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The Affair Of The 39 Cufflinksby James AndersonISBN 1590582918 (1-59058-291-8)
Softcover, Poisoned Pen Pr
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The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosyby James AndersonISBN 1590580974 (1-59058-097-4)
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The Age of Innocenceby Edith WhartonISBN 1588274659 (1-58827-465-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Innocence'Book summary:Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is an elegant, masterful portrait of desire and betrayal in old New York. With vivid power, Wharton evokes a time of gaslit streets, formal dances held in the ballrooms of stately brownstones, and society people "who dreaded scandal more than disease." This is Newland Archer's world as he prepares to many the docile May Welland. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after a long absence, turning Archer's world upside down.
This classic Wharton tale of thwarted love is an exuberantly comic and profoundly moving look at the passions of the human heart, as well as a literary achievement of the highest order. [via]
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Anchoress of Shereby Paul L. MoorcraftISBN 1590580281 (1-59058-028-1)
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The Arsenic Labyrinthby Martin EdwardsISBN 1590583280 (1-59058-328-0)
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin FranklinISBN 1588276686 (1-58827-668-6)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:This isn't a tale of Ben Franklin the revolutionary -- the text comes to its end long years before that -- but it does give a fascinating portrait of the man who would become one of America's founding fathers. Oh, we see hints of the trouble developing in Britain's relations with "the colonies"; and Franklin surely had dealings with the British military; but here Franklin is just coming into his own as a political figure when the tale comes to its end. But there is a wisdom, here, and a charm; and certainly a fascinating look into the everyday life of our country's pre-Revolutionary era. Even if Franklin had died after completing this text he would have left behind a powerful legacy. [via]
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Badge of Gloryby Douglas ReemanISBN 1590130138 (1-59013-013-8)
Softcover, McBooks Press, Incorporated
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Barry Lyndonby William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 1592243746 (1-59224-374-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barry Lyndon'Book summary:BARRY LYNDON was to be hailed by competent critics as one of Thackeray's finest performances, though the author himself seems to have had no strong regard for the story. His daughter has recorded, "My father once said to me when I was a girl: 'You needn't read Barry Lyndon, you won't like it.' Indeed, it is scarcely a book to like, but one to admire and to wonder at for its consummate power and mastery." Another novelist, Anthony Trollope, has said of it: "In imagination, language, construction, and general literary capacity, Thackeray never did anything more remarkable than BARRY LYNDON." Mr. Leslie Stephen says: "All later critics have recognized in this book one of his most powerful performances. In directness and vigor he never surpassed it." [via]
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Both Sides the Borderby G. A. HentyISBN 1590870344 (1-59087-034-4)
Softcover, Robinson Books
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The Brothers Karamazov: Library Editionby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 159308045X (1-59308-045-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition'Book summary:[via]The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:The last and greatest of Dostoevskys novels, The Brothers Karamazov is a towering masterpiece of literature, philosophy, psychology, and religion. It tells the story of intellectual Ivan, sensual Dmitri, and idealistic Alyosha Karamazov, who collide in the wake of their despicable fathers brutal murder.
Into the framework of the story Dostoevsky poured all of his deepest concernsthe origin of evil, the nature of freedom, the craving for meaning and, most importantly, whether God exists. The novel is famous for three chapters that may be ranked among the greatest pages of Western literature. Rebellion and The Grand Inquisitor present what many have considered the strongest arguments ever formulated against the existence of God, while The Devil brilliantly portrays the banality of evil. Ultimately, Dostoevsky believes that Christ-like love prevails. But does he prove it?
A rich, moving exploration of the critical questions of human existence, The Brothers Karamazov powerfully challenges all readers to reevaluate the world and their place in it.Maire Jaanus is Professor of English and department Chair at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of Georg Trakl, Literature and Negation, and a novel, She, and co-editor of Reading Seminars I and II, Reading Seminar XI, and the forthcoming Lacan in the German-Speaking World.
