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The Arden Shakespeare Complete Worksby Ann Thompson, David Scott Kastan, Richard ProudfootISBN 1903436397 (1-903436-39-7)
Hardcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works: Leather-Bound'Book summary:The Complete Arden Shakespeare, published for the first time in 1998, is now available in an updated hardback edition. The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all ShakespeareÂ's plays, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. The updated edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998. A general introduction by the three General Editors of the ongoing Arden Shakespeare series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatistÂ's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime. Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within ShakespeareÂ's ÂSuvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers. · The sound, reliable, critical edition of ShakespeareÂ's work · Updated and revised to include all of the editions currently available in the Arden Third Series · Includes The Two Noble Kinsmen, the Poems and the Sonnets · General introduction by the Arden General Editors · Brief contextual introductions to each play · Glossary with about 400 entries [via]
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Arden Shakespeare Complete Works of ShakespeareISBN 1903436613 (1-903436-61-3)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
Find This BookBook summary:[via]The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays and poems, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. This edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998.A general introduction by the three General Editors of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarizes the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime.Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's oeuvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary with nearly 400 entries explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsGeneral Editors' PrefaceIntroductionShakespeare's SonnetsA Lover's ComplaintVenus and AdonisLucreceThe Passionate Pilgrim"The Phoenix and Turtle"All's Well That Ends WellAntony and CleopatraAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsCoriolanusCymbelineHamletJulius CaesarKing Henry IV, Part 1King Henry IV, Part 2King Henry VKing Henry VI, Part 1King Henry VI, Part 2King Henry VI, Part 3King Henry VIIIKing JohnKing LearKing Richard IIKing Richard IIILove's Labour's LostMacbethMeasure for MeasureThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About NothingOthelloPericlesRomeo and JulietThe Taming of the ShrewThe TempestTimon of AthensTitus AndronicusTroilus and CressidaTwelfth NightThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Noble KinsmenThe Winter's TaleBibliographyIndex of first lines of sonnetsIndex of first lines of songsGlossaryMore editions of Arden Shakespeare Complete Works of Shakespeare:
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Bleak Houseby Charles Dickens, Tatiana M. HolwayISBN 1593083114 (1-59308-311-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bleak House'Book summary:Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman," all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will, of course, be no winner. The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet. The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield, whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text, brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama. However, to abridge Dickens is, well, a Dickensian task, the results of which make for a story in which the author's convoluted plot lines and twists of fate play out in what seems to be a fast-forward format. Listeners must pay close attention in order to keep up with the multiple narratives and cast of curious characters, including the memorable Inspector Bucket and Mr. Guppy. Fortunately, the publisher provides a partial list of characters on the inside jacket. (Running time: 3 hours; 2 cassettes) [via]
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The Book of the Courtierby Castiglione, Baldassare, ConteISBN 0140441921 (0-14-044192-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of the Courtier'Book summary:An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.[via]More editions of The Book of the Courtier:
- The Book of the Courtier: ISBN 0486427021 (0-486-42702-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Book of the Courtier: ISBN 0460875027 (0-460-87502-7)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Book of the Courtier: ISBN 0804460787 (0-8044-6078-7)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group - The Book of the Courtier: ISBN 0140441921 (0-14-044192-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Book of the Courtierby Baldesar CastiglioneISBN 0385094213 (0-385-09421-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of the Courtier'Book summary:This text is a historical record of conversational leisure at a Renaissance Italian court, a manual of instruction for aspiring courtiers and a handbook. From it spring the behaviour manuals which continue to reveal the ways of "arriviste", from social climber to young business executive. [via]
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The Book of the Courtierby Daniel Javitch, Castiglione, Baldassare, ConteISBN 0393976068 (0-393-97606-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 185326895X (1-85326-895-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works of William Shakespeare'Book summary:William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness. This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. [via]
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The Criminal Record Handbook: The Complete National Reference for the Legal Access and Use of Criminal Recordsby Peter J. Weber, Michael L. Sankey, Derek HintonISBN 1889150436 (1-889150-43-6)
Softcover, Facts on Demand Pr
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Der Process [sic]by Franz Kafka, Malcolm Pasley, Hans-Gerd KochISBN 3100381300 (3-10-038130-0)
Hardcover, S. Fischer
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Der Vorleserby Stuart TabernerISBN 1853996491 (1-85399-649-1)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Der Vorleser'Book summary:The theme of the book is the Holocaust and questions of guilt, as it tells the tale of Michael Berg and his affair with Hanna Schmitz, who turns out to have been a guard at Auschwitz and who later hangs herself.
