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Adam Bedeby George EliotISBN 1582877629 (1-58287-762-9)
Hardcover, North Books
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The Age of Innocenceby Edith WhartonISBN 1582019703 (1-58201-970-3)
Hardcover, Classic Books
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Aristotle Nicomachean Ethicsby Joe SachsISBN 1585100358 (1-58510-035-8)
Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics'Book summary:A complete translation of Aristotle s classic that is both faithful and readable. This is a major translation of a seminal book in Ethics. In this volume, Joe Sachs supplements his excellent translation with well-chosen notes and a glossary of important terms. Designed for courses in undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. [via]
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The Art of Detectionby Laurie R. KingISBN 1585478164 (1-58547-816-4)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Detection'Book summary:In this thrilling new crime novel that ingeniously bridges Laurie R. Kings Edgar and Creasey Awardswinning Kate Martinelli series and her bestselling series starring Mary Russell, San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli crosses paths with Sherlock Holmesin a spellbinding dual mystery that could come only from the intelligent, witty, and complex mind of New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King&.
Kate Martinelli has seen her share of peculiar things as a San Francisco cop, but never anything quite like this: an ornate Victorian sitting room straight out of a Sherlock Holmes storycomplete with violin, tobacco-filled Persian slipper, and gunshots in the wallpaper that spell out the initials of the late queen.
Philip Gilbert was a true Holmes fanatic, from his antiquated décor to his vintage wardrobe. And no mere fan of fictions great detective, but a leading expert with a collection of priceless memorabiliaa collection some would kill for.
And perhaps someone did: In his collection is a century-old manuscript purportedly written by Holmes himselfa manuscript that eerily echoes details of Gilberts own murder.
Now, with the help of her partner, Al Hawkin, Kate must follow the convoluted trail of a killerone who may have trained at the feet of the greatest mind of all times.
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Becoming a Congregation of Learners: Learning As a Key to Revitalizing Congregational Lifeby Isa AronISBN 158023089X (1-58023-089-X)
Softcover, Jewish Lights Pub
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Blandings Castleby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585673382 (1-58567-338-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blandings Castle'Book summary:Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of hilarity borders on obsession. Overlook happily feeds the obsession with four more antic selections from the master.
Blandings Castle is a collection of tales concerning Lord Emsworth and the Threepwood clan, while Jeeves in the Offing finds Bertie Wooster in yet another scrape-with the peerless Jeeves out of sight, on vacation! Poor Bertie nearly becomes unstuck! Young Men in Spats is Wodehouse at his most sparkling: stories concerning members of the inimitable Drones Club-they may be small of brain and short on cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures. And in The Luck of the Bodkins, the action spans London, New York, Hollywood, and several transatlantic liners, as three dapper young men find themselves in various Wodehousian predicaments concerning their love lives and finances.
Each volume has been reset and printed on Scottish cream-wove, acid-free paper, sewn and bound in cloth. These novels are elegant and essential additions to any Wodehouse fan's library. [via]More editions of Blandings Castle:
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Bluegate Fieldsby Anne PerryISBN 1585470171 (1-58547-017-1)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bluegate Fields'Book summary:[via]Thomas and Charlotte Pitt must discover the truth of a young gentlemans sordid murderor an innocent man will hangThe naked body of an aristocratic youth turns up in the sewers beneath Bluegate Fields, one of Londons most notorious slums. But Arthur Waybourne had been drowned in his bath, not in the Thames. More shocking still was that the boy had been sexually violated and infected with syphilis before he was murdered. Despite Inspector Thomas Pitts efforts to fully investigate the crime, the family closes ranks, stonewalling Pitt, leaving him to wonder what they are hiding. All evidence points to Arthurs tutor, Jerome, as the murderer. The courts agree and Jerome is sentenced to hang. Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, dont believe the answer is so simple. But if not Jerome, then who molested and infected the boy?To learn the truth, Charlotte uses her familiarity with the upper classes to draw aside the curtain of lies, while Pitt defies his superior and the boys family to follow a trail that leads him into the foulest streets of London through a web of deceit involving male prostitution and pedophilia. In a race against time, Thomas and Charlotte must find the real killer to save Jerome from the hangmans noose.More editions of Bluegate Fields:
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Bondageby Masquerade StaffISBN 1584190051 (1-58419-005-1)
Hardcover, Masquerade Books, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bondage'Book summary:An anthology of short stories and excerpts from Masquerade's best-selling novels. Sizzling but stylish, this collection was praised for the quality of its writing and variety of approaches to its theme. [via]
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the Book About Blanche And Marieby Tiina Nunnally, Per Olov EnquistISBN 1585676683 (1-58567-668-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Bride's Guide to Wedding Photography: How to Get the Wedding Photography of Your Dreamsby Kathleen HawkinsISBN 1584280948 (1-58428-094-8)
Softcover, Amherst Media
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The Candlemass Roadby George MacDonald Fraser, George Macdonald-FraserISBN 1585790230 (1-58579-023-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Cardington Crescentby Anne PerryISBN 1585470155 (1-58547-015-5)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 1582790841 (1-58279-084-1)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub
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Confessions Of A Teen Sleuth: A Parodyby Chelsea Cain, Lia MiterniqueISBN 1582345112 (1-58234-511-2)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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America's favorite girl detective is back to set the record straight. According to our titian-haired heroine, she was not a fictional character, but an intrepid real-life sleuth who investigated some of the twentieth century's biggest mysteries. And the famous series she starred in was not cooked up by a team of writers, but plagiarized from her exploits by a nosy college roommate-who, not surprisingly, got a whole lot wrong.
