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The Bellmakerby Brian JacquesISBN 044100315X (0-441-00315-X)
Softcover, Ace Books
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The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0440403596 (0-440-40359-6)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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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]
Blood Sportby Dick FrancisISBN 0425199169 (0-425-19916-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Blott on the Landscapeby Tom SharpeISBN 0436458039 (0-436-45803-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Box of Delights When the Wolves Were Runningby Patricia Crampton, John Masefield, Faith JaquesISBN 0440408539 (0-440-40853-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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British Folk Tales and Legends: A Samplerby Katharine Mary BriggsISBN 0415286026 (0-415-28602-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Brother Cadfael's Penanceby Ellis PetersISBN 0446404535 (0-446-40453-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes IIby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425101940 (0-425-10194-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Century of Revolution 1603-1714by Christopher HillISBN 0415267390 (0-415-26739-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Century of Revolution 1603-1714'Book summary:There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ordinary English men and women as well as kings and queens. [via]
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Child's Playby Reginald HillISBN 0446345334 (0-446-34533-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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A City of Strangersby Robert BarnardISBN 0440207509 (0-440-20750-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardryby J. K. RowlingISBN 043932162X (0-439-32162-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'Book summary:When first released to Muggles in March 2001, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages further enlightened Harry Potter fans about the dangers and delights of the wizarding world. Now these two charming works of non-fiction ae available in hardcover - in a special keepsake slipcase edition! [via]
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Complete Short Storiesby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 043445642X (0-434-45642-X)
Hardcover, W. Heinemann
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The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maughamby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0434456438 (0-434-45643-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Dead Certby Dick FrancisISBN 0425194973 (0-425-19497-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Dead Man's Mirrorby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425067793 (0-425-06779-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Man's Mirror'Book summary:A Poirot story taken from Murder in the Mews Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore suspects he is the victim of fraud and contacts Hercule Poirot. The host's failure to answer to the dinner gong leads to the discovery of his body in the study. A gun, a shattered mirror -- the obvious inference is suicide until Poirot begins his investigation...Hugh Fraser, known to millions as Captain Hastings in the Poirot productions on television, gives a first-class performance. [via]
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Death of a Foolby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425143031 (0-425-14303-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Deciderby Dick FrancisISBN 042519938X (0-425-19938-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decider'Book summary:[via]Architect Lee Morris has plans to restore Stratton Park racecourse to its former grandeur. But the combative Stratton heirs have violent plans of their own.
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The Deer Leapby Martha GrimesISBN 0440119383 (0-440-11938-3)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Died in the Woolby Ngaio MarchISBN 0425144690 (0-425-14469-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Dirty Duckby Martha GrimesISBN 0440120500 (0-440-12050-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dirty Duck'Book summary:In english. Dell Fic. Chapter 1. The doors of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre emptied another audience into a mean rain that always seemed to know the minute the performance ended. [via]
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Disordered Mindsby Minette WaltersISBN 0425199355 (0-425-19935-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Drowning Peopleby Richard MasonISBN 0446525243 (0-446-52524-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Envious Cascaby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425094871 (0-425-09487-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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An Excellent Mysteryby Ellis PetersISBN 0446405329 (0-446-40532-9)
Softcover, Hachette Book Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Excellent Mystery'Book summary:In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now Brother Humilis, who is very ill, and Brother Fidelis, who is mute, must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. And from the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than their common vows binds these two brothers. And as Brother Humilis's health fails, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order. [via]
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Field of Thirteenby Dick FrancisISBN 042519499X (0-425-19499-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Field of Thirteen'Book summary:This first collection of short stories by Dick Francis (author of 10 Lb. Penalty and more than 30 other horseracing mysteries) pulls together five new tales with eight that have appeared scattered in periodicals over the last three decades. One of the pleasures of his stories is witnessing the breadth and variety within Francis's racetrack milieu. In "Dead on Red," a jealous jockey named Davey Rockman hires Emil Jacques, a French assassin and gun collector, to kill the famed rider who stole his job; but Rockman is haunted by his deed much in the same way as is the protagonist in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." "Raid at Kingdom Hill" tells of Tricksy Wilcox's scheme for a not-so-bright bomb scare, a plan that still might yield the payoff of a lifetime. "Collision Course" is free of murder but frames a delightful conflict between an out-of-work newspaperman and a bounder whose faux manners threaten to bring him down at the peak of his racing syndicate career. The Kentucky Derby story, "The Gift," follows Fred Collyer, a drunken writer who overhears plans for a major racing swindle and struggles against alcohol to publish the story by his deadline. And the collection ends with a what-if story called "Haig's Death" that examines the consequences of the sudden passing of Christopher Haig, an animal feed consultant and race-meeting judge.
