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1956 and All That : The Making of Modern British Dramaby Dan RebellatoISBN 041518939X (0-415-18939-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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Advantage Miss Seetonby Hampton CharlesISBN 0425122379 (0-425-12237-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Almanac of British Politicsby Byron Criddle, Robert James WallerISBN 0415268346 (0-415-26834-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicleby Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. EnglishISBN 0415921295 (0-415-92129-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Anglo-Saxon Chroniclesby Christopher Pick, Anne SavageISBN 0434982105 (0-434-98210-5)
Hardcover, Phoebe Phillips
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The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Textsby David LodgeISBN 0436256711 (0-436-25671-1)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts'Book summary:The articles with which David Lodge entertained and enlightened readers of the Independent on Sunday for fifty weeks between 1991 and 1992 he has now revised, expanded and collected together in book form. The art of fiction is considered under a wide range of headings, such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Time-shift, the Sense of Place, and Symbolism. Each topic is illustrated by a short passage or two taken from classic and modern fiction, extending from Laurence Sterne to J.D. Salinger, from Jane Austen to Fay Weldon, from Charles Dickens to Martin Amis. David Lodge takes these passages apart and puts them together again with the expertise of a novelist, critic and teacher. Technical terms and lucidly explained and their application examined, in the literary-critical equivalent of slow-motion action replays of some of the best writing in the English language. To throw further light on a given topic the author sometimes refers directly, and revealingly, to his own experience of writing fiction. This book is essential reading for students of literature, aspiring writers, and anyone who enjoys literary fiction and would like to understand better how it works. [via]
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Behold, Here's Poisonby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425103544 (0-425-10354-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Ben Elton Plays 1: Gasping, Silly Cow and Popcornby Ben EltonISBN 0413736709 (0-413-73670-9)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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The Best of Friendsby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0425169375 (0-425-16937-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best of Friends'Book summary:Gina and Laurence have been the best of friends since childhoodbut theyve never been in love. For marriage, they chose others: Fergus, who gave Gina a lovely daughter and a life of elegance and wealth; and Hilary, who helped Laurence build a cozy, successful hotel, and who counts Gina as one of her dearest friends as well. But when one of these marriages ends, the result is a shift that sends tremors through three generations and two familiesas friends become lovers, lovers become enemies, enemies become allies&and another marriage hangs in the balance. Joanna Trollope is the sort of author who makes her readers want to drop everything in order to keep on reading (Publishers Weekly)and The Best of Friends proves her consummate skill once again.[via] -
Boating for Beginnersby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0413590208 (0-413-59020-8)
Hardcover, Methuen
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boating for Beginners'Book summary:Noah is a relatively ordinary man. He's a hard worker (he owns the thriving little pleasure boat company, Boating for Beginners), is slightly overweight and has a heart condition. In fact, apart from a bizarre antipathy towards frozen food, particularly Black Forest Gateau, he is Mr. Bog Standard. That doesn't stop him from recognising a good thing when he sees it though. So when he accidentally creates God "out of a piece of gateau and a giant electric toaster", he realises he's onto a winner. Within weeks, he's a cult figure, writes extravagant bestsellers-"Genesis", or How I did It and "Exodus" or Your Way Lies There--and has outlawed refrigerators and Black Forest Gateau. When Noah starts to turn his bestseller into a film, God feels left out and decides to liquidate the world. Noah has less than a week to fill his stage set (the ark) with animals and prepare for a flood. There are three women who find out what he's up to--Desi, Noah's daughter-in-law; Marlene, a transsexual potter, and Gloria, the thoughtful yet slightly unbalanced girl in charge of rounding up the animals. Gloria is the heroine of Boating for Beginners and it is her story that drives the rather fragmented narrative of this surreal satire. Bursting with ideas, Boating for Beginners rewrites religion and philosophy, while taking a pop at romantic fiction. It is perhaps Jeanette Winterson's most overlooked work and although not her best--turn to Oranges are Not the Only Fruit or Sexing the Cherry for that--Boating for Beginners is witty, playful and imaginative. --Jane Honey [via]
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The Body on the Beachby Simon BrettISBN 0425175006 (0-425-17500-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Books of Bloodby Clive BarkerISBN 0425165582 (0-425-16558-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Civil Contractby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425035786 (0-425-03578-6)
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Clive Barkers Books of Bloodby Clive BarkerISBN 0425093476 (0-425-09347-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clive Barkers Books of Blood'Book summary:Five stories of otherworldly murder and terror include, ""Son of Celluloid,"" ""Rawhead Rex,"" ""Confessions of a Pornographer's Shroud,"" ""Scape-Goats,"" and ""Human Remains."" Reprint. [via]
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Closerby Patrick MarberISBN 0413709507 (0-413-70950-7)
Hardcover, Methuen Drama
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The Conquest of Happinessby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415378478 (0-415-37847-8)
Hardcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Conquest of Happiness'Book summary:The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russells recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of The Happy Man, this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written.
