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Across the Nightingale Floorby Lian HearnISBN 1573222259 (1-57322-225-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across the Nightingale Floor'Book summary:The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor, is set in a feudal Japan on the edge of the imagination. The tale begins with young Takeo, a member of a subversive and persecuted religious group, who returns home to find his village in flames. He is saved, not by coincidence, by the swords of Lord Otori Shigeru and thrust into a world of warlords, feuding clans, and political scheming. As Lord Otori's ward, he discovers he is a member by birth of the shadowy "Tribe," a mysterious group of assassins with supernatural abilities.
Hearn sets his tale in an imaginary realm that is and isn't feudal Japan. This device serves the author well as he is able to play with familiar archetypes--samurai, Shogun, and ninja--without falling prey to the pitfalls of history. The novel fills a unique niche that is at once period piece and fantasy novel. Hearn unfolds the tale of Takeo and the conflicting forces around him in a deliberate manner that leads to a satisfying conclusion and sets the stage for the rest of the series. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Across The Nightingale Floor: Episodes Twoby Lian HearnISBN 1573223328 (1-57322-332-8)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across The Nightingale Floor: Episodes Two'Book summary:The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor, is set in a feudal Japan on the edge of the imagination. The tale begins with young Takeo, a member of a subversive and persecuted religious group, who returns home to find his village in flames. He is saved, not by coincidence, by the swords of Lord Otori Shigeru and thrust into a world of warlords, feuding clans, and political scheming. As Lord Otori's ward, he discovers he is a member by birth of the shadowy "Tribe," a mysterious group of assassins with supernatural abilities.
Hearn sets his tale in an imaginary realm that is and isn't feudal Japan. This device serves the author well as he is able to play with familiar archetypes--samurai, Shogun, and ninja--without falling prey to the pitfalls of history. The novel fills a unique niche that is at once period piece and fantasy novel. Hearn unfolds the tale of Takeo and the conflicting forces around him in a deliberate manner that leads to a satisfying conclusion and sets the stage for the rest of the series. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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The Amazing Secret of the Souls in Purgatoryby Emmanuel of MedijugorjeISBN 1579180043 (1-57918-004-3)
Softcover, Queenship Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amazing Secret of the Souls in Purgatory'Book summary:This small book contains an interview with Maria Simma, an elderly Austrian woman, who testifies to being regularly visited by souls in Purgatory who answer secrets about that realm and who plead for the prayers of the living. [via]
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Appointment With Deathby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126928 (1-57912-692-8)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Appointment With Death'Book summary:Among the towering red cliffs and the ancient ruins of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton, the cruel and tyrannizing matriarch of the Boynton family. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. With only twenty-four hours to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalls a remark he overheard back in Jerusalem: "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he had ever met. [via]
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Arabian Nightsby Kathryn Wesley, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665816 (1-57566-581-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Archaeology of Death and Burialby Michael Parker PearsonISBN 158544099X (1-58544-099-X)
Softcover, Texas A & M Univ Pr
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At the Back of the North Windby George MacDonaldISBN 1582870152 (1-58287-015-2)
Hardcover, North Books
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Beyond Knowing: Mysteries and Messages of Death and Life from a Forensic Pathologistby Janis AmatuzioISBN 1577315502 (1-57731-550-2)
Hardcover, New World Library
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Booked: The Last 150 Years Told Through Mug Shotsby Giacomo Papi, Jamie RichardsISBN 1583227172 (1-58322-717-2)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby NISBN 1579124909 (1-57912-490-9)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Broken for Youby Stephanie KallosISBN 1585479845 (1-58547-984-5)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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Daily Life in Medieval Times: A Vivid, Detailed Account of Birth, Marriage and Death; Food, Clothing and Housing; Love and Labor in the Middle Agesby Frances Gies, Joseph GiesISBN 1579120695 (1-57912-069-5)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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This book takes readers into the fascinating world of medieval life through historic pictures, period illustrations and detailed text that describes everything from castle-storming techniques to villagers' hair styles.
Three real medieval places - a castle in Chepstow on the Welsh border, the city of Troyes in the country of Champagne and the village of Elton in the English East Midlands - are the jumping - off point for this thorough exploration of 13th and 14th century life in Europe.