Poe, who most historians of literature credit as the creator of the short story, declared that a good short story should have nothing extraneous. Francis's stories, for the most part, obey Poe's dictum. Each character and description fits tightly into an unfolding plan so that the mystery or twist is revealed with a satisfying economy of words. While Field of 13 will appeal to Francis loyalists, newcomers, too, will find much to relish in the short fiction of this mystery grand master. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Flowers for the Judgeby Margery AllinghamISBN 0434018767 (0-434-01876-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Footsteps in the Darkby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425087697 (0-425-08769-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Footsteps in the Dark'Book summary:Guests spending the summer at an ancient priory mansion find it has a charm all its own--no modern conveniences, but it does have a resident ghost. In this case, however, the things that go bump in the night are flesh and blood . . . and deadly! [via]
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For Kicksby Dick FrancisISBN 0425194981 (0-425-19498-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Gallows Viewby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425156729 (0-425-15672-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Girl, 15, Charming but Insaneby Sue LimbISBN 044023896X (0-440-23896-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Harry Potter Schoolbooksby J. K. Rowling, Kennilworthy Whisp, Newt ScamanderISBN 0439284031 (0-439-28403-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter Schoolbooks'Book summary:Now, the classic books from the library of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry--Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages--are available in hardcover in a sturdy boxed gift set. (These books are written by J.K. Rowling herself under the pseudonyms Newt Scamander and Kennilworthy Whisp.) Finally, Muggles will have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl. The Quidditch textbook explains where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, and why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their clothes. Both books, designed to look like Harry Potter's actual, used Hogwarts textbooks, feature silly scribblings from Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Proceeds from the sale of this gift set will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world. Harry Potter fans, rejoice! (All ages) [via]
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The Hermit of Eyton Forestby Ellis PetersISBN 0445403470 (0-445-40347-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Hickory Dickory Dockby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425175464 (0-425-17546-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Homeward Boundersby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0441342663 (0-441-34266-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Homeward Bounders'Book summary:"You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you succeed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner." When Jamie unwittingly discovers the scary, dark-cloaked Them playing games with human's lives, he is cast out to the boundaries of the worlds. Only then does he discover that there are a vast number of parallel worlds, all linked by the bounds, and these sinister creatures are using them all as a massive gamesboard. Clinging to Their promise that if he can get Home he is free, he becomes the unwilling Random Factor in an endless game of chance. Irresistible Diana Wynne Jones fantasy adventure, featuring an insect-loving shapeshifter, an apprentice demon hunter and a whole host of exotic characters clinging to the hope that one day they will return Home. [via]
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Hopeful Monstersby Nicholas MosleyISBN 0436288540 (0-436-28854-0)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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The House of Stormsby Ian R. MacLeodISBN 0441013422 (0-441-01342-2)
Softcover, Ace Books
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How Late It Was, How Lateby James KelmanISBN 0436232928 (0-436-23292-8)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Late It Was, How Late'Book summary:"Ye wake in a corner and stay there hoping yer body will disappear, the thoughts smothering ye; these thoughts; but ye want to remember and face up to things, just something keeps ye from doing it, why can ye no do it; the words filling yer head: then the other words; there's something wrong; there's something far far wrong; ye're no a good man, ye're just no a good man." From the moment Sammy wakes slumped in a park corner, stiff and sore after a two-day drunk and wearing another man's shoes, James Kelman's Booker Prize-winning novel How