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Aesop's Fablesby Roberto PiuminiISBN 0812059581 (0-8120-5958-1)
Hardcover, Barrons Juveniles
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:What's the overriding moral of Aesop's Fables? Great lessons of life don't ever go out-of-date. This popular volume contains twenty familiar tales by Aesop, the legendary storyteller of ancient Greece. Extraordinarily attractive full-page color illustrations by the contemporary Italian artist Fulvio Testa capture the classic aura of The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Crow, The Donkey and the Dog and sixteen more. [via]
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Any Bitter Thingby Monica WoodISBN 0811846040 (0-8118-4604-0)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Any Bitter Thing'Book summary:Richard Russo has celebrated Monica Wood's fiction as "thoroughly captivatingwarm and wise and beautifully written," and Andre Dubus III praised it as "luminous and gracefulentertaining yet transcendent." Any Bitter Thing, Wood's brilliant new novel, is her breakout book, a timely, gripping, and compassionate tale of family, faith, and deeply hidden truths. One of its greatest strengths is its continuous ability to defy expectations. It's not what you think. It is worse. Lizzy Mitchell was raised from the age of two by her uncle, a Catholic priest. When she was nine, he was falsely accused of improprieties with her and dismissed from his church, and she was sent away to boarding school. Now thirty years old and in a failing marriage, she is nearly killed in a traffic accident. What she discovers when she sets out to find the truths surrounding the accidentand about the accusations that led to her uncle's deathdoes more than change her life. With deft insight into the snares of the human heart, Monica Wood has written an intimate and emotionally expansive novel full of understanding and hope. [via]
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The Art of Maurice Sendakby Robert Morton, Selma G. LanesISBN 0810916002 (0-8109-1600-2)
Hardcover, Abrams
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The Art of Maurice Sendakby Selma G. LanesISBN 0810980630 (0-8109-8063-0)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Maurice Sendak'Book summary:In a nutshell, The Art of Maurice Sendak is simply stunning. Page after page of lavish full-color illustrations and black-and-whites from one of America's best-loved children's artists adorn this hefty volume. Sendak, best known for the charming and timeless Where the Wild Things Are, never fails to amuse and astonish with his creative wizardry. He was talented from the cradle, and his early works from the 1940s are given due recognition here--reflecting his fascination with the small intricacies of being human, and his devilish sense of humor. Even a stuffy physics textbook from 1947 is given the Sendak touch, as atoms, molecules, and chain reactions take on the form of people jiving and swinging. Always the artistic adventurer, Sendak experiments with many different forms--from the fairy-tale-like pen-and-ink drawings of Higglety Pigglety Pop! to the beautiful watercolor pieces that illustrate Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. Virtually every page contains another Sendak gem--be it a quick sketch, an exquisite portrait of his mother or sister, or the preliminary drawings from Where the Wild Things Are. Three huge fold-outs make for an extra-special treat.
The book's rich text is exemplary--based on interviews, conversations, and extensive research by Sendak's close friend Selma Lanes. The author invites us into the very special world of Maurice Sendak, a place of fantasies and wonderment, a land where adults can be children--and never grow up. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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At the Back of the North Windby George MacDonaldISBN 0812567129 (0-8125-6712-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Black Beautyby Anna SewellISBN 0812504283 (0-8125-0428-3)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Black Boy (American Hunger): A Record of Childhood and Youthby Richard WrightISBN 0808510525 (0-8085-1052-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Boy (American Hunger): A Record of Childhood and Youth'Book summary:Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot.
Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictmenta poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.
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The Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0812504321 (0-8125-0432-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Captains Courageousby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0812504380 (0-8125-0438-0)
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This edition of Captains Courageous includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R.L. Fisher.
Harvey Cheyne fell oveboard off a luxury liner and was saved by the schooner We're Here. But instead of thanking his rescuers, the filthy rich, spoiled rotten kid demanded the Gloucester fishermen sail back to New York. Then Harvey got the shock of his life.
A punch in the mouth.
Capt. Disko Troop didn't know who Harvey's millionaire dad was. And didn't care. His ship would return to port when her holds were full--in about six months.
The world of Disko and Dan Troop, Long Jack, Salters and mad Penn. A world of struggle and backbreaking challenge, where honor meant more than money, and trust meant more than fame. Where men's minds, hearts, and strong muscles were pitted against the awesome majesty, fury, and terror of the unending depths: the world of wooden ships and high seas.
