Republicby Plato, Desmond LeeISBN 0140449140 (0-14-044914-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:Plato's "Republic" is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions are raised: what is goodness; what is reality; what is knowledge? "The Republic" also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as 'guardians' of the people. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory, Plato arrives at a depiction of a state bound by harmony and ruled by 'philosopher kings'. [via]
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The Rottweiler: A Novelby Ruth RendellISBN 0091799511 (0-09-179951-1)
Softcover, Hutchinson
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The Rules Of Engagementby Anita BrooknerISBN 0141014121 (0-14-101412-1)
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Seven Dreamsby William T. VollmannISBN 0142001503 (0-14-200150-3)
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Simon and Schuster Quick Access Reference for Writersby Lynn Quitman TroykaISBN 0130225622 (0-13-022562-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simon & Schuster Quick Access: Reference for Writers'Book summary:Fourth edition designed to help you quickly find answers to all the questions you may have about writing. [via]
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The Song of an Innocent Bystanderby Ian BoneISBN 0142403938 (0-14-240393-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Song of an Innocent Bystander'Book summary:Ten years ago, nine-year-old Freda walked into an underground restaurant and straight into a hostage situation. Those thirty-six hours still haunt her every move. But was she just an innocent victim manipulated by the one stranger who showed her any kindness the gunman? A newspaper reporter is starting to pry. He says he knows things about that night. Freda must start revealing and dealing with her burden of survival. This gripping thriller grabs readers attention right from the first introspective moments and keeps them suspended straight through to the explosive ending. [via]
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Stir of Bonesby Nina Kiriki HoffmanISBN 014240361X (0-14-240361-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stir of Bones'Book summary:Susan Backstrom seems to have a charmed lifebut she also has dangerous family secrets. When she hears some kids talking about exploring a nearby haunted house, Susan asks to join them, even though she knows what might happen if she gets caught. The teenagers discover that there is indeed a ghost, and the house itself is a living, supernatural thing. With the help of five new friendsthree humans, one ghost, and HouseSusan has what she needs to build a new life, if she dares. [via]
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Stones in Waterby Donna Jo NapoliISBN 0141306009 (0-14-130600-9)
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Story Of Lucy Gaultby William TrevorISBN 014200331X (0-14-200331-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story Of Lucy Gault'Book summary:A difficult novel for any parent to read, William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault recounts the tale of a young girl whose Protestant family is driven from its rural Irish home in 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy is in love with Lahardane: the old house itself, the woods, the nearby beach, the shells and fir cones and sticks that she collected like treasure. The day before her family is scheduled to flee Ireland, leaving the house and furnishings in the care of trusted servants, Lucy runs away. Her parents, finding a scrap of her clothing on the beach, assume the worst. Days later, they leave Lahardane, choosing not to settle in England, as they had planned, but to roam Europe in their grief, leaving no forwarding address. But Lucy has not killed herself; she's only broken her leg in the woods. Eventually she makes it back to the house to find her parents gone. She spends her childhood waiting to be forgiven for her wicked act, postponing all happiness until she can be reunited with her mother and father. Revealing more of the plot will spoil this lovely novel for its many readers. It is enough to note that Trevor's characteristic depth and emotional complexity are fully realized here in the watchful reticence of his young heroine and the strange but beautiful way she finds to express her own forgiveness. --Regina Marler [via]
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Sylvanus Now: A Novelby Donna MorrisseyISBN 0143014250 (0-14-301425-0)
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T. C. Boyle Storiesby T. C. BoyleISBN 014028091X (0-14-028091-X)
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Tamarind Memby Anita Rau BadamiISBN 0140263764 (0-14-026376-4)
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A Treasury of Royal Scandalsby Michael FarquharISBN 0140280243 (0-14-028024-3)
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Uniform Justiceby Donna LeonISBN 0142004227 (0-14-200422-7)
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Urn Burial: A Phryne Fisher Mysteryby Kerry GreenwoodISBN 0140256261 (0-14-025626-1)
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Vindicationby Frances SherwoodISBN 0140236686 (0-14-023668-6)
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Working Fire: The Making of a Firemanby Zac UngerISBN 0143034952 (0-14-303495-2)
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Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plagueby Geraldine BrooksISBN 0142001430 (0-14-200143-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague'Book summary:Geraldine Brooks's Year of Wonders describes the 17th-century plague that is carried from London to a small Derbyshire village by an itinerant tailor. As villagers begin, one by one, to die, the rest face a choice: do they flee their village in hope of outrunning the plague or do they stay? The lord of the manor and his family pack up and leave. The rector, Michael Mompellion, argues forcefully that the villagers should stay put, isolate themselves from neighboring towns and villages, and prevent the contagion from spreading. His oratory wins the day and the village turns in on itself. Cocooned from the outside world and ravaged by the disease, its inhabitants struggle to retain their humanity in the face of the disaster. The narrator, the young widow Anna Frith, is one of the few who succeeds. With Mompellion and his wife, Elinor, she tends to the dying and battles to prevent her fellow villagers from descending into drink, violence, and superstition. All is complicated by the intense, inexpressible feelings she develops for both the rector and his wife. Year of Wonders sometimes seems anachronistic as historical fiction; Anna and Mompellion occasionally appear to be modern sensibilities unaccountably transferred to 17th-century Derbyshire. However, there is no mistaking the power of Brooks's imagination or the skill with which she constructs her story of ordinary people struggling to cope with extraordinary circumstances. --Nick Rennison, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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