Late it Was, How Late loosens a torrent of furious stream-of-consciousness prose that never lets up. Beaten savagely by Glasgow police, the shoplifting ex-con Sammy is hauled off to jail, where he wakes to a world gone black. For the rest of the novel he stumbles around the rainy streets of Glasgow, brandishing a sawed-off mop handle and trying in vain to make sense of the nightmare his life has become. Sammy's girlfriend disappears; the police question him for a crime they won't name; the doctor refuses to admit that he's blind; and his attempts to get disability compensation tangle in Kafkaesque red tape. Gritty, profane, darkly comic, and steeped in both American country music and working class Scottish vernacular, Sammy's is a voice the reader won't soon forget. --Mary Park [via]
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0446403342 (0-446-40334-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kissing the Gunner's Daughter'Book summary:Investigating the murder of a socialite family, Inspector Wexford is forced to face his own deepest feelings. Called "one of Rendell's darkest and most suble character studies" (SF Chronicle). [via]
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Knock Downby Dick FrancisISBN 0425210243 (0-425-21024-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Last Days of Pompeiiby Edward Bulwer LyttonISBN 0442247443 (0-442-24744-3)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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The Last Lion: Alone, 1932-1940by William ManchesterISBN 0440500478 (0-440-50047-8)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Last Lion: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932by William ManchesterISBN 0440546818 (0-440-54681-8)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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The Legend Of Lukeby Brian JacquesISBN 0441007732 (0-441-00773-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Legend Of Luke'Book summary:Brian Jacques and his tremendous Redwall books never cease to amaze: this is the 12th book in a series that just gets better and better. This time, the interweaving story of a father and a son is told in three parts, starting with a visit to Redwall Abbey by a young hedgehog maid who, by singing a half-remembered song recounting the adventures of a warrior called Luke, begins to unlock some of the mysteries behind the Abbey's early years.
As deftly executed as all the other Redwall books, The Legend of Luke is a truly magnificent, rampaging, rip-roaring adventure story that gives the heart and mind the kind of aerobic workout normally reserved for a sprint round a playing field. From the very first page the readers know they're in for a treat, and as Jacques skillfully builds his story, cleverly interweaving intricate, imaginative detail with a vast cast of incredible characters who each play a vital role in the unfurling of the tale, there can be no doubt that he is still the true master of his genre.
Excellent as a stand-alone read for anyone new to Redwall, and even better as part of the amazing saga that has captured the imagination of millions since its inception, The Legend of Luke is an absolute must-read for anyone--young or old--who likes their fiction fast and fantastical. This story will certainly leave them breathless for more. --Susan Harrison [via]
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Little Lord Fauntleroy: Library Editionby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 044044764X (0-440-44764-X)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Loamhedgeby Brian Jacques, David ElliotISBN 044101190X (0-441-01190-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Loamhedge'Book summary:Number sixteen in the esteemed Redwall animal fantasy series, young readers will find Loamhedge just as wild and woolly as its predecessors. In this chapter of the seemingly endless history of the woodland abbey, adventure is sparked by the sad plight of the haremaid, Martha Braebuck. Due to a terrible event that befell her when she was just an abbey Dibbun, Martha has lost the ability to walk. But when legendary mouse Martin the Warrior comes to her in a dream and explains that the secret to winning back her legs lies within the cursed walls of the ancient abbey Loamhedge, Martha hopes for a hero who will travel to the ruins on her behalf. Enter world-class adventurers Braggon the otter and Sarobando the squirrel. The best friends have come for a visit, and decide to undertake Marthas quest. Yet, just as soon as the two tricksters leave, the peaceful abbey folk fervently wish them back, as Redwall is suddenly under siege from the dread searat Raga Bol and his motley crew of vermin. But even as he endeavors to force the Redwall folk from their cozy nest, Raga Bol is plagued by nightmares of the massive badger archer Lonna Bowstripe, who is coming to end his reign of terror. But will Lonna get