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45 Master Charactersby Victoria SchmidtISBN 1582970696 (1-58297-069-6)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '45 Master Characters'Book summary:Every novelist, screenwriter and oral storyteller faces the challenge of creating original and exciting characters, Archetypes - mythic, cross-cultural models from which all characters originate - provide a solid foundation upon which to fashion new and vastly different story people. 45 Master Characters explores the most common male and female archetypes, provides instructions for using them to create your own original characters, and gives examples of how other authors have brought such archetypes to life in novels, film and television. Worksheets are then included for writers to develop and map the lives of their own characters. [via]
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500 Basic Chinese CharactersISBN 7800524604 (7-80052-460-4)
Softcover, China Books & Periodicals
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeon Masters Guide: Special Reference Work a Compiled Volume of Information Primarily Used by Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Game Referees, Including Combat Tables, Monster Lists and Encounters, Treasure and Magic Tables...by Gary GygaxISBN 0935696024 (0-935696-02-4)
Hardcover, TSR
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Players Handbook: Special Reference Work a Compiled Volume of Information for Players of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Including, Character Races, Classes, and Level Abilities; Spell Tables and Descriptions; Equipment...by Gary GygaxISBN 0935696016 (0-935696-01-6)
Hardcover, Tsr Hobbies
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Advanced Dungeons and DragonsISBN 0786903295 (0-7869-0329-5)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manualby Gary GygaxISBN 0880380527 (0-88038-052-7)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Beginner's Chinese Scriptby Elizabeth Scurfield, Lianyi SongISBN 0658000810 (0-658-00081-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beginner's Chinese Script'Book summary:Learners are practically taken by the hand and instructed on the Chinese script. Opening the door to the fundamentals of reading and writing, this book includes 100 line drawings, self-testing activities and exercises, and examples taken from signs, menus, and other real-life situations.
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Bilbo, Le Hobbitby John R. R. TolkienISBN 2253049417 (2-253-04941-7)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Breathing Life into Your Charactersby Rachel BallonISBN 1582971811 (1-58297-181-1)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breathing Life into Your Characters'Book summary:Psychotherapist Rachel Ballon teaches the reader how to use the principles of psychology to understand their characters better. Through a mix of instruction, examples, and writing and visualization exercises, readers learn how to tap into their own stories and emotions to create realistic, complex characters. [via]
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Busy Nightby Ross CollinsISBN 1582347506 (1-58234-750-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Careers for Your Characters: A Writer's Guide to 101 Professions from Architect to Zoologistby Franz Neumann, Raymond ObstfeldISBN 1582971536 (1-58297-153-6)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Careers for Your Characters: A Writer's Guide to 101 Professions from Architect to Zoologist'Book summary:Creating realistic, well-developed characters that readers can believe in is one of the biggest challenges authors face. Careers for Your Characters makes it easier than ever by providing detailed descriptions for the ninety-nine most written-about professions - everything from ad executives to waiters. Each entry consists of a written description and a breakdown of the fine details,including education, salary, jargon, hazards, rewards and a typical daily schedule. Packed with informative sidebars and call-outs, this reader-friendly, interactive reference enables writers of any skill level to create characters whose professional lives resonate with realistic details and insider insights. [via]
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- Careers for Your Characters: A Writers Guide to 101 Professions from Architect to Zookeeper: ISBN 1582970831 (1-58297-083-1)
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Characters and Viewpointby Orson Scott CardISBN 0898799279 (0-89879-927-9)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Characters and Viewpoint'Book summary:Orson Scott Card presents practical, in-depth instruction on how fiction writers can make the best choices in creating characters and handling viewpoint. The author shows how to put original yet realistic people into fiction.' [via]
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Characters Around the Crossby Tom HoustonISBN 1857927435 (1-85792-743-5)
Softcover, Appalachian Bible Co & Christian
