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The Amber Spyglassby Philip PullmanISBN 0440238153 (0-440-23815-3)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amber Spyglass'Book summary:From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we'll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we've yet to discern whether this individual's intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between. We also learn that Will still possesses the blade that allows him to cut between worlds, and has been joined by two winged companions who are determined to escort him to Lord Asriel's mountain redoubt. The boy, however, has only one goal in mind--to rescue his friend and return to her the alethiometer, an instrument that has revealed so much to her and to readers of The Golden Compass and its follow-up. Within a short time, too, we get to experience the "tingle of the starlight" on Serafina Pekkala's skin as she seeks out a famished Iorek Byrnison and enlists him in Lord Asriel's crusade:
A complex web of thoughts was weaving itself in the bear king's mind, with more strands in it than hunger and satisfaction. There was the memory of the little girl Lyra, whom he had named Silvertongue, and whom he had last seen crossing the fragile snow bridge across a crevasse in his own island of Svalbard. Then there was the agitation among the witches, the rumors of pacts and alliances and war; and then there was the surpassingly strange fact of this new world itself, and the witch's insistence that there were many more such worlds, and that the fate of them all hung somehow on the fate of the child.
Meanwhile, two factions of the Church are vying to reach Lyra first. One is even prepared to give a priest "preemptive absolution" should he succeed in committing mortal sin. For these tyrants, killing this girl is no less than "a sacred task."In the final installment of his trilogy, Philip Pullman has set himself the highest hurdles. He must match its predecessors in terms of sheer action and originality and resolve the enigmas he already created. The good news is that there is no critical bad news--not that The Amber Spyglass doesn't contain standoffs and close calls galore. (Who would have it otherwise?) But Pullman brings his audacious revision of Paradise Lost to a conclusion that is both serene and devastating. In prose that is transparent yet lyrical and 3-D, the author weaves in and out of his principals' thoughts. He also offers up several additional worlds. In one, Dr. Mary Malone is welcomed into an apparently simple society. The environment of the mulefa (again, we'll reveal nothing more) makes them rich in consciousness while their lives possess a slow and stately rhythm. These strange creatures can, however, be very fast on their feet (or on other things entirely) when necessary. Alas, they are on the verge of dying as Dust streams out of their idyllic landscape. Will the Oxford dark-matter researcher see her way to saving them, or does this require our young heroes? And while Mary is puzzling out a cure, Will and Lyra undertake a pilgrimage to a realm devoid of all light and hope, after having been forced into the cruelest of sacrifices--or betrayals.
Throughout his galvanizing epic, Pullman sustains scenes of fierce beauty and tenderness. He also allows us a moment or two of comic respite. At one point, for instance, Lyra's mother bullies a series of ecclesiastical underlings: "The man bowed helplessly and led her away. The guard behind her blew out his cheeks with relief." Needless to say, Mrs. Coulter is as intoxicating and fluid as ever. And can it be that we will come to admire her as she plays out her desperate endgame? In this respect, as in many others, The Amber Spyglass is truly a book of revelations, moving from darkness visible to radiant truth. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Barchester Towersby Anthony TrollopeISBN 0451518810 (0-451-51881-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barchester Towers'Book summary:This 1857 sequel to The Warden wryly chronicles the struggle for control of the English diocese of Barchester. The evangelical but not particularly competent new bishop is Dr. Proudie, who with his awful wife and oily curate, Slope, maneuver for power. The Warden and Barchester Towers are part of Trollope's Barsetshire series, in which some of the same characters recur. [via]
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The Charioteer: A Novelby Mary RenaultISBN 0450001741 (0-450-00174-1)
Hardcover, New English Library
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The Children of Menby P. D. JamesISBN 0446364622 (0-446-36462-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Men'Book summary:Told with P. D. James' s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, "The Children of Men" is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race. [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Joe StatonISBN 0425123340 (0-425-12334-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardryby J. K. RowlingISBN 043932162X (0-439-32162-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'Book summary:Now, the classic books from the library of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry--Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages--are available in hardcover in a sturdy boxed gift set. (These books are written by J.K. Rowling herself under the pseudonyms Newt Scamander and Kennilworthy Whisp.) Finally, Muggles will have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. The Quidditch textbook explains where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, and why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their clothes. Both books, designed to look like Harry Potter's actual, used Hogwarts textbooks, feature silly scribblings from Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Proceeds from the sale of this gift set will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world. Harry Potter fans, rejoice! (All ages) [via]
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The Collectorby John FowlesISBN 044031335X (0-440-31335-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Colour of Magicby Terry PratchettISBN 0451451120 (0-451-45112-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Come Togetherby Josie Lloyd, Emlyn ReesISBN 0425176053 (0-425-17605-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Complete Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0436133008 (0-436-13300-8)
Hardcover, Harper & Collins