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fableby Thomas Bulfinch, E. E. HaleISBN 1588279863 (1-58827-986-3)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Captain Bloodby Rafael SabatiniISBN 1592249264 (1-59224-926-4)
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Cardcaptor Sakura - 100% Authentic Mangaby Clamp, Carol FoxISBN 1591828783 (1-59182-878-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Charlotte Sometimesby Penelope Farmer, Chris ConnorISBN 1590172213 (1-59017-221-3)
Hardcover, Random House Distribution childrens
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Christmas Carol, The Chimes, And The Cricket On The Hearthby Charles DickensISBN 1593080336 (1-59308-033-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Coffin Trailby Martin EdwardsISBN 159058208X (1-59058-208-X)
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas PaineISBN 1591090199 (1-59109-019-9)
Softcover, Booksurge Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:"These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history. [via]
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The Coral Islandby Robert M. BallantyneISBN 1592245064 (1-59224-506-4)
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Daisy Millerby Henry JamesISBN 1592243002 (1-59224-300-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daisy Miller'Book summary:It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South less weighted with appeals and memories happened to mention -- which she might perfectly not have done -- some simple and uninformed American lady of the previous winter, whose young daughter, a child of nature and of freedom, accompanying her from hotel to hotel, had "picked up" by the wayside, with the best conscience in the world, a good-looking Roman, of vague identity, astonished at his luck, yet (so far as might be, by the pair) all innocently, all serenely exhibited and introduced: this at least till the occurrence of some small social check, some interrupting incident, of no great gravity or dignity, and which I forget I had never heard, save on this showing, of the amiable but not otherwise eminent ladies, who weren't in fact named, I think, and whose case had merely served to point a familiar moral; and it must have been just their want of salience that left a margin for the small pencil-mark inveterately signifying, in such connections, "Dramatize, dramatize!" The result of my recognizing a few months later the sense of my pencil-mark was the short chronicle of DAISY MILLER. -- Henry James [via]
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The Discovery of Slownessby Sten Nadolny, Ralph Freedman, Carl HonoreISBN 1589880242 (1-58988-024-2)
Softcover, Paul Dry Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discovery of Slowness'Book summary:[via]The Discovery of Slowness--a huge commercial and critical success across Europe, where it is considered the popular author's master piece--recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847).
Through the author's acute reading of history and his marvelous storytelling prowess, the reader follows John Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Slow and deliberate from boyhood, Franklin appeared destined to be a misfit. But he escaped from the ever-expanding world of industry and Empire to the sea's silent landscape, where the universe seemed more manageable. At age fourteen he joined the navy. After surviving the harrowing battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, he embarked on several voyages of discovery into the Canadian North, and served as governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). Everyone with whom he came into contact sensed that Franklin was a rare man, one who was out of his time and who moved to a different, grander beat. That beat eventually led Franklin to sail once moreon his final, fateful voyageinto the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage.
