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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0553211285 (0-553-21128-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:Sparkling with mischief, jumping with youthful adventure, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer is one of the most splendid re-creations of childhood in all of literature. It is a lighthearted romp, full of humor and warmth. It shares with its sequel, Huckleberry Finn, not only a set of unforgettable characters--Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly and others--but a profound understanding of humanity as well. Through such hilarious scenes as the famous fence-whitewashing incident, Twain gives a portrait--perceptive yet tender--of a humanity rendered foolish by his own aspirations and obsessions. Written as much for adults as for young boys and girls, Tom Sawyer is the work of a master storyteller performing in his shirt sleeves, using his best talents to everyone's delight. [via]
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Anatasia Krupnikby Lois LowryISBN 0553155342 (0-553-15534-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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As a Man Thinkethby James AllenISBN 0529059061 (0-529-05906-1)
Hardcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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Babel-17by Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0553201565 (0-553-20156-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Babel-17'Book summary:The invader's battle code contained a deadly secret.
Babel-17 winner of the Nebula Award for 1966.
A brilliant poet and her colorful crew range the galaxy to solve the riddle of a language that has become a deadly weapon in the hands of the enemy.
This revised Bantam edition (0-553-20156-5) can be considered by the author's choice: "... Bantam Books has kindly allowed me to restore certain typographical complexities ... that Babel-17's initial publisher was unable to include..." -- S.R.Delany
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Big Redby Jim KjelgaardISBN 0553154346 (0-553-15434-6)
Softcover, Skylark
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Red'Book summary:From the moment Danny sees the beautiful Irish setter, he knows Red is the dog for him. Fast and smart, strong and noble, Red is the only dog Danny wants by his side. Soon, neither boy nor dog can stand to be apart. Together Danny and Red face many dangers in the harsh Wintapi wilderness that they call home. But the greatest test of their courage and friendship will come from an enemy more cunning than any they've known before--a bear who is the undisputed king of the wilderness, a savage killer called Old Majesty. [via]
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Catwingsby Ursula Le Guin, S.D. SchindlerISBN 0531071103 (0-531-07110-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Colour of Magicby Terry PratchettISBN 0552124753 (0-552-12475-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Colour of Magic'Book summary:paperback, vg++ [via]
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Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind and Anthropic Cosmologyby John Gribbin, Martin ReesISBN 0553057308 (0-553-05730-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Darkness Visibleby William GoldingISBN 0553147048 (0-553-14704-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dawn : A Novelby Elie Wiesel, Frances FrenayeISBN 0553225367 (0-553-22536-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dawn : A Novel'Book summary:Two men wait through the night in British-controlled Palestine for dawn--and for death. One is a captured English officer. The other is Elisha, a young Israeli freedom fighter whose assignment is to kill the officer in reprisal for Britain's execution of a Jewish prisoner. Elisha's past is the nightmare memory of Nazi death camps. He is the only surviving member of his family. His future is a cherished dream of life in the promised homeland. But at daybreak his present will become the tortured reality of a principled man ordered to commit cold-blooded murder. Resonant with feeling, Dawn is an unforgettable journey into the human heart--and an eloquent statement about the moral basis of the new Israel." [via]
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The Day of the Jackalby Frederick ForsythISBN 0552091219 (0-552-09121-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Day of the Jackal'Book summary:Day of the Jackal is not just Frederick Forsyth's best book; it's the best book in it's genre. A political killer code-named "The Jackal" is hired to assassinate Charles De Gaulle, president of France. He is the best, not appearing on any police file. But through one small twist of fate, the French authorities learn of this plot, and set Claude Lebel, their best detective to find The Jackal. From there, the race is on, and Forsyth gives the reader front-row seats. He has created a sizzling rivalry between the cold-blooded assassin and the one policeman talented enough to stop him, and the suspense never lets up. Through deception, betrayal, and luck, Lebel tracks the killer throughout Europe, ending in the climactic assassination attempt itself. Based on true events, the obvious outcome doesn't take away from the thrill of the chase. [via]
