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25 Steps to Getting Performance Problems off Your Desk-- and Out of Your Life!by Robert H. KentISBN 0396088783 (0-396-08878-3)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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Adrian Mole, from Minor to Majorby Sue TownsendISBN 0413657507 (0-413-65750-7)
Hardcover, Methuen
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All's Well That Ends Wellby William ShakespeareISBN 0415026792 (0-415-02679-2)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Apologia Pro Vita Suaby John Henry NewmanISBN 0395051096 (0-395-05109-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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April Ladyby Georgette HeyerISBN 0399111360 (0-399-11136-0)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Ark Angelby Anthony HorowitzISBN 0399241523 (0-399-24152-3)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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Asheden, or the British Agentby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0405078056 (0-405-07805-6)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Autobiographyby John Stuart Mill, Jack StillingerISBN 0395051207 (0-395-05120-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography'Book summary:John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873), English philosopher, political theorist, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential Classical liberal thinker of the 19th century whose works on liberty justified freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He wrote the book Utilitarianism , a philosophical defense of utilitarianism in ethics. [via]
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The Bastard Kingby Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Hibbert, Jean PlaidyISBN 0399123229 (0-399-12322-9)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men, 1885-1967by Kevin Porter, Jeffrey WeeksISBN 0415009448 (0-415-00944-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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Black Mischiefby Evelyn WaughISBN 0412505606 (0-412-50560-6)
Hardcover, Chapman & Hall
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Bring on the Empty Horsesby David NivenISBN 0399115420 (0-399-11542-0)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Castleby David MacaulayISBN 0395329205 (0-395-32920-5)
Softcover, Walter Lorraine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castle'Book summary:Imagine yourself in 13th-century England. King Edward I has just named the fictitious Kevin le Strange to be the Lord of Aberwyvern--"a rich but rebellious area of Northwest Wales." Lord Kevin's first task is to oversee the construction of a strategically placed castle and town in order to assure that England can "dominate the Welsh once and for all." And a story is born! In the Caldecott Honor Book Castle, David Macaulay--author, illustrator, former architect and teacher--sets his sights on the creation and destiny of Lord Kevin's magnificent castle perched on a bluff overlooking the sea. Brick by brick, tool by tool, worker by worker, we witness the methodical construction of a castle through exquisitely detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Children who love to know how things work especially appreciate Macaulay's passion for process and engineering. Moats, arrow loops, plumbing, dungeons, and weaponry are all explained in satisfying detail. This talented author also has a keen sense of irony and tragedy, which is played out in the intricacies of the human story: a castle can be built as a fortress, but ultimately it becomes obsolete when humans discover that cooperation works best. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson [via]
Castles of Britainby Bamber Gascoigne, Christina GascoigneISBN 0399116761 (0-399-11676-1)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevatorby Roald Dahl, Joseph SchindelmanISBN 039492472X (0-394-92472-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Color of Deathby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399146482 (0-399-14648-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Coriolanusby William Shakespeare, Philip BrockbankISBN 0415026822 (0-415-02682-2)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century Englandby Frank McLynnISBN 0415010144 (0-415-01014-4)
Hardcover, Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
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Crocodile on the Sandbankby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0396070809 (0-396-07080-9)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crocodile on the Sandbank'Book summary:Elizabeth Peters's unforgettable heroine Amelia Peabody makes her first appearance in this clever mystery. Amelia receives a rather large inheritance and decides to use it for travel. On her way through Rome to Egypt, she meets Evelyn Barton-Forbes, a young woman abandoned by her lover and left with no means of support. Amelia promptly takes Evelyn under her wing, insisting that the young lady accompany her to Egypt, where Amelia plans to indulge her passion for Egyptology. When Evelyn becomes the target of an aborted kidnapping and the focus of a series of suspicious accidents and mysterious visitations, Amelia becomes convinced of a plot to harm her young friend. Like any self-respecting sleuth, Amelia sets out to discover who is behind it all. [via]
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Cymbelineby William ShakespeareISBN 041502689X (0-415-02689-X)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cymbeline'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most perplexing and unclassifiable late plays, Cymbeline is often labelled a "Romance", due to its themes of pastoralism, exile and familial reconciliation which critics notice recur throughout Shakespeare's last plays, from Pericles to The Tempest. Set in ancient Roman Britain at the court of the British king Cymbeline, the main action of the play revolves around the relationship between Cymbeline's daughter, Imogen, and Posthumous Leonatus. Attempting to marry Imogen off to Cloten, the grotesque son of Cymbeline's second wife, the king banishes Posthumous in a rage when he discovers he has secretly married Imogen. As the personal relationships in the play deteriorate, on the public stage Rome prepares to invade Britain due to Cymbeline's failure to pay tribute to his imperial master. As the play builds to its militaristic climax, Posthumous returns to Britain, where he eventually contrives a reunion with Imogen and Cymbeline's long-lost sons, who unite in their attempt to resist the might of Rome.
