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Aberration of Starlightby Gilbert SorrentinoISBN 1564784398 (1-56478-439-8)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aberration of Starlight'Book summary:Set at a boardinghouse in rural New Jersey in the summer of 1939, this novel revolves around four people who experience the comedies, torments and rare pleasures of family, romance and sex while on vacation from Brooklyn and the Depression. Billy Recco, an eager ten-year-old in search of a father . . . Marie Recco, ne McGrath, an attractive divorce caught between her son and father, without a life of her own . . . John McGrath, dignified in manner yet brutally soured by life, insanely fearful of his daughter's restlessness . . . Tom Thebus, a rakish salesman who precipitates the conflict between Marie's hopes and her father's wrath.
We follow these individuals through the events of thirty-six hours, culminating in Tom's disastrous near seduction of Marie. As the novel's perspective shifts to each of these characters, four discrete stories take form, stories that Sorrentino further enriches by using a variety of literary methodsfantasies, letters, a narrative question-and-answer, fragments of dialogue and memory. Strong and unforgettable, each voice is compelling in itself, yet in the end is only part of a complex, painful pattern in which dreams go unfulfilled and efforts unrewarded.
What emerges is a sure understanding of four people who are occasionally ridiculous, but whose integrity and good intentions are consistently, and tragically, frustrated. Combining humor and feeling, balancing the details and the rhythms of experience, Aberration of Starlight re-creates a time and a place as it captures the sadness and value of four lives. It is widely considered one of Sorrentino's finest novels. [via]
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Adam and Eve Diaries: Notes on Courtship and Marriageby Mark Twain, Richard KehlISBN 155670089X (1-55670-089-X)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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The Agony and the Ecstasyby Irving StoneISBN 1568493401 (1-56849-340-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Alexander's Bridgeby Willa CatherISBN 1421986884 (1-4219-8688-4)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Amy and Isabelleby Elizabeth StroutISBN 1568957289 (1-56895-728-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Angels in Americaby Tony KushnerISBN 1559360615 (1-55936-061-5)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels in America'Book summary:The second half of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic Angels in America, Perestroika steers the characters introduced in Millennium Approaches from the opportunistic eighties to a new sense of community in the nineties. "Not only a stunning resolution of the resounding human drama of Millennium Approaches, but also a true millennial work of art."--Frank Rich, The New York Times[via]More editions of Angels in America:
- Angels in America: ISBN 1559360739 (1-55936-073-9)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group - Angels in America: ISBN 1559361077 (1-55936-107-7)
Hardcover, Theatre Communications Group, Incorporated - Angels in America: ISBN 1559360984 (1-55936-098-4)
Softcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist - Angels in America: ISBN 1559360607 (1-55936-060-7)
Hardcover, Theatre Communications Group - Angels in America: ISBN 1559360615 (1-55936-061-5)
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes Millennium Approaches/Perestroikaby Tony KushnerISBN 1559362316 (1-55936-231-6)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes Millennium Approaches/Perestroika'Book summary:Tony Kushner's Angels in America is that rare entity: a work for the stage that is profoundly moving yet very funny, highly theatrical yet steeped in traditional literary values, and most of all deeply American in its attitudes and political concerns. In two full-length plays--Millennium Approaches and Perestroika--Kushner tells the story of a handful of people trying to make sense of the world. Prior is a man living with AIDS whose lover Louis has left him and become involved with Joe, an ex-Mormon and political conservative whose wife, Harper, is slowly having a nervous breakdown. These stories are contrasted with that of Roy Cohn (a fictional re-creation of the infamous American conservative ideologue who died of AIDS in 1986) and his attempts to remain in the closet while trying to find some sort of personal salvation in his beliefs.
