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1215: The Year Of Magna Cartaby John Gillingham, Danny DanzigerISBN 0743257782 (0-7432-5778-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '1215: The Year Of Magna Carta'Book summary:Surveying a broad landscape through a narrow lens, 1215 sweeps readers back eight centuries in an absorbing portrait of life during a time of global upheaval, the ripples of which can still be felt today.
At the center of this fascinating period is the document that has become the root of modern freedom: the Magna Carta. Never before had royal authority been challenged so fundamentally. The Great Charter would become the foundation of the U.S. government and legal system, and nearly eight hundred years later, two of Magna Carta's sixty-three clauses are still a ringing expression of freedom for mankind. But it was also a time of political revolution and domestic change that saw the Crusades, Richard the Lionheart, King John, and -- in legend -- Robin Hood all make their marks on history.
The events leading up to King John's setting his seal to the famous document at Runnymede in June 1215 form this rich and riveting narrative that vividly describes everyday life from castle to countryside, from school to church, and from hunting in the forest to trial by ordeal. For instance, women wore no underwear (though men did), the average temperatures were actually higher than they are now, the austere kitchen at Westminster Abbey allowed each monk two pounds of meat and a gallon of ale per day, and it was possible to travel from Windsor to the Hampshire coast without once leaving the forest.
Broad in scope and rich in detail, 1215 ingeniously illuminates what may have been the most important year of our history. [via]
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84, Charing Cross Roadby Helene HanffISBN 074517115X (0-7451-7115-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Aldous Huxley's Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley, Aaron TillmanISBN 0791070492 (0-7910-7049-2)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Aldous Huxley's Brave New Worldby Harold BloomISBN 0791040844 (0-7910-4084-4)
Softcover, Chelsea House Pub
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Amsterdamby Ian McEwanISBN 0786217960 (0-7862-1796-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amsterdam'Book summary:When good-time, fortysomething Molly Lane dies of an unspecified degenerative illness, her many friends and numerous lovers are led to think about their own mortality. Vernon Halliday, editor of the upmarket newspaper the Judge, persuades his old friend Clive Linley, a self-indulgent composer of some reputation, to enter into a euthanasia pact with him. Should either of them be stricken with such an illness, the other will bring about his death. From this point onward we are in little doubt as to Amsterdam's outcome--it's only a matter of who will kill whom. In the meantime, compromising photographs of Molly's most distinguished lover, foreign secretary Julian Garmony, have found their way into the hands of the press, and as rumors circulate he teeters on the edge of disgrace. However, this is McEwan, so it is no surprise to find that the rather unsavory Garmony comes out on top. Ian McEwan is master of the writer's craft, and while this is the sort of novel that wins prizes, his characters remain curiously soulless amidst the twists and turns of plot. --Lisa Jardine [via]
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Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763by James Boswell, Frederick Albert PottleISBN 0748602623 (0-7486-0262-3)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763'Book summary:Published by the Reprint Society, London 1952. Club Edition Seven Schillings for World Books Membe4rs Only [via]
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Bram Stoker's Draculaby Jan Needle, Gary BlytheISBN 0763625086 (0-7636-2508-6)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Book summary:Not for the faint of heart! Award-winning artist Gary Blythe brilliantly captures the eerie mood of Bram Stoker's uneasy tale, expertly edited for today's reader.
Can there be a more terrifying tale than this? The story of the notorious vampire Count Dracula, lord of the undead, who rises from his coffin at night to suck the blood of the living is, undoubtedly, the stuff of nightmares. A lunatic asylum, a bleak Transylvanian castle, an ancient cemetary . . . these are the dark backgrounds to the even darker deeds portrayed in this most bloodcurdling of tales.