Here are the daring escapes, brilliant hunches, and dependable stock characters, including interlopers from numerous other beloved series, that have delighted generations of fans. And here, also, are the details of teen-sleuth life that you never saw: the secret romances, reckless driving, minor drinking problems, political action, and domestic drama that have, up till now, remained hidden from these brave detectives' adoring public.More editions of Confessions Of A Teen Sleuth: A Parody:
The Cradle Will Fallby Mary Higgins ClarkISBN 1581650604 (1-58165-060-4)
Hardcover, Literary Express
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Death in the Devil's Acreby Anne PerryISBN 1585470163 (1-58547-016-3)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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Democracy in Americaby Henry Reeve, Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 1584772492 (1-58477-249-2)
Hardcover, Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy in America'Book summary:Reprint of the first English-language edition. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville [1805-1859] and Gustave de Beaumont [fl.1835] were sent to the United States by the French government to study American prisons, which were renowned for their progressive and humane methods. They were pleased to accept this assignment because they were intrigued by the idea of American democracy. Tocqueville and Beaumont spent nine months in the country, traveling as far west as Michigan and as far south as New Orleans. Throughout the tour, Tocqueville used his social connections to arrange meetings with several prominent and influential thinkers of the day. He recorded his thoughts on the structure of the government and the judicial system, and commented on everyday people and the nation's political culture and social institutions. His observations on slavery, in particular, are impassioned and critical. These notes formed the basis of Democracy in America. This landmark work initiated a dialogue about the nature of democracy and the United States and its people that continues to this day. Originally published: New York: Adlard and Saunders, 1838. xxx, 464 pp. [via]
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose Bierce, Ralph SteadmanISBN 1582343802 (1-58234-380-2)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:Bierce's classic work of satirical wit and Steadman's pointed pen redefine the way we see even the seemingly simplest of terms.[via]
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to.
Bride, n.: A woman with a great future behind her.
Consult, v: To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.
Ambrose Bierce's "dictionary" of epigrams, essays, verses, and vignettes targets the religious, the romantic, the political, and the economic, in equal measure. The book you need to define both friends and enemies, The Devil's Dictionary is also the perfect gift, showcasing Bierce's razor-sharp wit and Ralph Steadman's incisive pen to their best advantage.More editions of The Devil's Dictionary:
The Doctor Digs a Graveby Robin HathawayISBN 1585474703 (1-58547-470-3)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 1582791872 (1-58279-187-2)
Hardcover, Trident Press International
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Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Powerby Andrew X. WeilISBN 1579545777 (1-57954-577-7)
Hardcover, Rodale Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power'Book summary:"Health," Dr. Andrew Weil writes, "is a dynamic and temporary state of equilibrium destined to break down as conditions change." In other words, there's no such thing as the type of health that allows you to feel equally great every day of your life. Instead, Weil suggests, your goal should be to improve your resilience to disease, and while you're at it, feel more joy and strength.
As to how you should gain this strength, joy, and resilience, Weil doesn't come on with a hard sell to give up every bad habit or all of the foods you enjoy. Instead, he suggests gradual changes: clean your pantry of whatever cooking oils you have there, except olive oil; start taking vitamin C three times a day; walk a few minutes a day; eat some fish and broccoli. The program is so simple and sensible that anyone trying it probably will feel better in a week.
The program then gets progressively more involved--more supplements; more of a shift toward a diet based on whole grains, fruits, and vegetables; more exercise. Besides these steady changes, each week's program has a focus: In week 2, you start drinking bottled or filtered water; week 3 focuses on organic produce; week 4, on sleep; week 5, using a steam bath or sauna; week 6, trying a "universal tonic" like ginseng; week 7, volunteering in your community; and finally, in week 8, figuring out how to integrate permanently the elements of the program into your life.