The authors use recent archeloogical discoveries and historic and contemporary documents in conjunction with diagrams and dramatic photographs to give readers a full understanding of what it was truly like to live 700 years ago. [via]
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Deadhouse: Life In A Coroner's Officeby John TempleISBN 157806743X (1-57806-743-X)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Death on the Nileby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126898 (1-57912-689-8)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death on the Nile'Book summary:Hercule Poirot is perhaps Agatha Christie's most interesting and endearing character; short, round, and slightly comical, Poirot has a razor-sharp mind and puts unlimited trust in his "little grey cells." Those little cells come through for him every time, enabling Poirot to solve some of the most baffling mysteries ever conceived. In Death on the Nile, Poirot, on vacation in Africa, meets the rich, beautiful Linnet Doyle and her new husband, Simon. As usual, all is not as it seems between the newlyweds, and when Linnet is found murdered, Poirot must sort through a boatload of suspects to find the killer before he (or she) strikes again. [via]
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Death, Jr.by Gary Whitta, Ted NaifehISBN 1582405263 (1-58240-526-3)
Softcover, Image Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death, Jr.'Book summary:When a school field trip to the local museum coincides with coming-of-age angst and an overly inquisitive friend (a cute goth girl named Pandora), Junior releases something terrible on the world... and its up to him to fix it. Featuring an awesome cast of back-up characters including Stigmartha whose hands bleed when she gets nervous; Smith & Weston, two twins conjoined at the head and The Seep, a foul-mouthed, armless, legless fetus in a tube. He's your average, everyday, happy-go-lucky middle-school student... who just happens to be the son of the grim reaper. [via]
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Decline and Fall of Practically Everybodyby Will CuppyISBN 1586637339 (1-58663-733-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody'Book summary:The Classic book from author and humorist Will Cuppy transforms well known figures from history into human beings, showing them to be foolish, fallible, and so much our very common ancestors. Included are profiles of such historical figures as Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Lady Godiva plus many more. [via]
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Dolce Agoniaby Nancy HustonISBN 1586420283 (1-58642-028-3)
Hardcover, Pub Group West
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Dot in the Universeby Lucy EllmannISBN 1582343519 (1-58234-351-9)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dot in the Universe'Book summary:It's your worst nightmare: instead of being dead, you're alive![via]
Dot thinks she's perfect, with her blond hair, pointy nose, and pink skin. She lives on the east coast of England with her magnificent hubby, cooking him gourmet meals and crashing the car. So one day she decides to End It All. But-Dot BLOWS it!
After a brief sojourn in the underworld (populated by "underaged, underdeveloped underlings all, understated in their undershirts and UNDERSTANDING VERY LITTLE"), Dot is reincarnated, first as a possum, and then as a girl in Ohio. A hilarious and poignant journey through our puny universe, this is a masterpiece of disquiet.More editions of Dot in the Universe:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1578400457 (1-57840-045-7)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126286 (1-57912-628-6)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Faerie Warsby Herbie BrennanISBN 1582349436 (1-58234-943-6)
Softcover, Bloomsbury USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faerie Wars'Book summary:Faerie Wars, by Herbie Brennan follows in the footsteps of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl with its tale of fairy-folk and derring-do. But whereas Colfer's little people have a thoroughly modern edge throughout, Brennan comes at them from a slightly different angle in a highly original novel that weaves modern science with a good, old-fashioned fantasy story.
Henry, an ordinary boy, is thrown into turmoil when his mother apparently has an affair with his father's secretary and it looks as if his hitherto safe, if a little dull, world is about to fall to pieces. To avoid the arguments and the tense silences he heads for the haven of Mr Fogarty's house to spend time with the old man whose passion lies in scientific experiments and the accompanying paraphernalia.
Meanwhile, on an altogether different plane, Pyrgus Malvae, son of an emperor, has fallen out with his father and sets about making mischief. What he doesn't realise is that there are greater forces at work than his teenage tantrums, and not only his life, but that of his family's, is under serious threat. To save his life he transports, accidentally ending up in Mr Fogarty's back garden (where he appears as a tiny fairy--bizarre but true!). Before long, Pyrgus Malvae, Henry and Mr Fogarty are trapped in battle between distant worlds and dark forces, the result of which will change all their lives forever.
The aforementioned Eoin Colfer reckons that Herbie Brennan is a master of mythology, science and fantasy. Indeed he is, and despite a few hiccups in the handling of Henry's situation which seem somehow ill at ease with the rest of the book, he pulls off his first major work of fiction with admirable poise in a pleasingly challenging fantasy for older readers. (Includes some strong language and subject matter). Recommend for ages 11 and over. --Susan Harrison [via]
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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Storiesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1582791899 (1-58279-189-9)
Hardcover, Trident Press International
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Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doriaby Joe HaberstrohISBN 1585744573 (1-58574-457-3)
Hardcover, Lyons Pr
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Faustby Carl R. Mueller, Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 1575253607 (1-57525-360-7)
Softcover, Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:As much poem as it is play, Goethe's Faust is the spiritual quest of a soul determined to explore the very nature of Reality, a revolutionary work that refuses to accept limitations, but, like Romanticism itself, embraces all, the Natural World of everyday life, as well as the Great World of universal experience, the macrocosm as well as the microcosm. The Faust character, the Faustian soul, has become a universal concern. As multifarious as Hamlet and as mythic as Oedipus, he takes us on a journey to the depths and heights of experience and leaves us not the person we were before we met him. It is in Part One of Goethe's masterpiece that we discover Faust as the hero in whose being two contradictory forces collide. He is self-alienated man struggling to expand beyond the limitations of intellect and the known world, desperate to achieve a state, indeed mystical, where the opposites of Knowledge and Sensuality are One. Part One of Faust records that attempt in the context of earthly existence. Goethe's Faust has rightly been called the most audacious work in Western Civilization. [via]
