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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Malvina G. VogelISBN 0866119698 (0-86611-969-8)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seasby Ron Miller, Jules VerneISBN 0881010855 (0-88101-085-5)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House
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Absent in the Springby Agatha ChristieISBN 0877950156 (0-87795-015-6)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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An Advancement of Learningby Reginald HillISBN 0881500534 (0-88150-053-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Amateur Cracksmanby Ernest William HornungISBN 0881843598 (0-88184-359-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Arthurian Legendsby Richard BarberISBN 0880290501 (0-88029-050-1)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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The Arthurian Legends: An Illustrated Anthologyby Richard BarberISBN 0872262073 (0-87226-207-3)
Softcover, P. Bedrick Books
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August Follyby Angela ThirkellISBN 0881844217 (0-88184-421-7)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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Barrow's Boysby Fergus FlemingISBN 0871138042 (0-87113-804-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barrow's Boys'Book summary:There's something about the overwhelming emptiness and terrifying beauty of the polar regions that never fails to attract. They are the most powerful symbols we have left of a world where human-made laws and values count for nothing; no one conquers the frozen wastelands--they merely learn to live by the rules nature dictates. It is easy to see how for a long time the lives of the polar explorers were shrouded in quasi-mystical and heroic terms. This all changed in the 1970s with the publication of Roland Huntford's magnificent biography of Scott and Amundsen, now called The Last Place on Earth, in which he systematically and methodically revealed the levels of incompetence and arrogance with which Scott's expedition was riddled.
In Barrow's Boys Fergus Fleming takes us on an incisive and witty journey through the landmark years of British exploration from 1816 to 1850, marveling at both the bravery and the stupidity involved. Fleming is a historian first and foremost, so he begins by placing exploration in its context. It wasn't some high-minded idealism or wacky sense of adventure, as is often suggested, that placed Britain at the forefront of discovery, but economics and self-interest. At the end of the Napoleonic wars, the British Navy was too large for its peacetime needs. Officers were laid off and advancement was slow, so the Navy needed to find itself a role. Charting the unmapped areas of the world seemed as good an idea as any.
Step forward John Barrow. Barrow was only the Second Secretary at the Admiralty--not normally a position of great influence--yet he was a skilled politician, and he managed to carve out a niche for himself by organizing expedition after expedition. He started inauspiciously by sending Captain James Tuckey off on an ill-fated jaunt up the Congo in search of "Timbuctoo," which was at that time imagined as some African El Dorado, and he ended in failure with the loss of Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage. In between he courted triumph and tragedy; Ross discovered Antarctica, Parry opened up the Arctic with his attempt on the Pole, and Captain Bremer failed to establish northern Australia as the new Singapore.
Fleming has a great feel for the telling detail. He doesn't get lost in endless minutiae that distract from the narrative, but he never fails to remind us of the surrealism of British 19th-century exploration--cocked hats and reindeer-drawn sledges in the Arctic, frock coats in the Sahara. When put like this, it makes it all too easy to see how Scott could have been allowed to botch his journey to the South Pole quite so catastrophically. --John Crace, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Black Cauldronby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0881030937 (0-88103-093-7)
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Blast Iby Wyndham LewisISBN 0876855214 (0-87685-521-4)
Softcover, Gingko Pr Inc
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The Castle of Llyrby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0881030910 (0-88103-091-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Castle of Llyr'Book summary:Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonly Doli--all of whom become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain.[via]
Released over a period of five years, Lloyd Alexander's beautifully written tales not only captured children's imaginations but also garnered the highest critical praise. The Black Cauldron was a Newbery Honor Book, and the final volume in the chronicles, The High King, crowned the series by winning the Newbery Medal for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."
Henry Holt is proud to present this classic series to a new generation of young readers. Jackets have been handsomely redesigned while retaining the original art of Caldecott Medal-winning artist Evaline Ness. Each retypeset volume now includes a pronunciation guide prepared by Lloyd Alexander. A companion book of short stories, The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain, is also available in hardcover for the first time in twenty years.
In their more than thirty years in print, the Chronicles of Prydain have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children.More editions of The Castle of Llyr:
Cheerfulness Breaks inby Angela ThirkellISBN 0881846015 (0-88184-601-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Childhood's Endby Arthur Charles ClarkeISBN 0881032646 (0-88103-264-6)
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The Conquest of Happinessby Bertrand RussellISBN 0871401622 (0-87140-162-2)
Softcover, Liveright Publishing Corporation
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Considerations on Representative Governmentby John Stuart MillISBN 0879756705 (0-87975-670-5)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Continentby Jim CraceISBN 0880014989 (0-88001-498-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Coot Clubby Arthur RansomeISBN 0879237872 (0-87923-787-2)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Crome Yellowby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0881845884 (0-88184-588-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Cruel Seaby Nicholas MonsarratISBN 0870210556 (0-87021-055-6)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr
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Death in High Heelsby Christianna BrandISBN 0881845469 (0-88184-546-9)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religionby David HumeISBN 087975527X (0-87975-527-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion: The Posthumous Essays of the Immortality of the Soul and of Suicideby David Hume, Richard H. PopkinISBN 0872204022 (0-87220-402-2)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.
