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The A.B.C. Murdersby Agatha ChristieISBN 042513024X (0-425-13024-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The A.B.C. Murders'Book summary:Alice Ascher from Andover is the first victim. Next to her corpse is a spellbinding clue. It seems that a killer is knocking off his victims one-by-one, A through Z. Alphabetically speaking, Hercule Poirot fears that it's a matter of one down, twenty-five to go. [via]
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After the Funeralby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425173909 (0-425-17390-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After the Funeral'Book summary:The Queen of Crime at her murderously clever best. After the reading of a will, one female relative is banished from the family tree-with eight blows of a hatchet. Poirot believes she won't be the last to go. [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0439291496 (0-439-29149-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Welcome to Wonderland! Lewis Carroll's timeless masterpiece is brought to life as never before in this pop-up extravaganza by J.Otto Seibold, the renowned artist of OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER.[via]
You've never seen Alice like this before! Acclaimed artist J. Otto Seibold---the creator of OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER---brings readers a fantastical Wonderland filled with surprises.
Lewis Carroll's classic tale of magic and discovery comes to life in this pop-up extravaganza. Readers are invited to follow Alice on her journey, down the rabbit hole and through Wonderland, to meet all the colorful characters she encounters along the way. This exceptional interactive feast offers Alice fans of every age an unforgettable glimpse into the adventure and wild fun that is Wonderland.More editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0440803128 (0-440-80312-8)
Softcover, Dell Distributing - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 043941184X (0-439-41184-X)
Hardcover, Orchard Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0440000750 (0-440-00075-0)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press/ S. Lawrence - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0440003539 (0-440-00353-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0439291496 (0-439-29149-6)
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0440803128 (0-440-80312-8)
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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129586 (0-425-12958-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'And Then There Were None'Book summary:Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die. [via]
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Appointment With Deathby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425108589 (0-425-10858-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Appointment With Death'Book summary:When a loathsome tourist is murdered in full view of her fellow sightseers, Poirot doesn't question who did it, but rather, who wouldn't have? [via]
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Black Beautyby Anna Sewell, Gail Carson LevineISBN 0439228905 (0-439-22890-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Book of Merlynby T. H. WhiteISBN 0441006639 (0-441-00663-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Merlyn'Book summary:The New York Times bestseller...now in a beautiful new trade edition.
An evocative and exciting tale of wizardry and war, this magnificent fantasy of the last days of King Arthur, his faithful magician and his animal teachers, completes the tragedy and romance of T. H. White's masterpiece The Once and Future King.
"And so the grand epic comes full circle, 'rounded and bright and done,' as White had wished it would be."--Boston Sunday Globe [via]More editions of The Book of Merlyn:
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Cat Among The Pigeonsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425175472 (0-425-17547-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat among the Pigeons'Book summary:The new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century. Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress - shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the 'cat' strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she will be the next victim - [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Joe StatonISBN 0425123340 (0-425-12334-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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Circle of Friendsby Maeve BinchyISBN 0440211263 (0-440-21126-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Circle of Friends'Book summary:It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Bennythe only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents...Evethe orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Bennythey knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains...except their own.
It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a...Circle Of Friends. [via]More editions of Circle of Friends:
The Clocks: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425173917 (0-425-17391-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Curtainby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425173747 (0-425-17374-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Daughter of Timeby Josephine TeyISBN 0425019276 (0-425-01927-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Dead Man's Follyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425174735 (0-425-17473-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Death in the Cloudsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425099148 (0-425-09914-8)
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Disgraceby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 0436204894 (0-436-20489-4)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disgrace'Book summary:David Lurie is hardly the hero of his own life, or anyone else's. At 52, the protagonist of Disgrace is at the end of his professional and romantic game, and seems to be deliberately courting disaster. Long a professor of modern languages at Cape Town University College, he has recently been relegated to adjunct professor of communications at the same institution, now pointedly renamed Cape Technical University:
Although he devotes hours of each day to his new discipline, he finds its first premise, as enunciated in the Communications 101 handbook, preposterous: "Human society has created language in order that we may communicate our thoughts, feelings and intentions to each other." His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origins of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul.