Narrated from several viewpoints, DRACULA is a complex story that many know, but few have actually read. Jan Needle's newly edited version makes the gripping events accessible to the twenty-first reader without losing the incomparably chilling atmosphere of Bram Stoker's original novel. [via]More editions of Bram Stoker's Dracula:
The British Marxist Historians: An Introductory Analysisby Harvey J. KayeISBN 0745600166 (0-7456-0016-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Century of Revolution 1603-1714by Christopher HillISBN 0722145551 (0-7221-4555-1)
Hardcover, Sphere Books
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0812504348 (0-8125-0434-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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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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- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0735812594 (0-7358-1259-4)
Hardcover, North South Books - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0762408316 (0-7624-0831-6)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0763631205 (0-7636-3120-5)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0785774122 (0-7857-7412-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0743477375 (0-7434-7737-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 078946246X (0-7894-6246-X)
Softcover, Dk Pub - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0804900264 (0-8049-0026-4)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0721407455 (0-7214-0745-5)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0789420708 (0-7894-2070-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0803700326 (0-8037-0032-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0812057058 (0-8120-5705-8)
Hardcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0812504348 (0-8125-0434-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0735812594 (0-7358-1259-4)
A Christmas Carol /tiny Timby Charles Dickens, Mark SummersISBN 0760750297 (0-7607-5029-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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A Christmas Carol : The Cricket on the Hearthby Charles DickensISBN 0706415612 (0-7064-1561-2)
Hardcover, Octopus Books Limited
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Cliffscomplete the Merchant of Veniceby David Nicol, Sidney LambISBN 0764585754 (0-7645-8575-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Clouds of Witness: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteryby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0792714350 (0-7927-1435-0)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guideby Alfred WainwrightISBN 0711222363 (0-7112-2236-3)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide'Book summary:The Coast to Coast Walk, devised by Wainwright himself, stretches across 190 miles from St Bees Head on the East coast to Robin Hood's Bay on the West, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. This Pictorial Guide, first published in 1973 and updated in 1992, contains Wainwright's original text and his hand-drawn black-and-white route maps for this much - loved walk.[via]More editions of A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide:
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A Coast to Coast Walk: St. Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay, a Pictorial Guideby Wainwright A.ISBN 0718140729 (0-7181-4072-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Coast to Coast Walk: St. Bees Head to Robin Hood's Bay, a Pictorial Guide'Book summary:When Wainwright planned his cross-England expedition, he chose a route which he hoped would commit no act of trespass or offence against privacy. It later transpired that certain sections of the route did indeed cross land over which there was no public right of way, and this revised edition sets out to amend those sections so that the walk is now either on public roads, public rights of way, or on permissive paths. The Wainwright text which covers those parts of the route which are no longer valid has been marked with a bold line in the left- or right-hand margins. An asterisk then leads to the new typeset copy describing the revised route which appears, in the main, at the foot of the affected pages. [via]
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Complete Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 0809590646 (0-8095-9064-6)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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Condition of the Working Class in Englandby Friedrich EngelsISBN 0804706344 (0-8047-0634-4)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Cromwell: The Lord Protectorby Antonia FraserISBN 0802137660 (0-8021-3766-0)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Discovery of King Arthurby Geoffrey AsheISBN 0805001158 (0-8050-0115-8)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discovery of King Arthur'Book summary:Myths, legends, and literary mysteries mix with maps, relics, and historical facts in The Discovery of King Arthur. Scholars, students, and general readers of all ages have wonderedfor centuriesabout whether Britain was ever really ruled by an Arthur who held court at a place called Camelot. In this book, the distinguished scholar Geoffrey Ashe offers convincing proof that King Arthur not only existed, but was more like the Arthur of legend than historians have previously suspected.[via]
In this exciting study, drawing upon myriad sources both literary and historical, Ashe traces the legend of King Arthur to its roots in the twelfth-century chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth. He then illustrates that a great deal of Geoffrey's history, which set out ot depict events and persons of fifth-century Britain, was based on fact. After challenging previous assumptions about where Arthur's court and other remnants can be found, Ashe identifies the real King Arthur and provides powerful evidence to support his theory.
Riothamus, an actual fifth-century British monarch, is the figure whom Ashe painstakingly identifies. But his study also investigates the histories behind other Arthurian phenomena, such as the key concepts of knighthood and chivalry. Throughout the book, the swep and grandeur of a tumultuous era in British and European history is vividly recounted as Ashe describes the origins and development of the Arthurian legenda legend that seems to grow ever more enchanting and spellbinding.More editions of The Discovery of King Arthur:
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0743477367 (0-7434-7736-7)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'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 Dracula includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R.L. Fisher.
