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The Abinger Edition of E. M. Forsterby E. M. Forster, Oliver StallybrassISBN 0713156511 (0-7131-5651-1)
Hardcover, Edward Arnold
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Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfallby Spike MilliganISBN 0718108663 (0-7181-0866-3)
Hardcover, Joseph
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An Apology for Poetry: Or the Defence of Poesyby Geoffrey Shepherd, Philip Sidney, R. W. MaslenISBN 0719053765 (0-7190-5376-5)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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Aristocratsby S. K. TillyardISBN 0701159332 (0-7011-5933-2)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristocrats'Book summary:I must confess that initially I tried to skim this book. But it was far too good, and I ended up spending hours totally engrossed in the lives, loves, and letters of the Lennox sisters--Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah. Author Stella Tillyard gives a second life to these 18th-century aristocrats, whose extended family included some of the most significant and colorful British political figures of the era. She mixes impeccable research, a sharp eye for detail, and a writing style that's both precise and lively to produce a biography of a clan that doubles as a panoramic history of the aristocracy in the 1700s.
Each sister's defining characteristics shine through her letters, portraits, and Tillyard's terrific storytelling. Caroline, the eldest, is deeply pessimistic, intelligent, and moral but fascinated by and attracted to "wickedness" (she eloped with the naughty-but-nice Henry Fox and lived happily ever after). Emily: beautiful, loving, dictatorial, and unbelievably fertile (22 children, 10 of whom survived into adulthood). Louisa was good, gentle, always unwilling to believe ill of anyone, and when she died, was mourned not only by family and friends, but also by the whole of the Irish town in which she lived. And Sarah--flighty, flirtatious Sarah, with whom the young King George III fell blushingly and tongue-tiedly in love. Who, after disgracing herself and her dull, uninterested husband with the moody younger brother of Lord Gordon (of Gordon riots fame), finally found happiness and respectability, in her late 30s, with an understanding soldier. Unmissable. --Lisa Gee, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 0721407218 (0-7214-0721-8)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER,
THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN
Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byronat least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old.
Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on 'Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the "City"; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln's Inn, or Gray's Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen's Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies, and he never was known to take part in the sage deliberations of the Royal Institution or the London Institution, the Artisan's Association, or the Institution of Arts and Sciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of the Entomologists, founded mainly for the purpose of abolishing pernicious insects.
Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform, and that was all.
The way in which he got admission to this exclusive club was simple enough.
He was recommended by the Barings, with whom he had an open credit. His cheques were regularly paid at sight from his account current, which was always flush.
Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those who knew him best could not imagine how he had made his fortune, and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom to apply for the information. He was not lavish, nor, on the contrary, avaricious; for, whenever he knew that money was needed for a noble, useful, or benevolent purpose, he supplied it quietly and sometimes anonymously. He was, in short, the least communicative of men. He talked very little, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturn manner. His daily habits were quite open to observation; but whatever he did was so exactly the same thing that he had always done before, that the wits of the curious were fairly puzzled.
Had he travelled? It was likely, for no one seemed to know the world more familiarly; there was no spot so secluded that he did not appear to have an intimate acquaintance with it. He often corrected, with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities, and seeming as if gifted with a sort of second sight, so often did events justify his predictions. He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
It was at least certain that Phileas Fogg had not absented himself from London for many years. Those who were honoured by a better acquaintance with him than the rest, declared that nobody could pretend to have ever seen him anywhere else. His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist. He often won at this game, which, as a silent one, harmonised with his nature; but his winnings never went into his purse, being reserved as a fund for his charities. Mr. Fogg played, not to win, but for the sake of playing. The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearying struggle, congenial to his tastes.