Twice married and twice divorced, his magnetic looks on the wane, David rather cruelly seduces one of his students, and his conduct unbecoming is soon uncovered. In his eighth novel, J.M. Coetzee might have been content to write a searching academic satire. But in Disgrace he is intent on much more, and his art is as uncompromising as his main character, though infinitely more complex. Refusing to play the public-repentance game, David gets himself fired--a final gesture of contempt. Now, he thinks, he will write something on Byron's last years. Not empty, unread criticism, "prose measured by the yard," but a libretto. To do so, he heads for the Eastern Cape and his daughter's farm. In her mid-20s, Lucy has turned her back on city sophistications: with five hectares, she makes her living by growing flowers and produce and boarding dogs. "Nothing," David thinks, "could be more simple." But nothing, in fact, is more complicated--or, in the new South Africa, more dangerous. Far from being the refuge he has sought, little is safe in Salem. Just as David has settled into his temporary role as farmworker and unenthusiastic animal-shelter volunteer, he and Lucy are attacked by three black men. Unable to protect his daughter, David's disgrace is complete. Hers, however, is far worse.There is much more to be explored in Coetzee's painful novel, and few consolations. It would be easy to pick up on his title and view Disgrace as a complicated working-out of personal and political shame and responsibility. But the author is concerned with his country's history, brutalities, and betrayals. Coetzee is also intent on what measure of soul and rights we allow animals. After the attack, David takes his role at the shelter more seriously, at last achieving an unlikely home and some measure of love. In Coetzee's recent Princeton lectures, The Lives of Animals, an aging novelist tells her audience that the question that occupies all lab and zoo creatures is, "Where is home, and how do I get there?" David, though still all-powerful compared to those he helps dispose of, is equally trapped, equally lost.
Disgrace is almost willfully plain. Yet it possesses its own lean, heartbreaking lyricism, most of all in its descriptions of unwanted animals. At the start of the novel, David tells his student that poetry either speaks instantly to the reader--"a flash of revelation and a flash of response"--or not at all. Coetzee's book speaks differently, its layers and sadnesses endlessly unfolding. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0439154111 (0-439-15411-1)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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Equiano's Travels: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the Africanby Olaudah Equiano, Paul Geoffrey EdwardsISBN 0435906003 (0-435-90600-3)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Equiano's Travels: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African'Book summary:This is a wonderful narrative telling of Equiano's early life in Ibo country, his days as a slave in Southern America and of his later travels. 'Equiano's book continues to be relevant well after two centuries not only because it is was competently organised and well written but also because it has behind it a strong personality whose presence is felt on every page.' Professor Ogude. [via]
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Evil Under the Sunby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129608 (0-425-12960-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evil Under the Sun'Book summary:A flirtatious young bride is strangled to death while vacationing, and only Poirot can unravel the woman's strange secrets. [via]
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Foeby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 0436102986 (0-436-10298-6)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foe'Book summary:When Susan Barton is marooned on an island in the middle of the Atlantic she enters the world of two men. One is a mute negro called Friday; the other is Robinson Cruso. The Island is a society already at work. Its rules are simple: survival, industry and order. Cruso is master and Friday is the slave. Susan watches the creation of a barren world - an architecture of stone terraces above bleak and empty beaches - and waits to be rescued. Back in London, with Friday in tow as evidence of her strange adventure, she approaches the author Daniel Foe. But Foe is less interested in the history of the island than in the story if Susan herself, and battle lines are drawn between writer and subject. Sole witness to this contest, as he was to the mystery of Cruso's island, is the silent Friday. [via]
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The Franchise Affairby Josephine Tey, Margaret TarnerISBN 0435272330 (0-435-27233-0)
Softcover, Macmillan Heinemann ELT
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The Glass Lakeby Maeve BinchyISBN 0440221595 (0-440-22159-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439064864 (0-439-06486-4)
Hardcover, Arthur a Levine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:In one of the most hotly anticipated sequel in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left off with Harry's second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, an outrageously conceited professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, and a mysterious force that turns Hogwarts students to stone. [via]
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439136369 (0-439-13636-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:Harry Potter has to sneak back to Hogwarts, after accidentally inflating his horrible Aunt Petunia. But once there everyone is whispering about a prizoner who has escaped from the famous wizard prizon, Azkaban. His name is Sirius Black, and as a follower of Lord Voldemort he is determined to track Harry Potter down -- even if it means laying siege to the very walls of Hogwarts! [via]
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- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: ISBN 043965548X (0-439-65548-X)
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Hardcover, Scholastic - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: ISBN 0439136350 (0-439-13635-0)
Hardcover, Arthur a Levine - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: ISBN 0439136369 (0-439-13636-9)
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His Last Bowby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104915 (0-425-10491-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Hollowby Agatha ChristieISBN 042506784X (0-425-06784-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Hopeful Monstersby Nicholas MosleyISBN 0436288540 (0-436-28854-0)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104052 (0-425-10405-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0435229508 (0-435-22950-8)
Softcover, Heinemann
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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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The Invisible Manby H. G. Wells, M. T. AndersonISBN 0439574277 (0-439-57427-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:A thrilling science fiction classic, with an introduction by M.T. Anderson.[via]
On a cold day in February, a stranger arrives in the village of Iping. He wears gloves and dark glasses, even inside, and his face is covered in bandages. Soon crimes occur that cannot be explained, and the townspeople realize the unthinkable truth: the strange man is invisible--and he is slowly going mad.