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Daniel Derondaby George EliotISBN 0451512049 (0-451-51204-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Der Tod in Venedigby Thomas Mann, A. W. HornseyISBN 0435385801 (0-435-38580-1)
Hardcover, Heinemann Educational
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Dr. Noby Ian FlemingISBN 0425086798 (0-425-08679-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. No'Book summary:M called this case a soft option. Bond can't quite agree. The tropical island is luxurious, the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing, but they are both part of the empire of Dr. No . . . The doctor is a worthy adversary, with a mind as hard and cold as his solid steel hands. Dr. No's obsession is power. His only gifts are strictly pain-shaped. [via]
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Equal Ritesby Terry PratchettISBN 0451450922 (0-451-45092-2)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Equal Rites'Book summary:On Discworld, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late. The town witch insists on turning the baby into a perfectly normal witch, thus mending the magical damage of the wizard's mistake. But now the young girl will be forced to penetrate the inner sanctum of the Unseen University--and attempt to save the world with one well-placed kick in some enchanted shins!. [via]
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themby J. K. Rowling, Newt ScamanderISBN 0439295017 (0-439-29501-7)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'Book summary:If you're a Harry Potter fan and are desperate to fill the gap between Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the next instalment (sorry folks, no date as yet but as soon as we know we'll tell you), then this JK offering could be the answer to your Potter prayers.
JK Rowling takes her enviable ability to turn paper into gold to the next level by cleverly teaming up with Comic Relief 2001 to bring Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (a set text during Harry's first year at Hogwarts) and Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry's favourite book), to the masses--and all the money goes to charity.
To be one of the first to lay your hands on these books, simply order now. And on Friday, March 16 just watch as the money you pay goes into the Comic Relief coffers... --Susan Harrison [via]
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First Love, Last Ritesby Ian McEwanISBN 0425045013 (0-425-04501-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Gun Sellerby Hugh LaurieISBN 0434003751 (0-434-00375-1)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Harry Potter Schoolbooksby J. K. Rowling, Kennilworthy Whisp, Newt ScamanderISBN 0439284031 (0-439-28403-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter Schoolbooks'Book summary:Now, the classic books from the library of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry--Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages--are available in hardcover in a sturdy boxed gift set. (These books are written by J.K. Rowling herself under the pseudonyms Newt Scamander and Kennilworthy Whisp.) Finally, Muggles will have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. The Quidditch textbook explains where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, and why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their clothes. Both books, designed to look like Harry Potter's actual, used Hogwarts textbooks, feature silly scribblings from Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Proceeds from the sale of this gift set will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world. Harry Potter fans, rejoice! (All ages) [via]
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Henry IV. Part 2by William ShakespeareISBN 0451517229 (0-451-51722-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104052 (0-425-10405-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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I Capture the Castleby Dodie SmithISBN 0434713503 (0-434-71350-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Ian Fleming's Casino Royaleby Ian FlemingISBN 0425081621 (0-425-08162-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ian Fleming's Casino Royale'Book summary:The licence to kill for the Secret Service was a great honour. It brought James Bond the only assignments he enjoyed, the dangerous ones. At the Casino in Deauville, Bond's game is baccarat. But away from the discreet salons, the caviar and champagne, it's 007 versus one of Russia's most powerful and ruthless agents. [via]
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Island of Dr Moreauby H. G. WellsISBN 0425044076 (0-425-04407-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Island of Dr Moreau'Book summary:A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau is an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation." This colorful tale by the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds lit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896. [via]
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Ivanhoeby Scott, Walter, Sr., Compton MackenzieISBN 0451521943 (0-451-52194-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ivanhoe'Book summary:Ivanhoe, Rowena, and Robin Hood march through unforgettable scenes. [via]
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John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasureby John ClelandISBN 0440055555 (0-440-05555-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'Book summary:She was a homeless orphan of 15, resolved to make her fortune in London. Abandoned by her chaperone, destitute and friendless, the inexperienced country maid was taken in by Madam Brown. And thus began, as she has told us, "...the loose part of my life, wrote with the same liberty that I led it." [via]
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0448169401 (0-448-16940-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:The timeless tale of a young boy left to be raised among the wolves, and his brave mongoose friend, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, comes to life once again, in a beautifully illustrated edition for readers of all ages. [via]
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Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Jungle Book: ISBN 0448060140 (0-448-06014-0)
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King Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0451522532 (0-451-52253-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of Part One., Part Two is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that "I will turn diseases to commodity".