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Castleby David MacaulayISBN 0808507656 (0-8085-0765-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castle'Book summary:Imagine yourself in 13th-century England. King Edward I has just named the fictitious Kevin le Strange to be the Lord of Aberwyvern--"a rich but rebellious area of Northwest Wales." Lord Kevin's first task is to oversee the construction of a strategically placed castle and town in order to assure that England can "dominate the Welsh once and for all." And a story is born! In the Caldecott Honor Book Castle, David Macaulay--author, illustrator, former architect and teacher--sets his sights on the creation and destiny of Lord Kevin's magnificent castle perched on a bluff overlooking the sea. Brick by brick, tool by tool, worker by worker, we witness the methodical construction of a castle through exquisitely detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Children who love to know how things work especially appreciate Macaulay's passion for process and engineering. Moats, arrow loops, plumbing, dungeons, and weaponry are all explained in satisfying detail. This talented author also has a keen sense of irony and tragedy, which is played out in the intricacies of the human story: a castle can be built as a fortress, but ultimately it becomes obsolete when humans discover that cooperation works best. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson [via]
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Catch-22by Joseph HellerISBN 0808514024 (0-8085-1402-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catch-22'Book summary:There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters demonstrate that what is commonly held to be good, is bad; what is sensible, is nonsense.
Yossarian says, "You're talking about winning the war, and I am talking about winning the war and keeping alive."
"Exactly," Clevinger snapped smugly. "And which do you think is more important?"
"To whom?" Yossarian shot back. "It doesn't make a damn bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
"I can't think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy."
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Mirabile dictu, the book holds up post-Reagan, post-Gulf War. It's a good thing, too. As long as there's a military, that engine of lethal authority, Catch-22 will shine as a handbook for smart-alecky pacifists. It's an utterly serious and sad, but damn funny book. [via]More editions of Catch-22:
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Charles Dickens' a Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens, Polly Alison MorriceISBN 0812034449 (0-8120-3444-9)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Dickens' a Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers. [via]
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A Child's Christmas in Walesby Dylan Thomas, Fritz EichenbergISBN 0811213099 (0-8112-1309-9)
Softcover, New Directions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's Christmas in Wales'Book summary:In print for over forty years, this gem of lyric prose has enchanted both young and old and is now a modern classic.
The classic "little blue edition" with matching mailing envelope to send as a holiday gift. Dylan Thomas, one of the greatest poets and storytellers of the twentieth century, captures a child's-eye view, and an adult's fond remembrance, of a magical time of presents, aunts and uncles, the frozen sea, and, in the best of circumstances, newly fallen snowits wonder, silence, and snowball mischief.
This edition published by New Directions is the most popular format of A Child's Christmas in Walesa booklet size that can be mailed in an accompanying envelope. [via]More editions of A Child's Christmas in Wales:
A Child's Christmas in Walesby Fritz Eichenberg, Dylan ThomasISBN 0811211541 (0-8112-1154-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Child's Garden of Versesby Cooper Edens, Edens CooperISBN 0811841685 (0-8118-4168-5)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child's Garden of Verses'Book summary:This beautiful board book features eight of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poems with antique illustrations by some of the best-known children's book illustrators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Charles Robinson, H. Willebeek Le Mair and Jessie Willcox Smith. An unforgettable treat for the very youngest readers. [via]
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Child's Garden of Versesby Robert Louis Stevenson, Joanna IslesISBN 0810931966 (0-8109-3196-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Child's Garden of Verses'Book summary:"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."
With this "Happy Thought," Robert Louis Stevenson speaks for all the delights of childhood. But he doesn't stop there. A Child's Garden of Verses, written over a century ago, is filled to the brim with what are usually considered to be the first real poems written for children. This classic volume is an old friend to the generations of readers who were brought up on "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me/ And what can be the use of him is more than I can see." In this perfectly lovely edition, the gossamer art of Jessie Willcox Smith (who first illustrated Stevenson's poems in the early years of the 20th century) is reproduced in all its charming glory. Black and white drawings throughout and eight full-page, warmly colorful paintings show beautiful, yet pleasantly imperfect children, busy at their daily activities--climbing trees, watching their reflections in a river, or sick in bed with an army of toy soldiers on guard. Place this on the shelf next to Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss, and Peter Rabbit. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Confessions of a Maskby Yukio MishimaISBN 081120118X (0-8112-0118-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of a Mask'Book summary:One of the classics of modern Japanese fiction.
Confessions of a Mask is the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact that he is unlike other young men. Mishima's protagonist discovers that he is becoming a homosexual in polite, post-war Japan. To survive, he must live behind a mask of propriety.
