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9-11by Will EisnerISBN 0613508548 (0-613-50854-8)
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Along the Shoreby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0613124324 (0-613-12432-4)
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American Poetry of the Twentieth Centuryby Richard GrayISBN 0582494443 (0-582-49444-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Bag of Bonesby Stephen KingISBN 0613171004 (0-613-17100-4)
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The Best American Essays 2001by Robert Atwan, Kathleen NorrisISBN 0618049312 (0-618-04931-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Best American Essays 2002by Stephen Jay Gould, Robert AtwanISBN 0618049320 (0-618-04932-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002by Dave Eggers, Michael CartISBN 0618246932 (0-618-24693-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002by Michael Cart, Dave EggersISBN 0618246940 (0-618-24694-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002'Book summary:Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.[via]
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 is a selection for young people of the best literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals: from the New Yorker, Jane, Rolling Stone, Zyzzyva, Vibe, The Onion, Spin, Epoch, Time, Little Engines, Modern Humorist, Esquire, and more. Dave Eggers has chosen the highlights of 2001 for this genre-busting collection that includes new fiction, essays, satire, journalism -- and much more. From Eric Schlosser on french fries to Elizabeth McKenzie on awful family to Seaton Smith on how to "jive" with your teen, The Best American Nonrequried Reading 2002 is the first and the best.More editions of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002:
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003by Dave Eggers, Zadie SmithISBN 0618246967 (0-618-24696-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003'Book summary:This is the second year weve put this book together, and were beginning to have some idea of what were doing. But do we know exactly what this book is? We do not. The original purpose of the collection was to introduce younger readers--high school and college-age people, more or less--to good writing from contemporary writers. But then the book came out and we discovered that the readership was not what wed expected. Sure, there were some high school and college readers, but there were also older readers, and younger readers, and readers from every walk of lifepolice officers, firefighters, animal control experts, air-conditioning repair technicians, and prisoners. It runs the gamut.[via]
Now, your questions answered:
What is the purpose of this book? Dominique, Santa Monica, CA Thank you for your question, Dominique. (Such a lovely name!) The purpose of this book is to collect good work of any kindfiction, humor, essays, comics, journalismin one place, for the English-reading consumer. The other books in the Best American series are limited by their categories, most particularly the popular but constraining Best American Catholic Badger Mystery Writing. This collection is not so limited, which is why, we think, it dominates all similar collections, making them whimper and cower in a way that is shameful.
Why aren't there more pieces about badgers? Reginald, Myrtle Beach, SC We had plans to include at least seven pieces about badgerstheir manufacture, appearance, and carebut were prevented from doing so by Zadie Smith. This was a condition of her inclusion in this volume.
In addition to the pieces included in the collection, and Ms. Smiths introductionor whatever it iswill there be a piece by the editor about a young man with a crush on a sixty-five-year-old woman whose lawn he cuts? Peter and Nam Mee, Washington, DC We might have such a piece. It might be immediately following this sentence.
(From the Foreword by Dave Eggers)
Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by an editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field, making the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.
Dave Eggers, who will be editing The Best American Nonrequired Reading annually, has once again chosen the best and least-expected fiction, nonfiction, satire, investigative reporting, alternative comics, and more from publications large, small, and on-line--The Onion, The New Yorker, Shout, Time, Zoetrope, Tin House, Nerve.com,and McSweeney's, to name just a few. Read on for "Some of the best literature you haven't been reading . . . And it's fantastic. All of it." (St. Petersburg Times).