The ending of the play, with its series of mystical riddles, unlikely coincidences and extraordinary reunions has baffled critics for centuries. Some read it as a heavy-handed political allegory of Jacobean national union under the new sovereign of the time, King James I, whilst others see in it Shakespeare pushing theatrical realism to its furthermost limits, with its decapitated bodies, complex staging and unlikely mistaken identities. Cymbeline remains a puzzling, enigmatic play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Easy to Killby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396091598 (0-396-09159-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Edge on the Swordby Rebecca TingleISBN 0399235809 (0-399-23580-9)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Elizabethan Englandby A.H. DoddISBN 0399112804 (0-399-11280-4)
Hardcover, Batsford
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English Life in Tudor Timesby Roger HartISBN 0399110453 (0-399-11045-3)
Hardcover, Wayland
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Executive Ordersby Tom ClancyISBN 0399142185 (0-399-14218-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Executive Orders'Book summary:Tom Clancy goes to the White House in this thriller of political terror and global disaster. The American political situation takes a disturbing turn as the President, Congress, and Supreme Court are obliterated when a Japanese terrorist lands a 747 on the Capitol. Meanwhile the Iranians are unleashing an Ebola virus threat on the country. Jack Ryan, CIA agent, is cast in the middle of this maelstrom. Because of a recent sex scandal, Ryan was appointed vice president, a slot he doesn't hold for long when he lands in the Chief Executive's chair. He goes after the Iranians and then tries to piece together the country and his life the only way he knows how--with a fury that we've grown accustomed to in Clancy's intricate, detailed, and accurate stories of warfare and intrigue. [via]
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Experiment in Treasonby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399149236 (0-399-14923-6)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395489318 (0-395-48931-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the "very few works of genius in recent literature." Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as "a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness." The story of this world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis -- a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms. [via]
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Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 039564738X (0-395-64738-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - Fellowship of the Ring: ISBN 0395489318 (0-395-48931-8)
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Fox Evilby Minette WaltersISBN 0399150544 (0-399-15054-4)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fox Evil'Book summary:Minette Walters's ninth novel, Fox Evil, set in the seemingly bucolic English countryside, establishes a blistering new standard for contemporary suspense.
When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden, dressed only in nightclothes and with bloodstains on the ground near her body, the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy husband, Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroner's investigation deems it death by natural causes, but the gossip surrounding James refuses to go away.
Friendless and alone, James and his reclusive behavior begins to alarm his attorney, whose concern deepens when he discovers that his client has become the victim of a relentless campaign accusing him of far worse than the death of his wife. James is unwilling to fight the allegations, choosing instead to devote his energies to a desperate search for the illegitimate granddaughter who may prove his savior as he battles for his name-and his life. [via]More editions of Fox Evil:
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Girl In A Cageby Jane Yolen, Robert J. HarrisISBN 0399236279 (0-399-23627-9)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girl In A Cage'Book summary:From the authors of Queen's Own Fool comes another historical young adult novel from a thrilling period in Scottish history-featuring an indomitable young heroine: the daughter of Robert the Bruce.
Marjorie Bruce is overjoyed when she learns that her father has proclaimed himself king of Scotland. What 11-year-old girl hasn't dreamed of being a princess? But her father's claim to the Scottish throne also means that she and all her family are now the targets of ruthless King Edward Longshanks of England. And when she is captured, Longshanks imprisons her in a cage in a small English village square. Exposed to taunts and missiles, and the scorn of the king himself, Marjorie is determined to survive. After all, she reasons, a princess is a princess, whether in a castle or a cage. [via]More editions of Girl In A Cage:
The Great Plague in London in 1665by Walter George BellISBN 0404132359 (0-404-13235-9)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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Hallowe'En Partyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396090125 (0-396-09012-5)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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The Heart of the Lionby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa CarrISBN 0399125388 (0-399-12538-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Hinge of Fateby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0395410584 (0-395-41058-4)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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History of Western Philosophyby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415228549 (0-415-22854-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection With Political & Social Circumstancesby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415078547 (0-415-07854-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Hollowby Agatha ChristieISBN 0399137270 (0-399-13727-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focusby John Locke, Susan Mendus, John HortonISBN 0415060826 (0-415-06082-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focus'Book summary:Though several editions of Locke's Letter of Toleration art available, the unique value of this volume lies in the fact that it conbines both the text of the Letter and interpretative, critical essays.