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Cotillionby Georgette HeyerISBN 0434328251 (0-434-32825-1)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cotillion'Book summary:Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible great-uncle Matthew--provided she marries one of her cousins. Kitty is not wholly adverse to the plan, if the right nephew proposes. Unfortunately, Kitty has set her heart on Jack Westruther, a confirmed rake, who seems to have no inclination to marry her anytime soon. In an effort to make Jack jealous, and to see a little more of the world than her isolated life on her great-uncle's estate has afforded her, Kitty devises a plan. She convinces yet another of her cousins, the honourable Freddy Standen, to pretend to be engaged to her. Her plan would bring her to London on a visit to Freddy's family and (hopefully) render the elusive Mr Westruther madly jealous. Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances.
No sooner does Kitty arrive in London than she becomes embroiled in the romantic difficulties of several new acquaintances. Kitty's French cousin, Camille, a professional gambler, has won the heart of her new friend, Olivia--who also happens to be the object of Jack Westruther's dishonourable intentions. Meanwhile, Kitty's doltish cousin Lord Dolphinton has fallen in love with a merchant's daughter who is embattled with his mother and needs his help. Finally, there is Kitty herself, who begins to wonder if the dandified Freddy might not be the man for her after all. As in all of Georgette Heyer's books, Cotillion transcends genre--it is, quite simply, wonderful literature. Historically accurate down to the finest details of dress, deportment and speech, Heyer was also a master at creating unforgettable, comic characters; and Kitty Charing and Freddy Standen stand out as one of her most charming romantic duos ever. --Amazon.com [via]
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David Hume Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion in Focusby Stanley TweymanISBN 0415020131 (0-415-02013-1)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Death in the Stocksby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425093387 (0-425-09338-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Death on the Downsby Simon BrettISBN 0425186369 (0-425-18636-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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While out exploring the South Downs of a wealthy town, Carole discovers the bones of a human skeleton. Jude fears it may be the remains of a young woman who once practiced her alternative therapy. It turns out the woman is alive-and living with a charismatic New Age healer. Now Jude and Carole have two mysteries to solve. Why is the woman hiding out? And if the skeleton wasn't hers...whose was it? [via]-
Doctor Whoby Terrance DicksISBN 042610997X (0-426-10997-X)
Softcover, Carol Pub Group
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Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleksby Terrance DicksISBN 0426103807 (0-426-10380-7)
Softcover, Tandem Publishing, Limited
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Down There on a Visitby Christopher IsherwoodISBN 0413598004 (0-413-59800-4)
Softcover, Methuen
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England Under the Stuartsby G. M. TrevelyanISBN 041527785X (0-415-27785-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'England Under the Stuarts'Book summary:An undisputed classic, England Under the Stuarts is an account of England in the years between 1603 and 1714, charting England's progress from a 'great nation' to a 'great empire'.
G. M. Trevelyan's masterful narrative explores the major events of this period, which witnessed the upheavals of Civil War, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution. While never neglecting to examine the conditions of English life, this celebrated historian highlights the liberty and toleration that emerged during these years.
Almost a century after its first publication, and now with a new introduction by John Morrill, Trevelyan's thorough survey of the Stuart age remains certain to inform and delight anybody with an interest in this period of English history.
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England Under the Tudorsby G.R. EltonISBN 041506533X (0-415-06533-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'England Under the Tudors'Book summary:First published in 1955 and never out of print, this wonderfully written text by one of the great historians of the twentieth century has guided generations of students through the turbulent history of Tudor England.