Nosferatu, vrolok, demon. For centuries he has rules armies of wolves, hordes of rats, legions of walking undead. He becomes a bat, a shadow, a moonbeam. He corrupts the pure and destroys the innocent. He enters dreams and torments minds. Now he means to take our world and feast forever on our blood.
But six people have faced his horror--and lived. Six mortals desperate enough to hunt him, to dare his evil. Mina Harker, whose courage saved her husband from madness. Lawyer Jonathan Harker, who unwittingly set him loose, Millionaire adventurer Quincey Morris, Lord Godalming, and Dr. John Seward, who were forced to kill the woman they all loved...twice.
And Van Helsing. Prof. Abraham Van Helsing, who alone knows his immortal ways, who knows the true danger to the hunters' lives and souls, who alone knows what it means to challenge the evil of...DraculaMore editions of Dracula:
- Dracula: ISBN 0794500897 (0-7945-0089-7)
Softcover, Edc Pub - Dracula: ISBN 0812523016 (0-8125-2301-6)
Softcover, Tor Books - Dracula: ISBN 0808519247 (0-8085-1924-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Dracula: ISBN 0804900728 (0-8049-0072-8)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - Dracula: ISBN 0721408125 (0-7214-0812-5)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd - Dracula: ISBN 0786276010 (0-7862-7601-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Dracula: ISBN 0789414899 (0-7894-1489-9)
Hardcover, Dk Pub - Dracula: ISBN 0743477367 (0-7434-7736-7)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
- Dracula: ISBN 0794500897 (0-7945-0089-7)
Enemy of Godby Bernard CornwellISBN 0786211008 (0-7862-1100-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Far from the Madding Crowdby Thomas HardyISBN 0804901368 (0-8049-0136-8)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0786251786 (0-7862-5178-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:A New York Times Bestseller
Part One of The Lord of the Rings
In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins is faced with an immense task as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the One Ring of Sauron to his care. Frodo must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the all-powerful Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. [via]
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First Lightby Peter AckroydISBN 0802134815 (0-8021-3481-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Light'Book summary:First Light is not the darkest of Peter Ackroyd's novels (Hawksmoor has that honor), but fans of the macabre will relish its exhilarating combination of cosmic awe, ancient beings, and creepy underground tunnels, in a humorous suspense story as cleverly paced as a Hitchcock thriller. The story is that the excavation of a neolithic, astronomically aligned grave under the pastoral hills of Dorset, England, coincides with the startling reappearance of ancient stars (including H. P. Lovecraft's Aldebaran) in the night sky. A group of deliciously eccentric characters--archaeologists, astronomers, a stuffy civil servant, a stand-up comic, and vaguely menacing local villagers--converge at the site and collide with each other. As Gabriele Annan wrote in the London Sunday Telegraph, "Ackroyd is such a master of mood, of tension, angst, foreboding, frisson, but also of tenderness and exultation, that one is drawn into his tale as by a magus." [via]
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The Fortune of Warby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0786219270 (0-7862-1927-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fortune of War'Book summary:Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Royal Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel, but the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephens past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. [via]
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George Eliot's Silas Marnerby George Eliot, Holly HughesISBN 0812035380 (0-8120-3538-0)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'George Eliot's Silas Marner'Book summary:Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers. [via]
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundlingby Henry FieldingISBN 080490135X (0-8049-0135-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling'Book summary:Tom Jones isn't a bad guy, but boys just want to have fun. Nearly two and a half centuries after its publication, the adventures of the rambunctious and randy Tom Jones still makes for great reading. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book. [via]
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The Intelligent Traveller's Guide to Historic Britain England, Wales, the Crown Dependenciesby Philip Axtell CrowlISBN 0809223376 (0-8092-2337-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Kings & Queens of England & Great Britainby Eric R. DelderfieldISBN 0715302655 (0-7153-0265-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kings & Queens of England & Great Britain'Book summary:This enlarged and revised edition of the classic guide first published in 1966, provides insights into the history and rich heritage of England and Great Britain through the lives of all the monarchs, from the early Saxons to Elizabeth II. The character of every monarch is discussed, together with the principal events of their reign. For easy reference, each section begins with a listing of all the essential facts and dates, including key biographical details. Successive royal dynasties are clearly indicated, with genealogical trees to show how the hereditary line has been perpetuated. In addition, the reader finds out about the British royal family today, their response to recent changes, challenges and tragedy, including the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the reaction of the British people. [via]
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Kings & Queens of England/Britainby Eric DelderfieldISBN 0715309269 (0-7153-0926-9)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Kings and Queens of England and Scotlandby Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Plantagenet Somerset-FryISBN 0756617715 (0-7566-1771-5)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Martin Chuzzlewitby Charles DickensISBN 0749307595 (0-7493-0759-5)
Softcover, Heinemann
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743477561 (0-7434-7756-1)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice'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.
