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1984by George OrwellISBN 0881030368 (0-88103-036-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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Belovedby Toni MorrisonISBN 0896211231 (0-89621-123-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beloved'Book summary:Set in post-Civil War Ohio, this is the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked death in order to wrench herself from a living death; who has lost a husband and buried a child; who has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad. [via]
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Berni Wrightson: A Look Backby Christopher ZavisaISBN 0887331289 (0-88733-128-9)
Softcover, Underwood Books
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Candide, Or, Optimismby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0882951009 (0-88295-100-9)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide, Or, Optimism'Book summary:This edition is essentially that of Richard Aldington edited with reference to the French editions by Andr Morize and George R. Havens. Norman L. Torrey's introduction is a brief commentary on Voltaire's central purpose of reducing the doctrine of philosophical optimism to absurdity. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Voltaire and a selected bibliography. [via]
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Catechism of the Catholic ChurchISBN 0899422632 (0-89942-263-2)
Softcover, Catholic Book Pub Co
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- Catechism of the Catholic Church: ISBN 0889974306 (0-88997-430-6)
Hardcover, Canadian Conference of Catholic - Catechism of the Catholic Church: ISBN 0899422578 (0-89942-257-8)
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Catechism of the Catholic Churchby Catholic ChurchISBN 0898704820 (0-89870-482-0)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Catechism of the Catholic Church/EnglishISBN 0892435666 (0-89243-566-6)
Softcover, Liguori Pubns
Find This BookBook summary:****----MARION, PLEASE DELETE COPY----****The long-awaited release of the first universal catechism in 400 years is certain to generate a flurry of activity in the religious and scholastic communities. Developed with input from all the Catholic bishops of the world, and officially approved by Pope John Paul II, this new volume is the primary reference guide to the Catholic faith. A major publishing event. [via]
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Cezanne in Provenceby Paul Cezanne, Denis Coutagne, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Musee Granet, Philip ConisbeeISBN 0894683195 (0-89468-319-5)
Softcover, National Gallery of Art
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The Cherry Orchardby Trevor Griffiths, Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0904383733 (0-904383-73-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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Cloud Of Witnessesby Jim Wallis, Joyce HollydayISBN 0883447398 (0-88344-739-8)
Softcover, Orbis Books
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Commodore Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0884119289 (0-88411-928-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Commodore Hornblower'Book summary:These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.
-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.
-- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.
-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E.
-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories. [via]More editions of Commodore Hornblower:
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The Confessionsby St Augustine, Tom GillISBN 0882709488 (0-88270-948-8)
Softcover, Bridge-Logos
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:Garry Willss complete translation of Saint Augustines spiritual masterpieceavailable now for the first time
Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustines Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willss translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustines Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
[Wills] renders Augustines famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.
Los Angeles Times
[Willss] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Willss pages.
Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books
Augustine flourishes in Willss hand.
