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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Donald J GreyISBN 0393958043 (0-393-95804-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Softcover, W. W. Norton - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0393043436 (0-393-04343-6)
Hardcover, W. W. Norton - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0394532279 (0-394-53227-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0393958043 (0-393-95804-3)
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0393099776 (0-393-09977-6)
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Thingsby Robert FulghumISBN 0394571029 (0-394-57102-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Aroused by Booksby Anatole BroyardISBN 0394491041 (0-394-49104-1)
Hardcover, Random House
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Battle of the Books: The Curriculum Debate in Americaby James AtlasISBN 0393310701 (0-393-31070-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Beauty MythISBN 0394222229 (0-394-22222-9)
Softcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublinby Francoise HenryISBN 039449475X (0-394-49475-X)
Hardcover, Knopf
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Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0393092143 (0-393-09214-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition'Book summary:Constance Garnetts translation, the basic version in English of this Russian masterpiece, has been revised by the editor for accuracy and readability.
Dostoevskys sources for the characters and situations of the novel are set forth in an extract from Lev Reynuss Dostoevsky and Staraya Russa and in selections from Dostoevskys letters and diary, all translated by Professor Matlaw. Konstantin Mochulskys essay provides a general discussion of the work. Important questions as to the craft of the novel, its characterization, Dostoevskys symbolism, the Grand Inquisitor, and the theme of religious salvation are surveyed in critical pieces by Dmitry Tschizewskij, Robert L. Belknap, Edward Wasiolek, Harry Slochower, D. H. Lawrence, Albert Camus, Nathan Rosen, Leonid Grossman, Ya. E. Golosovker, R. P. Blackmur, and Ralph E. Matlaw. Several of these selections are also recently translated from the Russian. A Selected Bibliography is included. [via] 
Complete Writings: The Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides, Richard CrawleyISBN 0394309510 (0-394-30951-0)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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Cry to Heavenby Anne RiceISBN 0394523512 (0-394-52351-2)
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Death Is a Lonely Businessby Ray BradburyISBN 0394547020 (0-394-54702-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Democracy in Americaby Thomas Bender, Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 039432675X (0-394-32675-X)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy in America'Book summary:Classic analysis of america's unique political character, quoted heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on history professors' reading lists. The book's enduring appeal lies in the eloquent, prophetic voice of alexis de tocqueville (1805-1859), a french aristocrat who visited the united states in 1831. A thoughtful young man in a still-young country, he succeede in penning this penetrating study of america's people, culture, history, geography, politics, legal system, and economy. Tocqueville asserts, i confess that in america i saw more than america; i sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress [via]
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The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotationsby David GrambsISBN 0393312658 (0-393-31265-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations'Book summary:Have you ever found yourself grasping in vain for that ideal descriptive word lost somewhere within the misty recesses of your vocabulary? Or felt frustrated that an oddly shaped structure or pretty setting you wished to portray in writing didn't quite translate clearly to paper?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, then The Describer's Dictionary is exactly the book you need. Open it, and you have not only just the right words butbringing them to lifestellar literary examples of descriptive writing as well.
The Dictionary concern itself with the observable, from shapes to buildings to human beings. "Referably" organized, the book uses a handy reverse, definition-to-term format that makes it easy to zero in on the term you're seeking. For example, look up "Noses" to find "aquiline," "leptorrhine," and "snub-nosed." And as an inspiration to any writershowing how it's done by the besthundreds of colorful and evocative descriptive passages from such diverse authors as Dickens, Darwin, and Updike appear on facing pages, making this a singularly and richly different kind of reference book.
The craft of description lives in literature, conversation, journalism, and personal letters. For help in painting pictures with the English language, The Desciber's Dictionary is one of the most indispensable reference tools you can own.
