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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0766607135 (0-7666-0713-5)
Hardcover, Modern Pub
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Ron Miller, Jules Verne, Paul WrightISBN 0789434288 (0-7894-3428-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:The adventure begins when Professor Aronnax accidentally becomes a prisoner of the very monster he is seeking to destroy -- the submarine Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Invited to experience the marvels of the Nautilus' magnificent undersea world, Arronnax struggles to piece together Nemo's tragic past. This exciting retelling captures the essence of Verne's visionary and unforgettable story, while also explaining the fascinating facts and fantasies of Captain Nemo's marvelous ocean realm. A unique cross-section of the Nautilus, color photographs, diagrams, and narrative illustrations explore Verne's unique vision and knowledge of the deep. [via]
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0755334353 (0-7553-3435-3)
Softcover, Headline Book Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:(Please note that all Timeless Classic Books have been carefully formatted manually with full annotation and proper photo and/or illustration placement since our start in 2010/2011. Each cover is designed with paid or public domain artwork that is pertinent to the title. Each and ever cover is unique. None have ever been used twice.)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891-92) brings together the first twelve short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. These follow Holmes's introduction in the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0804900973 (0-8049-0097-3)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0766607674 (0-7666-0767-4)
Hardcover, Modern Pub - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0719530113 (0-7195-3011-3)
Hardcover, J. Murray - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0755334353 (0-7553-3435-3)
Softcover, Headline Book Pub Ltd
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ISBN 0804900973 (0-8049-0097-3)
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All Quiet on the Western Frontby Erich Maria Remarque, A. W. WheenISBN 0783882599 (0-7838-8259-9)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Quiet on the Western Front'Book summary:Remarque's 1929 novel is among the finest antiwar literature written after the First World War.
The title, Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on Western Front, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on Western Front through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Erich Maria Remarque, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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As I Lay Dyingby William FaulknerISBN 0701106654 (0-7011-0665-4)
Hardcover, Chatto and Windus
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Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the Eastby Marco PoloISBN 0804901864 (0-8049-0186-4)
Softcover, Ams Pr Inc
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Cliffscomplete King Learby Sidney Lamb, Stacy MulderISBN 0764585711 (0-7645-8571-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete King Lear'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]In this tragic play, Lear, a ruler in pre-Christian Britain, is described as a "very foolish old man." Grossly misjudging his daughters, he endures a harrowing experience and emerges as a man "more sinned against than sinning." This most tragic of Shakespearean plays speaks to us repeatedly about fate and chance, destiny and the gods. But we also are reminded that humanity has free will and King Lear's choices lead to madness.
Enhance your reading of King Lear and save valuable studying time all at once with CliffsComplete King Lear. Studying is easier with features that include
- Shakespeare's original play
- Notes and definitions that appear directly opposite the line in which they occur
- A summary and insightful commentary for each scene
- Bibliography and historical background on the playwright, William Shakespeare
- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
- Discussions on the play's symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!
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Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Frontby Susan Van KirkISBN 0764586718 (0-7645-8671-8)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Front'Book summary:The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.[via]In CliffsNotes on All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army.
This study guide will help you begin to consider how Remarque's views on war might relate to modern-day conflicts. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include
- Character analyses of major players
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Critical essays
- A review section that tests your knowledge
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessISBN 0786246448 (0-7862-4644-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clockwork Orange'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A satire of the present inhumanity of man to man through a futuristic culture where teenagers rule with violence. This edition includes the final chapter deleted from the first American edition. [via]
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Edmond Rostand, Howard Thayer KingsburyISBN 0743487753 (0-7434-8775-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyrano De Bergerac'Book summary:This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. [via]