Lynda Barry Jonathan Safran Foer Lisa Gabriele Andrea Lee J. T. Leroy Nasdijj ZZ Packer David SedarisMore editions of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003:
The Best American Recipes 2003-2004: The Year's Top Picks from Books, Magazines, Newspapers, and the Internetby Fran McCullough, Molly Stevens, Alan RichmanISBN 0618273840 (0-618-27384-0)
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003by Richard Dawkins, Tim FolgerISBN 0618178929 (0-618-17892-9)
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The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004by Tim FolgerISBN 0618246983 (0-618-24698-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004'Book summary:Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.[via]
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004, edited by Steven Pinker, is another "provocative and thoroughly enjoyable [collection] from start to finish" (Publishers Weekly). Here is the best and newest on science and nature: the psychology of suicide terrorism, desperate measures in surgery, the weird world of octopuses, Sex Week at Yale, the linguistics of click languages, the worst news about cloning, and much more.More editions of The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004:
The Best American Short Stories 2006by Ann Patchett, Katrina KenisonISBN 0618543511 (0-618-54351-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Best American Short Stories 2006by Katrina Kenison, Ann PatchettISBN 061854352X (0-618-54352-X)
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The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006by Philip Zaleski, Peter J. GomesISBN 061858644X (0-618-58644-X)
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The Best American Travel Writing 2000by Bill Bryson, Jason WilsonISBN 0618074678 (0-618-07467-8)
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The Best American Travel Writing 2001by Paul TherouxISBN 0618118780 (0-618-11878-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Best American Travel Writing 2004by Jason Wilson, Pico IyerISBN 0618341250 (0-618-34125-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Travel Writing 2004'Book summary:In his thought-provoking and witty introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2004, Pico Iyer explores American travel writing from the viewpoint of a non-American. He writes, "For many Americans, living in a country that borders few others and at a time when only one in three fellow citizens holds a passport, travel is the only way to get a living, human sense of the world around us . . . The best American travel writing is still lit up, I think, by that spirit of transcendence less visible abroad." Iyer has chosen twenty-six pieces that revel in rich discovery and brave experience both near and far away. Roger Angell remembers a sense of adventure during childhood car trips in New York (one taken with E. B. White, his future stepfather). Tim Cahill describes the joy of trekking in Patagonia, his "new favorite place on earth." Heather Eliot writes of a fevered love affair in the South Pacific, and Tad Friend hilariously tells of introducing Segways to Paris. George Packer recalls his time as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa and the swirl of political unrest there.[via]
These varied and fascinating travel pieces show that the search for understanding is alive and well in this country, and that Americans are more eager than ever to search for, as Iyer writes, "something deeper and more lasting."More editions of The Best American Travel Writing 2004:
The Best American Travel Writing 2004by Pico Iyer, Jason WilsonISBN 0618341269 (0-618-34126-9)
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The Best American Travel Writing 2006by Jason WilsonISBN 0618582150 (0-618-58215-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Travel Writing 2006'Book summary:Tim Cahill writes in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2006, "'Story' is the essence of the travel essay. Stories are the way we organize the chaos in our lives, orchestrate voluminous factual material, and -- if we are very good -- shed some light on the human condition." Here are twenty-six pieces that showcase the best travel writing from 2005, filled with "keen observations that transform ordinary journeys into extraordinary ones" (Library Journal).[via]
Mark Jenkins journeys into a forgotten valley in Afghanistan, Kevin Fedarko takes a wild ride through the rapids of the Grand Canyon, and Christopher Solomon reports on the newest fad to hit South Korea: downhill skiing. For David Sedaris, a seemingly routine domestic flight is cause for a witty rumination on modern airline travel. Alain de Botton describes the discreet charms of Zurich, and Ian Frazier recalls leaving the small Midwestern town he called home. Michael Paterniti gives a touching portrait of the world's tallest man -- eight and a half feet and growing, while P.J. O'Rourke visits an airplane manufacturer to see firsthand how the French make the world's biggest passenger plane. George Saunders is dazzled by a trip to the "Vegas of the Middle East," Rolf Potts takes on tantric yoga for dilettantes, and Sean Flynn documents a seedier side of travel -- the newest hotspot in the international sex trade.