In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design -- for which Hume uses a house -- and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (argument from evil).
Hume started writing the Dialogues in 1750 but did not complete them until 1776, shortly before his death. They are based partly on Cicero's De Natura Deorum. The Dialogues were published posthumously in 1779, originally with neither the author's nor the publisher's name.
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion: The Posthumous Essays of the Immortality of the Soul and of Suicide From an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding of Miraclesby David Hume, Richard H. PopkinISBN 0872204030 (0-87220-403-0)
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Disraeliby Robert BlakeISBN 0881842966 (0-88184-296-6)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Drowned Worldby J.G. BallardISBN 0881843245 (0-88184-324-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Eleanor of Aquitaineby SewardISBN 0880290552 (0-88029-055-2)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
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Elric of Melniboneby Michael MoorcockISBN 0879977345 (0-87997-734-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Enduranceby Alfred LansingISBN 0881841781 (0-88184-178-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Endurance'Book summary:In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent away from the intended base, the Endurance was trapped in ice and eventually was crushed. For five months Shackleton and his crew survived on drifting ice packs in one of the most savage regions of the world before they were finally able to set sail again in one of the ship's lifeboats. Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a white-knuckle account of this astounding odyssey.
Through the diaries of team members and interviews with survivors, Lansing reconstructs the months of terror and hardship the Endurance crew suffered. In October of 1915, there "were no helicopters, no Weasels, no Sno-Cats, no suitable planes. Thus their plight was naked and terrifying in its simplicity. If they were to get out--they had to get themselves out." How Shackleton did indeed get them out without the loss of a single life is at the heart of Lansing's magnificent true-life adventure tale. [via]
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The Exploits of Sherlock Holmesby John Dickson Carr, Adrian Conan DoyleISBN 0880298596 (0-88029-859-6)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Eye of the Needleby Ken FollettISBN 0877951861 (0-87795-186-1)
Hardcover, Arbor House Pub Co
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Fete Fataleby Robert BarnardISBN 0881503193 (0-88150-319-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Fifth Queenby Ford Madox Ford, William H. GassISBN 0880011017 (0-88001-101-7)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fifth Queen'Book summary:[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.]
This volume contains all three books in the 'Fifth Queen Trilogy': The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal, and The Fifth Queen Crowned.
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The Fifth Queen Trilogy is Ford Madox Ford's highly acclaimed portrait of Katharine Howard, the controversial fifth queen of Henry VIII.
Ford Madox Ford's masterful trilogy of historical fiction centers on Katharine Howard, a young girl of a proud, noble, and impoverished family who catches the jaded eye of Henry VIII and becomes his controversial fifth queen.
In book one, The Fifth Queen, Katharine arrives at the king's court to find its dimly lit corridors vibrating with corruption and fear as unscrupulous courtiers hungry for power maneuver for advantage. Clever, beautiful, and outspoken, Katharine soon becomes caught in a web of intrigue and romance as she fights for political and religious change.
In book two, Privy Seal, Katharine becomes locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, and continues her battle for change.
Finally, in book three, The Fifth Queen Crowned, Katharine once again becomes caught in a web of court intrigues. She believes strongly in a restoration of the Catholic faith, but this conviction has made her vicious enemies, for a return to the Church of Rome would mean reinstating the lands and riches taken from the church under Henry's reign. Here, Katharine's fatal combat with Thomas Cromwell reaches its stunning conclusion.
