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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Hugh HaughtonISBN 0141439769 (0-14-143976-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0140383514 (0-14-038351-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0140301690 (0-14-030169-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0140433171 (0-14-043317-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0192816209 (0-19-281620-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0140383514 (0-14-038351-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0140301690 (0-14-030169-0)
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The Alley Cat's Meowby Kathi Appelt, Jon GoodellISBN 0152019804 (0-15-201980-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alley Cat's Meow'Book summary:Red is a dashing, smashing downtown tomcat. Ginger is a jazzy, snazzy uptown kitty. But after they meet at the Alley Cat's Meow--the hottest boogie-woogie juke joint around--the sparks fly as they dazzle the world with their romantic toe-tappin', quick-steppin' dancing.[via]
With all the spirit and charm of the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals, Kathi Appelt's vivacious text and Jon Goodell's spectacular paintings will have young readers waltzing and jitterbugging right out of their seats.More editions of The Alley Cat's Meow:
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Angelina And Henryby Katharine Holabird, Helen CraigISBN 0142405906 (0-14-240590-6)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angelina And Henry'Book summary:[via]Angelina and her cousin Henry are off on a camping adventure in the Big Cat Mountains with Uncle Louie. They love being explorers and are excited to hike deeper and deeper into the forest. But then night falls and ahh!...is that Big Cat behind the trees? Luckily, Angelina is brave enough to calm Henry's fears and her own.
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Bean's Baby: Bean Booksby Sarah Hines-Stephens, Anna Grossnickle HinesISBN 015201604X (0-15-201604-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bean's Baby: Bean Books'Book summary:Bean enjoys the simple pleasures in life-a bouncy ball, a windup mouse, and a warm windowsill. But when a newborn arrives in Bean, the curious black cat isnt sure what to think. In Beans Games and Beans Night, little ones will be tickled by this frisky cats silly games and nighttime antics. With its simple language and soft but spirited illustrations, this board book trio is sure to delight babies and amuse cat lovers again and again.[via]More editions of Bean's Baby: Bean Books:
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Bean's Gamesby Sarah Hines-Stephens, Anna Grossnickle HinesISBN 0152016066 (0-15-201606-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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Bean's Nightby Sarah Hines-Stephens, Anna Grossnickle HinesISBN 0152016023 (0-15-201602-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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Borisby Cynthia RylantISBN 0152058095 (0-15-205809-5)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogsby Douglas FlorianISBN 0152163956 (0-15-216395-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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Carbonel and Calidor: Being the Further Adventures of a Royal Catby Barbara SleighISBN 0140311874 (0-14-031187-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Case of the Midnight Rustlerby John R. Erickson, Gerald L. HolmesISBN 0141303956 (0-14-130395-6)
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The Cat Who Would Be Presidentby Michael Cader, Peter SpacekISBN 0140174567 (0-14-017456-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Cats in the Sunby Lesley Anne IvoryISBN 014055338X (0-14-055338-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Dark Dark Taleby Ruth BrownISBN 0140546219 (0-14-054621-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Digby and Kateby Barbara Baker, Marsha WinbornISBN 0140365478 (0-14-036547-8)
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Do Not Openby Brinton TurkleISBN 0140547479 (0-14-054747-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Do Not Open'Book summary:Following a storm Miss Moody and her cat find an intriguing bottle washed up on the beach. Should they ignore its "Do not open" warning?. [via]
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Don't Tell Anyoneby Peg KehretISBN 0142300314 (0-14-230031-4)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Tell Anyone'Book summary:Trying to save some feral cats living in a field about to be bulldozed, Megan receives an offer of help from an odd man. Feeling his offer isn't quite right, Megan then witnesses a car accident and receives disturbing notes. Not knowing who to trust, Megan relies on her wits to save the cats--and herself. [via]
