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An Alien Heatby Michael MoorcockISBN 0261100157 (0-261-10015-7)
Hardcover, MacGibbon and Kee
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Along Came a Spiderby James PattersonISBN 0316693642 (0-316-69364-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Along Came a Spider'Book summary:Along Came a Spider begins with the double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the secretary of the Treasury. And that's only the beginning! Gary Soneji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read. [via]
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The Angel Experimentby James PattersonISBN 0316067954 (0-316-06795-4)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Angel Experiment'Book summary:From the bestselling author of When the Wind Blows and The Lake House comes the fastest, smartest, strongest, (and funniest) heroine since superheroes were invented... the incredible, indescribable MAXIMUM RIDE. 422 pages. [via]
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Anne Green GablesISBN 0340715006 (0-340-71500-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
Find This BookBook summary:A brother and sister send for a boy to help them on their farm, Green Gables. By mistake they are sent an 11-year-old girl. She picks a fight with anyone who mentions the colour of her hair and causes havoc, but ends up being loved. The author wrote "Anne of Avonlea" and "Anne of Ingleside". [via]
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Anne of Green GablesISBN 0333593359 (0-333-59335-9)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Annotated Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Anne Doody, Wendy E. Barry, Mary E. Doody JonesISBN 0195104285 (0-19-510428-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been a continuous international best-seller, enjoying successful television adaptations on PBS and The Disney Channel, and captivating children and adults alike with the irresistible charms of its remarkable heroine, Anne Shirley. This wildly imaginative, red-headed chatterbox tries to fit into the narrow confines of Victorian expectations, but her exuberant spirit keeps leaping delightfully beyond the bounds. Indeed, when Maud Montgomery decided to reject the sermonizing formulas of the children's books of her day, she brought to life a character much closer to Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and Tom Sawyer--also orphans, like Anne--than to the self-sacrificing, conformist heroines then in demand. In doing so, Montgomery subtly questioned the values of her society--the stifling restraints of its religion and most especially its treatment of women--while giving readers all the pleasures of her considerable story-telling gifts.
Now, in this first fully annotated edition of Anne of Green Gables, readers will appreciate more clearly than ever before the scope and depth of this extraordinary novel. Editors Margaret Anne Doody, Mary Doody Jones, and Wendy Barry provide a richly illustrated, completely revised text, along with hundreds of notes describing the real-life characters and settings Anne encounters, the autobiographical connections between Anne and Maud Montgomery, and the book's astonishing range of literary, biblical, and mythological references. Additional essays offer fascinating background information on such topics as the geography and settlement of Prince Edward Island (where Anne takes place); the education, orphanages, music, and literature of Anne's time; and the horticulture, homemade artifacts, and food preparation that are so prevalent in the story. Margaret Anne Doody supplies a comprehensive introduction, which situates the novel in its literary and social contexts, explores those aspects of Montgomery's life most relevant to the story, examines revisions in the manuscripts, and provides an overall sense of both the impulses that drove Montgomery to write Anne of Green Gables and the larger concerns it dramatizes so compellingly. This edition also contains a chronology of Montgomery's life, an extensive bibliography, songs and poems that appear in the text, and a selection of original reviews of the book. This wealth of material enables readers to grasp the marvelous multi-layeredness of the novel and to understand more fully its place in both its own time and in ours.
Elegantly and beautifully designed, with generous illustrations from previous editions, photographs of the places the novel inhabits, and explanatory drawings that reproduce the texture of Anne's world, The Annotated Anne of Green Gables is a major event in the publishing history of one of the world's most charming stories. [via]More editions of The Annotated Anne of Green Gables:
Bridge of Birdsby Barry HughartISBN 0345321383 (0-345-32138-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridge of Birds'Book summary:Bridge of Birds is a lyrical fantasy novel. Set in "an Ancient China that never was", it stands with The Princess Bride and The Last Unicorn as a fairy tale for all ages, by turns incredibly funny and deeply touching. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1985, and Hughart produced two sequels: The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. All present the adventures of Master Kao Li, a scholar with "a slight flaw in [his] character", and Lu Yu, usually called Number Ten Ox, his sidekick and the story's narrator. Number Ten Ox is strong, trusting, and pure of heart; Master Li once sold an emperor shares in a mustard mine, because "I was trying to win a bet concerning the intelligence of emperors."
