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The Aeneid of Virgilby VirgilISBN 0881030694 (0-88103-069-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid of Virgil'Book summary:Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. [via]
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Allan Quatermainby H. Rider HaggardISBN 0878771174 (0-87877-117-4)
Hardcover, Newcastle Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Allan Quatermain'Book summary:Allan Quatermain, Rider Haggard's famous protagonist, is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa. Largely considered to be the character on which Indiana Jones was based, at the beginning of this adventure Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back to the wilderness. He persuades some old friends to embark on a gruelling expedition to find a lost East African kingdom involving sensational fights, terrible dangers and extraordinary escapes. [via]
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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha ChristieISBN 0881032565 (0-88103-256-5)
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--ivby Aristotle, J.E.C. WelldonISBN 0879753781 (0-87975-378-1)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv'Book summary:What is the good life? How can we attain true happiness? How are we to understand the concepts of good, bad, right, wrong, virtue, and vice as they intermingle and pervade the human actions that make up society? In one of the earliest and most comprehensive attempts to offer a systematic treatment of ethics and the principles upon which it rests, the Greek philosopher Aristotle seeks to give substance and meaning to human action and to the manner in which we judge our own behavior and that of others. Here Aristotle not only offers a discussion of morality that later culminated in a full-blown analysis of political life, but he also sets forth principles and advice that served as the touchstone for many subsequent moral philosophies. [via]
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The Art of Sensual Loving: A New Approach to Sexual Relationshipsby Andrew StanwayISBN 0881845078 (0-88184-507-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Authentic Devotion: A Modern Interpretation of Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis de Salesby Bernard Bangley, Francis De SalesISBN 087788000X (0-87788-000-X)
Softcover, WaterBrook Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Authentic Devotion: A Modern Interpretation of Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis de Sales'Book summary:Centuries ago, Francis de Salesbishop of Geneva during the lifetime of many first generation Protestant Calvinistswrote about the importance of having a spiritual director. Yet he later told his biographer such a person would be difficult to find, suggesting that in these circumstances, We can look for guidance among the books of authors who are no longer living. Devotional books are our best Directors.
Today, de Sales serves as such a spiritual director to countless modern day believers, and his Introduction to the Devout Life is recognized as one of the truly great works of devotional literature. Originally written as a series of letters of religious guidance, this enduring book is filled with thoughtful spiritual illustrations and radiates with a warm humanity that touches people of all religious backgrounds.
A classic masterpiece of spiritual writing, de Sales book is acknowledged to be among the top handful of guides to Christian living. No matter where readers are in their spiritual developmentwhether they are beginners or skilled theologiansthis modern interpretation, an honest paraphrase of de Sales work, will gently guide them down the clearest path imaginable into a deeper and more authentic religious life. [via]More editions of Authentic Devotion: A Modern Interpretation of Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis de Sales:
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The Autobiography and Other Writingsby Benjamin Franklin, Thomas J. FlemingISBN 0882250310 (0-88225-031-0)
Hardcover, Newsweek
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Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 087975558X (0-87975-558-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good and Evil'Book summary:If ever there was a thinker who swam against the social and ethical tide of his day, it was Nietzsche. Nineteenth-century Europe was for him a moral wasteland filled with false altruism, duplicity, double standards, and, worst of all, moral complacency. Nietzsche shocked his readers to the core by openly speaking their innermost thoughts: morality serves the social good, which for him meant fostering the best possible society - one that strives for excellence and abhors the herd mentality. By rejecting the "standards" of contemporary morality, Nietzsche thought, one stood a chance of going beyond good and evil to a community in which superior moral agents who understand human nature would rise above vacuous egalitarianism and the dominant schools of ethical theory to construct a moral aristocracy that would spearhead a new social renaissance. Nietzsche is at once unsettling, compelling, and provocative. [via]
