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Adrian Mole, the Wilderness Yearsby Sue TownsendISBN 0413650103 (0-413-65010-3)
Hardcover, Methuen
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The Anodyne Necklaceby Martha GrimesISBN 0451410890 (0-451-41089-0)
Softcover, Onyx Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anodyne Necklace'Book summary:A severed finger found at the scene of a baffling murder in the village of Littlebourne leads local constables on what seems like a wild goose chase. But Richard Jury prefers to take the less traveled route to a slightly disreputable pub, where drinks all around loosen tongues and provide clues galore. **MASS MARKET PAPER** [via]
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The Bookshopby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 0395869463 (0-395-86946-3)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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The Case Has Alteredby Martha GrimesISBN 0451408683 (0-451-40868-3)
Softcover, Onyx Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case Has Altered'Book summary:Richard Jury, the brooding Scotland Yard detective-hero of many of Martha Grimes's mysteries, is back in The Case Has Altered, but--as usual--his sidekick Melrose Plant steals the show. Set in the fens of Lincolnshire, Jury must investigate two murders in which his true love, Jenny Kennington, is a suspect. But while Jury deals with the evidence, Melrose uncovers the local color, interviewing everyone from uncommunicative pub owners to chatty cooks. Even murder seems a little less grim with Melrose Plant around. [via]
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Castleby David MacaulayISBN 0395329205 (0-395-32920-5)
Softcover, Walter Lorraine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castle'Book summary:Imagine yourself in 13th-century England. King Edward I has just named the fictitious Kevin le Strange to be the Lord of Aberwyvern--"a rich but rebellious area of Northwest Wales." Lord Kevin's first task is to oversee the construction of a strategically placed castle and town in order to assure that England can "dominate the Welsh once and for all." And a story is born! In the Caldecott Honor Book Castle, David Macaulay--author, illustrator, former architect and teacher--sets his sights on the creation and destiny of Lord Kevin's magnificent castle perched on a bluff overlooking the sea. Brick by brick, tool by tool, worker by worker, we witness the methodical construction of a castle through exquisitely detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Children who love to know how things work especially appreciate Macaulay's passion for process and engineering. Moats, arrow loops, plumbing, dungeons, and weaponry are all explained in satisfying detail. This talented author also has a keen sense of irony and tragedy, which is played out in the intricacies of the human story: a castle can be built as a fortress, but ultimately it becomes obsolete when humans discover that cooperation works best. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson [via]
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Changing Placesby David LodgeISBN 0436256606 (0-436-25660-6)
Hardcover, Secker and Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Changing Places'Book summary:Anyone intrigued by differences between American and British academic institutions will find this an amusing and accurate send-up. David Lodge, portraying two American and British professors who replace one another at their respective institutions, gives greed, pettiness, and pretense full rein. [via]
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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]
Clarissaby Samuel RichardsonISBN 0395051649 (0-395-05164-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Lifeby Samuel RichardsonISBN 0404641008 (0-404-64100-8)
Hardcover, AMS Press
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Curtainby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396071910 (0-396-07191-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Curtain'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Hercule Poirot returns to the scene of his first great case to solve another, which could be his last if he does not watch his step. [via]
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The Dirty Duckby Martha GrimesISBN 0440120500 (0-440-12050-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dirty Duck'Book summary:In english. Dell Fic. Chapter 1. The doors of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre emptied another audience into a mean rain that always seemed to know the minute the performance ended. [via]
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Dragonfly in Amberby Diana GabaldonISBN 0440215625 (0-440-21562-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonfly in Amber'Book summary:From the author of outlander... A magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century scotland...for twenty years claire randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ...and about james fraser, a scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ....now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, brianna, as claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden paris court of charles stuart ...in a race to thwart a doomed highlands uprising ...and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves [via]
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The Elizabethan Worldby Lacey Baldwin SmithISBN 0395597714 (0-395-59771-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elizabethan World'Book summary:Trade paperback. 332 pages. Illustrated; notes; bibliography; index. [via]
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Gathering Stormby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0395075378 (0-395-07537-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gathering Storm'Book summary:Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed substantial literary talents. These two factors combine to make The Gathering Storm a unique work. The first volume of Churchill's memoirs, this selection is broken into two parts. The first, "From War to War," consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of World War I and its place in the causes of the Second World War. The second volume contains letters and memoranda from the British government--of which Churchill was part--as the country plunged unprepared into war. This stands as the best of history: written as it was made, by the man who made it. [via]
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The Grand Allianceby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0395410576 (0-395-41057-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grand Alliance'Book summary:Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring, compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. The Grand Alliance recounts the momentous events of 1941 surrounding America's entry into the War and Hitler's march on Russia the continuing onslaught on British civilians during the Blitz, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the alliance between Britain and America that shaped the outcome of the War. [via]
History of the English Speaking Peoplesby Winston S. ChurchillISBN 0396082726 (0-396-08272-6)
Softcover, Dodd Mead
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0413396304 (0-413-39630-4)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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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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An Instance of the Fingerpostby Iain PearsISBN 0425167720 (0-425-16772-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'Book summary:An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn the inevitable comparisons to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and, for once, the comparison is apt.