But such a summary does not do justice to Kushner's grand plan, which mixes magical realism with political speeches, high comedy with painful tragedy, and stitches it all together with a daring sense of irony and a moral vision that demands respect and attention. On one level, the play is an indictment of the government led by Ronald Reagan, from the blatant disregard for the AIDS crisis to the flagrant political corruption. But beneath the acute sense of political and moral outrage lies a meditation on what it means to live and die--of AIDS, or anything else--in a society that cares less and less about human life and basic decency. The play's breadth and internal drive is matched by its beautiful writing and unbridled compassion. Winner of two Tony Awards and the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Angels in America is one of the most outstanding plays of the American theater. --Michael Bronski [via]
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Anna Christieby Eugene O'NeillISBN 1420925911 (1-4209-2591-1)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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The Batby Mary Roberts RinehartISBN 1421820617 (1-4218-2061-7)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bat'Book summary:Someone--or something--is trying to frighten Cornelia Van Gorder to death. But the plucky patrician doesn't scare easily. In fact, she's always longed to play detective. Until she stumbles on a corpse one storm-swept night, and realizes she's involved in a deadly game with an elusive killer known as The Bat. [via]
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The Beachby Alex GarlandISBN 1573226521 (1-57322-652-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beach'Book summary:In our ever-shrinking world, where popular Western culture seems to have infected every nation on the planet, it is hard to find even a small niche of unspoiled land--forget searching for pristine islands or continents. This is the situation in Alex Garland's debut novel, The Beach. Human progress has reduced Eden to a secret little beach near Thailand. In the tradition of grand adventure novels, Richard, a rootless traveler rambling around Thailand on his way somewhere else, is given a hand-drawn map by a madman who calls himself Daffy Duck. He and two French travelers set out on a journey to find this paradise.
What makes this a truly satisfying novel is the number of levels on which it operates. On the surface it's a fast-paced adventure novel; at another level it explores why we search for these utopias, be they mysterious lost continents or small island communes. Garland weaves a gripping and thought-provoking narrative that suggests we are, in fact, such products of our Western culture that we cannot help but pollute and ultimately destroy the very sanctuary we seek [via]
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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christby Lew WallaceISBN 1557481148 (1-55748-114-8)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ'Book summary:Presented in their complete text and updated for easier reading, each story in the Great Stories Collection is truly unique. Each has been rigorously critiqued and selected for the quality of its Christian content, the value in its message, and its ability to bring and bind a family together. In-depth introductions detail both the authors and the times in which they lived. Many books feature original woodcut illustrations. Complete with thought-provoking questions, these books are keepsakes to be treasured for years to come. Perfect additions to the adult fiction section.
An unforgettable account of betrayal, revenge, and rebellion. Lew Wallace tells the story of a Jewish nobleman who fell from Roman favor and was sentenced to life as a slave-all at the hands of his childhood friend. Years later Ben-Hur regains his freedom in the famous chariot race. Through everything, Ben-Hur has an encounter with the grace of God. [via]
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- Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ: ISBN 1557481229 (1-55748-122-9)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc - Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ: ISBN 1561797456 (1-56179-745-6)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub - Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ: ISBN 1577487761 (1-57748-776-1)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc - Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ: ISBN 1561795518 (1-56179-551-8)
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Black and Blueby Anna QuindlenISBN 1568955650 (1-56895-565-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Cape Codby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1420927124 (1-4209-2712-4)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cape Cod'Book summary:Based on several trips to the Cape and originally published as a series of articles, Henry David Thoreau's "Cape Cod" is a remarkable work that depicts the natural beauty of Cape Cod and the nature that surrounds it. Thoreau, a consummate lover of the outdoors and nature is right at home in the Cape and he details his excitement of the area with naturalist portraits of the indigenous species and animals. Any lover of nature or of Cape Cod in general will delight in this captivating depiction of the area in the early to mid 1800s. [via]
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A Case of Needby Jeffrey HudsonISBN 1568950527 (1-56895-052-7)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Case of Need'Book summary:Was it murder? Was it horribly botched surgery - accidental malpractice? Was someone in the great Boston medical centre -violating the Hippocratic oath? No one knows exactly...Only one doctor is willing to push his way through the mysterious maze of hidden medical data and shocking secrets to learn the truth. This explosive medical thriller is vintage Michael Crichton - with the breathtaking blend of riveting suspense and authentic medical detail that has made him one of today's most fascinating writers. [via]
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Cast Iron Cooking: From Johnnycakes to Blackened Redfishby A. D. LivingstonISBN 1558211152 (1-55821-115-2)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Caucasiaby Danzy SennaISBN 1573220914 (1-57322-091-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Caucasia: A Novel'Book summary:A young girl learns some difficult lessons in Danzy Senna's debut novel Caucasia. Growing up in a biracial family in 1970s Boston, Birdie has seen her family disintegrate due to the increasing racial tensions. Her father and older sister move to Brazil, where they hope to find true racial equality, while Birdie and her mother drift through the country, eventually adopting new identities (Sheila and Jesse Goldman) and settling in a small New Hampshire town.