Number Ten Ox comes from a village in which the children have been struck by a mysterious illness. He recruits Master Li to find the cure and comes along to provide muscle. They seek a mysterious Great Root of Power, which may be a form of ginseng. Of course, nothing turns out to be as simple as it seems; great wrongs must be avenged and lovers separated must be reunited, from the most humble to the highest. And even in the midst of cosmic glory, Pawnbroker Fang and Ma the Grub are picking the pockets of their own lynch mob, who are frozen in awe and wonder. --Nona Vero [via]
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Bridget Jones's Diaryby Helen FieldingISBN 0330332767 (0-330-33276-7)
Hardcover, Picador
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones's Diary'Book summary:In the course of the year recorded in Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget confides her hopes, her dreams, and her monstrously fluctuating poundage, not to mention her consumption of 5277 cigarettes and "Fat units 3457 (approx.) (hideous in every way)." In 365 days, she gains 74 pounds. On the other hand, she loses 72! There is also the unspoken New Year's resolution--the quest for the right man. Alas, here Bridget goes severely off course when she has an affair with her charming cad of a boss. But who would be without their e-mail flirtation focused on a short black skirt? The boss even contends that it is so short as to be nonexistent.
At the beginning of Helen Fielding's exceptionally funny second novel, the thirtyish publishing puffette is suffering from postholiday stress syndrome but determined to find Inner Peace and poise. Bridget will, for instance, "get up straight away when wake up in mornings." Now if only she can survive the party her mother has tricked her into--a suburban fest full of "Smug Marrieds" professing concern for her and her fellow "Singletons"--she'll have made a good start. As far as she's concerned, "We wouldn't rush up to them and roar, 'How's your marriage going? Still having sex?'"
This is only the first of many disgraces Bridget will suffer in her year of performance anxiety (at work and at play, though less often in bed) and living through other people's "emotional fuckwittage." Her twin-set-wearing suburban mother, for instance, suddenly becomes a chat-show hostess and unrepentant adulteress, while our heroine herself spends half the time overdosing on Chardonnay and feeling like "a tragic freak." Bridget Jones's Diary began as a column in the London Independent and struck a chord with readers of all sexes and sizes. In strokes simultaneously broad and subtle, Helen Fielding reveals the lighter side of despair, self-doubt, and obsession, and also satirizes everything from self-help books (they don't sound half as sensible to Bridget when she's sober) to feng shui, Cosmopolitan-style. She is the Nancy Mitford of the 1990s, and it's impossible not to root for her endearing heroine. On the other hand, one can only hope that Bridget will continue to screw up and tell us all about it for years and books to come. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Cape Refugeby Terri BlackstockISBN 0310235928 (0-310-23592-8)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cape Refuge'Book summary:Mystery and suspense combine in this first book in an exciting new 4-book series by best-selling author Terri Blackstock. Thelma and Wayne Owens run a bed and breakfast in Cape Refuge, Georgia. They minister to the seamen on the nearby docks and prisoners just out of nearby jails, holding services in an old warehouse and taking many of the 'down-and-outers' into their home. They have two daughters: the dutiful Morgan who is married to Jonathan, a fisherman, and helps them out at the B and B, and Blair, the still-single town librarian, who would be beautiful if it weren't for the serious scar on the side of her face. After a heated, public argument with his in-laws, Jonathan discovers Thelma and Wayne murdered in the warehouse where they held their church services. Considered the prime suspect, Jonathan is arrested. Grief-stricken, Morgan and Blair launch their own investigation to help Matthew Cade, the town's young police chief, find the real killer. Shady characters and a raft of suspects keep the plot twisting and the suspense building as we learn not only who murdered Thelma and Wayne, but also the secrets about their family's past and the true reason for Blair's disfigurement. [via]
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Cat Scratch Feverby Tara K. HarperISBN 0345380517 (0-345-38051-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Chosenby Ricardo PintoISBN 0312872089 (0-312-87208-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Could I Have This Danceby Harry Lee KrausISBN 0310240891 (0-310-24089-1)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitterby Blaize ClementISBN 0312941927 (0-312-94192-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novelby Jeff LindsayISBN 0307277887 (0-307-27788-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novel'Book summary:Meet Dexter Morgan. He's a highly respected lab technician specializing in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely calls attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment.
Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story.
