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The Ballad of the White Horseby G. K. Chesterton, Robert Austin, Bernadette SheridanISBN 0898708907 (0-89870-890-7)
Hardcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ballad of the White Horse'Book summary:This ballad needs no historical notes, for the simple reason that it does not profess to be historical. All of it that is not frankly fictitious, as in any prose romance about the past, is meant to emphasize tradition rather than history. King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend; that is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie. But King Alfred is a legend in this broader and more human sense, that the legends are the most important things about him.The cult of Alfred was a popular cult, from the darkness of the ninth century to the deepening twilight of the twentieth. It is wholly as a popular legend that I deal with him here. I write as one ignorant of every-thing, except that I have found the legend of a King of Wessex still alive in the land. I will give three curt cases of what I mean. A tradition connects the ultimate victory of Alfred with the valley in Berkshire called the Vale of the White Horse, I have seen doubts of the tradition, which may be valid doubts. I do not know when or where the story started; it is enough that it started somewhere and ended with me; for I only seek to write upon a hearsay, as the old balladists did... [via]
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The Bell Jarby Sylvia PlathISBN 0899668151 (0-89966-815-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bell Jar'Book summary:Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. [via]
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Beowulf: Letterpress Editionby Bertha RogersISBN 0913559598 (0-913559-59-8)
Softcover, Birch Brook Pr
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Brave New World:a Novel: [and], Brave New World Revisitedby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0900948434 (0-900948-43-4)
Hardcover, Heron
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Captain Bloodby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0895263793 (0-89526-379-3)
Softcover, Regnery Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captain Blood'Book summary:Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebelswho were fighting the oppressive King JamesBlood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. He escapes to Tortuga and becomes the leader of a colony of buccaneers.[via] 
Captain Blood His Odysseyby Raphael SabatiniISBN 0910220875 (0-910220-87-5)
Hardcover, Norman Berg
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Checkmateby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0899663192 (0-89966-319-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Checkmate'Book summary:The grand finale to Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles, "Checkmate" finds Francis Crawford returning to France to lead an army against England. But even as the soldier-scholar succeeds brilliantly on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to forces in both the French and English courts. "Checkmate" is a masterly evocation of the intrigue and pageantry of sixteenth-century Europe--and a triumphant conclusion to the Lymond saga. 1 map. [via]
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Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Autobiographyby G. K. ChestertonISBN 089870197X (0-89870-197-X)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News'Book summary:Volume XVI of The Collected Works Of G. K. Chesterton is Chesterton s autobiography. One of modern Catholicism s most famousand prolific authors, Chesterton was a great defender of the commonman, the family, and the Catholic faith. He wrote on many importantsubjects religion, politics, history, literature, art, economics,philosophy, and sociology. This book includes 37 rare photos ofChesterton. Author: G. K. Chesterton Contents: The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton Format: 341 pages, paperback Publisher: Ignatius Press ISBN: 9780898701999 [via]
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Softcover, Ignatius Pr - The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922: ISBN 0898702445 (0-89870-244-5)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr - Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News, 1923-1925, Vol 33: ISBN 0898702747 (0-89870-274-7)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr - The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928: ISBN 0898702941 (0-89870-294-1)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr - Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: The Autobiography: ISBN 0898702003 (0-89870-200-3)
Hardcover, Ignatius Press - Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News, 1917-1919: ISBN 0898702321 (0-89870-232-1)
Hardcover, Ignatius Pr - Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News: ISBN 089870197X (0-89870-197-X)
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Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Chesterton on Dickensby Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Alzina Stone DaleISBN 0898702585 (0-89870-258-5)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Plays and Chesterton on Shawby Gilbert Keith ChestertonISBN 0898702372 (0-89870-237-2)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Robert Louis Stevenson, Chaucer, Leo Tolstoy and Thomas CarlyleISBN 0898703743 (0-89870-374-3)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