Even those who don't go for the entire program will probably find something here to like--the recipes, maybe, or the suggestion that you cut back on strenuous types of exercise like running and competitive sports in favor of brisk walks. It's perfectly useful either way: as a total lifestyle overhaul, or a series of suggestions, any one or two of which will probably help you feel better. --Lou Schuler [via]
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The Everything Great Thinkers Book: Exploring the Minds of the Men and Women Who Have Changed the Way We See the Worldby James MannionISBN 1580626629 (1-58062-662-9)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Faking Itby Jennifer CrusieISBN 1585472794 (1-58547-279-4)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mysteryby Michelle StaceyISBN 1585421359 (1-58542-135-9)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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Fresh from the Countryby Miss ReadISBN 1585472204 (1-58547-220-4)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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A Girls Gotta Do, What a Girl's Gotta Do: The Ultimate Guide to Living Safe & Smartby Kathleen BatyISBN 1579546390 (1-57954-639-0)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkianby Kurt VonnegutISBN 1583220208 (1-58322-020-8)
Hardcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian'Book summary:From Slapstick's "Turkey Farm" to Slaughterhouse-Five's eternity in a Tralfamadorean zoo cage with Montana Wildhack, the question of the afterlife never left Kurt Vonnegut's mind. In God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In thirty odd "interviews," Vonnegut trips down "the blue tunnel to the pearly gates" in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio, conducting interviews: with Salvatore Biagini, a retired construction worker who died of a heart attack while rescuing his schnauzer from a pit bull, with John Brown, still smoldering 140 years after his death by hanging, with William Shakespeare, who rubs Vonnegut the wrong way, and with socialist and labor leader Eugene Victor Debs, one of Vonnegut's personal heroes.
What began as a series of ninety-second radio interludes for WNYC, New York City's public radio station, evolved into this provocative collection of musings about who and what we live for, and how much it all matters in the end. From the original portrait by his friend Jules Feiffer that graces the cover, to a final entry from Kilgore Trout, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian remains a joy. [via]More editions of God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian:
Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospitalby Alex BeamISBN 1586481614 (1-58648-161-4)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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Hardwear: Jewelry from a Toolboxby Hannah Rogge, Marianne RafterISBN 1584794801 (1-58479-480-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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How to Cope With Suburban Stressby David GalefISBN 1579621317 (1-57962-131-7)
Hardcover, Permanent Pr Pub Co
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How to Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil from Photographsby Lee HammondISBN 1581800991 (1-58180-099-1)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Draw Portraits in Colored Pencil from Photographs'Book summary:Step by step, Lee Hammond shows artists how to create colored pencil portraits that only look as though they were difficult to draw. With Hammond's simple colored pencil techniques, artists can translate photos of their favorite people into colorful, lifelike portraits. She covers every aspect of drawing portraits - from creating a 3-dimensional look to rendering every facial feature so that it looks "right." step-by-step instruction makes learning easy; instruction is based on simple, easy-to master techniques, such as layering and burnishing; standard color recipes help artists achieve realistic skin tones; inspiring before and after examples demonstrate the dramatic difference; Hammond's instruction makes [via]
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Howards Endby E. M. ForsterISBN 1582790760 (1-58279-076-0)
Hardcover, Trident Press International
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howards End'Book summary:Margaret Schlegel, engaged to the much older, widowed Henry Wilcox, meets her intended the morning after accepting his proposal and realizes that he is a man who has lived without introspection or true self-knowledge. As she contemplates the state of Wilcox's soul, her remedy for what ails him has become one of the most oft-quoted passages in literature:
Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.
Like all of Forster's work, Howards End concerns itself with class, nationality, economic status, and how each of these affects personal relationships. It follows the intertwined fortunes of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and the Wilcox family over the course of several years. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes, on the other hand, can't be bothered with the life of the mind or the heart, leading, instead, outer lives of "telegrams and anger" that foster "such virtues as neatness, decision, and obedience, virtues of the second rank, no doubt, but they have formed our civilization." Helen, after a brief flirtation with one of the Wilcox sons, has developed an antipathy for the family; Margaret, however, forms a brief but intense friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, which is cut short by the older woman's death. When her family discovers a scrap of paper requesting that Henry give their home, Howards End, to Margaret, it precipitates a spiritual crisis among them that will take years to resolve.Forster's 1910 novel begins as a collection of seemingly unrelated events--Helen's impulsive engagement to Paul Wilcox; a chance meeting between the Schlegel sisters and an impoverished clerk named Leonard Bast at a concert; a casual conversation between the sisters and Henry Wilcox in London one night. But as it moves along, these disparate threads gradually knit into a tightly woven fabric of tragic misunderstandings, impulsive actions, and irreparable consequences, and, eventually, connection. Though set in the early years of the 20th century, Howards End seems even more suited to our own fragmented era of e-mails and anger. For readers living in such an age, the exhortation to "only connect" resonates ever more profoundly. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Jeeves In The Offing: Library Editionby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585673250 (1-58567-325-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jeeves In The Offing: Library Edition'Book summary:Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of hilarity borders on obsession. Overlook happily feeds the obsession with four more antic selections from the master.
