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1960sby Ken HillsISBN 0811430790 (0-8114-3079-0)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Raintree
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Adventures in the Skin Tradeby Dylan ThomasISBN 081120202X (0-8112-0202-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The American Revolution: A Historyby Gordon S. WoodISBN 0812970411 (0-8129-7041-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Revolution: A History'Book summary:"An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred years." -Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers A magnificent account of the revolution in arms and consciousness that gave birth to the American republic. When Abraham Lincoln sought to define the significance of the United States, he naturally looked back to the American Revolution. He knew that the Revolution not only had legally created the United States, but also had produced all of the great hopes and values of the American people. Our noblest ideals and aspirations-our commitments to freedom, constitutionalism, the well-being of ordinary people, and equality-came out of the Revolutionary era. Lincoln saw as well that the Revolution had convinced Americans that they were a special people with a special destiny to lead the world toward liberty. The Revolution, in short, gave birth to whatever sense of nationhood and national purpose Americans have had. No doubt the story is a dramatic one: Thirteen insignificant colonies three thousand miles from the centers of Western civilization fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling, rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. But the history of the American Revolution, like the history of the nation as a whole, ought not to be viewed simply as a story of right and wrong from which moral lessons are to be drawn. It is a complicated and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and understood, not blindly celebrated or condemned. How did this great revolution come about? What was its character? What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood's mastery of his subject, and of [via]
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Ancient Imagesby Ramsey CampbellISBN 0812502639 (0-8125-0263-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Art of Bond: From Storyboard to Screen the Creative Process Behind the James Bond Phenomenonby Laurent BouzereauISBN 0810954885 (0-8109-5488-5)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Bond: From Storyboard to Screen the Creative Process Behind the James Bond Phenomenon'Book summary:The debonair and daring James Bond has captivated audiences around the world for more than 40 years, his 007 films setting the standard for movie blockbusters. The Art of Bond gives readers an insiders look at the Bond evolution, from storyboard to screen, through all-new interviews with the series creative talents, as well as previously unseen art and behind-the-scenes photography from all 21 films. Actorsincluding the newest Bond, Daniel Craigproducers, directors, writers, and designers share their stories about the making of the films, and how their groundbreaking work has influenced other prominent filmmakers.
Published to coincide with the fall 2006 release of the newest Bond film, Casino Royale, and profusely illustrated with exclusive images from the Eon Archive, this book is a visual tribute to an incomparable cinematic icon. [via]More editions of The Art of Bond: From Storyboard to Screen the Creative Process Behind the James Bond Phenomenon:
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Peter Conn, Amy GutmannISBN 0812219295 (0-8122-1929-5)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Printer and publisher, author and educator, scientist and inventor, statesman and philanthropist, Benjamin Franklin was the very embodiment of the American type of self-made man. In 1771, at the age of 65, he sat down to write his autobiography, "having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity." The result is a classic of American literature.
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On the eve of the tercentenary of Franklin's birth, the university he founded has selected the Autobiography for the Penn Reading Project. Each year, for the past fifteen years, the University of Pennsylvania has chosen a single work that the entire incoming class, and a large segment of the faculty and staff, read and discuss together. For this occasion the University of Pennsylvania Press will publish a special edition of Franklin's Autobiography, including a new preface by University president Amy Gutmann and an introduction by distinguished scholar Peter Conn. The volume will also include four short essays by noted Penn professors as well as a chronology of Franklin's life and the text of Franklin's Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania, a document resulting in the establishment of an institution of higher education that ultimately became the University of Pennsylvania.
No area of human endeavor escaped Franklin's keen attentions. His ideas and values, as Amy Gutmann notes in her remarks, have shaped the modern University of Pennsylvania profoundly, "more profoundly than have the founders of any other major university of college in the United States." Franklin believed that he had been born too soon. Readers will recognize that his spirit lives on at Penn today.