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Bhagavad Gitaby Shri Swami PurohitISBN 0877739757 (0-87773-975-7)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:Now in a miniature edition--the famous epic of India embodying the timeless and universal ideal of spiritual warriorship. In this great classic, often called the Gospel of Hinduism, the god Krishna teaches the warrior Arjuna that freedom lies in disciplined action performed without attachment and with loving reliance on the Supreme Self of all. [via]
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Blandings Castleby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292741 (0-88029-274-1)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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The Broadman & Holman Ultrathin Reference Bible: New International Version Black Genuine LeatherISBN 0879819545 (0-87981-954-5)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
Find This BookBook summary:Easy-to-read print in an ultra-thin style. Carry and read the complete New International Version text in church, in study groups, at the hospital, on a trip--anywhere! Features include center-column refrences; concordance; full-color maps; presentation page and family section; and a ribbon marker. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (Holman) [via]
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Carrieby Stephen KingISBN 0881037249 (0-88103-724-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carrie'Book summary:Why read Carrie? Stephen King himself has said that he finds his early work "raw," and Brian De Palma's movie was so successful that we feel as if we have read the novel even if we never have. The simple answer is that this is a very scary story, one that works as well, if not better, on the page as it does on the screen. Carrie White, bullied by cruel teenagers at school and her religious nut of a mother at home, gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, powers that will eventually be turned on her tormentors. King has a way of getting under the skin of his readers by creating an utterly believable world that throbs with menace before finally exploding. He builds the tension in this early work by piecing together extracts from newspaper reports, journals, and scientific papers, as well as more traditional first- and third-person narrative in order to reveal what lurks beneath the surface of Chamberlain, Maine.
News item from the Westover (ME) weekly Enterprise, August 19, 1966: "Rain of Stones Reported: It was reliably reported by several persons that a rain of stones fell from a clear blue sky on Carlin Street in the town of Chamberlain on August 17th."
Although the supernatural pyrotechnics are handled with King's customary aplomb, it is the carefully drawn portrait of the little horrors of small towns, high schools, and adolescent sexuality that give this novel its power and assures its place in the King canon. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of Carrie:
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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Revised in Accordance With the Official Latin Text Promulgated by Pope John IIISBN 0879739762 (0-87973-976-2)
Softcover, Our Sunday Visitor
Find This BookBook summary:Catechism of the Catholic Church is the first new edition of the catechism in 400 years. Catechism means "instruction," and this text will remain the standard reference for Catholics for many future generations. It is the authoritative summary of Catholic belief regarding the Church creeds, sacraments, commandments, and prayers. To get some idea of the level of detail with which the Catechism engages Catholic doctrine, consider that 17 pages of explanation accompany the opening words of the Apostle's Creed ("I Believe in God the Father"). The book is exceptionally well organized, with line-by-line explanations of every conceivable aspect of orthodox Catholic belief. Extensive cross-referencing, indexing, footnotes, and "In Brief" summaries of each section further ease the project of finding the precise answers to any questions a reader might have. Even the layout of information on the page is easy on the eyes, with wide margins for readers who wish to make notes. Furthermore, the back cover features a true rarity in the annals of world literature: a blurb by the Pope. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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- Catechism of the Catholic Church: Revised in Accordance With the Official Latin Text Promulgated by Pope John II: ISBN 0879739770 (0-87973-977-0)
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0881011606 (0-88101-160-6)
Softcover, Unicorn Pub House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0881011606 (0-88101-160-6)
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- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0880881259 (0-88088-125-9)
The Collected Omahaby Reed WallerISBN 0878160868 (0-87816-086-8)
Softcover, Kitchen Sink Pr
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The Collected Omaha the Cat Dancerby WallerISBN 0878160310 (0-87816-031-0)
Softcover, Kitchen Sink Pr