Blandings Castle is a collection of tales concerning Lord Emsworth and the Threepwood clan, while Jeeves in the Offing finds Bertie Wooster in yet another scrape-with the peerless Jeeves out of sight, on vacation! Poor Bertie nearly becomes unstuck! Young Men in Spats is Wodehouse at his most sparkling: stories concerning members of the inimitable Drones Club-they may be small of brain and short on cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures. And in The Luck of the Bodkins, the action spans London, New York, Hollywood, and several transatlantic liners, as three dapper young men find themselves in various Wodehousian predicaments concerning their love lives and finances.
Each volume has been reset and printed on Scottish cream-wove, acid-free paper, sewn and bound in cloth. These novels are elegant and essential additions to any Wodehouse fan's library. [via]More editions of Jeeves In The Offing: Library Edition:
Julius Caesar: Side by Sidesby William Shakespeare, James ScottISBN 1580495060 (1-58049-506-0)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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Just One Lookby P. WomackISBN 1586087231 (1-58608-723-1)
Softcover, New Concepts Publishing
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbellyby Anthony BourdainISBN 158234082X (1-58234-082-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly'Book summary:Most diners believe that their sublime sliver of seared foie gras, topped with an ethereal buckwheat blini and a drizzle of piquant huckleberry sauce, was created by a culinary artist of the highest order, a sensitive, highly refined executive chef. The truth is more brutal. More likely, writes Anthony Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential, that elegant three-star concoction is the collaborative effort of a team of "wacked-out moral degenerates, dope fiends, refugees, a thuggish assortment of drunks, sneak thieves, sluts, and psychopaths," in all likelihood pierced or tattooed and incapable of uttering a sentence without an expletive or a foreign phrase. Such is the muscular view of the culinary trenches from one who's been groveling in them, with obvious sadomasochistic pleasure, for more than 20 years. CIA-trained Bourdain, currently the executive chef of the celebrated Les Halles, wrote two culinary mysteries before his first (and infamous) New Yorker essay launched this frank confessional about the lusty and larcenous real lives of cooks and restaurateurs. He is obscenely eloquent, unapologetically opinionated, and a damn fine storyteller--a Jack Kerouac of the kitchen. Those without the stomach for this kind of joyride should note his opening caveat: "There will be horror stories. Heavy drinking, drugs, screwing in the dry-goods area, unappetizing industry-wide practices. Talking about why you probably shouldn't order fish on a Monday, why those who favor well-done get the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel, and why seafood frittata is not a wise brunch selection.... But I'm simply not going to deceive anybody about the life as I've seen it." --Sumi Hahn [via]
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 1586632108 (1-58663-210-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death.
Leaves of Grass has its genesis in an essay called The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1845, which expressed the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. Whitman, reading the essay, consciously set out to answer Emerson's call as he began work on the first edition of Leaves of Grass. Whitman, however, downplayed Emerson's influence, stating, "I was simmering, simmering, simmering; Emerson brought me to a boil".
On May 15, 1855, Whitman registered the title Leaves of Grass with the clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New Jersey, and received its copyright. The first edition was published in Brooklyn at the Fulton Street printing shop of two Scottish immigrants, James and Andrew Rome, whom Whitman had known since the 1840s, on July 4, 1855. Whitman paid for and did much of the typesetting for the first edition himself. The book did not include the author's name, instead offering an engraving by Samuel Hollyer depicting the poet in work clothes and a jaunty hat, arms at his side. Early advertisements for the first edition appealed to "lovers of literary curiosities" as an oddity. Sales on the book were few but Whitman was not discouraged.
The first edition was very small, collecting only twelve unnamed poems in 95 pages. Whitman once said he intended the book to be small enough to be carried in a pocket. "That would tend to induce people to take me along with them and read me in the open air: I am nearly always successful with the reader in the open air. "About 800 were printed, though only 200 were bound in its trademark green cloth cover. The only American library known to have purchased a copy of the first edition was in Philadelphia. The poems of the first edition, which were given titles in later issues, were "Song of Myself," "A Song For Occupations," "To Think of Time," "The Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Faces," "Song of the Answerer," "Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?", and "Great Are the Myths."
The title Leaves of Grass was a pun. "Grass" was a term given by publishers to works of minor value and "leaves" is another name for the pages on which they were printed.