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The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations for Readersby David GrambsISBN 0393033996 (0-393-03399-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations for Readers'Book summary:A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of James, Updike, Chandler, and others; and words concerning shapes, textures, colors, terrain, structures, and more. [via]
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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earthby William Bryant LoganISBN 039332947X (0-393-32947-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth'Book summary:A gleeful, poetic book. . . . Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer. Los Angeles Times Book Review
You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about. So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to that stuff that wont come off your collar.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. With fresh eyes and heartfelt reverence, William Bryant Logan variously observes, There is glamour to the study of rock ; The most mysterious place on Earth is right beneath our feet ; and Dirt is the gift of each to all.
Whether Logan is traversing the far reaches of the cosmos or plowing through our planets crust, his delightful, elegant, and surprisingly soulful meditations greatly enrich our concept of dirt, that substance from which we all arise and to which we all must return. [via]More editions of Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth:
The Discoverersby Daniel Joseph BoorstinISBN 0394256336 (0-394-25633-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Discoverers Set: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel J. Boorstin, Clare Boothe LuceISBN 0394402294 (0-394-40229-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers Set: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Divine Comedyby John Ciardi, Dante AlighieriISBN 0393044726 (0-393-04472-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance.
Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages. [via]More editions of The Divine Comedy:
Doctor Faustus : The Life of the German Composer, Adrian Leverkuhn, As Told by a Friendby Thomas MannISBN 0394422244 (0-394-42224-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes, Burton Raffel, Diana De Armas WilsonISBN 039397281X (0-393-97281-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quijote'Book summary:The complete text of "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Parts I and II," is here offered in a substantially revised version of the translation by John Ormsby, first published in 1885. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, and recent textual scholarship has been taken into account in preparing the revisions; a detailed discussion of the procedures and principles followed by all the original prefatory material, including dedications, copyright notices, statements by the censor, and other items omitted by Ormsby. [via]
Eaters of the Deadby Michael CrichtonISBN 0394494008 (0-394-49400-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscanyby Carlo M. CipollaISBN 0393000451 (0-393-00045-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany'Book summary:Recreates the struggles within plague-stricken Italy, relating events that led to a confrontation between the advocates of science and the followers of faith.
By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay, Carlo Cipolla recreates the daily struggle of plague-stricken Monte Lupo, a rustic Tuscan village, revealing in the vivid terms of actual events and personalities a central drama of Western civilization - the conflict between faith and reason, Church and state. [via]More editions of Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany:
A Fan's Notesby ExleyISBN 0394496418 (0-394-49641-8)
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Fannyby Erica JongISBN 0393324354 (0-393-32435-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny'Book summary:"A rollicking tale...a tour de force."Newsweek
Discovered on the doorstep of a country estate in Wiltshire, England, the infant Fanny is raised to womanhood by her adoptive parents, Lord and Lady Bellars. Fanny wants to become the epic poet of the age, but her plans are dashed when she is ravished by her libertine stepfather. Fleeing to London, Fanny falls in with idealistic witches and highwaymen who teach her of worlds she never knew existed. After toiling in a London brothel that caters to literati, Fanny embarks on a series of adventures that teach her what she must know to live and prosper as a woman. Soon to be a major Broadway musical. Reading group guide included. [via]More editions of Fanny:
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Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter W. ArndtISBN 0393972828 (0-393-97282-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in "Faust," "Part 1," the tremendous versatility of Goethe's genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe's characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches' Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen's tragic fate.
This newly revised edition, which offers Peter Salm's wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us "Faust" in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe's words. [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Gretchen Holbrook GerzinaISBN 0393926354 (0-393-92635-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays.
Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. The Secret Garden, her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnetts life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations point to Burnetts prominence in popular culture.
"Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of The Secret Garden, including Jerry Phillipss sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixlers comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden:
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafeby Fannie FlaggISBN 039456152X (0-394-56152-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe'Book summary:A folksy, funny and endearing story of life in a small town in Alabama in the Depression and in the 1980s. However, the novel's laughter and tears are interrupted by a strange murder and a still stranger trial. [via]
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societiesby Marcel Mauss, W.D. HallsISBN 039332043X (0-393-32043-X)
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Cyrus Henry HoyISBN 0393316424 (0-393-31642-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:This revised Norton Critical Edition of one of the series' most widely read texts is based on the second quarto (1604-05). Where necessary, the editor has also drawn from the folio text, recording all departures from the quarto in the Textual Notes. Punctuation and stage directions for the play have been refined, and textual annotations have been revised and expanded.