Essay contributors: Richard R. Beeman, Paul Guyer, Michael Weisberg, and Michael Zuckerman.More editions of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin:
The Ballad of Peckham Ryeby Muriel SparkISBN 0811214087 (0-8112-1408-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Behind the Scenes: Domestic Arrangements in Historic Housesby Christina Hardyment, National Trust (Great Britain)ISBN 0810963434 (0-8109-6343-4)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Berlin Storiesby Christopher IsherwoodISBN 0811200701 (0-8112-0070-1)
Softcover, New Directions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Berlin Stories'Book summary:Christopher Isherwood was a diverse writer whose accomplishments included The Mortmere Stories (Edward Upward Series), A Single Man and a translation of The Song of God (Bhagavad Gita). But many critics hailed The Berlin Stories, the reissue of two of his best novels, as his finest. In the book, a man named Christopher Isherwood, who is and is not the author, writes a story of exile, combining the best of Isherwood's real life with the best of the life he imagined. [via]
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Black Beautyby Anna SewellISBN 0812504283 (0-8125-0428-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Blood of Victoryby Alan FurstISBN 0812968727 (0-8129-6872-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood of Victory'Book summary:I.A. Serebin, an émigré writer who heads the International Russian Union and edits its literary magazine, is no stranger to war: "Two gangsters, one neighborhood, they fight," he comments at a dinner party on a yacht in the Istanbul harbor in the autumn of 1940. Istanbul, to which Serebin has come to say good-bye to a dying friend, is a haven for spies, arms dealers, diplomats, and intrigue. Like most of the author's protagonists, Serebin is a romantic, a reluctant hero who tries to believe that war will not really change anything: "Hold fast to life as it should be, the daily ritual, work, love, and then it will be" is his credo. After Paris falls to the Germans, he realizes that is impossible. When a French diplomat's wife, whom he met and bedded on the freighter that brought him to Turkey, puts him in touch with a Hungarian spy working with the British Secret Service, Serebin allows himself to be recruited for a mission to disrupt the flow of oil from Romania's Ploesti fields to German factories--something that has been tried by the British before, without success. Alan Furst, a master stylist whose novels are peopled with characters who remain in the reader's mind long after the last page is turned, evokes Istanbul's smoky, spicy, shadowy atmosphere with the same authenticity he brings to the settings of all his thrillers, most notably Paris. No one is better at describing both place and players in the period just before and during World War II; widely hailed as the successor to Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, Furst proves in his gripping, compulsively readable seventh novel what a contender he is for that title. --Jane Adams [via]
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British Impressionismby Kenneth McConkeyISBN 0810912368 (0-8109-1236-8)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Captains Courageousby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0812504380 (0-8125-0438-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captains Courageous'Book summary:Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each titleoffering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.[via]
This edition of Captains Courageous includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R.L. Fisher.
Harvey Cheyne fell oveboard off a luxury liner and was saved by the schooner We're Here. But instead of thanking his rescuers, the filthy rich, spoiled rotten kid demanded the Gloucester fishermen sail back to New York. Then Harvey got the shock of his life.
A punch in the mouth.
Capt. Disko Troop didn't know who Harvey's millionaire dad was. And didn't care. His ship would return to port when her holds were full--in about six months.
The world of Disko and Dan Troop, Long Jack, Salters and mad Penn. A world of struggle and backbreaking challenge, where honor meant more than money, and trust meant more than fame. Where men's minds, hearts, and strong muscles were pitted against the awesome majesty, fury, and terror of the unending depths: the world of wooden ships and high seas.
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Cathedrals and Castles: Building in the Middle Agesby Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Rosemary StonehewerISBN 0810928124 (0-8109-2812-4)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europeby Christiane EluereISBN 0810928523 (0-8109-2852-3)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europe'Book summary:Chronicles Celtic expansion throughout Europe beginning in the fourth century B.C., their creation of magnificent objects of bronze and gold, and what can be learned of them from accounts by Roman historians and archaeological findings. Original. [via]
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The Circus: MIb5s, Operations 1945-1972by Nigel WestISBN 0812829190 (0-8128-2919-0)
Hardcover, Stein and Day
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The Clothes They Stood up Inby Alan BennettISBN 0812969650 (0-8129-6965-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Clothes They Stood up In'Book summary:From Alan Bennett, the author of The Madness of King George, come two stories about the strange nature of possessions...or the lack of them. In the nationally bestselling novel The Clothes They Stood Up In, the staid Ransomes return from the opera to find their Regents Park flat stripped bare--right down to the toilet-paper roll. Free of all their earthly belongings, the couple faces a perplexing question: Who are they without the things theyve spent a lifetime accumulating? Suddenly a world of unlimited, frightening possibility opens up before them.
