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3 Sistersby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0631149163 (0-631-14916-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Abran Paso a Los Patitos / Make Way for Ducklingsby Robert McCloskeyISBN 0613017048 (0-613-01704-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abran Paso a Los Patitos / Make Way for Ducklings'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring. [via]
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The Adventures of Pippi Longstockingby Astrid Lindgren, Michael ChesworthISBN 0670876127 (0-670-87612-7)
Hardcover, Viking Childrens Books
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Ancient Greek Religionby Jon D. MikalsonISBN 0631232230 (0-631-23223-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Greek Religion'Book summary:Ancient Greek Religion provides an introduction to the fundamental beliefs and practices and the major deities of Greek religion.
- Accessible introduction to Greek religion.
- Focuses on Athens in the classical period.
- Includes detailed discussion of Greek gods and heroes, myth and cult.
- Includes vivid descriptions of Greek religion as it was practiced.
- Ancient texts are presented in boxes to promote thought and discussion.
- Abundant illustrations help readers visualize the rich and varied religious life of ancient Greece.
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- Accessible introduction to Greek religion.
Annotated H. P. Lovecraftby H. P. LovecraftISBN 0613226771 (0-613-22677-1)
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The Assistantby Bernard MalamudISBN 0606037187 (0-606-03718-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Black Like Meby John Howard GriffinISBN 060600405X (0-606-00405-X)
Hardcover, Southgate Publishers
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Blueberries for Salby Robert McCloskeyISBN 0670175919 (0-670-17591-9)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blueberries for Sal'Book summary:Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats. Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth. Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub. A quiet comedy of errors ensues when the young ones wander off and absentmindedly trail the wrong mothers.
Blueberries for Sal--with its gentle animals, funny noises, and youthful spirit of adventure--is perfect for reading aloud. The endearing illustrations, rendered in dark, blueberry-stain blue, will leave you craving a fresh pail of your own. (Picture book) [via]
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Brief History of Timeby Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0613074041 (0-613-07404-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brief History of Time'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton [via]
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Cat's Eyeby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0613377036 (0-613-37703-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat's Eye'Book summary:Cat's Eye is one of Margaret Atwood's most intriguing novels, a ruminative, symbol-laced, and deceptively loose book that encompasses many of the concerns of her earlier works, compounding them with a new awareness of aging and the curious vagaries of memory. Its premise is simple enough: Elaine Risley, a successful painter living on the West Coast, returns to Toronto, the scene of her childhood and artistic development, for a retrospective of her work at an independent feminist gallery. As Risley arrives in Toronto, she begins to examine her past in that city, from her early girlhood through to the final days of her first marriage. Risley's memories dominate the book; her exhibition is a light but important counterpoint to all that has gone before it.
In a sense, Cat's Eye is a feminist deconstruction of the artist's coming-of-age novel, but Risley's feminism is skeptical and detached. Her painful girlhood friendships haunt her through her middle age, and she has far more sympathy for men than she does for the women who have supported her career. As a result, Cat's Eye transcends orthodox feminism and rigorously examines troubling questions of gender, sexuality, and art from a wryly nonpartisan perspective. Fans of Atwood's more recent novels will love Cat's Eye, but it is a book that deserves the attention of her numerous detractors; perhaps it will encourage them to give her a second look. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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The Closing of the American Mindby Allan BloomISBN 0613185110 (0-613-18511-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closing of the American Mind'Book summary:THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT
In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites.
Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Blooms argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today. [via]
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The Complete Adventures of Curious Georgeby H.A. Rey, Margret ReyISBN 0618164413 (0-618-16441-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Adventures of Curious George'Book summary:Sixty years have passed since a curious little chimp in Africa met the man with the big yellow hat and got into the first of many scrapes. Decades later, George is as curious--and naughty--as ever. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Curious George's debut, this special edition is a collection of seven classic adventures by Margret and H.A. Rey, along with an introduction by critic Leonard Marcus, a retrospective note by publisher Anita Silvey, a history of the Reys by Dee Jones, curator of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, and a photo album. The many generations of fans of the "good little monkey who was always very curious" will be fascinated to learn how H.A. and Margret escaped on bicycle from German-occupied Paris, with just their winter coats and several picture books (including a draft of Curious George, then called Fifi) strapped to the racks. Photos and essays reveal H.A. to have been a gentle, humorous man, while Margret, by all accounts, was spirited and brutally direct, with a keen business mind. The chemistry between them worked beautifully. Between them, they created one of the most beloved characters in children's literature. This handsome volume includes Curious George, Curious George Takes a Job, Curious George Rides a Bike, Curious George Gets a Medal, Curious George Flies a Kite, Curious George Learns the Alphabet, and Curious George Goes to the Hospital. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Complete Short Stories of D.h. Lawrenceby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0670000965 (0-670-00096-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remusby Richard Chase, Joel Chandler Harris, Barbara McClintock, A. B. FrostISBN 0618154299 (0-618-15429-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Corduroyby Don FreemanISBN 0670241334 (0-670-24133-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Corduroy Big Bookby Don FreemanISBN 0590725289 (0-590-72528-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Day of the Jackalby Frederick ForsythISBN 0670259365 (0-670-25936-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Day of the Jackal'Book summary:It is 1963 and the Secret Army Organisation want to kill General de Gaulle, the President of France. They hire a professional assassin, a tall, cold Englishman who calls himself aA A the Jackal'. But in spite of his brilliant disguises and clever preparations, aA A the best detective in France', Claude Lebel is close on his heels. A blockbusting novel from one of the world's greatest thriller writers. This will enthral you from start to finish! Also a gripping film starring Edward Fox. [via]
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Five Children and Itby Edith NesbitISBN 0590421468 (0-590-42146-8)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Foundation's Edgeby Isaac AsimovISBN 0606012303 (0-606-01230-3)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundation's Edge'Book summary:Now, 498 years after its founding, the Foundation seemed to be following the Seldon Plan perfectly. Too perfectly. Now an impossible planet -- with impossible powers -- threatens to upset the Seldon Plan for good unless two men, sworn enemies, can work together to save it!
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The Friendly Guide to Mythologyby Nancyl HathawayISBN 067085770X (0-670-85770-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy ChevalierISBN 0606206736 (0-606-20673-6)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Gods, Demigods, and Demonsby Bernard EvslinISBN 0590414488 (0-590-41448-8)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Golden Compassby Philip PullmanISBN 0613026993 (0-613-02699-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Golden Compass'Book summary:Some books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own--nor is her world. For one thing, people there each have a personal daemon, the manifestation of their soul in animal form. For another, hers is a universe in which science, theology, and magic are closely allied:
As for what experimental theology was, Lyra had no more idea than the urchins. She had formed the notion that it was concerned with magic, with the movements of the stars and planets, with tiny particles of matter, but that was guesswork, really. Probably the stars had daemons just as humans did, and experimental theology involved talking to them.
Not that Lyra spends much time worrying about it; what she likes best is "clambering over the College roofs with Roger the kitchen boy who was her particular friend, to spit plum stones on the heads of passing Scholars or to hoot like owls outside a window where a tutorial was going on, or racing through the narrow streets, or stealing apples from the market, or waging war." But Lyra's carefree existence changes forever when she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, first prevent an assassination attempt against her uncle, the powerful Lord Asriel, and then overhear a secret discussion about a mysterious entity known as Dust. Soon she and Pan are swept up in a dangerous game involving disappearing children, a beautiful woman with a golden monkey daemon, a trip to the far north, and a set of allies ranging from "gyptians" to witches to an armor-clad polar bear.In The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has written a masterpiece that transcends genre. It is a children's book that will appeal to adults, a fantasy novel that will charm even the most hardened realist. Best of all, the author doesn't speak down to his audience, nor does he pull his punches; there is genuine terror in this book, and heartbreak, betrayal, and loss. There is also love, loyalty, and an abiding morality that infuses the story but never overwhelms it. This is one of those rare novels that one wishes would never end. Fortunately, its sequel, The Subtle Knife, will help put off that inevitability for a while longer. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0606020624 (0-606-02062-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Harold and the Purple Crayonby Crockett JohnsonISBN 0590339427 (0-590-33942-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Herzogby Irving Howe, Saul BellowISBN 0670369136 (0-670-36913-6)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Herzogby Saul BellowISBN 0670002003 (0-670-00200-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Herzog Text and Criticismby Saul BellowISBN 0670018104 (0-670-01810-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Homer Priceby Robert McCloskeyISBN 0670377295 (0-670-37729-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Human Stainby Philip RothISBN 0618059458 (0-618-05945-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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I Sing the Body Electric, and Other Storiesby Ray BradburyISBN 061308036X (0-613-08036-X)
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Jack London's Stories of the Northby Jack London, Betty M. Owen, Charles RathboneISBN 0590442295 (0-590-44229-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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John Steinbeck : America and Americans and Selected Nonfictionby John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw, Jackson J. BensonISBN 0670030627 (0-670-03062-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Latin Poetryby Carr, Harry E. WedeckISBN 0669332666 (0-669-33266-6)
Hardcover, D C Heath & Co
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Life of Our Lordby Charles DickensISBN 0664256805 (0-664-25680-5)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Little Themeby Philip PullmanISBN 0590541781 (0-590-54178-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Theme'Book summary:This is the first in a trilogy in which a new universe has been created. A world where daemons swoop and scuttle along the streets of Oxford and London, where the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air, and where one child knows secrets the adults would kill for. [via]
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Mad About Madelineby Ludwig BemelmansISBN 0670888168 (0-670-88816-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Mad about Madeline : The Complete Talesby Ludwig Bemelmans, Anna QuindlenISBN 0670851876 (0-670-85187-6)
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Madeline's Rescueby Ludwig BemelmansISBN 0670447161 (0-670-44716-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madeline's Rescue'Book summary:It took Ludwig Bemelmans years to think of Madeline's next adventure after the 1939 original Madeline, but he did it, and the result was Madeline's Rescue, winner of the 1954 Caldecott Medal. One day on a walk through Paris (a "twelve little girls in two straight lines" kind of walk), Madeline slips and falls off a bridge right into the Seine. Everyone feared she would be dead, "But for a dog / That kept its head," saving her from a "watery grave." What choice do Madeline and the girls have but to take the heroic pooch home, feed her biscuits, milk, and beef, and name her Genevieve? Sadly, when Lord Cucuface gets wind of the new dog, he decrees that no dogs will be allowed in the "old house in Paris that was covered with vines," and kicks Genevieve out on the street. Madeline vows vengeance, and the girls scour Paris looking for the pup: "They went looking high / and low / And every place a dog might go. / In every place they called her name / But no one answered to the same." As we've come to expect from Bemelmans, all's well that ends well chez Clavel, and young readers will be tickled by this heartwarming, quirky dog story with a surprise finale. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Make Way for Ducklingsby Robert McCloskeyISBN 0670451495 (0-670-45149-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Make Way for Ducklings'Book summary:It's not easy for duck parents to find a safe place to bring up their ducklings, but during a rest stop in Boston's Public Garden, Mr. and Mrs. Mallard think they just might have found the perfect spot--no foxes or turtles in sight, plenty of peanuts from pleasant passers-by, and the benevolent instincts of a kindly police officer to boot. Young readers will love the mother duck's proud, loving protection of her wee webbed ones, and those with fond memories of Boston will enjoy familiar locales, from Beacon Hill to Louisburg Square, and over the Charles River--often from a duck's-eye view. Robert McCloskey, creator of Blueberries for Sal, never fails to elicit happy story-time giggles from youngsters, and his soft, brown-toned, Caldecott-winning illustrations make this gentle world come alive. (Ages 3 to 8) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Malgudi Daysby R.K. NarayanISBN 0670451789 (0-670-45178-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Manticoreby Robertson DaviesISBN 0670453137 (0-670-45313-7)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Manticore'Book summary:Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Daviess acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. The Manticorethe second book in the series after Fifth Businessfollows David Staunton, a man pleased with his success but haunted by his relationship with his larger-than-life father. As he seeks help through therapy, he encounters a wonderful cast of characters who help connect him to his past and the death of his father. [via]
