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An Advancement of Learningby Reginald HillISBN 0881500534 (0-88150-053-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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All Passion Spentby Vita Sackville-WestISBN 0881847941 (0-88184-794-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers and the Wardenby Harold BloomISBN 0877547483 (0-87754-748-3)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Any Human Heartby William BoydISBN 1400031001 (1-4000-3100-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Any Human Heart'Book summary:Logan Gonzago Mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on October 5, 1991, aged 85. William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart is his disjointed autobiography, a massive tome chronicling "my personal rollercoaster"--or rather, "not so much a rollercoaster", but a yo-yo, "a jerking spinning toy in the hands of a maladroit child." From his early childhood in Montevideo, son of an English corned beef executive and his Uraguayan secretary, through his years at a Norfolk public school and Oxford, Mountstuart traces his haphazard development as a writer. Early and easy success is succeeded by a long half-century of mediocrity, disappointments and setbacks, both personal and professional, leading him to multiple failed marriages, internment, alcoholism and abject poverty.
Mountstuart's sorry tale is also the story of a British way of life in inexorable decline, as his journey takes in the Bloomsbury set, the General Strike, the Spanish Civil War, 1930s Americans in Paris, wartime espionage, New York avant garde art, even the Baader-Meinhof gang--all with a stellar supporting cast. The most sustained and best moment comes mid-book, as Mountstuart gets caught up in one of Britain's murkier wartime secrets, in the company of the here truly despicable Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Elsewhere author William Boyd occasionally misplaces his tongue too obviously in his cheek--the Wall Street Crash is trailed with truly crashing inelegance--but overall Any Human Heart is a witty, inventive and ultimately moving novel. Boyd succeeds in conjuring not only a compelling 20th century but also, in the hapless Logan Mountstuart, an anti-hero who achieves something approaching passive greatness. --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testamentby Derek JarmanISBN 0879515384 (0-87951-538-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Bar Sinisterby Linda BerdollISBN 0967481708 (0-9674817-0-8)
Softcover, Well There It Is Pub
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The Blood Doctorby Barbara VineISBN 1400032520 (1-4000-3252-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Book of Trades, Or, Library of the Useful Artsby Beryl Hurley, Wiltshire Family History SocietyISBN 0951225340 (0-9512253-4-0)
Hardcover, Published by Wiltshire Family History Society
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A Charming Place: Bath in the Life and Times of Jane Austenby Maggie LaneISBN 0948975148 (0-948975-14-8)
Hardcover, Millstream Books
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Cheerfulness Breaks inby Angela ThirkellISBN 0881846015 (0-88184-601-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Clerkenwell Talesby Peter AckroydISBN 1400075955 (1-4000-7595-5)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Clerkenwell Tales'Book summary:From the foremost contemporary chronicler of Londons history, a suspenseful novel that ingeniously draws on Chaucers The Canterbury Tales to recreate the citys 14th century religious and political intrigues. London, 1399. Sister Clarice, a nun born below Clerkenwell convent, is predicting the death of King Richard II and the demise of the Church. Her visions can be dismissed as madness, until she accurately foretells a series of terrorist explosions. What is the role of the apocalyptic Predestined Men? And the clandestine Dominus? And what powers, ultimately, will prevail?In Peter Ackroyds deft and suprising narrative, The Miller, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath and other characters from Canterbury Tales pursue these mysteries through a pungently vivid medieval London. [via]
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A Clubbable Womanby Reginald HillISBN 0881500321 (0-88150-032-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Code of the Woostersby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1400079594 (1-4000-7959-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Confession of Brother Haluinby Ellis PetersISBN 0892963492 (0-89296-349-2)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Das Kapitalby Karl MarxISBN 0895269317 (0-89526-931-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economyby Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Serge L. LevitskyISBN 089526711X (0-89526-711-X)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Dead Certby Dick FrancisISBN 0922890013 (0-922890-01-3)
Hardcover, Armchair Detective Library
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English People and the English Revolutionby ManningISBN 0906224624 (0-906224-62-4)
Softcover, Bookmarks
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Enter a Murdererby Ngaio MarshISBN 088411483X (0-88411-483-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Enter a Murderer'Book summary:A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued in B-format. The Crime was committed on stage at the Unicorn Theatre, when an unloaded gun fired a very real bullet; the Victim was Arthur Surbonadier, an actor clawing his way to stardom using blackmail instead of talent; the Suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage was set for one of Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn's most baffling cases... [via]
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The Fairacre Festivalby Miss Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897333330 (0-89733-333-0)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
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Fallen into the Pitby Ellis PetersISBN 0892965193 (0-89296-519-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Farther Afieldby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897333713 (0-89733-371-3)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Five Children and Itby Edith NesbitISBN 0899670369 (0-89967-036-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Foxe's Book of Martyrsby John FoxeISBN 0883680955 (0-88368-095-5)
Softcover, Whitaker House
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Garden Open Todayby Beverley NicholsISBN 0881925330 (0-88192-533-0)
Hardcover, Timber Pr
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George Orwell Complete & UnabridgedISBN 0905712048 (0-905712-04-8)
Hardcover, Brill Academic Pub
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The Go-Betweenby L. P. Hartley, Colm ToibinISBN 0940322994 (0-940322-99-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Go-Between'Book summary:"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."