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Characters Around the Cross'Book summary:In this updated and expanded version of the popular original, Tom Houston brings to life each of the characters involved in the death of Jesus on the cross. He provides us with insights into the historical context of each character and encourages us to imagine the impact that their encounter with Jesus would have had on their lives [via]
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A Chinese Character A Day: Practice Pad 365 Characters... Learn One In Only Minutes Every Dayby Philip Yungkin LeeISBN 0804833893 (0-8048-3389-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Collected Poems Of Emily Dickinsonby Emily Dickinson, Rachel WetzsteonISBN 1593080506 (1-59308-050-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems Of Emily Dickinson'Book summary:The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, by Emily Dickinson, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830, Dickinson began life as an energetic, outgoing young woman who excelled as a student. However, in her mid-twenties she began to grow reclusive, and eventually she rarely descended from her room in her father's house. She spent most of her time working on her poetry, largely without encouragement or real interest from her family and peers, and died at age fifty-five. Only a handful of her 1,775 poems had been published during her lifetime. When her poems finally appeared after her death, readers immediately recognized an artist whose immense depth and stylistic complexities would one day make her the most widely recognized female poet to write in the English language. Dickinson's poetry is remarkable for its tightly controlled emotional and intellectual energy. [via]
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The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypesby Sue Viders, Tami D. Cowden, Caro LafeverISBN 1580650244 (1-58065-024-4)
Softcover, Lone Eagle Pub Co
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Creating Character Emotionsby Ann HoodISBN 1884910335 (1-884910-33-5)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creating Character Emotions'Book summary:In this unique book, Ann Hood will help you find fresh, creative images, words and gestures to evoke feelings in your fiction. In 36 mini-lessons," Hood sheds new light on love, hate, fear, grief, guilt, hope, jealousy and other major emotions. Each lesson offers instruction on rendering that particular sentiment; "good" and "bad" examples illustrating how writers have succeeded and where others have gone wrong; and imaginative exercises for putting the feeling into words.
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Creating Charactersby Dwight V. SwainISBN 0898796628 (0-89879-662-8)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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Creating Characters Kids Will Loveby Elaine Marie AlphinISBN 1582973695 (1-58297-369-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chroniclesby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes Porta Fuentes, Jun'ichi MatsuuraISBN 8483101718 (84-8310-171-8)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chronicles'Book summary:Tooru Okada, un joven japonés que acaba de dejar voluntariamente su trabajo en un bufete de abogados, recibe un buen día la llamada anónima de una mujer. A partir de ese momento la vida de Tooru, que había transcurrido por los cauces de la más absoluta normalidad, empieza a sufrir una extraña transformación. A su alrededor van apareciendo personajes cada vez más extraños, y la realidad, o lo real, va degradándose hasta convertirse en algo fantasmagórico.
The masterpiece of Japanese cult writer Haruki Murakami, the story of Tooru Okada, a young lawyer whose life begins to undergo a bizarre transformation. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle presents a collection of characters as surprising as they are real. [via]More editions of Cronica Del Pajaro/bird Chronicles:
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Crossing Californiaby Adam LangerISBN 1594480818 (1-59448-081-8)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crossing California'Book summary:Set in Chicago's Jewish neighborhood of West Rogers Park, this is the story of three families--adults and children alike--coming of age during the tumultuous, turbulent days of the Iran hostage crisis. At the close of the 1970s, the Rovners, the Wasserstroms, and the Wills-Silvermans will have to shed their pasts to cross into that new, shining decade of hope: the 80s. [via]
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David Copperfieldby Charles DickensISBN 1592640605 (1-59264-060-5)
Softcover, Toby Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Copperfield'Book summary:David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Dickenss favorite of all his novels, David Copperfield is the story of a boy who loses both parents at an early age, and who escapes the torture of working for his pitiless stepfather to make something of himself and, with any luck, find true happiness.