Birdie/Jesse tries to find her niche in this new world of eye shadow and gossip and boys, but she also wants to remain true to herself and find a common ground between her white and black heritage. She sets out to find her sister and reconnect with that part of her that has been lost for so long; the search takes her far from the settled, safe life she had in New Hampshire to a far more ambiguous, and unsettled, existence, one in which her own definitions of herself become muddled, and her search for her sister leads ultimately to a search for her own true identity. [via]
The China Moon Cookbookby Barbara Tropp, Arminda Asprer Schreil, Sandra BruceISBN 1563053152 (1-56305-315-2)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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Civilwarland in Bad Declineby George SaundersISBN 1573225797 (1-57322-579-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civilwarland in Bad Decline'Book summary:George Saunders, a geophysicist, maps out magical realism with this short story collection. He puts an American spin on that sensibility in the sensationally good title tale, where things in a "Westworld"-like amusement park go extraordinarily wrong, but in ways in that make perfect sense to any denizen--or reader--in the modern world. CivilWarLand is hilarious, yet ultimately sad and moving--and isn't that life in a nutshell? And how can you resist any writer who cooks up titles as good as "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror"? [via]
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Congoby Michael CrichtonISBN 1568491263 (1-56849-126-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Cricket in Times Squareby George Selden, Garth WilliamsISBN 1557361703 (1-55736-170-3)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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Damnation of Theron Wareby Harold FredericISBN 1573921696 (1-57392-169-6)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Deenieby Judy BlumeISBN 155736026X (1-55736-026-X)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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Democracy an American Novelby Henry AdamsISBN 1421976838 (1-4219-7683-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy an American Novel'Book summary:First published anonymously in 1880, the mother of all (American) political novels is the story of Madeleine Lee, a young widow who comes to Washington, DC, to understand the workings of government. "What she wanted was POWER." During the course of the novel, she sees enough of power and its corruptions to last her a lifetime. [via]
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The Diaries of Adam and Eveby Mark TwainISBN 1573928275 (1-57392-827-5)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diaries of Adam and Eve'Book summary:Combined in one volume, these whimsical diaries are at bottom both an argument for women's equality and an irreverent look at conventional religion. [via]
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War : The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geiselby Richard H. Minear, Art Spiegelman, Dr. SeussISBN 1565847040 (1-56584-704-0)
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geiselby Seuss, Richard H. MinearISBN 156584565X (1-56584-565-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel'Book summary:Before Yertle, before the Cat in the Hat, before Little Cindy-Lou Who (but after Mulberry Street), Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) made his living as a political cartoonist for New York newspaper PM. Seuss drew over 400 cartoons in just under two years for the paper, reflecting the daily's New Deal liberal slant. Starting in early 1941, when PM advocated American involvement in World War II, Seuss savaged the fascists with cunning caricatures. He also turned his pen against America's internal enemies--isolationists, hoarders, complainers, anti-Semites, and anti-black racists--and urged Americans to work together to win the war. The cartoons are often funny, peopled with bowler-hatted "everymen" and what author Art Spiegelman calls "Seussian fauna" in his preface. They are also often very disturbing--Seuss draws brutally racist images of the Japanese and even attacks Japanese Americans on numerous occasions. Perhaps most disturbing is the realization that Seuss was just reflecting the wartime zeitgeist.