Whitman sent a copy of the first edition of Leaves of Grass to Emerson, the man who had inspired its creation. In a letter to Whitman, Emerson said "I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." He went on, "I am very happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy." [via]More editions of Leaves of Grass:
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle Eastby Sandy TolanISBN 1582343438 (1-58234-343-8)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Liberty Meadowsby Frank ChoISBN 1582406243 (1-58240-624-3)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Liberty Meadows: Edenby Frank ChoISBN 1582402604 (1-58240-260-4)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, J. J. GrandvilleISBN 1582790345 (1-58279-034-5)
Hardcover, Trident Pr Intl
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The Line Of Beautyby Alan HollinghurstISBN 1582346100 (1-58234-610-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Alan Hollinghurst's extraordinarily rich novel The Line of Beauty. has garnered a new level of acclaim for the author after winning the 2004 Man Booker Prize. Hollinghurst speaks about his work in our interview.More editions of The Line Of Beauty:
The Littlest Hitler: Storiesby Ryan BoudinotISBN 1582433577 (1-58243-357-7)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Rightby Michele WuckerISBN 1586483560 (1-58648-356-0)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 1583488340 (1-58348-834-0)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:[via]No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Macbeth on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.
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The Man from Shadow Ridgeby Brock Thoene, Bodie ThoeneISBN 158547181X (1-58547-181-X)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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A Man, a Can, a Microwave: 50 Tasty Meals You Can Nuke in No Timeby David Joachim, Men's Health BooksISBN 157954892X (1-57954-892-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Mandala of Sherlock Holmesby Jamyang NorbuISBN 1582343284 (1-58234-328-4)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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The Mermaid Chairby Sue Monk KiddISBN 1585476323 (1-58547-632-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mermaid Chair'Book summary:Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair is the soulful tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. Like Kidd's stunning debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, her highly anticipated follow up evokes the same magical sense of whimsy and poignancy.
While Kidd places an obvious importance on the role of mysticism and legend in this tale, including the mysterious mermaid's chair at the center of the island's history, the relationships between characters is what gives this novel its true weight. Once she returns to her childhood home, Jessie is forced to confront not only her relationship with her estranged mother, but her other emotional ties as well. After decades of marriage to Hugh, her practical yet conventional husband, Jessie starts to question whether she is craving an independence she never had the chance to experience. After she meets Brother Thomas, a handsome monk who has yet to take his final vows, Jessie is forced to decide whether passion can coexist with comfort, or if the two are mutually exclusive. As her soul begins to reawaken, Jessie must also confront the circumstances of her father's death, a tragedy that continues to haunt Jessie and Nelle over thirty years later.
By boldly tackling such major themes as love, betrayal, grief, and forgiveness, The Mermaid Chair forces readers to question whether moral issues can always be interpreted in black or white. It is this ability to so gracefully present multiple sides of a story that reinforces Kidd's reputation as a well-respected modern literary voice. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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The Metamorphosesby Ovid, Z. Philip AmbroseISBN 1585101036 (1-58510-103-6)
Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses'Book summary:This complete verse translation of Ovid's classical work is illustrated with extensive notes and an index and glossary. To help the reader contend with Ovid's frequent leaps both ahead and back in time, the principle episodes are listed at the beginning of each book and the subsections and digressions marked with indentations. Some footnotes also refer to mythological material Ovid has derived from Greek epic or drama or, occasionally, from later sources. Specific authors referred to in these notes are briefly identified in the index and glossary[via]More editions of The Metamorphoses:
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Metamorphosisby Franz KafkaISBN 1580495818 (1-58049-581-8)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metamorphosis'Book summary:Beginning with one of the most shocking first sentences in all of literature, Franz Kafka details the horrific tale of an absurd life. Virtually imprisoned in his room, Gregor Samsa discovers that every aspect of his existence has amounted to nothing. Even the struggling, dysfunctional family he has sacrificed to support is thriving without his financial assistance. Slowly stripped of every bit of his humanity, Gregor realizes that no mans life, especially his, actually matters.
First published in 1915, Kafkas surreal novel about living in an indifferent universe has long been considered a seminal work of Existentialist literature.
All of the humor, zest, and richness of languageso often lost in other editions resonate in this new and exciting Prestwick House Literary Touchstone translation by M. A. Roberts.
The Metamorphosis includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader more fully appreciate Kafkas complex approach to the human condition. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, John CrowtherISBN 1586638483 (1-58663-848-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Money In The Bankby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585676578 (1-58567-657-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Morality for Beautiful Girlsby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 1585473308 (1-58547-330-8)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Morality for Beautiful Girls'Book summary:THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE took us further into this world, and now, continuing the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, finds her expanding her business to take in the world of car repair and a beauty pageant. Alexander McCall Smith's sense of humour and gentle charm have created a substantial cult following. MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS will win him yet more fans. [via]
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My Fundamentalist Educationby Christine RosenISBN 1586482580 (1-58648-258-0)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Fundamentalist Education'Book summary:When Christine Rosen started kindergarten, her ABCs included the Apocalypse, the Bible, and Christ. At Keswick Christian School "the Bible was our textbook," God the guide, and after entering the school gates, nothing was ever quite the same again. Christine learned creation science, dreamed of becoming a missionary to exotic countries, worried about the souls of Jews and Mormons, and experienced unusual methods of sex education. With the threat of nuclear annihilation at the hands of atheistic Russians looming, she also frequently prayed for rapture.[via]At home, Florida life seemed happily to confirm several literal truths: the story of Moses, with its plagues that afflicted the Egyptians from lice, to rivers of stinking dead fish, to hordes of frogs might have been describing Christine's back yard.