The "Intellectual Backgrounds" and "Extracts from the Sources" sections, both highly praised, remain as germane as ever. Intellectual Backgrounds includes important readings on melancholy, demonology, the nature of man, and death, including works by Peter de la Primaudaye, Timothy Bright, Lewes Lavater, G. Gifford, Michel de Montaigne, and Heironymous Cardanus. Extracts from the Sources provides pre-Shakespearean accounts of the story of Hamlet, reprinting substantial excerpts from Saxo Grammaticus's Historia Danica and Belleforest's Histoires Tragiques.
"Criticism" has been revised to accommodate the most significant recent interpretations of Hamlet while retaining the seminal essays of the First Edition. Twenty-three critical analyses are featured, including those by Samuel Johnson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, A. C. Bradley, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, G. Wilson Knight, C. S. Lewis, Harry Levin, Peter J. Seng, Rebecca West, Arnold Kettle, Margaret W. Ferguson, Jacqueline Rose, and William Empson.
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Henry IVby William Shakespeare, Gordon McMullanISBN 0393979318 (0-393-97931-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:This edition of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 uses a variety of approaches to Shakespeare, including historical and cultural studies approaches. Shakespeare's text is accompanied by an intriguing collection of thematically arranged historical and cultural documents and illustrations designed to give a firsthand knowledge of the contexts out of which Henry IV, Part 1 emerged. Hodgdon's intelligent and engaging introductions to the play and to the documents (most of which are presented in modern spelling and with annotations) offer a richly textured understanding of Elizabethan culture and Shakespeare's work within that culture. [via]
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The History of That Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De LA Manchaby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Burton RaffelISBN 0393315096 (0-393-31509-6)
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In Search of J. D. Salinger: A Writing Lifeby Ian HamiltonISBN 0394534689 (0-394-53468-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life'Book summary:Ian Hamilton wrote two books on J. D. Salinger. Only one, this one, was published. The first, called "J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life", despite undergoing many changes to accommodate Salinger was still victim of a legal ban. Salinger objected to the use of his letters, in the end to any use of them. The first book had to be shelved. With great enterprise and determination however, Ian Hamilton set to and wrote this book which is more, much more, than an emasculated version of the first. For someone whose guarding of his privacy became so fanatical it is perhaps surprising how much Ian Hamilton was able to disinter about his earlier life. Until Salinger retreated completely into his bolt-hole outside Cornish in New Hampshire many aspects of his life, though it required assiduousness on the biographer's part, could be pieced together. A surprising portrait emerges; although there were early signs of renunciation, there were moments when his behavior could almost be described as gregarious. The trail Hamilton follows is fascinating, and the story almost has the lineaments of a detective mystery with the denouement suitably being played out in Court. 'As highly readable and as literate an account of Salinger's work from a biographical perspective as we are likely to receive' - "The Listener". 'A sophisticated exploration of Salinger's life and writing and a sustained debate about the nature of literary biography, its ethical legitimacy, its aesthetic relevance to a serious reading of a writer's books' - Jonathan Raban, "Observer". 'Hamilton's book is as devious, as compelling, and in a covert way, as violent, as a story by Chandler' - Victoria Glendinning, "The Times". [via]
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An Invitation to Indian Cookingby Madhur JaffreyISBN 0394481720 (0-394-48172-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Invitation to Indian Cooking'Book summary:This new paperback of Madhur Jaffrey's modern culinary classic is the companion to "Eastern Vegetarian Cooking": it will come as a revelation to all those whose experience of Indian cuisine has been confined to restaurants in Britain. In her fascinating Introduction, the author vividly describes the vast scope of Indian cooking, the regional differences in taste and method, and the special qualities of the food of her native Delhi; she provides a comprehensive list of the various herbs and spices used in India, a glossary of cookery terms and some suggested menus. The recipes range from soups to desserts, with meat, fish and egg dishes, vegetables, rice and bread, chutneys and pickles, and a section on summer cooking and barbeques. All are clearly and simply set out, with many helpful hints from Madhur Jaffrey's own wide experience. The wealth of colourful detail and incidental information makes "An Invitation to Indian Cooking" as much a pleasure to read as it is to use. [via]
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Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cookingby Fuchsia DunlopISBN 0393051773 (0-393-05177-3)
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Gregory Eiselein, Anne K. PhillipsISBN 0393976149 (0-393-97614-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women is one of the best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.