David Copperfield features an unforgettable gallery of characters, including Davids cruel stepfather Mr. Murdstone, the unctuous Uriah Heep, the amiable Mr. Micawber, whom Dickens based on his father, and Dora Spenglow, whom David marries and calls his child-wife. Written in the first person, David Copperfield is perhaps the most autobiographical of Dickenss fictions. This new edition includes commentaries, discussion questions, and Phizs original illustrations.[via]Features the original illustrations by Phiz.Radhika Jones is the managing editor of Grand Street magazine, a freelance writer, and a Ph.D. candidate in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Jones also wrote the introduction and notes for the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Charles Dickenss Great Expectations.
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Dungeons & Dragons Player's HandbookISBN 0786915501 (0-7869-1550-1)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
Find This BookBook summary:The Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition Player's Handbook contains all the rules you need to create characters and begin adventuring with the world's most popular role-playing game. Newcomers to the game will appreciate this book's clear explanations, effective examples, pleasing layout, elegant rules, and brilliant art. It's never been easier to create and role-play a heroic human ranger, cunning elf wizard, or any other fantasy character from the game's 7 races and 11 classes.
Old-school players will likewise be pleased, as the outdated AD&D rules system has been given a thorough overhaul. Gone are almost all the old restrictions on race and alignment. Halfling sorcerers, half-orc paladins, dwarf barbarians and gnome monks are now possible. THACO, negative armour class, funky saving throws, inflated ability scores, heat-based infravision and just about every other needlessly complex rule has been reworked into a faster, more consistent and fun system. Players can choose unique special abilities for their characters as they gain levels, which means that even two fighters of the same race and class can have very different abilities. The end result of all these changes is a dynamic game with more customised characters.
Almost every page has some form of new artwork, and the art almost always serves to explain a concept or illustrate a point. The book is filled with example montages that help to show the difference between human, half-elf and elf, or relative size differences between creatures or what the various levels of cover and concealment look like. These illustrations make the rules much more clear. The style of the artwork is consistent throughout the book and is a definite departure from older editions of AD&D. Instead of the classic medieval artwork of Larry Elmore, the new book has the spiky, leathery, Mad Max-meets-Renaissance look of the Magic: The Gathering card game.
The illustrative changes may be too radical a departure from AD&D tradition for some, but the other modifications are definite improvements. The rules are fast and clear, and the characters--including the new sorcerer class and the return of the monk, barbarian and half-orc--are fabulous. If you're new to the D&D game, then this rule book is the perfect introduction. And if you're an old-school gamer who's played D&D since its inception, then welcome to then new era. You won't want to go back. --Mike Fehlauer, Amazon.com [via]
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Dynamic Charactersby Nancy KressISBN 1582973199 (1-58297-319-9)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dynamic Characters'Book summary:A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next.
In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story.
Kress balances her writing instruction with hands-on checklists to help you build strong characters from the outside in. Blending physical, emotional and mental characterization, you'll learn to create characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, make physical and emotional transformations, and power the plot from beginning to end.
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El Hobbit / the Hobbitby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1594130051 (1-59413-005-1)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Hobbit / the Hobbit'Book summary:Smaug parecia profundamente dormido cuando Bilbo espio una vez mas desde la entrada. Pero fingia estar dormido! ¡Estaba vigilando la entrada del tunel!... Sacado de su comodo agujero-hobbit por Gandalf y una banda de enanos, Bilbo se encuentra de pronto en medio de una conspiracion que pretende apoderarse del tesoro de Smaug el Magnifico, un enorme y muy peligroso dragon...Todos los que aman esos libros para ninos que pueden ser leidos y releidos por adultos han de tomar buena cuenta de que una nueva estrella ha aparecido en esa constelacion. [via]