This edition makes the German text accessible to students, providing the full German text, with a substantial Introduction, Commentary, Vocabulary and Bibliography in English.
Bernhard Schlinks novel "Der Vorleser" ("The Reader") has sold over 500,000 copies in Germany, 750,000 in the USA, 200,000 in Britain, and 100,000 in France. It has been translated into 25 languages. [via]More editions of Der Vorleser:
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Der Vorleser: Romanby Bernhard SchlinkISBN 3257060653 (3-257-06065-3)
Hardcover, Diogenes
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El Cliente / The Clientby John Grisham, Enric TrempsISBN 840802535X (84-08-02535-X)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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El Proceso / the Processby Franz KafkaISBN 8437608562 (84-376-0856-2)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Proceso / the Process'Book summary:This brilliant writer knew how to create a nightmare world where things happen without any explanation, where the characters fight against a fate which they do´nt understand, where there are effects without any apparent cause and where all happens without any explanation, but even so, it is impossible to escape from the fascination of the plot.. [via]
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Emperor's New Clothesby H. C. Andersen, Ned BustardISBN 1932168222 (1-932168-22-2)
Softcover, Veritas Pr Inc
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Emperor's New Clothesby Anthea Bell, H. C. Andersen, Dorothee DuntzeISBN 155858689X (1-55858-689-X)
Softcover, North South Books
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Entertaining Elizabeth First: The Progresses and Great Houses of Her Timeby June OsborneISBN 1852190558 (1-85219-055-8)
Softcover, Bishopsgate Pr Ltd
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Fledglingby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 1583226907 (1-58322-690-7)
Hardcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fledgling'Book summary:Fledgling, Octavia Butlers first new novel in seven years, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wantedand still wantsto destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human. [via]
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Genealogical Abstracts of the Laws of Pennsylvania & the Statutes at Largeby Candy LivengoodISBN 1585491764 (1-58549-176-4)
Hardcover, Willow Bend Books
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Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbirdby Christopher SergelISBN 0871290863 (0-87129-086-3)
Softcover, Dramatic Pub Co
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Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 0808510258 (0-8085-1025-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A guide to reading ""To Kill A Mockingbird"" 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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Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbirdby Joyce Milton, Harper LeeISBN 0812034465 (0-8120-3446-5)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers. [via]
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Headline Justice: Inside the Courtroom The Country's Most Controversial Trialsby Theo WilsonISBN 156025193X (1-56025-193-X)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Henry VIII: A European Court in Englandby David StarkeyISBN 1855850133 (1-85585-013-3)
Softcover, Collins & Brown in association with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry VIII: A European Court in England'Book summary:Published to accompany a major historial exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's birth, this book offers a reconstruction of Henry's Palace at Greenwich and of the splendour and richness of incident of his reign. It was at Greenwich that Henry was born in 1491, spent two-thirds of his life and married the first of his six wives, Catherine of Aragon. Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry and his tragic second wife, Anne Boleyn, was born and christened there, his marriage with Anne of Cleves failed there and he visited the Royal Palace just three weeks before his death at Whitehall in 1547. The book provides a reassessment of Henry as a true prince of the Renaissance, presiding over a court which made London a major European cultural centre. The text is interwoven with specialist essays on such topics as armour, medals and the education of Anne Boleyn. The author's previous books include "The Struggle for Power: The Lives and Letters of the Great Tudor Dynasties". [via]
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- Henry VIII: A European Court in England: ISBN 1558592415 (1-55859-241-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services - Henry VIII: A European Court in England: ISBN 1855850087 (1-85585-008-7)
Hardcover, Collins & Brown in association with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich - Henry VIII: A European Court in England: ISBN 1855850133 (1-85585-013-3)