The Invisible Man is a dangerous enemy who must be stopped. But if no one can see him, how can he be caught? 
Island of Dr Moreauby H. G. WellsISBN 0425044076 (0-425-04407-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasureby John ClelandISBN 0440055555 (0-440-05555-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'Book summary:She was a homeless orphan of 15, resolved to make her fortune in London. Abandoned by her chaperone, destitute and friendless, the inexperienced country maid was taken in by Madam Brown. And thus began, as she has told us, "...the loose part of my life, wrote with the same liberty that I led it." [via]
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John Thomas and Lady Janeby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0434407372 (0-434-40737-2)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Life and Times of Michael Kby Michael CoetzeeISBN 0436102978 (0-436-10297-8)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. L. KonigsburgISBN 0439101379 (0-439-10137-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Sara Crewe is a gifted and well-mannered child, and Captain Crewe, her father, is an extraordinary wealthy man. So Miss Minchin, headmistress of Sara's new boarding school in London, is pleased to treat Sara as her star pupil--a pampered little princess.
But suddenly, one dreadful day, Sara's world collapses around her. All of her lovely things are taken from her and she is forbidden to associate with her friends. Her father has died penniless in India.
Miss Minchin can now show her greedy and meanspirited nature to its fullest. The little princess is reduced to a shabby drudge. But Sara does not break, and with the help of a monkey, an Indian lascar, and the strange, ailing gentleman next door, she not only survives her sufferings but help those around her. [via] 
Lord Edgware Diesby Agatha ChristieISBN 042509961X (0-425-09961-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Magical Worlds of Harry Potterby David ColbertISBN 042519891X (0-425-19891-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter'Book summary:Anyone who has read the Harry Potter books is aware that author J.K. Rowling infuses her stories with references to mythology, literature, history, and legends. Even if you don't know exactly what a manticore or a griffin is, it's likely that many readers have at least a vague sense of the existence of these creatures in ancient lore. Inspired by Rowling's suggestion to a young fan to "go and look it up," author David Colbert did quite a bit of investigation himself. The result is the fun, entertaining, and enlightening Magical Worlds of Harry Potter.