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Dr. Catby Harriet ZiefertISBN 0140374671 (0-14-037467-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Dreamsby Ezra Jack KeatsISBN 0140567445 (0-14-056744-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreams'Book summary:Roberto is excited about the paper mouse he made in school, until Amy asks, "Does it do anything?" Roberto isn't sure, so he leaves the mouse on his window sill and goes to bed. Before long his apartment building is quiet, but Roberto can't fall asleep. So he gets up to look out the window and sees Archie's cat being chased by a big, snarling dog! Roberto doesn't know what to do, but fate steps in and an unlikely hero comes to the cat's rescue. "The artist's skillful use of a combination of acrylic painting and collage has never been more effectively employed than in this quiet tale." -The Horn Book[via]More editions of Dreams:
First Aid for Cats: What to Do When Emergencies Happenby Bruce Fogle, Amanda WilliamsISBN 0140255427 (0-14-025542-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Forever Freeby Joy AdamsonISBN 0151325502 (0-15-132550-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forever Free'Book summary:In the sequel to "Born Free" and "Living Free", Joy Adamson concludes the story of Elsa. Following the lioness's death, the author describes how the three cubs, whose lives were threatened, are released into the Serengeti Park to start a new life. [via]
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The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdogby John R. Erickson, Gerald L. HolmesISBN 0141303786 (0-14-130378-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Ginger Pyeby Eleanor EstesISBN 0152025057 (0-15-202505-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ginger Pye'Book summary:Meet Ginger Pye, the smartest dog you'll ever know. Jerry Pye and his sister, Rachel, feel pretty smart themselves for buying Ginger. It was the best dollar they ever spent. Ginger steals everybody's heart . . . until someone steals him![via]More editions of Ginger Pye:
- Ginger Pye: ISBN 0152024999 (0-15-202499-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books - Ginger Pye: ISBN 0152309330 (0-15-230933-0)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books - Ginger Pye: ISBN 0156347504 (0-15-634750-4)
Softcover, Horizon Book Promotions - Ginger Pye: ISBN 0152309306 (0-15-230930-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Ginger Pye: ISBN 0152025057 (0-15-202505-7)
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- Ginger Pye: ISBN 0152024999 (0-15-202499-9)
Good Mousekeeping: A Parodyby Ilene HochbergISBN 0140256733 (0-14-025673-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Grannymanby Judith Byron SchachnerISBN 0142500623 (0-14-250062-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Here's a Pennyby Carolyn HaywoodISBN 0152052259 (0-15-205225-9)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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The House Gobbaleenby Lloyd Alexander, Diane GoodeISBN 0140565043 (0-14-056504-3)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House Gobbaleen'Book summary:Poor luckless Tooley longs for some help from the Friendly Folk, so when an odd little man shows up, Tooley is delighted. But Hooks worsens Tooley's bad luck. It's up to Tooley's wise cat to get rid of Hooks by summoning the dreaded House Gobbaleen! Diane Goode's warm paintings bring to life a story that is quintessential Lloyd Alexander. "A delightful treat from beginning to end." School Library Journal, starred review [via]
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I Walk at Nightby Lois Duncan, Steve Johnson, Lou FancherISBN 014230090X (0-14-230090-X)
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Lionboy: The Truthby Zizou CorderISBN 0142402265 (0-14-240226-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lionboy: The Truth'Book summary:Most novels only need a few original ideas to be interesting--but Lion Boyhas enough to make it truly special. The astonishing literary creation of adult novelist Louisa Young and her teenage daughter, Isabel Adomakoh Young, writing together as "Zizou Corder", has taken the children's publishing world by storm. It's the first part of a trilogy, which encompasses an incredible journey from London to Paris, and onto Venice and then Africa, that many have hailed as a genuine rival to Harry Potter.
It's certainly as engaging and unputdownable as any tome by Ms Rowling. This is the story of Charlie Ashanti, who discovers he can speak the language of cats after he is scratched by a big cat on a trip to Africa as a baby. It's a gift he has had all his life, but he only discovers how essential it can be when his scientist parents suddenly go missing. They were on the brink of a historic medical discovery and the suspicion is that somebody has kidnapped them. Charlie uses his network of cat friends to track their journey overseas to Paris, and to get across the English Channel he inadvertently joins the crew of a travelling Circus Ship.