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Dinosaur Talesby Ray BradburyISBN 0553014846 (0-553-01484-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Doomsday Bookby Connie WillisISBN 0553081314 (0-553-08131-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Doomsday Book'Book summary:Connie Willis labored five years on this story of a history student in 2048 who is transported to an English village in the 14th century. The student arrives mistakenly on the eve of the onset of the Black Plague. Her dealings with a family of "contemps" in 1348 and with her historian cohorts lead to complications as the book unfolds into a surprisingly dark, deep conclusion. The book, which won Hugo and Nebula Awards, draws upon Willis' understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit. [via]
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories of the Supernaturalby Robert Louis Stevenson, Garth NixISBN 0531169855 (0-531-16985-5)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Dragonsingerby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0553141279 (0-553-14127-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonsinger'Book summary:Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong. [via]
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Dune: House Atreidesby Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank HerbertISBN 0553110616 (0-553-11061-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dune: House Atreides'Book summary:THE EPIC PREQUEL TO DUNE
"DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES is a terrific prequel, but it is also a first-rate adventure on its own. Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision."Dean Koontz
Frank Herbert's Dune chronicles became an enduring classic and the most popular science fiction series of all time. Working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and best-selling novelist Kevin J. Anderson bring us Dune: House Atreides, the prequel, which captures all the complexity and grand themes of the original work while weaving a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than thirty years ago.
Complex, brilliant, and prophetic, Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imaginations of millions of readers worldwideand transformed their perception of what the future could be. By his death in 1986, Frank Herbert had completed six novels in the Dune series. But much of his visionvast, sprawling, and multilayeredremained unwritten. Now, working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the first volume in the prequel to Dunewhere we step onto planet Arrakis...decades before Dune's hero, Paul Atreides, walks its sands.
Beginning nearly four decades before Dune, House Atreides introduces pivotal characters, alliances, base treacheries, and bright hopes that form the foundation of Dune. On the planet Arrakis, an aging tyrant sits on the Golden Lion Throne and rules all of the known universe, while his son grows dangerously impatient for the crown. A quasi-religious order of black-robed women move their secret breeding program one momentous step closer to creating a god-child they call the Kwisatz Haderach. And a minor family among the nobility, House Atreides, chooses a course of honor that will bring it to destruction at the hands of its mortal enemy, House Harkonnenor take it to new heights of power.
Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created in his classic series, in the time leading up to the momentous events of Dune. As Emperor Elrood's son Shaddam plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves his lush, water-rich planet for a year's education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes is dispatched by the Emperor to the desert planet Arrakis, or Dune, to discover the secrets of the addictive spice known as melange; and the eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance. But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegadesand shapers of history.
Covering the decade when Shaddam wins his throne, the teenager Leo Atreides becomes unexpectedly the rule of House Atreides, and Pardot Kynes uncovers one of the planet Dune's greatest secrets, House Atreides stands next to Dune in its power and scope. While this new novel solves some of Dune's most baffling mysteries, it presents new puzzles springing from the sands where one day Paul Muad'Dib Atreides will walk. But now, in the years before Paul's birth, an unforgettable new epic begins. Fans of the Dune chronicles will relish the opportunity to return to the rich and exotic universe created by Frank Herbert, while new readers will be introduced to an incomparable imaginationa future where the fate of the entire cosmos is at stake.
The Story Behind Dune: House Atreides
by Brian Herbert
When my father first sat down with me to go over one of my manuscripts, he told me that he couldn't teach me how to write; instead, he would teach me what he called "the care and feeding of editors": how to make manuscripts look presentable so that they wouldn't be tossed into a slush pile, unread. He then proceeded to teach me how to write. I remember many instances when we would brainstorm ideas and dissect my own novel manuscripts. He taught me how to develop worlds, to create characters, to invent action...and to describe all of it. We collaborated on the novel Man of Two Worlds, Frank Herbert's last published work, and even talked about working together on a new Dune novel, but we'd set no date, had established no specific details or direction.