My Fundamentalist Education is a brilliant, affectionate, child's-eye journey to Rosen's home, school and small town. Set in a time and place when the Living Bible outsold The Joy of Sex, during a girlhood lived as the Lord intended, among the tropical flora and fauna of Florida, its televangelists, irascible elderly, and itinerant preachers, Christine Rosen and her sister, Cathy, uncover the not always godly but surely divine secrets of a Hallelujah-ya sisterhood.
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My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cureby Shawn DeckerISBN 1585425257 (1-58542-525-7)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into The Lost History Of Autismby Paul CollinsISBN 1582344787 (1-58234-478-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autismby Paul CollinsISBN 1582343675 (1-58234-367-5)
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Odds & Endsby R. CrumbISBN 1582341362 (1-58234-136-2)
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P.G. Wodehouse in His Own Wordsby P.G. Wodehouse, Tony Ring, Barry DayISBN 1585673935 (1-58567-393-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'P.G. Wodehouse in His Own Words'Book summary:Acclaimed author and lifelong Wodehouse admirer, Barry Day, tells the story of P.G. Wodehouse's life, through the comic master's own writing and with the help of Tony Ring, President of the International Wodehouse Association. Beautifully illustrated and full of the brilliant wordplay and hilarity that characterize Wodehouse's novels, stories, letters, and non-fiction, P.G. Wodehouse In His Own Words is the perfect companion to Overlook's sumptuous Wodehouse collection and a marvellous book in its own right. The Overlook Wodehouse series is growing by leaps and bounds. [via]
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Paragon Walkby Anne PerryISBN 1585470058 (1-58547-005-8)
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Piccadilly Jimby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585676160 (1-58567-616-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Piccadilly Jim'Book summary:Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on February 24, 1917 by Dodd, Mean and Co., New York, and in the U.K. in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The story had previously appeared in the U.S. in the Saturday Evening Post between June and November 1916.
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Piercing the Darknessby Frank PerettiISBN 1581345275 (1-58134-527-5)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Piercing the Darkness'Book summary:The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 (ESV)It all begins in Bacons corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate. An attempted murder, a suspicious case of mistaken identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school threaten the peace of the small town. Sally Beth Roe, a young loner, finds herself in the middle of events beyond her control, fleeing for her life while trying to recall her dark past. She doesnt realize that a demonic army is growing in power and that a spiritual battle is rapidly approaching.
This companion volume to This Present Darkness offers readers a new perspective on spiritual warfare, prayer, and the seemingly coincidental events of our lives. It has sold over 2 million copies.
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Pilgrimage to India: A Woman Revisits Her Homelandby Pramila JayapalISBN 1580050522 (1-58005-052-2)
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Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational Storyby Jodee BlancoISBN 1580628362 (1-58062-836-2)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Raising Children Who Think for Themselvesby Elisa MedhusISBN 1582700478 (1-58270-047-8)
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The Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 1580495869 (1-58049-586-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red Badge of Courage'Book summary:Following its initial appearance in serial form, Stephen Cranes The Red Badge of Courage was published as a complete work in 1895 and quickly became the benchmark for modern anti-war literature.
Although the exact battle is never identified, Crane based this story of a soldiers experiences during the American Civil War on the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville. Many veterans, both Union and Confederate, praised the books accurate representation of war, and critics consider its stylistic strength the mark of a literary classic.
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a little-known section entitled The Veteran, which depicts Henry Fleming as an old man discussing his experiences in the Civil War with his grandson. Additionally, a glossary and readers notes are provided to help the reader understand the language of 19th century America. [via]
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Resurrection Rowby Anne PerryISBN 1585470090 (1-58547-009-0)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Resurrection Row'Book summary:[via]Bodies that wont stay buriedis it a practical joke? Or murder?Lord Fitzroy-Hammond of Resurrection Row has been dead and buried three weeks when he turns up sitting atop a hansom cab. Grave robbing, though a crime, isnt Inspector Thomas Pitts usual fare. But when the macabre joke is repeated, and the mans corpse is found sitting in the family pew the Sunday following his second interment, Pitt begins to wonder if perhaps theres some message in it. The case grows increasingly bizarre as other disinterred bodies appear.A new mother, Charlotte Pitt only takes a cursory interest in the grave robbing case until she hears Thomas mention the name of her late sisters husband, Dominic Corde, as a possible suspect. As Pitt follows leads into the slums and rookeries, Charlotte, too, is drawn into the politics and horrors of greed and exploitation.For Pitt and Charlotte, what begins as a mysterious case of musical corpses, becomes a deadly pursuit through the London underworld of pornographic photographers, brothels, and sweatshops.More editions of Resurrection Row:
Rutland Placeby Anne PerryISBN 1585470139 (1-58547-013-9)
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The Secretby Rhonda ByrneISBN 1582701709 (1-58270-170-9)
Hardcover, Beyond Words Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret'Book summary:Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it.