The year is 1663, and the setting is Oxford, England, during the height of Restoration political intrigue. When Dr. Robert Grove is found dead in his Oxford room, hands clenched and face frozen in a rictus of pain, all the signs point to poison. Rashomon-like, the narrative circles around Grove's murder as four different characters give their version of events: Marco da Cola, a visiting Italian physician--or so he would like the reader to believe; Jack Prestcott, the son of a traitor who fled the country to avoid execution; Dr. John Wallis, a mathematician and cryptographer with a predilection for conspiracy theories; and Anthony Wood, a mild-mannered Oxford antiquarian whose tale proves to be the book's "instance of the fingerpost." (The quote comes from the philosopher Bacon, who, while asserting that all evidence is ultimately fallible, allows for "one instance of a fingerpost that points in one direction only, and allows of no other possibility.")
Like The Name of the Rose, this is one whodunit in which the principal mystery is the nature of truth itself. Along the way, Pears displays a keen eye for period details as diverse as the early days of medicine, the convoluted politics of the English Civil War, and the newfangled fashion for wigs. Yet Pears never loses sight of his characters, who manage to be both utterly authentic denizens of the 17th century and utterly authentic human beings. As a mystery, An Instance of the Fingerpost is entertainment of the most intelligent sort; as a novel of ideas, it proves equally satisfying. [via]
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Iron Age Communities in Britain: An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC Until the Roman Conquestby Barry W. CunliffeISBN 0415347793 (0-415-34779-3)
Hardcover, Routledge
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James and the Giant Peachby Roald DahlISBN 0394912829 (0-394-91282-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis Stevenson, Sid HiteISBN 0439295785 (0-439-29578-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Young David Balfour, left in poverty when his father dies, goes to his uncle, Ebenezer, for assistance. He soon finds himself kidnapped and on board a ship, headed for a life of slavery. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David escapes, only to get mixed up in a desperate adventure? suspected of murder and hunted across the Scottish moors.[via]More editions of Kidnapped:
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King Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0415026881 (0-415-02688-1)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:The stirring continuation of the themes begun in "Henry IV, Part One" again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ruler's solemn duty and a merry but dissipated friend, Falstaff. The play represents Shakespeare at the peak of his maturity in writing historical drama and comedy. [via]
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King Richard IIIby William ShakespeareISBN 0415026946 (0-415-02694-6)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanby Laurence SterneISBN 0395051452 (0-395-05145-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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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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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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Magnificent Centuryby Thomas B. CostainISBN 0445085126 (0-445-08512-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareISBN 0395775434 (0-395-77543-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:An illustrated, abridged verison of the Shakespeare comedy with background information and explanatory stage directions. [via]
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0415026997 (0-415-02699-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0416179401 (0-416-17940-1)
Softcover, Methuen - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0416179304 (0-416-17930-4)
Hardcover, Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0434619825 (0-434-61982-5)
Hardcover, Heinemann - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0395775434 (0-395-77543-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0415026997 (0-415-02699-7)
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Moll Flandersby Daniel DefoeISBN 0395051290 (0-395-05129-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129616 (0-425-12961-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Outlaws of Sherwoodby Robin McKinleyISBN 0441013252 (0-441-01325-2)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Outlaws of Sherwood'Book summary:[via]New York Times bestselling author Robin McKinley's vivid retelling of the classic story of Robin Hood breathes contemporary life into these beloved adventures-with Marian taking a pivotal role as one of Robin's best archers.