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The Manuscript Found in Saragossaby Ian MacLean, Jan PotockiISBN 0670834289 (0-670-83428-9)
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The Mousetrap and Other Playsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0606191976 (0-606-19197-6)
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Murder Must Advertiseby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0606311831 (0-606-31183-1)
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The Mysterious Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0613102231 (0-613-10223-1)
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The Ordinary Princessby M. M. KayeISBN 0670035440 (0-670-03544-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Orient Expressby Graham GreeneISBN 0670528412 (0-670-52841-2)
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Philosophy As a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucaultby Arnold I. Davidson, Pierre HadotISBN 0631180338 (0-631-18033-8)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Poisonwood Bibleby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0606342397 (0-606-34239-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poisonwood Bible'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, June 2000: As any reader of The Mosquito Coast knows, men who drag their families to far-off climes in pursuit of an Idea seldom come to any good, while those familiar with At Play in the Fields of the Lord or Kalimantaan understand that the minute a missionary sets foot on the fictional stage, all hell is about to break loose. So when Barbara Kingsolver sends missionary Nathan Price along with his wife and four daughters off to Africa in The Poisonwood Bible, you can be sure that salvation is the one thing they're not likely to find. The year is 1959 and the place is the Belgian Congo. Nathan, a Baptist preacher, has come to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane. To say that he and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement: "We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle," says Leah, one of Nathan's daughters. But of course it isn't long before they discover that the tremendous humidity has rendered the mixes unusable, their clothes are unsuitable, and they've arrived in the middle of political upheaval as the Congolese seek to wrest independence from Belgium. In addition to poisonous snakes, dangerous animals, and the hostility of the villagers to Nathan's fiery take-no-prisoners brand of Christianity, there are also rebels in the jungle and the threat of war in the air. Could things get any worse?
In fact they can and they do. The first part of The Poisonwood Bible revolves around Nathan's intransigent, bullying personality and his effect on both his family and the village they have come to. As political instability grows in the Congo, so does the local witch doctor's animus toward the Prices, and both seem to converge with tragic consequences about halfway through the novel. From that point on, the family is dispersed and the novel follows each member's fortune across a span of more than 30 years.
The Poisonwood Bible is arguably Barbara Kingsolver's most ambitious work, and it reveals both her great strengths and her weaknesses. As Nathan Price's wife and daughters tell their stories in alternating chapters, Kingsolver does a good job of differentiating the voices. But at times they can grate--teenage Rachel's tendency towards precious malapropisms is particularly annoying (students practice their "French congregations"; Nathan's refusal to take his family home is a "tapestry of justice"). More problematic is Kingsolver's tendency to wear her politics on her sleeve; this is particularly evident in the second half of the novel, in which she uses her characters as mouthpieces to explicate the complicated and tragic history of the Belgian Congo.
Despite these weaknesses, Kingsolver's fully realized, three-dimensional characters make The Poisonwood Bible compelling, especially in the first half, when Nathan Price is still at the center of the action. And in her treatment of Africa and the Africans she is at her best, exhibiting the acute perception, moral engagement, and lyrical prose that have made her previous novels so successful. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg, Liam NeesonISBN 0618477977 (0-618-47797-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Polar Express'Book summary:Fifteen years and one Caldecott Medal after its publication, Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express is as fresh and magical as ever. And now an anniversary edition, including the hardcover book, a CD and audiotape featuring a reading by actor Liam Neeson and music by composer Michael Moss, and a special bronze ornament designed by Van Allsburg, renews the wonder and charm of this holiday classic.
One Christmas Eve, a bathrobe-clad boy boards the mysterious Polar Express train on its way to the North Pole. Arriving in the mystical polar city, the boy is thunderstruck when Santa chooses him to be the recipient of the very first gift of Christmas. Shyly, the boy asks for his true heart's desire--one silver bell from the harness of Santa's reindeer. His wish is granted, and the train begins its return trip. But alas! The boy has a hole in his pocket, and the cherished sleigh bell is lost... forever?