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Dante's Purgatorioby Marcus Sanders, Michael F. Meister, Marcia Tanner, Sandow BirkISBN 0811847195 (0-8118-4719-5)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Purgatorio'Book summary:Following the acclaim for their innovative edition of Dante's Inferno, Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders guide us to the next level of the afterlife in Dante's Purgatorio. The second book of Dante Alighieri's classic poem The Divine Comedy, this version of Purgatorio couples a clever literary adaptation incorporating modern urban speech and contemporary references with powerful illustrations inspired by Gustave Dor's famous engravings. Whereas Inferno was primarily situated in a city that bears a curious resemblance to modern Los Angeles, Purgatorio is set in a surreal San Francisco Bay Area, an outlandish and hopeful milieu for those who have a chance to wash their sins away. Together, the sardonic yet playful combination of text and images comprise a vivid retelling of this masterpiece. [via]
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The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 069101910X (0-691-01910-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:The second part of Dante's classic is presented in the original Italian as well as in a new prose translation, and is accompanied by commentary on the poem's background and allegory. [via]
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Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Textsby David Bevington, Eric Rasmusse N, David M. BevingtonISBN 0719016436 (0-7190-1643-6)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Texts'Book summary:This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments.[via]More editions of Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Texts:
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Dr. Faustusby Christopher Marlowe, Roma GillISBN 0713667907 (0-7136-6790-7)
Softcover, Methuen Drama
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Faustus'Book summary:This edition is based on the earlier version of this hugely successful[via]
Renaissance tragedy, the A-text published in 1604 which, it is
generally agreed, preserves much of Marlowe's original version. In
addition, it separately includes the scenes that were adapted or added
in the B-text of 1616. Marlowe joined the form of the late medieval
morality play to the historical material found in the German tale of
Johann Faust, who sells his soul to the devil in return of infinite
power and knowledge. Ironically undercutting the aspirations of
Renaissance Man, the play presents a devil who fails to impress the
sinner with the realities of hell - 'I think hell's a fable,' Faustus
shrugs - and calls into question the medium of theatre, which time and
again serves the devil to distract Faustus when the pious promptings of
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Dr. Faustusby Roma Gill, Christopher MarloweISBN 0713632313 (0-7136-3231-3)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Faustus'Book summary:Marlowe's play has two different recognized texts, with most editions based on the B text. Due to recent arguments for the authenticity of A, this edition is based on the A text. It includes a discussion of biographical, dramatic and theatrical aspects of the play. [via]
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Faust Part 1by Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0719005701 (0-7190-0570-1)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Goethe's Faust: Part 1 A New American Versionby C. F. MacIntyreISBN 0811200566 (0-8112-0056-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goethe's Faust: Part 1 A New American Version'Book summary:Goethe said that all his works were "one long confession," and certainly into Faust, this greatest masterwork of German literature, on which he worked sixty years, he welded his own search for meaning of existence and of the soul.
From the wager between God and Mephistopheles and the pact Faust makes with the latterthat this genial, urbane devil could have his soul if ever Faust became satisfied with any experience or knowledge Mephistopheles could show himthe drama unfolds in scenes that are human and compelling, that hold the reader by their despair and ecstasy, their tender love, passionate desire and wisdom, but also by their gaiety, humor, and irony. As Faust proceeds with his devilish guide, it is his striving for understanding that becomes important, not the attainment, and in fact this is what saves him in the end.
Part I of Faust, which Goethe published twenty-four years before its sequel, deals with Faust's journey through the everyday world and his love for Gretchen. It is made especially memorable in this translation, which Victor Lange, Chairman of the Department of German at Princeton, has called "certainly the most usable and most appealing Faust translation in English. It is modern without losing the dignity of the original and is perhaps the only translation that conveys something of the freshness and poetic vitality of Goethe's own speech." [via]More editions of Goethe's Faust: Part 1 A New American Version:
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0770428207 (0-7704-2820-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Throughout her career, Margaret Atwood has played with different literary genres in her novels--historical fiction (Alias Grace), pulp fiction (The Blind Assassin), the comedy of manners (The Robber Bride)--but no foray into genre fiction has been as successful as her turn to speculative fiction in The Handmaid's Tale. Published in 1985, it echoes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, but a vibrant feminism drives Atwood's portrait of a futuristic dystopia. In the Republic of Gilead, we see a world devastated by toxic chemicals and nuclear fallout and dominated by a repressive Christian fundamentalism. The birthrate has plunged, and most women can no longer bear children. Offred is one of Gilead's Handmaids, who as official breeders are among the chosen few who can still become pregnant.