James Wood
A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby AugustineISBN 0883683822 (0-88368-382-2)
Softcover, Whitaker House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:The Confessions of St. Augustine has a special place among the world's greatest books. As Augustine tells his life story, he reveals how you can find the way to rest securely in Jesus, discern good from evil, avoid false spiritual pursuits, and know the will of God. Here is the timeless conflict between good and evil, portrayed through the life of one man who found spiritual growth and unshakable faith. Just as Augustine did, you can experience the unspeakable joy of being pure and righteous before God, regardless of your past. [via]
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby J. M. Lelen, Augustine, J. M. LeleuISBN 0899421695 (0-89942-169-5)
Softcover, Catholic Book Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:When saint augustine wrote his confessions he was facing, and responding to, a growing spread of asceticism in the roman world.about the authorst augustine of hippo, the great doctor of the latin church, was born at thagaste in north africa, in a.d. 354. He was brought up as a christian but he was soon converted to the manichean religion. He also came under the influence of neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptised. His surviving works had a great influence on christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the west. R.s. Pine-coffin is a roman catholic and was born in 1917 [via]
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 089526885X (0-89526-885-X)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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Das Kapitalby Karl MarxISBN 0895269317 (0-89526-931-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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Dragonsingerby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0881038156 (0-88103-815-6)
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The Duchess of Malfiby John Webster, Fred B. MillettISBN 0882951017 (0-88295-101-7)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Duchess of Malfi'Book summary:Edited by Fred B. Millett, this edition of The Duchess of Malfi for performance and study is based on the 1623 first edition and includes an introduction that discusses the publication of the play, its sources, and its dramatic strengths and weaknesses. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of John Webster and a bibliography. [via]
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French Revolutionby Owen Connelly, Fred HembreeISBN 0882958984 (0-88295-898-4)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'French Revolution'Book summary:The Bastille, symbol of injustice and monarchial tyranny, surrendering to the Parisian throng; the hungry women of Paris, demanding bread from their king; the guillotine, revolutionary death machine, dispatching human lives amid the grotesquely gala atmosphere of the Place de la Revolution: Such dramatic images of a society in turmoil are vividly recreated in The French Revolution. Connelly and Hembree not only recapture the drama of the Revolution but provide a reasoned analysis of the causes, course, and legacy of this distinct turning point in history. [via]
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George Orwell Complete & UnabridgedISBN 0905712048 (0-905712-04-8)
Hardcover, Brill Academic Pub
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The Golden Age of Batman: The Greatest Covers of Detective Comics from the '30s to the '50sby Joe DesrisISBN 0896600467 (0-89660-046-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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The Golden Treasuryby Francis Turner PalgraveISBN 089966721X (0-89966-721-X)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0894808532 (0-89480-853-2)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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Gospel of Matthew: Ignatius Study Bibleby Scott Hahn, Curtis Mitch, Dennis WaltersISBN 0898708176 (0-89870-817-6)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0891906797 (0-89190-679-7)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Gatsby'Book summary:In 1922, F Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple, intricately patterned". That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned and, above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's--and his country's--most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed and the promise of new beginnings. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning--" Gatsby's rise to glory and eventual fall from grace be comes a kind of cautionary tale about the American Dream.
It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means--and to the pursuit of Daisy, which amounts to the same thing. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says admiringly, in one of the novel's more famous descriptions. His millions made, Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties and waits for her to appear. When s he does, events unfold with all the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama, with detached, cynical neighbour Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout. Spare, elegantly plotted and written in crystalline prose, The Great Gatsby is as perfectly satisfying as the best kind of poem. Perry Freeman, Amazon.com [via]
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0883657465 (0-88365-746-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Hollow Hillsby Mary StewartISBN 0899668550 (0-89966-855-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Standard Version, Catholic EditionISBN 089870491X (0-89870-491-X)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
Find This BookBook summary:This is the only major modern translation of the Catholic Bible available in standard English. All other major translations have been revised to conform to feminist demands for "inclusive language" (the same language Rome rejected in the new Catechism). Acclaimed for decades as the clearest, most accurate and most beautiful modern translation of the Bible in English. [via]
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 088301727X (0-88301-727-X)