Several essays are reprints of the most important articles on the Letter, but there is also new material , specially commissioned for the volume and published here for the first time.
Given the importance of Locke's Letter on Toleration, this volume will be welcomed by both students and teachers of political philosophy, the history of political thought, as well as philosophy and politics generally. [via]More editions of John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration in Focus:
Joseph Andrewsby Henry FieldingISBN 0395051576 (0-395-05157-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Joseph Andrews and Shamelaby Henry FieldingISBN 0395051509 (0-395-05150-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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King Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0415026881 (0-415-02688-1)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Last Chronicle of Barsetby Anthony TrollopeISBN 039505169X (0-395-05169-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Chronicle of Barset'Book summary:The central drama of the book is that of Mr.Crawley, the curate of Hogglestock who, falsely accused of theft, suffers bitterly with his family. This deceptively simple plot, though, is given a twist, and the character of Mr. Crawley is more ambigious than would at first appear. It is he himself who seems to bring about the most of his suffering, and the portrait of his man--gloomy brooding, and proud, moving relentlessly from one humiliation to another--achieves tragic dimensions. [via]
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Lie by Moonlightby Amanda QuickISBN 0399152881 (0-399-15288-1)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Life in Elizabethan Englandby A.H. DoddISBN 039950298X (0-399-50298-X)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Love's Labour's Lostby William Shakespeare, Richard DavidISBN 0415026954 (0-415-02695-4)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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The Merry Wives of Windsorby William ShakespeareISBN 0415026989 (0-415-02698-9)
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Miss Marpleby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396087477 (0-396-08747-7)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Marple'Book summary:A stunningly repackaged omnibus, gathering together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie's most famous creations: Miss Marple. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ' the typical old maid of fiction', Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature - and used it to devasting effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard has been heard to say: 'She's just the finest detective God ever made.' - and many Agatha Christie fans would agree. Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of Crime herself, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through her many film and television appearances. [via]
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Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth Iby Susan DoranISBN 0415119693 (0-415-11969-3)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Doran's detailed examination of the different suits is based on extensive archival research across Europe. Rather than focusing on Elizabeth's personality and image, she views the question within a wider political and religious context. She shows how the question of Elizabeth's marriage was divisive for England, affecting both political life and international relations, and provoking popular propaganda in the form of plays, poetry and paintings.
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Monthy Python's Flying Circusby Chapman, John CleeseISBN 0413741109 (0-413-74110-9)
Hardcover, Methuen Publishing Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monthy Python's Flying Circus'Book summary:Special 30th anniversary edition of the complete unexpurgated scripts of the original television series (except for the animation bits). Contains 358 pages of text plus 16 pages of black & white photos, each of which is a still from various episodes. 5 in [via]
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Wordsby Graham Chapman, Monty Python (Comedy troupe)ISBN 0413625508 (0-413-62550-8)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Mr. Lonelyby Eric MorecambeISBN 0413481700 (0-413-48170-0)
Hardcover, Eyre Methuen
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Mrs. McGinty's Deadby Agatha ChristieISBN 0399138234 (0-399-13823-4)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Murder Is Easyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396080162 (0-396-08016-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Music of the Spheresby Elizabeth RedfernISBN 0399147632 (0-399-14763-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Ageby Frances Amelia YatesISBN 0415220505 (0-415-22050-5)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Offshoreby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 0395478049 (0-395-47804-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Owl and the Pussy-Catby Edward Lear, Jan BrettISBN 0399219250 (0-399-21925-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat'Book summary:Edward Lear's nonsense poem about two unlikely sweethearts--an elegant owl and a beautiful cat--has found a perfect match in artist Jan Brett. She traveled to the Caribbean (the land where the Bong-tree grows, perhaps?) to research her illustrations as well as the settings, costume details, plants, and fish native to the area. Readers can follow an illustrated subplot of two yellow fish who also fall in love under the pea-green boat. A charming treatment of a classic children's poem. (Ages 3 to 7) [via]
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Paddington Helps Outby Michael BondISBN 0395066395 (0-395-06639-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Peppermint Pigby Nina Bawden, Charles LillyISBN 0397316186 (0-397-31618-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Pericles, Prince of Tyreby William Shakespeare, F. D. HoenigerISBN 0415027020 (0-415-02702-0)
Softcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre'Book summary:Pericles undergoes shipwreck, storm, and a tyrant's fury. He wins love only to have his family torn asunder, but what is lost may also be found. This strange and powerful tale of loss and recovery is the first of Shakespeare's late romances. [via]
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Person or Persons Unknownby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399143092 (0-399-14309-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Person or Persons Unknown'Book summary:The place: London; the time: 1770, when the wealthy denizens of the city walked through London's streets with scented handkerchiefs over their noses to disguise the stench of the poor. As if filthy streets, impoverished beggars, pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes everywhere weren't enough of an eyesore, the mutilated bodies of young women start turning up around Covent Garden.To Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate, the crimes are an abomination; he sets out to trap the killer with the help of his assistant, young Jeremy Proctor.