The Discovery of Slowness is a riveting account of a remarkable and varied life. And it is also a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time. The result is an unforgettable and deeply moving reading experience that justifies the novel's reputation as one of the classics of contemporary world literature.More editions of The Discovery of Slowness:
Doctor Syn, a Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marshby John Betancourt, Russell ThorndykeISBN 1592240003 (1-59224-000-3)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Dragon and the Ravenby G. A. HentyISBN 1590871200 (1-59087-120-0)
Softcover, Robinson Books
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Drugs And the 'beats': The Role of Drugs in the Lives And Writings of Kerouac, Burroughs And Ginsbergby John LongISBN 1589397835 (1-58939-783-5)
Softcover, Virtual Bookworm.Com Pub Inc
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Eagle in the Snowby Wallace BreemISBN 1590710207 (1-59071-020-7)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Excessively Divertedby Juliette ShapiroISBN 1589392647 (1-58939-264-7)
Softcover, Virtual Bookworm.Com Pub Inc
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Friends Though Divided: A Tale of the Civil Warby G. A. HentyISBN 1590870603 (1-59087-060-3)
Softcover, Robinson Books
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The Great Impersonationby Edward Phillips OppenheimISBN 158963408X (1-58963-408-X)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph ConradISBN 159224646X (1-59224-646-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Darkness'Book summary:JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was one of the most remarkable figures in English literature. Born in Poland, and originally named Josef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski, he went to sea at the age of seventeen and eventually joined the crew of an English vessel, becoming a British citizen in the process. He retired from the sea in 1894 and took up the pen, writing all his works in English, a language he had only learned as an adult. Despite this, he was a master stylist, both lush and precise. His outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires. The book you hold in your hands -- Conrad's immortal HEART OF DARKNESS -- was the basis for the renowned film, APOCALYPSE NOW. [via]
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Hellsingby Kouta HiranoISBN 159307056X (1-59307-056-X)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellsing'Book summary:What do you get when you mix reanimated Nazis, vampires, and freaky killer Catholics and Protestants breathing down each others' necks? In the case of Hellsing, you get an all-out bloody war. Or such has proven to be the case so far. The world is engulfed in the flames of destruction, and all seems lost. Vernedead's "Geese" are literally being eaten alive, and it might just take half-vampire, Seras Victoria, a certain loss of innocence to provide a shred of hope. But that's not all this story hinges on. The vampire Hellsing himself will surely show at some point, and the Catholic Iscariot Army, a dreaded force, is also on the march. This is a situation of boiling blood, and it's about to burst! [via]
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Hellsing 4by Kohta HiranoISBN 1593072597 (1-59307-259-7)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellsing 4'Book summary:What's the result when the Nazis hiding in South America engineer an army of vampires and mount an all-out campaign of deathly dominance? Well, one thing you get is a little unity - seems the Protestant Hellsing Organization and the Catholic Iscariot agency might just have to think about teaming up. Looks like the First World War of the undead is about to erupt in history's biggest battle of blood and fangs. Things are just beginning to heat up in the fourth volume of Hellsing! [via]
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Hellsing 7by Kohta Hirano, Fred Lui, Tim Ervin-Gore, Duane JohnsonISBN 1593070578 (1-59307-057-8)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellsing 7'Book summary:It's a siege! What's left of the Hellsing crew and their new team of hired bodyguards have traveled to South America to investigate the Millennium threat. While they crossed the border, parties unknown pulled some strings branding them as terrorists and matching a small country's power structure against the ultimate undead! Join them in a battle of blood, guts, ghouls, gore...and a lot of Kohta Hirano's signature offbeat comedy. This punk-goth-vampire-action-comedy-fun-as-hell nightmare just keeps rolling, as Kohta has even more fun than he probably ought to. This series has enough style and strangeness to fuel ferociously fervent fandom. [via]
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Hons and Rebelsby Jessica Mitford, Christopher HitchensISBN 1590171101 (1-59017-110-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hons and Rebels'Book summary:Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic family. Her sisters included Nancy, doyenne of the 1920s London smart set and a noted novelist and biographer; Diana, wife to the English fascist chief Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, who fell head over in heels in love with Hitler; and Deborah, later the Duchess of Devonshire. Jessica swung left and moved to America, where she took part in the civil rights movement and wrote her classic exposé of the undertaking business, The American Way of Death.
Hons and Rebels is the hugely entertaining tale of Mitford's upbringing, which was, as she dryly remarks, not exactly conventional. . . Debo spent silent hours in the chicken house learning to do an exact imitation of the look of pained concentration that comes over a hen's face when it is laying an egg. . . . Unity and I made up a complete language called Boudledidge, unintelligible to any but ourselves, in which we translated various dirty songs (for safe singing in front of the grown-ups). But Mitford found her family's world as smothering as it was singular and, determined to escape it, she eloped with Esmond Romilly, Churchill's nephew, to go fight in the Spanish Civil War. The ensuing scandal, in which a British destroyer was dispatched to recover the two truants, inspires some of Mitford's funniest, and most pointed, pages.