The Handmaid's Tale is an imaginatively audacious novel that is at once a page-turning psychological thriller, a moving love story, and a chilling warning about what might be waiting for us around the corner. What ultimately makes it stand out is Atwood's ability to balance a passionate political statement with finely wrought literary fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is a remarkable work by one of Canada's most inventive writers. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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Henry Vby William ShakespeareISBN 0743484878 (0-7434-8487-8)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry V'Book summary:Each edition includes:
" Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
" Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
" Scene-by-scene plot summaries
" A key to famous lines and phrases
" An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
" An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
" Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Michael Neill
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]
The History of King Learby William Shakespeare, Nahum Tate, James BlackISBN 071315862X (0-7131-5862-X)
Softcover, Edward Arnold
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundlingby Henry FieldingISBN 080490135X (0-8049-0135-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling'Book summary:Tom Jones isn't a bad guy, but boys just want to have fun. Nearly two and a half centuries after its publication, the adventures of the rambunctious and randy Tom Jones still makes for great reading. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book. [via]
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Maya AngelouISBN 0808510576 (0-8085-1057-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'Book summary:In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great deal from this exceptional woman and the tightly knit black community there. These very lessons carried her throughout the hardships she endured later in life, including a tragic occurrence while visiting her mother in St. Louis and her formative years spent in California--where an unwanted pregnancy changed her life forever. Marvelously told, with Angelou's "gift for language and observation," this "remarkable autobiography by an equally remarkable black woman from Arkansas captures, indelibly, a world of which most Americans are shamefully ignorant." [via]
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I know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Blooms Guides)by Harold BloomISBN 0791077683 (0-7910-7768-3)
Softcover, Facts on File
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Russell JacksonISBN 071363040X (0-7136-3040-X)
Softcover, Methuen Drama
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:[via]Wildes most popular play is considered his wittiest and finest comedy. The plays subtitle, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People hints at its clever wordplay, ingenious epigrams, and sly British humor. It is a story of multiple mistaken identitiesboth deliberate and unintentional- and what ultimately becomes a hilarious exercise in keeping everyones name and pseudonym straight.
First performed in 1895, it has enduring appeal as dramatic literature and in live theatrical performance. This edition includes an appendix with Wildes earlier versions of the play and deleted scenes that illustrate Wildes creative process.
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The Invisible Manby H. G. Wells, Leon StoverISBN 0786404108 (0-7864-0410-8)
Hardcover, McFarland & Co Inc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:Kindle edition of Wells' classic novel. The story tells the tale of Griffin, a scientist who theorises that if a person's refractive index is changed to exactly that of air and his body does not absorb or reflect light, then he will be invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but cannot become visible again, becoming mentally unstable as a result. This edition includes an active table of contents. [via]
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Kabir: Ecstatic Poemsby William ShakespeareISBN 0807063800 (0-8070-6380-0)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kabir: Ecstatic Poems'Book summary:Originally published in 1976, with more than 75,000 copies in print, this collection of poems by fifteenth-century ecstatic poet Kabir is full of fun and full of thought. Columbia University professor of religion John Stratton Hawley has contributed an introduction that makes clear Kabir's immense importance to the contemporary reader and praises Bly's intuitive translations.
By making every reader consider anew their religious thinking, the poems of Kabir seem as relevant today as when they were first written. [via]More editions of Kabir: Ecstatic Poems:
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Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Peter Fish, Ken KeseyISBN 0812034333 (0-8120-3433-3)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:A guide to reading "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. [via]
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 074348276X (0-7434-8276-X)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King Learby Barbara A. Mowat, William Shakespeare, Paul WerstineISBN 0743452941 (0-7434-5294-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:In "King Lear," one of Shakespeare's greatest and most enduring plays, an aging father's demand that his daughters publicly declare their love for him triggers a reaction that involves nations and brings suffering and death to his entire family. The play takes ordinary jealousies, demands for love, sibling rivalries, desires for money and power, and petty cruelties to the extreme. In this play, we see ourselves and our small vices magnified to gigantic proportions; also, through the character of Lear, we see the end of our lives, with old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, helplessness, pride, and finally, perhaps, wisdom.
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LIBRARY SHAKESPEAREDesigned to make Shakespeare's great plays available to all readers, the New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's plays provides accurate texts in modern spelling and punctuation, as well as scene-by-scene action summaries, full explanatory notes, many pictures clarifying Shakespeare's language, and notes recording all significant departures from the early printed versions. Each play is prefaced by a brief introduction, by a guide to reading Shakespeare's language, and by accounts of his life and theater. Each play is followed by an annotated list of further readings and by a "Modern Perspective" written by an expert on that particular play. [via]
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider HaggardISBN 0809595672 (0-8095-9567-2)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines'Book summary:I am going to tell the strangest story that I remember. It may seem a queer thing to say, especially considering that there is no woman in it -- except Foulata. Stop, though! there is Gagaoola, if she was a woman, and not a fiend. But she was a hundred at least, and therefore not marriageable, so I don't count her. At any rate, I can safely say that there is not a _petticoat_ in the whole history. [via]
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Light in Augustby William FaulknerISBN 0808563386 (0-8085-6338-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Light in August'Book summary:To declare that Light in August is William Faulkner's finest work would be to invoke debate of irreconcilable conclusion. Yet for many followers of Faulkner, this novel showcases many of his best moments and characters. As usual, he mines the rich soil of Mississippi mud to create his subjects, this time in the form of Reverend Gail Hightower, Lena Grove and Joe Christmas. The issue of black and white and rich and poor is prevalent, though to draw lines that clear would be a disservice to Faulkner's immensely layered text and the multicolored beauty of his writing. [via]
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Light in August: A Study in Black and Whiteby Alwyn BerlandISBN 0805780505 (0-8057-8050-5)
Hardcover, Twayne Pub
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Little Menby Louisa May Alcott, Ann M. Magagna, Louis JambourISBN 0804901945 (0-8049-0194-5)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Taleby Harold BloomISBN 0791075699 (0-7910-7569-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from The Handmaid's Tale to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which The Handmaid's Tale was written. This title also includes a short biography on Margaret Atwood and a descriptive list of characters. [via]
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Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Eleanor AtwoodISBN 079105926X (0-7910-5926-X)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Atwood's best-known novel depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property.