In The Lady in the Van, which The Village Voice called one of the finest bursts of comic writing the twentieth century has produced, Bennett recounts the strange life of Miss Shepherd, a London eccentric who parked her van (overstuffed with decades worth of old clothes, oozing batteries, and kitchen utensils still in their original packaging) in the authors driveway for more than fifteen years. A mesmerizing portrait of an outsider with an acquisitive taste and an indomitable spirit, this biographical essay is drawn with equal parts fascination and compassion. [via]More editions of The Clothes They Stood up In:
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Collected Poems of Wilfred Owenby Wilfred OwenISBN 0811201325 (0-8112-0132-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen'Book summary:The very content of Owens poems was, and still is, pertinent to the feelings of young men facing death and the terrors of war. The New York Times Book Review
Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists Rifle Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of 25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is based on manuscripts of Owens papers in the British Museum and other archives. [via]More editions of Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen:
Dancing in the Wind : Poetry and Art of the British Islesby Charles SullivanISBN 0810905604 (0-8109-0560-4)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Deep Secretby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0812575725 (0-8125-7572-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deep Secret'Book summary:Rupert Venables is a Magid.[via]
It's a Magid's job to oversee what goes on in the vast Multiverse. Actually, Rupert is really only a junior Magid. But he's got a king-sized problem. Rupert's territory includes Earth and the Empire of Korfyros. When his mentor dies Rupert must find a replacement. But there are hundreds of candidates. How is he supposed to choose? And interviewing each one could take forever.
Unless...
What if he could round them all up in one place?
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The Eagles' Broodby Jack WhyteISBN 0812551400 (0-8125-5140-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eagles' Brood'Book summary:The Eagles Brood continues the saga of the Colony known as Camulod, and the tale of the descendants of those brave Romans who forged a new way of life for the Celt and Roman peoples when the Roman legions departed Britain.[via]
Most know the new leader of the Colony as Merlyn; all call him Commander. Cauis Merlyn Britannicus is responsible for their safety, and all look to him for guidance, leadership, justice, and salvation. It is a harsh life but a good community, and Merlyn is dedicated to spreading the influence of Roman culture beyond the Colonys borders.
Uther Pendragon, the man who will father the legendary Arthur, is the cousin Merlyn has known and loved since they were birthed, four hours apart on the same day, the year the legions left Britain. He is the tireless warrior--the red dragon to Merlyns great silver bear--and between the two of them, the Colony knows few enemies.
As different as they can be, they are inseparable: two faces of the same coin. In a world torn apart by warfare and upheaval, each is the others certainty and guarantee of the survival of the Colony . . . until a vicious crime, one that strikes at the roots of Merlyns life, drives a wedge between them. A wedge that threatens the fate of a nation . . . .More editions of The Eagles' Brood:
Elizabeth Rby Roy C. Strong, Julia Trevelyan OmanISBN 0812814436 (0-8128-1443-6)
Hardcover, Stein and Day
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Elizabeth R. Evocationby Roy StrongISBN 0812814320 (0-8128-1432-0)
Hardcover, Scarborough House
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Elizabethan Treasures: The Hardwick Hall Textilesby Santina M. LeveyISBN 0810963531 (0-8109-6353-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabethan Treasures: The Hardwick Hall Textiles'Book summary:Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, England, houses a world-famous collection of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century textiles. The fact that these exquisite pillow covers, wall hangings, bedcovers, carpets, and upholsteries, many decorated with superb embroidery, have survived in such good condition is little short of miraculous, and due in part to the formidable Countess of Shrewsbury, better known as Bess of Hardwick, who built the house in the 1590s. In her will, Bess instructed her heirs to 'have speciall care and regard to p'serve the same from all manner of wett, mothe and other hurte or spoyle thereof'. In this first illustrated and scholarly account of the collection, Santina Levey places the textiles in their day to day context. Using ledgers and other archival material she describes the origins of the different types of textiles, whether purchased ready-made or put together and decorated by embroiderers, whose work is illustrated by stunning close-up details. Inventories, letters, and personal reminiscences are used to chart the later history of the house and the inevitable alterations that four hundred years of use wrought on the original furnishings. Complete with a glossary and bibliography, this is an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in Elizabethan textiles. [via]
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Ellen Terry: Player in Her Timeby Nina AuerbachISBN 081221613X (0-8122-1613-X)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Elysium Britannicum, or the Royal Gardensby John Evelyn, John E. IngramISBN 0812235363 (0-8122-3536-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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The English Governess at the Siamese Courtby Anna Harriette LeonowensISBN 0812570626 (0-8125-7062-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Faeriesby Brian Froud, Alan Lee, David LarkinISBN 0810932741 (0-8109-3274-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faeries'Book summary:[via]A quarter of a century after its initial publication, and with more than a million copies in print worldwide, Brian Froud and Alan Lees Faeries is a certified fantasy classic. Now, Froud and Lee return to their most enduring and beloved work in this deluxe anniversary edition. This ultimate collectors book features eight new pieces of art by Froud and Lee with the original pencil drawings and watercolors.