Dr. Seuss Goes to War marks the first time most of these illustrations have appeared in print since they were first published. Richard H. Minear's introduction and explanatory chapters contextualize the 200 editorial cartoons (some of whose nuances might otherwise be lost on the modern reader). Those who grew up on Seuss will enjoy early glimpses of his later work; history buffs will enjoy this new--if playful and contorted--angle on World War II. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Duchess of Bloomsbury Streetby Helene HanffISBN 155921144X (1-55921-144-X)
Softcover, Moyer Bell
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An Edgar Allan Poe Readerby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1561382779 (1-56138-277-9)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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The Enormous Roomby Cummings E. E.ISBN 1421989654 (1-4219-8965-4)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Extracts from Adam's Diaryby Mark TwainISBN 1576462609 (1-57646-260-9)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extracts from Adam's Diary'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Extracts from Adam's Diary/Eve's Diaryby Mark TwainISBN 1557094985 (1-55709-498-5)
Softcover, Applewood Books
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Frecklesby Gene Stratton-PorterISBN 1561797960 (1-56179-796-0)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freckles'Book summary:Focus on the Family Great Stories are riveting novels from the past for today's readers. Each book features the complete text and, in convenient footnotes, present-day definitions for older words. They also include in-depth introductions that shed light on the authors and the times in which they lived and discussion questions.
Into a majestic forest wanders an orphaned young man known only as "Freckles." Arriving at the logging camp of Mr. McLean, he persuades the man to give him a job guarding the prized lumber, though Freckles has only one hand. Despite harsh conditions, Freckles soon falls in love with the forest, as well as a beautiful young girl. But he wonders if she could ever love someone like him--crippled, with no family or identity. A surprising turn of events leads Freckles to discover his courage, as well as answers to his mysterious past. Freckles, part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, remains an unforgettable story of love, courage, and adventure.
Introduction and Afterword by Joe Wheeler [via]
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From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweilerby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 1557360367 (1-55736-036-7)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'Book summary:After reading this book, I guarantee that you will never visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or any wonderful, old cavern of a museum) without sneaking into the bathrooms to look for Claudia and her brother Jamie. They're standing on the toilets, still, hiding until the museum closes and their adventure begins. Such is the impact of timeless novels . . . they never leave us. E. L. Konigsburg won the 1967 Newbery Medal for this tale of how Claudia and her brother run away to the museum in order to teach their parents a lesson. Little do they know that mystery awaits! [via]
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Great Short Works of Mark Twainby Mark Twain, Jason S. RobertsISBN 1566191211 (1-56619-121-1)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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Hard Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 1565846567 (1-56584-656-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:First published in 1970, this classic of oral history features the voices of men and women who lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s. It includes accounts by congressmen C. Wright Patman and Hamilton Fish, as well as failed presidential candidate Alf M. Landon, who recalls what it was like to be governor of Kansas in 1933:
Men with tears in their eyes begged for an appointment that would help save their homes and farms. I couldn't see them all in my office. But I never let one of them leave without my coming out and shakin' hands with 'em. I listened to all their stories, each one of 'em. But it was obvious I couldn't take care of all their terrible needs.