The title, Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Margaret Atwood, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Harold BloomISBN 0791036669 (0-7910-3666-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'Book summary:Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings accomplishes a controlled poignance in representing a portrait of the young artist as a black woman. Her novel is the focus of this edition of Bloom's Notes. Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on his work, this text includes a brief biography of the author, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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The Metamorphosis, the Penal Colony, and Other Storiesby Franz Kafka, Willa Muir, Edwin Muir, Arthur SamuelsonISBN 0805210571 (0-8052-1057-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie CollinsISBN 075090013X (0-7509-0013-X)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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The Mysterious Islandby Jules VerneISBN 0804900779 (0-8049-0077-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mysterious Island'Book summary:This series provides a stimulating introduction to the great classic stories of literature and the best in children's fiction. The books are easy and enjoyable to read, and feature full-page, full-color pictures and photographs. Each title includes interesting information about the authors, and comprehension questions to spark discussion. [via]
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Nicholas Nickleby: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 0809594536 (0-8095-9453-6)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nicholas Nickleby: Library Edition'Book summary:Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family. "I went down into Yorkshire before I began this book, in very severe winter time which is pretty faithfully described herein. As I wanted to see a schoolmaster or two, and was forewarned that those gentlemen might, in their modesty, be shy of receiving a visit from the author of the _Pickwick Papers,_ I consulted with a professional friend who had a Yorkshire connection, and with whom I concerted a pious fraud. He gave me some letters of introduction, in the name, I think, of my traveling companion; they bore reference to a supposititious little boy who had been left with a widowed mother who didn't know what to do with him; the poor lady had thought, as a means of thawing the tardy compassion of her relations in his behalf, of sending him to a Yorkshire school; I was the poor lady's friend, traveling that way; and if the recipient of the letter could inform me of a school in his neighborhood, the writer would be very much obliged. I went to several places in that part of the country where I understood the schools to be most plentifully sprinkled, and had no occasion to deliver a letter until I came to a certain town which shall be nameless. The person to whom it was addressed, was not at home; but he came down at night, through the snow, to the inn where I was staying. It was after dinner; and he needed little persuasion to sit down by the fire in a warm corner, and take his share of the wine that was on the table. I am afraid he is dead now. . . . -- Charles Dickens [via]
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken KeseyISBN 0774033444 (0-7740-3344-4)
Softcover, Coles Pub Group Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned. [via]
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The Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Robert FaglesISBN 0704501031 (0-7045-0103-1)
Hardcover, Wildwood House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oresteia'Book summary:This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every play. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
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The Oresteia (458 BC):
Agamemnon Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Libation Bearers (also known as Choephoroi) Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Eumenides (also known as The Furies) Translated by E. D. A. MorsheadThe Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetralogy, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed as finale, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy emblemizes the shift from a monarchal system of vendetta in Argos to a democratic system of litigation in Athens.