The ship is, of course, an incredible place to be and amongst the many new friends he makes are six big, beautiful and proud lions who need his help to escape. Tracked by agents of his parents' kidnapper, Charlie is never out of danger and his arrival in Paris is marked by much drama and excitement.
Lion Boy scores most highly on its sheer readability and entertainment value. It's a fun, breeze of a read that would liven up any dull day. (Age 9 and over) --John McLay [via]
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- Lionboy: The Truth: ISBN 0142404543 (0-14-240454-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Lionboy: The Truth: ISBN 0142407054 (0-14-240705-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Lionboy: The Truth: ISBN 0141380241 (0-14-138024-1)
Hardcover, Puffin - Lionboy: The Truth: ISBN 0141380527 (0-14-138052-7)
Hardcover, Puffin - Lionboy: The Truth: ISBN 0142402265 (0-14-240226-5)
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- Lionboy: The Truth: ISBN 0142404543 (0-14-240454-3)
Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelterby Elizabeth HessISBN 015601288X (0-15-601288-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Magic for Beginnersby Kelly Link, Shelley JacksonISBN 0156031876 (0-15-603187-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Mary Moon Is Missingby Patricia Reilly Giff, Lynne Woodcock CravathISBN 0141308230 (0-14-130823-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary Moon Is Missing'Book summary:From the creator of the best-selling Kids of the Polk Street School series comes The Adventures of Minnie and Max, a new series about a spunky female detective and her trusty feline sidekick, Max.[via]In Mary Moon Is Missing, Minnie and her cat Max are on the case when a valuable racing pigeon disappears. The Pigeon Prize Race is this Saturday, and time is running out. Can they rescue the stolen pigeon in time?
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Meg's Castleby Helen NicollISBN 0140502602 (0-14-050260-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Meow!by Mick InkpenISBN 0152026665 (0-15-202666-5)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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Mr. Gumpy's Outingby John BurninghamISBN 0140502548 (0-14-050254-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Mr. Mistoffelees with Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazerby T. S. Eliot, Louise Howton, Errol Le CainISBN 0152562303 (0-15-256230-3)
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Mr. Putter & Tabby Fly the Planeby Cynthia Rylant, Arthur HowardISBN 0152562532 (0-15-256253-2)
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Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick the Pearsby Cynthia Rylant, Arthur HowardISBN 0152002464 (0-15-200246-4)
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Mr. Putter & Tabby Walk the Dogby Cynthia Rylant, Arthur HowardISBN 0152008918 (0-15-200891-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Putter & Tabby Walk the Dog'Book summary:Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, volunteer to walk their neighbors dog. They soon discover that Zeke isnt a dream dog after all. He might even be . . . a nightmare! Watercolor-and-ink pictures squeeze every bit of life and humor out of the stories. Solid fare for easy-reading shelves. --Booklist[via]More editions of Mr. Putter & Tabby Walk the Dog:
Mr. Putter and Tabby Paint the Porchby Cynthia Rylant, Arthur HowardISBN 0152024743 (0-15-202474-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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My Cat Maisieby Pamela AllenISBN 014054237X (0-14-054237-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Cat Maisie'Book summary:Andrew is a little boy who has no one to play with, so he is overjoyed when a stray cat shows up at his house. But Maisie doesn't like Andrew's rough games, and she runs away. When Andrew tries to play with the dog next door, he gets a taste of his own medicine--and by the time Maisie returns, he's learned how important it is to be gentle with new friends. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Full-color illustrations. [via]
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Nicky Visits the Fire Stationby Harriet Ziefert, Richard BrownISBN 0140559450 (0-14-055945-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nicky Visits the Fire Station'Book summary:Amusing, full-color illustrations enhance this lift-the-flap book about Nicky, the lovable, inquisitive kitten, who goes off to spend the day at the local fire station. [via]