Culled from a wide variety of publications, these stories, as Cahill writes, all "touched me in one way or another, changed an attitude, made me laugh aloud, or provided fuel for my dreams. I wish the reader similar joys."More editions of The Best American Travel Writing 2006:
Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldissby Brian Wilson AldissISBN 0575042109 (0-575-04210-9)
Hardcover, V. Gollancz
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Book of Enchantmentsby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0590972189 (0-590-97218-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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Bruce Coville's Book of Magic IIby Lisa Meltzer, Bruce Coville, John PierardISBN 0590852973 (0-590-85297-3)
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Bruce Coville's Book of Monstersby Bruce CovilleISBN 0590461591 (0-590-46159-1)
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Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglersby Bruce CovilleISBN 059025930X (0-590-25930-X)
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0613997441 (0-613-99744-1)
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Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jamby Tony Medina, Louis Reyes RiveraISBN 0609808400 (0-609-80840-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Can You Guess My Nameby Judy Sierra, Stefano VitaleISBN 0618133283 (0-618-13328-3)
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Chaucer: The Canterbury Talesby Steve EllisISBN 0582248817 (0-582-24881-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales'Book summary:This new addition to the Longman Critical Readers Series provides an overview of the various ways in which modern critical theory has influenced Chaucer Studies over the last fifteen years. There is still a sense in the academic world, and in the wider literary community, that Medieval Studies are generally impervious to many of the questions that modern theory asks, and that it concerns itself only with traditional philological and historical issues. On the contrary, this book shows how Chaucer, specifically the Canterbury Tales, has been radically and excitingly 'opened up' by feminist, Lacanian, Bakhtinian, deconstructive, semiotic and anthropological theories to name but a few.
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The book provides an introduction to these new developments by anthologising some of the most important work in the field, including excerpts from book-length works, as well as articles from leading and innovative journals. The introduction to the volume examines in some detail the relation between the individual strengths of each of the above approaches and the ways in which a 'postmodernist' Chaucer is seen as reflecting them all.
This convenient single volume collection of key critical analyses of Chaucer, which includes work from some journals and studies that are not always easily available, will be indispensable to students of Medieval Studies, Medieval Literature and Chaucer, as well as to general readers who seek to widen their understanding of the forces behind Chaucer's writing.
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A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verseby Richard HamerISBN 0571087655 (0-571-08765-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Collected Poems, 1909-1962by T. S. EliotISBN 0571105483 (0-571-10548-3)
Hardcover, Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems, 1909-1962'Book summary:'Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.' Ted HughesPoet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes his verse from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. [via]
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Complete Mythologyby Thomas BulfinchISBN 060056293X (0-600-56293-X)
Hardcover, Spring Publications, Incorporated
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Contemporary American Poetryby A. Poulin, Michael WatersISBN 0618527850 (0-618-52785-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contemporary American Poetry'Book summary:This highly respected anthology presents the works of 70 poets who have shaped the contours and direction of mainstream American poetry from 1960 to the present. Designed to provide a rich reading experience for both undergrad and graduate courses, more than 500 selections illustrate the variety and vitality of American poetry over the last few decades. For each poet, the collection features a generous sampling of their work along with a photo, biographical sketches, and bibliographies. [via]
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Dark Terrorsby Stephen K. Jones, David SuttonISBN 0575074078 (0-575-07407-8)
Softcover, Gollancz Limited, Victor
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Daughters of Earthby Judith MerrilISBN 0575001577 (0-575-00157-7)
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Dilemma of a Ghost: Anowaby A.A. AidooISBN 0582276020 (0-582-27602-0)
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Dog Is My Co-Pilot : Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendshipby Bark EditorsISBN 0609610864 (0-609-61086-4)
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Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Timesby Jo Shapcott, Matthew SweeneyISBN 0571172075 (0-571-17207-5)
Softcover, Faber and Faber
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The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetryby Fluer AdcockISBN 0571136931 (0-571-13693-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Faber Book of Americaby Christopher B. Ricks, William L. VanceISBN 0571198260 (0-571-19826-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Faber Book of Gay Short Fictionby Edmund WhiteISBN 0571129080 (0-571-12908-0)
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The Faber Book of Operaby Tom SutcliffeISBN 0571206840 (0-571-20684-0)
Softcover, Faber & Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Faber Book of Opera'Book summary:A wide-ranging anthology covering the written record of opera -- from Tchaikovsky on Wagner's Ring to Cecil Beaton on Turandot at the Met. Opera.[via]
Opera has always generated strong, uncompromising views and opinions. For example, what did Berlioz write about Weber's Der Freischutz in 1841? What was the idea behind Gluck's Reform operas? How did Mozart himself view his collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte? What is the legacy of Maria Callas?