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The Plagueby Albert CamusISBN 0808519840 (0-8085-1984-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plague'Book summary:The Nobel prize-winning Albert Camus, who died in 1960, could not have known how grimly current his existentialist novel of epidemic and death would remain. Set in Algeria, in northern Africa, The Plague is a powerful study of human life and its meaning in the face of a deadly virus that sweeps dispassionately through the city, taking a vast percentage of the population with it. [via]
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The Prisoner of Zendaby Anthony Hope-HawkinsISBN 0755107098 (0-7551-0709-8)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The Purgatorioby Dante AlighieriISBN 0691098875 (0-691-09887-5)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Rime of the Ancient Marinerby Samuel Taylor ColeridgeISBN 0701122773 (0-7011-2277-3)
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Sir Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0706415663 (0-7064-1566-3)
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Sister Carrieby Theodore DreiserISBN 0804901473 (0-8049-0147-3)
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Sons And Loversby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0809593823 (0-8095-9382-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sons and Lovers'Book summary:"They're my houses, those two," said the mother-in-law. "And not clear either. It's as much as I can do to keep the mortgage interest paid." Gertrude sat white and silent. She was her father now. -- "Then we ought to be paying you rent," she said coldly. -- "Walter is paying me rent," replied the mother. -- "And what rent?" asked Gertrude. -- "Six and six a week," retorted the mother. It was more than the house was worth. Gertrude held her head erect, looked straight before her. -- "It is lucky to be you," said the elder woman, bitingly, "to have a husband as takes all the worry of the money, and leaves you a free hand." The young wife was silent. She said very little to her husband, but her manner had changed towards him. Something in her proud, honorable soul had crystallized out hard as rock. [via]
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Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogyby Sophocles, Gerald Lee RatliffISBN 0812034309 (0-8120-3430-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy'Book summary:A guide to reading the Oedipus trilogy with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. [via]
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Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, & Antigoneby Harold BloomISBN 0791040992 (0-7910-4099-2)
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Steinbeck Yearbook 2000: The Winter of Our Discontentby Barbara A. HeavilinISBN 0773477551 (0-7734-7755-1)
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A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee Williams, Arthur MillerISBN 0811216020 (0-8112-1602-0)
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The Three Theban Playsby Sophocles, Robert FaglesISBN 0808577123 (0-8085-7712-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three Theban Plays'Book summary:Aristotle called "Oedipus The King," the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of Greek theater. Today, nearly 2,500 years after Sophocles wrote, scholars and audiences still consider it one of the most powerful dramatic works ever made. Freud sure did. The three plays--"Antigone," "Oedipus the King," and "Oedipus at Colonus"--are not strictly a trilogy, but all are based on the Theban myths that were old even in Sophocles' time. This particular edition was rendered by Robert Fagles, perhaps the best translator of the Greek classics into English. [via]
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Toni Morrison's the Bluest Eyeby Harold BloomISBN 0791051919 (0-7910-5191-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Toni Morrison's the Bluest Eye'Book summary:A child's descent into madness was explored in Eye.
The title, Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Toni Morrison, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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The Tragedy of King Learby William ShakspeareISBN 080491012X (0-8049-1012-X)
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Marco PoloISBN 0760765898 (0-7607-6589-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represents the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto discovered many unknown manuscripts. He carefully edited the most famous of the manuscripts (the Geographic text) and collated it with the other best known ones.
· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 0804901554 (0-8049-0155-4)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0804900124 (0-8049-0012-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:Science FictionLarge Print EditionAn American frigate, tracking down a ship-sinking monster, faces not a living creature but an incredible invention a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Suddenly a devastating explosion leaves just three survivors who find themselves prisoners in Nemos death ship on an underwater odyssey around the world, as Captain Nemo one of the most horrible villains ever created takes his revenge out on society.This novel, written in 1870, foretells with uncanny accuracy the inventions and advanced technology of the 20th century, and has become a literary stepping-stone for generations of science-fiction writers. [via]
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Villette: Library Editionby Charlotte BronteISBN 0809589885 (0-8095-8988-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette: Library Edition'Book summary:When I was a girl I went to Bretton about twice a year, and well I liked the visit. The house and its inmates specially suited me. The large peaceful rooms, the well-arranged furniture, the clear wide windows, the balcony outside, looking down on a fine antique street, where Sundays and holidays seemed always to abide -- so quiet was its atmosphere, so clean its pavement -- these things pleased me well. One child in a household of grown people is usually made very much of, and in a quiet way I was a good deal taken notice of by Mrs. Bretton, who had been left a widow, with one son, before I knew her; her husband, a physician, having died while she was yet a young and handsome woman. . . . [via]
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Walden And Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Alyssa HaradISBN 0743487729 (0-7434-8772-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden And Civil Disobedience'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Naturalist and philosopher Thoreau's timeless essays on the role of humanity -- in the world of nature, and in society and government.
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Watership Downby Richard George AdamsISBN 0743277708 (0-7432-7770-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watership Down'Book summary:Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.
The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Wavesby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701209984 (0-7012-0998-4)
Softcover, Hogarth
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The Waves, first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolf's most experimental novel. It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis. Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak through his own voice. The monologues that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset.
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White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 0766612104 (0-7666-1210-4)
Hardcover, Modern Pub
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
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