Find This BookBook summary:In The Collected Works Of G. K. Chesterton, Vol. XVIII, Chesterton exhibits his perception of character and motive through literary criticism and biography. Chesterton s warm affection for Stevenson and Chaucer is evident in his volumes on them. He was heavily influenced by the manliness, courage, and hope in Stevenson s romances. Polemical literary criticism flourishes in Chesterton s Chaucer, a tribute to medieval England and Chaucer s literature. His monographs on Tolstoy and Carlyle reveal keen insights into two very different writers, thus providing four unique studies that teach the distinctions between normality and abnormality in literature and life. Author: G. K. Chesterton Contents: Robert Louis Stevenson, Chaucer, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Carlyle Format: 450 pages, paperback Publisher: Ignatius Press ISBN: 9780898703740 [via]
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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mystery Stories-Illustrationsby Denis J. ConlonISBN 0898704014 (0-89870-401-4)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Mystery Stories-Illustrations'Book summary:G.K. Chesterton Throughout his life, Gilbert Chesterton always had a propensity for throwing his genius around. As a result of this tendency, Chesterton penned articles, essays, stories, and poems for so many periodicals that it was almost impossible to keep track of them. In this volume, Dr. Denis J. Conlon, Professor of English Literature at the University of Antwerp, has compiled Chesterton's short stories--some of which have never appeared in print. Many stories will be new to Chesterton fans because they were originally published in England and never appeared in U.S. editions, and others published in the U.S. remain unknown on the other side of the Atlantic. Dr. Conlon also includes the lost Father Brown stories, "Fr. Brown and the Donnington Affair" and "The Mask of Midas". There are 43 short stories here, along with a selection of 25 complete and incomplete tales from Chesterton's notebooks, and numerous drawings and illustrations. Some of the stories in this wonderful volume are: "The Coloured Lands," "The Sword of Wood," "The Trees of Pride," "How I Found the Superman," "The Five of Swords," "Homesick at Home," and "The End of Wisdom." With illustrations. Sewn Softcover [via]
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Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: What I Saw in America, the Resurrection of Rome and Side LightsISBN 0898702720 (0-89870-272-0)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Hardcover, Ignatius Pr - Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: What I Saw in America, the Resurrection of Rome and Side Lights: ISBN 0898702720 (0-89870-272-0)
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The Corn King and the Spring Queenby Naomi MitchisonISBN 0939149990 (0-939149-99-0)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Daughter of Timeby Josephine TeyISBN 089966184X (0-89966-184-X)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Daughter of Time'Book summary:Josephine Tey is often referred to as the mystery writer for people who don't like mysteries. Her skills at character development and mood setting, and her tendency to focus on themes not usually touched upon by mystery writers, have earned her a vast and appreciative audience. In Daughter of Time, Tey focuses on the legend of Richard III, the evil hunchback of British history accused of murdering his young nephews. While at a London hospital recuperating from a fall, Inspector Alan Grant becomes fascinated by a portrait of King Richard. A student of human faces, Grant cannot believe that the man in the picture would kill his own nephews. With an American researcher's help, Grant delves into his country's history to discover just what kind of man Richard Plantagenet was and who really killed the little princes. [via]
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Death in Kenyaby Mary Margaret KayeISBN 0896214850 (0-89621-485-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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When Victoria Caryll is offered a position at Flamingo, her aunt's family estate in Kenya's Rift Valley, she accepts-knowing full well that the move will give her a chance to see Eden DeBrett once again, the man she was previously engaged to. But she doesn't realize that coming to her aunt's home will introduce her to an unstable region still recovering from the bloody Mau Mau revolt, and to a household thrown into grief by a recent murder. Distinguished by its mystery, romance, and exotic setting, Death in Kenya is as graceful as it is chilling-it is the beloved novel of one of our finest and most accomplished writers.More editions of Death in Kenya:
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Doctor Faustusby Christopher Marlowe, Michael H. KeeferISBN 092114959X (0-921149-59-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doctor Faustus'Book summary:This is Michael Keefer's excellent 1604 version of Marlowe's text. His introduction reconstructs the Renaissance ideological concepts that shaped and deformed Doctor Faustus, and the text is accompanied by collations, textual and explanatory notes, and excerpts from sources. The appendices include variants from the 1616 text and excerpts from The History of . . . Doctor John Faustus, Henricus Cornelius Agrippa, and John Calvin. [via]
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Dr. Faustusby Christopher MarloweISBN 0929587561 (0-929587-56-1)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Dream Daysby Kenneth Grahame, Maxfield ParrishISBN 0898155460 (0-89815-546-0)
Hardcover, Ten Speed Pr