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Madame Bovary, c'est Moi : The Great Characters of Literature and Where They Came Fromby Andre BernardISBN 0393051811 (0-393-05181-1)
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Leah S. MarcusISBN 0393925293 (0-393-92529-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice'Book summary:The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeares most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism.
This Norton Critical Edition has been carefully edited to make The Merchant of Venice, its surrounding history, and the history of its critical reception and rewritings accessible to readers. The text of this edition is based on the 1600 First Quarto, with light editing and substantial explanatory annotations by Leah S. Marcus.
"Sources and Contexts" largely focuses on the character of Shylock and the issue of anti-Semitism in the play. Materials included are diverse, and at times contradictory, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions. Examples include seventeenth-century anti-Semitic literature, an essay from the same period defending Jews and arguing for their repatriation in England, an examination of the Christian theology of the play, and readings of The Merchant of Venice as exclusionary for Jews, women, and people of color.
"Criticism" collects twenty-one diverse interpretations. In addition to Shylock and the question of anti-Semitism, these essays address The Merchant of Venice in the context of postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory and explore relevant issues of economic status and organization.
"Rewritings and Appropriations" includes excerpts from dramatic, musical, and other literary adaptations of The Merchant of Venice, as well as a selection of poems, most of them from the twentieth century, on the character of Shylock.
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Mists of Avalonby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0394524063 (0-394-52406-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mists of Avalon'Book summary:Even readers who don't normally enjoy Arthurian legends will love this version, a retelling from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Morgaine (more commonly known as Morgan Le Fay) and Gwenhwyfar (a Welsh spelling of Guinevere) struggle for power, using Arthur as a way to score points and promote their respective worldviews. The Mists of Avalon's Camelot politics and intrigue take place at a time when Christianity is taking over the island-nation of Britain; Christianity vs. Faery, and God vs. Goddess are dominant themes.
Young and old alike will enjoy this magical Arthurian reinvention by science fiction and fantasy veteran Marion Zimmer Bradley. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Hershel Parker, Harrison HayfordISBN 0393972836 (0-393-97283-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:In this adaptation of Melville's masterpiece, McCaughrean recounts the tale of the obsessed Captain Ahab, as he pursues the great white whale--a creature as vast and dangerous as the sea itself. 55 illustrations, 25 in color. [via]
The Moon Is Always Femaleby Marge PiercyISBN 0394509773 (0-394-50977-3)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Mineralsby Charles Wesley ChestermanISBN 0394502698 (0-394-50269-8)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Regionby Elbert Luther LittleISBN 0394507606 (0-394-50760-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region'Book summary:More than 300 species of trees are found in the United States and Canada west of the Rocky Mountains, some introduced from other continents but many native to the region. This handsome guidebook covers them all, with photographs that enable identification by easily discernible characteristics: by, for example, the shape of the leaf or needle, by the fruit, or by the flower or cone. The photographs are linked to texts that describe a tree's physical characteristics, habitat, and range. Some of the trees covered in this volume are exceedingly rare, such as the Monterey pine; others are locally abundant but limited in range, such as the Joshua tree; still others, such as the quaking aspen, are widespread. This guidebook is an essential addition to any western outdoor enthusiast's collection. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The New York Public Library: Its Architecture and Decorationby Henry Hope ReedISBN 0393023176 (0-393-02317-6)
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The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Editionby William Shakespeare, Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Katharine E. MausISBN 0393041077 (0-393-04107-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Shakespeare : Based on the Oxford Edition'Book summary:Comprising the complete works of William Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition, this book has been edited and annotated to provide a single-column text. Each play has an introduction aimed at encouraging a fresh approach to the work. In the general introduction, the editor draws a picture of everyday life in Elizabethan England: the culture, the people, commerce, politics and religion. He describes Shakespeare's family life and his professional career as a working man of the theatre. He also discusses the printing and publishing of the plays, and recent developments in textual scholarship. Lastly, he considers questions affecting Shakespeare criticism. An essay by Andrew Gurr (University of Reading), on the staging of Shakespeare's plays explains, for example, how the plays were performed at the "Globe" theatre. An accompanying CD-ROM, "The Norton Shakespeare Workshop" is also available. [via]