Summering with a fellow schoolboy on a great English estate, Leo, the hero of L. P. Hartley's finest novel, encounters a world of unimagined luxury. But when his friend's beautiful older sister enlists him as the unwitting messenger in her illicit love affair, the aftershocks will be felt for years. The inspiration for the brilliant Joseph Losey/Harold Pinter film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates, The Go-Between is a masterpiecea richly layered, spellbinding story about past and present, naiveté and knowledge, and the mysteries of the human heart. This volume includes, for the first time ever in North America, Hartley's own introduction to the novel. [via]More editions of The Go-Between:
The Golden Treasuryby Francis Turner PalgraveISBN 089966721X (0-89966-721-X)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Hand in Gloveby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114864 (0-88411-486-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hand in Glove'Book summary:One of Ngaio Marsh's most ingenious novels, finally republished in B-format. The April Fool\'9291s Day had been a roaring success for all, it seemed except for poor Mr Cartell who had ended up in the ditch for ever. Then there was the case of Mr Percival Pyke Period\'9291s letter of condolence, sent before the body was found not to mention the family squabbles. It was a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn& [via]
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Hopeful Monstersby Nicholas MosleyISBN 0916583856 (0-916583-85-6)
Hardcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hopeful Monsters'Book summary:Like Sartre, Camus, and Kundera before him, Nicholas Mosley has put forth a supremely challenging work that relies as much on philosophical and political themes as pure storytelling. Max Ackerman and Eleanor Anders are ambitious intellectuals--British and German, respectively--whose fascination with the scientific trends and political upheaval of the 20th century take them around the world and, eventually, into each other's arms. Intensifying, perhaps complicating the narrative of this 1990 Whitbread Prize winner is Mosley's use as a metaphor the Talmudic myth of the Lamed-Vov, a tale of 36 upstanding people for whom God sustains life on Earth. Left unanswered is whether Ackerman and Anders are among them. [via]
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0914061127 (0-914061-12-7)
Softcover, Orchises Pr
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In This House of Bredeby Rumer GoddenISBN 0899668100 (0-89966-810-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Invisible Manby H. G. WellsISBN 0883017156 (0-88301-715-6)
Softcover, Academic Industries
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each titleoffering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.[via]
This edition of The Invisible Man includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Gregory Benford.
It began with a quiet country inn--and a mysterious stranger, his features masked by gloves, dark glasses, and bandages that completely covered his head. Then came weird noises, the disembodied ravings, the phantom robberies, the haunted furniture...
The violence...The rampages...The killing.
An obscure scientist named Griffin had found a way to turn skin, flesh, blood and bones invisible--and tried the formula on himself. He could go anywhere; spy; steal; menace anyone. The Invisible Man had only two problems.
He couldn't turn visible again.
