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The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricatureby Ken HultgrenISBN 0486274268 (0-486-27426-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature'Book summary:Former Disney animator offers expert advice on drawing animals both realistically and as caricatures. Use of line, brush technique, establishing mood, conveying action, much more. Construction drawings reveal development process in creating animal figures. Many chapters on drawing individual animal forms dogs, cats, horses, deer, cows, foxes, kangaroos. 53 halftones, 706 line illustrations.[via]More editions of The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature:
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Bittenby Kelley ArmstrongISBN 0452283485 (0-452-28348-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bitten'Book summary:I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose ...Nature wins out. It always does.' Elena Michaels didn't know that her lover Clay was a werewolf until he bit her, changing her life forever. Betrayed and furious, she cannot accept her transformation, and wants nothing to do with her Pack - a charismatic group of fellow werewolves who say they want to help. When a series of brutal murders threatens the Pack - and Clay - Elena is forced to make an impossible choice. Abandon the only people who truly understand her new nature, or help them to save the lover who ruined her life, and who still wants her back at any cost. [via]
Blood Ritesby Jim ButcherISBN 0451459873 (0-451-45987-3)
Softcover, Roc
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By the Rivers of Babylonby Nelson DeMilleISBN 0515087610 (0-515-08761-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Captainsby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515091383 (0-515-09138-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Captains'Book summary:It was more than an incident. It was a deadly assault across the 38th parallel. It was the Korean War. In the fear and frenzy of battle, those who had served with heroism before were called again by America to man the trenches and sandbag bunkers. From Pusan to the Yalu, they drove forward with commands too new and tanks too old: brothers in war, bonded together in battle as they had never been in peace... [via]
The Colonelsby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515090220 (0-515-09022-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Crimson Cityby Liz MaverickISBN 0505526220 (0-505-52622-0)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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Dead Beat: A Novel of the Dresden Filesby Jim ButcherISBN 045146091X (0-451-46091-X)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Beat: A Novel of the Dresden Files'Book summary:Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels have been compared to Harry Potter with an adult tone and attitude. Now, in his first hardcover adventure, Harry Dresden must save Chicago from black magic and necromancy-all in a day's work for the city's only professional wizard. [via]
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The Devil to Payby Earl ThompsonISBN 0453004040 (0-453-00404-0)
Hardcover, New American Library
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The Drawing of the Threeby Stephen King, Phil HaleISBN 0452284708 (0-452-28470-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Drawing of the Three'Book summary:Like The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three is a brilliant work of dark fantasy, inspired by Browning's romantic poem, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came." The Man in Black is dead, and Roland is about to be hurled into 20th-century America, occupying the mind of a man running cocaine on the New York/Bermuda shuttle. [via]
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Flashman at the Chargeby George MacDonald FraserISBN 0452264138 (0-452-26413-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flashman at the Charge'Book summary:The fourth volume of memoirs in which Harry Flashman confronts destiny with Lord Cardigan and the Light Brigade. Part of the FLASHMAN series, comprising FLASHMAN, ROYAL FLASH and FLASH FOR FREEDOM, which explores the successful though scandalous later career of the bully in TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS. [via]
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Flashman: From the Flashman Papers, 1839-1842by George MacDonald FraserISBN 0452259614 (0-452-25961-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Flashman's Ladyby George MacDonald FraserISBN 0452264898 (0-452-26489-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flashman's Lady'Book summary:Volume VI of THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1842-45, reissued in B format paperback, in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of Flashman.[via] -
Fool Moonby Jim ButcherISBN 0451458125 (0-451-45812-5)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fool Moon'Book summary:The second book in the bestselling series. [via]
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Form Line of Battleby Alexander KentISBN 0515076996 (0-515-07699-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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General Theory of Relativityby Paul Adrien Maurice DiracISBN 0471215759 (0-471-21575-9)
Hardcover, Krieger Pub Co
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The Generalsby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515084557 (0-515-08455-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Generals'Book summary:They were the leaders, the men who made the decisions that changed the outcome of battles...and the fate of continents. From the awesome landing at Normandy to the tortorous campaigns of the South Pacific, from the frozen hills of Korea to the devastated wastes of Dien Bien Phu, they had earned their stars. Now they led America's finest against her most relentless enemy deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia. It was a new kind of war, but the Generals led a new kind of army, ready for battle--and for glory...[via]More editions of The Generals:
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A Girl's Guide to Vampiresby Katie MacalisterISBN 0505525305 (0-505-52530-5)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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The Gunslingerby Stephen King, Michael WhelanISBN 0452284694 (0-452-28469-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gunslinger'Book summary:King's limited edition masterpiece is now available in paperback. The reader follows Roland, the last gunslinger in a world that has "moved on," as he pursues an enigmatic Man in Black across an apocalyptic landscape toward a forbidding dark tower. Features four-color illustrations by Hugo-winner Michael Whelan. 1.5 million print. [via]
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The Human Figure in Motionby Eadweard MuybridgeISBN 0486202046 (0-486-20204-6)
Hardcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Human Figure in Motion'Book summary:The 4,789 photographs in this definitive selection show the human figure models almost all undraped engaged in over 160 different types of action: running, climbing stairs, tumbling, dressing, undressing, hopping on one foot, dancing, etc. Children walking, crawling, and many dozens of other activities.[via]More editions of The Human Figure in Motion:
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The Iliadby Homer, W. H. D. RouseISBN 0451527372 (0-451-52737-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad : The Story of Achilles'Book summary:Focusing on the closing days of the Trojan War, this novel incorporates the same epic cast of gods and warriors from The Odyssey. From the kidnapping of Helen from her Greek home to the death of Achilles's companion, the battle rages between two warring nations and the gods which protect both sides. Thrilling in content, but literate and subtle in its meaning, The Iliad remains a classic among classics. [via]
The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 0486408833 (0-486-40883-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fearby Paul Rogat LoebISBN 0465041663 (0-465-04166-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear'Book summary:In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana activist with a paralyzing physical disability, writes about overcoming political immobilization, drawing on her history with the Peace Corps and Mother Teresa. Vaclav Havel, the former president of the Czech Republic, finds value in seemingly doomed or futile actions taken by oppressed peoples. Rosemarie Freeney Harding recalls the music that sustained the civil rights movement, and Paxus Calta-Star recounts the powerful vignette of an 18-year-old who launched the overthrow of Bulgaria's dictatorship. Many of the essays are new, others classic works that continue to inspire. Together, these writers explore a path of heartfelt community involvement that leads beyond despair to compassion and hope. The voices collected in The Impossible Will Take a Little While will help keep us all working for a better world despite the obstacles.[via]More editions of The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear:
The Inshore Squadronby Alexander KentISBN 0515079847 (0-515-07984-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Jungle Booksby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0451529758 (0-451-52975-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Books'Book summary:Accounts of a courageous youngster and formidable creatures of the Indian jungle abound in this series of 14 imaginative tales. Mowgli, a boy raised by a wolf pack, learns the lore of the jungle from its inhabitants; Rikki-tikki-tavi, a brave mongoose, defeats a deadly cobra; and more.[via] -
The Keepby F. Paul WilsonISBN 0515088757 (0-515-08875-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Keep'Book summary:Something is murdering the Nazi troops stationed in a remote castle high in the Transylvanian alps. Immediately an elite SS extermination squad is sent to destroy whatever enemy dares challenge the Third Reich. And the battle is joined--a battle more terrifying than anything ever experienced. Reissue. [via]
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Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0486445089 (0-486-44508-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider HaggardISBN 0486447820 (0-486-44782-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines'Book summary:[via]Praised as "the most amazing story ever written," this 1885 story tells the tale in which Allan Quatermain, a gentleman adventurer, is hired to locate a man who has disappeared into the heart of Africa while hunting for the legendary lost diamond mines of King Solomon. -
King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africaby William MinterISBN 0465037232 (0-465-03723-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa'Book summary:"A superb book. I recommend it highly. Thorough research, erudite writing, and startling insights. Must reading." Randall Robinson, Founding Executive Director, TransAfrica
"Splendid... An invaluable work, elegantly organized and written. Nadine Gordimer
"A must for scholars and analysts of South Africa and the U.S. stance toward that country. Foreign Affairs
"This is the history of southern Africa that anti-apartheid militants have been waiting for. Its critics will be hard-pressed to match its cogency and depth of documentation. Geroge M. Fredrickson
"Impressive work. Lucid scholarship. Coherently presents the last hundred years as they directly lead to the unfolding cataclysm of South Africa. June Jordan
"The clearest comprehensive account of the political history of southern Africa I know. Committed, sober, and intelligent." Immanuel Wallerstein [via]More editions of King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa:
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The Legend of Banzai Maguireby Susan GrantISBN 0505525429 (0-505-52542-9)
Softcover, Love Spell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Legend of Banzai Maguire'Book summary:The first in a series called 2176: five books with tough, kick-butt heroines who help restore democracy to the world and find true love along the way.