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The Elements of Playwritingby Louis E. CatronISBN 157766227X (1-57766-227-X)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Playwriting'Book summary:For those interested in learning and honing the art and craft of creative playwriting! With an infectious enthusiasm for the theater, Catron presents the basic principles of playwriting, including plot, dialogue, and character development, as well as the more complex issues of creating multi-dimensional characters and writing stageworthy plays that will attract producers, directors, actors, and audiences. Throughout, he sprinkles examples from classical and modern plays, provides exercises for sharpening and developing skills, and offers practical guidelines on working with actors and directors, getting produced and published, and finding an agent. Favoring concrete advice over theory, The Elements of Playwriting is an invaluable resource for both beginning and advanced playwrights and for anyone involved in the art and craft of theater. Special features: 1) provides step-by-step techniques for improving a play; 2) includes information about copyright, agents, organizations, and references; and 3) offers end-of-chapter exercises for fine-tuning creative application of topics discussed. [via]
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Entretien Avec UN Vampire/Interview With the Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 2266034839 (2-266-03483-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entretien Avec UN Vampire/Interview With the Vampire'Book summary:tome 1 de la saga chronique des vampires; [via]
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Fun With Chinese Charactersby Tan Huay Peng, Huoping ChenISBN 1932457003 (1-932457-00-3)
Softcover, Master Communications Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fun With Chinese Characters'Book summary:Fun with Chinese Characters (in three volumes) makes learning Chinese characters entertaining and memorable! Every page contains all the information you need to learn a Chinese character: the origin (etymology) of a character, its description and an entertaining illustration by cartoonist Tan Huay Peng. Knowing the origin greatly simplify the recognition the characters. The cartoons which accompany each character are often comical and clever. Examples of how the character is used in compound phrases are offered. First volume contains an in-depth introduction on the genesis of the characters. The third volume contains index of all 480 characters and their location.
The characters are written in traditional and simplified characters and has romanized pinyin pronunciation. Stroke orders, definition and example sentence make this book a valuable resource. Learning Chinese characters has never been so much fun! [via]
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- Fun With Chinese Characters: ISBN 9971460726 (9971-4-6072-6)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books - Fun With Chinese Characters: ISBN 9971460734 (9971-4-6073-4)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books - Fun With Chinese Characters: ISBN 9971460742 (9971-4-6074-2)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books - Fun With Chinese Characters: ISBN 1932457003 (1-932457-00-3)
Softcover, Master Communications Inc
- Fun With Chinese Characters: ISBN 9971460726 (9971-4-6072-6)
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Homelandby Andrew Dabb, R. A. Salvatore, Tim SeeleyISBN 1932796584 (1-932796-58-4)
Hardcover, Devil's Due Publishing, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homeland'Book summary:Travel back to strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the Drow and homeland to Icewind Dale hero Drizzt Do'Urden in this new limited edition hardcover version of the best selling Forgotten Realms Book I: Homeland. [via]
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Homelandby R. A. Salvatore, Tim Seeley, Andrew DaabISBN 1932796401 (1-932796-40-1)
Softcover, Devil's Due Publishing, Incorporated
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The Idiotby Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Black Garnett, Elina YuffaISBN 1593080581 (1-59308-058-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idiot: Library Edition'Book summary:[via]The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Just two years after completing Crime and Punishment, which explored the mind of a murderer, Dostoevsky produced another masterpiece, The Idiot. This time the author portrays a truly beautiful soula character he found difficult to bring to life because, as he wrote, beauty is the ideal, and neither my country, nor civilized Europe, know what that ideal of beauty is. The result was one of Dostoevskys greatest charactersPrince Myshkin, a saintly, Christ-like, yet deeply human figure.