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The Crucibleby Arthur MillerISBN 0881030155 (0-88103-015-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crucible'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The play's main narrative line tells the story of the Salem witch hunts which took place in Massachusetts, 1692. At a deeper level, Miller raises several powerful and important questions about human life and morality. [via]
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Death of a Salesmanby Arthur MillerISBN 0881030171 (0-88103-017-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of a Salesman'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An unsuccessful traveling salesman in his early 60s finally confronts his shattered dreams. [via]
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The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 0882950282 (0-88295-028-2)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:Translated and edited by Thomas G. Bergin, this edition of The Divine Comedy is complete and features a new verse translation aimed at clarity over slavish literalness and ornate phraseology. Various passages that detail historical figures or are digressive discourses have been reduced to prose summaries. Includes pictorial representations of Hell, Purgatory, and the Cosmos, as well as a guide to Italian pronunciation. Also featured are an introduction, a list of principal dates in Dante's life, and a bibliography. [via]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0883010968 (0-88301-096-8)
Softcover, Ags Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0880299010 (0-88029-901-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:Having deduced the double identity of Count Dracula, a wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire. [via]
Drowned Worldby J.G. BallardISBN 0881843245 (0-88184-324-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Duino Elegiesby Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen MitchellISBN 0877738521 (0-87773-852-1)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. WhiteISBN 0881030686 (0-88103-068-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The only style manual ever to appear on bestseller lists offers practical, fundamental advice on improving writing skills, promoting a style marked by simplicity, orderliness, and sincerity. [via]
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The Face of Battleby John KeeganISBN 0880290838 (0-88029-083-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Face of Battle'Book summary:8.4" * 5.5". First published by Viking Press, 1976. [via]
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Familyby Pa ChinISBN 0881333735 (0-88133-373-5)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Family'Book summary:An essential work for anyone interested in the society and history of modern China! The first half of the twentieth century was a period of great turmoil in China. Family, one of the most popular Chinese novels of that time, vividly reflects that turmoil and serves as a basis for understanding what followed. Written in 1931, Family has been compared to Dream of the Red Chamber for its superb portrayal of the family life and society of its time. Drawn largely from Pa Chin's own experience, Family is the story of the Kao family compound, consisting of four generations plus servants. It is essentially a picture of the conflict between old China and the new tide rising to destroy it, as manifested in the daily lives of the Kao family, and particularly the three young Kao brothers. Here we see situations that, unique as they are to the time and place of this novel, recall many circumstances of today's world: the conflict between generations and classes, ill-fated love affairs, students' political activities, and the struggle for the liberation of women. The complex passions aroused in Family and in the reader are an indication of the universality of human experience. This novel illustrates the effectiveness of fiction as a vehicle for translating the experience of one culture to another very different one. [via]
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Faust, 1833by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, B. Q. Morgan, Bayard TaylorISBN 088295038X (0-88295-038-X)
Softcover, Davidson Incorporated, Harlan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, 1833'Book summary:Edited by B. Q. Morgan, this edition uses the Bayard Taylor translation in the original meters--essential to the character of the play and dramatically indispensable. This edition, with line numbers for easy reference, is complete and includes "Dedication," "Prelude on the Stage," and the "Prologue in Heaven." Also included are an introduction, a list of principal dates in the life of Goethe, and a selected bibliography. [via]
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Moralsby Immanuel Kant, Thomas Kingsmill AbbottISBN 0879753773 (0-87975-377-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals'Book summary:The nature and theoretical underpinnings of ethics have been an intellectual driving force animating the pursuits of great scholars. In The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (1785) Immanuel Kant, one of the most powerful philosophical minds of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, inquires into the true nature of morality.