And he had gone quite murderously insane.More editions of The Invisible Man:
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Softcover, Andor Pub Co - The Invisible Man: ISBN 0893754153 (0-89375-415-3)
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The Invisible Manby Robert WanlessISBN 097372823X (0-9737282-3-X)
Softcover, Coscom Entertainment
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:One wintry day, a stranger enters the town of Iping. He is clad from head to foot; no one sees his face. Soon after his arrival, bizarre events occur that cannot be explained. The violence and terror begins. "...stripping the work down to its bare bones...one will admit that the very concept itself is one of land marked proportions draped layer after compelling layer of ideology and vision which has been the subject of analysis and inspiration for the best of us ever since." - Nicholas Grabowsky, from his introduction [via]
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The Jungle Booksby Rudyard Kipling, Bradley ClarkISBN 0883632012 (0-88363-201-2)
Hardcover, Hugh Lauter Levin Assc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Books'Book summary:No child should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. Mowgli is brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill. Regular adventures with his friends and enemies among the Jungle-People--cobras, panthers, bears, and tigers--hone this man-cub's strength and cleverness and whet every reader's imagination. Mowgli's story is interspersed with other tales of the jungle, such as "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," lending depth and diversity to our understanding of Kipling's India. In much the same way Mowgli is carried away by the Bandar-log monkeys, young readers will be caught up by the stories, swinging from page to page, breathless, thrilled, and terrified. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Karen Brown's 2000 England, Wales & Scotland: Charming Hotels & Itinerariesby Karen Brown, June Brown, Barbara TappISBN 0930328876 (0-930328-87-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Karen Brown's 99 England, Wales & Scotland: Charming Hotels & Itinerariesby Karen Brown, June Brown, Barbara TappISBN 0930328736 (0-930328-73-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Karen Brown's England, Wales & Scotland Charming Hotels & Itinerariesby Karen Brown, June BrownISBN 0930328329 (0-930328-32-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Karen Brown's English, Welsh & Scottish Country Hotels & Itinerariesby Karen Brown, June BrownISBN 0930328000 (0-930328-00-0)
Hardcover, K. Brown's Guides
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The Killings at Badger's Driftby Caroline GrahamISBN 0917561414 (0-917561-41-4)
Hardcover, Woodbine House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Killings at Badger's Drift'Book summary:A television tie-in set in the quiet English village of Badger's Drift, where an unwilling Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is dragged into the investigation of the killing of a popular spinster. First published in paperback in 1989 and now reissued. From the author of DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN and MURDER AT MADINGLEY GRANGE. [via]
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Kilvert's Diary: 1870-1879by William PlomerISBN 087923637X (0-87923-637-X)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0892963905 (0-89296-390-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Knole and the Sackvillesby V. Sackville-WestISBN 0900562579 (0-900562-57-9)
Hardcover, W. Heinemann
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Margery Allingham's Mr. Campion's Farthingby Margery AllinghamISBN 0881846678 (0-88184-667-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Market Squareby Read, Harry GrimleyISBN 0897333187 (0-89733-318-7)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Masqueradersby Georgette HeyerISBN 0891907823 (0-89190-782-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Morning Star of the Reformationby Andy ThomsonISBN 0890844534 (0-89084-453-4)
Softcover, Bob Jones Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Morning Star of the Reformation'Book summary:When young John of Wycliffe arrives at Oxford University, he finds it a fascinating and perilous place. With his friend, Sebastian Ayleton, John experiences the terrible plague called the "Pestilence" (the Black Death), and he becomes involved in clashes between university factions as well as riots among the townspeople. Whenever he can find time away from his studies, John's favorite place is the inn of the Kicking Pony. There he and his companions discuss the political and religious issues of the day, and it is with his friends that he first shares his growing vision of an English Bible for all Englishmen to read. In the darkness of medieval England, John's pursuit of truth gleams like a solitary star: the morning star that promises the sunrise to come. He paved the way for the theologians of the next century and opened hearts in preparation for the great Reformation itself. [via]
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Murder Being Once Doneby Ruth RendellISBN 0891903720 (0-89190-372-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Mystery of Edwin Droodby Charles Dickens, Peter Ackroyd, Luke Fildes, Charles CollinsISBN 140004328X (1-4000-4328-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Charles Dickenss final, unfinished novel is in many ways his most intriguing. A highly atmospheric tale of murder, The Mystery of Edwin Drood foreshadows both the detective stories of Conan Doyle and the nightmarish novels of Kafka.