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The Merchant of Venice : Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul WerstineISBN 0743452984 (0-7434-5298-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice : Texts and Contexts'Book summary:In The Merchant of Venice, the penniless but attractive Bassanio seeks, and finally wins, the hand of the fabulously wealthy Portia. But even as the play provokes laughter, it also provokes something disturbing, as Bassanio's courtship is actually financed by the magnificent villain Shylock the moneylender -- the focus of anti-Semitic sentiment, and one of the most controversial yet strangely sympathetic of Shakespeare's characters, whose actions and whose treatment in the play are still debated to this day. [via]
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The Mill on the Flossby George EliotISBN 0804900434 (0-8049-0043-4)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mill on the Floss'Book summary:The Mill on the Floss, first published in 1860, tells the story of Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom as they grow from children to young adults in the small rural town of St. Ogg's, England. Intelligent and passionate, Maggie yearns to develop her mind and break free of the constraints of her provincial village. Though she loves her brother above anyone else, Tom's rigid, pragmatic personality often conflicts with Maggie's headstrong nature, with increasingly tragic consequences.A classic novel of development, The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot's most autobiographical work. Through the characters of Tom and Maggie, Eliot examines themes of gender, education, and personality formation, and her portrayal of the town of St. Ogg's is both a brilliant depiction of provincial narrow-mindedness and constraining social norms and an intelligent commentary on the changes to rural life brought about by the forces of industrialization.The Mill on the Floss is an enduring portrait of love, family, and individuals striving to create their own destinies, one whose words and characters resonate as vividly today as they did for Eliot's first readers.[via]More editions of The Mill on the Floss:
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A Monarchy Transformed : Britain, 1603-1714by Mark A. KishlanskyISBN 0713990686 (0-7139-9068-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Never Let Me Goby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0786278374 (0-7862-7837-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Never Let Me Go'Book summary:All children should believe they are special. But the students of Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are so special that visitors shun them, and only by rumor and the occasional fleeting remark by a teacher do they discover their unconventional origins and strange destiny. Kazuo Ishiguro's sixth novel, Never Let Me Go, is a masterpiece of indirection. Like the students of Hailsham, readers are "told but not told" what is going on and should be allowed to discover the secrets of Hailsham and the truth about these children on their own.
Offsetting the bizarreness of these revelations is the placid, measured voice of the narrator, Kathy H., a 31-year-old Hailsham alumna who, at the close of the 1990s, is consciously ending one phase of her life and beginning another. She is in a reflective mood, and recounts not only her childhood memories, but her quest in adulthood to find out more about Hailsham and the idealistic women who ran it. Although often poignant, Kathy's matter-of-fact narration blunts the sharper emotional effects you might expect in a novel that deals with illness, self-sacrifice, and the severe restriction of personal freedoms. As in Ishiguro's best-known work, The Remains of the Day, only after closing the book do you absorb the magnitude of what his characters endure. --Regina Marler [via]
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On Beautyby Zadie SmithISBN 078628319X (0-7862-8319-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Other Boleyn Girlby Philippa GregoryISBN 0743227441 (0-7432-2744-1)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Other Boleyn Girl'Book summary:Everyone knows the fate of Anne Boleyn, but not many know the story of her rise to majesty and the part played by her rival and sister, Mary, who was Henry's mistress and mother to two of his bastard children before the dazzling older Boleyn girl even caught his eye. Philippa Gregory, whose own role as the Queen of historical romance grows more secure with each new novel, has surpassed her self with this epic tale of lust, jealousy and betrayal. The Other Boleyn Girl charts the lives of both Boleyns--each in their turn "the other Boleyn Girl"--and their fiercely ambitious, conniving family who used the girls as pawns to advance their own positions at the court of Henry VIII. At 13, Mary is little more than a child when she is presented to Henry, ordered by her scheming family to serve her King and country by opening her legs whenever commanded, or doing anything else the great monarch desires. And while his loins are satisfied, life at court is sweet for the unofficial Queen and her pushy coterie. Inevitably though, the King's eyes soon begin to wander and Mary is overlooked, helpless to do anything but aid her family's plot to advance their fortunes, replace her with Anne and give Henry the greatest gift of all: a son and heir.