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Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Debra Doyle, Norman NodelISBN 1578401860 (1-57840-186-0)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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The Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension Selected Essays 1944-1968by Joseph CampbellISBN 1577312104 (1-57731-210-4)
Hardcover, New World Library
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For Heaven's Sakeby Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Kathryn Kunz FinneyISBN 1580230547 (1-58023-054-7)
Hardcover, Jewish Lights Pub
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Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living From a Forensic Pathologistby Janis AmatuzioISBN 1577314816 (1-57731-481-6)
Hardcover, New World Library
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Foxe's Book of Martyrsby John FoxeISBN 1586600338 (1-58660-033-8)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton-PorterISBN 1576469115 (1-57646-911-5)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Good Life, Good Deathby Gelek RimpocheISBN 1573229520 (1-57322-952-0)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnationby Rimpoche Nawang Gehlek, Dalai Lama XIV, Robert ThurmanISBN 1573221961 (1-57322-196-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation'Book summary:Stories of reincarnation, of eerie recognitions and unexplainable knowledge, send a shiver up the spine. In Good Life, Good Death, Rinpoche Nawang Gehlek, himself a proclaimed reincarnation of a lama of high stature, passes on some of the accumulated wisdom regarding the Buddhist notion of reincarnation. Whereas many Western teachers of Buddhism shy away from the topic or even deny it, Nawang Gehlek tells us, in very simple language, how reincarnation happens. Even more importantly, he teaches how to prepare for a good death and a good next life. In fact, the largest portion of the book is a primer on eliminating anger and attachment while cultivating patience and awareness. Transforming bad karma to good is the key to a favorable rebirth. Also important is eliminating the role of the ego, and Nawang Gehlek offers nine pithy arguments to "prove the ego wrong." Those looking for a technically detailed account of Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation should look elsewhere, for instance to the various versions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Good Life, Good Death is a short, plainly spoken guide to the reality of dying and the possibility of a good reincarnation. And to this extent, it succeeds admirably. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Grass For His Pillowby Lian HearnISBN 1573222518 (1-57322-251-8)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grass For His Pillow'Book summary:Lian Hearn's second novel in the Tales of the Otori, Grass For His Pillow continues to enrich and expand his mystical imaginings of feudal Japan. Picking up where Across the Nightingale Floor left off, Takeo fulfills his debt of honor and accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as "The Tribe," and is thus ingested into their plots. But his heart yearns for Kaede, his one true love, and secretly wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Meanwhile, Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father's estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy. The two each encounter vast political machinations and deadly consequences as they unconsciously move toward their overwhelming urges to reunite and defy (or perhaps embrace) fate.
Hearn's second book into the Tales of the Otori series is a more poignant tale than the first, painfully examining the lines between honor, duty, and love. With its calming and satisfying conclusion, the landscape of Hearn's mythical vision of Japan braces for a dazzling storm in the book to come. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 1575457040 (1-57545-704-0)
Softcover, Reagent Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:Young Phillip Pirrip's life is shaped by an act of kindness which raises him from poverty to wealth. One of the greatest works of classic literature, this novel is a timeless tale of love, hope and humanity. [via]
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Hardcover, Spotlight - Great Expectations: ISBN 1582790361 (1-58279-036-1)
Hardcover, Trident Pr Intl - Great Expectations: ISBN 1582790485 (1-58279-048-5)
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Guilt, Anger, and Godby C. Fitzsimons AllisonISBN 1573832626 (1-57383-262-6)
Softcover, Regent College Pub
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The Harmony Silk Factoryby TASH AWISBN 157322300X (1-57322-300-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Helping Children Cope With the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownupsby William C. Kroen, Pamela EspelandISBN 1575420007 (1-57542-000-7)
Softcover, Free Spirit Pub
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Hollywood Remains to Be Seen : A Guide to the Movie Stars' Final Homesby Mark J. MasekISBN 1581822456 (1-58182-245-6)
Softcover, Cumberland House Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hollywood Remains to Be Seen : A Guide to the Movie Stars' Final Homes'Book summary:Hollywood Remains to Be Seen is a fascinating, gossipy guide to the fourteen most significant Hollywood-era cemeteries and the final resting places of the movie stars who are buried in them. Arranged as an easy-to-follow tours of the properties, the fourteen chapters-one for each cemetery-include histories of the cemeteries, directions for finding them, and a detailed listing of exactly where more than three hundred stars, and a detailed listing of exactly where more than three hundred stars are buried.
Strange as it may seem, cemeteries are becoming one of the most popular destinations for tourists to Hollywood and for film fans who want to pay their respects to the rich and famous and passed-on. Every year, millions of people from all over the world visit the graves of the legendary film stars buried in Hollywood, and the interest in these places grows from year to year.
Hollywood Remains to Be Seen highlights the legend and lore of celebrity graves, from Rudolph Valentino's mysterious "Lady In Black" to the regular delivery of one red rose to Marilyn Monroe's grave, to the strange journeys made by the body of John Barry more immediately after his death in 1942- and again thirty-eight years later. Also included are information and images of Hollywood's most lavish and majestic graves, from the huge mausoleum of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., complete with Roman pillars and giant reflecting pool; to Liberace's flamboyant tomb, with a musical score set on white marble; to the spectacular domed monument of Al Jolson, featuring a life-sized statue of the entertainer atop a 120-foot cascadin waterfall.