Adopted at the age of four after an unnamed tragedy left him orphaned, Dexter's learned, with help from his pragmatic policeman father, to channel his "gift," killing only those who deal in death themselves. But when a new serial killer starts working in Miami, staging elaborately grisly scenes that are, to Dexter, an obvious attempt at communication from one monster to another, the eponymous protagonist finds himself at a loss. Should he help his policewoman sister Deborah earn a promotion to the Homicide desk by finding the fiend? Or should he locate this new killer himself, so he can express his admiration for the other's "art?" Or is it possible that psycho Dexter himself, admittedly not the most balanced of fellows, is finally going completely insane and committing these messy crimes himself?
Despite his penchant for vivisection, it's hard not to like Dexter as his coldly logical personality struggles to emulate emotions he doesn't feel and to keep up his appearance as a caring, unremarkable human being. Breakout author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that will keep readers glued to Darkly Dreaming Dexter, as well as making it one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a long time. --Benjamin Reese [via]
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Daughter of the Forestby Juliet MarillierISBN 0312875304 (0-312-87530-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daughter of the Forest'Book summary:At the heart of this surprisingly accomplished first novel, first book of the Sevenwaters trilogy, is a retelling of an ancient Celtic legend. Marillier's story, however, is much more than a slightly disguised fairy tale. Young Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Irish Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, a domain well protected from invading Saxons and Britons by dense forest where, legend says, fey Deirdre, the Lady of the Forest, walks the woodland paths at night. Colum is first and foremost a warrior, bent on maintaining his lands against all outsiders. Not all of his sons are so bound to the old ways, and that family friction leads to outright disobedience when Sorcha and her brother Finbar help a Briton captive escape from Colum's dungeon. Soon after, Colum brings home a new wife who ensorcels everyone she can't otherwise manipulate. By her spell Sorcha's brothers are cursed to become swans. Only Sorcha, hiding deep in the forest, can break the spell by painfully weaving shirts of starwort nettle--but then Sorcha is captured by Britons and taken away across the sea. Determined to break the curse despite her captivity, Sorcha continues to work, little expecting that ultimately she will have to chose between saving her brothers and protecting the Briton lord who has defended her throughout her trials. Marillier's writing is deft and heartfelt, bypassing the usual bombast of fantasy fireworks for a rich, magical story of loyalty and love. --Charlene Brusso [via]
Deep Secretby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0312868596 (0-312-86859-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Deryni Risingby Katherine KurtzISBN 0345347633 (0-345-34763-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deryni Rising'Book summary:In the kingdom of Gwynedd, the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson. Now the fate of the Deryni -- a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers -- and, indeed, the fate of all the Eleven Kingdoms, rests on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by any means necessary . . . including the proscribed use of magic! [via]
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The Diamond Throneby David EddingsISBN 0345367693 (0-345-36769-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diamond Throne'Book summary:New cover reissue of Book One of the classic ELENIUM series introducing the Pandion Knight Sparhawk and his horse Faron, a sleeping queen, and a jewel that can save her! After a long spell of exile, Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and the Queen's champion, returns to his native land to find it overrun with evil and intrigue -- and his young Queen grievously ill. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year. But as Sparhawk and his allies -- who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child -- seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they feared! Truly a gem of epic fantasy from the modern master of the genre, THE DIAMOND THRONE is a must for Eddings fans -- and an excellent introduction for those who have yet to discover the delights of his work. [via]
Dinosaur Planetby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345319958 (0-345-31995-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Domes of Fireby David EddingsISBN 0345383273 (0-345-38327-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Domes of Fire'Book summary:Science Fiction, Fantasy [via]
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Dragonflightby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345335465 (0-345-33546-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonflight'Book summary:HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguiseand take back her stolen birthright.
But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessas world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . . [via] -
A Drink Before the Warby Dennis LehaneISBN 0156029022 (0-15-602902-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Drink Before the War'Book summary:Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston-they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: to uncover the whereabouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen[via]
confidential state documents.
Finding Jenna, however, is easy compared to staying alive once they've got her. The investigation escalates, implicating members of Jenna's family and rival gang leaders while
uncovering extortion, assassination, and child prostitution extending from bombed-out ghetto streets to the highest levels of government.