In addition to a fine mystery, author Bruce Alexander offers up a fascinating guided tour of 18th-century London, from the precincts of the Bow Street Runners to the shadowy haunts of criminals. In the characters of Sir John and Jeremy, we are gifted with the voices of experience and innocence--a potent combination in so murky a venue. [via]
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The Poems of Alexander Popeby John Everett ButtISBN 0415040000 (0-415-04000-0)
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Poems of Tennyson: Chosen and Edited, With an Introduction by Henry Van Dykeby Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 039505124X (0-395-05124-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Poetical Works of Tennyson.by Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 0395180147 (0-395-18014-7)
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Point Blancby Anthony HorowitzISBN 039923621X (0-399-23621-X)
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Prince of Darknessby Sharon Kay PenmanISBN 0399152563 (0-399-15256-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prince of Darkness'Book summary:From the New York Times-bestselling author of Time and Chance, the much anticipated fourth novel in her acclaimed medieval mystery series.
Bowing to an urgent summons from his former lover, Justin de Quincy hastens to Paris only to find that the Lady Claudine was, in fact, acting on behalf of his nemesis Prince John. As the Queen's man, de Quincy has already encountered John's murderous side. But now John tells him of a document implicating him in a plot to kill his brother, King Richard. The document is a forgery, and, despite his hunger for the crown, John is innocent of the charge. Still, a brother who looked with amiable contempt at John's earlier intrigues would hardly risk regicide. John must find the forger and prove the document false before Richard hears of it, and he entreats Justin to help him.
It takes more than John's wily charms to persuade Justin: It is only when he realizes that the welfare of the woman he serves, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is also at risk that Justin concedes. It is a concession that will take him to a bloody chamber on Mont-Saint-Michel, to a stinking dungeon in Brittany, to a murderous encounter in a Paris cemetery, and, ultimately, to the unraveling of a conspiracy that might have changed the course of history. [via]More editions of Prince of Darkness:
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Queen of This Realm: The Story of Elizabeth Iby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 0399129855 (0-399-12985-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Queen of This Realm: The Story of Elizabeth I'Book summary:In this "memoir" by Elizabeth I, legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father; a captive in the Tower of London; a shrewd politician; a lover of the arts; and eventually, an icon of an era. It is the story of her improbable rise to power and the great triumphs of her reign--the end of religious bloodshed, the settling of the New World, the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Brilliantly clever, a scholar with a ready wit, she was also vain, bold, and unpredictable, a queen who commanded--and won--absolute loyalty from those around her.
But in these pages, in her own voice, Elizabeth also recounts the emotional turmoil of her life: the loneliness of power; the heartbreak of her lifelong love affair with Robert Dudley, whom she could never marry; and the terrible guilt of ordering the execution of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. In this unforgettable novel, Elizabeth emerges as one of the most fascinating and controversial women in history, and as Englands greatest monarch.
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Queen's Own Foolby Jane Yolen, Robert J. Harris, Cyhthia Von BuhlerISBN 0399233806 (0-399-23380-6)
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Rainbow Sixby Tom ClancyISBN 0399143904 (0-399-14390-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rainbow Six'Book summary:For many readers, Jack Ryan embodies the essence of the modern American hero. Morally centered, disciplined, humble yet powerful, Ryan (and his onscreen incarnations in Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford) has made Tom Clancy one of the most popular writers in the world. But as Clancy has constructed the Ryan mythology, he has quietly established Ryan's shadow double, John Clark. Appearing in The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, and Without Remorse, Clark has many of Jack Ryan's most appealing traits, but he is also a darker figure embodying the more paranoid sensibilities of the late '90s. As is made clear from the opening pages of Rainbow Six, ex-Navy SEAL Clark and his colleagues believe violent, deadly force to be the best deterrent for terrorism.