Now in its third edition, England Under the Tudors charts a historical period that saw some monumental changes in religion, monarchy, government and the arts. Elton's classic and highly readable introduction to the Tudor period offers an essential source of information from the start of Henry VII's reign to the death of Elizabeth I.
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Final Curtainby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425143201 (0-425-14320-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Forfeitby Dick FrancisISBN 0425201910 (0-425-20191-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Golden Ball and Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425099229 (0-425-09922-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Grass Is Singingby Doris May LessingISBN 0435121294 (0-435-12129-4)
Hardcover, Heinemann Educational
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Hemingway's Chairby Michael PalinISBN 0413689301 (0-413-68930-1)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Henry VI. Part 2by William ShakespeareISBN 0416279007 (0-416-27900-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry VI. Part 2'Book summary:Webster's paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-Afrikaans thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of King Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare was edited for three audiences. The first includes Afrikaans-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFLý or TOEICý preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Afrikaans speakers enrolled in English-speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Afrikaans in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placementý (APý) or similar examinations. By using the Webster's Afrikaans Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in Afrikaans or English.
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Heroes and Villainsby Angela CarterISBN 0434109541 (0-434-10954-1)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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History of Western Philosophyby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415325056 (0-415-32505-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection With Political & Social Circumstancesby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415078547 (0-415-07854-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Foreverby Ian FlemingISBN 042508986X (0-425-08986-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever'Book summary:An international diamond-smuggling pipeline has opened up and the British Treasury wants to know whos controlling it. Impersonating a captured courier named Peter Franks, Bond infiltrates the criminal ring and finds an unlikely ally in Tiffany Case, a gorgeous American with a dark past. As the rings stateside go-between, she may be just another link in the chain, but Tiffany is also Bonds best shot at finding the elusive figure at the head of the operationa syndicate boss known only by the initials ABC. But if Bonds cover gets blown, hell find that the only thing harder than a diamond is surviving the payback of a pair of murderous henchmen.
With a sparkling trail of smuggled gems as bait, Diamonds Are Forever leads Bond on a globe-hopping mission where deadly assassins lurk behind every corner. [via]
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Ian Fleming's Goldfingerby Ian FlemingISBN 0425081656 (0-425-08165-6)
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Ian Fleming's Moonrakerby Ian FlemingISBN 0425134938 (0-425-13493-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Innocent Gravesby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425157792 (0-425-15779-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Innocent Graves'Book summary:The more Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates the murder of a schoolgirl in a church graveyard the less he likes the whole sordid affair. The vicar at St. Mary's has been allegedly seeking sex from his sexton; the vicar's wife has been seeking solace in a bottle and the arms of a schoolteacher; and those in and around the church aren't keen on anybody who doesn't view matters as they do. And there happens to be a few suspects who meet that description. Banks investigates a murder and finds religious and societal affairs stickier than those in the normal mystery. [via]
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John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focusby John Locke, Susan Mendus, John HortonISBN 0415060826 (0-415-06082-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focus'Book summary:Though several editions of Locke's Letter of Toleration art available, the unique value of this volume lies in the fact that it conbines both the text of the Letter and interpretative, critical essays.
Several essays are reprints of the most important articles on the Letter, but there is also new material , specially commissioned for the volume and published here for the first time.
Given the importance of Locke's Letter on Toleration, this volume will be welcomed by both students and teachers of political philosophy, the history of political thought, as well as philosophy and politics generally. [via]More editions of John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focus:
Killer Dolphinby Ngaio MarshISBN 042514657X (0-425-14657-X)
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King Henry IVby William Shakespeare, Andrew S. CairncrossISBN 0415026857 (0-415-02685-7)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry VI'Book summary:The stirring continuation of the themes begun in "Henry IV, Part One" again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ruler's solemn duty and a merry but dissipated friend, Falstaff. The play represents Shakespeare at the peak of his maturity in writing historical drama and comedy. [via]
Liar's Autobiographyby Graham ChapmanISBN 0416009018 (0-416-00901-8)
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Lucia in Londonby E. F. BensonISBN 0434065021 (0-434-06502-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucia in London'Book summary:In Lucia in London, Lucia inherits a house in London and leaves Riseholme to go off and conquer the capital. Meanwhile the inhabitants of Riseholme are setting up a museum.