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The Night Before Christmas : A Visit from St. Nicholasby Clement C. Moore, Reginald BirchISBN 0152048030 (0-15-204803-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Night Before Christmas : A Visit from St. Nicholas'Book summary:On a moonlit Christmas Eve, a family snuggles in for the long, cold night. The parents and children sleep soundly until . . . strange sounds from the snow-covered lawn awaken them. It's clear that there's glorious magic afoot when a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer appear--driven by jolly old St. Nick![via]
Celebrate the joy of the Christmas season with this beloved holiday poem, made new again in this gift edition brightened by the humor and warmth of Reginald Birch's illustrations.More editions of The Night Before Christmas : A Visit from St. Nicholas:
The Penguin Book of Japanese Verseby Geoffrey Bownas, Anthony ThwaiteISBN 0140585273 (0-14-058527-3)
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Pretend You're a Catby Jean Marzollo, Jerry PinkneyISBN 0140559930 (0-14-055993-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pretend You're a Cat'Book summary:With rhyming verse and full-color illustrations, young readers are asked to use their imagination to tranform themselves into a full cast of animals--such as a fish, bird, cow, or cat. Reprint. AB. SLJ. H. [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 0140373373 (0-14-037337-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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- Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0141439513 (0-14-143951-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Pride And Prejudice: ISBN 0143036238 (0-14-303623-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0192802380 (0-19-280238-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 019254702X (0-19-254702-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0140057749 (0-14-005774-9)
Softcover, Penguin Books - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0140430725 (0-14-043072-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0140434267 (0-14-043426-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 019282760X (0-19-282760-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0192833553 (0-19-283355-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0192100262 (0-19-210026-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0140373373 (0-14-037337-3)
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- Pride and Prejudice: ISBN 0141439513 (0-14-143951-3)
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The Prisoner of Zendaby Anthony HopeISBN 0140350322 (0-14-035032-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prisoner of Zenda'Book summary:Five times made into film versions since its original publication in 1894, The Prisoner of Zenda is a perennially popular adventure and romance story. Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-paced adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll must impersonate the rightful king in order to rescue him from the castle Zenda, all the while facing tests of honor with the beautiful Princess Flavia, and enduring tests of strength in his encounters with the villainous Black Michael and his handsome, debonair bodyguard, Rupert of Hentzau. [via]
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The Prisoner of Zenda/Rupert of Hentzauby Anthony HopeISBN 014043755X (0-14-043755-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prisoner of Zenda/Rupert of Hentzau'Book summary:Best known for his political fairy tale, The Prisoner of Zenda, which saw four major screen adaptations, including the acclaimed 1937 incarnation starring Ronald Colman, Anthony Hope was one of the few novelists to achieve wide popular and critical admiration during his lifetime.
Regarded by many critics as the finest adventure story ever written -- and certainly one of the most popular -- The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyl, a dashing English gentleman who bears an uncanny resemblance to the ruler of the fictional kingdom of Ruritania. Rassendyl masquerades as the king in order to save the country from a treacherous plot and secures the release of the wronged prisoner. In the process he wins the heart of the beautiful princess Flavia, but ultimately surrenders the crown and the hand of his beloved princess to the rightful ruler.