These are among the myriad questions that are addressed in The Faber Book of Opera, an exceptional collection of writings about opera--in theory, in practice, in review and in fiction--all drawn from prime sources by acclaimed music critic Tom Sutcliffe. From Gustave Flaubert's description of a performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Madame Bovary to Voltaire's exploration of the difficulties of conveying true tragedy within the operatic form to Virginia Woolf's views on Wagner's Parsifal, which seemed to her to have been "poured out in a smooth stream at white heat," this is a collection that covers, in over 75 short, carefully chosen excerpts, just what it is that makes opera so extraordinary. After all, the history of opera is not just the musical masterpieces that have been written during the last 400 years; it is also the record of what people--ranging from Goethe to Rousseau to Verdi and Stravinsky--thought about the process and about what composers through the centuries have tried to do through this unique form.More editions of The Faber Book of Opera:
The Faber Book of Popby Hanif Kureishi, Jon SavageISBN 0571169929 (0-571-16992-9)
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The Faber Book of Sonnetsby Robert NyeISBN 0571107753 (0-571-10775-3)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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Far Horizonsby Robert SilverbergISBN 0613354052 (0-613-35405-2)
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Farmer Giles of Ham: Bauer Giles Von Hamby J. R. R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull, Pauline BaynesISBN 0618009361 (0-618-00936-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Fathers and Sonsby Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Alan Hodge, George ReaveyISBN 0613033310 (0-613-03331-0)
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Five Novelsby Daniel Pinkwater, Jules FeifferISBN 0613049837 (0-613-04983-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Five Novels'Book summary:There are many words that could be used to describe Daniel Pinkwater's books. Wacky comes to mind. Outrageous. Lively. Real. Unreal. Comic genius Jules Feiffer, in his foreword to 5 Novels, says, "Pinkwater's thoughts don't connect like yours or mine. His 'tab A' does not fit into 'slot A' the way it's supposed to in a well-thought-out thought. More likely, his 'tab A' will fit into 'slot 14' or 'slot X79,' the kind of fit that might drive you or me crazy if we tried it, but when Pinkwater does it, you read it and say to yourself, 'Why, of course, this is how it should be.'"
Performing chickens, a New Jersey Martian, an orangutan orchestra conductor from Ceylon ... the details are what jump out of his novels. The ice cream dish in Slaves of Spiegel, for example, consisting of an eggplant, two slabs of whole-wheat pizza dough, 16 flavors of ice cream, fresh figs, pistachio nuts, a lobster, and assorted fresh garden vegetables and fruit. (It's served piping hot from the microwave, in a freshly laundered regulation army knapsack, to the accompaniment of Franz Liszt music.) This is what Pinkwater is all about. A junior-high schooler's dream of an author.