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Philip ApplemanISBN 0393978672 (0-393-97867-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, origin of species, he showed that new species are achieved by 'natural selection'. Development, diversification, decay, extinction and absence of plan are all inherent to his theories. Darwin read prodigiously across many fields; he reflected on his experiences as a traveller, he experimented. His profoundly influential concept of 'natural selection' condenses materials from past and present, from the Galapagos Islands to rural Staffordshire, from English back gardens to colonial encounters. The Origin communicates the enthusiasm of original thinking in an open, descriptive style, and Darwin's emphasis on the value of diversity speaks more strongly now than ever. [via]
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Pantagruel Gargantuaby Francois Rabelais, Burton RaffelISBN 0393308065 (0-393-30806-5)
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Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his times-from bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desires-is one of the great comic masterpieces of literature. [via]More editions of Pantagruel Gargantua:
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The Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert RobertsISBN 0393971678 (0-393-97167-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations'Book summary:The classic history of war between Athens and Sparta. On 5/30/2009, I added links from the table of contents to each of the 26 chapters. If you bought a copy before that date, you should be able to download the new version at no extra charge. According to Wikipedia: "Thucydides (c. 460 B.C. c. 395 B.C.) was a Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 B.C. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" due to his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis in terms of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods. He has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the relations between nations as based on might rather than right. His classical text is still studied at advanced military colleges worldwide, and the Melian dialogue remains a seminal work of international relations theory. More generally, Thucydides showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plague and civil war." [via]
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstanceby Henry PetroskiISBN 0394574222 (0-394-57422-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance'Book summary:Like most other human artifacts, the common pencil, made and sold today by the millions, has a long and complex history. Henry Petroski, who combines a talent for fine writing with a deep knowledge of engineering and technological history, examines the story of the pencil, considering it not only as a thing in itself, but also as an exemplar of all things that are designed and manufactured.
Petroski ranges widely in time, discussing the writing technologies of antiquity. But his story really begins in the early modern period, when, in 1565, a Swiss naturalist first described the properties of the mineral that became known as graphite. Petroski traces the evolution of the pencil through the Industrial Revolution, when machine manufacture replaced earlier handwork. Along the way, he looks at some of pencil making's great innovators--including Henry David Thoreau, the famed writer, who worked in his father's pencil factory, inventing techniques for grinding graphite and experimenting with blends of lead, clay, and other ingredients to yield pencils of varying hardness and darkness. Petroski closes with a look at how pencils are made today--a still-imperfect technology that may yet evolve with new advances in materials and design. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Peopling of British North America : An Introductionby Bernard BailynISBN 0394553926 (0-394-55392-6)
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The Persian Boyby Mary RenaultISBN 0394481917 (0-394-48191-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Persian Boy'Book summary:It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior. The Atlantic Monthly
The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexanders life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexanders mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone. [via]More editions of The Persian Boy:
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The Plagueby Albert CamusISBN 0394440617 (0-394-44061-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plague'Book summary:The Nobel prize-winning Albert Camus, who died in 1960, could not have known how grimly current his existentialist novel of epidemic and death would remain. Set in Algeria, in northern Africa, The Plague is a powerful study of human life and its meaning in the face of a deadly virus that sweeps dispassionately through the city, taking a vast percentage of the population with it. [via]
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The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetryby Dorianne Laux, Kim AddonizioISBN 0393316548 (0-393-31654-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry'Book summary:"We wanted to create a book," say poets Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux in their introduction to The Poet's Companion, "that would focus on both craft and process." The book they have created is an impassioned exploration of poetry writing that addresses subject matter, craft, and the writing life. The reigning wisdom is that poets, like other creative writers, should write what they know. "The trick," say the authors, "is to find out what we know, challenge what we know, own what we know, and then give it away in language." Elsewhere they add that, while "as poets, we need to write from our experience ... that experience may be mental, emotional, and imaginative as well as physical."