Softcover, Collins & Brown in association with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
- Henry VIII: A European Court in England: ISBN 1558592415 (1-55859-241-5)
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The Illustrated Stratford Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 1851523812 (1-85152-381-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Stratford Shakespeare'Book summary:He's indisputably the greatest writer in the English language, a master of every mood from sidesplitting comedy (Twelfth Night) to profound tragedy (King Lear) to the historically majestic (Henry V). Every bookshelf must have a complete collection of his 38 plays, his magnificent and passionate sonnets, and his epic poems. Here they all are in one 1,024-page, yet compact and low-cost hardcover, sturdy enough to withstand students poring through its pages for classes and exams; theatergoers refreshing their acquaintance with a favorite play before seeing it performed; and literature lovers picking it up again and again simply for pleasure. Every time you return to Shakespeare's elegantly phrased lines, and his rich and complex characters, you'll find something new to treasure. Illustrated with Renaissance pictures that capture the feel of the Bard's era. [via]
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Joseon Royal Court Culture: Ceremonial and Daily Lifeby Myong-ho SinISBN 8971991879 (89-7199-187-9)
Hardcover, Dolbegae Publishers
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The Lady and the Unicornby Tracy ChevalierISBN 1587246147 (1-58724-614-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady and the Unicorn'Book summary:If you think you wouldn't raise your skirts for a rakish legend about the purifying powers of a unicorn's horn, then maybe you aren't a 15th-century serving girl under the sway of a velvet-tongued court painter of ill repute. In keeping with her bestselling Girl with a Pearl Earring, and its Edwardian-era follow-up, Falling Angels, Tracy Chevalier's tale of artistic creation and late-medieval amours, The Lady and the Unicorn is a subtle study in social power, and the conflicts between love and duty. Nicolas des Innocents has been commissioned by the Parisian nobleman Jean Le Viste to design a series of large tapestries for his great hall (in real life, the famous Lady and the Unicorn cycle, now in Paris's Musee National du Moyen-Age Thermes de Cluny). While Nicolas is measuring the walls, he meets a beautiful girl who turns out to be Jean Le Viste's daughter. Their passion is impossible for their world--so forbidden, given their class differences, that its only avenue of expression turns out to be those magnificent tapestries. The historical evidence on which this story is based is slight enough to allow the full play of Chevalier's imagination in this cleverly woven tale. --Regina Marler [via]
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Le Rouge Et Le Noirby StendhalISBN 2035881374 (2-03-588137-4)
Softcover, Larousse Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Rouge Et Le Noir'Book summary:Au rouge des armes, Julien Sorel préfèrera le noir des ordres. Au cours de son ascension sociale, deux femmes se singularisent, comme pour figurer les deux penchants de son caractère : Madame de Rênal - le rêve, l'aspiration à un bonheur pur et simple - et Mathilde de La Mole - l'énergie, l'action brillante et fébrile. A ces composantes stendhaliennes (conception de la vie qui dépasse la stratégie narrative pour s'étendre à l'existence de l'auteur) correspondent deux facettes stylistiques : la sobriété et la restriction du champ de vision. Dans cette Chronique de 1830, bien avant l'existence du cinéma donc, Stendhal alterne les prises de vue pour concilier réalisme et romantisme. Le Rouge et le Noir, portrait social, est également un roman de l'individualité où le regard des personnages sert de philtre au narrateur et où la cristallisation stendhalienne, cette phase irisée De l'amour, trouve un formidable support dans les champs, contrechamps, plongées et contre-plongées. Cette écriture visuelle ajoute à l'analyse une intelligence psychologique profonde. Inversement, le ton dépouillé permet au romantisme d'éviter le lyrisme abusif et de demeurer ironique envers la société sclérosée de la France de la Restauration. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
Les Lais De Marie Franceby De FrancISBN 2852030233 (2-85203-023-3)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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The Library Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, George Cruikshank, John Gilbert, Robert DudleyISBN 1888777745 (1-888777-74-5)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Library Shakespeare'Book summary:Known as the greatest playwright of all time Wiiliam Shakespeare has been immortalized in this deluxe 1448 edition of his works. This reproduction, from an original 3 volume 19th Century Manuscript,is beautifully illustrated by Irish artist George Cruikshank, joined by Sir John Gilbert, and R. Dudley.