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Eating People Is Wrongby Malcolm BradburyISBN 0897331893 (0-89733-189-3)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Emily Davisby ReadISBN 0897333403 (0-89733-340-3)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Far Cry from Kensingtonby Muriel SparkISBN 0896212319 (0-89621-231-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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G. K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Senseby Dale AhlquistISBN 0898708575 (0-89870-857-5)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Gerontiusby James Hamilton-PatersonISBN 0939149486 (0-939149-48-6)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gerontius'Book summary:In this delightful novel, which won a Whitbread Prize in 1989, James Hamilton-Paterson joins celebrated British composer Edward Elgar on a cruise on the Amazon River and imagines what artists of the time may have pondered. "Oh Edward what a stupid doltish ass you've been to waste your life on the idea that art--in its small way--can make the least difference to things," he imagines Elgar as commenting. The book isn't merely a collection of questioning ruminations; the cruise is filled with a variety of comical and interesting passengers and crew members. [via]
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The Golden Ageby Kenneth Grahame, Maxfield ParrishISBN 0898155452 (0-89815-545-2)
Hardcover, Ten Speed Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Age'Book summary:The adventures of five brothers and sisters growing up in rural England in the late nineteenth century. [via]
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The Green Manby Kingsley AmisISBN 0897332202 (0-89733-220-2)
Hardcover, Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
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Greenmantleby John BuchanISBN 0933852843 (0-933852-84-3)
Hardcover, Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer
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The Heart of the Matter: Stamboul Train ; A Burnt-Out Case ; The Third Man ; The Quiet American ; Loser Takes All ; The Power and the Gloryby Graham GreeneISBN 0905712013 (0-905712-01-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Octopus
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His Last Bowby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0899666663 (0-89966-666-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The History of Henry Esmondby William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 0898759331 (0-89875-933-1)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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Hopeful Monstersby Nicholas MosleyISBN 0916583856 (0-916583-85-6)
Hardcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hopeful Monsters'Book summary:Like Sartre, Camus, and Kundera before him, Nicholas Mosley has put forth a supremely challenging work that relies as much on philosophical and political themes as pure storytelling. Max Ackerman and Eleanor Anders are ambitious intellectuals--British and German, respectively--whose fascination with the scientific trends and political upheaval of the 20th century take them around the world and, eventually, into each other's arms. Intensifying, perhaps complicating the narrative of this 1990 Whitbread Prize winner is Mosley's use as a metaphor the Talmudic myth of the Lamed-Vov, a tale of 36 upstanding people for whom God sustains life on Earth. Left unanswered is whether Ackerman and Anders are among them. [via]
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0899662293 (0-89966-229-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Howards of Caxleyby ReadISBN 0897333195 (0-89733-319-5)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Illustrated London News, 1917-1919by G. K. Chesterton, George J. Marlin, Lawrence J. ClipperISBN 0898702380 (0-89870-238-0)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis Stevenson, Frank GodwinISBN 0895772329 (0-89577-232-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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Last Days of Pompeiiby E.G. Bulwer-LyttonISBN 0899663095 (0-89966-309-5)
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A Legacyby Sybille BedfordISBN 0912946261 (0-912946-26-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Liarby Stephen FryISBN 0939149826 (0-939149-82-6)
Hardcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Market Squareby Read, Harry GrimleyISBN 0897333187 (0-89733-318-7)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Master of Ballantraeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0895776294 (0-89577-629-4)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Master of Ballantrae'Book summary:Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer. But he is to return years later, embittered by battles and a savage life of piracy on the high seas, to demand his inheritance. Turning the people against the Lord, he begins a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness. Satanic and seductive, the Master was regarded by Stevenson as 'all I know of the devil'; his darkly manipulative schemes dominate this subtle and compelling tragedy.This edition takes as its text the Edinburgh Edition of the novel, the last approved by the author. The introduction considers the novel's inspiration and its place as one of Stevenson's greatest studies in cruelty. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Charles VessISBN 0898657105 (0-89865-710-5)
Softcover, Schiffer Pub Ltd