The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of Part One, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of Part Two. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of Part One. "I know thee not, old man" he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, Henry V. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Kit's Wildernessby David AlmondISBN 0440416051 (0-440-41605-1)
Softcover, Skylark
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kit's Wilderness'Book summary:Like David Almond's 1998 Whitbread-winning Skellig, this powerful, eerie, elegantly written novel celebrates the magic that is part of our existence--the magic that occurs when we dream at night, the magic that connects us to family long gone, the magic that connects humans to the land, and us all to each other. As Kit's grandfather puts it, "the tales and memories and dreams that keep the world alive."
It seems fated that 13-year-old Christopher Watson, nicknamed Kit, would move to Stoneygate, an old English coal-mining village where his ancestors lived, worked, and died. Evidence of the ancient coal pit is everywhere--depressions in the gardens, jagged cracks in the roadways, in his grandfather's old mining songs. A monument in the St. Thomas graveyard bears the name of child workers killed in the Stoneygate pit disaster of 1821, including Kit's own name--Christopher Watson, aged 13--the name of a distant uncle. At the top of this high, narrow pyramid-shaped monument is the name John Askew, the same name of Kit's classmate who takes the connection between this monument and life--and death--very seriously.
The drama unfolds as the haunted, hulking, dark-eyed John Askew draws Kit and other classmates into the game of Death, a spin-the-knife, pretend-to-die game that he hosts in a deep hole dug in the earth, with candles, bones, and carved pictures of the children of the old families of Stoneygate. Kit the writer and Askew the artist belong together, Askew keeps telling him. "Your stories is like my drawings, Kit. They take you back deep into the dark and show it lives within us still.... You see it, don't you? You're starting to see that you and me is just the same." Are they, though?
Kit's Wilderness conjures a world where the past is alive in the present and creeps into the future--a world where ancestral ghosts and even the slow-changing geology of the landscape are as tangible as lunch. Powerful images of darkness exploding into "lovely lovely light" filter throughout the story, as Almond boldly explores the dark side and unearths a joyful message of redemption. (Ages 11 and much, much older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanby Laurence SterneISBN 0451518683 (0-451-51868-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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The Light Fantasticby Terry PratchettISBN 0451162412 (0-451-16241-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Light Fantastic'Book summary:The second Discworld novel.