This Complete Library of Shakspeare is divided into three sections: Tragedies, Comedies, & Histories with Sonnets. [via]
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Loves Labours LostISBN 1904271103 (1-904271-10-3)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
Find This BookBook summary:Another example of Shakespeare's comic fascination with the battle between and misunderstanding of the sexes, Love's Labour's Lost is a difficult play to read, but one which is extremely effective on stage. The Play opens with King Ferdinand of Navarre and his courtiers taking a vow of study and sexual abstinence for a period of three years. However, their vows are soon placed under strain with the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies in waiting. The inevitable happens, and the different couples attempt to surreptitiously communicate, causing much hilarious confusion and embarrassment in the process. Shakespeare deploys every farcical element in the book, including impersonation, wrongly delivered letters, outrageous puns and word play, fights, drunkenness and masquerades, as Ferdinand's entourage soon learn that rather than running from women to books, it is in fact the opposite sex that "are the books, the arts, the academes/That show, contain, and nourish all the world". However, one of the most interesting aspects of the play is that it does not end with everyone marrying and living happily ever after. The women give as good as they get from the men, and in the end turn the tables in extremely interesting ways. One of Shakespeare's most linguistically challenging, but also intelligent comedies. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Matar UN Ruisenor/to Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 0613054490 (0-613-05449-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Monsterby Walter Dean Myers, Christopher MyersISBN 0064407314 (0-06-440731-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monster'Book summary:"Monster" is what the prosecutor called 16-year-old Steve Harmon for his supposed role in the fatal shooting of a convenience-store owner. But was Steve really the lookout who gave the "all clear" to the murderer, or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? In this innovative novel by Walter Dean Myers, the reader becomes both juror and witness during the trial of Steve's life. To calm his nerves as he sits in the courtroom, aspiring filmmaker Steve chronicles the proceedings in movie script format. Interspersed throughout his screenplay are journal writings that provide insight into Steve's life before the murder and his feelings about being held in prison during the trial. "They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can't kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment."
Myers, known for the inner-city classic Motown and Didi (first published in 1984), proves with Monster that he has kept up with both the struggles and the lingo of today's teens. Steve is an adolescent caught up in the violent circumstances of an adult world--a situation most teens can relate to on some level. Readers will no doubt be attracted to the novel's handwriting-style typeface, emphasis on dialogue, and fast-paced courtroom action. By weaving together Steve's journal entries and his script, Myers has given the first-person voice a new twist and added yet another worthy volume to his already admirable body of work. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novelby Jodi PicoultISBN 0743454537 (0-7434-5453-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Sister's Keeper: A Novel'Book summary:"New York Times" bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister -- and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.
"My Sister's Keeper" examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? Once again, in "My Sister's Keeper, " Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity. [via]
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The Pactby Jodi PicoultISBN 006085880X (0-06-085880-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoultone of the most powerful writers in contemporary fictioncomes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.