Heavily illustrated with nearly one hundred photographs, Hollywood Remains to Be Seen includes photographs of the celebrities as well as photographs of the cemeteries, mausoleums, and graves, maps of the burial grounds and gravesites, and a final section fitly titled "Exit Lines" made up of celebrities' last words. [via]
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I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passionby Dawna MarkovaISBN 1573241016 (1-57324-101-6)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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Immortalityby Paul EdwardsISBN 1573921300 (1-57392-130-0)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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An Incomplete History of the Funerary Violinby Rohan KriwaczekISBN 1585678260 (1-58567-826-0)
Hardcover, Overlook Pr
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Jim: The Nine Lives of a Dysfunctional Catby Steven ApplebyISBN 1582343977 (1-58234-397-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Jokes And the Unconsciousby Diane Dimassa, Daphne GottliebISBN 157344250X (1-57344-250-X)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellby Susanna ClarkeISBN 1582346038 (1-58234-603-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell'Book summary:English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory.
But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman from the dead. Soon he is lending his help to the government in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte, creating ghostly fleets of rain-ships to confuse and alarm the French.
All goes well until a rival magician appears. Jonathan Strange is handsome, charming, and talkative-the very opposite of Mr Norrell. Strange thinks nothing of enduring the rigors of campaigning with Wellington's army and doing magic on battlefields. Astonished to find another practicing magician, Mr Norrell accepts Strange as a pupil. But it soon becomes clear that their ideas of what English magic ought to be are very different. For Mr Norrell, their power is something to be cautiously controlled, while Jonathan Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic. He becomes fascinated by the ancient, shadowy figure of the Raven King, a child taken by fairies who became king of both England and Faerie, and the most legendary magician of all. Eventually Strange's heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens to destroy not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holds dear.[via]
Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more.More editions of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell:
Julius Caesar: Side by Sidesby William Shakespeare, James ScottISBN 1580495060 (1-58049-506-0)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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Lord of the Fliesby William Golding, E. M. ForsterISBN 1573226122 (1-57322-612-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord of the Flies'Book summary: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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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. Tolkien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586637908 (1-58663-790-8)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:Featuring explanations of key themes, Motifs, and Symbols including: The ambiguity of evil Fellowship Redemption Songs of singing The natural world The ring And detailed analysis of these important characters: Fordo baggings Sam Gamgee Gandalf Aragorn Pippin took Gollum [via]
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Love Is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Soulsby Cynthia BourgeaultISBN 1584200022 (1-58420-002-2)
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, VonISBN 1579126219 (1-57912-621-9)
Softcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Macbeth es una de las grandes tragedias de William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Macbeth, el gran general del ejército del rey de Escocia, regresa victorioso después de una campaña de apaciguamiento cuando sucumbe a la tentación del poder. Desde entonces un mundo tenebroso y mágico, de apariciones y desconfianzas, sembrará de crÃmenes la pacÃfica vida de los escoceses hasta que Macbeth muere como habÃan viticinado las brujas. [via]
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Medeaby EuripidesISBN 1580493467 (1-58049-346-7)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medea'Book summary:To make Medea more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. In doing this, it is our intention that the reader may more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the drama. Witch, barbarian, foreigner, or a woman wronged and committed to the most horrific kind of justice, Medea is a heroine who makes her audience shudder. Euripides shows us an astonishingly strong female protagonist, whom some readers have identified as the first feminist in Western literature. Seeing where her strength leads her, though, we must wonder if she was intended to be portrayed a model or as a warning. Because the three other plays that were traditionally performed with Medea have been lost, it is difficult to say whether Euripides Athenian audience was as upset by the play as modern readers are. It won only third place at the biggest festival in the city, indicating that ancient audiences also found it controversial. With its still-relevant examination of marriage, love, and revenge, and its explicit scenes of mental and emotional agony, Medea continues to demand our attention. [via]
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The Memory of Old Jackby Wendell BerryISBN 1582430438 (1-58243-043-8)
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The Mermaid Chairby Sue Monk KiddISBN 1585476323 (1-58547-632-3)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mermaid Chair'Book summary:Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair is the soulful tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. Like Kidd's stunning debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, her highly anticipated follow up evokes the same magical sense of whimsy and poignancy.
While Kidd places an obvious importance on the role of mysticism and legend in this tale, including the mysterious mermaid's chair at the center of the island's history, the relationships between characters is what gives this novel its true weight. Once she returns to her childhood home, Jessie is forced to confront not only her relationship with her estranged mother, but her other emotional ties as well. After decades of marriage to Hugh, her practical yet conventional husband, Jessie starts to question whether she is craving an independence she never had the chance to experience. After she meets Brother Thomas, a handsome monk who has yet to take his final vows, Jessie is forced to decide whether passion can coexist with comfort, or if the two are mutually exclusive. As her soul begins to reawaken, Jessie must also confront the circumstances of her father's death, a tragedy that continues to haunt Jessie and Nelle over thirty years later.