In rejecting the results or consequences of action as the foundation of moral judgments, he denies that good or bad effects have any relevance in the moral evaluation of human behavior. Instead, we must rely upon the Good Will for guidance. What is this Will upon which so much emphasis is placed, and how does it act as the foundation for behavior that can be assessed as truly moral? In this groundbreaking work, Kant outlines an ethical perspective that has been a vital force in the Western world. [via]More editions of Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals:
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Handbook on Teaching Social Issuesby Ronaldw Evans, David Warren SaxeISBN 0879860715 (0-87986-071-5)
Softcover, Natl Council for the Social
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Handbook on Teaching Social Issues'Book summary:This handbook explores the issues-centered curriculum for social studies teaching and how student performance reflects an intellectual capacity to address public issues. The book is divided into 11 parts with essays to address specific aspects of the approach. The foreword, written by Shirley Engle, establishes a context for issues-based curriculum. Essays include: "Defining Issues-Centered Education" (Ronald W. Evans; Fred M. Newmann; David Warren Saxe); "Building a Rationale for Issues-Centered Education" (Anna S. Ochoa-Becker); "The Engle-Ochoa Decision Making Model for Citizenship Education" (Rodney F. Allen); "Using Issues in the Teaching of American History" (David Warren Saxe); "World History and Issues-Centered Instruction" (Richard E. Gross); "Issues-Centered Approaches to Teaching Geography Courses" (A. David Hill; Salvatore J. Natoli); "Issues-Centered Global Education" (Merry M. Merryfield; Connie S. White); "An Approach to Issues-Oriented Economic Education" (Beverly J. Armento; Francis W. Rushing; Wayne A. Cook); "Teaching Issues-Centered Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology" (Jerry A. Ligon; George W. Chilcoat); "Issue-Centered Curricula and Instruction at the Middle Level" (Samuel Totten; Jon Pedersen); "An Issues-Centered Curriculum for High School Social Studies" (Ronald W. Evans; Jerry Brodkey); "Assessing Student Learning of an Issue-Oriented Curriculum" (Walter C. Parker); "International Social Studies: Alternative Futures" (James L. Barth); "International Relations/Foreign Policy Teaching Resources" (Mary E. Soley); "Domestic Economic Policy" (Ronald A. Banaszak); "Teaching about International Human Rights" (Nancy Flowers); and "Children's Rights" (Beverly C. Edmonds). An afterword is provided by James Shaver. (EH) [via]
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Hidden Rainbowby C. KauffmanISBN 0878139583 (0-87813-958-3)
Hardcover, Christian Light Publications, Inc.
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The History of the Church from Christ to Constantineby EusebiusISBN 0880290226 (0-88029-022-6)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine'Book summary:[via]"Could I do better than start from the beginning of the dispensation of our Saviour and Lord, Jesus the Christ of God?"
Bishop Eusebius (c. AD 260339), a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics, and he supported his account by extensive quotations from original sources.
This edition of G. A. Williamsons clear, fluid translation is accompanied by an introduction by Andrew Louth discussing the life and works of Eusebius, together with notes, bibliography, map of the world of Eusebius and brief biographies of the figures who appear in the work.
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In His Stepsby Harold J. Chadwick, Charles Monroe SheldonISBN 0882707825 (0-88270-782-5)
Softcover, Bridge Logos Pub
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In Search of Blandingsby MurphyISBN 0881622117 (0-88162-211-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Johnny Tremainby Esther ForbesISBN 0881030287 (0-88103-028-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Johnny Tremain'Book summary:This story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad. Winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1944, Esther Forbes's story has lasted these 50-plus years by including adventure, loss, courage, and history in a wonderfully written, very dramatic package. It's probably not great for little guys but mature 11-year-olds or older will find it a great adventure. [via]
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Joie D'amourby Anne-Marie VillefrancheISBN 088184148X (0-88184-148-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: The Classic Hindu Treatise on Love and Social Conductby Richard F. BurtonISBN 0880290897 (0-88029-089-7)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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L'Immoralisteby Andre GideISBN 088133474X (0-88133-474-X)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Learn to Do Hand Quilting in Just 1 Dayby Nancy Brenan DanielISBN 0881957836 (0-88195-783-6)
Softcover, Asn Pub
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Leaves of Grass: Selectionsby Walt Whitman, Edwin H. MillerISBN 0882951025 (0-88295-102-5)
Softcover, Davidson Incorporated, Harlan
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Letters to a Young Poetby Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen MitchellISBN 0877739463 (0-87773-946-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to a Young Poet'Book summary:Written between 1903 and 1908 to a student who had sent Rilke his poems for evaluation, these ten letters--among the most famous and beloved of this century--reveal the deeply felt ideas about life and art that shaped the great poet's work. Two-color interior. [via]
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Lolitaby Vladimir NabokovISBN 0882332287 (0-88233-228-7)
Softcover, Ardis
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Look to the Mountainby CannonISBN 0881502154 (0-88150-215-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Looking Out for Sarahby Glenna LangISBN 0881066478 (0-88106-647-8)
Hardcover, Charlesbridge Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Out for Sarah'Book summary:In this story of friendship, loyalty, and trust, Sarah and her guide dog, Perry, go about their busy day. Perry helps Sarah go shopping, to the post office, and take the train to school. Sarah, a blind musician and teacher, entertains the children and tells them about the time she and Perry walked from Boston to New York to show the world what a blind person can accomplish with the help of a guide dog like Perry.