to Redwall in time to save the forest folk? And will Martha ever walk again? The only thing thats certain is that the fur will fly and numerous feasts will be noisily consumed in yet another fur-tastic tale from beloved British storyteller Brian Jacques. (Ages 10 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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The Long Patrolby Brian JacquesISBN 0441005993 (0-441-00599-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Lord Brocktreeby Brian JacquesISBN 0441008720 (0-441-00872-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Man with a Load of Mischiefby Martha GrimesISBN 0440153271 (0-440-15327-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man with a Load of Mischief'Book summary:[via]At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pubs sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors hearts&
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Marlfoxby Brian JacquesISBN 0441006930 (0-441-00693-0)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marlfox'Book summary:For this enchanting novel Brian Jacques has brought to bear the experience of his eventful and adventuresome life, a life which has taken him all over the world and seen him variously described as folk singer, playwright, and broadcaster. No doubt his usual writing environment--garden in summer, conservatory in winter--provides him with the ideal theater for observing the wildlife on which the book's unusual central characters are based.
It is, perhaps, appropriate that the story line revolves around the theft of the famous Redwall Tapestry, for Marlfox is a richly woven tapestry, skillfully running together threads of the magical and mythical with the "natural world," to give its audience a heady blend of fairy tale and medieval adventure. The result is a tale of grand themes and conflicting human passions played out against a backdrop of humor and uncertainty; yet the author manages never to lose sight of the reality of life as experienced by the human and animal kingdoms alike.
Young readers will gorge themselves on this literary feast, a spread worthy of comparison to other classics in this vein such as The Hobbit, Duncton Wood, The Mythical Knights of the Round Table, and the stories of C.S. Lewis. [via]
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Mary Poppins in the Parkby P. L. TraversISBN 0440404525 (0-440-40452-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Mary Poppins Opens the Doorby P. L. Travers, Mary ShepardISBN 0440404320 (0-440-40432-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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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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Miss Mappby E. F. BensonISBN 0434065048 (0-434-06504-8)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Miss Marpleby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425094863 (0-425-09486-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Miss Seeton Draws the Lineby Heron CarvicISBN 0425110974 (0-425-11097-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Miss Seeton Singsby Heron Carvic, Kathy FowlerISBN 0425107140 (0-425-10714-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Morbid Taste for Bonesby Ellis PetersISBN 0446400157 (0-446-40015-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Morbid Taste for Bones'Book summary:The ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey wants to acquire Saint Winifred's sacred remains for his Benedictine order. And when the ensuing controversy leads to murder, Brother Cadfael investigates. [via]
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Mourn Not Your Deadby Deborah CrombieISBN 0425157784 (0-425-15778-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Murder in the Mewsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425104354 (0-425-10435-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Four extraordinary cases that are not only unexpected...but unpredictable. [via]More editions of Murder in the Mews:
Odds on Miss Seetonby Heron CarvicISBN 0425113078 (0-425-11307-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Haby Roddy DoyleISBN 0436201356 (0-436-20135-6)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha'Book summary:In Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, an Irish lad named Paddy rampages through the streets of Barrytown with a pack of like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys and Indians, etching their names in wet concrete, and setting fires. Roddy Doyle has captured the sensations and speech patterns of preadolescents with consummate skill, and managed to do so without resorting to sentimentality. Paddy Clarke and his friends are not bad boys; they're just a little bit restless. They're always taking sides, bullying each other, and secretly wishing they didn't have to. All they want is for something--anything--to happen.