By boldly tackling such major themes as love, betrayal, grief, and forgiveness, The Mermaid Chair forces readers to question whether moral issues can always be interpreted in black or white. It is this ability to so gracefully present multiple sides of a story that reinforces Kidd's reputation as a well-respected modern literary voice. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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The Mill on the Flossby George EliotISBN 1582872406 (1-58287-240-6)
Hardcover, North Books
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The Murder of Roger Ackroydby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126278 (1-57912-627-8)
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126952 (1-57912-695-2)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Night Chillsby Dean R. KoontzISBN 1574901079 (1-57490-107-9)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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No Great Mischiefby Alistair MacLeodISBN 1574904345 (1-57490-434-5)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Great Mischief'Book summary:For the MacDonalds, the past is not a foreign country. This Cape Breton clan may have lived in the New World since 1779, when Calum Ruadh ("the red Calum") and his wife, 12 children, and dog landed. Scotland, however, remains their true home. So profound is their connection to their lost land that on brief visits they find themselves welcomed by strangers. When one descendent tells a Scotswoman that she's from Canada, she is offered a gentle rejoinder: "That may be.... But you are really from here. You have just been away for a while." In some ways this is unsurprising, since the MacDonalds either have deep black hair or their ancestor's coloring. And those with the latter have "eyes that were so dark as to be beyond brown and almost in the region of glowing black. Such individuals would manifest themselves as strikingly unfamiliar to some, and as eerily familiar to others." Another sport of nature? Many are fraternal twins, including Alistair MacLeod's narrator, Alexander, and his sister.
But No Great Mischief is far more than the straightforward saga of one family over the generations. Instead the author has created a painfully beautiful myth in which the long-ago is in many ways more present than modern existence. Even in the last decades of the 20th century, the MacDonalds fall into Gaelic--its inflections, rhythms, and song--with deep nostalgia. This is a family that is used to composing itself in the face of disaster. They often assure one another, "My hope is constant in thee," and in the light of their many losses, the clan must cling to its motto.
No Great Mischief begins with Alexander's visit to Toronto, where his eldest brother now subsists on a diet of drink and memories. The narrator, a successful orthodontist, doesn't have much to do with the former but is unable (or unwilling) to escape the latter. As the novel proceeds, Alexander fills in his family history, including such key episodes as his great-great-grandfather's self-exile from Scotland. Though Calum Ruadh had intended to leave his dog behind, it broke away and tried to catch up with him. MacLeod piercingly captures the animal's struggle as her master first tries to make her head for shore and then--realizing she won't desert him--spurs her on. Throughout No Great Mischief various people recall this incident, an emblem of intensity, hope, and dependence. A descendant of the bitch is also on hand when Alexander's parents and one of his brothers disappear under the ice on a cold spring night. She persists in searching for her people and tries to protect their lighthouse from the new keeper, receiving in return "four bullets into her loyal waiting heart." When Alexander's grandfather hears of her death, he uses a phrase that becomes one of the book's litanies, "It was in those dogs to care too much and to try too hard."
This is a MacDonald characteristic as well. A good deal of No Great Mischief's strength stems from scenes of longing and despair--for those who die for a lost cause, whether in 1692 when one leader is killed ("the redness of his hair dyed forever brighter by the crimson of his blood") or in an Ontario uranium mine where one brother is decapitated. MacLeod evokes his clan, and the elemental beauty of their landscape, in quiet, precise language that gains power with each repetition. (A sentence such as "All of us are better when we're loved" comes to acquire a near proverbial ring.) If he occasionally tips his hand too much, pressing home his point that present-day prosperity isn't all it's cracked up to be, no matter. I doubt that this inspired and elegiac novel will ever leave those who are lucky enough to read it--proving after all the persistence of the clann Chalum Ruaidh. --Kerry Fried [via]
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deathby Corinne May BotzISBN 1580931456 (1-58093-145-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death'Book summary:Bizarre and utterly fascinating, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death is a dark and disturbing photographic journey through criminal cases and the mind of Frances Glessner Lee--grandmother, dollhouse-maker, and master criminal investigator. Photographer Corinne May Botz stumbled across the "Nutshell Studies" while making a video about women who collect dollhouses. On the suggestion of a collector, she visited the Baltmore Medical Examiner's Office, where Lee's miniature reconstructions of crime scenes were on display. The macabre dioramas fascinated and repulsed her: "I was entranced by the details: the porcelain doll with a broken arm in the attic, the grains of sugar on the kitchen floor...I was also riveted by the miniature corpses. Shot in bed, collapsed in the bathtub, hung in the attic and stabbed in the closet; all were eternally frozen in miniature rooms that had become their tombs."
A remarkable woman, Frances Glessner Lee established the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936. At the time, innumerable murders went undetected because evidence was mishandled, or ignored. To train investigators of sudden and violent deaths to better assess visual evidence, Lee created the Nutshell Studies--dollhouses that students could study from every angle, with minute crime scenes details taken from actual cases. Lee created 18 dioramas, using only the most mysterious cases (cases that could have been ruled as accidents, murders, or suicides) to train detectives and challenge their ability to read evidence.