Addonizio and Laux are lively spokespersons for the poet's life; they pepper their thoughts with well-chosen poems from their contemporaries--including David Bottoms, Jack Gilbert, Linda Gregg, and Jane Kenyon--and they conclude each short chapter with an invigorating collection of ideas for writing. These "ideas" culminate in a terrific section of writing exercises at book's end: write a poem describing "your most acutely embarrassing moment"; "write a poem of praise for an unlikely group of people, things, ideas"; "write a poem about the last time you saw a loved one you lost." I found myself a bit frustrated by the brevity of the discussions (most chapters are under 10 pages) and a bit put off by the first person plural narrative (do Addonizio and Laux really agree on everything they say they agree on?), but these are mere quibbles. This is a fine book indeed. --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Random House French Dictionaryby R. A. HallISBN 0394400542 (0-394-40054-2)
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Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles And Booksby Ted BishopISBN 0393062619 (0-393-06261-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles And Books'Book summary:A motorcycle odyssey that combines the sensory seduction of the road with the intellectual rewards of archival research.
Ted Bishop took one last ride before the fall term. When he tried to pass a tractor-trailer at 80 miles per hour, his motorcycle began to vibrate out of control. Bishop was flung into a ditch, breaking his back in two places, shattering a wrist and ankle, and collapsing his lungs. Left with time to write and reflect, Bishop produced Riding with Rilke, an account of the epic motorcycle trip he had completed just before the crash. Here, Bishop takes readers from Edmonton to Austin, through the classic landscapes of the American West, and to a few of America and Europe's most famous cities as he reconciles what it means to be both a road dog and a researcher. Whether describing the shock of holding Virginia Woolf's suicide note in the British Library or the outlaw thrill of cruising small American towns on his Ducati, Bishop meditates with wit and honesty on the tangled interplay of life, work, and art. [via]More editions of Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles And Books:
The Rose & The Briar: Death, Love And Liberty in the American Balladby Sean Wilentz, Greil MarcusISBN 0393328252 (0-393-32825-2)
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She Stoops to Conquerby Oliver GoldsmithISBN 0393900460 (0-393-90046-0)
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Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray BradburyISBN 0394530411 (0-394-53041-1)
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The Spooky Art : Some Thoughts on Writingby Norman MailerISBN 0394536487 (0-394-53648-7)
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Story of Oby Pauline RéageISBN 0394171438 (0-394-17143-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of O'Book summary:O is a young, beautiful fashion photographer in Paris. One day her lover, Rene, takes her to a chateau, where she is enslaved, with Rene's approval, and systematically sexually assaulted by various other men. Later, Rene turns O over to Sir Stephen, an English friend who intensifies the brutality. But the final humiliation is yet to come.[via]More editions of Story of O:
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The Strangerby Albert Camus, Matthew WardISBN 0394533054 (0-394-53305-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stranger'Book summary:Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's extraordinary first novel, The Stranger (L'Etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus was exploring what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."