A Drink Before the War, the first in Lehane's acclaimed series with Boston detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, is a remarkable debut that is at once a pulsating crime thriller and a mirror of our world, one in which the worst human horrors are found closest to home, and the most vicious obscenities are committed in the name of love.More editions of A Drink Before the War:
The First Book of Lost Swordsby Fred SaberhagenISBN 031293243X (0-312-93243-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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First to Fightby David ShermanISBN 0345406222 (0-345-40622-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Forever Kingby Warren Murphy, Molly CochranISBN 0312852274 (0-312-85227-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Foundationby Isaac AsimovISBN 0345336275 (0-345-33627-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundation'Book summary:Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it. In particular, the administrative planet, honeycombed and tunneled with offices and staff, is vulnerable to attack or breakdown. The only person willing to confront this imminent catastrophe is Hari Seldon, a psychohistorian and mathematician. Seldon can scientifically predict the future, and it doesn't look pretty: a new Dark Age is scheduled to send humanity into barbarism in 500 years. He concocts a scheme to save the knowledge of the race in an Encyclopedia Galactica. But this project will take generations to complete, and who will take up the torch after him? The first Foundation trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) won a Hugo Award in 1965 for "Best All-Time Series." It's science fiction on the grand scale; one of the classics of the field. --Brooks Peck [via]
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Ghost Kingby David GemmellISBN 0345379020 (0-345-37902-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Giants' Starby James Patrick HoganISBN 0345327209 (0-345-32720-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Here Be Dragonsby Sharon Kay PenmanISBN 0345382846 (0-345-38284-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Here Be Dragons'Book summary:"A masterful picture of Wales in the 13th century...vivdly pictured as grandly beautiful, its people volatile, stubborn and mystic."
THE SAN DIEGO UNION
Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England's ruthless, power-hungry King John. Then Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce with England by marrying the English king's beloved, illegitimate daughter, Joanna. Reluctant to wed her father's bitter enemy, Joanna slowly grows to love her charismatic and courageous husband who dreams of uniting Wales. But as John's attentions turn again and again to subduing Wales--and Llewelyn--Joanna must decide to which of these powerful men she owes her loyalty and love.
A sweeping novel of power and passion, loyalty and lives, this is the book that began the trilogy that includes FALLS THE SHADOW and THE RECKONING. [via]More editions of Here Be Dragons:
Hija De La Fortuna / Daughter of Fortuneby Isabel AllendeISBN 0320066509 (0-320-06650-9)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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I, Robotby Isaac AsimovISBN 0345331397 (0-345-33139-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Ilse Witchby Terry BrooksISBN 0345396553 (0-345-39655-3)
Softcover, Del Rey
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Jack the Bodilessby Julian MayISBN 0345362470 (0-345-36247-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack the Bodiless'Book summary:In the year 2051, Earth stood on the brink of acceptance as full member of the Galactic Milieu, a confederation of worlds spread across the galaxy. Leading humanity was the powerful Remillard family, but somebody--or something--known only as "Fury" wanted them out of the way.
Only Rogi Remillard, the chosen tool of the most powerful alien being in the Milieu, and his nephew Marc, the greatest metapsychic yet born on Earth, knew about Fury. But even they were powerless to stop it when it began to kill off Remillards and other metapsychic operants--and all the suspects were Remillards themselves.
Meanwhile, a Remillard son was born, a boy who could represent the future of all humanity. His incredible mind was more powerful even than his brother Marc's--but he was destined to be desroyed by his own DNA...unless Fury got to him first! [via]More editions of Jack the Bodiless:
Lord of the Islesby David G. Hartwell, David DrakeISBN 0312853963 (0-312-85396-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian DuncanISBN 0192833529 (0-19-283352-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun. [via]
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The Lost Worldby Pauline FrancisISBN 023752404X (0-237-52404-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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Mairelon the Magicianby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0312850417 (0-312-85041-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Minionby L. A. BanksISBN 0312316801 (0-312-31680-1)
Softcover, Griffin
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The Mirror of Her Dreamsby Stephen R. DonaldsonISBN 0345346971 (0-345-34697-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mirror of Her Dreams'Book summary:Once again Stephen R. Donaldson, has created a shining example that proves his gift as a master storyteller. It is the story of Terisa Morgan and Geraden, son of the Domme, set in the strange land called Mordant. It is a rich and finely textured novel of love and lust, power and court politics, in a place where nothing is ever what it seems.... [via]
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0316289124 (0-316-28912-4)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Midshipman Hornblower'Book summary:Horatio Hornblower was born in C.S. Forester's fertile imagination and became arguably more famous, certainly more personal, than Nelson, Cook and Drake combined. He fought in a dozen major campaigns during the Napoleonic wars, and it was in these pages that we first got a glimmer of just how much Bonaparte was hated, and why.