From alchemy to hippogriffs to veela, Colbert explores the fascinating meanings between the lines and buried within the names of characters and places in all the Harry Potter books. Chapter headings include such intriguing questions as "Have Witches Always Flown on Broomsticks?" "Why Would Chocolate Help After Escaping a Dementor?" and "Are Any of the Famous Witches and Wizards Real?" A small purple tab in the margin of the first page of each chapter guides readers looking for specific subjects: Divination, Goblins, McGonogall, Owls, Voldemort, Wands, etc. Curious readers will learn the link between Hagrid's pet dog, Fluffy, and the mythological Greek sentry to Hades, Cerberus. And they'll get a taste of scholar Joseph Campbell's theories on heroism, with Harry as the hero, of course. The true magic of this book is that it will surely inspire Harry Potter fans to delve deeper into the various areas it explores. Readers will soon be clamoring for collections of Greek, Japanese, Indian, and Egyptian mythology, as well as copies of The Sword in the Stone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Canterbury Tales, and Treasure Island, to discover the sources of their favorite Harry Potter books. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Man in the Brown Suitby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425067866 (0-425-06786-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104028 (0-425-10402-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Stephen King started writing Storm of the Century as a novel, but it evolved into the teleplay of an ABC TV miniseries. Set in Maine's remote Little Tall Island, the tale is all about vivid small-town characters, feuds, infidelities, sordid secrets, kids in peril, and gory portents in scrambled letters. The calamitous snowstorm is nothing compared to the mysterious mind-reading stranger Linoge, who uses magic powers to turn people's guilt against them--when he's not simply braining them with his wolf-head-handled cane. Don't even glance at that cane--it can bring out the devil in you. Just as The Shining was concerned with marriage and alcoholism as much as it was with bad weather and worse spirits, Storm of the Century is more than a horror story. It's creepy because it's realistic.
But it's also unusually visual. Linoge's eyes ominously change color, wind and sea wreak havoc, a basketball leaves blood circles with each bounce. The 100-year storm no doubt hits harder onscreen than on the page, but the snow is a symbol of the more disturbing emotional maelstrom that words evoke perfectly. And the murders of folks we've gotten to know is entirely terrifying in print. The crisp discipline of the screenplay format makes this book better than lots of King's more sprawling novels--the end doesn't wander and the dialogue crackles. Here's the real test: It's impossible to read parts 1 and 2 and not read part 3, "The Reckoning." --Tim Appelo [via]
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Murder After Hoursby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440159229 (0-440-15922-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder After Hours'Book summary:Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house party. The Belgian detective's arrival at the Hollow is met with an elaborate tableau staged for his amusement: a doctor lies in a puddle of red paint, his timid wife stands over his body with a gun while the other guests look suitably shocked. But this is no charade. The paint is blood and the corpse real! Christie described this novel as the one "I had ruined by the introduction of Poirot." It was first published in 1946 in London. In the USA it was published under the title Murder after Hours. Christie adapted the novel for the stage though with the omission of Hercule Poirot. It was broadcast in 2004 with David Suchet as Poirot. [via]
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Murder in Mesopotamiaby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425103633 (0-425-10363-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder in Mesopotamia'Book summary:In this classic Poirot story, the diminutive Belgian digs for clues to a triple murder at an archaeological site. [via]
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Murder Is Announcedby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129624 (0-425-12962-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder Is Announced'Book summary:The townspeople expect a fun game of "whodunnit" after they receive strange invitations that clearly spell out the time and place of a murder, but when a real corpse is introduced into the "game" it becomes time to bring in the best player of all--Miss Jane Marple. Reissue. [via]
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Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425173755 (0-425-17375-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder on the Orient Express'Book summary:The bestselling mystery writer of all time. The greatest detective of the century. The romance of the Orient Express. The murder and the mystery that has shocked--and stumped--readers for the past six decades. This is Murder on the Orient Express.
"Christie keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end."-- Times Literary Supplement (from the original 1934 review) [via]More editions of Murder on the Orient Express:
The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129616 (0-425-12961-6)
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The Mysterious Mr. Quinby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425103536 (0-425-10353-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mysterious Mr. Quin'Book summary:A quiet New Year's Eve party is interrupted at midnight when a mysterious stranger appears to unmask a murderer in an intriguing mystery. Reissue. [via]
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N or M?by Agatha ChristieISBN 0425098451 (0-425-09845-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'N or M?'Book summary:A classic Tommy and Tuppence mystery from Dame Agatha...