As in many of Dickenss greatest novels, the gulf between appearance and reality drives the action. Set in the seemingly innocuous cathedral town of Cloisterham, the story rapidly darkens with a sense of impending evil. Central to the plot is John Jasper: in public he is a man of integrity and benevolence; in private he is an opium addict. And while seeming to smile on the engagement of his nephew, Edwin Drood, he is, in fact, consumed by jealousy, driven to terrify the boys fiancée and to plot the murder of Edwin himself. Though The Mystery of Edwin Drood is one of its authors darkest books, it also bustles with a vast roster of memorableand delightfully namedminor characters: Mrs. Billikins, the landlady; the foolish Mr. Sapsea; the domineering philanthropist, Mr. Honeythunder; and the mysterious Datchery. Several attempts have been made over the years to complete the novel and solve the mystery, but even in its unfinished state it is a gripping and haunting masterpiece. [via]More editions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood:
The Mystery of the Princes: An Investigation into a Supposed Murderby Audrey WilliamsonISBN 0897332083 (0-89733-208-3)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestryby R. Howard BlochISBN 1400065496 (1-4000-6549-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry'Book summary:The Bayeux Tapestry is the worlds most famous textilean exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historys most mysterious and compelling works of art. This haunting stitched account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. In his fascinating new book, Yale professor R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth.
Bloch opens with a gripping account of the event that inspired the Tapestry: the swift, bloody Battle of Hastings, in which the Norman bastard William defeated the Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, and laid claim to England under his new title, William the Conqueror. But to truly understand the connection between battle and embroidery, one must retrace the web of international intrigue and scandal that climaxed at Hastings. Bloch demonstrates how, with astonishing intimacy and immediacy, the artisans who fashioned this work of textile art brought to life a moment that changed the course of British culture and history.
Every age has cherished the Tapestry for different reasons and read new meaning into its enigmatic words and images. French nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century, fired by Tapestrys evocation of military glory, unearthed the lost French epic The Song of Roland, which Norman troops sang as they marched to victory in 1066. As the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe, Hitler
sent a team to France to study the Tapestry, decode its Nordic elements, and, at the end of the war, with Paris under siege, bring the precious cloth to Berlin. The richest horde of buried Anglo-Saxon treasure, the matchless beauty of Byzantine silk, Aesops strange fable The Swallow and the Linseed, the colony that Anglo-Saxon nobles founded in the Middle East following their defeat at Hastingsall are brilliantly woven into Blochs riveting narrative.
Seamlessly integrating Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Byzantine elements, the Bayeux Tapestry ranks with Chartres and the Tower of London as a crowning achievement of medieval Europe. And yet, more than a work of art, the Tapestry served as the suture that bound up the wounds of 1066.
Enhanced by a stunning full-color insert that includes reproductions of the complete Tapestry, A Needle in the Right Hand of God will stand with The Professor and the Madman and How the Irish Saved Civilization as a triumph of popular history. [via]More editions of A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry:
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The New Foxe's Book of Martyrsby John Foxe, Harold J. ChadwickISBN 0882706721 (0-88270-672-1)
Softcover, Bridge Logos Pub
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Operation Sea Lionby Richard Hubert Francis CoxISBN 0891410155 (0-89141-015-5)
Hardcover, Presidio Press
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0874716632 (0-87471-663-2)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:Since its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species has been the focal point of debate. Darwin's analysis of flora and fauna calls into question the long-held concepts of spontaneous generation, divine creation, and the unrelatedness of many species. Instead, he argues for Natural Selection: species survive and evolve in response to environmental conditions and other circumstances through a process in which those creatures and plants with stronger, more enduring characteristics live to beget more adaptable offspring. It was Darwin's research aboard the H.M.S. Beagle that led to the clash of intellectual titans - religion and science - over the true nature of humankind. Here is the book that started one of the greatest debates of the Western world. [via]
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Pair of Blue Eyesby Thomas HardyISBN 0907746063 (0-907746-06-3)
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The Piano Tunerby Daniel MasonISBN 1400030382 (1-4000-3038-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Piano Tuner'Book summary:Daniel Mason's debut novel, The Piano Tuner, is the mesmerizing story of Edgar Drake, commissioned by the British War Office in 1886 to travel to hostile Burma to repair a rare Erard grand piano vital to the Crown's strategic interests. Eccentric Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll has brokered peace with local warlords primarily through music, a free medical clinic, and the "powers" of common scientific instruments, much to the dismay of warmongering officers suspect of such unorthodox methods. Drake is an introspective, well-mannered soul who, once there, falls in love with Burma and stays long past the piano-fixing to aid Carroll's political agenda. Drake's arduous journey to reach the outpost, however, takes far too long (nearly half the book) and the plotting is rather heavy-handed at times (one night, Drake learns of a mysterious "Man with One Story" who rarely speaks, and the very next morning the Man tells all to Drake). The story is ambitious, the language florid and sure to please, but the dialogue and melodrama are sometimes tedious. While out on the town with Carroll's love interest, Khin Myo (who enchants Drake), Mason offers the townspersons' view of Drake:
It is only natural that a guest be treated with hospitality, the quiet man who has come to mend the singing elephant is shy, and walks with the posture of one who is unsure of the world, we too would keep him company to make him feel welcome, but we do not speak English.... They say he is one of the kind of men who has dreams, but tells no one.