This true story of an amazing black Labrador retriever and his owner will inspire young readers to follow their own dreams and give them the courage to achieve anything.
Expressive, stylized paintings in bold colors and simple shapes convey the extraordinary relationship between Sarah and Perry. [via]
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Lord of the Fliesby William GoldingISBN 0881030317 (0-88103-031-7)
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Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0881030325 (0-88103-032-5)
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A Man for Others: Maximiliam Kolbe Saint of Auschwitz, in the Words of Those Who Knew Himby Patricia TreeceISBN 0879735198 (0-87973-519-8)
Softcover, Our Sunday Visitor
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Mozartby Marcia DavenportISBN 0880291249 (0-88029-124-9)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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New International Version, Holman Ultrathin Reference/Burgundy Bonded LeatherISBN 0879818212 (0-87981-821-2)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
Find This BookBook summary:Easy-to-read print in an ultra-thin style. Carry and read the complete New International Version text in church, in study groups, at the hospital, on a trip--anywhere! Features include center-column refrences; concordance; full-color maps; presentation page and family section; and a ribbon marker. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (Holman) [via]
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Niv Ultrathin Reference BibleISBN 0879819499 (0-87981-949-9)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
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No One to Play Withby Betty B. OsmanISBN 0878796878 (0-87879-687-8)
Softcover, Academic Therapy Pubns
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Obasanby Joy KogawaISBN 0879234911 (0-87923-491-1)
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Oedipus, the King ; And Antigoneby SophoclesISBN 0882950940 (0-88295-094-0)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus, the King ; And Antigone'Book summary:Translated and edited by Peter D Arnott, this classic and highly popular edition contains two essential plays in the development of Greek tragedy -- Oedipus the King and Antigone -- for performance and study. The editor's introduction contains a brief biography of the playwright and a description of Greek theatre. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Sophocles and a bibliography. [via]
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Of Mice and Menby John SteinbeckISBN 0881030376 (0-88103-037-6)
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On Becoming Baby Wise: Book Two Parenting Your Pre-Toddler Five to Fifteen Monthsby Gary Ezzo, Robert BucknamISBN 0880708077 (0-88070-807-7)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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On Becoming Baby Wise: How 100,000 Parents Trained Their Babies to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Wayby Gary Ezzo, Robert BucknamISBN 088070909X (0-88070-909-X)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Ordinary Peopleby Judith GuestISBN 0881030384 (0-88103-038-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ordinary People'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Seventeen-year-old Conrad Jarrett returns to his parents' home and tries to build a new life for himself after spending eight months in a mental institution for attempted suicide. [via]
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0879756756 (0-87975-675-6)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:It's hard to talk about The Origin of Species without making statements that seem overwrought and fulsome. But it's true: this is indeed one of the most important and influential books ever written, and it is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science that is truly readable.
To a certain extent it suffers from the Hamlet problem--it's full of clichés! Or what are now clichés, but which Darwin was the first to pen. Natural selection, variation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest: it's all in here.