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, John CairdISBN 0413735508 (0-413-73550-8)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:"All children, except one, grow up." Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, live a very proper middle-class life in Edwardian London, but they also happen to have a Newfoundland for a nurse. The text is full of such throwaway gems as "Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter Pan when she was tidying up her children's minds," and is peppered with deliberately obscure vocabulary including "embonpoint," "quietus," and "pluperfect." Lest we forget, it was written in 1904, a relatively innocent age in which a plot about abducted children must have seemed more safely fanciful. Also, perhaps, it was an age that expected more of its children's books, for Peter Pan has a suppleness, lightness, and intelligence that are "literary" in the best sense. In a typical exchange with the dastardly Captain Hook, Peter Pan describes himself as "youth... joy... a little bird that has broken out of the egg," and the author interjects: "This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form." A book for adult readers-aloud to revel in--and it just might teach young listeners to fly. (Ages 5 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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- Peter Pan: ISBN 043929133X (0-439-29133-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Peter Pan: ISBN 0394857178 (0-394-85717-8)
Hardcover, Random House - Peter Pan the Story of Peter and Wendy: ISBN 0448025256 (0-448-02525-6)
Hardcover, Price Stern Sloan - Peter Pan: ISBN 0448060337 (0-448-06033-7)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - Peter Pan: ISBN 0413735508 (0-413-73550-8)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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Peter Pan and Wendy: One-Hundredth Anniversary Editionby Scholastic, Robert R. Ingpen, David BarrieISBN 0439672570 (0-439-67257-0)
Hardcover, Orchard Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan and Wendy: One-Hundredth Anniversary Edition'Book summary:Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the beloved classic tale of Peter Pan, with this gorgeous storybook containing the unabridged, original text complemented by luminous new art.[via]
The beloved story of the boy who won't grow up is brought to life in this sumptuous edition illustrated with stunning full-color art.
When Peter Pan pays a visit to the Darling children, everything goes topsy-turvy. Wendy, Michael, and John follow Peter to Never Never Land, where they have the most exciting adventures and battle the evil Pirate Captain Hook.More editions of Peter Pan and Wendy: One-Hundredth Anniversary Edition:
Prehistoric Britainby Timothy DarvillISBN 041515135X (0-415-15135-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency, 1811-20by J. B. PriestleyISBN 0434603570 (0-434-60357-0)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Brian GibbonsISBN 0416178502 (0-416-17850-2)
Hardcover, Chapman & Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:Shakespeare's tragic drama of young love is supplemented by textual notes and information on the date and sources of the play. [via]
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Romeo and Juliet : The Contemporary Film, the Classic Playby William ShakespeareISBN 0440227127 (0-440-22712-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet : The Contemporary Film, the Classic Play'Book summary:Award-winning director Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom) has updated Shakespeare's classic tragedy of young love and teen suicide in a unique new film, in which the warring Capulets and Montagues are gangsters who carry guns instead of swords. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Basketball Diaries) and Claire Danes (My So-Called Life, Little Women) as the doomed lovers, the film is set in a modern city. The actors speak Shakespeare's words--but with their own American accents.