Throughout the novel, Paddy teeters on the nervous verge of adolescence. In one scene, Paddy tries to make his little brother's hot water bottle explode, but gives up after stomping on it just one time: "I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Paddy Clarke senses that his world is about to change forever--and not necessarily for the better. When he realizes that his parents' marriage is falling apart, Paddy stays up all night listening, half-believing that his vigil will ward off further fighting. It doesn't work, but it is sweet and sad that he believes it might. Paddy's logic may be fuzzy, but his heart is in the right place. --Jill Marquis [via]
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Pearls of Lutraby Brian JacquesISBN 044100508X (0-441-00508-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pearls of Lutra'Book summary:On the Isle of Sampetra, Emperor Ubla, better known as Mad Eyes, sends his lizard army on a mission to capture Redwall. Meanwhile the inhabitants of Redwall are on a mission of their own--to solve the six fiendishly difficult riddles that will lead them to the rose-colored gems, the Pearls of Lutra. As they get closer to solving to riddles, the lizards get closer to Redwall and a battle to the death begins.
One of the excellent fantasy adventure series about the mystical Redwall, Pearls of Lutra is a magical, mind-blowing adventure that never disappoints. Brian Jacques expertly weaves his web of intrigue through the pages, capturing the imagination with a stroke of a pen as if he were a wizard with a wand. Challenging, colorful, and, most importantly, readable to the point of addiction, The Pearls of Lutra is an absolute must. --Susan Harrison [via]
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Penhallowby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425097781 (0-425-09778-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Penhallow'Book summary:"Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease and conviction that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel."
-Times Literary Supplement"The characters are...among the most complex and believable characters she has created."
-Boston Evening TranscriptA family tyrant whose murder has shocking and far-reaching consequences...
Hated for his cruel and vicious nature, yet ruling his family with an iron hand from his sickbed, tyrannical patriarch Adam Penhallow is found murdered the day before his birthday. His entire family had assembled for his birthday celebration, and every one of them had the ways and means to commit the crime. As accusation and suspicion turn in one direction, then another, the claws and backstabbing come out, and no one is exempt from the coming implosion.
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"The psychology of the suspects was fascinating."
"An impressive piece of writing, darker than Heyer's other mysteries."
Georgette Heyer wrote over fifty books, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. Her barrister husband, Ronald Rougier, provided many of the plots for her detective novels, which are classic English country house mysteries reminiscent of Agatha Christie. Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, inventive plots, and sparkling characterization.
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A Pinch of Snuffby Reginald HillISBN 0440169127 (0-440-16912-7)
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Plays Oneby Caryl ChurchillISBN 0415901960 (0-415-90196-0)
Softcover, Methuen
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The Prince and the Pauperby Mark TwainISBN 0440471869 (0-440-47186-9)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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The Princess and the Goblinby George MacDonaldISBN 0440471893 (0-440-47189-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Princess and the Goblin'Book summary:As always with George MacDonald, everything here is more than meets the eye: this in fact is MacDonald's grace-filled vision of the world. Said to be one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites, The Princess and the Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene, her good friend Curdie--a minor's son--and Irene's mysterious and beautiful great great grandmother, who lives in a secret room at the top of the castle stairs. Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses, and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yet--like prayer--strong enough to lead the Princess back home to her grandmother's arms, this is a story of Curdie's slow realization that sometimes, as the princess tells him, "you must believe without seeing." Simple enough for reading aloud to a child (as I've done myself more than once with my daughter), it's rich enough to repay endless delighted readings for the adult. --Doug Thorpe [via]
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Quicksilverby Neal StephensonISBN 0434008931 (0-434-00893-1)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quicksilver'Book summary:Quicksilver is a massive, exuberant and wildly ambitious historical novel that's also Neal Stephenson's eagerly awaited prequel to Cryptonomicon--his pyrotechnic reworking of the 20th century, from World War II codebreaking and disinformation to the latest issues of Internet data privacy.