That novel was not to be. When my father died in 1986, he left several projects unfinished. For years there were rumors that I would write another novel set in my father's Dune universe, a sequel to the sixth book in the series, Chapterhouse: Dune. Prominent writers approached me with offers of collaboration, but in tossing ideas around with them I couldn't visualize the project coming to fruition. They were excellent writers, but in combination with them I didn't feel the necessary synergy for such a monumental task. Along with Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and a handful of other works, Dune stood as one of the greatest creative achievements of all time, and arguably the greatest example of science fiction world-building in the history of literature. For the sake of my father's legacy, I could not select the wrong person.
It wasn't until I began conversation with Kevin J. Anderson, a critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling author, that I found someone whose enthusiasm and passion for the Dune universe match my own. Much of Kevin's writing had been influenced heavily by the work of Frank Herbert. I read everything I could get my hands on that Kevin had written, and did more checking on him. It soon became clear that he was a brilliant writer and that his reputation was sterling. We hit it off immediately, both on a personal and professional level; new story ideas fairly exploded from our minds and together, we found the energy to tackle such a massive project.
Frank Herbert had left behind literally thousands of pages of notes, ideas, and sketches. Of all the possible Dune stories we could tell, Kevin and I chose to concentrate on an immediate prequel, to go back to the heart of Dune's readership, the core characters and situations that had made this the best-selling science fiction novel of all time: The love story of Duke Leto and Lady Jessica; their first battle with Baron Harkonnen; the quest of the planetologist Kynes, sent to the desert world of Dune to investigate the precious spice and the sandworms and the Fremen...and the power-hungry Crown Prince Shaddam, who would do anything to secure the Imperial throne.
The Dune universe is a vast canvas, with ample opportunity for many stories, but we have chosen to start here, featuring the characters with whom all Dune fans are familiar. Dune: House Atreides is a personal story that means a great deal to us; we hope booksellers and readers alike will feel the same way.
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Exodusby Leon UrisISBN 055311090X (0-553-11090-X)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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The Experience of Philosophyby Daniel Kolak, Raymond MartinISBN 0534197167 (0-534-19716-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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The Fables of Aesopby Ruth SpriggsISBN 0528820702 (0-528-82070-2)
Hardcover, Checkerboard Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fables of Aesop'Book summary:Retells 143 of Aesop's fables whose morals reflect virtues such as honesty, truth, goodness, and respect. [via]
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Fantastic Mr. Foxby Roald DahlISBN 0553153900 (0-553-15390-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Fashion in Shroudsby Margery AllinghamISBN 0532151968 (0-532-15196-8)
Softcover, Manor Books
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Favorite Tales from Shakespeareby Bernard MilesISBN 0528821008 (0-528-82100-8)
Hardcover, Checkerboard Pr
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The Female Eunuchby Germaine GreerISBN 0553204432 (0-553-20443-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Four Weddings and a Funeral: Four Appendices and a Screenplayby Richard CurtisISBN 0552143294 (0-552-14329-4)
Hardcover, Corgi Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Weddings and a Funeral: Four Appendices and a Screenplay'Book summary:Contemporary / British English Four Weddings and a Funeral - one of the most successful films from Britain. It's a Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura's wedding! Charles is always late, and he is worried that he will never find the right woman to marry. Then he meets Carrie...This Pack contains a Book and MP3 [via]
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Gathering Stormby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0553132717 (0-553-13271-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperationby William L. UryISBN 0553072749 (0-553-07274-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, Rosemary WilliamsISBN 0528810146 (0-528-81014-6)
Hardcover, Rand McNally