In this book, you'll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life -- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You'll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.
The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers -- men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.
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Sex & Single Girls: Straight and Queer Women on Sexualityby Lee DamskyISBN 1580050387 (1-58005-038-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex & Single Girls: Straight and Queer Women on Sexuality'Book summary:Although they've grown up in a culture saturated with sex, women in their twenties and thirties have no sex book of their own. Sex and Single Girls fills this void with personal accounts of pleasure, fear, desire, risk, survival, heartbreak, and intimacy - everything that comes with exploring one's sexuality. Well-known writers and feminists treat topics ranging from online sex to abortion, from bisexuality to interracial relationships, creating a complex portrait of women's sexual experiences, activities, and preferences. Contributors include Lisa Jervis, publisher of Bitch magazine; Siobhan Brooks, contributor to Whores and Other Feminists; Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut: Growing Up with a Bad Reputation; Tatiana de la Tierra, editor of the Latina magazine Conmoción; Michelle Tea, author of The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America; and many others. Through their wise, humorous, and personally empowering writings, this collection explores women's sexual lives in all their passion and authenticity.[via]More editions of Sex & Single Girls: Straight and Queer Women on Sexuality:
Sherlock Holmes - The Missing Years: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibetby Jamyang NorbuISBN 158234132X (1-58234-132-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 1582878560 (1-58287-856-0)
Hardcover, North Books
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Signature Classics - Howards Endby Edward Morgan ForsterISBN 1582790701 (1-58279-070-1)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Signature Classics - Howards End'Book summary:Margaret Schlegel, engaged to the much older, widowed Henry Wilcox, meets her intended the morning after accepting his proposal and realizes that he is a man who has lived without introspection or true self-knowledge. As she contemplates the state of Wilcox's soul, her remedy for what ails him has become one of the most oft-quoted passages in literature:
Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.
Like all of Forster's work, Howards End concerns itself with class, nationality, economic status, and how each of these affects personal relationships. It follows the intertwined fortunes of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and the Wilcox family over the course of several years. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes, on the other hand, can't be bothered with the life of the mind or the heart, leading, instead, outer lives of "telegrams and anger" that foster "such virtues as neatness, decision, and obedience, virtues of the second rank, no doubt, but they have formed our civilization." Helen, after a brief flirtation with one of the Wilcox sons, has developed an antipathy for the family; Margaret, however, forms a brief but intense friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, which is cut short by the older woman's death. When her family discovers a scrap of paper requesting that Henry give their home, Howards End, to Margaret, it precipitates a spiritual crisis among them that will take years to resolve.Forster's 1910 novel begins as a collection of seemingly unrelated events--Helen's impulsive engagement to Paul Wilcox; a chance meeting between the Schlegel sisters and an impoverished clerk named Leonard Bast at a concert; a casual conversation between the sisters and Henry Wilcox in London one night. But as it moves along, these disparate threads gradually knit into a tightly woven fabric of tragic misunderstandings, impulsive actions, and irreparable consequences, and, eventually, connection. Though set in the early years of the 20th century, Howards End seems even more suited to our own fragmented era of e-mails and anger. For readers living in such an age, the exhortation to "only connect" resonates ever more profoundly. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Sophocles: The Theban Plays ; Onatigone/King Oidipous/Oidipous at Colonusby Ruby BlondellISBN 1585100374 (1-58510-037-4)
Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co
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Sparknotes a Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareISBN 1586634046 (1-58663-404-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sparknotes a Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Get your "A" in gear!
They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.
· They're easier to understand, because the same people who use them have also written them.
· The clear writing style and edited content enables students to read through the material quickly, saving valuable time.
And with everything covered--context; plot overview; character lists; themes, motifs, and symbols; summary and analysis, key facts; study questions and essay topics; and reviews and resources--you don't have to go anywhere else!
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Sparknotes a Separate Peaceby SparknotesISBN 1586633708 (1-58663-370-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.
· They're easier to understand, because the same people who use them have also written them.
· The clear writing style and edited content enables students to read through the material quickly, saving valuable time.
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Sparknotes the Jungleby Upton SinclairISBN 1586634100 (1-58663-410-0)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.
· They're easier to understand, because the same people who use them have also written them.
· The clear writing style and edited content enables students to read through the material quickly, saving valuable time.