A family portrait, a tale of youthful folly and high-spirited adventure, a study in social history, a love story, Hons and Rebels is a delightful contribution to the autobiographer's art. [via]More editions of Hons and Rebels:
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The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addictby William LeithISBN 1592401554 (1-59240-155-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict'Book summary:Combining the revealing cultural commentary of Fast Food Nation with the visceral insights of A Million Little Pieces, this is the story of a journalists struggle with weight, and an unflinching look at our own culture of fat and thin.
"I thought: if I can understand the despair, my own and everybodys elses, I could write the storyof why we hate fat, of why we are fat, of why, in some perverse way, we want to be fat. And, most importantly, what we can do to stop being so fat. Obesity is the essential human problem in a nutshellwe try to make life easy by giving ourselves access to resources, and then we make life difficult by overconsuming those resources. We have more of everything than weve ever had, and yet we feel emptier."
While on assignment to interview Dr. Robert Atkins, journalist William Leith realized that he could not report on diet alone; he wanted desperately to develop a deeper understanding of his relationship with food and the pathological cravings that led him (and millions of others) to become dangerously overweight.
His Atkins interview led him to probe not only the link between carbohydrates and addiction, but also how our relationship with food has changed over the last few decades in light of economic, technological, and cultural changes in the world, as well as our cultural obsession with our bodies. Combining the science of food addiction with memoir, humor, and sociological insights, The Hungry Years is a book that will force us to look at our culture of consumption in a new way. [via]
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In Parenthesisby D. JonesISBN 1590170369 (1-59017-036-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Parenthesis'Book summary:"This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of": with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work that is among the most powerful imaginative efforts to grapple with the carnage of the First World War, a book celebrated by W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot as one of the masterpieces of modern literature. Fusing poetry and prose, gutter talk and high music, wartime terror and ancient myth, Jones, who served as an infantryman on the Western Front, presents a picture at once panoramic and intimate of a world of interminable waiting and unforeseen death. And yet throughout he remains alert to the flashes of humanity that light up the wasteland of war. [via]
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In Pursuit of His Glory: My 25 Years at Westminster Chapelby R.T. KendallISBN 1591854547 (1-59185-454-7)
Hardcover, Strang Communications Co
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The Italianby Ann RadcliffeISBN 1592249205 (1-59224-920-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legendby Stephen DavisISBN 159240099X (1-59240-099-X)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend'Book summary:As an artist and persona, Jim Morrison epitomized the late 1960s, bridging a burgeoning counterculture and popular culture, while acting out the iconoclastic rage, rampant libido, and spectacular flameout of a tumultuous era. The music he created with The Doors has sold over 50 million records worldwidewith over 13 million in the last decade alone, as their songs have been embraced by a new generation. But despite Morrisons seminal importance, there has not yet been an authoritative biography that does justice to him and his creative legacy. Until now.
Stephen Davis, the preeminent rock biographer and author of the classic Led Zeppelin history Hammer of the Gods (over 600,000 copies sold in three editions, and a #1 New York Times bestseller), has uncovered never-before-seen documents, conducted dozens of original interviews, and scoured Morrisons unpublished journals and recordings to write the definitive biography of a misunderstood legend. Jim Morrison is packed with startling new revelations about every phase of his life and career, from his troubled youth in a strict military household to his blossoming as a rock icon among the avant-garde LA scene to his voracious drug abuse and secret sexual experiments. Davis also investigates one of the greatest mysteries in rock historythe circumstances surrounding Morrisons mysterious and unsolved deathas he pieces together new evidence to tell the true and heartbreaking story of Morrisons last tragic days in Paris.
Compelling and unforgettable, Jim Morrison is destined to become a classic. [via]
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The Joy Luck Clubby Amy TanISBN 1587248832 (1-58724-883-2)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joy Luck Club'Book summary:Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue.