Darwin's friend and "bulldog" T. H. Huxley said upon reading the Origin, "How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that." Alfred Russel Wallace had thought of the same theory of evolution Darwin did, but it was Darwin who gathered the mass of supporting evidence--on domestic animals and plants, on variability, on sexual selection, on dispersal--that swept most scientists before it. It's hardly necessary to mention that the book is still controversial: Darwin's remark in his conclusion that "Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history" is surely the pinnacle of British understatement. --Mary Ellen Curtin, Amazon.com [via]
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Orthodoxyby G. K. ChestertonISBN 087788630X (0-87788-630-X)
Hardcover, Waterbrook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orthodoxy'Book summary:If G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith is, as he called it, a "slovenly autobiography," then we need more slobs in the world. This quirky, slender book describes how Chesterton came to view orthodox Catholic Christianity as the way to satisfy his personal emotional needs, in a way that would also allow him to live happily in society. Chesterton argues that people in western society need a life of "practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome." Drawing on such figures as Fra Angelico, George Bernard Shaw, and St. Paul to make his points, Chesterton argues that submission to ecclesiastical authority is the way to achieve a good and balanced life. The whole book is written in a style that is as majestic and down-to-earth as C.S. Lewis at his best. The final chapter, called "Authority and the Adventurer," is especially persuasive. It's hard to imagine a reader who will not close the book believing, at least for the moment, that the Church will make you free. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Ovid's Metamorphosesby Ovid, Charles BoerISBN 0882142178 (0-88214-217-8)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Pauline'sby Pauline TaborISBN 0879630086 (0-87963-008-6)
Hardcover, Touchstone Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pauline's'Book summary:Paperback book. Red covers with white and black lettering on front of cover and spine. Pauline Tabor, Author. Illustrated by David Stone Martin. Touchstone publishing Company, Louisville, Kentucky, Publishers. Fifth Printing, February 1972. Manufactured in the USA. Total 295 pages. Unique interior photos and drawings."Pauline Tabor makes no attempt to apologize for her career on the back streets of society, nor does she sugar coat it with false glamour. She tells it like it was, providing a frankly revealing, lusty insight into the secrets of her house and her profession, and a compassionate yet frequently humourous study of the lives and hangups of her girls and the tricks of their trade, the customers of the house." A unique book to say the least! "Since all of the episodes recounted in this book are true, they did happen, the names and occupations of characters are altered or eliminated and times and places are disguised, not so much to protect the innocent as to protect the guilty." Spine is tight and straight, the pages are age toned due to aging, but there are no markings in the book pages and no tears of the pages. Approximate size, 8.25 x 11. The covers show light shelf wear and edges are lightly worn, showing white around the red edges, still in good condition however. *10BC1 [via]
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Pragmatismby William JamesISBN 0879756330 (0-87975-633-0)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, N.H. ThompsonISBN 0879753447 (0-87975-344-7)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:A worthy translation of an important document in political philosophy! What separates this translation from others available is de Alvarez's attempt to be literal in order to preserve the remarkable precision of Machiavelli's speech. This distinctively accurate translation has been described as "careful, unusual, and challenging," permitting the reader to appreciate the manner and substance of Machiavelli's argument. States the translator in his twenty-four page introduction: "Among the reasons why this translation attempts to preserve the difficulties and ambiguities of the text is that Machiavelli is providing a puzzle that must be carefully and patiently worked through, and only those so willing to work will see what it is he has 'with great diligence long reflected upon and examined.' In other words, Machiavelli intends that the reader be caught up in the web of his discourse, and he does this by fascinating his readers with difficulties." [via]
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Prince Maachiavelliby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0882950533 (0-88295-053-3)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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The Ragamuffin Gospel: Embracing the Unconditional Love of Godby Brennan ManningISBN 0880706317 (0-88070-631-7)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ragamuffin Gospel: Embracing the Unconditional Love of God'Book summary:A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail!
Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged editionnow with full appendix, study questions, and the authors own epilogue, Ragamuffin Ten Years Later, Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. The Father beckons us to Himself with a furious love that burns brightly and constantly. Only when we truly embrace Gods grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flockthe ragamuffins.
Are you bedraggled, beat-up, burnt-out?
Most of us believe in Gods gracein theory. But somehow we cant seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper, tallying our failures and successes on a score sheet.
Yet God gives us His grace, willingly, no matter what weve done. We come to Him as ragamuffinsdirty, bedraggled, and beat-up. And when we sit at His feet, He smiles upon us, the chosen objects of His furious love.
Brennan Manning s now-classic meditation on grace and what it takes to access itsimple honestyhas changed thousands of lives. Now with a Ragamuffins thirty-day spiritual journey guide, it will change yours, too.
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Brennan Manning does a masterful job of blowing the dust off of shop-worn theology and allowing Gods grace to do what only Gods grace can doamaze.
Max Lucado
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I found deep comfort in realizing that Jesus loves even me, a ragamuffin, just as I am.