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The Pact: A Love Storyby Jodi PicoultISBN 0688158129 (0-688-15812-9)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pact: A Love Story'Book summary:Friendship, loyalty, lifelong love -- and teenage suicide. A riveting, timely, and terrifying novel from an acclaimed writer who skillfully intertwines the intimate perceptions of Anne Tyler with the dramatic tension of John Grisham
The Golds and the Hartes, neighbors for eighteen years, have always been inseparable. So have their children-and it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. But the bonds of family, friendship, and passion-which had seemed so indestructible -- suddenly threaten to unravel in the wake of unexpected tragedy.
When midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the truth. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There's a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet-a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris describes.
This extraordinary, heart-rending novel asks questions that every parent faces: How much do we know about our children? Our friends?
What if . . .? As its chapters unfold, alternating between an idyllic past and an unthinkable present, The Pact paints an indelible portrait of families in anguish . . . and creates an astonishingly suspenseful courtroom drama, as Chris finds himself on trial for murder.It's rare to find a writer who combines Alice Hoffman's gift for evoking everyday life in pellucid prose with a remarkable ability to create a legal page-turner that will keep you up all night reading, but this is such a book. The Pact rings true: wonderfully observed, truly moving, frightening, and utterly impossible to put down. [via]
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Plain Truthby Jodi PicoultISBN 0743275012 (0-7432-7501-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plain Truth'Book summary:A shocking murder shatters the picturesque calm of Pennsylvania's Amish country, and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer who steps in to defend the young woman at the centre of the storm...The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen year old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania to defend Katie, two cutures collide, and, for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep inside the world of those who live 'plain', Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep within, to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past re-enters her life. [via]
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- Plain Truth: ISBN 0671776134 (0-671-77613-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Plain Truth: ISBN 0606217967 (0-606-21796-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Plain Truth: ISBN 0613368622 (0-613-36862-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Plain Truth: ISBN 0671776126 (0-671-77612-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Plain Truth: ISBN 0743275012 (0-7432-7501-2)
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- Plain Truth: ISBN 0671776134 (0-671-77613-4)
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Pocket Partnerby Mary E. Miller, Thomas J. Glover, Dennis H. Evers, Dennis EversISBN 1885071264 (1-885071-26-4)
Softcover, Sequoia Pub
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Poison in Athensby Margaret Anne DoodyISBN 1844134628 (1-84413-462-8)
Hardcover, Century
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The Princely Courts of Europe 1500-1750by John AdamsonISBN 1841880973 (1-84188-097-3)
Softcover, Seven Dials
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Princely Courts of Europe 1500-1750'Book summary:Court life throughout the golden age of Europe's ancien régime is invariably imagined as a world of decadent absolutist authority, a closed inner circle from which sovereigns such as James I and Louis XIV exercised complete control over their kingdoms. In his splendid collection The Princely Courts of Europe: 1500-1750, historian John Adamson brings together a fine group of essays on 12 of the greatest courts in Europe of the period, which offers a far more complicated picture of court life.
As Adamson argues in his concise introduction, "the court was never a single entity, nor did it offer a single route to patronage or power. In reality, the separate households of the ruler's consort, his heir, even those of powerful ministers, could operate to qualify or sometimes eclipse the authority of the ruler." Subsequent chapters by experts on the courts of the Spanish Habsburgs, the Valois, the Tudors and Stuarts, the House of Orange, Rome, the Hohenzollerns, and the Medici offer fascinating insights into the rituals, etiquette, politics, architecture, art, and daily life of the various courts. At the center of these courts lie some of the greatest and most infamous of all European monarchs, including Henry VIII, Charles V, Louis XIV, and Peter the Great. What really impresses about The Princely Courts of Europe is its eye for the artistic nature of court life. Lavish color illustrations throughout offer an insight into the visually arresting splendor of court life of the period. It is also admirable in offering interesting insights into the courts of Sweden and Russia, but where are the Ottoman Turks? --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Red and the Blackby Stendhal, Bruce Robbins, Horace Barnett SamuelISBN 159308286X (1-59308-286-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red and the Black'Book summary:[via]The Red and the Black, by Stendhal, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:After Napoleons defeat, the French aristocracy tried to reassert its power in a government known as the Restoration. Venal and corrupt, the Restoration fell in 1830. Later that year, Stendhal published his scathing satire of Restoration society, The Red and the Black. Its title refers to the military and the clergy, the two career paths open to young men of intelligence and ambition but no social standing.