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Midsummer Night's Dream Parallel Textby William ShakepeareISBN 0895988739 (0-89598-873-9)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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Miss Clare Remembersby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 089733308X (0-89733-308-X)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Mrs. Tim Gets a Jobby D. E. StevensonISBN 0899661602 (0-89966-160-2)
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News from Thrush Greenby Miss Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897333349 (0-89733-334-9)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
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Niccolo Risingby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0899669638 (0-89966-963-8)
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No Holly for Miss Quinnby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897333837 (0-89733-383-7)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Old Curiosity Shopby Charles Dickens, George Cattermole, Hablot Knight BrowneISBN 0895772922 (0-89577-292-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Nell is on her way home to the dusty shop where she and her grandfather live a rather mysterious life. The old man disappears every night--visiting gambling dens with the naive hope of winning a fortune. Instead he sinks deeper and deeper into debt. Enter Daniel Quilp, moneylender, who becomes furious upon learning that the grandfather is a pauper and will never be able to repay his tremendous debt. Quilp seizes the curiosity shop and begins making lecherous overtures to Nell, so she and her grandfather steal away one morning to seek their fortunes elsewhere. But the demonic dwarf is never far behind.
Sound effects are employed judiciously and serve mainly as a springboard for the listener's imagination. The sound of a crying baby is enough to convey the image of crowded lodgings and genteel Victorian poverty, while raucous laughter and high-pitched squawks evoke the barely controlled chaos of an outdoor Punch and Judy show. The dramatization pares Dickens's weighty novel down to two and one-half hours, but does so skillfully, retaining Dickens's wit, marvelous dialogue, and delightful characterizations. (Running time: 155 minutes, 2 cassettes) --Elizabeth Laskey [via]
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The Old Wives' Taleby Arnold BennettISBN 0915864770 (0-915864-77-0)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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This edition of The Old Wives' Tale gives fascinating critical insights into Bennett's most wide-ranging novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece. [via]More editions of The Old Wives' Tale:
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On the Beachby Nevil ShuteISBN 0899683657 (0-89968-365-7)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Over the Gateby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897332989 (0-89733-298-9)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Pair of Blue Eyesby Thomas HardyISBN 0907746063 (0-907746-06-3)
Softcover, Mott Limited, Anthony
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Pawn in Frankincenseby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0899663214 (0-89966-321-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pawn in Frankincense'Book summary:The fourth title in the LYMOND CHRONICLES series, originally published in 1969. Set in 1552, Frances Crawford is searching for his son, who has been hidden somewhere in slavery. While he searches, his enemy waits with an elaborate plan of humiliation and violence. Follows THE GAME OF KINGS, QUEEN'S PLAY and THE DISORDERLY KNIGHTS. [via]
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Peeping Tomby Howard JacobsonISBN 0899193471 (0-89919-347-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Personal Recordby Joseph ConradISBN 0910395462 (0-910395-46-2)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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The Queen and Iby Sue TownsendISBN 0939149974 (0-939149-97-4)
Hardcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Queen and I'Book summary:When the British government evicts the royal family, they move into housing flats and learn, the hard way, about life outside Buckingham Palace. By the author of the children's book, The Secret Life of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. [via]
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Ramageby Dudley PopeISBN 0935526765 (0-935526-76-5)
Softcover, McBooks Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramage'Book summary:In a daring foray, under the very nose of the French Mediterranean fleet, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is to sail his tiny cutter close in to the Italian shore and rescue a party of stranded aristocrats from Napoleon's fast-advancing army.[via]More editions of Ramage:
Ringed Castleby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0899663222 (0-89966-322-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Ritual in the Darkby Colin WilsonISBN 0914171631 (0-914171-63-1)
Softcover, Ronin Pub
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0934048061 (0-934048-06-1)
Softcover, Swan Books
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil GaimanISBN 0930289595 (0-930289-59-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:The immense popularity of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is due in large part to the development of his characters. In The Doll's House, the second book of the Sandman magnum opus, Gaiman continues to build the foundation for the larger story, introducing us to more of the Dream King's family of the Endless.