The story begins when Myshkin arrives on Russian soil after a stay in a Swiss sanatorium. Scorned by St. Petersburg society as an idiot for his generosity and innocence, the prince finds himself at the center of a struggle between a rich, kept woman and a beautiful, virtuous girl, who both hope to win his affection. Unfortunately, Myshkins very goodness seems to bring disaster to everyone he meets. The shocking denouement tragically reveals how, in a world obsessed with money, power, and sexual conquest, a sanatorium is the only place for a saint.Joseph Frank is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of a five-volume study of Dostoevskys life and work. The first four volumes received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, two Christian Gauss Awards, two James Russell Lowell Awards of the Modern Language Association, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and other honors. Frank is also the author of Through the Russian Prism: Essays on Literature and Culture, The Widening Gyre, and The Idea of Spatial Form. He also wrote the introduction to the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Dostoevskys The House of the Dead and Poor Folk.More editions of The Idiot:
- The Idiot: ISBN 1853261750 (1-85326-175-0)
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Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - The Idiot: ISBN 5050028035 (5-05-002803-5)
Hardcover, Raduga Publishers - The Idiot: Library Edition: ISBN 1593080581 (1-59308-058-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
- The Idiot: ISBN 1853261750 (1-85326-175-0)
In the Miso Soupby Ralph F. McCarthy, Ryu Murakami, YOMIURI SHIMBUNSHAISBN 4770029578 (4-7700-2957-8)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Inner Drives : How to Write and Create Characters Using the Eight Classic Centers of Motivationby Pamela Jaye SmithISBN 1932907033 (1-932907-03-3)
Softcover, Wiese Productions, Michael
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The Long Dryby Cynan JonesISBN 190263893X (1-902638-93-X)
Softcover, Parthian Books
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Lord of Chaosby Robert JordanISBN 1857232623 (1-85723-262-3)
Softcover, Little Brown Uk
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![Haig, John H.: The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary: [Shinpan Neruson Kan-Ei Jiten] Based on the Classic Edition by Andrew N. Nelson](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/4805305460.01._SL160_SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg "Haig, John H.: The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary: [Shinpan Neruson Kan-Ei Jiten] Based on the Classic Edition by Andrew N. Nelson")
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary: [Shinpan Neruson Kan-Ei Jiten] Based on the Classic Edition by Andrew N. Nelsonby John H. Haig, Andrew Nathaniel Nelson, University of Hawaii at ManoaISBN 4805305460 (4-8053-0546-0)
Hardcover, C.E. Tuttle Co
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Noruwei No Moriby Haruki MurakamiISBN 4062035162 (4-06-203516-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha
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Norwegian Woodby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860468004 (1-86046-800-4)
Softcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norwegian Wood'Book summary:This book catapulted Murakami to iconic status on its publication in Japan and many instances of popularity - wearing different colors on special days, for instance - have passed into literary legend & lore. [via]
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The Novelist's Notebookby Laurie HenryISBN 1884910424 (1-884910-42-4)
Softcover, Story Pr
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The Personal History of David Copperfieldby Charles DickensISBN 1857150317 (1-85715-031-7)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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Pictoplasmaby Peter Thaler, Robert KlantenISBN 3931126587 (3-931126-58-7)
Hardcover, Prestel Pub
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Pictoplasma 2: Contemporary Character Designby Peter ThalerISBN 3899550218 (3-89955-021-8)
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Player's Handbookby David "Zeb" CookISBN 0880387165 (0-88038-716-5)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook Iby Skip Williams, Monte Cook, Dungeons & DragonsISBN 0786928867 (0-7869-2886-7)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I'Book summary:Endless adventure and untold excitement await! Prepare to venture forth with your bold compaions into a world of heroic fantasy. Within these pages, you'll discover all the tools and options you need to create characters worthy of song and legend for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.
The revised Player's Handbook is the definitive rulebook for the Dungeons & Dragons game. It contains complete rules for the newest edition and is an essential purchase for anyone who wants to play the game.
The revised Player's Handbook received revisions to character classes to make them more balanced, including updates to the bard, druid, monk, paladin, and ranger. Spell lists for characters have been revised and some spell levels adjusted. Skills have been consolidated somewhat and clarified. A larger number of feats have been added to give even more options for character customization in this area. In addition, the new and revised content instructs players on how to take full advantage of the tie-in D&D miniatures line planned to release in the fall of 2003 from Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
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Popular Chinese Phrases And Expressionsby Cathy Xiaoxia ZhouISBN 1592650279 (1-59265-027-9)
Softcover, Long River Pr
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Practical Chinese Reader Book 2: Character Exercise Book (Simplified Character Edition)by Beijing Language InstituteISBN 7100000920 (7-100-00092-0)
Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Practical Chinese Reader Book 2: Character Exercise Book (Simplified Character Edition)'Book summary:Designed as a supplement to Practical Chinese Reader I, this book of exercises helps foreign students of the Chinese language to acquire proficiency in identifying and writing characters. [via]
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Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day Peopleby Charles DickensISBN 1905432976 (1-905432-97-6)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860465943 (1-86046-594-3)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South of the Border, West of the Sun'Book summary:In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:
When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound.