Forester's genius was not tidy, and so this story, which sets Hornblower on course at age 17, is Forester's sixth book about him, though it should have been the first. LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER, which follows it, carries the intrepid young man another step forward in his career. [via]
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblowerby Rosemary Border, Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0194230414 (0-19-423041-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Midshipman Hornblower'Book summary:'Hornblower fired. There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang. This is death, he thought. My pistol was the unloaded one.' But Horatio Hornblower does not die. He survives the duel with Simpson, learns to overcome his seasickness, and goes on to risk his life many times over. It is 1793, Britain is at war with France, and life on a sailing ship of war is hard and dangerous. But the hardest battles are fought by Hornblower within himself. [via]
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0307261581 (0-307-26158-1)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'Book summary:5 Books in Very Good Condition. All Paperbacks. [via]
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On a Pale Horseby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345338588 (0-345-33858-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On a Pale Horse'Book summary:When Zane shot Death, he learned, too late, that he would have to assume his place, speeding over the world riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others. Sooner than he would have thought possible, Zane found himself being drawn to Satan's plot. Already the Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved...unless he could discover the only way out....
The first novel of the INCARNATIONS OF IMMORATLITY series.
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The Paths of the Deadby Steven BrustISBN 0312864787 (0-312-86478-7)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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The Phoenix Guardsby Steven BrustISBN 031285157X (0-312-85157-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Powers That Beby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345387791 (0-345-38779-1)
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Prelude to Foundationby Isaac AsimovISBN 0246130482 (0-246-13048-2)
Hardcover, Grafton Books
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The Prince of Ill Luckby Susan DexterISBN 0345380657 (0-345-38065-7)
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The Revolution from Rosinanteby Alexis A. GillilandISBN 0345292650 (0-345-29265-0)
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The Ring of Allaireby Susan DexterISBN 0345311213 (0-345-31121-3)
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Ringworldby Larry NivenISBN 0345333926 (0-345-33392-6)
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Robot Trilogy : The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawnby Isaac AsimovISBN 0345331192 (0-345-33119-2)
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The Robots of Dawnby Isaac AsimovISBN 0345315715 (0-345-31571-5)
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Running with the Demonby Terry BrooksISBN 0345379624 (0-345-37962-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Running with the Demon'Book summary:Terry Brooks's Running with the Demon is billed as "A Novel of Good and Evil," but he could've called it "A Novel of Here and Now." The fantasy master behind the Shannara series switches his focus from neo-Tolkien jungles to the woebegone steel town of Hopewell, Illinois. Though Illinois teenager Nest Freemark (where does he get these names?) looks like your average kid, she spends her free time in the woods asking her 6-inch pal Pick for advice in dodging the Demon and his creepy Feeders, spirits who gobble the souls of humans. Nest is also being tailed by John Ross, a shining Knight of the Word who wants to keep her from the Feeders' jaws.
Meanwhile, in the real world that dominates the novel, Nest Freemark is being stalked by a handsome, evil classmate who she has rejected, and a pack of surly, insurgent striking steelworkers plot a bombing at the company's Fourth of July picnic. The boy and the bombers are unaware that they're being subconsciously manipulated by the Demon. The book's matter-of-fact take on the uncanny is a bit like The X-Files. (And if you want to compare the two, check out Ted Edwards's X-Files Confidential: The Unauthorized X-Philes Compendium.)