The book includes also the perspectives of ordinary men and women, such as Jim Sheridan, who took part in the 1932 march by World War I veterans to petition for their benefits in Washington, D.C., where they were repelled by army troops led by General Douglas MacArthur. Or Edward Santander, who was a child then: "My first memories come about '31. It was simply a gut issue then: eating or not eating, living or not living." Studs Terkel makes history come alive, drawing out experiences and emotions from his interviewees to the degree few have ever been able to match. [via]More editions of Hard Times:
The Haunted Ladyby Mary Roberts Rinehart, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665670 (1-57566-567-0)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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I'll Be Seeing Youby Mary Higgins ClarkISBN 1568496036 (1-56849-603-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Jack And Jillby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1421810697 (1-4218-1069-7)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack And Jill'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "Clear the lulla!" was the general cry on a bright December afternoon, when all the boys and girls of Harmony Village were out enjoying the first good snow of the season. Up and down three long coasts they went as fast as legs and sleds could carry them. One smooth path led into the meadow, and here the little folk congregated; one swept across the pond, where skaters were darting about like water-bugs; and the third, from the very top of the steep hill, ended abruptly at a rail fence on the high bank above the road. There was a group of lads and lasses sitting or leaning on this fence to rest after an exciting race, and, as they reposed, they amused themselves with criticising their mates, still absorbed in this most delightful of out-door sports. "Here comes Frank Minot, looking as solemn as a judge," cried one, as a tall fellow of sixteen spun by, with a set look about the mouth and a keen sparkle of the eyes, fixed on the distant goal with a do-or-die expression. [via]
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Jacob Have I Lovedby Katherine PatersonISBN 1557361673 (1-55736-167-3)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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James Clavell's ShogunISBN 1555600476 (1-55560-047-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Julie of the Wolvesby Jean Craighead George, John SchoenherrISBN 1557360537 (1-55736-053-7)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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Killing Mister Watsonby Peter MatthiessenISBN 1560540990 (1-56054-099-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Liar's Clubby Mary KarrISBN 1568952732 (1-56895-273-2)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Liar's Club'Book summary:In this funny, razor-edged memoir, Mary Karr, a prize-winning poet and critic, looks back at her upbringing in a swampy East Texas refinery town with a volatile, defiantly loving family. She recalls her painter mother, seven times married, whose outlaw spirit could tip into psychosis; a fist-swinging father who spun tales with his cronies--dubbed the Liars' Club; and a neighborhood rape when she was eight. An inheritance was squandered, endless bottles emptied, and guns leveled at the deserving and undeserving. With a raw authenticity stripped of self-pity and a poet's eye for the lyrical detail, Karr shows us a "terrific family of liars and drunks ... redeemed by a slow unearthing of truth." [via]
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A Light in the Windowby Jan KaronISBN 1574902555 (1-57490-255-5)
Softcover, Thomas t Beeler
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Light in the Window'Book summary:A Light in the Window is the second installment in this enormously popular series about a small-town rector, Father Tim, and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This time Father Tim, a lifelong bachelor, finds his heart distracted by his free-spirited neighbor Cynthia, but his stomach and the rectory cash box are distracted by Edith, a wealthy widow who is wooing the rector with love potion casseroles. At every turn, including when a brooding Irish cousin decides to move in, Father Tim must decide whether he will practice what he preaches.