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an excerpt from the first chapter:Considering that Philip Lucas's aunt who died early in April was no less than eighty-three years old, and had spent the last seven of them bedridden in a private lunatic asylum, it had been generally and perhaps reasonably hoped among his friends and those of his wife that the bereavement would not be regarded by either of them as an intolerable tragedy. Mrs. Quantock, in fact, who, like everybody else at Riseholme, had sent a neat little note of condolence to Mrs. Lucas, had, without using the actual words "happy release," certainly implied it or its close equivalent.
She was hoping that there would be a reply to it, for though she had said in her note that her dear Lucia mustn't dream of answering it, that was a mere figure of speech, and she had instructed her parlour-maid who took it across to 'The Hurst' immediately after lunch to say that she didn't know if there was an answer, and would wait to see, for Mrs. Lucas might perhaps give a little hint ever so vaguely about what the expectations were concerning which everybody was dying to get information. . . .
While she waited for this, Daisy Quantock was busy, like everybody else in the village on this beautiful afternoon of spring, with her garden, hacking about with a small but destructive fork in her flower-beds. She was a gardener of the ruthless type, and went for any small green thing that incautiously showed a timid spike above the earth, suspecting it of being a weed. She had had a slight difference with the professional gardener who had hitherto worked for her on three afternoons during the week, and had told him that his services were no longer required. She meant to do her gardening herself this year, and was confident that a profusion of beautiful flowers and a plethora of delicious vegetables would be the result. At the end of her garden path was a barrow of rich manure, which she proposed, when she had finished the slaughter of the innocents, to dig into the depopulated beds. On the other side of her paling her neighbour Georgie Pillson was rolling his strip of lawn, on which during the summer he often played croquet on a small scale. Occasionally they shouted remarks to each other, but as they got more and more out of breath with their exertions the remarks got fewer. Mrs. Quantock's last question had been "What do you do with slugs, Georgie?" and Georgie had panted out, "Pretend you don't see them."
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Marrying the Mistressby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0425179648 (0-425-17964-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Miguel Streetby V.S. NaipaulISBN 0435989545 (0-435-98954-5)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Miss Seeton by Appointmentby Hampton CharlesISBN 0425121003 (0-425-12100-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Miss Seeton Goes to Batby Hamilton Crane, Heron CarvicISBN 0425135764 (0-425-13576-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Miss Seeton Plants Suspicionby Hamilton CraneISBN 0425137023 (0-425-13702-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Monty Python's Big Red Bookby Eric IdleISBN 0416668909 (0-416-66890-9)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Monty Python's Big Red Bookby Graham ChapmanISBN 0413774201 (0-413-77420-1)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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Next of Kinby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0425184749 (0-425-18474-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Night Visionsby Geaorge R.R. MartinISBN 0425107078 (0-425-10707-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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No Wind of Blameby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425102319 (0-425-10231-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Nursing Home Murderby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425142426 (0-425-14242-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Old Timesby Harold PinterISBN 0416186505 (0-416-18650-5)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Other People's Childrenby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0425174379 (0-425-17437-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Paradise Newsby David LodgeISBN 0436256681 (0-436-25668-1)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg
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Past Reason Hatedby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425144895 (0-425-14489-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Poirot Investigatesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425174727 (0-425-17472-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Riotous Assemblyby Tom SharpeISBN 0436458004 (0-436-45800-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Scales of Justiceby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425144879 (0-425-14487-9)
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A Small Town in Germanyby John Le CarreISBN 0434109304 (0-434-10930-4)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Small Town in Germany'Book summary:A thriller from the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY. London security officer, Alan Turner, is sent to locate a missing official from the British Embassy in Bonn, and the 43 confidential files that disappeared with him as Germany's past, present and future threaten to collide in a nightmare of violence. [via]
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A Study in Scarlet and the Sign of the Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425102408 (0-425-10240-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Sylvesterby Georgette HeyerISBN 0434328294 (0-434-32829-4)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Things Fall Apartby Chinua AchebeISBN 0435905252 (0-435-90525-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Things Fall Apart'Book summary:One of Chinua Achebe's many achievements in his acclaimed first novel, Things Fall Apart, is his relentlessly unsentimental rendering of Nigerian tribal life before and after the coming of colonialism. First published in 1958, just two years before Nigeria declared independence from Great Britain, the book eschews the obvious temptation of depicting pre-colonial life as a kind of Eden. Instead, Achebe sketches a world in which violence, war, and suffering exist, but are balanced by a strong sense of tradition, ritual, and social coherence. His Ibo protagonist, Okonkwo, is a self-made man. The son of a charming ne'er-do-well, he has worked all his life to overcome his father's weakness and has arrived, finally, at great prosperity and even greater reputation among his fellows in the village of Umuofia. Okonkwo is a champion wrestler, a prosperous farmer, husband to three wives and father to several children. He is also a man who exhibits flaws well-known in Greek tragedy:
Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand. His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children. Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness. It was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic, the fear of the forest, and of the forces of nature, malevolent, red in tooth and claw. Okonkwo's fear was greater than these. It was not external but lay deep within himself. It was the fear of himself, lest he should be found to resemble his father.