So good a job has Ms Gregory done at portraying the Boleyns and Howards as selfish, scheming, treacherous manipulators however, that it becomes increasingly hard to feel empathy for any of them. While Mary is merely hapless, Anne is the most ruthless of them all, so that instead of feeling cheated by knowing the outcome of her story, it only serves to help digest her unpalatable rise. Such a gruesome destiny was never more deserved. Ms Gregory has worked hard at researching her historical references. Daily life at court is described in fascinating detail--from the relentless leisure pursuits, masques and banquets laid on for the easily bored King to the complex hierarchies and machinations of the courtiers. However, the fall of Queen Katherine of Aragon and her only child, the Princess Mary, and the politics of the competing European courts and the break with Rome are seen only as a backdrop to the bawdy goings-on of the Boleyns and their fateful race for the crown. --Carey Green [via]
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Paradise Lostby John MiltonISBN 0804901732 (0-8049-0173-2)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Rebuilding Coventryby Sue TownsendISBN 0802111157 (0-8021-1115-7)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0804900221 (0-8049-0022-1)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:I cast my eyes to the stranded vessel, when the breach and froth of the sea being so big, I could hardly see it, it lay so far off, and considered, Lord! how was it possible I could get on shore? After I had solaced my mind with the comfortable part of my condition, I began to look round me to see what kind of place I was in, and what was next to be done, and I soon found my comforts abate, and that, in a word, I had a dreadful deliverance; for I was wet, had no clothes to shift me, nor anything either to eat or drink to comfort me, neither did I see any prospect before me but that of perishing with hunger, of being devoured by wild beasts; and that which was particularly afflicting to me was that I had no weapon either to hunt and kill any creature for my sustenance, or to defend myself against any other creature that might desire to kill me for theirs. In a word, I had nothing about me but a knife, a tobacco-pipe, and a little tobacco in a box. This was all my provision; and this threw me into terrible agonies of mind, that for a while I ran about like a madman. Night coming upon me, I began, with a heavy heart, to consider what would be my lot if there were any ravenous beasts in that country, seeing at night they always come abroad for their prey. [via]
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Sel 43 Tess D'urbervillesby S. E. L. 43 HUGMANISBN 071315506X (0-7131-5506-X)
Softcover, Ashgate Publishing, Limited
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The Shield Ringby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0809831058 (0-8098-3105-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloeby George EliotISBN 0808509799 (0-8085-0979-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The lonely and miserable life of a miserly recluse is transformed when he takes in an orphaned child and raises her as his own daughter. [via]
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Six Wives of Henry VIIIby Alison WeirISBN 0802136834 (0-8021-3683-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Wives of Henry VIII'Book summary:The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessible work of brilliant scholarship, Alison Weir draws on early biographies, letters, memoirs, account books, and diplomatic reports to bring these women to life. Catherine of Aragon emerges as a staunch though misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn, an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane Seymour, a strong-minded matriarch in the making; Anne of Cleves, a good-natured and innocent woman naively unaware of the court intrigues that determined her fate; Catherine Howard, an empty-headed wanton; and Catherine Parr, a warm-blooded bluestocking who survived King Henry to marry a fourth time.[via]More editions of Six Wives of Henry VIII:
Son of the Shadowsby Juliet MarillierISBN 0765343266 (0-7653-4326-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Story of Britain: A People's Historyby Roy StrongISBN 0712665463 (0-7126-6546-3)
Softcover, Random House Uk Ltd
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The Strange Death of Liberal Englandby George DangerfieldISBN 0804729301 (0-8047-2930-1)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Death of Liberal England'Book summary:At the beginning of the twentieth century England's empire spanned the globe, its economy was strong, and its political system seemed immune to the ills that inflicted so many other countries. After a resounding electoral triumph in 1906, the Liberals formed the government of the most powerful nation on earth, yet within a few years the House of Lords lost its absolute veto over legislation, the Home Rule crisis brought Ireland to the brink of civil war and led to an army mutiny, the campaign for woman's suffrage created widespread civil disorder and discredited the legal and penal systems, and an unprecedented wave of strikes swept the land.[via]