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Gods, Graves and Scholarsby C.W. CeramISBN 0553227890 (0-553-22789-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Great Tales of Horrorby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0553137689 (0-553-13768-9)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Great Traditions in Ethicsby Theodore C. Denise, Sheldon P. PeterfreundISBN 0534164943 (0-534-16494-3)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Great Traditions in Ethicsby Sheldon Paul Peterfreund, Theodore Cullom Denise, Ethel M. AlbertISBN 0534028152 (0-534-02815-2)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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Great Traditions in Ethicsby Nicholas P. White, Theodore C. Denise, Sheldon P. Peterfreund, Sheldon Paul PeterfreundISBN 0534560911 (0-534-56091-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Traditions in Ethics'Book summary:This is one of the finest collections of primary source material available to beginning ethics students. The chronologically sequenced chapter units give an overall historical perspective while informative chapter introductions include biographical, historical, and other information designed to prepare readers for the primary selections that follow. Brief comments by the editors are inserted into the edited primary material to assist student understanding. [via]
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Great Traditions In Ethics With Infotracby Nicholas P. White, Theodore C. Denise, Sheldon P. Peterfreund, Theodore Cullom DeniseISBN 0534626548 (0-534-62654-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Traditions In Ethics With Infotrac'Book summary:Long-hailed for skilled editing that enables students new to ethical theory to explore many seminal and complex primary sources that contribute to the canon of ethical theory, GREAT TRADITIONS IN ETHICS has become the standard historical anthology for introducing ethical theory. Combining informative chapter introductions that provide biographical, historical, and theoretical contexts; well-placed comments inserted within the readings; and ample, but not overwhelming, reading selections, this anthology will constructively challenge students to critically engage the most crucial ideas, thinkers, and readings in the history of ethical theory. [via]
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Greatest Salesman in the World Part II: The End of the Storyby Og MandinoISBN 0553052551 (0-553-05255-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Hammer of Godby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0553095579 (0-553-09557-9)
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Hedda Gabler and Other Playsby Henrik IbsenISBN 0553214470 (0-553-21447-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Henry IV. Part 1: Part 1by William ShakespeareISBN 0553212931 (0-553-21293-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV. Part 1: Part 1'Book summary:Written between 1596 and 1597, Henry IV Part One represents Shakespeare's increasingly mature talent in staging the history of the early Tudor monarchy. Midway in the cycle of Shakespeare's History Plays, which begin with Richard II and ultimately culminate in his last play, Henry VIII, Henry IV Part One tells the story of the troubled reign of Henry IV following his deposition of Richard II. The historical action revolves around the attempt by Henry Percy (known as Hotspur) to overthrow Henry at the Battle of Shrewsbury. However, over half the play deals with the transformation of Henry's profligate son, Prince Hal (the future King Henry V), from tavern joker to national icon.
The whole play is stolen from its kings and princes by Shakespeare's greatest comic creation, the "fat-kidneyed rascal" Sir John Falstaff, king of his own dominions--the taverns and brothels of London's Eastcheap district. The tavern scenes of the play are some of the most evocative accounts of 16th-century popular London life. They revolve around the comical but ultimately sinister relationship between Falstaff and his young apprentice Hal, who learns to "so offend to make offence a skill" as he learns the slippery ropes of realpolitik and kingship. The play is considered by many to be the liveliest and most profound of Shakespeare's History Plays, and remains one of its most popular examples. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3by William ShakespeareISBN 0553212850 (0-553-21285-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3'Book summary:Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeares first three history plays, covering some sixty tumultuous years of English history. Their pageantry, violence, and stirring speeches excite audiences with action as well as character, and midway through the final play in this trilogy, a shocking, clever, inimitably evil new voice is heardthat of Richard of Gloucester, destined to become Englands most fearsome and hated ruler of all time, Richard III. [via]
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Hinge of Fate: The Second World Warby Winston S. ChurchillISBN 0553132741 (0-553-13274-1)
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How to Eat Fried Wormsby Thomas Rockwell, Emily Arnold McCullyISBN 0531026310 (0-531-02631-0)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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I Sing the Body Electricby Ray BradburyISBN 0552097063 (0-552-09706-3)
Hardcover, Corgi