With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery. [via]
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Kafka in Brontdland And Other Storiesby Tamar YellinISBN 1592641539 (1-59264-153-9)
Softcover, Toby Pr
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Kerouac: His Life and Workby Paul Maher, David AmramISBN 1589793668 (1-58979-366-8)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Lady and the Unicornby Tracy ChevalierISBN 1587246147 (1-58724-614-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady and the Unicorn'Book summary:If you think you wouldn't raise your skirts for a rakish legend about the purifying powers of a unicorn's horn, then maybe you aren't a 15th-century serving girl under the sway of a velvet-tongued court painter of ill repute. In keeping with her bestselling Girl with a Pearl Earring, and its Edwardian-era follow-up, Falling Angels, Tracy Chevalier's tale of artistic creation and late-medieval amours, The Lady and the Unicorn is a subtle study in social power, and the conflicts between love and duty. Nicolas des Innocents has been commissioned by the Parisian nobleman Jean Le Viste to design a series of large tapestries for his great hall (in real life, the famous Lady and the Unicorn cycle, now in Paris's Musee National du Moyen-Age Thermes de Cluny). While Nicolas is measuring the walls, he meets a beautiful girl who turns out to be Jean Le Viste's daughter. Their passion is impossible for their world--so forbidden, given their class differences, that its only avenue of expression turns out to be those magnificent tapestries. The historical evidence on which this story is based is slight enough to allow the full play of Chevalier's imagination in this cleverly woven tale. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Life, Adventures, and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singletonby Daniel DefoeISBN 1592244262 (1-59224-426-2)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Little White Birdby James M. BarrieISBN 1589639243 (1-58963-924-3)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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Maid in Waitingby John GalsworthyISBN 1589632400 (1-58963-240-0)
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Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty: Library Editionby William BlighISBN 1589762282 (1-58976-228-2)
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Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793-1815by Brian Lavery, Patrick O'BrianISBN 1591146119 (1-59114-611-9)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793-1815'Book summary:Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with more than 400 illustrations, this large-format book provides an in-depth description of the Royal Navy in Lord Nelson's time. Among the subjects covered are ship design and construction, ship handling and navigation, fighting tactics and gunnery techniques, the Navy's administration, foreign navies of the day, and life at sea. Written by one of the world's leading naval authorities in the age of sail, this book has an established reputation as the most authentic and complete picture of Nelson's Navy ever published. 412 illustrations. Appendixes. Index. Paperback. 10 x 12 inches. [via]
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No Peace for the Wickedby Pip GrangerISBN 1590582160 (1-59058-216-0)
Hardcover, Poisoned Pen Pr
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Nottingham Laceby Evelyn SwiftISBN 1590920759 (1-59092-075-9)
Softcover, Windstorm Creative
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Withinby Stephen FryISBN 1592402488 (1-59240-248-8)
Hardcover, Gotham Books
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Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled
Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. Many of us have never been taught to read or write poetry and think of it as a mysterious and intimidating form. Or, if we have been taught, we remember uncomfortable silence when an English teacher invited the class to "respond" to a poem. In The Ode Less Travelled, Fry sets out to correct this problem by giving aspiring poets the tools and confidence they need to write poetry for pleasure.Fry is a wonderfully engaging teacher and writer of poetry himself, and he explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. His enjoyable exercises and witty insights introduce the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics. Aspiring poets will learn to write a sonnet, on ode, a villanelle, a ballad, and a haiku, among others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of, but never read. The Ode Less Travelled is a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try. [via]
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Opticksby Isaac NewtonISBN 1591020956 (1-59102-095-6)
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The Peregrineby John Alec BakerISBN 1590171330 (1-59017-133-0)