Clark (a.k.a. Rainbow Six) has left the CIA to create an England-based organization code-named "Rainbow." Its mission: deploy an elite squad of American operatives combined with handpicked British, French, and German agents to stop terrorism in its tracks. Rainbow's emergence could not be more timely: in quick succession, the force diffuses three attempted terrorist actions. But Clark becomes suspicious when Russian agents suddenly show interest in Rainbow's work.
Rainbow Six appeals on all the levels that Clancy fans could hope for. The Rainbow operatives, from Navy SEALs to German mountain-leader school graduates, are rendered to inspire with their physical and mental prowess. The book is infatuated with the latest gadgets for scrambling, transmitting, and decoding secrets. And, in a carefully woven narrative that simultaneously traces the Rainbow team, a former KGB agent named Popov, the Australian Olympic security team, and a sinister group of American scientists, Clancy artfully reveals the mystery of "Shiva" at the center of the novel. How does Clark measure up against Jack Ryan? He may be the perfect hero for a world with hidden villains. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Red Rabbitby Tom ClancyISBN 0399148701 (0-399-14870-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Rabbit'Book summary:Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks on the Super Bowl or the White House, even before a submarine named Red October made its perilous way across the Atlantic, Jack Ryan was an historian, teacher, and recent ex-Marine temporarily living in England while researching a book. A series of deadly encounters with an IRA splinter group had brought him to the attention of the CIA's Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer-as well as his counterpart with the British SIS, Sir Basil Charleston-and when Greer asked him if he wanted to come aboard as a freelance analyst, Jack was quick to accept. The opportunity was irresistible, and he was sure he could fit it in with the rest of his work. And then Jack forgot all about the rest of his work, because one of his first assignments was to help debrief a high-level Soviet defector, and the defector told an amazing tale: Top Soviet officials, including Yuri Andropov, were planning to assassinate the Pope, John Paul II. Could it be true? As the days and weeks go by, Ryan must battle, first to try to confirm the plot, and then to prevent it, but this is a brave new world, and nothing he has done up to now has prepared him for the lethal game of cat-and-mouse that is the Soviet Union versus the United States. In the end, it will be not just the Pope's life but the stability of the Western world that is at stake. . . and it may already be too late for a novice CIA analyst to do anything about it. "Clancy creates not only compelling characters but frighteningly topical situations and heart-stopping action," wrote The Washington Post about The Bear and the Dragon. "Among the handful of superstars, Clancy still reigns, and he is not likely to be dethroned any time soon." These words were never truer than about the remarkable pages of his breathtaking new novel. This is Clancy at his best-and there is none better. [via]
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The Rime of the Ancient Marinerby Samuel Taylor ColeridgeISBN 0405118961 (0-405-11896-1)
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Second World Warby Winston ChurchillISBN 039541055X (0-395-41055-X)
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But we all know that's not what happened. As Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War, Winston Churchill--whose career had to that point already encompassed the roles of military historian and civil servant with a proficiency in both that few others could claim--had a unique perspective on the conflict, and as soon as he left office in 1945, he began to set that perspective down on paper. To measure the importance of The Second World War, it is worth remembering that there are no parallel accounts from either of the other Allied leaders, Roosevelt and Stalin. We have in this multivolume work an account that contains both comprehensive sweep and intimate detail. Almost anybody who compiles a list of such works ranks it highly among the nonfiction books of the 20th century.In the opening volume, The Gathering Storm, Churchill tracks the erosion of the shaky peace brokered at the end of the First World War, followed by the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and their gradual spread from beyond Germany's borders to most of the European continent. Churchill foresaw the coming crisis and made his opinion known quite clearly throughout the latter '30s, and this book concludes on a vindicating note, with his appointment in May 1940 as prime minister, after which he recalls that "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial."
Their Finest Hour concerns itself with 1940. France falls, and England is left to face the German menace alone. Soon London is under siege from the air--and Churchill has a few stories of his own experiences during the Blitz to share--but they persevere to the end of what Churchill calls "the most splendid, as it was the most deadly, year in our long English and British history." They press on in The Grand Alliance, liberating Ethiopia from the Italians and lending support to Greece. Then, when Hitler reneges on his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union (the very signing of which had proved Stalin and his commissars "the most completely outwitted bunglers of the Second World War"), the Allied team begins to coalesce. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese makes the participation of the United States in the war official, and this is of "the greatest joy" to Churchill: "How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at that moment care. Once again in our long island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious."