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Irish Redby Jim KjelgaardISBN 0553155466 (0-553-15546-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Island of Dr. Moreauby Wells. H. G.ISBN 0553214322 (0-553-21432-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island of Dr. Moreau'Book summary:Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life. While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells's prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing "smarter" human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick's adventures on Dr. Moreau's island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read. [via]
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Jane and the Genius of the Placeby Stephanie BarronISBN 055310733X (0-553-10733-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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Jane and the Man of the Clothby Stephanie BarronISBN 0553102036 (0-553-10203-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Jane and the Stillroom Maidby Stephanie BarronISBN 0553107348 (0-553-10734-8)
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manorby Stephanie BarronISBN 055310196X (0-553-10196-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Jane and the Wandering Eyeby Stephanie BarronISBN 0553102044 (0-553-10204-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane and the Wandering Eye'Book summary:It's evident from the opening lines of Jane and the Wandering Eye that author Stephanie Barron knows both her Regency-period England and her Jane Austen. In this novel, the famous author takes center stage and finds herself embroiled in nefarious doings--in this case, the murder of a theater manager. As in the series' other books, Jane herself tells the story through a series of journal entries, and it is in her heroine's voice that Barron's genius comes to light: the same sharp eye for detail and ironic understanding of human character that informed Miss Austen's novels are hard at work in this fictional account of her sideline occupation as a sleuth. Though the mystery at the heart of Jane and the Wandering Eye is hardly a nail-biter, the wonderful mix of fictional and historical characters--all rendered up with Austenian wit--that inhabit this murderous comedy of manners are what will keep readers going to the very last page--and coming back for more. [via]
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Jennie Gerhardtby Theodore DreiserISBN 055321425X (0-553-21425-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamlined Babyby Tom WolfeISBN 055314443X (0-553-14443-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Kon-Tikiby Thor HeyerdahlISBN 0528810359 (0-528-81035-9)
Hardcover, Rand McNally
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Last of the Breedby Louis L'AmourISBN 0553051628 (0-553-05162-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Lion Houndby Kim KjelgaardISBN 0553154273 (0-553-15427-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Lost Girlby D. H. Lawrence, Jeffrey MeyersISBN 0553214489 (0-553-21448-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Girl'Book summary:Under-appreciated until now, The Lost Girl is perhaps D.H. Lawrence's most beautiful, thoroughly contemporary, love story. This captivating novel charts the journey of a woman caught between two worlds and two lives-one mired in dreary, industrial England and a life of convention, the other set in the vibrant Italian landscape holding the promise of sensual liberation. Alvina Houghton is fading into spinsterhood when she meets Naples-born Cicio, a vaudeville dancer who draws her into a dance of seduction, reawakening her desire as she defies her stifling upper-class life. [via]
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Maggieby Stephen CraneISBN 0553213555 (0-553-21355-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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A Many Splendored Thingby Han SuyinISBN 055322736X (0-553-22736-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Metamorphosisby Franz KafkaISBN 0553213695 (0-553-21369-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metamorphosis'Book summary:"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing -- though absurdly comic -- meditation on human feelings of inadequecy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the mosst widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man." [via]
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Mona Lisa Overdriveby William GibsonISBN 0553052500 (0-553-05250-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mona Lisa Overdrive'Book summary:Into the cyber-hip world of William Gibson comes Mona, a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is on a collision course with internationally famous Sense/Net star Angie Mitchell. Since childhood, Angie has been able to tap into cyberspace without a computer. Now, from inside cyberspace, a kidnapping plot is masterminded by a phantom entity who has plans for Mona, Angie, and all humanity, plans that cannot be controlled...or even known. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yakuza, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes.