When the very fabric of time and space are about to be put through the wringer -- in this instance by the imminent arrival of a very large and determinedly oncoming meteorite -- circumstances require a very particular type of hero. Sadly what the situation does not need is a singularly inept wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Equally it does not need one well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind of its own. Which is a shame because that's all there is. [via]More editions of The Light Fantastic:
Literary Landscapes of the British Isles: A Narrative Atlasby David Daiches, John FlowerISBN 0448222051 (0-448-22205-1)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 0451522346 (0-451-52234-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Jim'Book summary:This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero. A classic novel. [via]
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Love's Labor's Lostby William Shakespeare, John ArthosISBN 0451522672 (0-451-52267-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love's Labor's Lost'Book summary:Love's Labor's Lost, one of Shakespeare's earliest works, features, in addition to a general discussion of Shakespeare's life, world and theater: a new stage history, an extensive note on sources Shakespeare used, and dramatic criticism from past and present. [via]
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Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0451521358 (0-451-52135-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Mary Poppins Comes Backby P. L. TraversISBN 0440404185 (0-440-40418-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary Poppins Comes Back'Book summary:On snailed the curious figure, its feet neatly clearing the tops of the trees. They could see the face now, and the well-known features -- coal-black hair, bright blue eyes and nose turned upwards like the nose of a Dutch doll. The figure drifted down between the Lime Trees and alighted primly upon the grass. "Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins!" they cried, and flung themselves upon her! [via]
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Mary Poppins Opens the Doorby P. L. Travers, Mary ShepardISBN 0440404320 (0-440-40432-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Mary Poppins: Three Enchanting Classics Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the Doorby P. L. TraversISBN 0440404061 (0-440-40406-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104028 (0-425-10402-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Stephen King started writing Storm of the Century as a novel, but it evolved into the teleplay of an ABC TV miniseries. Set in Maine's remote Little Tall Island, the tale is all about vivid small-town characters, feuds, infidelities, sordid secrets, kids in peril, and gory portents in scrambled letters. The calamitous snowstorm is nothing compared to the mysterious mind-reading stranger Linoge, who uses magic powers to turn people's guilt against them--when he's not simply braining them with his wolf-head-handled cane. Don't even glance at that cane--it can bring out the devil in you. Just as The Shining was concerned with marriage and alcoholism as much as it was with bad weather and worse spirits, Storm of the Century is more than a horror story. It's creepy because it's realistic.
But it's also unusually visual. Linoge's eyes ominously change color, wind and sea wreak havoc, a basketball leaves blood circles with each bounce. The 100-year storm no doubt hits harder onscreen than on the page, but the snow is a symbol of the more disturbing emotional maelstrom that words evoke perfectly. And the murders of folks we've gotten to know is entirely terrifying in print. The crisp discipline of the screenplay format makes this book better than lots of King's more sprawling novels--the end doesn't wander and the dialogue crackles. Here's the real test: It's impossible to read parts 1 and 2 and not read part 3, "The Reckoning." --Tim Appelo [via]
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Our Mutual Friendby Charles DickensISBN 0451522508 (0-451-52250-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Haby Roddy DoyleISBN 0436201356 (0-436-20135-6)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha'Book summary:In Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, an Irish lad named Paddy rampages through the streets of Barrytown with a pack of like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys and Indians, etching their names in wet concrete, and setting fires. Roddy Doyle has captured the sensations and speech patterns of preadolescents with consummate skill, and managed to do so without resorting to sentimentality. Paddy Clarke and his friends are not bad boys; they're just a little bit restless. They're always taking sides, bullying each other, and secretly wishing they didn't have to. All they want is for something--anything--to happen.