Now, in an illuminating new American translation (the only English version available for more than forty years was done by a British translator), the original intent of The Stranger is made more immediate, as Matthew Ward captures in exact and lucid language precisely what Camus said and how he said it, thus giving this haunting novel a new life for generations to come.
Albert Camus, son of a working-class family, was born in Algeria in 1913. He spent the early years of his life in North Africa, where he worked at Various jobs -- in the weather bureau, in an automobile-accessory firm, in a shipping company -- to help pay for his courses at the University of Algiers. He then turned to journalism as a career. His report on the unhappy state of the Muslims of the Kabylie region aroused the Algerian government to action and brought him public notice. From 1935 to 1938 he ran the Theatre de L'Equipe, a theatrical company that produced plays by Malraux, Gide, Synge, Dostoevski, and others. During World War II he was one of the leading writers of the French Resistance and editor of Combat, then an important underground newspaper. Camus was always very active in the theater, and several of his plays have been published and produced. His fiction, including The Stranger, The Plague, The Fall, and Exile and the Kingdom; his philosophical essays, The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel; and his plays have assured his preeminent position in modern French letters. In 1957 Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His sudden death on January 4, 1960, cut short the career of one of the most important literary figures of the Western world when he was at the very summit of his powers. [via]More editions of The Stranger:
Successful Writingby Maxine HairstonISBN 0393962040 (0-393-96204-0)
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Successful Writing: A Rhetoric for Advanced Compositionby Maxine C. HairstonISBN 0393954161 (0-393-95416-1)
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A Summons to Memphisby Peter TaylorISBN 0394410629 (0-394-41062-9)
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Three Greek Plays Prometheus Bound Agamemnon the Trojan Womenby Edith HamiltonISBN 0393002039 (0-393-00203-9)
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Tom Jonesby Henry Fielding, Sheridan Warner BakerISBN 0393965945 (0-393-96594-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom Jones'Book summary:Tom Jones isn't a bad guy, but boys just want to have fun. Nearly two and a half centuries after its publication, the adventures of the rambunctious and randy Tom Jones still makes for great reading. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book. [via]
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Booksby J. Peder ZaneISBN 0393328406 (0-393-32840-6)
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Twelfth Nightby William ShakespeareISBN 039392579X (0-393-92579-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night'Book summary:About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide. [via]
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Walden and Resistance to Civil Governmentby Henry David Thoreau, Owen Thomas, William RossiISBN 0393959058 (0-393-95905-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden and Resistance to Civil Government'Book summary:On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into the cabin he had built on the shore of Walden Pond, thus beginning the most famous experiment in simple living in American history. On the 150th anniversary of that event, Houghton Mifflin, successor to Thoreau's original publisher, is proud to publish a new edition of Walden, annotated by the distinguished Thoreau scholar Walter Harding and illustrated with Thoreau's own drawings. Even those who have read Walden many times will find much that is new in this edition, and those reading the book for the first time will discover why it has changed the lives of generations of readers. [via]
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War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, George Gibian, Aylmer MaudeISBN 039396647X (0-393-96647-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Peace'Book summary:The text of this revised Norton Critical Edition of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel is based on the Louise and Aylmer Maude translation. The editor has made revisions where appropriate; the annotations have also been revised and expanded. Three maps of Napoleon's campaigns and battles in Russia are included, making the military aspects of the novel easier to follow."Backgrounds and Sources" includes the publication history of War and Peace, selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries as well as three drafts of his introduction to the novel that elucidate the its evolution, and an 1868 article by Tolstoy in which he reacts to his critics. "Criticism" includes twenty essays, seven of them new, that provide diverse perspectives on the novel by Nikolai Strakhov, V. I. Lenin, Henry James, Isaiah Berlin, D. S. Mirsky, Kathryn Feuer, Lydia Ginzburg, Richard Gustafson, Gary Saul Morson, and Caryl Emerson, among others. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]
Words Still Count With Me: A Chronicle of Literary Conversationsby Herbert MitgangISBN 0393038807 (0-393-03880-7)
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