Softcover, Xs Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Idiotby Fyodor DostoyevskyISBN 0899666272 (0-89966-627-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idiot'Book summary:An introduction by Agnes Cardinal, Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accomodate the goodness of this idiot. [via]
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0883012669 (0-88301-266-9)
Softcover, Ags Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
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Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0895772000 (0-89577-200-0)
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0883017172 (0-88301-717-2)
Softcover, Xs Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule. [via]
The Lion in Winterby James GoldmanISBN 0884116522 (0-88411-652-2)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Lord of the Fliesby William GoldingISBN 0881030317 (0-88103-031-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord of the Flies'Book summary:Lord of the Flies , William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island, is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published in 1954. At first, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. Overseeing their efforts are Ralph, "the boy with fair hair," and Piggy, Ralph's chubby, wisdom-dispensing sidekick whose thick spectacles come in handy for lighting fires. Although Ralph tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island's wild pig population. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored or challenged outright. His fiercest antagonist is Jack, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages. The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to fall away, until Ralph discovers that instead of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: "He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet." Golding's gripping novel explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Madame Bovaryby Gustave FlaubertISBN 0883324679 (0-88332-467-9)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Bovary'Book summary:Flaubert avait beau affirmer qu'il désirait faire du style le coeur d'un "livre sur rien", son premier roman n'en est pas moins un récit, un roman de la "fatalité", comme le souligne innocemment Charles Bovary, sans même savoir qu'il s'agit d'une fatalité d'ordre narratologique qui imbrique imperceptiblement les éléments du texte pour rendre l'issue inévitable. Tableau des Moeurs de province, Madame Bovary dépeint avec tant d'efficacité la dynamique de la frustration que le mélange d'ennui profond, d'apathie et d'exaltation romanesque qui caractérise son héroïne a donné naissance au terme de bovarysme. De Tostes à Yonville-l'Abbaye, Emma Bovary traîne sa morne existence jalonnée d'adultères. Certes, ses échappées à bord de l'Hirondelle, l'express qui relie Yonville à Rouen, pimentent sa vie. Mais elle est conduite par Hivert, vouée au retour ironique et incontournable. Quelles que soient les tentatives d'évasion, le bovarysme triomphe. Dans le portrait de cette petite bourgeoise normande, Flaubert a poussé l'écriture objective, neutralité indispensable afin de se fondre dans les personnages, au point de rendre si vivantes les aspirations d'Emma que le roman lui valut un procès. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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Maria Stuartby Schiller, Wolfgang WittkowskiISBN 0881337064 (0-88133-706-4)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maria Stuart'Book summary:PUBLISHED IN GERMAN. Like all historical dramas of the mature Schiller, Maria Stuart responds to the topics put on the agenda since the French Revolution: the will to power in relationship to the legitimacy of government, dictatorship and human rights; the question of ends and means, of judicial murder and responsibility, of truth and falsity in political rhetorics. During her last days, the Scottish Queen fights for her freedom and life; but the conspiracy of two rival lovers only leads to her doom, as does Queen Elizabeth's unscrupulous determination to annihilate her political and more attractive female rival. In her cabinet, in court receptions and in Mary's prison cell, passions battle with calculation, slick posture with religion, bigotry with moral principles. Although published in the original German, this edition contains word explanations and cross references at the bottom of each page. A historical introduction leads up to the beginning of the action. The Nachwort discusses the positions and motifs of the characters as well as the artistic means by which Schiller puts forward his intentions with this classical tragedy. Finally, questions and a selective bibliography stimulate specific efforts to investigate this masterpiece and its inherent topics. [via]
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The Master of Ballantraeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0895776294 (0-89577-629-4)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Master of Ballantrae'Book summary:Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer. But he is to return years later, embittered by battles and a savage life of piracy on the high seas, to demand his inheritance. Turning the people against the Lord, he begins a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness. Satanic and seductive, the Master was regarded by Stevenson as 'all I know of the devil'; his darkly manipulative schemes dominate this subtle and compelling tragedy.This edition takes as its text the Edinburgh Edition of the novel, the last approved by the author. The introduction considers the novel's inspiration and its place as one of Stevenson's greatest studies in cruelty. [via]
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0891040242 (0-89104-024-2)
Hardcover, A & W Visual Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Penzler Pick, February 2000: What is there about the greatest series of short stories in the history of the world that hasn't already been said? This is the second (of five) story collections by Doyle about the greatest detective in literature--and a splendid volume it is, containing such superb puzzles as "The Greek Interpreter," in which readers are introduced to Mycroft Holmes; "The Musgrave Ritual"; "Silver Blaze"; and the earth-shattering "The Final Adventure," recounting the struggle between Holmes and the evil Professor Moriarty in which the two titans were apparently killed as they went over the edge of the Reichenbach Falls.