Drake's complexity is thin; perhaps the beauty of Burma takes over any real need for introspection. Despite these quibbles, The Piano Tuner is a memorable achievement. --Michael Ferch [via]More editions of The Piano Tuner:
Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George IIIby Flora FraserISBN 1400096693 (1-4000-9669-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Problems of Philosophyby Russell, Bertrand Russell, 3d EarlISBN 0872200981 (0-87220-098-1)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Problems of Philosophy'Book summary:One of his great works, and a must-read for any student of philosophy, The Problems of Philosophy was written in 1912 as an introduction to Russell's thought. As an empiricist, Russell starts at the beginning with this question: Is there any knowledge in the world that is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? This, according to Russell, is where the work of philosophy begins. He covers topics such as reality, the nature of matter, inductive reasoning, truth, and the limits of philosophical knowledge. As one of the greatest minds in Western philosophy, Russell's thoughts are profoundly informative and provocative and suitable for anyone wishing to expand his mind. British philosopher and mathematician BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM RUSSELL (1872-1970) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Among his many works are Why I Am Not a Christian (1927), Power: A New Social Analysis (1938), and My Philosophical Development (1959). [via]
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Provincial Lady in Londonby E.M. Delafield, Arthur WattsISBN 0897330854 (0-89733-085-4)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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Readers Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers: The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0945260261 (0-945260-26-1)
Hardcover, Choice Pub
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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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Revelations of Divine Loveby JulianISBN 0872432572 (0-87243-257-2)
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Serviceby Erskine ChildersISBN 0876360169 (0-87636-016-9)
Hardcover, Imprint Society
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A Royal Affair: George III And His Scandalous Siblingsby Stella TillyardISBN 140006371X (1-4000-6371-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Sallets, Humbles & Shrewsbery Cakes: A Collection of Elizabethan Recipesby Ruth Anne BeebeISBN 0879231955 (0-87923-195-5)
Hardcover, D. R. Godine
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The Scapegoatby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0881844098 (0-88184-409-8)
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Shropshireby Ellis Peters, Roy MorganISBN 0892965169 (0-89296-516-9)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Middle English Text With Facing Translationby James WinnyISBN 0921149921 (0-921149-92-1)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Middle English Text With Facing Translation'Book summary:The fourteenth-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the greatest classics of English literature, but one of the least accessible to most twentieth-century readers. Written in an obscure dialect, it is far more difficult to digest in the original than are most other late medieval English works. Yet any translation is bound to lose much of the flavour of the original. This edition of the poem offers the original text together with a facing-page translation. With the alliterative Middle English before the reader, James Winny provides a non-alliterative and sensitively literal rendering in modern English. This edition also provides an introduction, explanatory and textual notes, a further note on some words that present particular difficulties, and, in the appendices, two contemporary stories, The Feast of Bricriu and The Knight of the Sword, which provide insight on the poem. [via]
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Songbookby Nick Hornby, Marcel DzamaISBN 0971904774 (0-9719047-7-4)
Hardcover, McSweeneys Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Songbook'Book summary:The personal essays in Nick Hornby's Songbook pop off the page with the immediacy and passion of an artfully arranged mix-tape. But then, who better to riff on 31 of his favorite songs than the author of that literary music-lover's delight, High Fidelity?