Botz reveals as much about the nature of obsession as she does about Frances Glessener Lee--each model is painstakingly photographed from multiple vantage points, allowing the reader to witness the astounding level of realism and precision in each case, as well as giving the reader unobstructed access to each eerie setting. All 18 studies include a brief synopsis of each case, as well as a key to each grisly floor plan. Perfect for amateur sleuths, aspiring medical examiners, and fans of CSI, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death is grim and oh so bewitching. --Daphne Durham
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The Odysseyby Homer, Homer Odyssey, Maurice A. Randall, Harley GriffithsISBN 1578400074 (1-57840-007-4)
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On Love and Deathby Patrick Suskind, Anthea BellISBN 158567950X (1-58567-950-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Opheliaby Lisa M. KleinISBN 1582348014 (1-58234-801-4)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury USA
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenmentby Eckhart TolleISBN 1577314808 (1-57731-480-8)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment'Book summary:Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The Power of Now. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence, and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolize "break time." This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly acclaimed A Course in Miracles--a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. --Gail Hudson [via]
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A Promise of Foreverby Anita StansfieldISBN 1577340604 (1-57734-060-4)
Softcover, Covenant Communications Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Promise of Forever'Book summary:Bryson and Ilene Davis have it all--a wonderful temple marriage, five beautiful children, a secure and happy future. Then, overnight, their lives are forever altered by two words: breast cancer. Suddenly, their passion for life--and for each other--is deeply affected by the reality of Ilene's fragile hold on mortality.
When Melissa James realizes the gravity of her beloved sister's condition she abandons a successful career to care for Ilene and her family, even though Bryson never really liked his wife's outspoken kid sister. But Melissa proves to be a godsend, and when the time comes to say good-bye, there are no regrets.
But the story is far from over. Can Bryson ever reconcile himself to the loss of his precious wife, or is his heart broken beyond repair? And what of Melissa? Will she be able to put a troubled past behind her and move on, or will her life be measured by one failed relationship after another?
In A Promise of Forever, Anita Stansfield has woven a masterful plot that will satisfy from beginning to end. Here you'll find romance, undying love, tragedy, surprise, renewal, and a keen insight into the challenges and blessings of life. Anita, the incurable romantic, will make a believer of you, too! [via]More editions of A Promise of Forever:
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Red Dragonby Thomas HarrisISBN 1585472379 (1-58547-237-9)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Dragon'Book summary:Lying on a cot in his cell with Alexandre Dumas's Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine open on his chest, Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter makes his debut in this legendary horror novel, which is even better than its sequel, The Silence of the Lambs. As in Silence, the pulse-pounding suspense plot involves a hypersensitive FBI sleuth who consults psycho psychiatrist Lecter for clues to catching a killer on the loose.
The sleuth, Will Graham, actually quit the FBI after nearly getting killed by Lecter while nabbing him, but fear isn't what bugs him about crime busting. It's just too creepy to get inside a killer's twisted mind. But he comes back to stop a madman who's been butchering entire families. The FBI needs Graham's insight, and Graham needs Lecter's genius. But Lecter is a clever fiend, and he manipulates both Graham and the killer at large from his cell.
That killer, Francis Dolarhyde, works in a film lab, where he picks his victims by studying their home movies. He's obsessed with William Blake's bizarre painting The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, believing there's a red dragon within him, the personification of his demonic drives. Flashbacks to Dolarhyde's terrifying childhood and superb stream-of-consciousness prose get us right there inside his head. When Dolarhyde does weird things, we understand why. We sympathize when the voice of the cruel dead grandma who raised and crazed him urges him to mayhem--she's way scarier than that old bat in Psycho. When he falls in love with a blind girl at the lab, we hope he doesn't give in to Grandma's violent advice.
This book is awesomely detailed, ingeniously plotted, judiciously gory, and fantastically imagined. If you haven't read it, you've never had the creeps. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Silence of the Lambsby Thomas HarrisISBN 1585471100 (1-58547-110-0)
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Six Hours One Friday: Anchoring to the Power of the Crossby Max LucadoISBN 1576736016 (1-57673-601-6)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Skull Sessionby Daniel HechtISBN 1582344965 (1-58234-496-5)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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The Sonnetsby William ShakespeareISBN 1582013055 (1-58201-305-5)
Hardcover, Classic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sonnets'Book summary:Together with A Lover's Complaint' and little-known alternative versions of four of the sonnets. Edited with an introduction by Stanley Wells. ...the most beautifully printed text available.' The Times . [via]
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Sparknotes Nightby Elie WeiselISBN 1586633988 (1-58663-398-8)
Softcover, Spark Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sparknotes Night'Book summary:Get your "A" in gear!
They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.
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And with everything covered--context; plot overview; character lists; themes, motifs, and symbols; summary and analysis, key facts; study questions and essay topics; and reviews and resources--you don't have to go anywhere else!