But every mystery reader already knows this. I'm pointing out this marvelous book because it has been extensively annotated by a fine Sherlockian scholar, Les Klinger, who has brought to all serious students of the Holmesian canon a level of erudition seldom encountered. In addition to the expected illustrations from The Strand magazine and meticulous scrutiny of chronological evidence of various events, there are references to primary sources and a staggering helping of information from the thousands of works about Sherlock Holmes by others.
More than 30 years ago, another great Sherlockian scholar, William S. Baring-Gould, produced a ground-breaking volume that enjoyed more than 35 printings in its original two-volume format and probably sold just as many copies in a slightly less elaborate one-volume size. The Annotated Sherlock Holmes became the single most essential volume in the library of any true Sherlockian, of which the world has far more than you think.
Les Klinger has acknowledged Baring-Gould in every way imaginable, and it was an act of extraordinary courage to attempt to supercede that monumental work. But that is exactly what he appears to be doing. The first volume, his annotated edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, was introduced by the same publisher last year. There are seven yet to come.
If you want to master just about everything there is to know about The Great Detective and The Good Doctor, to understand what Holmes meant when he referred to "a comet vintage" of wine, and to know what discrepancies there are between the English and American editions of the works, plus a thousand other things relating to Holmes, Watson, and the England of the Victorian era, you must have this volume, as well as all the others in the series as they become available over the next few years. --Otto Penzler [via]
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Beth ObermillerISBN 0895988836 (0-89598-883-6)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Charles VessISBN 0898657105 (0-89865-710-5)
Softcover, Schiffer Pub Ltd
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Midsummer Night's Dream Parallel Textby William ShakepeareISBN 0895988739 (0-89598-873-9)
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 0895773228 (0-89577-322-8)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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Modesty Blaiseby Peter O'DonnellISBN 0892960906 (0-89296-090-6)
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New American Bible: St Joseph Edition Burgundy Bonded LeatherISBN 0899425526 (0-89942-552-6)
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Northhanger Abbeyby Jane AustenISBN 0899665349 (0-89966-534-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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On Being and Essenceby Thomas AquinasISBN 0888442505 (0-88844-250-5)
Softcover, Pontifical Inst of Medieval
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Oscar ZarateISBN 0894806114 (0-89480-611-4)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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Paradise Lostby John MiltonISBN 0899664571 (0-89966-457-1)
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Persuasionby Jane AustenISBN 0899665381 (0-89966-538-1)
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Piercing the Darknessby Frank PerettiISBN 0891075275 (0-89107-527-5)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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The Plays of Anton Tchekovby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0891904328 (0-89190-432-8)
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The Possessedby Fyodor DostoyevskyISBN 0899666280 (0-89966-628-0)
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0881334448 (0-88133-444-8)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Prince Maachiavelliby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0882950533 (0-88295-053-3)
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A Profile of the East Building: Ten Years at the National Gallery of Art, 1978-1988ISBN 0894681265 (0-89468-126-5)
Softcover, Natl Gallery of Art
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Q's Legacyby Helene HanffISBN 0896216896 (0-89621-689-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Republicby Plato, Richard W. Sterling, William C. ScottISBN 0882951181 (0-88295-118-1)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings Made to Dame Julian of Norwichby of Norwich Julian, M. L. Del MastroISBN 0892436387 (0-89243-638-7)
Softcover, Liguori Pubns
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A Right to Be Merryby Mary FrancisISBN 0898708249 (0-89870-824-9)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Rivals of Sherlock Holmesby AllenISBN 0890092079 (0-89009-207-9)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrasesby Peter Mark Roget, John Lewis Roget, Samuel Romilly RogetISBN 0890092451 (0-89009-245-1)
Hardcover, Chartwell Books
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The Second Mouseby Archer MayorISBN 0892960728 (0-89296-072-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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She Stoops to Conquerby Oliver Goldsmith, William-Alan LandesISBN 088734268X (0-88734-268-X)