Christopher Isherwood comments"One might say, 'Here is a Japanese Gide,'....But no, Mishima is himselfa very Japanese Mishima; lucid in the midst of emotional confusion, funny in the midst of despair, quite without pomposity, sentimentality or self-pity. His book, like no other, has made me understand a little of how it feels to be Japanese. I think it is greatly superior, as art and as a human document to his deservedly praised novel, The Sound of Waves." [via]More editions of Confessions of a Mask:
Death on the Installment Planby Louis CelineISBN 0811200175 (0-8112-0017-5)
Softcover, New Directions
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Dorothy and the Wizard in Ozby L. Frank BaumISBN 0809285681 (0-8092-8568-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repairby John SteinbeckISBN 0808514121 (0-8085-1412-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repair'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California. [via]
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Emile of Jean Jacques Rousseauby William BoydISBN 0807711071 (0-8077-1107-1)
Softcover, Teachers College Pr
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Emile, Julie and Other Writingsby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 0812000625 (0-8120-0062-5)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Exploring Nature with Your Childby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809459515 (0-8094-5951-5)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anthony S. AbbottISBN 0812034155 (0-8120-3415-5)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby'Book summary:A guide to reading "The Great Gatsby" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. [via]
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Fatelessby Imre Kertész, Christopher Wilson, Katharina WilsonISBN 0810110245 (0-8101-1024-5)
Hardcover, Northwestern University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fateless'Book summary:One of Publishers Weekly's Fifty Best Books of 1992
Fateless is a moving and disturbing novel about a Hungarian Jewish boys experiences in German concentration camps and his attempts to reconcile himself to those experiences after the war. Upon his return to his native Budapest still clad in his striped prison clothes, fourteen-year-old George Koves senses the indifference, even hostility, of people on the street. His former neighbors and friends urge him to put the ordeal out of his mind, while a sympathetic journalist refers to the camps as "the lowest circle of hell." The boy can relate to neither cliche and is left to ponder the meaning of his experience alone.
George's response to his experience is curiously ambivalent. In the camps he tries to adjust to his ever-worsening situation by imputing human motives to his inhumane captors. By imposing his logic--that of a bright, sensitive, though in many ways ordinary teenager - he maintains a precarious semblance of normalcy. Once freed, he must contend with the "banality of evil" to which he has become accustomed: when asked why he uses words like "naturally," "undeniably," and "without question" to describe the most horrendous of experiences, he responds, "In the concentration camp it was natural." Without emotional or spiritual ties to his Jewish heritage and rejected by his country, he ultimately comes to the conclusion that neither his Hungarianness nor his Jewishness was really at the heart of his fate: rather, there are only "given situations, and within these, further givens."
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Franny and Zooeyby J. D. SalingerISBN 080851900X (0-8085-1900-X)
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Gnomesby Will Huygen, Rien PoortvlietISBN 0810909650 (0-8109-0965-0)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gnomes'Book summary:Gnomes is the product of Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygens observation of the local gnome population in Holland. Until Gnomes was first published in Dutch in 1976, these friendly nocturnal creatures were only represented in folk lore; descriptions were often incomplete or simply inaccurate. Poortvliet and Huygen, having studied and interviewed gnomes for two decades, set out to fill this gap with their own encyclopedic tome.
Gnomes covers all areas of gnome culture, including architecture, education, courtship, medicine, industry, and relationships with other mythical creatures. Huygens sober descriptions are balanced by Poortvliets light-hearted portrayals of gnomes at work and at play. Thirty years later, this beautifully illustrated volume continues to engage and enchant readers of all ages. [via] -
Gnomes Journalby Rien PoortvlietISBN 0810985748 (0-8109-8574-8)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gnomes Journal'Book summary:Featuring classic illustrations from Abrams' "Gnomes, a "New York Times best-selling book with lifetime sales of over 4 million. [via]
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Alan DurbandISBN 0812036387 (0-8120-3638-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include: 1. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective. 2. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers. 3. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about. [via]
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The Hidden Staircaseby SimonISBN 0811851397 (0-8118-5139-7)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Hope for the Flowersby Trina PaulusISBN 0809117541 (0-8091-1754-1)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope for the Flowers'Book summary:Hope's theme of life, moving through seeming death to a new and more beautiful life, has touched the hearts of millions of people. Hope for the Flowers is for young and old, lovers, husbands and wives. It's a book to learn to read with, or to comfort those who are dying or grieving. In the tale, the caterpillar heroes, Stripe and Yellow, want something more from life than eating and growing bigger. They get caught up in a "caterpillar pillar," a squirming mass of bodies, each determined to reach a top so far away it can't be seen. Finally disillusioned, they discover that the way for the caterpillars to find their particular "more," who they really are, is to enter the cocoon and "...risk for the butterfly." Hope for the Flowers has helped people gain the courage to leave jobs, change their lives and explore their love for another human being. Two million copies in print. [via]
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The Human Comedyby William SaroyanISBN 0808554093 (0-8085-5409-3)
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John Locke's of the Conduct of the Understandingby Francis W. GarforthISBN 0807713988 (0-8077-1398-8)
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A Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 0812504712 (0-8125-0471-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each titleoffering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.[via]
This edition of Journey to the Center of the Earth includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Andre Norton.