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Black Beautyby Anna SewellISBN 0716632004 (0-7166-3200-4)
Hardcover, World Book
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Brave New World Brave New World Revisitedby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0701127694 (0-7011-2769-4)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Brimstone Weddingby Barbara VineISBN 0745138012 (0-7451-3801-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes IIby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0719530121 (0-7195-3012-1)
Hardcover, J. Murray : Cape
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The Century of Revolution 1603-1714by Christopher HillISBN 0722145551 (0-7221-4555-1)
Hardcover, Sphere Books
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Child's Playby Reginald HillISBN 070891912X (0-7089-1912-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Cider With Rosieby Laurie LeeISBN 0701149736 (0-7011-4973-6)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Collected Poemsby John BetjemanISBN 0719560306 (0-7195-6030-6)
Softcover, Murray, John
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The Common Readerby Virginia Woolf, Andrew McNeillieISBN 0701219084 (0-7012-1908-4)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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The Complete Fairy Stories of Oscar Wildeby Oscar Wilde, Philippe JullianISBN 071560550X (0-7156-0550-X)
Hardcover, Duckworth & Company, Limited, Gerald
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Diary of Virginia Woolfby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701204249 (0-7012-0424-9)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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Dinner for Twoby Mike GayleISBN 0743477669 (0-7434-7766-9)
Softcover, Downtown Pr
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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Storiesby A. S. ByattISBN 0701162783 (0-7011-6278-3)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories'Book summary:"Once upon a time," A.S. Byatt's title fairy story begins, "when men and women hurtled through the air on metal wings, when they wore webbed feet and walked on the bottom of the sea, learning the speech of whales and the songs of the dolphins ... there was a woman who was largely irrelevant, and therefore happy. Her business was storytelling..." But this is no backward looking, quaint fairy time. The time is the present, and the protagonist is a sensible scholar who is given the not-at-all sensible gift of a genie. How will Gillian, an expert in fairy stories and well versed in all that can go wrong with wishes, use hers?
Distinguished British author and Booker Prize-winner A.S. Byatt creates fairy tales for adults, each a blend of the magical and the modern, and readers of Angels & Insects and Possession will recognize the role of Victorian fairy tales in her fiction. This handsome little book includes reproductions of woodcuts that evoke our childhood wonder for dragons and princesses, glass coffins and netherworldly things. [via]
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The Dressmakerby Beryl BainbridgeISBN 0715607219 (0-7156-0721-9)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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Elementals: Stories of Fire and Iceby A. S. ByattISBN 0701168234 (0-7011-6823-4)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice'Book summary:A.S. Byatt's stories simmer with a sensuality and passion that, like topiary trees in a formal garden, are pruned and trained into cultivated shapes while retaining the wild scent of the orchard. In "Crocodile Tears" a woman walks away from a personal tragedy, deserting those she loves to try to reconcile herself to a death for which she feels horribly responsible. Thrown together in Nîmes with another exiled mourner, a Norwegian full of northern folktales, she ricochets between a numbed calm and a reckless urge for self-destruction. Together they begin to assemble some kind of personal solace out of fragments of European history, fiction, and myth, and so come to terms with their guilt. "A Lamia in the Cevennes" is also set in France, where another isolated English exile struggles for self-knowledge amid the shards of history and folktale. "Cold" is itself a kind of latter-day fairy story of ice princesses and sighing suitors. These are stories steeped in light and color, full of glowing landscapes and sensuous delights. Their intricately woven skeins of literary allusion and keenly observed locations bewitch the reader. Yet the figures in Byatt's landscapes seem powerless to derive pleasure or solace from their surroundings, picking their lonely way through the brilliance, carrying with them burdens of painful memories they cannot shake off. --Lisa Jardine, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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An Excellent Mysteryby Ellis PetersISBN 0708916600 (0-7089-1660-0)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Fairy Tales and Stories : Including the Happy Prince, the Selfish Giant, Lord Arthur Savile's Crimeby Oscar WildeISBN 0706413970 (0-7064-1397-0)
Hardcover, Octopus Books Limited
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The Four Feathersby A. E. W. MasonISBN 0743448219 (0-7434-4821-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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1902 -- gains new life in a blockbuster motion picture epic
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a timeless novel of love, honor, and courage."A Soldier's Shame...