Throughout the novel, Paddy teeters on the nervous verge of adolescence. In one scene, Paddy tries to make his little brother's hot water bottle explode, but gives up after stomping on it just one time: "I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Paddy Clarke senses that his world is about to change forever--and not necessarily for the better. When he realizes that his parents' marriage is falling apart, Paddy stays up all night listening, half-believing that his vigil will ward off further fighting. It doesn't work, but it is sweet and sad that he believes it might. Paddy's logic may be fuzzy, but his heart is in the right place. --Jill Marquis [via]
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Paperweightby Stephen FryISBN 0434274089 (0-434-27408-9)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Editionby Muriel SparkISBN 0440371155 (0-440-37115-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Pyramidsby Terry PratchettISBN 0451450442 (0-451-45044-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pyramids'Book summary:[via]Being trained by the Assassins' Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi earlier than expected, but that was only the beginning of his problems.More editions of Pyramids:
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Quidditch Through the Agesby J. K. Rowling, Kennilworthy WhispISBN 0439295025 (0-439-29502-5)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quidditch Through the Ages'Book summary:Grade 4-8-These slim paperbacks are made to look like actual Hogwarts tomes, complete with creased covers and plenty of marginalia scribbled by Harry and other students. Fabulous Beasts, a facsimile of Harry Potter's very own textbook, contains descriptions of 75 magical beasts, written in a wonderfully dry yet droll style by a renowned magizoologist. Quidditch is the facsimile of a Hogwarts library book, which had to be literally pried from the hands of librarian Madam Pince. It gives a comprehensive history of the game and its rules, as well as a rundown of each of the 13 league teams of Britain and Ireland. Harry Potter fans who pride themselves on knowing every minute bit of Hogwarts trivia will devour both books. From Professor Dumbledore's introductions to the price listed on the back cover (14 Sickles 3 Knuts), readers will find a wealth of detailed magical lore and laugh-out-loud humor. Neither book is as gripping as the actual series, of course, but fans who are waiting for the fifth installment will be entertained by these volumes in the meantime. Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. [via]
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Rebeccaby John MilneISBN 0435272616 (0-435-27261-6)
Softcover, Delta Systems Co Inc
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Revenger's Tragedyby Tourneur, R. A. FoakesISBN 0416671403 (0-416-67140-3)
Hardcover, Methuen
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The Rime of the Ancient Marinerby Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Dean MotterISBN 042512763X (0-425-12763-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Romeo and Juliet West Side Storyby William ShakespeareISBN 0440974836 (0-440-97483-6)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet West Side Story'Book summary:The tragedy of love thwarted by fate has always intrigued writers. In the sixteenth century, William Shakespeare took this theme and fashioned one of the world's great plays: Romeo And Juliet. In our own time, Shakespeare's drama has been used as a basis for the overwhelmingly successful musical play West Side Story. Though one of these works is set among the nobility of Verona, and the other among immigrant families of New York's West Side, both tell the story of the plight of young star-crossed" lovers.
As Norris Houghton writes in his introduction: "What we see is that all four young people strive to consummate the happiness at the threshold on which they stand and which they have tasted so briefly. All four are deprived of the opportunity to do so, the Renaissance couple by the caprice of fate, today's youngsters by the prejudice and hatred engendered around them....
"Poets and playwrights will continue to write of youthful lovers whom fate drives into and out of each other's lives. The spectacle will always trouble and move us, even as the two dramas in this volume do today." [via]More editions of Romeo and Juliet West Side Story:
Sel Poems of John Donneby James ReevesISBN 0435150030 (0-435-15003-0)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Shopaholic Takes Manhattanby Sophie KinsellaISBN 0440241812 (0-440-24181-2)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shopaholic Takes Manhattan'Book summary:The irresistible heroine of Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Ties the Knot is back! And this time Becky Bloomwood and her credit cards are headed across the Atlantic.... With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky's biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to pack light. But packing takes on a whole new meaning when Luke announces he's moving to New York for business-and he asks Becky to go with him! Before you can say "Prada sample sale," Becky has landed in the Big Apple, home of Park Avenue penthouses and luxury boutiques. Surely it's only a matter of time until she becomes an American TV celebrity, and she and Luke are the toast of Gotham society. Nothing can stand in their way, especially with Becky's bills miles away in London. But then an unexpected disaster threatens her career prospects, her relationship with Luke, and her available credit line! Shopaholic Takes Manhattan-but will she have to return it? [via]
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Shopaholic Ties the Knotby Sophie KinsellaISBN 0440241898 (0-440-24189-8)
Softcover, Dell Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shopaholic Ties the Knot'Book summary:The lovable heroine of Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan is back!in a hilarious tale of one blushing bride who just cant say no to saying I do.