Fans of the series say they long to buy real estate in Mitford, just so they can live next door to these funny and endearing characters and feel the embrace of such a loving community. But what author Jan Karon probably knows, and many readers are starting to figure out, is that the integrity and solid Christian values that these characters possess can be found in just about every neighborhood, and with inspiration like this book, anyone can build their own Mitford community. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Making of Americansby Gertrude SteinISBN 1564780880 (1-56478-088-0)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Mammary Plays: How I Learned to Drive and the Mineola Twinsby Paula Vogel, Paula How Learned to Drive VogelISBN 1559361441 (1-55936-144-1)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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The Manchurian Candidateby Richard Condon, Louis MenandISBN 1568582706 (1-56858-270-6)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Manchurian Candidate'Book summary:Richard Condon's 1959 Cold War thriller remains just as chilling today. It's the story of Sgt. Raymond Shaw, an ex-prisoner of war (and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor) who, brainwashed with the rest of his unit by a Chinese psychological expert during his captivity in North Korea, has come home programmed to kill. His primary target is a U.S. presidential nominee. Made into a controversial 1962 movie with Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, and Angela Lansbury. [via]
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Moon Shotby Alan Shepard, Deke SlaytonISBN 1570361673 (1-57036-167-3)
Softcover, Turner Pub
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Native Tongueby Carl HiaasenISBN 1568953445 (1-56895-344-5)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Neither Here nor Thereby Bill BrysonISBN 1568958315 (1-56895-831-5)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The New Moosewood Cookbookby Mollie KatzenISBN 1580081304 (1-58008-130-4)
Softcover, Ten Speed Pr
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Oh, the Places You'll Go! JournalISBN 1568903731 (1-56890-373-1)
Hardcover, Peaceable Kingdom Pr
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One True Thingby Anna QuindlenISBN 156895168X (1-56895-168-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Outer Banksby Anne Rivers SiddonsISBN 1560549467 (1-56054-946-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Outlaw Bible of American Poetryby Alan KaufmanISBN 1560252278 (1-56025-227-8)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Paper Moonby Joe Brown, Peter BogdanovichISBN 1568582307 (1-56858-230-7)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paper Moon'Book summary:The classic tale of a female Huck Finn, Peter Bogdanovich's film version of the book was nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in the darkest days of the Great Depression, this is the timeless story of an 11-year-old orphan's rollicking journey through the Deep South with a con man who just might be her father. Brimming with humor, pathos, and an irresistible narrative energy, this is American storytelling at its finest. Paper Moon is tough, vibrant, and ripe for rediscovery.[via]More editions of Paper Moon:
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The Price of Saltby Patricia Highsmith, Claire MorganISBN 1562800035 (1-56280-003-5)
Softcover, Naiad Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Price of Salt'Book summary:" First Digital Edition
" Includes an Afterword on the history of pulp paperbacks
Therese is nineteen and working in a department store during the Christmas shopping season. She dates men, although not with real enthusiasm. One day a beautiful older woman comes over to her counter and buys a doll. As the purchase is a C.O.D. order, Therese makes a mental note of the customers address. She is intrigued and drawn to the woman. Although young, inexperienced and shy, she writes a note to the customer, Carol, and is elated and surprised when Carol invites her to meet.
Therese realizes she has strong feelings for Carol, but is unsure of what they represent. Carol, in the process of a bitter separation and divorce, is also quite lonely. Soon the two women begin spending a great deal of time together. Before long, they are madly and hopelessly in love. The path is not easy for them, however. Carol also has a child and a very suspicious husband¾dangerous ground for the lovers. When the women leave New York and travel west together, they discover the choices theyve made to be together will have lasting effects on both their lives.
Considered to be the first lesbian pulp novel to break the pulp publishing industry-enforced pattern of tragic consequences for its lesbian heroines, The Price of Salt was written pseudonymously by Patricia Highsmith the author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
As one reviewer wrote in 1952, Claire Morgan is completely natural. She has a story to tell and she tells it with an almost conversational ease. Her people are neither degenerate monsters nor fragile victims of the social order. They mustand dopay a price for thinking, feeling and loving differently, but they are courageous and true to themselves throughout.
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A new revolution was underway at the start of the 1940s in Americaa paperback revolution that would change the way publishers would produce and distribute books and the reading public would consume them. In 1939 a new publishing companyPocket Booksstormed onto the scene with the publication of its first paperbound book. Unlike hardback books, these pulp paperbacks were inexpensive and readily available everywhere. The American public could not get enough of them.