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Principles of Political Economyby J.S. MillISBN 1591021510 (1-59102-151-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principles of Political Economy'Book summary:The standard economics textbook for more than a generation, John Stuart Mill's "Principles of Political Economy" (1848) was really as much a synthesis of his predecessors' ideas as it was an original economic treatise. Heavily influenced by the work of David Ricardo, and also taking ideas from Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus, Mill systematically demonstrated how important economic concepts could be applied to real-world situations. In his emphasis on realism, Mill thus took economics out of the realm of the abstract and placed it squarely within the context of society. For anyone with an interest in the history of economics or the history of ideas, this landmark work of classical economics makes for stimulating and in many respects still very relevant reading. [via]
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Ramage & the Renegadesby Dudley PopeISBN 159013009X (1-59013-009-X)
Softcover, McBooks Pr
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Real Pirates: Over 20 True Stories of Seafaring Sculduggeryby Clare Hibbert, John JamesISBN 1592700187 (1-59270-018-7)
Hardcover, Enchanted Lion Books
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The Rise And Fall of British Naval Masteryby Paul M. KennedyISBN 1591023742 (1-59102-374-2)
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Saint Benedict's Ruleby Benedict, Patrick Barry, Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte CassinoISBN 1587680319 (1-58768-031-9)
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The Second Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1592243185 (1-59224-318-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second Jungle Book'Book summary:Here are the stories and songs of Kipling's second JUNGLE BOOK: tales of Mowgli and his Seeonee Wolf-Pack and, of course, Akela the wolf; of Bagheera, the panther; Kaa, the Rock Python; Baloo, the Bear; and so many others. They are the tales of Mowgli, the lost boy raised by wolves in the jungles of India, brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill, and they have captivated children and adults alike for generations. There is no better place to learn the life of the wolf pack and the natural order -- the natural justice -- of life in the jungle. And who could ever forget Mowgli's enemy, Shere Khan, the bragadocious Bengal tiger? To say nothing of Rikki-tikki-tavi, the mongoose?This second volume presents the further adventures of Mowgli, including the tale of his biological parents, cast out by their village for their connection to a demon child. . . . [via]
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Shadow of Ashlydyatby Mrs Henry WoodISBN 1592245544 (1-59224-554-4)
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Silver Screenby Justina RobsonISBN 1591023386 (1-59102-338-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silver Screen'Book summary:"Silver Screen" presents an enjoyably different, subversive slant on the science fiction themes of AI and cyberspace. Insecure and overweight heroine Anjuli O'Connell is one of a group of friends who have been hot-housed from an early age to perform in genius-level jobs. But, Anjuli worries that her eidetic memory and her friendship with genuine smart boy Roy Croft has been her ticket to success, rather than any real intelligence of her own. She's put to the test when Roy kills himself in an experiment to upload his mind into cyberspace, seeking that SF dream of bodiless immortality, which doesn't work as expected. At the same time, her boyfriend's research has led to him harnessing himself to dubious biomechanoid technologies, which pull the user into mental symbiosis, creating hybrid consciousness - a new 'I', continuous with the old, but different. 'Where does life end and the machine begin?' Meanwhile, Anjuli's grasping multinational employer, OptiNet, the owner of global communications AI, 901, is locked into an increasingly bitter war with the Machine-Greens, who preach AI liberation. As the case for 901's humanity, or otherwise, comes up before the Strasbourg Court, expert witness Anjuli is targeted by assassins and entangled in the hunt for an algorithm which is the key to machine consciousness, and which may even be the master-code of life itself. This story explores many interfaces between humans and their technologies, between the promises of science and the explanations of faith. It is written in a first-person style that mingles elements of detective story and confessional. Alongside its SF content, the book delves into the complexities of friendship, loyalty, love, and betrayal from an intimate human perspective. [via]
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The Slaves of Solitudeby Patrick Hamilton, David LodgeISBN 1590172205 (1-59017-220-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Small Killingby Alan Moore, Oscar ZarateISBN 1592910092 (1-59291-009-2)
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The Soulwinnerby C. SpurgeonISBN 1589600746 (1-58960-074-6)
Hardcover, Sovereign Grace Pub
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St. George for England: A Tale of Cressy and Poitiersby G. A. HentyISBN 1590871065 (1-59087-106-5)
Softcover, Robinson Books
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The Story of the Amuletby E. NesbitISBN 1592249361 (1-59224-936-1)
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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoesby Beatrix PotterISBN 1589892046 (1-58989-204-6)
Hardcover, Thurman House, LLC
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The Thirty Years Warby C. V. Wedgwood, Anthony GraftonISBN 1590171462 (1-59017-146-2)