Life has been good for Becky Bloomwood: Shes become the best personal shopper at Barneys, she and her successful entrepreneurial boyfriend, Luke, are living happily in Manhattans West Village, and her new next-door neighbor is a fashion designer! But with her best friend, Suze, engaged, how can Becky fail to notice that her own ring finger is bare? Not that shes been thinking of marriage (or diamonds) or anything . . . Then Luke proposes! Bridal registries dance in Beckys head. Problem is, two other people are planning her wedding: Beckys overjoyed mother has been waiting forever to host a backyard wedding, with the bride resplendent in Mums frilly old gown. While Lukes high-society mother is insisting on a glamorous, all-expenses-paid affair at the Plaza. Both weddings for the same day. And Becky cant seem to turn down either one. Can everyones favorite shopaholic tie the knot before everything unravels? [via]More editions of Shopaholic Ties the Knot:
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The Shortest Way to Hadesby Sarah CaudwellISBN 0440212332 (0-440-21233-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shortest Way to Hades'Book summary:It seemed the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes on a five-million-pound estate: change the trust arrangement. Everyone in the family agreed to support the heiress, ravishing raven-haired Camilla Galloway, in her court petition -- except dreary Cousin Deirdre, who suddenly demanded a small fortune for her signature. Then Deirdre had a terrible accident. That was when the young London barristers handling the trust -- Cantrip, Selena, Timothy, Ragwort, and Julia -- summoned their Oxford friend Professor Hilary Tamar to Lincoln's Inn. Julia thinks it's murder. Hilary demurs. Why didn't the heiress die? But when the accidents escalate and they learn of the naked lunch at Uncle Rupert's, Hilary the Scholar embarks on the most perilous quest of all: the truth.... [via]
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The Sibyl in Her Graveby Sarah CaudwellISBN 0440234824 (0-440-23482-4)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sibyl in Her Grave'Book summary:For mystery lovers and literary connoisseurs alike, 2000 was a year of loss. Gone are two masters of language, one with over 30 works to his credit (George V. Higgins), the other with only four (Sarah Caudwell). It is some comfort that each gave readers one last glimpse of literary skill before passing on: Higgins (At End of Day) captured the way people really speak; Caudwell captured the way many people would dearly love to speak. Her first three novels (The Shortest Way to Hades, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, The Sirens Sang of Murder) brought readers into the elegant, urbane world of Hilary Tamar, Oxford fellow and mentor to London barristers Cantrip, Selena, Ragwort, and Julia. Caudwell's last work, The Sibyl in Her Grave, continues the intoxicating blend of dry humor and genteel manners that marked her as a successor to Dorothy Sayers.
The sibyl of the title is the psychic counselor Isabella del Comino, who descends in a flurry of bad taste to the Sussex village of Parsons Haver. With an aviary of ravens, a frumpy niece, and a penchant for combining divinations and blackmail, her sudden death comes as a relief to the village's disgruntled inhabitants, including Julia's redoubtable Aunt Regina. Regina has enough to worry about: she and two friends pooled their resources and invested in equities--and made a killing. But now the tax man is demanding his share, and the money has already been spent. When she asks Julia for legal advice, Julia and her colleagues discover that both Regina's fiscal success and Isabella's death are connected to an insider-trading scandal brewing with Julia's biggest clients. Unraveling that connection, of course, is a task that falls to Hilary.
Hilary, who "labors always in the service of Scholarship," is a triumph of authorial ambiguity. After four novels, readers will be left wondering, apparently unto eternity, whether Professor Tamar is a man or a woman. Take it as a political statement if you will--or simply as another little mystery, courtesy of an author who reveled in the power of words to clarify, outline, elucidate, and obscure. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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The Sirens Sang of Murderby Sarah L. CaudwellISBN 0440207452 (0-440-20745-2)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sirens Sang of Murder'Book summary:Young barrsiter Michael Cantrip has skipped of to the Channel Islands to take on a tax-law case that's worth a fortune -- if Cantrip's tax-planning cronies can locate the missing heir. But Cantrip has waded in way over his head. Strange things are happening on these mysterious, isolated isles. Something is going bump in the night -- and bumping off members of the legal team, one by one. Soon Cantrip is telexing the gang at the home office for help. And it's up to amateur investigator Hilaray Tamar (Oxford don turned supersleuth) to get Cantrip back to safety of his chambers -- alive! [via]
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Skelligby David AlmondISBN 0440229081 (0-440-22908-1)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skellig'Book summary:"I thought he was dead. He was sitting with his legs stretched out and his head tipped back against the wall. He was covered with dust and webs like everything else and his face was thin and pale. Dead bluebottles were scattered on his hair and shoulders. I shined the flashlight on his white face and his black suit."