During the 1940s, mysteries and romances were the hot sellers. In the early 1950s, new pulp fiction subgenres emergedscience fiction, westerns, gay & lesbian fiction, juvenile delinquent and sleaze , for instancethat would tantalize readers with gritty, realistic and lurid stories never seen before. Publishers soon came to realize that sex sells. In a competitive frenzy for readers, they turned from straightforward "tasteful" cover images to alluring covers that frequently featured a sexy woman in some form of undress, along with a suggestive tag line that promised stories of sex and violence within the covers. To this day, the pulp cover art of these vintage paperback books is just as sought after as the books themselves were sixty years ago.
We are excited to make these wonderful pulp fiction stories available in ebook format to new generations of readers, as a new revolutionthe ebook revolutionis in full swing. We hope you will enjoy this nostalgic look back at a period in American history when dames were dangerous, tough-guys were deadly and dolls were downright delicious. [via]More editions of The Price of Salt:
Rip Van Winkle & Other Stories: Library Editionby Washington IrvingISBN 1568460821 (1-56846-082-1)
Hardcover, Creative Co
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The River Whyby David James DuncanISBN 1578050847 (1-57805-084-7)
Softcover, Sierra Club Books
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Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colonyby Lee MillerISBN 1559705841 (1-55970-584-1)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony'Book summary:The Lost Colony is America's most enduring legend. It was the first English colony in North America. Virginia Dare, the first American, was born there. But soon after its founding in 1587, everything - the colonists, their effects, even their homes - vanished. Did they starve to death? Were they killed by Indians or Spanish raiders? The only clue was the word Croatan carved on a tree. In this brilliant, mesmerizing book, Lee Miller seeks the answer in Elizabeth I's inner circle, and proves a case of sabotage and murder. Drawing on her knowledge of Native American history, she reconstructs vividly what fate must have befallen the doomed settlers. [via]
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Rootsby Alex HaleyISBN 1568494718 (1-56849-471-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Rose Madderby Stephen KingISBN 1568952619 (1-56895-261-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Russian Debutante's Handbookby Gary ShteyngartISBN 1573229881 (1-57322-988-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Russian Debutante's Handbook'Book summary:Vladimir Girshkin, a likeable Russian immigrant, searches for love, a decent job, and a credible self-identity in Gary Shteyngart's debut novel, The Russian Debutante's Handbook. With a doctor-father of questionable ethics and a manic, banker mother, Vladimir avoids his suburban parents and their desire that he pursue the almighty dollar as proof of success. Vladimir gets by as an immigration clerk, eking out a living in a cruddy New York City apartment while accumulating an array of quirky acquaintances, from a wealthy but disheveled old man (who claims his electric fan speaks to him) desperate for citizenship to Challa, a portly S/M queen. As a love interest, Challa is replaced by Francesca, a graduate student whose friends welcome Vladimir for the status he brings their bohemian clique, and whose parents encourage them to shack up (she lives at home) as visible proof she can maintain a steady relationship.
The Russian Debutante's Handbook is a quirky amalgam of dead-on American absurdities, albeit with somewhat stereotypical characters. While Vladimir flounders with how to improve his state, he becomes an expatriate in a trendy European city, becomes somewhat of a mobster himself, and generally has a good time. While many of the central characters remain elusively thin, Vladimir is a delight, and Shteyngart's wit is merciless: Russian women wear "wedding cakes of blond hair" and graduate students lounge in a bar "as if waiting for funding to appear." Reminiscent of Gogol and other Russian satirists, The Russian Debutante's Handbook is a genuine, sublime social commentary. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraftby Stephen Nissenbaum, Paul BoyerISBN 1567312268 (1-56731-226-8)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Seinlanguageby Jerry SeinfeldISBN 1574905597 (1-57490-559-7)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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Small Vicesby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1568954662 (1-56895-466-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Small Vices'Book summary:While the rest of us grow older, Spenser seems suspended in perpetual early middle age. Oh, he talks about getting older, but his body is still firm, his muscles toned, and his reflexes are still hair-trigger fine. Even so, it is Spenser's body that betrays him when he is almost killed by an assassin's bullet two-thirds of the way through Robert B. Parker's latest Spenser adventure, Small Vices. Hired to discover the truth behind a four-year-old murder, Spenser soon runs afoul of "the Gray Man," who eventually shoots and partially paralyzes him. Spenser, his stalwart girlfriend Susan, and his almost mythical friend Hawk then hole up in Santa Barbara until the detective can get back on his feet again.