Stendhals hero, Julien Sorel, is such a young man. A seminary student, he is nevertheless an admirer of Napoleon, and dreams of military glory. When he is hired to tutor the mayors children, he quickly seduces the mayors wife, then moves on to Paris where he conquers a noblemans daughter. Sorel comes to believe that the secret of success is to outperform the hypocrites and vicious opportunists who surround himand hes right. But when the rich and powerful he so admires align against him, his downfall becomes unavoidable.
A master of characterization, Stendhal paints a fascinating, multi-layered portrait of Julien Sorel, who endures as one of literatures most complex and surprisingly sympathetica would-be manipulator out of his depth in a sea of sharks.
Bruce Robbins is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress, The Servants Hand: English Fiction from Below, and Secular Vocations: Intellectuals, Professionalism, Culture.
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Rojo Y Negro / Red And Blackby StendhalISBN 8420637386 (84-206-3738-6)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Scarlet and Blackby C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, StendhalISBN 1857150384 (1-85715-038-4)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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ShakespeareISBN 1897954239 (1-897954-23-9)
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The Sourcebook of County Court Records: A Concise, Straightforward, and Informative Reference Manual to the Main and Secondary Repositories of American County Court House Recordsby Business Resources BureauISBN 1879792052 (1-879792-05-2)
Softcover, BRB Publications, Inc.
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Sourcebook to Public Record Information: The Comprehensive Guide to County, State and Federal Public Record Sourcesby Carl R Ernst, Michael Sankey, James R. FlowersISBN 1879792559 (1-879792-55-9)
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The Sourcebook to Public Record Information: The Comprehensive Guide to County, State, and Federal Public Record Sourcesby Weber, SankeyISBN 1879792850 (1-879792-85-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sourcebook to Public Record Information: The Comprehensive Guide to County, State, and Federal Public Record Sources'Book summary:"The Sourcebook" provides the information you need to efficiently access public record sources nationwide.
Be more effective. Know how to directly contact each agency by mail, phone, fax, and online.
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Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Courtby Jan Crawford GreenburgISBN 1594201013 (1-59420-101-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court'Book summary:With its closed chambers and formal language, the Supreme Court tends to deflect drama away from its vastly powerful proceedings. But its mysteries hold plenty of intrigue for anyone with the access to uncover them. In Supreme Conflict, Jan Crawford Greenburg has that access, and then some. With high-placed sourcing that would make Bob Woodward proud, she tells the story of the Court's recent decades and of the often-thwarted attempts by three conservative presidents to remake the Court in their image. Among the revelations are the surprising influence of the most-maligned justice, Clarence Thomas, and the political impact of personal relations among these nine very human colleagues-for-life. Written for everyday readers rather than legal scholars, her account sidesteps theoretical subtleties for a compelling story of the personalities who breathe life into our laws. --Tom Nissley
Crawford graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, and was a legal affairs reporter for the Chicago Tribune and Supreme Court correspondent for PBS's NewsHour before becoming the legal correspondent for ABC News. We had the chance to ask her a few questions about Supreme Conflict:
Questions for Jan Crawford Greenburg
Amazon.com: How hard was it to get the access to justices and clerks that you had for this book? Does the culture of the Court promote that kind of openness about their deliberations? Jan Crawford Greenburg: Hard! And let me tell you it took some time--they weren't flinging open the doors of their chambers for the first few years I was covering the Court. It takes awhile to build relationships and trust, and I was fortunate enough to do that during the dozen years I've been covering the Supreme Court. As for openness, I think the culture of the Court instead promotes anonymity and privacy. The justices aren't like the people across the street in Congress, or down Pennsylvania Avenue in the White House. They don't hold press conferences or solicit media coverage of their views. They speak through their opinions. I was fortunate that they also chose to speak with me for this important book about the direction of the Supreme Court and its role in our lives.