This is Michael's introduction to Skellig, the man-owl-angel who lies motionless behind the tea chests in the abandoned garage in back of the boy's dilapidated new house. As disturbing as this discovery is, it is the least of Michael's worries. The new house is a mess, his parents are distracted, and his brand-new baby sister is seriously ill. Still, he can't get this mysterious creature out of his mind--even as he wonders if he has really seen him at all. What unfolds is a powerful, cosmic, dreamlike tale reminiscent of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. British novelist David Almond works magic as he examines the large issues of death, life, friendship, love, and the breathtaking connections between all things.
Amidst the intensity and anxiety of his world, Michael is a normal kid. He goes to school, plays soccer, and has friends with nicknames like Leakey and Coot. It's at home where his life becomes extraordinary, with the help of Skellig and Mina, the quirky, strong-willed girl next door with "the kind of eyes you think can see right through you." Mina and her mother's motto is William Blake's "How can a bird that is born for joy / Sit in a cage and sing?" This question carries us through the book, as we see Michael's baby sister trapped in a hospital incubator; as we see the exquisite, winged Skellig crumpled in the garage; as we meet Mina's precious blackbird chicks and the tawny owls in her secret attic; and as we finally see a braver, bolder Michael spread his wings and fly. Skellig was the Whitbread Award's 1998 Children's Book of the Year, and this haunting novel is sure to resonate with readers young and old. (Ages 10 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
Small Worldby David LodgeISBN 0446393274 (0-446-39327-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Small World'Book summary:The unbridled greed, pettiness, buffoonery and intellectual gobbledygook in the world of higher scholarship are the topics of this thorough and thoroughly funny roman a' English department. It's interesting for a couple of reasons, aside from its humor and spoofiness: it's an insider's view of things -- always the best kind -- and it takes its old-fashioned time telling a story, complete with reasonable digressions about the state of literary criticism and what may or may not be a realistic view of the academic life. [via]
A Study in Scarlet and the Sign of the Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425102408 (0-425-10240-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Subtle Knifeby Philip PullmanISBN 0440238145 (0-440-23814-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Subtle Knife'Book summary:With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as "elegant," "awe-inspiring," "grand," and "glittering," and used "magnificent" with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter--or, more likely, several--from the opening tour de force to Lyra's close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And Pullman was no less profligate when it came to intellectual firepower or singular characters. The dæmons alone grant him a place in world literature. Could the second installment of his trilogy keep up this pitch, or had his heroine and her too, too sullied parents consumed him? And what of the belief system that pervaded his alternate universe, not to mention the mystery of Dust? More revelations and an equal number of wonders and new players were definitely in order.
The Subtle Knife offers everything we could have wished for, and more. For a start, there's a young hero--from our world--who is a match for Lyra Silvertongue and whose destiny is every bit as shattering. Like Lyra, Will Parry has spent his childhood playing games. Unlike hers, though, his have been deadly serious. This 12-year-old long ago learned the art of invisibility: if he could erase himself, no one would discover his mother's increasing instability and separate them.
As the novel opens, Will's enemies will do anything for information about his missing father, a soldier and Arctic explorer who has been very much airbrushed from the official picture. Now Will must get his mother into safe seclusion and make his way toward Oxford, which may hold the key to John Parry's disappearance. But en route and on the lam from both the police and his family's tormentors, he comes upon a cat with more than a mouse on her mind: "She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will." What seems to him a patch of everyday Oxford conceals far more: "The cat stepped forward and vanished." Will, too, scrambles through and into another oddly deserted landscape--one in which children rule and adults (and felines) are very much at risk. Here in this deathly silent city by the sea, he will soon have a dustup with a fierce, flinty little girl: "Her expression was a mixture of the very young--when she first tasted the cola--and a kind of deep, sad wariness." Soon Will and Lyra (and, of course, her dæmon, Pantalaimon) uneasily embark on a great adventure and head into greater tragedy.