Book One: THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE. After US Air Force pilot Bree "Banzai" Maguire is shot down in Korean airspace, she awakens in the year 2176 to a romantic adventure everyone will love. [via]
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Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translationby Victor HugoISBN 0451525264 (0-451-52526-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translation'Book summary:Victor Hugo's towering novel of Jean Valjean, his unjust imprisonment, and his lifelong flight from a relentless police officer.[via]More editions of Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translation:
The Lieutenantsby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515090212 (0-515-09021-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Majorsby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515089958 (0-515-08995-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Man in the Iron Maskby Alexandre Dumas, Roger CelestinISBN 0451530136 (0-451-53013-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man in the Iron Mask'Book summary:Isolated since infancy, the rightful heir to the throne of England escapes from his iron mask and sets out to seek revenge on his enemies and reclaim the throne. Reprint. [via]
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hoodby Howard PyleISBN 0451522842 (0-451-52284-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshireby Howard PyleISBN 0486220435 (0-486-22043-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire'Book summary:Here is a marvelous reprint of the original edition, the finest modern version of the English outlaw's merry adventures. It includes Pyle's text and his famous illustrations in their entirety, including all of the page decorations.[via]More editions of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire:
Miami War Zoneby Dwight H. Small, Jack BuchananISBN 0515096784 (0-515-09678-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha)by GandhiISBN 0486416062 (0-486-41606-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha)'Book summary:This volume focuses on Gandhi's vision of Satyagraha, whereby one appeals to reason and conscience and puts an end to evil by converting the evil-doer. The book begins with an explanation of Satyagraha and proceeds with detailed discussions of the self-training and courage necessary for Satyagraha.[via]More editions of Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha):
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The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Editionby W. S. MerwinISBN 0452010608 (0-452-01060-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Power of Twoby Patti O'SheaISBN 0505525933 (0-505-52593-3)
Softcover, Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of Two'Book summary:The UCE: In the 21st and 22nd Centuries, the United States changed and grew. Now the United Colonies of Earth dominate the globe. But a mysterious voice is broadcasting treason, inciting revolution and referring to the "ideals of 1776"and to an enigmatic figure named Banzai Maguire.