Ford saw the past as an integral part of the present experience and understanding. His sharply etched vision of the court of Henry VIII echoes aspects of Edwardian England as it explores the pervading influence of power, lies, fear, and anxiety on people's lives. [via]More editions of The Fifth Queen:
Fog of Doubtby Christianna BrandISBN 0881840653 (0-88184-065-3)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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A Glastonbury Romanceby John Cowper PowysISBN 087951681X (0-87951-681-X)
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The Great Pursuitby Tom SharpeISBN 0879517336 (0-87951-733-6)
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Green Mansionsby W. H. HudsonISBN 0877207267 (0-87720-726-7)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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Grimusby Salman RushdieISBN 0879511389 (0-87951-138-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Hallucinating Foucaultby Patricia DunckerISBN 0880014997 (0-88001-499-7)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hallucinating Foucault'Book summary:An intricate and self-reflective novel about that most delicate of relationships--meaning the one between writers and readers. The narrator, an anonymous graduate student, sets off on the trail of a French novelist named Paul Michel, who is currently confined to an asylum. Engineering his hero's release, the narrator finds himself enmeshed in bizarre love triangle, of which the three vertices are himself, the novelist, and the late Michel Foucault. Sex, it seems, can be made safe, but the oddball intimacy of reading cannot. [via]
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The Happy Princeby Oscar Wilde, Carol Ann SmithISBN 0871919249 (0-87191-924-9)
Hardcover, Creative Co
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The Hearing Trumpetby Leona CarringtonISBN 0872861694 (0-87286-169-4)
Softcover, City Lights Books
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The Hiding Placeby Trezza AzzopardiISBN 0871138158 (0-87113-815-8)
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The High Kingby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 088103097X (0-88103-097-X)
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High Risingby Angela ThirkellISBN 0881844632 (0-88184-463-2)
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Indecent Exposureby Tom SharpeISBN 0871131420 (0-87113-142-0)
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Innocenceby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 088184537X (0-88184-537-X)
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Jillby Philip LarkinISBN 0879519614 (0-87951-961-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Lennon Remembersby John Lennon, Jann WennerISBN 0879320095 (0-87932-009-5)
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A Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 0879755989 (0-87975-598-9)
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Letters to Aliceby Fay WeldonISBN 088184599X (0-88184-599-X)
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Me and the Fat Manby Julie MyersonISBN 0880016493 (0-88001-649-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Meet Mr. Mullinerby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292768 (0-88029-276-8)
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A Modest Proposal and Other Satiresby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0879759194 (0-87975-919-4)
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The Mummy Caseby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0865531404 (0-86553-140-4)
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The Occasions of Poetryby Thom GunnISBN 0865472076 (0-86547-207-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Orthodoxyby G. K. ChestertonISBN 087788630X (0-87788-630-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orthodoxy'Book summary:If G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith is, as he called it, a "slovenly autobiography," then we need more slobs in the world. This quirky, slender book describes how Chesterton came to view orthodox Catholic Christianity as the way to satisfy his personal emotional needs, in a way that would also allow him to live happily in society. Chesterton argues that people in western society need a life of "practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome." Drawing on such figures as Fra Angelico, George Bernard Shaw, and St. Paul to make his points, Chesterton argues that submission to ecclesiastical authority is the way to achieve a good and balanced life. The whole book is written in a style that is as majestic and down-to-earth as C.S. Lewis at his best. The final chapter, called "Authority and the Adventurer," is especially persuasive. It's hard to imagine a reader who will not close the book believing, at least for the moment, that the Church will make you free. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Out of the Blackoutby Robert BarnardISBN 0881503274 (0-88150-327-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkinby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292784 (0-88029-278-4)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penmanby Bruce RobinsonISBN 0879519142 (0-87951-914-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Pelican at Blandingsby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292814 (0-88029-281-4)
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The Phantom Tollboothby Norton JusterISBN 088103696X (0-88103-696-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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Piano Playersby Anthony BurgessISBN 0877958327 (0-87795-832-7)
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Prick Up Your Earsby John LahrISBN 0879100575 (0-87910-057-5)
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Psmith in the Cityby P.G. WodehouseISBN 088029275X (0-88029-275-X)
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Quartetby Jean RhysISBN 0881845388 (0-88184-538-8)
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Real Fast Food: 350 Recipes Ready-to-Eat in 30 Minutes (Or Less)by Nigel SlaterISBN 0879516429 (0-87951-642-9)
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Riotous Assemblyby Tom SharpeISBN 0871131439 (0-87113-143-9)
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A Rogue's Lifeby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0862991838 (0-86299-183-8)
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School for Murderby Robert BarnardISBN 0881503207 (0-88150-320-7)
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The Theory of Moral Sentimentsby Adam Smith, D. D. Raphael, A. L. MacFieISBN 0865970122 (0-86597-012-2)
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Three Men On The Bummelby Jerome K. JeromeISBN 0862990297 (0-86299-029-7)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0881010901 (0-88101-090-1)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea/Completely Restored and Annotatedby Jules VerneISBN 0870216783 (0-87021-678-3)
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Stories of Charlotte Perkins Gilmanby Denise D. Knight, Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 087413479X (0-87413-479-X)
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