It was a secret message by an ancient alchemist, found on a crumbling scrap of parchment. And if Saknussemm was right, then every theory about the molten core of the earth is wrong. Prof. Otto Lidenbrock has to learn the truth. So Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and the Icelandic hunter Hans climb down the cone of an arctic volcano and into...
A realm of awesome mystery, weird beauty--and deadly peril. Where vast caverns and endless mazes lead to an underground ocean, living fire, and prehistoric monsters. But where any wrong turn, any misstep, can leave the explorers forever trapped in the eternal darkness of a planet-sized tomb...
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The Jungle Book IIby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0812522788 (0-8125-2278-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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This edition of The Jungle Book II includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Jane Yolen.
Mowgli was once the little man-cub raised by Mother Wolf. Now Mowgli is the Jungle Lord ruling over the elephant and the panther, the python and the crocodile. All obey him and he fears no one...not even Man....
Jungle Book II tells of the further adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the jungle. Through his cunning and fearlessness, Mowgli earns the respect of the animals of the jungle. He leads his wolf-brothers into battle against a threatening pack of red dogs. And when Mowgli's human parents are persecuted by a violent group of villagers, he comes to their aid. This is the story of how Mowgli must come face-to-face with himself as a man and decide whether he will leave his jungle kingdom to join the society of man.More editions of The Jungle Book II:
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Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0812565754 (0-8125-6575-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 0808509675 (0-8085-0967-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death.
Leaves of Grass has its genesis in an essay called The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1845, which expressed the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. Whitman, reading the essay, consciously set out to answer Emerson's call as he began work on the first edition of Leaves of Grass. Whitman, however, downplayed Emerson's influence, stating, "I was simmering, simmering, simmering; Emerson brought me to a boil".
On May 15, 1855, Whitman registered the title Leaves of Grass with the clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New Jersey, and received its copyright. The first edition was published in Brooklyn at the Fulton Street printing shop of two Scottish immigrants, James and Andrew Rome, whom Whitman had known since the 1840s, on July 4, 1855. Whitman paid for and did much of the typesetting for the first edition himself. The book did not include the author's name, instead offering an engraving by Samuel Hollyer depicting the poet in work clothes and a jaunty hat, arms at his side. Early advertisements for the first edition appealed to "lovers of literary curiosities" as an oddity. Sales on the book were few but Whitman was not discouraged.
The first edition was very small, collecting only twelve unnamed poems in 95 pages. Whitman once said he intended the book to be small enough to be carried in a pocket. "That would tend to induce people to take me along with them and read me in the open air: I am nearly always successful with the reader in the open air. "About 800 were printed, though only 200 were bound in its trademark green cloth cover. The only American library known to have purchased a copy of the first edition was in Philadelphia. The poems of the first edition, which were given titles in later issues, were "Song of Myself," "A Song For Occupations," "To Think of Time," "The Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Faces," "Song of the Answerer," "Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?", and "Great Are the Myths."
The title Leaves of Grass was a pun. "Grass" was a term given by publishers to works of minor value and "leaves" is another name for the pages on which they were printed.