To find Banzai, the UCE assigns Cai Randolph. Shes the "anchor," the techie half of a Quandem: a pair of elite operatives used by Army Special Forces for just such covert action. Neural implants allow her to sit back in a control chair and feed information to her partner, the dark-souled Jacob Tucker. Hes as rigid as he is deadly&or handsome. But this time, it cant be business as usual. This time, Cai needs Jake to trust her completely. Whether he likes it or not, she cant sit back while he fights the bad guys. Wherever this mission takes her, Cai is gonna be the one kicking a little tail. [via]
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A Princess Of Marsby Edgar BurroughsISBN 048644368X (0-486-44368-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Princess Of Mars'Book summary:Although Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is justifiably famous as the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, that uprooted Englishman was not his only popular hero. Burroughs's first sale (in 1912) was A Princess of Mars, opening the floodgates to one of the must successful--and prolific--literary careers in history. This is a wonderful scientific romance that perhaps can be best described as early science fiction melded with an epic dose of romantic adventure. A Princess of Mars is the first adventure of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who unexpectedly find himself transplanted to the planet Mars. Yet this red planet is far more than a dusty, barren place; it's a fantasy world populated with giant green barbarians, beautiful maidens in distress, and weird flora and monstrous fauna the likes of which could only exist in the author's boundless imagination. Sheer escapism of the tallest order, the Martian novels are perfect entertainment for those who find Tarzan's fantastic adventures aren't, well, fantastic enough. Although this novel can stand alone, there are a total of 11 volumes in this classic series of otherworldly, swashbuckling adventure. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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The Prisoner of Zendaby Anthony HopeISBN 0451511379 (0-451-51137-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prisoner of Zenda'Book summary:Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability. Rassendyll endures a trial of strength in his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia. Five times filmed, The Prisoner of Zenda has been deservedly popular as a classic of romance and adventure since its publication in 1894. [via]
Purity of Bloodby Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0452287987 (0-452-28798-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Ramboby David MorrellISBN 0515083992 (0-515-08399-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Actionby Donald A. SchonISBN 0465068782 (0-465-06878-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Scaramoucheby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0451527976 (0-451-52797-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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The Scarlet Empressby Susan GrantISBN 0505525976 (0-505-52597-6)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Empress'Book summary:Shot down over Korea, modern-day U.S.A.F. fighter pilot Cameron Scarlet Tucker is put in bio-stasis. She wakes 170 years later to find her best friend survived, toothe legendary Banzai Maguire is being held for treason in the country that was once her beloved United States. Cam has her own problems. Shes in the masterful hands of Kyber, the emperor prince whom Banzai just escaped. And he wont get fooled again. With a mysterious Shadow Voice urging world revolution, and her friend in chains, Cam wants the sexy dictator on her sideand maybe even closer. But her role in the thrilling mission to save her country must come first. Its time to give a royal butt-kicking, and Cam knows just where to start. [via]
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The Shadow Runnersby Liz MaverickISBN 0505525895 (0-505-52589-5)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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Sheby H. Rider HaggardISBN 0451525841 (0-451-52584-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'She'Book summary:Ayesha is She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, a 2,000-year-old queen who rules a fabled lost city deep in a maze of African caverns. She has the occult wisdom of Isis, the eternal youth and beauty of Aphrodite, and the violent appetite of a lamia. Like A. Conan Doyle's Lost World, She is one of those magnificent Victorian yarns about an expedition to a far-off locale shadowed by magic, mystery, and death.
Tim Stout writes, in Horror: 100 Best Books, "As the plot takes hold one has the fancy that [Ayesha] had always existed, in some dark dimension of the imagination, and that [H. Rider] Haggard was the fortunate author to whom she chose to reveal herself." Haggard did, in fact, write this book in a six-week burst of feverish inspiration: "It came faster than my poor aching hand could set it down," he later said.
This edition of the 1887 classic features an introductory essay by literary critic Regina Barreca, who likens Ayesha to Flaubert's Madame Bovary or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina--"literally fantastic female figures who must be stopped before they love again." [via]
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Stolenby Kelley ArmstrongISBN 0452285933 (0-452-28593-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stolen'Book summary:It was in Bitten, Kelley Armstrongs debut novel, that thirty-year-old Elena Michaels came to terms with her feral appetites and claimed the proud identity of a beautiful, successful womanand the only living female werewolf.