Amazon.com: Harry Blackmun's notes must be a treasure chest for Court historians. Could you describe what you found there?
Greenburg: A treasure chest is an understatement. Harry Blackmun took extraordinarily detailed notes--almost breathtaking in their scope and level of detail. (He would even write down what lawyers were wearing when they'd appear in Court to argue a case.) He recorded the justices' comments during their private conferences--when they discuss cases--and he took down their votes. And he kept all the key memos and letters that the justices would send back and forth when they were discussing a case. It was a tremendous window into the Court's inner sanctum, during some of the most pivotal years for the institution.
Amazon.com: One of the biggest revelations of your book is your characterization of Clarence Thomas as far more influential, even in his first year on the Court, than he's usually given credit for. Could you describe what his role on the Court has been?
Greenburg: Clarence Thomas has been the most maligned justice in modern history--and also the most misunderstood and mischaracterized. I found conclusive evidence that far from being Antonin Scalia's intellectual understudy, Thomas has had a substantial role in shaping the direction of the Court--from his very first week on the bench. The early storyline on Thomas was that he was just following Scalia's direction, or as one columnist at the time wrote, "Thomas Walks in Scalia's Shoes." That is patently false, as the documents and notes in the Blackmun papers unquestionably show. If any justice was changing his vote to join the other that first year, it was Scalia joining Thomas, not the other way around. But his clear and forceful views affected the Court in unexpected ways. Although he shored up conservative positions, his opinions also caused moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to back away and join the justices on the Left.
Amazon.com: Not every Supreme Court confirmation is a battle, even when the Senate and the President are from different parties. What separates the candidates who sail through from the ones who get put through the wringer?
Greenburg: The recent appointment of Samuel Alito shows a justice with a clearly conservative record can get confirmed--and even pick up some votes from Democrats. Maybe the secret is developing a reputation as a fair and nonpartisan judge on a federal appeals court. At his hearings, liberal and conservative judges who had worked with him on the appeals court testified in his behalf, as did his law clerks--some of whom were self-identified liberals. Alito was the conservative counterpart to Clinton nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She had been an outspoken advocate for liberal causes (including the ACLU), but she'd developed a reputation as a fair and thoughtful judge on the federal appeals court, garnering respect from both sides.
Amazon.com: How much do Americans know about how their federal courts work? What should they know?
Greenburg: Most Americans, understandably, think about trials and drama when the issue of the courts is raised. But the appeals courts--and the Supreme Court--remain mysterious, even though those courts have an enormous impact on American life. The judiciary is one of the three branches of government, but its decisions take on outsized importance at times. It can provide a vital check against abuse of individual rights by government--but it also can usurp the role of the people when it reaches out and takes on issues that more appropriately belong in the purview of the other branches.
Amazon.com: Even though you show how our expectations for where new members will take the Court are so often wrong, I'll ask you anyway: What do you expect in the next few years from the Roberts Court?
Greenburg: To be more conservative than the one led by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. John Roberts himself is a solid judicial conservative who believes the Court has too often taken on issues that belong in the realm of elected legislatures. He is advocating a more restrained approach, with greater consensus among the justices. In addition, Justice Alito replaced key swing-voter Sandra Day O'Connor, the Court's first female justice. O'Connor's vote often carried the day on the closely divided Court--and she typically sided with liberals on social issues like abortion, affirmative action, and religion. Alito is more conservative, and I expect to see the Court turn to the right on those and other issues.