More than just a reissue, this deluxe revised and updated edition contains essays from both Froud and Lee on the continuing influence of Faeries. There is also a foreword by bestselling author Jane Yolen.
Far Cry from Kensingtonby Muriel SparkISBN 0811214575 (0-8112-1457-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Father Brownby P. D. James, G. K. ChestertonISBN 0812972228 (0-8129-7222-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Father Brown'Book summary:G. K. Chestertons Father Brown may seem a pleasantly doddering Roman Catholic priest, but appearances deceive. With keen observation and an unerring sense of mans frailtiesgained during his years listening to confessionsFather Brown succeeds in bringing even the most elusive criminals to justice.
This definitive collection of fifteen stories, selected by the American Chesterton Society, includes such classics as The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, and The Paradise of Thieves. As P. D. James writes in her Introduction, We read the Father Brown stories for a variety pleasures, including their ingenuity, their wit and intelligence, and for the brilliance of the writing. But they provide more. Chesterton was concerned with the greatest of all problems, the vagaries of the human heart. [via]More editions of Father Brown:
First Trial of Mary, Queen of Scotsby Gordon DonaldsonISBN 0812812689 (0-8128-1268-9)
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Flora Domestica: A History of British Flower Arranging 1500-1930by Maryrose Blacker, Andreas von EinsidelISBN 0810967030 (0-8109-6703-0)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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The Fort at River's Bendby Jack WhyteISBN 0812544188 (0-8125-4418-8)
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Forts and Castlesby Miriam Moss, Christopher ForseyISBN 0811463397 (0-8114-6339-7)
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Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Lifeby Gretchen Craft RubinISBN 0812971442 (0-8129-7144-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Francis Bacon : A Retrospectiveby Dennis Farr, Francis Bacon, Michael Peppiatt, Sally Yard, Trust for Museum Exhibitions StaffISBN 0810940116 (0-8109-4011-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Freedom & Necessityby Emma Bull, Steven BrustISBN 0812562615 (0-8125-6261-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freedom & Necessity'Book summary:The early 19th century was a heady time of repeated challenges to the assumption that the social order as it stood was supernaturally (divinely) ordained. A particularly sticky web of politics and romance traps Susan Voight and James Cobham in a dense, thrillingly suspenseful plot connecting a reforming democratic labor movement, Chartism, to a secret society, the Trotters Club, whose corrupt members intend to exploit a magical ritual for their personal, complicated purposes of vengeance and power. Layers of truths and falsehoods mislead and confound the protagonists in their dealings with each other and the conspiracies; they come to understand that only honesty can save them. Although the perversion of the natural power of sorcery fails because it is unnatural, the social order, unnatural or not, is more resistant to justice. The swift pace, surprising developments, and appealing characters make it nearly impossible to put this book down. Though the women's rights movement is glancingly acknowledged, the conventionally romantic fulfillment is a little disappointing. Is there no other end for intelligent, financially independent women than maternity and love-partnership (as binding, or more, as legal marriage) with a man? [via]
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Hand to Earth: Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture 1976-1990by Andy Goldsworthy, Terry FriedmanISBN 0810934205 (0-8109-3420-5)
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Haunted Houseby Charles Dickens, Wesley StaceISBN 0812973062 (0-8129-7306-2)
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If Britain Had Fallenby Norman LongmateISBN 0812816692 (0-8128-1669-2)
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Terrence McNallyISBN 0812967143 (0-8129-6714-3)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. This book includes "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Salome", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband", "A Florentine Tragedy" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", which appears in full with the 'Grigsby' scene which originally made up the fourth act. [via]
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In the Arts & Crafts Styleby Barbara Mayer, Rob Gray, Elaine Hirschl EllisISBN 0811856321 (0-8118-5632-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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J.R.R. Tolkien's the Hobbit and the Lord of the Ringsby Anne M. PienciakISBN 0812035232 (0-8120-3523-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'J.R.R. Tolkien's the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings'Book summary:Hobbits and wizards and Sauron--oh, my! Mild-mannered Oxford scholar John Ronald Reuel Tolkien had little inkling when he published The Hobbit; Or, There and Back Again in 1937 that, once hobbits were unleashed upon the world, there would be no turning back. Hobbits are, of course, small, furry creatures who love nothing better than a leisurely life quite free from adventure. But in that first novel and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo and their elfish friends get swept up into a mighty conflict with the dragon Smaug, the dark lord Sauron (who owes much to proud Satan in Paradise Lost), the monstrous Gollum, the Cracks of Doom, and the awful power of the magical Ring. The four books' characters--good and evil--are recognizably human, and the realism is deepened by the magnificent detail of the vast parallel world Tolkien devised, inspired partly by his influential Anglo-Saxon scholarship and his Christian beliefs. (He disapproved of the relative sparseness of detail in the comparable allegorical fantasy his friend C.S. Lewis dreamed up in The Chronicles of Narnia, though he knew Lewis had spun a page-turning yarn.) It has been estimated that one-tenth of all paperbacks sold can trace their ancestry to J.R.R. Tolkien. But even if we had never gotten Robert Jordan's The Path of Daggers and the whole fantasy genre Tolkien inadvertently created by bringing the hobbits so richly to life, Tolkien's epic about the Ring would have left our world enhanced by enchantment. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Jane Austen and the Province of Womanhoodby Alison G. SullowayISBN 0812213386 (0-8122-1338-6)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Jane Austen: The World of Her Novelsby Deirdre Le FayeISBN 0810932857 (0-8109-3285-7)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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A Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 0812504712 (0-8125-0471-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earths very core. In his quest to penetrate the planets primordial secrets, the geologisttogether with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hansdiscovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Vernes imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibility of human understanding and the psychology of the questor. As David Brin notes in his Introduction, though Verne never knew the term science fiction, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is inarguably one of the wellsprings from which it all began. [via]
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Julius CaesarISBN 0811468313 (0-8114-6831-3)
Softcover, Steck-Vaughn Co
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0812504690 (0-8125-0469-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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This edition of The Jungle Book includes a Biographical Note, Foreward, Preface, and Afterword by Jane Yolen.
Run with them. Or fear them--
Bagheera the Panther: A silken shadow of boldness and cunning.
Kaa the Python: A thirty foot battering ram driven by a cool, hungry mind.
Baloo the Bear: who keeps the lore and the Law, and teaches the Secret Words.
Rikki the Mongoose: The young protector who sings as he slays.
Akela and Raksha the Wolves: Demon warriors of the Free People.
Shere Khan the Tiger: The dreaded enemy of all.
And Mowgli the Man-cub: The orphan baby raised by the wolves, taught by Baloo, trained by Bagheera and Kaa. The sorcerer who knows the ways of the jungle and speaks the language of the wild...More editions of The Jungle Book:
King Henry VIII's Mary Roseby Alexander McKeeISBN 0812816560 (0-8128-1656-0)
Hardcover, Stein and Day
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The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500by Peter R. CossISBN 081172848X (0-8117-2848-X)
Softcover, Stackpole Books
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyby Charles Dickens, Michael SlaterISBN 0812211359 (0-8122-1135-9)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Limited Inc.by Jacques DerridaISBN 0810107880 (0-8101-0788-0)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael CrichtonISBN 0812967259 (0-8129-6725-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:Forget the Michael Crichton book (and Spielberg movie) that copied the title. This is the original: the terror-adventure tale of The Lost World. Writing not long after dinosaurs first invaded the popular imagination, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spins a yarn about an expedition of two scientists, a big-game hunter, and a journalist (the narrator) to a volcanic plateau high over the vast Amazon rain forest. The bickering of the professors (a type Doyle knew well from his medical training) serves as witty contrast to the wonders of flora and fauna they encounter, building toward a dramatic moonlit chase scene with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. And the character of Professor George E. Challenger is second only to Sherlock Holmes in the outrageous force of his personality: he's a big man with an even bigger ego, and if you can grit your teeth through his racist behavior toward Native Americans, he's a lot of fun. [via]
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Marriage With My Kingdom: The Courtships of Elizabeth Iby Alison PlowdenISBN 0812823389 (0-8128-2338-9)
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Mary Queen of Scotsby Roy C. Strong, Julia Trevelyan OmanISBN 0812815335 (0-8128-1533-5)
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Merchant Ivory's English Landscape: Rooms, Views, and Anglo-Saxon Attitudesby John PymISBN 0810942755 (0-8109-4275-5)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Mister Johnsonby Joyce CaryISBN 0811210308 (0-8112-1030-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Mogreb-El-Acksa: A Journey in Moroccoby R.B. Cunninghame Graham, Edward GarnettISBN 0810160366 (0-8101-6036-6)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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The New Anatomy of Britain.by Anthony SampsonISBN 0812815831 (0-8128-1583-1)
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Nicholas Nickleby: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 0812565843 (0-8125-6584-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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This edition of Nicholas Nickleby includes a Foreword and Biographical Note.