This is a classic account, first published in 1935, of the dramatic upheaval and political change that overwhelmed England in the period 1910-1914. Few books of history retain their relevance and vitality after more than sixty years. The Strange Death of Liberal England is one of the most important books of the English past, a prime example that history can be abiding literature. As a portrait of England enmeshed in the turbulence of new movements, which often led to violence against the pieties of Liberal Englanduntil it was overwhelmed by the greatest violence of all, World War Ithis extraordinary book has continued to exert a powerful influence on the way historians have observed early twentieth-century England.More editions of The Strange Death of Liberal England:
Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 0804900825 (0-8049-0082-5)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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The Thirteenth Taleby Diane SetterfieldISBN 0743298020 (0-7432-9802-0)
Hardcover, Atria Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirteenth Tale'Book summary:Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.
There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time. At their initial meeting, the conversation begins:
"You have given nineteen different versions of your life story to journalists in the last two years alone."
She [Vida] shrugged. "It's my profession. I'm a storyteller."
"I am a biographer, I work with facts."
The game is afoot and Margaret must spend some time sorting out whether or not Vida is actually ready to tell the whole truth. There is more here of Margaret discovering than of Vida cooperating wholeheartedly, but that is part of Vida's plan. The transformative power of truth informs the lives of both women by story's end, and The Thirteenth Tale is finally and convincingly told. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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Wainwright's Coast-To-Coast Walkby Derry Brabbs, A. WainrightISBN 071812622X (0-7181-2622-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Wainwrights Coast to Coast Walkby A. Wainwright, Derry BrabbsISBN 0718140931 (0-7181-4093-1)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wainwrights Coast to Coast Walk'Book summary:This is a book containing the walk A. Wainwright devised in 1973, covering rights of way and areas of open access between the Irish sea and the North Sea. The route passes through three National Parks: the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors, all areas of outstanding beauty. The book provides a wide and varied range of scenery with changing landscapes over a distance of 190 miles. It is one of the most challenging of long-distance walks. [via]
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Wellington's Rifles: Six Years to Waterloo with England's Legendary Sharpshootersby Mark UrbanISBN 0802714374 (0-8027-1437-4)
Hardcover, Walker & Co
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Who Runs This Place: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Centuryby Anthony SampsonISBN 0719565650 (0-7195-6565-0)
Softcover, John Murray
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0765353954 (0-7653-5395-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:There, in the middle of the broad bright high-road -- there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven -- stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments, her face bent in grave inquiry on mine, her hand pointing to the dark cloud over London, as I faced her. I was far too seriously startled by the suddenness with which this extraordinary apparition stood before me, in the dead of night and in that lonely place, to ask what she wanted. The strange woman spoke first. "Is that the road to London?" she said. I looked attentively at her, as she put that singular question to me. It was then nearly one o'clock. All I could discern distinctly by the moonlight was a colorless, youthful face, meager and sharp to look at about the cheeks and chin; large, grave, wistfully attentive eyes; nervous, uncertain lips; and light hair of a pale, brownish-yellow hue. There was nothing wild, nothing immodest in her manner: it was quiet and self-controlled, a little melancholy and a little touched by suspicion; not exactly the manner of a lady, and, at the same time, not the manner of a woman in the humblest rank of life. [via]
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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