The Sandman returns to his kingdom of the Dreaming after nearly a century of imprisonment, finding several things out of place; most importantly, an anomaly called a dream vortex has manifested itself in the form of a young girl who unknowingly threatens to rip apart the Dreaming. And there's the smaller matter of a few nightmares having escaped. Among them is Gaiman's creepiest creation: the Corinthian, a serial killer with a miniature set of teeth in each eye socket. Because later volumes concentrate so much on human relationships with Gaiman's signature fair for fantasy and mythology, it is sometimes easy to forget that the Sandman series started out as a horror comic. This book grabs you and doesn't let you forget that so easily. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Scaramoucheby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0899685471 (0-89968-547-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Sea-hawkby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0897830121 (0-89783-012-1)
Hardcover, Cherokee Pub
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The Sheltering Skyby Paul BowlesISBN 0912946431 (0-912946-43-1)
Softcover, Natl Book Network
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Shoulder the Skyby D. E. StevensonISBN 0899661661 (0-89966-166-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
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Story of an African Farmby Olive SchreinerISBN 0915864231 (0-915864-23-1)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Storiesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0895773848 (0-89577-384-8)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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A Study in Scarletby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 089577254X (0-89577-254-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Study in Scarlet'Book summary:Arthur Conan Doyle's Study in Scarlet is the first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world's best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes's Boswell, the unassuming Dr. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Holmes needs a foil. And thus a great literary collaboration begins.
Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes's eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings. Somewhat shaken by Holmes's egotism, Watson is nonetheless dazzled by his seemingly magical ability to provide detailed information about a man glimpsed once under the streetlamp across the road.
Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard--Lestrade and Gregson--Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. Later, Holmes explains: "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.... There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result." Holmes is in that elite group.
Conan Doyle quickly learned that it was Holmes's deductions that were of most interest to his readers. The lengthy flashback, while a convention of popular fiction, simply distracted from readers' real focus. It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated. Subsequent Holmes stories--The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes--rightly plunge the twosome directly into the middle of a baffling crime, piling mystery upon mystery until Holmes's denouement once more leaves the dazzled Watson murmuring, "You are wonderful, Holmes!" Generations of readers agree. --Barbara Schlieper [via]
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The Swiss Family Robinsonby J.D. WyssISBN 0899664210 (0-89966-421-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Tales of Mean Streetsby Arthur MorrisonISBN 089733440X (0-89733-440-X)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales of Mean Streets'Book summary:The greater number of these stories and studies -were first printed in The National Observer; the introduction, in a slightly different form, in Macmillan s Magazine; That Brute Simmons and AC onversion have been published in The Pall Mall Budget; and The Red Cow Group is new.
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hallby Anne Brontë, John WeeksISBN 0912800704 (0-912800-70-4)
Softcover, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited
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Thrush Greenby ReadISBN 0899664350 (0-89966-435-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Trembling of a Leafby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0935180214 (0-935180-21-4)
Softcover, Booklines Hawaii Ltd
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V for Vendettaby Alan Moore, K. C. Carlson, David LloydISBN 0930289528 (0-930289-52-8)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'V for Vendetta'Book summary:V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the UK. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the colouring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skilfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. The graphic novel contains all the V series plus two additional stories concerning V that were originally considered "interludes". This edition also contains an essay from Moore dating from 1983 explaining the creation process. For any comic fan it's a must-have. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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The Victorian Chaise Loungeby Marghanita LaskiISBN 0897330978 (0-89733-097-8)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Watership Downby Richard George AdamsISBN 0901720313 (0-901720-31-3)
Hardcover, Rex Collings Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watership Down'Book summary:Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.
The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes [via]
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What's Wrong With the Worldby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0898704898 (0-89870-489-8)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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The Young Visitersby Daisy AshfordISBN 0897333659 (0-89733-365-9)
Hardcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Zuleika Dobsonby Max BeerbohmISBN 0900659270 (0-900659-27-0)
Hardcover, Shakespeare Head Press
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