As Pullman moves between his young warriors and the witch Serafina Pekkala, the magnetic, ever-manipulative Mrs. Coulter, and Lee Scoresby and his hare dæmon, Hester, there are clear signs of approaching war and earthly chaos. There are new faces as well. The author introduces Oxford dark-matter researcher Mary Malone; the Latvian witch queen Ruta Skadi, who "had trafficked with spirits, and it showed"; Stanislaus Grumman, a shaman in search of a weapon crucial to the cause of Lord Asriel, Lyra's father; and a serpentine old man whom Lyra and Pan can't quite place. Also on hand are the Specters, beings that make cliff-ghasts look like rank amateurs.
Throughout, Pullman is in absolute control of his several worlds, his plot and pace equal to his inspiration. Any number of astonishing scenes--small- and large-scale--will have readers on edge, and many are cause for tears. "You think things have to be possible," Will demands. "Things have to be true!" It is Philip Pullman's gift to turn what quotidian minds would term the impossible into a reality that is both heartbreaking and beautiful. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Talking To Addisonby Jenny ColganISBN 0446690155 (0-446-69015-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Talking to Addison'Book summary:Jenny Colgan's second novel Talking to Addison arrives with a flourish following the success of her debut Amanda's Wedding. Sharp, quirky one-liners complement merciless observations of human foibles and the London scene to make this romantic comedy a cut above the rest.
The story opens with the modern-day heroine Holly trapped in the flatshare from hell with members of "Scary Clean Freaks Incorporated", ruled by the obnoxious Carol who "dispensed ... Robert de Niro-to-doomed gangster stares". Even when Holly escapes the suburban inquisition, life still isn't a bed of roses: she's an unemployed florist, in love with a recluse and she's being bullied. She's in good company though when she moves in with a bunch of equally maladjusted misfits: Josh, a terminally nice boy, has issues; Kate, the high-flying and no-nonsense career girl, wilts every time a married man comes along and then there's Addison--the drop-dead-gorgeous lodger ("Johnny Depp in geek form")--who never leaves his room, already has a girlfriend (albeit over the Internet) and is a certified Trekkie fan.
With Talking to Addison, Colgan ties together her comedic talents with her flair for storytelling to create an offbeat, hilarious tale about an ordinary girl's search for Mr Right with the inevitable Mr Oddballs getting in the way. --Nicola Perry [via]
Thus Was Adonis Murderedby Sarah L. CaudwellISBN 0440212316 (0-440-21231-6)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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The Time Machine and the Invisible Manby H. G. WellsISBN 0451518772 (0-451-51877-2)
Softcover, New American Library
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The Time Machine and the Invisible Manby Paul Youngquist, John Calvin BatchelorISBN 0451522389 (0-451-52238-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Time Machine and the Invisible Man'Book summary:In the first of these two science fiction stories a scientist invents a machine that transports him into the future. In the second story a man watches his body slowly become invisible. [via]
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Tragedy of Macbethby William Shakespeare, A. P. RiemerISBN 0424000814 (0-424-00081-4)
Softcover, Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Dan DankoISBN 0439288886 (0-439-28888-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Treasure Island: ISBN 0448060256 (0-448-06025-6)
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth GrahameISBN 0448171880 (0-448-17188-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'Book summary:"[Mole] thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the Life Adventurous. Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society- hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Michael Hague's exquisitely detailed, breathtaking color illustrations on almost every generous spread--along with Kenneth Grahame's elegant, delightfully old-fashioned characterizations of the animals--make this book a wonderful read-aloud. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12) [via]
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Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0440495555 (0-440-49555-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448110288 (0-448-11028-8)
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The Winter's Taleby William ShakespeareISBN 0416476708 (0-416-47670-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Winter's Tale : Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Frank KermodeISBN 0451522605 (0-451-52260-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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