Whitman sent a copy of the first edition of Leaves of Grass to Emerson, the man who had inspired its creation. In a letter to Whitman, Emerson said "I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." He went on, "I am very happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy." [via]More editions of Leaves of Grass:
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 0808519301 (0-8085-1930-1)
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Loving Sabotageby Amelie Nothomb, Andrew WilsonISBN 0811214591 (0-8112-1459-1)
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Alan DurbandISBN 0812035844 (0-8120-3584-4)
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The Mystery Bookstoreby Gertrude Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807554227 (0-8075-5422-7)
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The Mystery in the Caveby Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles TangISBN 080755412X (0-8075-5412-X)
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The Mystery in Washington, D.C.by Gertrud Chandler Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807554103 (0-8075-5410-3)
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The Mystery of the Hot Air Balloonby Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807554200 (0-8075-5420-0)
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The Mystery of the Stolen Musicby Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807554162 (0-8075-5416-2)
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The Mystery on Stageby Gertrude Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807554189 (0-8075-5418-9)
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The Mystery on the Iceby Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807554138 (0-8075-5413-8)
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The New Illustrated Disney SongbookISBN 0810908468 (0-8109-0846-8)
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The Night Before Christmasby Cooper Edens, Harold Darling, Clement Clarke MooreISBN 0811817121 (0-8118-1712-1)
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fishby SeussISBN 0808525255 (0-8085-2525-5)
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The Pilgrim Village Mysteryby Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807565318 (0-8075-6531-8)
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Pinocchio: Library Editionby Carlo CollodiISBN 0812567021 (0-8125-6702-1)
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The Pizza Mystery: Library Editionby Gertrude Warner, Charles TangISBN 0807565350 (0-8075-6535-0)
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Points of View: An Anthology of Short Storiesby James Moffett, Kenneth R. McElhenyISBN 0808523074 (0-8085-2307-4)
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0809438372 (0-8094-3837-2)
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 0812523369 (0-8125-2336-9)
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The Prince and the Pauperby Mark TwainISBN 0812504771 (0-8125-0477-1)
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This edition of The Prince and the Pauper includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R. L. Fisher.
The Prince of Wales, Edward Tudor, was thrown to a filthy drunken mob--by his own guards. Beaten, starved, chased by dogs, forced to beg and steal...while even the prince's one friend, adventurer Miles Hendon, thought the boy was only a demented beggar.
Tom Canty was thrust into an alien life of protocol, ritual, and diplomacy. He, too, was thought mad, for suddenly "forgetting" classic languages, courtly manners, his role in world destiny. The beggar realized, with growing terror, that he was expected to rule, wage war, send people to their deaths...
Then King Henry VIII died. And unless two "mad" boys could convince someone of the truth, their fates would be sealed forever. By a crown.
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A Raisin in the Sunby Lorraine HansberryISBN 0808508717 (0-8085-0871-7)
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Raising a Happy ChildISBN 0809459124 (0-8094-5912-4)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Raising a Happy Childby Time-Life BooksISBN 0809459132 (0-8094-5913-2)
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 080851038X (0-8085-1038-X)
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Schoolhouse Mysteryby Gertrude Chandler Warner, David CunninghamISBN 0807572632 (0-8075-7263-2)
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Secrets of the Gnomesby Wil Huygen, Bien PoorvlietISBN 0810916142 (0-8109-1614-2)
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Snowbound Mysteryby Gertrude Chandler Warner, David CunninghamISBN 080757516X (0-8075-7516-X)
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Songmasterby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812524861 (0-8125-2486-1)
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Sons And Loversby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0809593823 (0-8095-9382-3)
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Spoon River Anthologyby Edgar Lee MastersISBN 0812539044 (0-8125-3904-4)
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Sybilby Flora Rheta SchreiberISBN 0809200015 (0-8092-0001-5)
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The Tale Of Peter Rabbitby Beatrix Potter, Michael HagueISBN 0811849066 (0-8118-4906-6)
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0812505069 (0-8125-0506-9)
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Theorizing Childhoodby James Allison, Chris Jenks, Allison James, Alan ProutISBN 0807737305 (0-8077-3730-5)
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Three Men in a Boatby Jerome Klapka JeromeISBN 0809436957 (0-8094-3695-7)
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 0812536029 (0-8125-3602-9)
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Giant Porthos; elegant Aramis; mysterious, haunted Athos: they are fearless, loyal and unstoppable. They're also rogues, seducers and swindlers. But when thousands will die in a war fought over lost love, and lethal royal intrigues are daily events, people don't just need heroes-They need legends.
Armed only with quick wits and a lightning sword, young D'Artagnan just wants to serve with the King's Musketeers. He soon finds himself saving his queen from the subtle, deadly traps of her enemy, Cardinal Richelieu, and Richelieu's agent, the sadistic, beautiful monster Milady. Now Porthos, Aramis and Athos must keep the boy and his lover from being crushed in an international clash of political titans....
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Tree House Mysteryby Gertrude Chandler Warner, David CunninghamISBN 0807580872 (0-8075-8087-2)
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The Woman Warriorby Maxine Hong KingstonISBN 0808589768 (0-8085-8976-8)
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The Woodshed Mysteryby Gertrude Chandler Warner, David CunninghamISBN 0807592072 (0-8075-9207-2)
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Written for Childrenby John Rowe TownsendISBN 0810831171 (0-8108-3117-1)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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