In 5 Novels, you can feast upon five beloved and quirky favorites: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars, Slaves of Spiegel, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, The Last Guru, and Young Adult Novel. And if you still need more Pinkwater novels (and you definitely do), explore 4 Fantastic Novels. (Ages 9 and much, much older.) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 061317237X (0-613-17237-X)
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Four Tragediesby William ShakespeareISBN 060625269X (0-606-25269-X)
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Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Stephen KingISBN 0613172388 (0-613-17238-8)
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A Glory of Unicornsby Alix Berenzy, Bruce CovilleISBN 0590959433 (0-590-95943-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Storiesby Ray BradburyISBN 0613078780 (0-613-07878-0)
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Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0606020624 (0-606-02062-4)
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Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horrorby H. LovecraftISBN 0575003391 (0-575-00339-1)
Softcover, Victor Gollancz
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His 2by Robert Drake, Terry WolvertonISBN 0571199089 (0-571-19908-9)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Interpreter of Maladies: Library Editionby Jhumpa LahiriISBN 0613257200 (0-613-25720-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Interpreter of Maladies: Library Edition'Book summary:Mr. Kapasi, the protagonist of Jhumpa Lahiri's title story, would certainly have his work cut out for him if he were forced to interpret the maladies of all the characters in this eloquent debut collection. Take, for example, Shoba and Shukumar, the young couple in "A Temporary Matter" whose marriage is crumbling in the wake of a stillborn child. Or Miranda in "Sexy," who is involved in a hopeless affair with a married man. But Mr. Kapasi has problems enough of his own; in addition to his regular job working as an interpreter for a doctor who does not speak his patients' language, he also drives tourists to local sites of interest. His fare on this particular day is Mr. and Mrs. Das--first-generation Americans of Indian descent--and their children. During the course of the afternoon, Mr. Kapasi becomes enamored of Mrs. Das and then becomes her unwilling confidant when she reads too much into his profession. "I told you because of your talents," she informs him after divulging a startling secret.
I'm tired of feeling so terrible all the time. Eight years, Mr. Kapasi, I've been in pain eight years. I was hoping you could help me feel better; say the right thing. Suggest some kind of remedy.
Of course, Mr. Kapasi has no cure for what ails Mrs. Das--or himself. Lahiri's subtle, bittersweet ending is characteristic of the collection as a whole. Some of these nine tales are set in India, others in the United States, and most concern characters of Indian heritage. Yet the situations Lahiri's people face, from unhappy marriages to civil war, transcend ethnicity. As the narrator of the last story, "The Third and Final Continent," comments: "There are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept." In that single line Jhumpa Lahiri sums up a universal experience, one that applies to all who have grown up, left home, fallen in or out of love, and, above all, experienced what it means to be a foreigner, even within one's own family. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Interpreter of Maladies: Library Edition:
Legendsby Robert SilverbergISBN 0613918363 (0-613-91836-3)
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Legends: Stories by the Masters of Modern Fantasyby Not AvailableISBN 0606196609 (0-606-19660-9)
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Listen Up! an Anthology of Spoken Word Poetryby Zoe AngleseyISBN 0613173449 (0-613-17344-9)
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The Longman Anthology of World Literature by Women, 1875-1975by Marian Arkin, Barbara ShollarISBN 0582285593 (0-582-28559-3)
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The Lurker at the Thresholdby H. P. Lovecraft, August William DerlethISBN 0575001615 (0-575-00161-5)
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Modern Criticism and Theory: A Readerby David LodgeISBN 0582494605 (0-582-49460-5)
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Modern Criticism and Theory: A Readerby Nigel Wood, David LodgeISBN 0582312876 (0-582-31287-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader'Book summary:'In our era, criticism is not merely a library of secondary aids to the understanding and appreciation of literary texts, but also a rapidly expanding body of knowledge in its own right.' (David Lodge)
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This new edition of David Lodge's Modern Criticism and Theory is fully revised and expanded to take account of the developments of theoretical and general interest in contemporary literary criticism since publication of the first edition in 1988.