It is 1882 and British officer Harry Feversham has it all: a loving fiancee, the camaraderie of fellow soldiers, a bright future in a nation at the height of its imperial power. But before he is deployed to battle in Africa, he resigns -- and receives white feathers, symbols of cowardice, from three friends...and then a fourth from his fiancee.
A Love Lost...
Ethne Eustace has pushed Harry out of her life, but not out of her mind. Still, when another suitor comes calling she makes a decision that could destroy Harry...and alter her life forever.
A Heroic Redemption...
His world in tatters, Harry goes undercover in Africa to win back the respect of his comrades. From the bustling markets of Cairo to the sizzling sands of Omdurman prison, he fights with everything he has to bring honor back to his name...and Ethne back to his heart. [via]
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Gabriel's Giftby Hanif KureishiISBN 0743217136 (0-7432-1713-6)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gabriel's Gift'Book summary:Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musician, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered world of his parents' generation, Gabriel dreams of being an artist. He finds solace and guidance through a mysterious connection to his deceased twin brother, Archie, and his own knack for producing real objects simply by drawing them.
A chance visit with mega-millionaire rock star Lester Jones, his father's former band mate, provides Gabriel with the means to heal the rift within his family. Kureishi portrays Gabriel's naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight and searing honesty that he brought to the Indian-Anglo experience in "The Buddha of Suburbia and to infidelity in "Intimacy. Gabriel's Gift is a humorous and tender meditation on failure, redemption, the nature of talent, the power of imagination -- and a generation that never wanted to grow up, seen through the eyes of their children. [via]
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The Green Knightby Iris MurdochISBN 0701160306 (0-7011-6030-6)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Hermit of Eyton Forestby Ellis PetersISBN 0708918859 (0-7089-1885-9)
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Hide and Seekby Ian RankinISBN 0708927343 (0-7089-2734-3)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Highland Flingby Katie FfordeISBN 0712669914 (0-7126-6991-4)
Softcover, Century
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How Right You Are, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0743203593 (0-7432-0359-3)
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Jeeves is infallible. Jeeves is indispensable. Unfortunately, in How Right You Are, Jeeves, he is also in absentia. In this wonderful slice of Woosterian mayhem, Bertie has sent that prince among gentlemen's gentlemen off on his annual vacation. Soon, drowning dachshunds, broken engagements, and inextricable complications lead to the only possible conclusion: "We must put our trust in a higher power. Go and fetch Jeeves!" [via]
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The Hunting of the Snarkby Lewis CarrollISBN 0701106050 (0-7011-0605-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Is There a Nutmeg in the House?by Jill Norman, Elizabeth DavidISBN 0718144449 (0-7181-4444-9)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is There a Nutmeg in the House?'Book summary:This anthology of Elizabeth David's work is a direct sequel to "An Omelette and a Glass of Wine". It again contains a selection of her journalistic and occasional work from four decades. Much of it she had chosen herself for reprinting in this more accessible form. In addition there is a considerable amount of unpublished material found in her own files, or contributed by friends to whom she had given recipes, or to whom she had sent letters, either with notes in answer to queries or giving details of current research. None of the material here appears in any of her other nine books. The emphasis throughout is on the practical aspects of cooking and eating, and the book contains over 150 recipes. These stem from many different countries, but they all have Elizabeth David's unmistakable personal touch - a Mediterranean tomato consomme or a typically English raspberry ice-cream. Little-known articles on her many and varied likes and dislikes complete a unique picture of what for so long made her the most influential cookery writer in the English language. Her work is always immensely readable, elegant and witty, and she has a wonderful ability to share her sense of season and place, her passionate interest in food, its history, its myriad personalities, its role in civilized society. Those who have followed her progress from the astonishing "Mediterannean Food" to the equally unexpected "Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen" will find much that they have not seen before. For those who are new to Elizabeth David, a feast awaits you. [via]