Murakami eschews the fantastic elements that appear in many of his other novels and stories, and readers hoping for a glimpse of the Sheep Man will be disappointed. Yet South of the Border, West of the Sun is as rich and mysterious as anything he has written. It is above all a complex, moving, and honest meditation on the nature of love, distilled into a work with the crystal clarity of a short story. A Nat "King" Cole song, a figure on a crowded street, a face pressed against a car window, a handful of ashes drifting down a river to the sea are woven together into a story that refuses to arrive at a simple conclusion. The classic love triangle may seem like a hackneyed theme for a writer as talented as Murakami, but in his quietly dazzling way, he bends us to his own unique geometry. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of South of the Border, West of the Sun:
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Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Scriptby Elizabeth Scurfield, Lianyi Song, Song LianyiISBN 0071419837 (0-07-141983-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Teach Yourself Beginner's Chinese Script'Book summary:Now learning non-Roman-alphabet languages is as easy as A-B-C!
Readers wanting to learn the basics of reading and writing a new language that employs script will find all they need in the Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series. Each book includes a step-by-step introduction to reading and writing in a new language as well as tips and practice exercises to build learners' skills. Thanks to the experts at Teach Yourself, script will no longer be all "Greek" to language learners--unless of course, it is Greek script! Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series books feature:
- Origins of the language
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- Lots of "hands-on" exercises and activities
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What Would Your Character Do: Personality Quizzes for Analyzing Your Charactersby Eric Maisel, Ann MaiselISBN 1582973725 (1-58297-372-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicleby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860464696 (1-86046-469-6)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'Book summary:Bad things come in threes for Toru Okada. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him to a bizarre collection of characters, including two psychic sisters, a possibly unbalanced teenager, an old soldier who witnessed the massacres on the Chinese mainland at the beginning of the Second World War, and a very shady politician.
Haruki Murakami is a master of subtly disturbing prose. Mundane events throb with menace, while the bizarre is accepted without comment. Meaning always seems to be just out of reach, for the reader as well as for the characters, yet one is drawn inexorably into a mystery that may have no solution. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an extended meditation on themes that appear throughout Murakami's earlier work. The tropes of popular culture, movies, music, detective stories, combine to create a work that explores both the surface and the hidden depths of Japanese society at the end of the 20th century.
If it were possible to isolate one theme in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, that theme would be responsibility. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China keep rising to the surface like a repressed memory, and Toru Okada himself is compelled by events to take responsibility for his actions and struggle with his essentially passive nature. If Toru is supposed to be a Japanese Everyman, steeped as he is in Western popular culture and ignorant of the secret history of his own nation, this novel paints a bleak picture. Like the winding up of the titular bird, Murakami slowly twists the gossamer threads of his story into something of considerable weight. --Simon Leake [via]
Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint (Techniques and exercises for crafting dynamic characters and effective viewpoints)by Nancy KressISBN 1582973164 (1-58297-316-4)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebookby Sherrilyn KenyonISBN 1582972958 (1-58297-295-8)
Hardcover, Writers Digest Books
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The Writer's Digest Sourcebook for Building Believable Charactersby Marc McCutcheonISBN 1582970270 (1-58297-027-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Writer's Digest Sourcebook for Building Believable Characters'Book summary:Using this reference, readers can create characters who think, hope, love, cry, cause or feel pain, save the day - and seize readers by emotion. Mark McCutcheon eases the process of building convincing characters for stories and novels. He starts by conducting an inspiring and informative roundtable where six novelists reveal their approaches to characterization. Next, he provides a character questionnaire more detailed than the nosiest survey. Readers will fill it out and they'll know fictional people as though they'd grown up with them. Finally, there is a thesaurus of human characteristics - physical and psychological. Fit them together artfully and characters will climb right off the page. [via]