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 1592248624 (1-59224-862-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequel'Book summary:D'Artagnan Romance I In March 1844 the French magazine _Le Siecle,_ printed the first installemnt of a story by Alexandre Dumas. It was based, Dumas claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. The serial chronicled the adventures of D'Artagnan -- a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers. Young D'Artagnan becomes embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. This volume of the serial -- _The Three Musketeers_ is set in the year 1625. The D'Artagnan arrives in Paris at the tender age of 18, and that very day gives offese to three musketeers -- Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Duels are agreed -- but interrupted by five of the Cardinal's guards. Instead of dueling, the four are attacked. D'Artagnan acquits himself impressively: his youthful courage becomes apparent during the battle. The four become friends, and, when asked by D'Artagnan's landlord to find his missing wife, embark upon an adventure that takes them across both France and England in order to thwart the plans of the Cardinal Richelieu. Along the way, they encounter a beautiful young spy, whom they know at first only as Milady, who will stop at nothing to disgrace Queen Anne of Austria before her husband, Louis XIII, and take revenge upon the musketeers. (Jacketless library hardcover.) [via]
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A Time of Giftsby Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan MorrisISBN 1590171659 (1-59017-165-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Time of Gifts'Book summary:At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journeyto walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor's book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changedthrough the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube.
At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come. [via]More editions of A Time of Gifts:
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The Time Traveler's Wifeby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 1587246392 (1-58724-639-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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A Today Show Book Club SelectionThis is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian. They met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true: Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder. Periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, disappearing spontaneously for experiences alternately harrowing and amusing.
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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hungerby Nigel SlaterISBN 1592401619 (1-59240-161-9)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger'Book summary:A deliciously evocative story of childhood in 1960s suburban England from one of the United Kingdoms best-loved writers, Nigel Slater
Toast is the truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as Nigel Slater takes us on a tour of the contents of his familys pantryrice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuitswe are transported&His mother is a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental stove, a finicky little son, and the asthma that would prove fatal. His father is a honey-and-crumpets man with an unpredictable temper. When he is widowed, Nigels father takes on a housekeeper with social aspirations and a talent in the kitchen and the following years become a heartbreaking cooking contest for his affections. As he slowly loses, Nigel finds a new outlet for his culinary gifts and we witness the birth of a lifelong passion for food. Nigels likes and dislikes, aversions and sweet-toothed weaknesses, form a fascinating backdrop to this exceptionally moving memoir of childhood, adolescence, and sexual awakening.
With a new preface and glossary for American readers, this British bestseller and national award winner is sure to delight foodies and memoir enthusiasts on this side of the pond. Possessed of the subtlety and wit of Ruth Reichls Tender at the Bone and the disarming frankness of Anthony Bourdains page-turning Kitchen Confidential, Toast is a treat to be savored. [via]
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Trouble In Paradiseby Pip GrangerISBN 1590581318 (1-59058-131-8)
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Vet's Daughterby Barbara Comyns, Kathryn DavisISBN 1590170296 (1-59017-029-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Harrowing and haunting, like an unexpected cross between Flannery O'Connor and Stephen King, The Vet's Daughter is a story of outraged innocence that culminates in a scene of appalling triumph. [via]More editions of Vet's Daughter:
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Voyage of the Beagleby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 1589761065 (1-58976-106-5)
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When London Burnedby G. A. HentyISBN 1590871685 (1-59087-168-5)
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The Widow Gingerby Pip GrangerISBN 1590580575 (1-59058-057-5)
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With Wolfe in Canada: Or, the Winning of a Continentby G. A. Henty, Gordon BrowneISBN 1590871928 (1-59087-192-8)
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Wulf the Saxonby G. A. HentyISBN 1590871960 (1-59087-196-0)
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