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Jackson's Dilemmaby Iris MurdochISBN 0701165111 (0-7011-6511-1)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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John Betjeman's Collected Poemsby John BetjemanISBN 0719536324 (0-7195-3632-4)
Softcover, Murray, John
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Softcover, Trafalgar Square - John Betjeman's Collected Poems: ISBN 0719519373 (0-7195-1937-3)
Hardcover, J. Murray - John Betjeman's Collected Poems: ISBN 0719526981 (0-7195-2698-1)
Hardcover, J. Murray - John Betjeman: Collected Poems: ISBN 0719536324 (0-7195-3632-4)
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John Caldigateby Anthony TrollopeISBN 070111715X (0-7011-1715-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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King Johnby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743484983 (0-7434-8498-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King John'Book summary:FOLGER Shakespeare Library
The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies
Each edition includes:
" Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
" Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
" Scene-by-scene plot summaries
" A key to famous lines and phrases
" An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
" An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
" Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Deborah T. Curren-Aquino
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0708987028 (0-7089-8702-8)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Knock Downby Dick FrancisISBN 070890288X (0-7089-0288-X)
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The Kraken Wakesby John WyndhamISBN 0718102126 (0-7181-0212-6)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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Look to Windwardby Iain M. BanksISBN 0743421922 (0-7434-2192-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Looking Glass Warby John Le CarreISBN 0743431707 (0-7434-3170-7)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Looking Glass War'Book summary:John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. THE LOOKING GLASS WAR Once upon a time the distinction had been clear: the Circus handled all things political while the Department dealt with matters military. But over the years, power shifted and the Circus elbowed the Department out. Now, suddenly, the Department has a job on its hands. Evidence suggests Soviet missiles are being positioned close to the German border. Vital film is missing and a courier is dead. Lacking active agents, but possessed of an outdated mandate to proceed, the Department has to find an old hand to prove its mettle. Fred Leiser, German-speaking Pole turned Englishman -- once a qualified radio operator, now involved in the motor trade -- must be called back to the colors and sent East.... [via]
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Love and Friendshipby Jane AustenISBN 0704338238 (0-7043-3823-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Love and Friendship : And Other Early Worksby Jane AustenISBN 0704346672 (0-7043-4667-2)
Softcover, Women's Press, Limited, The
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Love for Lydiaby BatesISBN 0745119948 (0-7451-1994-8)
Hardcover, Curley Large Print
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Love's Labor's Lostby William Shakespeare, Paul WerstineISBN 0743484924 (0-7434-8492-4)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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Man and Wife: A Novelby Tony ParsonsISBN 0743236149 (0-7432-3614-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man and Wife: A Novel'Book summary:Man and Wife, the sequel to Tony Parsons's bestselling debut Man and Boy, follows the marital and parental misadventures of Harry Silver, a mawkish North London television producer. Harry has remarried. Second wife Cyd and her feisty daughter, Peggy, provide him and his Phantom Menace-obsessed son, Pat, with a family. Harry's luck couldn't be better. His television show, Fish on Friday, is a hit and Cyd's posh catering company, Food Glorious Food, is thriving. However, Harry is not the only one starting again. His ex-wife Gina has also remarried. Her partner Richard (who must be the only thirtysomething male on the planet who hates Star Wars) is Pat's "new father." When the couple announce they are moving to America--taking Pat with them--Harry reacts, in time-honored fashion, by attacking Richard. Separated from his son by the Atlantic and struggling as Peggy's stepfather, Harry begins to yearn for a good, old-fashioned "normal, family life"--the kind his lovely old mum and dear departed dad enjoyed. Rather surprisingly, he decides that Kazumi, an attractive Japanese photographer friend of Gina's, could be the answer to his prayers.