Michael Card
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This is a zestful and accurate portrayal that tells us unmistakably that the gospel is good, dazzlingly good.
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Author of The Message
Story Behind the Book
The world assigns value to people using measurable standards. Someone is a successful student if she receives As. Someone is a strong athlete if he runs five miles a day. The Lord, however, knows nothing of standards. The Ragamuffin Gospel was inspired by Brennan Manning after he discovered firsthand what it means to live by grace instead of performance. His words bring new life and sweet refreshment to Christians who are tired of never measuring up. [via]More editions of The Ragamuffin Gospel: Embracing the Unconditional Love of God:
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The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Outby Brennan ManningISBN 0880703415 (0-88070-341-5)
Hardcover, Multnomah
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Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged editionnow with full appendix, study questions, and the authors own epilogue, Ragamuffin Ten Years Later, Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. The Father beckons us to Himself with a furious love that burns brightly and constantly. Only when we truly embrace Gods grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flockthe ragamuffins.
Are you bedraggled, beat-up, burnt-out?
Most of us believe in Gods gracein theory. But somehow we cant seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper, tallying our failures and successes on a score sheet.
Yet God gives us His grace, willingly, no matter what weve done. We come to Him as ragamuffinsdirty, bedraggled, and beat-up. And when we sit at His feet, He smiles upon us, the chosen objects of His furious love.
Brennan Mannings now-classic meditation on grace and what it takes to access itsimple honestyhas changed thousands of lives. Now with a Ragamuffins thirty-day spiritual journey guide, it will change yours, too.
Includes a 30-Day Spiritual Journey Guide!
Brennan Manning does a masterful job of blowing the dust off of shop-worn theology and allowing Gods grace to do what only Gods grace can doamaze.
-Max Lucado, Bestselling author of The Gift for All People
I found deep comfort in realizing that Jesus loves even me, a ragamuffin, just as I am.
-Michael Card, Musician, recording artist, and author of A Violent Grace
This is a zestful and accurate portrayal that tells us unmistakably that the gospel is good, dazzlingly good.
-Eugene Peterson, Author of The Message
Story Behind the Book
The world assigns value to people using measurable standards. Someone is a successful student if she receives As. Someone is a strong athlete if he runs five miles a day. The Lord, however, knows nothing of standards. The Ragamuffin Gospel was inspired by Brennan Manning after he discovered firsthand what it means to live by grace instead of performance. His words bring new life and sweet refreshment to Christians who are tired of never measuring up. [via]More editions of The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out:
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Roald Dahl Omnibusby Roald DahlISBN 0880291230 (0-88029-123-0)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, Kathryn Ann Lindskoog, Barbara ChitourasISBN 0880704381 (0-88070-438-1)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robinson Crusoe wrestles with fate and the nature of God. This edition features maps. [via]
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Salems Lotby Stephen KingISBN 0881037206 (0-88103-720-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Salems Lot'Book summary:Stephen King's second book, 'Salem's Lot (1975)--about the slow takeover of an insular hamlet called Jerusalem's Lot by a vampire patterned after Bram Stoker's Dracula--has two elements that he also uses to good effect in later novels: a small American town, usually in Maine, where people are disconnected from each other, quietly nursing their potential for evil; and a mixed bag of rational, goodhearted people, including a writer, who band together to fight that evil.