But as the fourth volume, The Hinge of Fate, reveals, success would not happen overnight. The Japanese military still held strong positions in the Pacific theater, and Rommel's tank corps were on the offensive in Africa. After a string of military defeats, Churchill's opponents in Parliament introduced a motion for a censure vote; this was handily defeated, and victory secured in Africa, then Italy. By this time, Churchill had met separately with both Roosevelt and Stalin; the second half of volume 5, Closing the Ring, brings the three of them together for the first time at the November 1943 conference in Teheran. This book closes on the eve of D-day: "All the ships were at sea. We had the mastery of the oceans and of the air. The Hitler tyranny was doomed."
And so, in the concluding volume, Triumph and Tragedy, the Allies push across Europe and take the fight to Berlin. President Roosevelt's death shortly before final victory against Germany affected Churchill deeply, "as if I had been struck a physical blow," and he would later regret not attending the funeral and meeting Harry Truman then, instead of at the Potsdam conference after Germany's defeat. Churchill himself would not be there for the conclusion to the war against Japan; in July of 1945, a general election in Britain brought in a Labor government (or, as he refers to them, "Socialists"), and he resigned immediately, for "the verdict of the electors had been so overwhelmingly expressed that I did not wish to remain even for an hour responsible for their affairs." [via]
The Secret Of Chimneysby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396088708 (0-396-08870-8)
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Selected Works of Frances Yatesby Frances A. YatesISBN 0415220432 (0-415-22043-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Works of Frances Yates'Book summary:The leading Renaissance scholar of her time, Frances Yates revolutionised the study of the history of art, science and ideas. She demonstrated that ideas and practices once considered marginal such as hermeticism and alchemy were actually at the forefront of the renaissance mind. Yates was a pioneer in her emphasis on visual culture and many of her works are richly illustrated with the iconography of symbolism of occult philosophy. Her magisterial studies address subjects as diverse as: Shakespeares last plays late medieval tapestry Italian renaissance philosophy the Rosicrucians For forty years of her life Frances Yates was associated with the Warburg Institute. Awarded a DBE for services to renaissance studies in 1977, she was a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. This set provides immediate access to the work of this most important of late twentieth century philosophers. Volumes are also available individually. The Valois Tapestries 0415-22044-0 This extensively illustrated volume presents the extravagant tapestries of the Uffizi as documents, subtly woven into the fabric of cultural and political history. Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition 0415-22045-9 Giordano Bruno, perhaps the best-known philosopher of the Italian Renaissance, is here, for the first time, placed within the context of the Hermetic-Cabalist tradition. Yates explores how Renaissance Hermeticism stimulated new attitudes towards the cosmos and towards working with cosmic forces. Bruno emerges as a Hermetic Philosopher and magician with an unorthodox religious message. Even his support of Copernicus is associated with solar magic. This revolutionary reinterpretation profoundly affects our understanding of Bruno and of his death at the stake. The Art of Memory 0415-22046-7 Trained memory was of first importance in the ancient world before printing and paper for taking notes or writing down lectures were available. An art rose in response to this need which relied on architecture and could depend on faculties of intense visual memorization. In this volume, Yates traces this art of memory from Simonides through Aquinas to the Renaissance and the growth of scientific method. The Rosicrucian Enlightenment 0415-22047-5 The Rosicrucian Enlightenment is an enthralling reconstruction of an important yet largely forgotten phase in European thought. A stage between the Renaissance and the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, the Rosicrucian Enlightenment was a striving for spiritual illumination as well as an attempt to advance scientific and intellectual knowledge. This book is the definitive work on the origins of Rosicrucian thought and its influence on politics and great thinkers in seventeenth-century Europe. Frances Yates focuses on the short-lived reign of Frederick, Elector Palatine, and his wife, the daughter of James I, as Winter King and Queen of Bohemia showing that this brief period was a Hermetic golden age, inspired by the Rosicrucian movement. The reconstruction of this phase of European history takes Rosicruianism beyond occult studies and makes it a concern for serious historical enquiry. The intellectual giants of this era, including Francis Bacon, Descartes and Newton, are seen here in new contexts that provide fresh insight into their thought. Among the many other personages and themes discussed are John Dee, Robert Boyles Invisible College, and the rise of the Royal Society and of Freemasonry. Astraea: The Imperial Theme in the Sixteenth Century 0415-22048-3 In this volume, Frances Yates attends to the political dimension of Renaissance thought. She examines the images and symbolism of religion and monarchy, especially in relation to the myth of Astraea. As well as being essential