Readers can now experience this new vision of Shakespeare's violent, tragic play alongside the Bard
s original text, in a special single volume that features an introduction by the film's director. [via]More editions of Romeo and Juliet : The Contemporary Film, the Classic Play:
The Routledge Atas of British Historyby Martin GilbertISBN 0415395518 (0-415-39551-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Routledge Atlas of British History: From 45 Bc to the Present Dayby Martin GilbertISBN 0415281474 (0-415-28147-4)
Hardcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Routledge Atlas of British History: From 45 Bc to the Present Day'Book summary:The changing story of the British Isles forms the central theme of this fascinating and compelling atlas, which covers England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales - and the expansion and gradual disintegration of Britain's overseas empire. This new edition includes:
* politics: from the Saxon kingdoms and the collapse of Britain's French Empire to Jacobites, Parliamentary Reform, the Commonwealth and Europe
* war and Conflict: from Viking attacks and the Norman Invasion to the Armada, World War and the revolt against empire
* trade and Industry: from the post-Norman economy and Tudor trade to industrial unrest and the opening of international trade routes
* religion: from the Saxon Church to the Reformation
* society and Economics: from civilian life in Roman Britain to the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions, the Great Strike and the growth of universities [via]More editions of The Routledge Atlas of British History: From 45 Bc to the Present Day:
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Second World Warby Winston ChurchillISBN 039541055X (0-395-41055-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second World War: The Gathering Storm'Book summary:"After the end of the World War of 1914 there was a deep conviction and almost universal hope that peace would reign in the world. This heart's desire of all the peoples could easily have been gained by steadfastness in righteous convictions, and by reasonable common sense and prudence."
But we all know that's not what happened. As Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War, Winston Churchill--whose career had to that point already encompassed the roles of military historian and civil servant with a proficiency in both that few others could claim--had a unique perspective on the conflict, and as soon as he left office in 1945, he began to set that perspective down on paper. To measure the importance of The Second World War, it is worth remembering that there are no parallel accounts from either of the other Allied leaders, Roosevelt and Stalin. We have in this multivolume work an account that contains both comprehensive sweep and intimate detail. Almost anybody who compiles a list of such works ranks it highly among the nonfiction books of the 20th century.In the opening volume, The Gathering Storm, Churchill tracks the erosion of the shaky peace brokered at the end of the First World War, followed by the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and their gradual spread from beyond Germany's borders to most of the European continent. Churchill foresaw the coming crisis and made his opinion known quite clearly throughout the latter '30s, and this book concludes on a vindicating note, with his appointment in May 1940 as prime minister, after which he recalls that "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial."
Their Finest Hour concerns itself with 1940. France falls, and England is left to face the German menace alone. Soon London is under siege from the air--and Churchill has a few stories of his own experiences during the Blitz to share--but they persevere to the end of what Churchill calls "the most splendid, as it was the most deadly, year in our long English and British history." They press on in The Grand Alliance, liberating Ethiopia from the Italians and lending support to Greece. Then, when Hitler reneges on his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union (the very signing of which had proved Stalin and his commissars "the most completely outwitted bunglers of the Second World War"), the Allied team begins to coalesce. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese makes the participation of the United States in the war official, and this is of "the greatest joy" to Churchill: "How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at that moment care. Once again in our long island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious."
But as the fourth volume, The Hinge of Fate, reveals, success would not happen overnight. The Japanese military still held strong positions in the Pacific theater, and Rommel's tank corps were on the offensive in Africa. After a string of military defeats, Churchill's opponents in Parliament introduced a motion for a censure vote; this was handily defeated, and victory secured in Africa, then Italy. By this time, Churchill had met separately with both Roosevelt and Stalin; the second half of volume 5, Closing the Ring, brings the three of them together for the first time at the November 1943 conference in Teheran. This book closes on the eve of D-day: "All the ships were at sea. We had the mastery of the oceans and of the air. The Hitler tyranny was doomed."