Male frailty and the perils of modern parenting are Parsons's forte, but Man and Wife, although occasionally touching, is overburdened by plot twists, unlikely conceits, and whiffs of reactionary sentimentality. Parsons's fans are unlikely to be disappointed but, to indulge in a vaguely pertinent comparison, this follow-up is definitely more Attack of the Clones than The Empire Strikes Back. --Travis Elborough, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 071953013X (0-7195-3013-X)
Hardcover, J. Murray ; Cape
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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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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hoodby Howard PyleISBN 0716632039 (0-7166-3203-9)
Hardcover, World Book
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The Most of P. G. Wodehouseby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0743203585 (0-7432-0358-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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A Murder of Qualityby John Le CarreISBN 0743431685 (0-7434-3168-5)
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The New Penguin Book of English Verseby Paul KeeganISBN 0713992107 (0-7139-9210-7)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Perelandraby C. S. LewisISBN 074323491X (0-7432-3491-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perelandra'Book summary:The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, Perelandra continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil on a new planet -- Perelandra -- when it is invaded by a dark force. Will Perelandra succumb to this malevolent being, who strives to create a new world order and who must destroy an old and beautiful civilization to do so? Or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man? The outcome of Dr. Ransom's mighty struggle alone will determine the fate of this peace-loving planet. [via]
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Pericles, Prince of Tyreby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 074327329X (0-7432-7329-X)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
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- Scene-by-scene plot summaries
- A key to famous lines and phrases
- An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
- An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
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Poems by Browningby Robert BrowningISBN 071351177X (0-7135-1177-X)
Hardcover, Irwin Pub
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Portuguese Irregular Verbsby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0739325671 (0-7393-2567-1)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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The Practice of Writingby David LodgeISBN 0713991739 (0-7139-9173-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman Aged 55 3/4by Sue TownsendISBN 0718145380 (0-7181-4538-0)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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Queen Victoriaby Lytton StracheyISBN 0701160543 (0-7011-6054-3)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Ralph's Partyby Lisa JewellISBN 072785836X (0-7278-5836-X)
Hardcover, Severn House Publishers, Limited
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Rat Raceby Dick FrancisISBN 0718107802 (0-7181-0780-2)
Hardcover, Joseph
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Regency Buckby Georgette HeyerISBN 070890694X (0-7089-0694-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Regency Buck'Book summary:Beautiful Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine, find Julian St. John Audley, the Fifth Earl of Worth, to be an arrogant, insufferable dandy. Unfortunately for them he is also, quite by chance, their legal guardian. [via]
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Revenger's Tragedyby Brian Gibbons, TourneurISBN 0713632321 (0-7136-3232-1)
Hardcover, A & C Black
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The Revenger's Tragedyby Thomas Middleton, R. A. Foakes, Cyril TourneurISBN 0719043751 (0-7190-4375-1)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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Revenger's Tragedyby Tourneur, Brian GibbonsISBN 0713666641 (0-7136-6664-1)
Softcover, Methuen Drama
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sombre background; although fashionably Italianate in appearance, the
play is concerned with substantial issues in the Britain of King James
I. The new king's court became notorious for luxuriousness, spectacular
masques and torchlight revels; and poets and playwrights attacked the
rumoured sexual and political corruption in high places. By 1607
revenge tragedy had already developed as a hybrid form incorporating
complex intrigue plots and elements of farce, including, as here,
elements of horror. The hero Vindice is eloquent and engagingly witty;
but as a poet he sees the skull beneath the skin, and as a revenger he
carries out some of the cruellest killings in all English Renaissance
tragedy. As the introduction demonstrates, the play proves highly
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machineby Iris MurdochISBN 0701120150 (0-7011-2015-0)
Hardcover, Chatto and Windus
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A Sampler of British Folk-Talesby Katharine Mary BriggsISBN 0710085532 (0-7100-8553-2)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul
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The Serpent In The Gardenby Janet GleesonISBN 0743260058 (0-7432-6005-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Single & Singleby John Le CarreISBN 0743458060 (0-7434-5806-0)
Softcover, Scribner
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Sir Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0706415663 (0-7064-1566-3)
Hardcover, Xs Books
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South the Story of Shackleton's Last Expeditionby Ernest ShackletonISBN 0712601112 (0-7126-0111-2)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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The Spanish Tragedyby Thomas Kyd, David M. BevingtonISBN 0719043441 (0-7190-4344-1)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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Summer Halfby Angela ThirkellISBN 0701208147 (0-7012-0814-7)
Softcover, Hogarth Pr
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Switch Bitchby Roald DahlISBN 0718113217 (0-7181-1321-7)
Hardcover, Joseph
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Tale of the Flopsy Bunniesby Beatrix PotterISBN 072324779X (0-7232-4779-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies'Book summary:When Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated "The Tale of Peter Rabbit, " she had little idea how popular this story and the 22 which followed it would immediately become. Each of the 23 "Tales" has reprinted over 100 times, and in the 80 or so years since their initial publication, much of the delicate brushwork and detail has disappeared from the pictures.