When his father dies suddenly, Nicholas Nickleby must decide on his future. Unfortunately, Nicholas has very few prospects...and even less money! Luckily, his Uncle Ralph has pulled some strings at a school called Dotheboys Hall and Nicholas is hired on as a teacher. However, the naive and kindhearted Nicholas discovers that the headmaster, a sniveling worm by the name of Wackford Squeers, is a blackhearted, malicious bully who treat the boys in his care abominably. He'd like to leave, but then his uncle will cut off all support for his mother and sister. Should Nicholas tough it out? Or will he seek his fortune elsewhere?More editions of Nicholas Nickleby: Library Edition:
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Novel on Yellow Paperby Stevie SmithISBN 0811212394 (0-8112-1239-4)
Softcover, New Directions
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Number 9 Dreamby David MitchellISBN 0812966929 (0-8129-6692-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Opium: A Portrait Of The Heavenly Demonby Barbara HodgsonISBN 081182411X (0-8118-2411-X)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Morse PeckhamISBN 0812219546 (0-8122-1954-6)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Darwin's changes were extensive. His book grew by a third as he rewrote many passages four or five times, and in this edition Morse Peckham has recorded every one of those changes. A book of such distinctive dimensions, on a subject of such profound importance, will be of intense interest to historians of biology, evolution, science, literature, and cultural development. It will be an invaluable aid to the clarification and full comprehension of this complex and renowned scientific classic.More editions of The Origin of Species: Library Edition:
Poems 1968-1972by Denise LevertovISBN 0811210057 (0-8112-1005-7)
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Point Of Honourby Madeleine E. RobinsISBN 0812570499 (0-8125-7049-9)
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Miss Tolerance is an Agent of Inquiry, the sole one of her kind in London in this year of 1810, with mad King George III on the throne and Queen Charlotte acting as Regent. Sarah's position in society allows her to float between social layers, unearth secrets, find things that were lost, and lose things too dangerous to be kept.
An agent of the Earl of Versellion has asked her to find a fan that the Earl's father gifted to a lady with brown eyes. When Sarah discovers the secret of the fan, both she and the Earl are targeted by ruthless killers. They realize the fan has a second secret, one that will affect the fate of England itself, and they must decipher it.