Author-illustrator Van Allsburg, who also received the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and a Caldecott Honor for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, is a creative talent beyond compare. The timeless splendor of his unique, breathtaking illustrations and quiet story will undoubtedly stay with the reader for a lifetime. (Ages 3 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Polar Express: Special Heirloom Editionby Chris Van AllsburgISBN 0618836594 (0-618-83659-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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One Christmas Eve, a bathrobe-clad boy boards the mysterious Polar Express train on its way to the North Pole. Arriving in the mystical polar city, the boy is thunderstruck when Santa chooses him to be the recipient of the very first gift of Christmas. Shyly, the boy asks for his true heart's desire--one silver bell from the harness of Santa's reindeer. His wish is granted, and the train begins its return trip. But alas! The boy has a hole in his pocket, and the cherished sleigh bell is lost... forever?
Author-illustrator Van Allsburg, who also received the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and a Caldecott Honor for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, is a creative talent beyond compare. The timeless splendor of his unique, breathtaking illustrations and quiet story will undoubtedly stay with the reader for a lifetime. (Ages 3 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Portable Chaucerby Geoffrey Chaucer, Theodore MorrisonISBN 0670213101 (0-670-21310-1)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Portable Jungby Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph CampbellISBN 0670010707 (0-670-01070-7)
Softcover, Viking Press
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The Portable Kiplingby Irving Howe, Rudyard KiplingISBN 0670413739 (0-670-41373-9)
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The Portable Thomas Jeffersonby Thomas Jefferson, United States, Merrill D. PetersonISBN 0670703591 (0-670-70359-1)
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The Raven, the and Other Poemsby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0590452606 (0-590-45260-6)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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Readings in Ancient Historyby BailkeyISBN 0669277444 (0-669-27744-4)
Softcover, D C Heath & Co
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Readings in Ancient History: From Gilgamesh to Diocletianby Bailkey, Nels M., CompISBN 0669002496 (0-669-00249-6)
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Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilgamesh to St. Augustineby Nels M. BailkeyISBN 0669110191 (0-669-11019-1)
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Readings in Ancient History: Thought and Experience from Gilgamesh to St. Augustineby Richard Lim, Nels M. BailkeyISBN 0618133836 (0-618-13383-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Real Mother Gooseby Blanche Fisher WrightISBN 0590225170 (0-590-22517-0)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Real Mother Goose'Book summary:This is a board-book edition of the classic nursery rhyme collection, and it's a fine choice for a first nursery-rhyme book. The old-fashioned, rather Edwardian-looking illustrations may appeal more to nostalgic parents than to babies and toddlers, but the bright colors and simple lines are easy on small eyes, too. Each double-page spread has a one-verse rhyme on the left with an illustration on the right, and the 15 selections include Humpty Dumpty; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater; The Cat and the Fiddle; Pease Porridge Hot; and Wee Willie Winkie. (Baby to 3) --Richard Farr [via]
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The Red Fairy Bookby Brian Alderson, Andrew LangISBN 0670591106 (0-670-59110-6)
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Reflections in a Golden Eyeby Carson McCullersISBN 0618084754 (0-618-08475-4)
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Restaurant at the End of the Universeby Douglas AdamsISBN 0613336526 (0-613-33652-6)
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Robin Hood of Sherwood Forestby Ann McGovernISBN 0590454412 (0-590-45441-2)
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Roman Society: A Social, Economic, and Cultural Historyby Henry Charles BorenISBN 0669178012 (0-669-17801-2)
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil GaimanISBN 060622047X (0-606-22047-X)
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Sexuality in Greek and Roman Cultureby Marilyn B. SkinnerISBN 0631232346 (0-631-23234-6)
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The Short Stories: The First Forty-Nine Stories With a Brief Introduction by the Authorby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0606022627 (0-606-02262-7)
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Sing a Song of Mother GooseISBN 0590416995 (0-590-41699-5)
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Sing a Song of Mother Gooseby Francis ReidISBN 0590713809 (0-590-71380-9)
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonISBN 0613014367 (0-613-01436-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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Steinbeck: A Life in Lettersby Elaine SteinbeckISBN 067066961X (0-670-66961-X)
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Subtle Knifeby Philip PullmanISBN 0613095049 (0-613-09504-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Subtle Knife'Book summary:With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as "elegant," "awe-inspiring," "grand," and "glittering," and used "magnificent" with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter--or, more likely, several--from the opening tour de force to Lyra's close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And Pullman was no less profligate when it came to intellectual firepower or singular characters. The dæmons alone grant him a place in world literature. Could the second installment of his trilogy keep up this pitch, or had his heroine and her too, too sullied parents consumed him? And what of the belief system that pervaded his alternate universe, not to mention the mystery of Dust? More revelations and an equal number of wonders and new players were definitely in order.