Rupert of Hentzau, which ends in tragedy rather than triumph, is the darker, more problematic sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda. Full of swash-buckling feats of heroism as well as witty irony, these adventure tales are also wonderfully executed satires on late nineteenth-century European politics. [via]
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Ratha and Thistle-chaserby Clare BellISBN 0142409448 (0-14-240944-8)
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A Rose for Pinkertonby Steven KelloggISBN 0142300098 (0-14-230009-8)
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Seaby Yukio MishimaISBN 0140028668 (0-14-002866-8)
Hardcover, Penguin
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The Sands of Timeby Michael HoeyeISBN 014250176X (0-14-250176-X)
Softcover, Speak
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Secret Life of Cat Ownersby FogleISBN 014026910X (0-14-026910-X)
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Selected Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 0156806479 (0-15-680647-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Poems'Book summary:Chosen by Eliot himself, the poems in this volume represent the poet's most important work before Four Quartets. Included here is some of the most celebrated verse in modern literature-"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Gerontion," "The Waste Land," "The Hollow Men," and "Ash Wednesday"-as well as many other fine selections from Eliot's early work. [via]
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Selected Prose of T. S. Eliotby T. S. EliotISBN 0156806541 (0-15-680654-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot'Book summary:Thirty-one essays-categorized as essays in generalization, appreciations of individual authors, and social and religious criticism - written over a half century. This volume reveals Eliots original ideas, cogent conclusions, and skill and grace in language. Edited and with an Introduction by Frank Kermode; Index. Published jointly with Farrar, Straus & Giroux.[via]More editions of Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot:
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The Singing Treeby Kate SeredyISBN 0140345434 (0-14-034543-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Singing Tree'Book summary:Life on the Hungarian plains us changing quickly for Jancsi and his cousin Kate. Father has given Jansci permission to be in charge of his own herd and Katehas begun to think of going to dnces. Then, when Hungary must send troops to fight in the great war and Jancsi's father is called to battle, the two cousins must grow up all the sooner. 20-black-and-white illustrations. [via]
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So You Want to Be a Wizardby Diane DuaneISBN 0152049401 (0-15-204940-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'So You Want to Be a Wizard'Book summary:Ages 10 & up. In the spirit of Madeleine L'Engle's classic A Wrinkle in Time, this is a fascinating and powerfully involving story about two lonely kids who are inadvertently caught up in the never-ending battle between good and evil. The problems of everyday adolescent life and the mysteries of magic are perfectly blended, along with plenty of humor and suspense. In a starred review, School Library Journal wrote, "well-structured and believable... this fantasy should have wide appeal." Horn Book wrote, "a splendid, unusual fantasy... an outstanding, original work." [via]
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Stella's Dancing Daysby Sandy Asher, Kathryn BrownISBN 0152016139 (0-15-201613-9)
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Sweet, Savage Deathby Orania PapazoglouISBN 0140077456 (0-14-007745-6)
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Tallyho, Pinkerton!by Steven KelloggISBN 0142300101 (0-14-230010-1)
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Tamsinby Peter S. BeagleISBN 0142401544 (0-14-240154-4)
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A Wizard Abroadby Diane DuaneISBN 0152055037 (0-15-205503-7)
Softcover, Magic Carpet Books
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Wizard Aloneby Diane DuaneISBN 0152049118 (0-15-204911-8)
Softcover, Magic Carpet Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard Alone'Book summary:Kit and Nita return to join forces against the evil Lone Power, this time over the heart and mind of a young autistic, in Diane Duane's sixth installment of the Young Wizards series. Initially, Kit finds himself flying solo as Nita has sunk into a deep depression over her mother's recent death. Luckily, his telepathic pooch, Ponch, is happy to fill Nita's niche temporarily, as long as biscuits are involved. Kit tries to understand why autistic wizard-in-training Darryl McAllister has been stuck in his Ordeal, or initiation, for over three months. Is it merely the fault of his autism? Inside Darryl's mind, Kit and Ponch find complex landscapes of weird beauty that belie Darryl's rocking, vacant exterior. But they also find the Lone Power, attacking Darryl with an unrelenting brutality that is excessive, even for the Source of all Evil. Meanwhile, Nita is distracted from her sadness by trying to discover the meaning of a series of strange dreams in which a being is pleading for her aid. Could the dreams be a call for help from Darryl? And if so, will Kit and Nita come together in time to destroy the Lone Power before it destroys them?
Though a novice to the series would definitely benefit from reading the previous books, Duane's latest mix of science and spell casting is thought provoking in its own right. She slips enough facts into this fiction to ensure that young readers will not only enjoy the quest, but also learn something along the way. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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