Quicksilver, "Volume One of the Baroque Cycle", backtracks to another time of high intellectual ferment: the late 17th century, with the natural philosophers of England's newly formed Royal Society questioning the universe and dissecting everything that moves. One founding member, the Rev John Wilkins, really did write science fiction and a book on cryptography--but this isn't history as we know it, for here his code book is called not Mercury but Cryptonomicon. And although the key political schemers of Charles II's government still have initials spelling the word CABAL, their names are all different...
While towering geniuses like Newton and Leibniz decode nature itself, bizarre adventures (merely beginning with the Great Plague and Great Fire) happen to the fictional Royal Society member Daniel Waterhouse, who knows everyone but isn't quite bright enough for cutting-edge science. Two generations of Daniel's family appear in Cryptonomicon, as does a descendant of the Shaftoes who here are soldiers and vagabonds. Other links include the island realm of Qwghlm with its impossible language and the mysterious, seemingly ageless alchemist Enoch Root.
As the reign of Charles II gives way to that of James II and then William of Orange, Stephenson traces the complex lines of finance and power that form the 17th-century Internet. Gold and silver, lead and (repeatedly) mercury or quicksilver flow in glittering patterns between centres of marketing and intrigue in England, Germany, France and Holland. Paper flows as well: stocks, shares, scams and letters holding layers of concealed code messages. Binary code? Yes, even that had already been invented and described by Francis Bacon.
Quicksilver is crammed with unexpected incidents, fascinating digressions and deep-laid plots. Who'd believe that Eliza, a Qwghlmian slave girl liberated from a Turkish harem by mad Jack Shaftoe (King of the Vagabonds) could become a major player in European finance and politics? Still less believable, but all too historically authentic, are the appalling medical procedures of the time--about which we learn a lot. There are frequent passages of high comedy, like the lengthy description of a foppish earl's costume which memorably explains that someone seemed to have been painted in glue before "shaking and rolling him in a bin containing thousands of black silk doilies".
This is a huge, exhausting read, full of rewards and quirky insights that no other author could have created. Fantastic or farcical episodes sometimes clash strangely with the deep cruelty and suffering of 17th-century realism. Recommended, though not to the faint-hearted. --David Langford [via]
Rakkety Tamby Brian Jacques, David ElliottISBN 044101318X (0-441-01318-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Rat Raceby Dick FrancisISBN 0425210766 (0-425-21076-6)
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The Regatta Mystery: And Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425100413 (0-425-10041-3)
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Revenger's Tragedyby Tourneur, R. A. FoakesISBN 0416671403 (0-416-67140-3)
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Seeing a Large Catby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0446518344 (0-446-51834-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seeing a Large Cat'Book summary:Elizabeth Peters's books about Egyptologist Amelia Peabody are like longer, more literate versions of those letters some relatives send to keep people up to date on their family adventures. They're also lively feminist spoofs on the two-fisted Victorian adventure novels that inspired the Indiana Jones films. In this ninth book in the Peabody series, it's 1903, and Amelia and her clan--irascible husband Emerson, fearless son Ramses, gorgeous ward Nefret--are in Cairo, dealing with everything from mummies (both the ancient and more recent varieties) to affairs of the heart. Previous Peabody paperbacks include The Hippopotamus Pool and The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog. [via]
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Shatteredby Dick FrancisISBN 0425201481 (0-425-20148-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shattered'Book summary:After 41 novels, most writers run out of energy before the final gallop. But Dick Francis's latest thriller is as good as his earliest. Perhaps it's because this one is dedicated to the Queen Mother, who celebrated her centennial in 2000, and who, like her famously horsey daughter, shares Francis's passion for the races. Or maybe he's just found his stride again, after a few less-than-outstanding starts. Here he does one of his best tricks: lures you into a somewhat arcane area you might know little about and explicates it so brilliantly that you don't even realize how much you've learned (in this case, about glass blowing) while a mystery is unraveled, a crime is solved, and the hero gets the girl.