Softcover, Players Pr
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She Stoops to Conquer, Or, the Mistakes of a Nightby Oliver Goldsmith, Katharine Canby BalderstonISBN 0882950398 (0-88295-039-8)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Silent Poolby Patricia WentworthISBN 0884117405 (0-88411-740-5)
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Son of the Morning Starby Evan ConnellISBN 0883940884 (0-88394-088-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Spanish Tragedyby Thomas Kyd, Charles T. ProutyISBN 0882950517 (0-88295-051-7)
Softcover, Davidson Incorporated, Harlan
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A Swiftly Tilting Planetby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0881037400 (0-88103-740-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Swiftly Tilting Planet'Book summary:Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry, whom readers first met in A Wrinkle in Time, has a little task he must accomplish. In 24 hours, a mad dictator will destroy the universe by declaring nuclear war--unless Charles Wallace can go back in time to change one of the many Might-Have-Beens in history. In an intricately layered and suspenseful journey through time, this extraordinary young man psychically enters four different people from other eras. As he perceives through their eyes "what might have been," he begins to comprehend the cosmic significance and consequences of every living creature's actions. As he witnesses first-hand the transformation of civilization from peaceful to warring times, his very existence is threatened, but the alternative is far worse.
The Murry family, also appearing in A Wind in the Door and Many Waters, acts as a carrier of Madeleine L'Engle's unique message about human responsibility for the world. Themes of good versus evil, time and space travel, and the invincibility of the human spirit predominate. Even while she entertains, L'Engle kindles the intellect, inspiring young people to ask questions of the world, and learn by challenging. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Sword of Maiden's Tearsby Rosemary EdghillISBN 0886776228 (0-88677-622-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0883011344 (0-88301-134-4)
Softcover, Ags Pub
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The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare, Beth ObermillerISBN 0895988577 (0-89598-857-7)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:One of the most controversial and problematic of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Taming of the Shrew is a typical Elizabethan domestic comedy written around 1592. Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, arrives in Padua and announces to his friends that "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; / If wealthily, then happily in Padua". He soon finds that a group of men keen to marry Bianca, the younger daughter of rich old Baptista, are frustrated by her elder, "shrewish" sister, Katherine. There is much subsequent hilarity as Bianca's suitors make a bet with Petruchio that he cannot "tame" and marry Katherine. Despite Katherine's protestations, Petruchio goes ahead with the match, using deliberately unorthodox behaviour to confuse Katherine (including a scene where he starves her), claiming that "this is the way to kill a wife with kindness". The play culminates with a scene of Katherine's apparently spontaneous subjection to her husband's will, where she places her hand beneath her husband's foot, and tells the other wives present that "thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper". The play's gratuitous scenes of women being abused and vilified in the name of "comedy" has made many directors and critics very uncomfortable with the play, and many feminist critics have condemned contemporary productions of the play as reproducing certain 16th-century stereotypes concerning women who speak out against male authority. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Three Men in a Boatby Benny Green, Christopher Matthew, Jerome Klapka JeromeISBN 0907516084 (0-907516-08-4)
Hardcover, Pavilion
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 088103052X (0-88103-052-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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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]
Toulouse-lautrec and Montmartreby Richard Thomson, Phillip Dennis Cate, Mary Weaver ChapinISBN 0894683209 (0-89468-320-9)
Softcover, Natl Gallery of Art
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Maurice CharneyISBN 0895984210 (0-89598-421-0)
Softcover, Perfection Form Co
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Utopiaby Thomas More, H. V. S. OgdenISBN 0882950622 (0-88295-062-2)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 0899668984 (0-89966-898-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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A Wind in the Doorby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0881037397 (0-88103-739-7)
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