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Terroristby John UpdikeISBN 1585478601 (1-58547-860-1)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 158287137X (1-58287-137-X)
Hardcover, North Books
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Two Time: Library Editionby Chris KnopfISBN 1579621643 (1-57962-164-3)
Softcover, Permanent Pr Pub Co
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Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitmentby Ethan WattersISBN 1582342644 (1-58234-264-4)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment'Book summary:The numbers can't be ignored: the current generation of young Americans is delaying marriage longer than any other generation in history. But while the media trumpets this fact in a way that seems designed to scare us, until now no one has really taken the time to understand what people are doing instead.[via]
Driven by his personal desire to understand why his single life stretched far into his thirties, Ethan Watters explores the cultural and social forces that have steered his generation away from the altar-and discovers many reasons to be optimistic about the course his generation has chosen. Central to his thinking is the idea of Urban Tribes: the closely knit communities of friends that spring up during the ever-increasing period of time between college and married life. Tribes are revealed to be the key to understanding this generation, explaining not only why its members are putting off marriage, but also why singles often live outside of families so happily. In the end, Watters makes the case that the tribe years engender the self-respect critical to successful partnerships.
A funny, deeply insightful, and compulsively readable book that dares to suggest that the generation in question just might be interested in more than buying the latest SUV and drinking lattes at the local coffeehouse, Urban Tribes is destined to become one of the most talked-about books of the year.
"This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Urban Tribes redefines the debate over the nature of community and social cohesion in society today. Ethan Watters provides powerful insight into the rise of new kinds of cities and support structures for the growing class of creative, single people inhabiting leading urban centers in the United States and around the world." -Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday LifeMore editions of Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment:
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Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family?by Ethan WattersISBN 1582344418 (1-58234-441-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family?'Book summary:In his early thirties, Ethan Watters began to realize that none of his friends were following the paths of their parents. Instead of settling down in couples and starting families, they lived and vacationed in groups, worked together at businesses they'd started, and met every week for dinner. As he started to document this phenomenon, he encountered countless other "tribes," in cities all over the U.S. Watters explores why tribe members have embraced this structure and what kind of affection and stability they find there, and contends that the conventional wisdom painting Generation X as isolated, selfish slackers may hide an unexpected, much warmer picture.[via]More editions of Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family?:
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Walden and Other Writingsby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1586632116 (1-58663-211-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden and Other Writings'Book summary:The quintessential back-to-nature book, Walden is an account of Thoreau's attempt to find a spiritual awakening by returning to a simple life in the Massachusetts woodlands. Thoreau's rejection of the values of the then-burgeoning Industrial Revolution still reverberates for contemporary readers. His quest for something deeper and more meaningful than materialism created a work that gave form to some of man's deepest yearnings. Walden, or Life in the Woods, is an attempt to awaken the "sleepers" of society to the potential for greatness within each of them. Written with poetry and fire, it remains one of literature's greatest road maps to the divine. [via]
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The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: Landscapesby Gordon MacKenzieISBN 1581806604 (1-58180-660-4)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: Landscapes'Book summary:Painting with watercolors gives you endless opportunities to create the world you want. You choose whether to let the sun blaze or the rain pour, to move a maple tree here or make the trail wind over there, to subdue a hillside with quiet greens or make a forest glow with dazzling golds and reds. It's not only a matter of what to paint, but how to go about painting it.
This book examines, one at a time, the three major elements of landscape painting: water, sky and land. You will be encouraged to try numerous ways of painting each one. Then you can choose the methods that best express how the outdoors speaks to you.
Let this reliable collection of tips, techniques, ideas and lessons be your companion on a sure path to creative fulfillment and better watercolor landscapes. [via]
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White Stainsby Anais NinISBN 1584190205 (1-58419-020-5)
Softcover, Masquerade Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Stains'Book summary:Collection of short stories written by Ms. Nin and some of her friends written for Roy Johnson back in the '40s. (Johnson paid $1 a page for private smut... Henry Miller also wrote for him.) Contains six stories and a brief guide to lovemaking, for no apparent reason. One of the tales is definitely by Nin. [via]
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X Out Of Wonderland: A Sagaby David CatesISBN 158642095X (1-58642-095-X)
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El Origen De Las Especies/the Origin Of Speciesby Charles DarwinISBN 1583487778 (1-58348-777-8)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Origen De Las Especies/the Origin Of Species'Book summary:Las teorías y pruebas que Darwin expuso en 'El origen de las especies' son definitivas en la comprensión de la naturaleza y en el sustento de los estudios biológicos. Desde su publicación, los conceptos de evolución, adaptación y selección natural se han incorporado a todos los estudios científicos. La resonancia de la obra de Darwin ha impregnado todos los campos del saber, incluidos los de filosofía y religión. [via]
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Papa Goriotby Honore De BalzacISBN 1583487743 (1-58348-774-3)
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