reading for historians of the Renaissance period, the book is of fundamental importance for students of the literature of the Elizabethan period. Frances Yates shows how Spensers Fairie Queene E grew out of the Accession Day Tilts and the imagery deployed in them, and demonstrates that Shakespeares preoccupation with Monarchy, with a rule of justice and purity as opposed to the forces of evil, grew out of the contemporary preoccupation with a religious imperial theme. The book as a whole forms a unity - an approach to history through imagery - and includes many illustrations, which are in themselves historical documents. Shakespeares Last Plays: A New Approach 0415-22049-1 Drawing together many years of research on Renaissance symbolism and the Hermetic tradition, Frances Yates tackles Shakespearean problems, with startlingly original results. Her approach makes possible a new interpretation of Cymbeline, relating its imagery to the revival of Tudor mythology the influence of the Tudor imperial reform and religious toleration in Henry VIII the role of magic in the last plays whose magical-mystical atmosphere is compared with that of the Rosicrucian movement in Germany with which it is suggested that Shakespeare was in sympathy Ben Jonsons attitude to Shakespeare. The book connects closely with Astraea and The Rosicrucian Enlightenment and it suggests entirely new and exciting routes into the understanding of Shakespeares attitude to the religious problems of his age. The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age 0415-220505 A central theme of this book is the history of Christian Cabala, the Christian interpretation of the Jewish mystical tradition. It was believed that when God gave the Law to Moses, he also gave a revelation of the secret meaning of the Law. This esoteric tradition was interpreted in a Christian sense by Pico della Mirandola, the founder of Christian Cabala, with which he associated Hermeticism. Part I discusses the occult philosophy in Renaissance and Reformation, showing its wide influence and reactions against it as magic. Part II traces the influence of the occult philosophy on major Elizabethan writers such as Spenser, Marlowe, Chapman and Shakespeare. A major theme throughout the book is the importance of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 in spreading Cabalist notions among Christians. The presence of Jewish influence in the Elizabethan age is hinted at, and the return of the Jews to England in the reign of Charles II is seen as the culmination of trends linking Albion with Jerusalem, even in the Elizabethan age. This is discussed in Part III. The book uses Frances Yatess other works on the Hermetic-Cabalist tradition, whilst attempting a new presentation of Christian Cabala. In her study of the imagery with which the poets express occult philosophy, she draws on her work Astraea E on the Elizabethan imperial reform. Lull & Bruno (Collected essays) 0415-22051-3 The essays collected here reprint the first sketches, dating from 1939 to 1960, which were to form Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition. They contain much material not used in that book, however, and they also look forward to what became The Art of Memory. Renaissance and Reform: The Italian Contribution (Collected essays) 0415-22052-1 This book brings together Frances Yatess research on Italian subjects, drawn from all periods of her long and distinguished career. Beginning with an account of how she first became involved with Italian cultural and intellectual history, the essays collected here cover a wide range of topics, some taking up and adding to themes explored in her books, others breaking new ground. Included are articles on aspects of Giordano Bruno, teachers of Italian in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, Shakespeare and the Platonic tradition, and a fourteenth century treatise on artificial memory, as well as essays on Paolo Sarpi, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, and on the Hebrew teachers of Pico della Mirandola and other philosophers of the Italian Renaissance. Ideas and Ideals in the North European Renaissance 0415-22239-7 This volume comprises Yatess papers and reviews on topics concerning England, France, the Netherlands and Germany during the epoch of the Renaissance and Reformation. The essays are drawn from all periods of Yatess long career and cover a wide range of subjects: English allegorical portraiture in the Elizabethan age Yatess early and late contributions on Shakespeare, Jonson, John Dee and Francis Bacon English Protestant attitudes to religious images and to martyrdom French drama Theocratic and apocalyptic politics European influence of printing and of Erasmus, Cornelius Agrippa, Copernicus and Newton. Also included is a selection from Yatess notes on her early publications and first acquaintance with the Warburg Institute as well as a brief autobiographical account of her early life. A full list of her writings completes the book and rounds out the picture of a remarkable historian. [via]
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Shadowmancerby G. P. TaylorISBN 0399242562 (0-399-24256-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadowmancer'Book summary:Written to include such elements as magic, witchcraft, superstition, sorcery, history, folklore and smuggling, Shadowmancer has become a book that simply cannot be ignored. Despite such fierce competition as JK Rowling's mighty bestseller Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Reverend Graham Taylor's debut children's novel has nevertheless garnered impressive media coverage.