To remedy this, Frederick Warne has located Beatrix Potter's original artwork, and photographed it to produce these wonderful new edition of her stories. Thanks to modern printing techniques, her illustrations appear just as freshly as when they were first painted, and confirm Beatrix Potter's place as the most celebrated children's artist of the century. [via]
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The Tale of the Flopsy Bunniesby Potter BeatrixISBN 0723243050 (0-7232-4305-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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That Hideous Strengthby C. S. LewisISBN 0743234928 (0-7432-3492-8)
Softcover, Scribner
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Turning Thirtyby Mike GayleISBN 0743477650 (0-7434-7765-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Turning Thirty'Book summary:Mike Gayle's previous novels My Legendary Girlfriend and Mr Commitment have already wittily chronicled living and loving among the twentysomethings at the end of the 20th century. As time marches on, Gayle's latest novel Turning Thirty deals with what happens when his characters reach that most dreaded of moments--the big three-o. Matt Beckford is reaching that time of life. At the age of 29 he thinks he has answered those two crucial questions you ask yourself as a teenager: "What am I going to do with my life?" and "Will I ever get a girlfriend?" Living as a computer expert in New York with the lovely Elaine, Matt thinks he's cracked life. But then both he and Elaine suddenly realise that their relationship isn't working. They split up amicably, realising that "biology is telling us there's no point in crying over spilt milk", and Matt heads back to his friends and parents in Birmingham. As his 30th birthday looms, Matt meets Ginny Pascoe, an old flame, or more accurately "a girl who was also a friend who I sometimes snogged", and things get more complicated as he realises that he's falling for Ginny--again. The transatlantic love triangle that develops between Matt, Ginny and Elaine is funny and refreshing, and lacks the usual angst you would expect from such a situation. As Matt enjoys the nostalgia of going out with old friends and loves, he also realises he needs to sort out his life, as 30 beckons. Turning Thirty is another sharp, funny and astute offering from Gayle, that won't disappoint his growing army of fans. (This review refers to the hardcover edition of this title.) --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Virginia Woolf: A Biographyby Quentin BellISBN 0701202912 (0-7012-0291-2)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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Volponeby Ben Jonson, Robert N. WatsonISBN 0713654333 (0-7136-5433-3)
Softcover, Methuen Drama
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Volpone Or, the Foxby Ben Jonson, R.B. ParkerISBN 0719015294 (0-7190-1529-4)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Week End Wodehouseby P. G. Wodehouse, KerrISBN 0712650342 (0-7126-5034-2)
Softcover, Random House
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Wellington: A Personal Historyby Christopher HibbertISBN 0738201480 (0-7382-0148-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Wordsworth and Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 1805by D RoperISBN 0712101403 (0-7121-0140-3)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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