"And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don't like them as much as I do," writes Hornby. More than his humble disclaimer, he captures "the narcotic need" for repeat plays of Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird," and testifies that "you can hear God" in Rufus Wainwright's coy reinterpretation of his father Loudon's "One Man Guy" ("given a neat little twist by Wainwright Junior's sexual orientation..."). Especially poignant is his reaction to "A Minor Incident," a Badly Drawn Boy song written for the soundtrack of the film version of Hornby's book About a Boy. While Hornby was writing the book, his young son was diagnosed with autism--a fact that adds greater resonance to the seemingly unrelated song he hears much later: "I write a book that isn't about my kid, and then someone writes a beautiful song based on an episode in my book that turns out to mean something much more personal to me than my book ever did." Meandering asides and observations like this linger in your mind (just like a fantastic song) long after you've flipped past the final page.
The 11-song CD that accompanies the book is a great touch, but it's too bad it doesn't contain all of the featured songs--most likely the unfortunate result of licensing difficulties. Overall, Hornby's pitch-perfect prose, the quirky illustrations from Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, and a good cause--proceeds benefit TreeHouse, a U.K. charity for children with autism, and 826 Valencia, the nonprofit Bay Area learning center--add up to make Songbook a hit. Solid gold. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
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A Spell of Winterby Helen DunmoreISBN 0871137828 (0-87113-782-8)
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Storm in the Villageby ReadISBN 089733244X (0-89733-244-X)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Tale of Peter Rabbitby Beatrix Potter, Margot AppleISBN 0893751022 (0-89375-102-2)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'Book summary:The quintessential cautionary tale, Peter Rabbit warns naughty children about the grave consequences of misbehaving. When Mrs. Rabbit beseeches her four furry children not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden, the impish Peter naturally takes this as an open invitation to create mischief. He quickly gets in over his head, when he is spotted by farmer McGregor himself. Any child with a spark of sass will find Peter's adventures remarkably familiar. And they'll see in Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail that bane of their existence: the "good" sibling who always does the right thing. One earns bread and milk and blackberries for supper, while the obstinate folly of the other warrants medicine and an early bedtime.
Beatrix Potter's animal stories have been a joy to generations of young readers. Her warm, playful illustrations in soft colors invite children into the world of words and flights of fancy. Once there, she gently and humorously guides readers along the path of righteousness, leaving just enough room for children to wonder if that incorrigible Peter will be back in McGregor's garden tomorrow. (Ages Baby to Preschool) [via]
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Talking to Strange Menby Ruth RendellISBN 0896211452 (0-89621-145-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Thank You, Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0891902945 (0-89190-294-5)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4by John BuchanISBN 0891630457 (0-89163-045-7)
Hardcover, Public Affairs Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4'Book summary:The Thirty-Nine Steps is a work by John Buchan now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic. [via]
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Travels With My Auntby Graham GreeneISBN 0899669247 (0-89966-924-7)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels With My Aunt'Book summary:[via]Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it." Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager, who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her wayto Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency regulations.
Originally published in 1970, Travels with My Aunt gives us an intoxicating entertainment yet also confronts us with some of the most perplexing of human dilemmas.
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The Tudor Ageby Jasper Godwin RidleyISBN 0879514051 (0-87951-405-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Tyler's Rowby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 089733339X (0-89733-339-X)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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The Valley of Fear: Library Editionby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0899662323 (0-89966-232-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Village Diaryby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897332121 (0-89733-212-1)
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Village Schoolby Read, John S. GoodallISBN 0897332113 (0-89733-211-3)
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Wars of the Rosesby Anthony GoodmanISBN 0880294736 (0-88029-473-6)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Seaby Arthur RansomeISBN 0879239913 (0-87923-991-3)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Welsh Wars of Edward Iby John E. MorrisISBN 0938289675 (0-938289-67-5)
Hardcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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The Welsh Wars of Edward I: A Contribution to Medieval Miltary History Based on Original Documentsby John Edward MorrisISBN 0938289683 (0-938289-68-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Young Men in Spatsby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292806 (0-88029-280-6)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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Your English Ancestry: A Guide for North Americansby Sherry IrvineISBN 0916489531 (0-916489-53-1)
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