In Stolen, on a mission for her own elite pack, she is lured into the net of ruthless Internet billionaire Tyrone Winsloe, who has funded a bogus scientific investigation of the "other races" and their supernatural powers. Kidnapped and studied in his underground lab deep in the Maine woods, these paranormalswitches, vampires, shamans, werewolvesare then released and hunted to the death in a real-world video game. But when Winsloe captures Elena, he finally meets his match. [via]
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Storm Frontby Jim ButcherISBN 0451457811 (0-451-45781-1)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Storm Front'Book summary:ROC edition paperback vg++ [via]
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Success to the Braveby Alexander KentISBN 0515080527 (0-515-08052-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Such Men Are Dangerousby Lawrence BlockISBN 0515081701 (0-515-08170-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Tarzanby Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Blaisdell, John GreenISBN 0486295303 (0-486-29530-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tarzan'Book summary:Imaginative and exciting tale recounts the remarkable exploits of young Lord Greystoke, who is raised by a family of apes in the African jungle and becomes the worthy opponent of the jungle's most feared predators. Large, easy-to-read type, accompanied by 18 striking illustrations. Abridged.[via]More editions of Tarzan:
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Tarzan of the Apesby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0451524233 (0-451-52423-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tarzan of the Apes'Book summary:First published in 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs's romance has lost little of its force over the years--as film revivals and TV series well attest. Tarzan of the Apes is very much a product of its age: replete with bloodthirsty natives and a bulky, swooning American Negress, and haunted by what zoo specialists now call charismatic megafauna (great beasts snarling, roaring, and stalking, most of whom would be out of place in a real African jungle). Burroughs countervails such incorrectness, however, with some rather unattractive representations of white civilization--mutinous, murderous sailors, effete aristos, self-involved academics, and hard-hearted cowards. At Tarzan's heart rightly lies the resourceful and hunky title character, a man increasingly torn between the civil and the savage, for whom cutlery will never be less than a nightmare.
The passages in which the nut-brown boy teaches himself to read and write are masterly and among the book's improbable, imaginative best. How tempting it is to adopt the ten-year-old's term for letters--"little bugs"! And the older Tarzan's realization that civilized "men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle," while not exactly a new notion, is nonetheless potent. The first in Burroughs's serial is most enjoyable in its resounding oddities of word and thought, including the unforgettable "When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled; and smiles are the foundation of beauty." [via]
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A Taste of Crimsonby Marjorie M. LiuISBN 0505526328 (0-505-52632-8)
Softcover, Love Spell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Taste of Crimson'Book summary:Los Angeles is no longer the City of Angels; dark things haunt its streets - dark, restless things. Bodies have been found, and the tentative peace between humans, vampires and werewolves teeters on the brink of collapse. Keeli Maddox needs to know why. If she and her kin are to survive, she must trust a man as different from her as night from day, as tooth from claw. He's a slayer, a betrayer, an enemy. But nobility lurks in dark places, and Keeli herself is no stranger to shadow. As sure as the moon will rise, Michael was meant for her. Life is about to change. Only three things will remain: the color of blood, the hot joy of skin on skin, and the danger in...A TASTE OF CRIMSON. [via]
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Three Adventure Novelsby H. Rider HaggardISBN 0486206432 (0-486-20643-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Adventure Novels'Book summary:"She" is the great mythic creation of the 19th century, while "King Solomons Mines" and "Allan Quatermain" are surging tales of adventure, full of sensational fights, blood-curdling perils, and extraordinary escapes.[via]More editions of Three Adventure Novels:
Through a Crimson Veilby Patti O'SheaISBN 0505526476 (0-505-52647-6)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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The Tombby F. Paul WilsonISBN 0515088765 (0-515-08876-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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A Tradition of Victoryby Alexander KentISBN 0515078719 (0-515-07871-9)
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Miller, Perry (AFT), W.S. MerwinISBN 0451529456 (0-451-52945-6)
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Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musingsas well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil libertyhave inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.
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Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"by Henry David ThoreauISBN 0451527070 (0-451-52707-0)
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0451522761 (0-451-52276-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 048626968X (0-486-26968-X)
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White Fang and Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0451525582 (0-451-52558-2)
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Robert BlaisdellISBN 0486285855 (0-486-28585-5)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Regina BarrecaISBN 0451530292 (0-451-53029-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, and fierce monsters with heads of tigers and bodies of bears. Through the fantastic land of Oz ramble Dorothy and her trusty companions--Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion--each seeking his or her heart's desire. Although the premise of the book and the 1939 movie is the same, the book--as so often is the case--delivers a far more subtle and intricate plot. A child's imagination will run rampant in these pages as one extraordinary creature after another leads the motley crew into strange and magical adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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