The Subtle Knife offers everything we could have wished for, and more. For a start, there's a young hero--from our world--who is a match for Lyra Silvertongue and whose destiny is every bit as shattering. Like Lyra, Will Parry has spent his childhood playing games. Unlike hers, though, his have been deadly serious. This 12-year-old long ago learned the art of invisibility: if he could erase himself, no one would discover his mother's increasing instability and separate them.
As the novel opens, Will's enemies will do anything for information about his missing father, a soldier and Arctic explorer who has been very much airbrushed from the official picture. Now Will must get his mother into safe seclusion and make his way toward Oxford, which may hold the key to John Parry's disappearance. But en route and on the lam from both the police and his family's tormentors, he comes upon a cat with more than a mouse on her mind: "She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will." What seems to him a patch of everyday Oxford conceals far more: "The cat stepped forward and vanished." Will, too, scrambles through and into another oddly deserted landscape--one in which children rule and adults (and felines) are very much at risk. Here in this deathly silent city by the sea, he will soon have a dustup with a fierce, flinty little girl: "Her expression was a mixture of the very young--when she first tasted the cola--and a kind of deep, sad wariness." Soon Will and Lyra (and, of course, her dæmon, Pantalaimon) uneasily embark on a great adventure and head into greater tragedy.
As Pullman moves between his young warriors and the witch Serafina Pekkala, the magnetic, ever-manipulative Mrs. Coulter, and Lee Scoresby and his hare dæmon, Hester, there are clear signs of approaching war and earthly chaos. There are new faces as well. The author introduces Oxford dark-matter researcher Mary Malone; the Latvian witch queen Ruta Skadi, who "had trafficked with spirits, and it showed"; Stanislaus Grumman, a shaman in search of a weapon crucial to the cause of Lord Asriel, Lyra's father; and a serpentine old man whom Lyra and Pan can't quite place. Also on hand are the Specters, beings that make cliff-ghasts look like rank amateurs.
Throughout, Pullman is in absolute control of his several worlds, his plot and pace equal to his inspiration. Any number of astonishing scenes--small- and large-scale--will have readers on edge, and many are cause for tears. "You think things have to be possible," Will demands. "Things have to be true!" It is Philip Pullman's gift to turn what quotidian minds would term the impossible into a reality that is both heartbreaking and beautiful. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Superfudgeby Judy BlumeISBN 0606284907 (0-606-28490-7)
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That Hideous Strengthby C. S. LewisISBN 0613071832 (0-613-07183-2)
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Theater Shoesby Noel StreatfeildISBN 0613013379 (0-613-01337-9)
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This Gun for Hireby Graham GreeneISBN 0670701726 (0-670-70172-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Time and Againby Jack FinneyISBN 0606300120 (0-606-30012-0)
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Tintin Prisoners Of Sunby HergeISBN 0613718259 (0-613-71825-9)
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The Twenty-one Balloonsby William Pene DuboisISBN 0670734411 (0-670-73441-1)
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Uncle Vaniaby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0631143890 (0-631-14389-0)
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Understood Betsyby Dorothea Frances FisherISBN 0590480057 (0-590-48005-7)
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The Use and Abuse of Historyby M.I. FinleyISBN 0670742155 (0-670-74215-5)
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The Water Babiesby Charles KingsleyISBN 0613192710 (0-613-19271-0)
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White Moutainsby John ChristopherISBN 0613733851 (0-613-73385-1)
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Abran Paso a Los Patitos / Make Way for Ducklingsby Robert McCloskey, Osvaldo BlancoISBN 0670868302 (0-670-86830-2)
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LA Casa En Mango Street/the House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros, Elena PoniatowskaISBN 0613046889 (0-613-04688-9)
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Montanas Blancas/White Mountainsby John ChristopherISBN 0613070348 (0-613-07034-8)
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