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Still Hereby Mark Matousek, Ram Dass, Marlene RoederISBN 1573228710 (1-57322-871-0)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Still Here'Book summary:After being introduced for a lecture, Ram Dass eschewed the stairs and, from his front row seat, leapt up on to the stage--or tried to, anyway, but age and gravity brought him crashing back to earth. Like other baby boomers, Ram Dass has learned the hard way that aging is unkind to the body. But he has also learned that it can be an opportunity for growth. While others begin to devalue you, you can reconnect with the spiritual, grow into wisdom, and create value for yourself. In Still Here, Ram Dass offers a philosophy for aging that teaches us how to diminish our suffering despite the aches, pains, and limitations of age. This becomes possible when we step away from the ego-self and into the soul-self, where we can witness our thoughts and emotions and evaluate their effects on us. If aging has brought challenges to Ram Dass, it has also brought him wisdom, which, through his personal anecdotes and stories of others in the struggle against aging, he shares with great generosity. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Dalmatian Press StaffISBN 1577595521 (1-57759-552-1)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Mitsu Yamamoto, Pablo Marcos StudioISBN 1577658000 (1-57765-800-0)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:A kind and well-respected doctor is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation. [via]
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The Stuff of Life: A Daughter's Memoirby Karen KarboISBN 1582344450 (1-58234-445-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stuff of Life: A Daughter's Memoir'Book summary:When Karen Karbo's father, a charming, taciturn Clint Eastwood type who lives in a triple-wide in the Nevada desert, is diagnosed with lung cancer, his only daughter rises to the challenge of caring for him. Neither of them is exactly cut out for the job. As Dick Karbo's disease progresses, Karen finds herself sometimes the responsible adult, sometimes a stubborn teenager all over again. But in the end, what father and daughter discover more than anything is the love and the toughness that makes them alike.[via]More editions of The Stuff of Life: A Daughter's Memoir:
Sunsets: Reflections For Life's Final Journeyby Deborah Howard, D. A. CarsonISBN 158134645X (1-58134-645-X)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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This Is Not a Novelby David MarksonISBN 1582431337 (1-58243-133-7)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Is Not a Novel'Book summary:"I don't know where to put the man-and for this I am glad.... Magnificent, a compilation that so exceeds the scatter of its parts that one must take some time to ponder why this should be. ... it's almost impossible to stop turning pages ... we realize: This is not a novel. It's a poem. ... When I reached the final pages, I felt, as all too seldom, sectioned off from the daily tyranny, released, as in a happy dream, into a kind of referential fugue-the afterlife of reading." Sven Birkerts, The New York Observer
"A cultural history of the Western world cast as a bricolage of decontextualized anecdotes, quotations, and facts. ... A lifetime's reading boiled down to sentences that have the terse clarity of epitaphs. ... This rigorously experimental work, of the sort that one tends to slog through dutifully, reads as addictively as an airport thriller." James Gibbons, BookForum
"The book does, as Writer hopes, seduce the reader into turning pages. ... Those with investigative proclivities can trace Writer's gloomy preoccupations through the items about how various notables died (and which states of financial destitution). Other items are more enigmatic (why did Henry James hide behind a tree to avoid Ford Madox Ford?), and a handful have an evocative, lovely melancholy: 'When and where did the last person die who still believed in the existence of Zeus?'" Laura Miller, The New York Times Book Review
This Is Not a Novel is a "novel" like none ever written, with the possible exception of David Markson's own Reader's Block (1996), which Ann Beattie has labeled "a work of genius."
This Is Not a Novel is a highly inventive work which drifts "genre-less," somewhere in between fiction, nonfiction, and psychological memoir. In the opening pages of the "novel," a narrator, called only "Writer," announces that he is tired of inventing characters, contemplating plot, setting, theme, and conflict. Yet the writer is determined to seduce the reader into turning pages-and to "get somewhere," nonetheless.
What follows are pages crammed with short lines of astonishingly fascinating literary and artistic anecdotes, quotations, and cultural curiosities. This Is Not a Novel is leavened with Markson's deliciously ironic wit and laughter, so that when the writer does indeed finally get us "somewhere" it's the journey will have mattered as much as the arrival. [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Julie Bleha, Henry C. KieferISBN 1578400384 (1-57840-038-4)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tuesday Club Murdersby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126901 (1-57912-690-1)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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We Need to Talk about Kevinby Lionel ShriverISBN 1582432678 (1-58243-267-8)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Need to Talk about Kevin'Book summary:A stunning examination of how tragedy affects a town, a marriage, and a family, for readers of Rosellen Brown's Before and After and Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World . That neither nature nor nurture bears exclusive responsibility for a child's character is self-evident. But such generalizations provide cold comfort when it's your own son who's just opened fire on his fellow students and whose class photograph--with its unseemly grin--is blown up on the national news. The question of who's to blame for teenage atrocity tortures our narrator, Eva Khatchadourian. Two years ago, her son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. Because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. Telling the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son has become, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general and Kevin in particular. How much is her fault? We Need to Talk About Kevin offers no pat explanations for why so many white, well-to-do adolescents--whether in Pearl, Paducah, Springfield, or Littleton--have gone nihilistically off the rails while growing up in suburban comfort. Instead, Lionel Shriver tells a compelling, absorbing, and resonant story while framing these horrifying tableaux of teenage carnage as metaphors for the larger tragedy--the tragedy of a country where everything works, nobody starves, and anything can be bought but a sense of purpose. [via]
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When Men Grieve: Why Men Grieve Differently and How You Can Helpby Elizabeth LevangISBN 1577490789 (1-57749-078-9)
Softcover, Fairview Pr
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Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die?by Tod BenoitISBN 1579122876 (1-57912-287-6)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die?'Book summary:This enlightening and browsable guide features more than 500 profiles of the lives, deaths, and final resting places of our most influential figures from sports, music, film, television, literature, and politics.