Building on the strengths of the first edition, the volume is designed to introduce the reader to the guiding concepts of present literary and cultural debate by presenting substantial extracts from the period's most seminal thinkers.More editions of Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader:
Modern Genre Theoryby David DuffISBN 0582368057 (0-582-36805-7)
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New Worlds 1by David GarnettISBN 0575051345 (0-575-05134-5)
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Oddly Enough: Bruce Covilleby Bruce CovilleISBN 0613293142 (0-613-29314-2)
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Poetry 1870 to 1914by Bernard BergonziISBN 0582351472 (0-582-35147-2)
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The Poetry of Robert Frostby Robert FrostISBN 0613190645 (0-613-19064-5)
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Quicker Than The Eyeby Ray BradburyISBN 0606297995 (0-606-29799-5)
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The Real Mother Gooseby Blanche Fisher WrightISBN 0590003682 (0-590-00368-2)
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Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle...: And Other Modern Verseby Hugh Smith, Stephen Dunning, Edward LuedersISBN 0590024434 (0-590-02443-4)
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Slamma Lamma Ding Dong: An Anthology by Nebraska's Slam Poetsby Dan LeamenISBN 0595362974 (0-595-36297-4)
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The Sonnetsby William ShakespeareISBN 0613175239 (0-613-17523-9)
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Sweet Smell Of Successby Clifford OdetsISBN 0571194931 (0-571-19493-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweet Smell Of Success'Book summary:For Seamus Heaney, "opened ground" is a necessity--a way of getting to the root of things. The book bearing that name spans three decades, beginning with "Digging," his exhilarating portrait of the artist as a young revolutionary. "Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun," Heaney boasts (although by the end of the poem, his weapon has metamorphosed into something closer to the spade his grandfather and father once relied upon). The last entry, the sonnet "Postscript," appears some 400 pages later, which makes Opened Ground a capacious selection of his work. But at this point Heaney requires the largest of hold-alls. There are beautiful, pastoral lyrics here, sequences such as "Glanmore Sonnets" and "Clearances," and a multitude of love poems, not solely to his wife but to his parents and children. And in Heaney's hands, small domestic moments and objects--a scrabble board, a swing, a kite, a bed sawn in half to get it downstairs--invariably become both reality and soaring myth.
At the same time, his Ireland is the site of "neighborly murders," and the past and larger world he confronts is one threatened by history and brutal sectarianism. Heaney has declared, "Fear is the emotion that the muse thrives on. That's always there"--and terror is pervasive in his "land of password, handgrip, wink and nod, / Of open minds as open as a trap." Many of his poems that explore the Troubles reflect his own considerable concern that he has long "confused evasion and artistic tact." Others might be termed self-reflexive, since Heaney uses them to unearth his own role. "Kinship" features a simple, brilliant (not to mention canine!) simile:
I step through origins
In a later poem, "From the Frontier of Writing," he compares the struggle for inspiration to being stopped at a roadblock: "And everything is pure interrogation / until a rifle motions you and you move / with guarded unconcerned acceleration." Heaney's gift is dazzling, and would be almost unbearable were it not matched by vigilance, self-doubt, and regret--and his longing for the day in which "justice can rise up / And hope and history rhyme." --Kerry Fried [via]
like a dog turning
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Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poemsby Kristine O'Connell George, Debbie TilleyISBN 0618152504 (0-618-15250-4)
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Tales to Cast a Spell on Youby Bruce CovilleISBN 0590259318 (0-590-25931-8)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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They Shoot Writers, Don't Theyby George TheinerISBN 057113260X (0-571-13260-X)
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The Tomb and Other Talesby H. P. Lovecraft, August William DerlethISBN 0586029036 (0-586-02903-6)
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Top Ten Shakespeare Storiesby Terry DearyISBN 0613225082 (0-613-22508-2)
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Vaclav Havel or Living in Truth: 22 Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of the Erasmus Prize to Vaclav Havelby Jan VladislavISBN 0571144403 (0-571-14440-3)
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Vampyresby Christopher FraylingISBN 0571167926 (0-571-16792-6)
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Wolf at the Door: And Other Retold Fairytalesby Ellen DatlowISBN 0606221387 (0-606-22138-7)
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Women's Writing in Middle Englishby Alexandra BarrattISBN 058206192X (0-582-06192-X)
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Yertle the Turtle and Other Storiesby SeussISBN 0613377052 (0-613-37705-2)
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You Come Tooby Robert FrostISBN 061351100X (0-613-51100-X)
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