And so, in the concluding volume, Triumph and Tragedy, the Allies push across Europe and take the fight to Berlin. President Roosevelt's death shortly before final victory against Germany affected Churchill deeply, "as if I had been struck a physical blow," and he would later regret not attending the funeral and meeting Harry Truman then, instead of at the Potsdam conference after Germany's defeat. Churchill himself would not be there for the conclusion to the war against Japan; in July of 1945, a general election in Britain brought in a Labor government (or, as he refers to them, "Socialists"), and he resigned immediately, for "the verdict of the electors had been so overwhelmingly expressed that I did not wish to remain even for an hour responsible for their affairs." [via]
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Springtime in Britain: An 11,000 Mile Journey through the Natural History of Britain from Land's End to John O'Groatsby Edwin Way TealeISBN 0396062091 (0-396-06209-1)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare, Frank KermodeISBN 0415027047 (0-415-02704-7)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most famous but also enigmatic plays, for many years the story of Prospero's exile from his native Milan, and life with his daughter Miranda on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean, was seen as an autobiographical dramatisation of Shakespeare's departure from the London stage. The Epilogue, spoken by Prospero, claims that "now my charms are all o'erthrown", appeared to reflect Shakespeare's own renunciation of his magical dramatic powers as he retired to Stratford. But The Tempest is far more than this, as recent commentators have pointed out. The dramatic action observes the classical unities of time, place and action, as Prospero uses his "rough magic" to lure his wicked usurping brother, Antonio, and King Alonso of Naples to his island retreat to torment them before engineering his return to Milan.
However, the play is full of extraordinary anomalies and fantastic interludes, including Gonzalo's fantasy of a utopian commonwealth, Prospero's magical servant Ariel, and the "poisonous slave" Caliban. The creation of Caliban has particularly fascinated critics, who have noticed in his creation a colonial dimension to the play. In this respect Caliban can be seen as an American Indian or African slave, who articulates a particularly powerful strain of anti-colonial sentiment, telling Prospero that "this island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,/ Which thou tak'st from me". This has led to an intense reassessment of the play from a post-colonial perspective, as critics and historians have debated the extent to which the play endorses or criticises early English colonial expansion. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Time Machineby H. G. Wells, Melvin BurgessISBN 0439436540 (0-439-43654-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Time Machine'Book summary:When the Time Traveler courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700--and everything had changed. H.G. Wells's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination is regarded as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction. [via]
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The Time Machine and the War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0449300439 (0-449-30043-9)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Time Machine and the War of the Worlds'Book summary:H. G. Wells
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.
The time machine
In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.
The war of the worlds
Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication. [via]More editions of The Time Machine and the War of the Worlds:
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 039577537X (0-395-77537-X)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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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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- Treasure Island: ISBN 0448405628 (0-448-40562-8)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - Treasure Island: ISBN 0394847253 (0-394-84725-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Treasure Island: ISBN 0425123359 (0-425-12335-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group - Treasure Island: ISBN 0396085326 (0-396-08532-6)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead - Treasure Island: ISBN 0448060256 (0-448-06025-6)
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Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - Treasure Island: ISBN 0439288886 (0-439-28888-6)
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- Treasure Island: ISBN 0448405628 (0-448-40562-8)
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Triumph and Tragedyby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0395410606 (0-395-41060-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Triumph and Tragedy'Book summary:From the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944 the Second World War had only fourteen months to run. This final volume of the account covers events right up to the unconditional surrender of Japan.[via]
Churchill's six-volume history of World War II - the definitive work, remarkable both for its sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature.More editions of Triumph and Tragedy:
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Triumph and Tragedyby Winston S. ChurchillISBN 0395075408 (0-395-07540-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Two Towersby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395489334 (0-395-48933-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Villette: Library Editionby Charlotte BronteISBN 0395111501 (0-395-11150-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Voyagerby Diana GabaldonISBN 0440217563 (0-440-21756-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyager'Book summary:An exceptionally well written time travel, adventure/romance book by a fascinating author [via]
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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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- The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448060280 (0-448-06028-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0440403855 (0-440-40385-5)
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)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448110792 (0-448-11079-2)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0416169805 (0-416-16980-5)
Hardcover, Methuen - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0448171880 (0-448-17188-0)
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Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth GaskellISBN 0404072585 (0-404-07258-5)
Hardcover, AMS Press
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