Sarah's life is getting more and more complicated-and she's growing closer and closer to the Earl. To save England and herself, she must decide whether to be guided by her heart... or her conscience.More editions of Point Of Honour:
The Return of King Arthur: The Legend Through Victorian Eyesby Debra N. MancoffISBN 0810937824 (0-8109-3782-4)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Revengeby Stephen FryISBN 0812968190 (0-8129-6819-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Rob Royby Walter ScottISBN 0812580435 (0-8125-8043-5)
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Saxon Shore: The Camulod Chroniclesby Jack WhyteISBN 0812544161 (0-8125-4416-1)
Softcover, Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Orczy, Anne PerryISBN 0812966112 (0-8129-6611-2)
Softcover, Modern Library
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The Shoemaker's Holidayby Merritt E. Lawlis, Thomas DekkerISBN 0812003144 (0-8120-0314-4)
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Some Flowersby Vita Sackville-West, Graham RustISBN 0810938375 (0-8109-3837-5)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Sorcererby Jack WhyteISBN 0812544196 (0-8125-4419-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sorcerer'Book summary:Jack Whyte continues his long, thoughtful exploration of one of our most resonant myths, the legend of Camelot. The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis is the sixth book in his Camulod Chronicles, and it takes up the story just as Arthur makes the transition from boy to man. Whyte's focus, however, is on Caius Merlyn Britannicus. Merlyn, descended from Britain's Roman rulers, is one of the co-rulers of Camulod, a stronghold of civilization under perpetual threat from invading Saxons and Danes. Merlyn leads an eventful yet happy life: he has a loving fiancjée, Tressa; a fine ward, Arthur; a magnificent black horse, Germanicus; many allies; and grand plans for Camulod's expansion and Britain's safety. Merlyn's reflections on one campaign sum up his easy victories throughout the first half of the book: "It was slaughter--nothing less. One pass we made, from west to east, and scarce a living man was left to face us."
But even the mightiest ship must one day be tested on the shoals. The suspense gains momentum when Whyte breaks Merlyn free of his brooding, reactive role and propels him and his companions into danger. In despair, Merlyn takes a new, subtler tack against his archenemies Ironhair and Carthac ("And then I truly saw the size of him. He towered over everyone about him, hulking and huge, his shoulders leviathan and his great, deep, hairless chest unarmoured").
Whyte shines at interpreting the mythos of Camelot in a surprising yet believable way. He can squeeze a sword out of a stone without opting for the glib explanations of fantasy-land magic. The Camulod Chronicles, and The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis in particular, provide an engaging take on the chivalric world of knights and High Kings. --Blaise Selby [via]
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Standards and Colors of the American Revolutionby Edward W. RichardsonISBN 0812278399 (0-8122-7839-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Talking to Animalsby Barbara WoodhouseISBN 0812816609 (0-8128-1660-9)
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Texterminationby Christine Brooke-RoseISBN 0811212165 (0-8112-1216-5)
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Thomas the Rhymerby Ellen KushnerISBN 0812514459 (0-8125-1445-9)
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Tom Brown's Universe: The Development of the English Public School in the Nineteenth Centuryby John Raymond de Symons HoneyISBN 0812906896 (0-8129-0689-6)
Hardcover, Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Alan DurbandISBN 0812035739 (0-8120-3573-9)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include: 1. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective. 2. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers. 3. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about. [via]
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Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 0812533410 (0-8125-3341-0)
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Utherby Jack WhyteISBN 0812571029 (0-8125-7102-9)
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0812505158 (0-8125-0515-8)
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Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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The Wardenby Anthony Trollope, Andrew Maunder, Louis AuchinclossISBN 0812967046 (0-8129-6704-6)
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William Langland's Piers Plowman: The C Version A Verse Translationby William Langland, George EconomouISBN 0812215613 (0-8122-1561-3)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Langland's remarkable powers of invention and his passionate involvement with the spiritual, social, and political crises of his time lay claim to our attention, and demand serious comparison with Dante's Divine Comedy. Economou's translation preserves the intensity of the poet's verse and the narrative energy of his alliterative long line, the immediacy of the original's story of the quest for salvation, and the individuality of its language and wordplay.More editions of William Langland's Piers Plowman: The C Version A Verse Translation:
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William Shakespeare's Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Michael SpringISBN 0812034236 (0-8120-3423-6)
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The Year of Liberty: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798by Thomas PakenhamISBN 0812930886 (0-8129-3088-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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This abridged "bicentennial edition" of Thomas Pakenham's definitive work on the 1798 uprising, The Year of Liberty, tells the story quickly, making good use of contemporary illustrations, including maps and paintings of the fighting as well as reproductions of revolutionary proclamations. What the rebels and their French allies hoped would be a year that would see Ireland set free turned utterly tragic, as both sides committed atrocities and the Marquis Cornwallis, who had surrendered Yorktown to Washington during his service in America, took command of the British forces and tried to restore order. In the end, the French general and his troops surrendered, were treated with honor, and sailed back to France, while the Irish rebels who fought with them were hunted down and slaughtered, and the causes of Catholic emancipation and Irish independence suffered setbacks that would not be overcome for decades. --Robert McNamara [via]
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