An over-the-top thrill ride sequel to Neuromancer and Count Zero. [via]
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Mortby Terry PratchettISBN 0552131067 (0-552-13106-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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My Heart Laid Bareby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 0525944427 (0-525-94442-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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One Man's Horseby Marguerite Henry, Wesley DennisISBN 0528820923 (0-528-82092-3)
Hardcover, Rand McNally
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Outlaw Redby Jim KjelgaardISBN 0553156861 (0-553-15686-1)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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The Owl Serviceby Alan GarnerISBN 0529055201 (0-529-05520-1)
Hardcover, Collins
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 0553212540 (0-553-21254-0)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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Poemsby William Shakespeare, David M. BevingtonISBN 0553213091 (0-553-21309-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems'Book summary:The Poems
Shakespeares greatest achievement in nondramatic verse was his collection of 154 magnificent sonnets that portray a tumultuous world of love, rivalry, and conflict among a poet, an aristocratic young man, a rival poet, and a mysterious dark lady. More profound than other Elizabethan sonnet sequences and never surpassed as archetypes of the form, these poems explore almost every imaginable emotional complexity related to love and friendship. Some poems are dark, bitter, and self-hating, others express idealism with unmatchable eloquenceand all are of quintessential beauty, part of the worlds great literary heritage.
In addition to his sonnets, Shakespeare published two long poems early in his career: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Immediately popular in Shakespeares time, they display a richness that can also reward us with insights into the powerful imagery of his plays.
Rounding out this volume are two minor poems, A Lovers Complaint and The Phoenix and Turtle, thought to be part of Shakespeares early writings. [via]More editions of Poems:
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The Postmanby David BrinISBN 0553051075 (0-553-05107-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Postman'Book summary:Gordon Krantz survived the Doomwar only to spend years crossing a post-apocalypse United States looking for something or someone he could believe in again. Ironically, when he's inadvertently forced to assume the made-up role of a "Restored United States" postal inspector, he becomes the very thing he's been seeking: a symbol of hope and rebirth for a desperate nation. Gordon goes through the motions of establishing a new postal route in the Pacific Northwest, uniting secluded towns and enclaves that are starved for communication with the rest of the world. And even though inside he feels like a fraud, eventually he will have to stand up for the new society he's helping to build or see it destroyed by fanatic survivalists. This classic reprint is not one of David Brin's best books, but the moving story he presents overcomes mediocre writing and contrived plots. [via]
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Pygmalion and Major Barbaraby George Bernard ShawISBN 055321408X (0-553-21408-X)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pygmalion and Major Barbara'Book summary:George Bernard Shaw was the greatest British dramatist after Shakespeare, a satirist equal to Jonathan Swift, and a playwright whose most profound gift was his ability to make audiences think by provoking them to laughter.
In one of his best-loved plays, Pygmalion, which later became the basis for the musical My Fair Lady, Shaw compels the audience to see the utter absurdity and hypocrisy of class distinction when Professor Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform a common flower girl into a ladyand then pass her off as a duchesssimply by changing her speech and manners.
In Major Barbara Shaw spins out the drama of an eccentric millionaire, a romantic poet, and a misguided savior of souls, Major Barbara herself, in a topsy-turvy masterpiece of sophisticated banter and urbane humor. His brilliant dialogue, combined with his use of paradox and socialist theory, never fails to tickle, entertainand challenge. [via]More editions of Pygmalion and Major Barbara:
Rama IIby Arthur C. Clarke, Gentry LeeISBN 0553057146 (0-553-05714-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Books
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Rascalby Sterling NorthISBN 0531003116 (0-531-00311-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Red Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553092049 (0-553-09204-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Mars'Book summary:The first novel in the astounding trilogy, Red Mars chronicles the lives of the first arrivals to Mars. The planet that the settlers find is empty of life and many of the pioneers want to begin changing the ecosystem right away to be suitable for human life. But the purity of the stark landscape convinces some scientists that it should be preserved. The stakes are high and the players on both sides range from politically naive idealists to ambitious manipulators without discernible scruples. No one can be sure that "terraforming" the planet will succeed, but it is certain to change the face of Mars beyond recognition. Red Mars won the 1994 Nebula Award. [via]
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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymesby Roald DahlISBN 0553153617 (0-553-15361-7)
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The Roly-Poly Puddingby Beatrix PotterISBN 0553152491 (0-553-15249-1)
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S Is for Spaceby Ray BradburyISBN 0553232487 (0-553-23248-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'S Is for Space'Book summary:March 1978 Bantam Books 12th printing mass market paperback, different cover than shown. Tight spine, great covers, clear, crisp pages, no spine creases. Fiction [via]
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The Sin of Father Amaroby Eca De QueirosISBN 0552991341 (0-552-99134-1)
Softcover, Black Swan
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The Snow Leopardby Peter MatthiessenISBN 0553206516 (0-553-20651-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Snow Leopard'Book summary:In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, "the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth." Their voyage was in quest of one of the world's most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.
Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, "We've seen so much, maybe it's better if there are some things that we don't see."
That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world's beauty that pervades Matthiessen's book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Stories from Shakespeareby Marchette ChuteISBN 0529055333 (0-529-05533-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Stormyby Jim KjelgaardISBN 0553154680 (0-553-15468-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stormy'Book summary:Allan Marley and his father have lived together in the untamed wilderness of the Beaver Flowage all their lives. But when Mr. Marley is jailed because of a bitter feud, Allan suddenly finds himself on his own. Then he meets Stormy, an outlaw dog who has been accused of turning on his owner. Allan knows that the big black retriever has been mistreated, and he works hard to win the noble dog's trust and affection. As allies, Allan and Stormy overcome every danger they encounter in the unpredictable wilderness...but can their bond protect Allan from the viciousness of his father's human enemies? [via]
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The Story of an African Farmby Olive SchreinerISBN 0553214128 (0-553-21412-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkleby Beatrix Potter, Allen AtkinsonISBN 0553152041 (0-553-15204-1)
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Tale of Squirrel Nutkinby Beatrix Potter, Allen AtkinsonISBN 055315205X (0-553-15205-X)
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Three Livesby Gertrude SteinISBN 0553214101 (0-553-21410-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Troll Garden and Selected Storiesby Willa CatherISBN 0553213857 (0-553-21385-7)
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyleby Avi, Ruth E. MurrayISBN 053105893X (0-531-05893-X)
Hardcover, Orchard Books
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Two Suns Risingby Jonathan StarISBN 0553073915 (0-553-07391-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Valisby Philip K. Dick, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0553141562 (0-553-14156-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Valis'Book summary:The first of Dick's three final novels (the others are Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer). Known as science fiction only for lack of a better category, "Valis" takes place in our world and may even be semi-autobiographical. It is a fool's search for God, who turns out to be a virus, a joke, and a mental hologram transmitted from an orbiting satellite.
The proponent of the novel, Horselover Fat, is thrust into a theological quest when he receives communion in a burst of pink laser light. From the cancer ward of a bay area hospital to the ranch of a fraudulent charismatic religious figure who turns out to have a direct com link with God, Dick leads us down the twisted paths of Gnostic belief, mixed with his own bizarre and compelling philosophy. Truly an eye opening look at the nature of consciousness and divinity. [via]
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Virtual Lightby William GibsonISBN 0553074997 (0-553-07499-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Virtual Light'Book summary:The author of Neuromancer takes you to the vividly realized near future of 2005. Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pick-pocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. [via]
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Wallby John Richard HerseyISBN 0553200534 (0-553-20053-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Weirdstone of Brisingamenby Alan GarnerISBN 0529055198 (0-529-05519-8)
Hardcover, Collins
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White Stallion of Lipizzaby Marguerite HenryISBN 0528820419 (0-528-82041-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Stallion of Lipizza'Book summary:Here is the story of young Hans Haupt and his rigorous apprenticeship and training at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, home of the famous Lipizzan stallions. Ms. Henry has artfully woven authentic details within this warm and sensitive tale. 104 illustrations. [via]
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six Moreby Roald DahlISBN 0553154451 (0-553-15445-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More'Book summary:This collection of stories includes "The Boy Who Talked With Animals", "The Hitch-hiker", "The Mildenhall Treasure", "The Swan", "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "Lucky Break" and "A Piece of Cake". [via]
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The World Insideby Robert SilverbergISBN 0553232797 (0-553-23279-7)
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