At the heart of his story lies the classic battle between good and evil. On one side Taylor has painted one of the most despicable men possible--Obadiah Demurral, an 18th century vicar who preaches restraint and tolerance to his flock of god-fearing but misguided souls while all the time hiding the fact that he is a shadowmancer--a sorcerer who speaks to the dead--who commands these unfortunates to do his own bidding. For Demurral is intent on seeking to control the ultimate power in the universe. He doesn't want to worship God anymore, he wants to be God. And in the finest traditions of such stories, he will stop at nothing to achieve his dastardly goal.
Lined up against him, however, are some equally inventive good guys. Thomas Barrick, at 13, is the spunky almost-orphan who can intuitively see straight through Demurral's pious act and knows him to be evil to the core. Helping him is feisty tomboy Kate Coglan, Raphah--a mysterious African who has journeyed far to reclaim the precious symbols that Demurral is using for evil purpose, and Jacob Crane, a smuggler with a big grudge against the demented vicar.
The plot might wobble a little in places and the simmering religious overtones might get up a few people's noses, but Taylor's colourful cast is undoubtedly a triumph. The characters are larger than life, engaging, plentiful--and you'll care what happens to them. (For ages 10 and over) --John McLay [via]
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The Shaping of England.by Isaac AsimovISBN 0395065798 (0-395-06579-8)
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. Tolkien, Ted Nasmith, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395939461 (0-395-93946-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Silmarillion'Book summary:The background to the entire Lord of the Rings epic, and the world of middle-earth. The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first book and his last, the core of his imaginative work that underlies all his writings about Middle-earth. Here are the legends of the Elder Days, the central stories that give meaning to the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Tolkien began The Silmarillion in 1917 and worked on it, changed it, and continued it throughout his life. Edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, the book finally appeared four years after the author's death, in 1977. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feonor, the most gifted of the Elves, and within them gleamed the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But they were stolen by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, setting off the major war of the First Age. The Silmarillion includes several other works besides the main story: Ainulindale, the myth of Creation; Valaquenta, on the nature and power of the gods; Allakabeth, recounting the downfall of Numenor; and "Of the Rings of Power and the third Age," the link to The Lord of the Rings. As Christopher Tolkien describes it: "The entire history is set forth from the Music of the Ainur in which the world began to the passing of the ringbearers from the Havens of Mithlond at the end of the Third Age." [via]
Smuggler's Moon : A Sir John Fielding Mysteryby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399147748 (0-399-14774-8)
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Springtime in Britain: An 11,000 Mile Journey through the Natural History of Britain from Land's End to John O'Groatsby Edwin Way TealeISBN 0396062091 (0-396-06209-1)
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Tom's Midnight Gardenby Philippa Pearce, Susan EinzigISBN 0397304773 (0-397-30477-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom's Midnight Garden'Book summary:Tom was a cross and resentful boy when he was sent to stay with his uncle and aunt because his brother, Peter, had caught the measles. As soon as he joined his relatives in their small apartment, he knew he would be bored and lonely. He would miss Peter as well as the garden at home where they used to play. Now he had no friends his own age, and, instead of a garden to explore, there was only a paved yard and a row of garbage cans outside the back door.
When the time came for Tom to go home, however, he did everything he could to prolong his visit. For he had made a strange and wonderful discovery -- a discovery that he could share with no one, except Peter. And Peter believed it all, and even, for one brief moment, came to share in Tom's fantastic midnight adventure.
Philippa Pearce has created an enchanting story of the world of the imagination. The originality and charm of Tom's Midnight Garden have won for it a distinguished place in England, and it has taken its place among the best books for children on this side of the Atlantic as well.
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Troilus and Cressidaby William ShakespeareISBN 0415027071 (0-415-02707-1)
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Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams, Meryl Streep, Margery Williams Bianco, George Winston, David JorgensenISBN 0394877128 (0-394-87712-8)
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The Winter's Taleby William Shakespeare, J.H.P. PaffordISBN 0415027101 (0-415-02710-1)
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The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396085768 (0-396-08576-8)
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A Wodehouse Bestiaryby P.G. Wodehouse, D.R. BensenISBN 0395587743 (0-395-58774-3)
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six Moreby Roald DahlISBN 0394936043 (0-394-93604-3)
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