The final words of the dying man...the code names of Hitler's most dangerous agents...the mysterious clue that sends Tommy and Tuppence to a seaside resort on a mission of wartime intelligence. But not as husband and wife. As strangers, meeting by chance, setting an elaborate trap for an elusive killer. [via] 
Peril at End Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425130258 (0-425-13025-8)
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Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 043929133X (0-439-29133-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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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 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:
A Pocket Full of Ryeby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425130282 (0-425-13028-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Raj Quartetby Paul ScottISBN 0434681121 (0-434-68112-1)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Rebeccaby John MilneISBN 0435272616 (0-435-27261-6)
Softcover, Delta Systems Co Inc
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes I: The Adventure of the Empty House, The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, and The Adventure of the Three Studentsby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425101517 (0-425-10151-7)
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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:
Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425098532 (0-425-09853-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mystery'Book summary:She has everything a girl can want: beauty, brains, money, and then man she loves. But Elinor Carisle also has a murder indictment and her own criminal trial. She stands accused of ingeniously poisioning her rival, Mary Gerrard. It seems Elinor had means, motive, and opportunity. As verdict of guilty seems a foregone conclusion, she turns to Hercule Poirot for assistance. Poirot is the only one who assumes she is innocent until truely proven guilty. Only he stands between Elinor and the gallows.[via]More editions of Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mystery:
The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 0440402204 (0-440-40220-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Secret of Chimneysby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068021 (0-425-06802-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret of Chimneys'Book summary:A beautiful woman who had once belonged to a ring of international jewel thieves reveals the location of some long-missing gems, launching a deadly struggle to recover the treasure at any cost. Reissue. [via]
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The Sittaford Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425104060 (0-425-10406-0)
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Taken at the Floodby Agatha ChristieISBN 042506803X (0-425-06803-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Tara Roadby Maeve BinchyISBN 0440235596 (0-440-23559-6)
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There Is a Tideby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440186927 (0-440-18692-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'There Is a Tide'Book summary:In the quiet English village of Warmsley Vale, a young widow of just two weeks becomes heir to a vast fortune, and an enigmatic newcomer meets s brutal death. But Hercule Poirot believes these "coincidences" are deliberate crimes--and he's determined to prove it. [via]
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Third Girlby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425174719 (0-425-17471-9)
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Thirteen at Dinnerby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440187427 (0-440-18742-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thirteen at Dinner'Book summary:A facsimile first edition hardback of the book of the Thirteen at Dinner film, sporting the original cover and typesetting. Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn't help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce? To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirot's first appearance, and to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this title in a collection of facsimile first editions is the perfect way to experience Agatha Christie. Reproducing the original typesetting and format of the first edition from the Christie family's own archive, this book sports the original cover which has been painstakingly restored to its original glory. [via]
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Thirteen Clues for Miss Marpleby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440187559 (0-440-18755-9)
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The Thirteen Problemsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425089037 (0-425-08903-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirteen Problems'Book summary:A collection of thirteen mysteries featuring Miss Marple and her fellow Tuesday Night Club friends. [via]
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Three Act Tragedyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425091805 (0-425-09180-5)
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Thunderballby Ian FlemingISBN 0425086348 (0-425-08634-8)
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Tom's Midnight Gardenby Philippa Pearce, Susan EinzigISBN 0440488192 (0-440-48819-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom's Midnight Garden'Book summary:The well-known children's classic story and winner of the Carnegie Medal about a boy who discovers a midnight garden and goes back in time when the clock strikes 13. [via]
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Towards Zeroby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129594 (0-425-12959-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Towards Zero'Book summary:Mystery's #1 bestseller . . . second to none!
A Christie classic, featuring Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard. . . . It's murder most foul when someone at the Gull's Point guesthouse kills Mr. Treves, leaving Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard with a number of suspects--and zero evidence... [via]More editions of Towards Zero:
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Dan DankoISBN 0439288886 (0-439-28888-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Pirates. Danger. Treasure. It's all here in Stevenson's classic, with a rousing introduction from best-selling author Mary Pope Osbourne.When Jim Hawkins finds an old pirate map showing a small island marked with a red cross, he knows that a fortune in gold lies waiting for him. What could be more exciting than buried treasure? Aboard a ship named the Hispaniola, Jim sails toward Treasure Island. The voyage goes well until Jim overhears a frightening conversation. He learns that the one-legged man who signed on as ship's cook is really the famous pirate Long John Silver. And worse - he discovers that the crew are teaming up with Silver to steal the treasure. Can Jim save the gold . . . and save his life? [via]
Treasury of Winnie-The-Pooh/Deluxe Gift-Boxby A. A. MilneISBN 0440495806 (0-440-49580-6)
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