Simply taken as a contemporary vampire novel, 'Salem's Lot is great fun to read, and has been very influential in the horror genre. But it's also a sly piece of social commentary. As King said in 1983, "In 'Salem's Lot, the thing that really scared me was not vampires, but the town in the daytime, the town that was empty, knowing that there were things in closets, that there were people tucked under beds, under the concrete pilings of all those trailers. And all the time I was writing that, the Watergate hearings were pouring out of the TV.... Howard Baker kept asking, 'What I want to know is, what did you know and when did you know it?' That line haunts me, it stays in my mind.... During that time I was thinking about secrets, things that have been hidden and were being dragged out into the light." Sounds quite a bit like the idea behind his 1998 novel of a Maine hamlet haunted by unsightly secrets, Bag of Bones. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies For Reducing Bullyingby Julia Davis, Stan DavisISBN 0878225153 (0-87822-515-3)
Softcover, Research Pr Pub
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Separate Peaceby John KnowlesISBN 0881030465 (0-88103-046-5)
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Shepherd of the Hillsby H. WrightISBN 0882898841 (0-88289-884-1)
Softcover, Pelican Pub Co Inc
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 0881036390 (0-88103-639-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:In the shade of a banyan tree, a grizzled ferryman sits listening to the river. Some say he's a sage. He was once a wandering shramana and, briefly, like thousands of others, he followed Gautama the Buddha, enraptured by his sermons. But this man, Siddhartha, was not a follower of any but his own soul. Born the son of a Brahman, Siddhartha was blessed in appearance, intelligence, and charisma. In order to find meaning in life, he discarded his promising future for the life of a wandering ascetic. Still, true happiness evaded him. Then a life of pleasure and titillation merely eroded away his spiritual gains until he was just like all the other "child people," dragged around by his desires. Like Hesse's other creations of struggling young men, Siddhartha has a good dose of European angst and stubborn individualism. His final epiphany challenges both the Buddhist and the Hindu ideals of enlightenment. Neither a practitioner nor a devotee, neither meditating nor reciting, Siddhartha comes to blend in with the world, resonating with the rhythms of nature, bending the reader's ear down to hear answers from the river. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Source of Magicby Piers AnthonyISBN 0881031186 (0-88103-118-6)
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A Spell for Chameleonby Piers AnthonyISBN 088103116X (0-88103-116-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Spell for Chameleon'Book summary:Though already developing a successful career in SF with such heady novels as Chthon and Omnivore, Piers Anthony did not reach brand-name status until he cooked up some fantasy in 1977. And it was cheerful, humorous fantasy at that, as in his first Xanth series novel, A Spell for Chameleon. The book's young hero, Bink, is without magical powers in a world ruled entirely by magic. Worse still, if he doesn't discover his own magical talent soon, he will be forever banished from his homeland. Naturally, it takes an epic quest for Bink to learn what his unique talent truly is--and perhaps to win the girl of his dreams as well. A Spell for Chameleon was the very first of Anthony's bestselling (and still ongoing) humorous fantasy series. Noteworthy for their outrageous word puns and bizarre characters, the Xanth books are a light yet often satisfying brew, especially when compared with the author's sometimes nihilistic and ultraviolent hard SF. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Editionby Stephen KingISBN 0881037222 (0-88103-722-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition'Book summary:In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Swordspointby Ellen KushnerISBN 0877959234 (0-87795-923-4)
Hardcover, Gage Learning Corporation
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The Thirty Years' Warby Geoffrey ParkerISBN 0880292962 (0-88029-296-2)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4by John BuchanISBN 0879238380 (0-87923-838-0)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonousby George BerkeleyISBN 0879754990 (0-87975-499-0)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William ShakespeareISBN 0881030295 (0-88103-029-5)
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Understanding Physicsby Isaac AsimovISBN 0880292512 (0-88029-251-2)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
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Unicorn Mountainby Michael BishopISBN 0877959536 (0-87795-953-6)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Vindication of the Rights of Womenby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 0879755253 (0-87975-525-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Even before launching the great campaign to attain universal suffrage, strong female voices spoke in favor of the social, political, educational, and economic rights of women. A Vindication of the Rights of Women, published in the late eighteenth century, is truly a classic in this venerable tradition. Railing against the stubborn social forces that confined women to an inferior station in the community, Mary Wollstonecraft declares war on the prevailing attitudes and customs that prevent women from realizing their individual potential. [via]More editions of Vindication of the Rights of Women:
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0879050934 (0-87905-093-4)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith
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Walden, or Life in the Woods : Selections from the American Classicby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0877736855 (0-87773-685-5)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary: Private Library Edition/Stock #11by Merriam-Webster StaffISBN 0877795118 (0-87779-511-8)
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Cautivante/captivating: Revelando El Misterio del afma de una mujer/Unveiling The Mystery Of A Woman's Soulby John EldredgeISBN 0881132780 (0-88113-278-0)
Softcover, Editores Caribe/Betania
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