This unparalleled compilation of profiles of the deceased--from Abbott & Costello to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, from Arthur Ashe to Andy Warhol--offers all of the pertinent details on their lives, deaths, and grave sites, providing a pop-cultural road map for anyone fascinated by celebrity, history, and travel. Listings include Mark Twain, Sonny Bono, Dr. Seuss, Salvador Dali, Mickey Mantle, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Ingrid Bergman, William Shakespeare, Andy Kaufman, Bob Crane, Louis Armstrong, Walt Disney, Errol Flynn, Al Capone, Ella Fitzgerald, Mae West, Gertude Stein, and hundreds more.
Fifty photos and a number of informative sidebars (on such topics as how to find the grave of anyone you choose) round out this entertaining look at the permanent addresses of our most significant late citizens. And each listing offers concise directions to both the cemetery and the grave itself, an added benefit for tombstone travelers. [via]More editions of Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die?:
Where Do We Go from Here?by Doris Dorrie, John BrownjohnISBN 1582343195 (1-58234-319-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where Do We Go from Here?'Book summary:Meet Fred Kaufmann, disillusioned husband of thoroughly competent Claudia and father of surly teenager Franka. His dreams of being a movie director have long ago been shelved for marriage and a child. While Claudia sells her successful vegetarian take-out restaurant to a fast food chain and buys into Buddhism, Fred is trapped in the throes of a classic midlife crisis, made worse when Franka falls madly in love with a young guru. With the hope that brown rice and hardcore meditation will cure Franka's obsession, Fred chaperones his daughter to the meditation center in the South of France. But as a bizarre set of events unfolds, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that only a special kind of hero can survive. Funny, incisive, and ultimately forgiving, Where Do We Go From Here? is a masterpiece of ironic social comedy from one of Germany's leading writers and filmmakers.[via]More editions of Where Do We Go from Here?:
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Willing To Learn: Passages Of Personal Discoveryby Mary Catherine BatesonISBN 1586420801 (1-58642-080-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Willing To Learn: Passages Of Personal Discovery'Book summary:WRITER AND EDUCATOR Mary Catherine Bateson is best known for the proposal that lives should be looked at as compositions, each one an artistic creation expressing individual responses to the unexpected. This collection can be read as a memoir of unfolding curiosity, for it brings together essays and occasional pieces, many of them previously unpublished or unknown to readers who know the author only from her books, written in the course of an unconventional career.
Batesons professional life was interrupted repeatedly. She responded by refocusing her curiosity by being willing to learn. The connections and echoes between the entries in her book are as intriguing as the contrasts in style and subject matter. The work is grounded in cultural anthropology but shaped by the observation that, in a world of rapid change and encounters with strangers, individuals can no longer depend on following traditionally defined paths.
Willing to Learn is arranged thematically. One section includes a sampling of writings about Batesons parents, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. The longest section focuses primarily on the contemporary United States and deals with life stages and gender. Bateson argues that because womens lives have changed most radically, women are pioneers of emerging patterns that will affect everyone. Another section deals with belief systems, conflict, and change, especially in the Middle East, and the final section with different ways of knowing. Bateson is a singular thinker whose work enriches lives by bringing fresh, original ideas to subjects that affect all of our lives. Willing to Learn is at once an articulation of and an enduring testament to the artistic creation Bateson has produced pursuing her own lifes work. [via]More editions of Willing To Learn: Passages Of Personal Discovery:
The Wings of the Doveby Henry JamesISBN 1582873771 (1-58287-377-1)
Hardcover, North Books
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La Odisea / The Odysseyby HomeroISBN 1583487751 (1-58348-775-1)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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El poder del ahora :Un camino hacia la realizacion espiritual / The Power Of Now: UN Camino Hacia LA Realizacion Espiritualby Eckhart Tolle, Margarita MatarranzISBN 157731185X (1-57731-185-X)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El poder del ahora :Un camino hacia la realizacion espiritual / The Power Of Now: UN Camino Hacia LA Realizacion Espiritual'Book summary:Eckhart Tolle begins this best-selling spiritual guide with his own story a tale of early despair that culminated in a tremendous experience of awakening one night soon after his 29th birthday. Tolles galvanizing realization was that the mind is the enemy of enlightenment, and that individuals contain the source of their own pain. The Power of Now explores these issues in depth and uncovers fresh ways of living a more fulfilling life. Now available to Spanish-language readers, the book shows how a combination of Buddhist principles, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory can connect the reader to the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.[via]More editions of El poder del ahora :Un camino hacia la realizacion espiritual / The Power Of Now: UN Camino Hacia LA Realizacion Espiritual:
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El Profeta/the Prophetby Kahlil GibranISBN 1583487913 (1-58348-791-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Profeta/the Prophet'Book summary:Una de las obras maestras de la literatura universal es El Profeta. En la voz de Almustafá, el profeta, se encierra la esencia última del pensamiento poético de Jalil Gibrán, poeta libanés emigrado a Estados Unidos y perseguidor errante de la verdad y la bellza, en cuya personalidad se da prodigiosa sÃntesis de un Oriente y Occidente fertilizados por la sensibilidad de un autor subyugante. Cada relectura arrojará un nueva valor, cada imagen evocada adquirirá un nuevo perfil. Siempre hay algo nuevo y sorprendente en las densas y breves páginas en las que se concentra todo el verbo creador del poeta libanés. Es por esta razó por lo que El Profeta fue desde un primer momento un clásico predestinado a la inmortalidad. [via]
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