This time the mise en scène is the glass blowing studio owned by Gerard Logan, friend of the late Martin Stukely, a jockey who takes a fatal fall at the Cheltenham steeplechase during the last race of the century. Still mourning Martin, Gerard is savagely beaten, his workshop ransacked, and his life threatened by a gang of thugs. Investigating, Gerard discovers that the gang includes a domineering woman who's the daughter of Martin's valet and a scientist who's stolen valuable data from the laboratory that formerly employed him. They believe Gerard has possession of a videotape entrusted to him by Martin before his death and that the secrets on the tape are worth Gerard's life.
It's a good set up, with just enough of the usual horse lore and a pleasant love story involving Gerard and a pretty policewoman, neither of which overshadow the taut pacing and the well-worked-out plot. Francis's protagonists may be accidental heroes, but they're not antiheroes; they're usually eminently decent, likable men, and their sense of self is always interesting. Here's Gerard at home, in a break from the action, thinking about the new woman in his heart in a typical Francis love scene:
I walked deliberately through all the rooms, thinking about Catherine, wondering both if she would like the place, and whether the house would accept her in return. Once in the past the house had delivered a definite thumbs-down, and once I'd been given an ultimatum to smother the pale plain walls with brightly patterned paper as a condition of marriage, but to the horror of her family I'd backed out of the whole deal, and, as a result, I now used the house as arbiter and had disentangled myself from a later young woman who'd begun to refer to her and me as "an item" and to reply to questions as "we." We think. No, we don't think.
And, a few pages later,The speed of development of strong feeling for one another didn't seem to me to be shocking but natural, and if I thought about the future it unequivocally included Catherine Dodd. "If you want to cover the pale plain walls with brightly patterned paper, go ahead," I said.
It may be Francis's English reticence that keeps him, mercifully, from spoiling a good mystery with what other writers consider the obligatory sex scene, or it just may be the mastery of his form that few of his peers approach. In every page of this terrific new book, he's at the top of it. --Jane Adams [via]She laughed. "I like the peace of pale walls. Why should I want to change them?"
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A Sight for Sore Eyesby Ruth RendellISBN 0440235448 (0-440-23544-8)
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The Spanish Tragedyby Thomas Kyd, Philip EdwardsISBN 0416279201 (0-416-27920-1)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Stalky and Co.by Rudyard KiplingISBN 044040519X (0-440-40519-X)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Taggerungby Brian Jacques, Peter StandleyISBN 0441009689 (0-441-00968-9)
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They Found Him Deadby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425095657 (0-425-09565-7)
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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)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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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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Treasury of Winnie-The-Pooh/Deluxe Gift-Boxby A. A. MilneISBN 0440495806 (0-440-49580-6)
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Trissby Brian Jacques, David ElliotISBN 0441010954 (0-441-01095-4)
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The Unknown Ajaxby Georgette HeyerISBN 0434328626 (0-434-32862-6)
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The Virgin in the Iceby Ellis PetersISBN 0446404284 (0-446-40428-4)
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Volpone Or, the Foxby Ben JonsonISBN 0416695604 (0-416-69560-4)
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The Watersplashby Patricia WentworthISBN 0446356999 (0-446-35699-9)
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Wednesday's Childby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425148343 (0-425-14834-3)
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Witch Miss Seetonby Heron CarvicISBN 0425107132 (0-425-10713-2)
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The Wood Beyondby Reginald HillISBN 0440218039 (0-440-21803-9)
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Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballardsby William Wordsworth, A.R. JonesISBN 041535529X (0-415-35529-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballards'Book summary:Originally published 200 years ago, "Lyrical Ballads" is published here as it was compiled by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Accepted as one of the most influential books of English poetry, it includes "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey". [via]
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A Wreath for Riveraby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425142477 (0-425-14247-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wreath for Rivera'Book summary:Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard investigates the death of a musician whom witnesses saw shot during what was to been one of Lord Pastern's practical jokes. Reissue. [via]
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