There's never any doubt that Spenser will get back on his feet, or that he will eventually track down the man who shot him and solve the mystery that started the whole ball rolling in the first place. What makes the Spenser mysteries interesting is Spenser himself, the thinking person's private eye, a man of honor and of conscience who understands that every action has consequences. [via]
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Starship Troopersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 1568492871 (1-56849-287-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945by Barbara TuchmanISBN 1568496044 (1-56849-604-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Sudden Mischiefby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1568955693 (1-56895-569-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Tarzan of the Apesby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 1421807114 (1-4218-0711-4)
Hardcover, 1st World Publishing, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tarzan of the Apes'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale. When my convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone to doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vintage had commenced, and so he unearthed written evidence in the form of musty manuscript, and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative. [via]
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Thin Airby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1568952120 (1-56895-212-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Topdog/underdogby Suzan-Lori ParksISBN 1559362014 (1-55936-201-4)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyleby Avi, Ruth E. MurrayISBN 1560545925 (1-56054-592-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Ursula, Underby Ingrid HillISBN 1565123883 (1-56512-388-3)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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A Virtuous Womanby Kaye GibbonsISBN 1565122062 (1-56512-206-2)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Virtuous Woman'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1997: Gibbons's novel, A Virtuous Woman, takes place in the same hardscrabble part of the world as Ellen Foster. The virtuous woman is Ruby Pitt Woodrow, a woman who might have ended up like Ellen Foster's mother if fate, in the shape of Jack Stokes, hadn't crossed her path. The daughter of prosperous farmers, Ruby runs off with a migrant worker who treats her badly, then abandons her far from home. When she meets Jack, a man 20 years her senior, she's working as a cleaning woman in another prosperous farmer's house. Jack is a man women don't look at even once, let alone twice; Ruby is a woman who needs someone to take care of her. Out of this unlikely union grows a quiet kind of love that is no less powerful for being unstated.
Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman share more than just location and a few characters in common. Though each is a complete novel in and of itself, taken together the two books resonate one another: Ellen Foster and Ruby Pitt Woodrow are both damaged people who find the kind of love they need to heal. These multilayered novels are tough-minded and resolutely unsentimental, just like their protagonists. Yet like Ellen and Ruby, each contains a nut of sweetness at its core that takes the bitter edge off the hard lives and hard stories Kaye Gibbons has to tell. [via]
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White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 1566195500 (1-56619-550-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Fang'Book summary:The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique knowledge of the Yukon and the behavior of humans and animals facing nature at its cruelest. [via]
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Winter Birdsby Jim GrimsleyISBN 1565120752 (1-56512-075-2)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winter Birds'Book summary:Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. On a snowy Thanksgiving day in North Carolina, a dreamy eight-year-old is pushed headlong into the adult world by a violent quarrel between his parents. Jim Grimsley's brilliant first novel unfolds in a strikingly unconventional way--as the boy tells himself his own story. A shattering story of heartbreak, violence, and the endurance of the spirit. "Tell everyone."--Dorothy Allison, author of BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA. [via]
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A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boysby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1421922010 (1-4219-2201-0)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Y:The Last Man 1: Unmannedby Brian K. Vaughan, Pia GuerraISBN 1563899809 (1-56389-980-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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"The best graphic novel I've ever read."STEPHEN KING
"This year's best movie is a comic book." ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NPR
"A seriously funny, nuanced fable.... Grade A."ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan (LOST, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brownthe only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.
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The Yellow Roomby Mary Roberts RinehartISBN 1575661195 (1-57566-119-5)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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