And yet Achebe manages to make this cruel man deeply sympathetic. He is fond of his eldest daughter, and also of Ikemefuna, a young boy sent from another village as compensation for the wrongful death of a young woman from Umuofia. He even begins to feel pride in his eldest son, in whom he has too often seen his own father. Unfortunately, a series of tragic events tests the mettle of this strong man, and it is his fear of weakness that ultimately undoes him.Achebe does not introduce the theme of colonialism until the last 50 pages or so. By then, Okonkwo has lost everything and been driven into exile. And yet, within the traditions of his culture, he still has hope of redemption. The arrival of missionaries in Umuofia, however, followed by representatives of the colonial government, completely disrupts Ibo culture, and in the chasm between old ways and new, Okonkwo is lost forever. Deceptively simple in its prose, Things Fall Apart packs a powerful punch as Achebe holds up the ruin of one proud man to stand for the destruction of an entire culture. --Alix Wilber [via]
Three Blind Mice and Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068064 (0-425-06806-4)
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The Titian Committeeby Iain PearsISBN 0425168956 (0-425-16895-6)
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicusby Ludwig Wittgenstein, Brian McGuinness, David Francis Pears, Bertrand RussellISBN 0415254086 (0-415-25408-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'Book summary:Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Written in short, carefully numbered paragraphs of extreme brilliance, it captured the imagination of a generation of philosophers. For Wittgenstein, logic was something we use to conquer a reality which is in itself both elusive and unobtainable. He famously summarized the book in the following words: 'What can be said at all can be said clearly; and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.' David Pears and Brian McGuinness received the highest praise for their meticulous translation. The work is prefaced by Bertrand Russell's original introduction to the first English edition. [via]
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Softcover, Routledge - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: ISBN 0415254086 (0-415-25408-6)
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Troilus and Cressidaby William ShakespeareISBN 0415027071 (0-415-02707-1)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Troilus and Cressida'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most notoriously difficult and cynical plays, labelled a "Problem Comedy", Troilus and Cressida has perplexed critics and theatre directors, and after Shakespeare's lifetime it was not performed again until 1907. In many ways the play's difficulty is a surprise; the story of Troilus and Cressida was a popular theme, drawn from Homer's Iliad and Chaucer's own Troilus and Criseyde, as was its classical setting, the Greek siege of Troy, led by Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes and Ulysses.
Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Trouble for Luciaby E. F. BensonISBN 043406503X (0-434-06503-X)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Twice Shyby Dick FrancisISBN 0425198774 (0-425-19877-4)
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The Under Dog and Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068080 (0-425-06808-0)
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The Watsonsby Jane AustenISBN 0432007512 (0-432-00751-2)
Hardcover, P. Davies
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The Witness for the Prosecutionby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068099 (0-425-06809-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Witness for the Prosecution'Book summary:Shocking testimony turns an open-and-shut murder case upside down in the title story of a mystery anthology that also includes ""S.O.S,"" ""Sing a Song of Sixpence,"" ""The Fourth Man,"" ""The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl,"" and six other tales. Reissue." [via]
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