Brooks's plot has more strands than a plate of pasta, yet his mind is logical to a fault--he used to be a lawyer. There's something for everyone: gory monster attacks, a dread family secret, magical mind-game duels, even a (rather flat) teen-romance subplot. The setting has real grit and the countdown to the Independence Day bombing peps up the tale. Brooks sometimes prosaically explains things a better literary stylist would dramatize, and his minatory visions of environmental apocalypse are more fun than the obvious, nagging, don't-be-a-litterbug message they exist to convey. Brooks will never be as deep as Tolkien, and many readers will find him less awesome as their adolescence recedes. Still, he's the genuine article, and with this book, he raises the stakes he's playing for. [via]
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Seventh Sonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312930194 (0-312-93019-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seventh Son'Book summary:From the author of Enders Game, an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him.[via]More editions of Seventh Son:
Shadow Leaderby Tara K. HarperISBN 0345371631 (0-345-37163-1)
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The Shadow of Albionby Andre Norton, Rosemary EdghillISBN 0312864272 (0-312-86427-2)
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Shakespeare's Landlordby Charlaine HarrisISBN 0312144156 (0-312-14415-6)
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Speaker for the Deadby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312853254 (0-312-85325-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speaker for the Dead'Book summary:Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. Like its predecessor, this book won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. [via]
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Split Infinityby Piers AnthonyISBN 0345354915 (0-345-35491-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Split Infinity'Book summary:Split Infinity is the first book in Piers Anthony's Apprentice Adept series. Here two worlds exist side by side: Proton and Phaze. Proton is a science fiction world, where everything works in a logical and scientific manner. Phaze is a fantasy world similar to Anthony's Xanth in that there's no such thing as science--it's all done with magic! The wild plot involves a young adventurer named Stiles who lives in Proton and learns that his "double" in Phaze has been murdered. To solve his own demise, Stiles must travel between the two realities, each abounding with the expected confusions and unexpected plot twists for which Anthony is famous. An artful blending of SF and fantasy clichés and situations, Split Infinity shows Piers Anthony at the top of his ingenious game(s). --Stanley Wiater [via]
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Stenby Allan Cole, Chris BunchISBN 0345324609 (0-345-32460-9)
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Vulcan was a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death.
Vulcan bred just two types of native -- complacent or tough...and Sten was tough.
When his family died in a mysterious "accident," Sten rebelled, harassing the Company from the metal world's endless mazelike warrens.
Sten would have ended up just another burnt-out Delinquent if he hadn't rescued a mysterious stranger who turned out to be his ticket off Vulcan -- and an express ride back!
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The Court Of A Thousand Suns
Fleet Of The Damned
Revenge Of The Damned
The Return Of The Emperor
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The Sword and the Satchelby Elizabeth H. BoyerISBN 0345336011 (0-345-33601-1)
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The Sword and the Satchelby Robert Florczak, Elizabeth Boyer, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress), Chris BarbieriISBN 0345286006 (0-345-28600-6)
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Taliesinby Steve LawheadISBN 0310205050 (0-310-20505-0)
Softcover, Zondervan
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To Ride Pegasusby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0345336038 (0-345-33603-8)
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Troll's Grindstoneby Elizabeth BoyerISBN 0345321820 (0-345-32182-0)
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Under the Eagleby Simon ScarrowISBN 0312304242 (0-312-30424-2)
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Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legionsby Simon ScarrowISBN 0312278705 (0-312-27870-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novelby Judith Merkle RileyISBN 0307237877 (0-307-23787-7)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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The Weirdstone of Brinsingamenby Alan GarnerISBN 0345290437 (0-345-29043-7)
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Wit'Ch Fireby James ClemensISBN 0345417062 (0-345-41706-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wit'Ch Fire'Book summary:Wit'ch Fire grabs you in the first scene, and doesn't let go until the very end. This is the beginning of a new fantasy series--the Banned and the Banished--by first-time author James Clemens, but its sophistication and style are reminiscent of experienced fantasists such as Guy Gavriel Kay and George R.R. Martin. Elena is "the wit'ch of spirit and stone," born of a deadly alliance between three powerful mages in fulfillment of prophecy. But can she learn how to use her powers in time to resist the forces of the Dark Lord? She is joined in her battle by some unlikely allies, but the motley crew may be the only hope for a threatened world. Clemens handles plot and characterization deftly, but the addition of lots of un'neccesary apos'trophes to let you know you're reading a fantasy is a little distracting. Still, Wit'ch Fire is a fast-moving, entertaining read that's definitely worth your time. [via]
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Charles SantoreISBN 0345335902 (0-345-33590-2)
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Wolfwalkerby Tara K. HarperISBN 0345365399 (0-345-36539-9)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. DenslowISBN 0192839306 (0-19-283930-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, and fierce monsters with heads of tigers and bodies of bears. Through the fantastic land of Oz ramble Dorothy and her trusty companions--Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion--each seeking his or her heart's desire. Although the premise of the book and the 1939 movie is the same, the book--as so often is the case--delivers a far more subtle and intricate plot. A child's imagination will run rampant in these pages as one extraordinary creature after another leads the motley crew into strange and magical adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Wounded Landby Stephen R. DonaldsonISBN 0345348680 (0-345-34868-0)
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