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Tale of Genjiby Donald Keene, Murasaki Shikubu, Masayuki Miyata, H. MacK Horton, Setouchi JakuchoISBN 4770027729 (4-7700-2772-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tale of Genji'Book summary:A lushly illustrated edition of a world classic
The third in this series of illustrated Japanese classics, The Tale of Genji again combines Miyata's captivating paper cut-outs with a modern retelling of a vintage story. This well-known tale of the amorous adventures of Prince Genji is widely considered world literature's first novel, and with its precise and poetic prose, it is also considered one of its finest.
Written with precision by a lady of the Japanese court, Genji's Don Juan-like clandestine rendezvous with lovers in their perfumed boudoirs or on mossy moonlit garden paths, continues to intrigue lovers of literature. What sets Genji apart from the typically carefree playboy is the intensity of his emotional attachment for each of his lovers. Long after an affair has ended, Genji continues to cherish the encounter. His is an age-old tale, as well as a poignant and brilliant portrait of Japan's ancient court life. [via]More editions of Tale of Genji:
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 0060933275 (0-06-093327-5)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber [via]
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Novel Units Inc. StaffISBN 1561373079 (1-56137-307-9)
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The Tudor Courtby D. M. LoadesISBN 1873041381 (1-873041-38-1)
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Twelfth Nightby William ShakespeareISBN 1904271154 (1-904271-15-4)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night'Book summary:The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of Twelfth Night provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts. [via]
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The Unabridged William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis WrightISBN 1889372331 (1-889372-33-1)
Hardcover, Sweetwater Pr
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William ShakespeareISBN 1586635565 (1-58663-556-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This BookBook summary:But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
-- from Sonnet 18[via]
No home should be without this: every play, from the early histories to the sad, wise Winter's Tale and The Tempest; every exquisitely crafted sonnet; every long poem (such as Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece) written by the greatest writer in the English language. This edition of the Bard of Avon's complete works is a facsimile of the definitive Shakespeare Head edition published originally in Oxford, England. All the plays are arranged in chronological order of their composition, rather than by genre, so that the evolution of Shakespeare's monumental genius can be more easily followed and appreciated.More editions of William Shakespeare:
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El Lector/ the Readerby Schlink BernhardISBN 8433908499 (84-339-0849-9)
Softcover, Distal S R L
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Lector/ the Reader'Book summary:Un adolescente conoce a una mujer madura con la que inicia una relacion amorosa. Antes de acostarse juntos, ella siempre le pide que le lea fragmentos de Goethe, Schiller y otros, hasta que un dia ella desaparece. Siete anos despues, el joven, que estudia derecho, acude al juicio de cinco mujeres acusadas de crimenes nazis y descubre que una de ellas es su antigua amante. Una deslumbrante novela sobre el amor, la culpa, el horror y la piedad. / A teenage boy meets an older woman with whom he begins a love affair. Before making love, she always asks him to read him fragments of Goethe, Schiller, Tolstoy and Dickens. The ritual continues until one day she disappears without a trace. Seven years later, the young man, who studies law, is present at the trial of five women accused of Nazi crimes and discovers that one of them is his past lover. This is a dazzling novel about love, blame, horror and mercy. [via]
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Matar UN Ruisenor/to Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee, Baldomero PortaISBN 8401492041 (84-01-49204-1)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
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El Proceso / the Trialby Franz KafkaISBN 8495311313 (84-95311-31-3)
Softcover, Jorge a Mestas Ediciones
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Rojo Y Negro / Red And Blackby StendhalISBN 848969320X (84-89693-20-X)
Hardcover, Optima Editorial
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La Prise D'Orange, Ou, La Parodie Courtoise D'une epopeeby Claude LachetISBN 2852030284 (2-85203-028-4)
Hardcover, Libr. H. Champion
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Der Vorlesorby Berhard SchlinkISBN 3257229534 (3-257-22953-4)
Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG
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