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The Writer's Guide to Character Traitsby Linda EdelsteinISBN 1582973903 (1-58297-390-3)
Softcover, F & W Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Writer's Guide to Character Traits'Book summary:Stereotypes exist for a reason; usually, because there's an element of truth to them. With The Writer's Guide to Character Traits, psychologist-professor Linda Edelstein has created a kind of Psych 101 for Writers. Her goal is a "friendly reference" for writers who want "to create believable characters and need accurate information about personality and behavior." Sure, disparage it if you like. But wouldn't you like to know which of your protagonist's offspring is most predisposed to warming up to their new stepfather? What kind of criminal is likely to have a religious mother? The traits of people who commit suicide? Edelstein has included more than 400 lists: of traits associated with child development, psychological disorders, criminal styles, sexual styles, love and marriage, life-changing events, physical problems, career, and so on. "Even when a writer's imagination soars to places more fascinating than reality," says Edelstein, "characters must possess an internal cohesiveness; they must make sense." And let's face it: "People," she adds, "are more consistent than not." (With real-life character anecdotes from Edelstein's own work and a huge character-trait cross-referencing index at book's end.) --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Al Sur De La Frontera, Al Oeste Del Sol / South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes PortaISBN 8483102501 (84-8310-250-1)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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Entrevista Con El Vampiroby Anne Rice, Marcelo CovianISBN 8466616209 (84-666-1620-9)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entrevista con el Vampiro'Book summary:The archetypal vampire myth is refreshed for a modern audience in this narrative of an 18th-century Louisiana plantation owner named Louis Pointe du Lac and the charismatic and powerful vampire Lestat who chooses Louis to be his fledgling. In Louis's first-person confession to a skeptical boy, this novel transforms the vampire from a hideous predator into a highly sympathetic, seductive, and human figure. The life of immortal Lestat, raised with a deep Catholic faith, provides a background for the novel's philosophical discussions of the nature of evil, the reality of death, and the limits of human perception.[via]La mitología del vampiro es reinventado para lectores del siglo 20 en esta historia de Louis Pointe du Lac, el dueño de una plantación en el Louisiana del siglo 18, y el vampiro poderoso y dinámico Lestat quien adopta a Louis como discípulo. El voz de Louis narra la novela, y este punto de vista trasforma el vampiro de un monstruo a una figura simpática, seductiva, y humana. La vida de inmortal Lestat, quien tiene profunda fe católica, provee una arena para discursos filosóficos de la natura del malo, la realidad de la muerte, y las limitaciones de la percepción humana.More editions of Entrevista Con El Vampiro:
Entrevista Con El Vampiro / Interview With The Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 8495501252 (84-95501-25-2)
Softcover, Distal USA Inc
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El Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Dixon, Sean Deming, Lorenzo Diaz, Dixon & WenzelISBN 1594970718 (1-59497-071-8)
Hardcover, Public Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Hobbit'Book summary:DESCRIPTION: Nota: En los titulos y nombres de autores, los marcos ortograficos han sido omitidos para facilitar las busquedas de Internet.
Description del libro en espanol: El dia en que Bilbo Bolson recibe la visita inesperada del mago Gandalf y de un grupo de enanos, su placida existencia de hobbit cambia radicalmente. Elfos, dragones y un anillo magico se cruzaran en la aventura mas fantastica de toda su vida. . .Charles Dixon y David Wenzel adaptan al comic preludio de El Senor de los Anillos, la obra maestro de J.R.R. Tolkien.
Book Description in English: First published in the United States more than sixty years ago, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. Tolkien's fantasy was then adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right...
The enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger - and in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all of Middle-earth. [via]
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El Hobbit / the Hobbitby J. R. R. Tolkien, Manuel FigueroaISBN 8445071416 (84-450-7141-6)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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El Hobbit/ the Hobbitby Not AvailableISBN 8445070371 (84-450-7037-1)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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El Idiota (1) / Idiotby Fiodor M. DostoievskiISBN 8420634603 (84-206-3460-3)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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Matar UN Ruisenor/to Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee, Baldomero PortaISBN 8401492041 (84-01-49204-1)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matar UN Ruisenor/to Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, this story follows three years in the life of eight-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus. The three years are punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up, all through the eyes of a young girl. Robert Mulligan directed the film adaptation, which won an Oscar for best script (Horton Foote) and best actor (Gregory Peck).[via]More editions of Matar UN Ruisenor/to Kill a Mockingbird:
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Tokio Bluesby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes Porta FuentesISBN 8483103079 (84-8310-307-9)
Softcover, Tusquets USA Pub
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A Chinese Character a Day: Practice Padby LeeISBN 0804833885 (0-8048-3388-5)
Hardcover, Tuttle Pub
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Fun with Chinese Charactersby Tan Huay PengISBN 981013004X (981-01-3004-X)
Hardcover, Federal Publications (S) Pte Ltd
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Interview Mit Einem Vampirby Anne RiceISBN 3442430534 (3-442-43053-4)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Tintenherzby Cornelia Caroline FunkeISBN 3791504657 (3-7915-0465-7)
Hardcover, Dressler
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tintenherz'Book summary:Meggie lebt mit ihrem Vater Mo, einem "Bücherarzt", in einem alten Haus. Da steht eines Nachts ein merkwürdiger Mann vor der Tür. Er warnt Mo vor jemandem namens Capricorn. Bei Nacht und Nebel fliehen die drei, und nach und nach findet Meggie heraus, dass ihr Vater allerlei Geheimnisse vor ihr verbirgt. Wieso hat er sich zum Beispiel immer geweigert, ihr vorzulesen? Und was ist mit Meggies Mutter wirklich geschehen, die vor vielen Jahren verschwand?
Meggie bekommt erste Antworten, als sie vom grausamen Capricorn gefangen genommen werden. Er tut alles, um von Mo das Buch "Tintenherz" zu bekommen. Denn Capricorn selbst -- und nicht nur er -- ist aus diesem Buch in unsere Welt gekommen, "herausgelesen" von Mo. Ein Albtraum wird lebendig, ein Buch erwacht zum Leben. Und Meggie wird zum Angelpunkt eines dunklen Kampfes zwischen Realität und allzu realer Fiktion.
Tintenherz ist ein fabelhaft erzähltes Buch über Bücher, über das Wunder des Lesens und über die Bedeutung, die Geschichten für unser Leben haben. Wer hätte sich nicht schon einmal gewünscht, dass die Figuren aus seinen Büchern lebendig werden? Funke lässt diesen Traum Wirklichkeit werden. Aber Meggie, Mo und alle anderen zahlen dafür einen hohen Preis. Denn wundersame Märchenwelt und finsterer Albtraum gehen Hand in Hand, und das Böse scheint von Anfang an die besseren Karten zu haben...
Mit ihrem neuen Buch wird Cornelia Funke nicht nur ihre Fangemeinde begeistern. Auch diejenigen, die ihre Bücher noch nicht kennen, werden "Funke-süchtig" werden, sobald sie einige Seiten gelesen haben. Und die einen wie die anderen werden am Ende erstaunt und betrübt feststellen, dass sie die fast 600 Seiten wie im Rausch verschlungen haben. Aber glücklicherweise gibt es ja noch andere Bücher von dieser außergewöhnlichen Autorin, die zu Recht seit ihrem Buch Herr der Diebe auch international bekannt ist. --Gabi Neumayer [via]
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De Kinesiska Radikaltecknen Av ar 1980: Jamforda Med Traditionella Ett Hjalpmedel For Nyborjareby Olov Bertil AndersonISBN 9144214510 (91-44-21451-0)
Hardcover, Studentlitteratur
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O Hobbit/ The Hobbitby J. R. R. Tolkien, Moises Rodriguez BarciaISBN 8483024950 (84-8302-495-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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Bilbo, Le Hobbitby John R. R. TolkienISBN 2010199073 (2-01-019907-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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