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Access Londonby Richard Saul WurmanISBN 0060577185 (0-06-057718-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Access London'Book summary:For those in search of the many facets of London, Access London is the ultimate guide. Comprehensive, fully updated and filled with revised maps, sidebars and points of interest, it brings to life this bustling center of culture, history and commerce with that requisite touch of class and the promise to acquaint you royally with its character and charm. [via]
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All Shall Be Wellby Deborah CrombieISBN 0060534397 (0-06-053439-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Shall Be Well'Book summary:Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid of Scotland Yard, to a startling conclusion: Jasmine Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already so fragile and doomed? As Kincaid and his capable and appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman's strange history, a troubling puzzle begins to take shape -- a bizarre amalgam of good and evil, of charity and crime . . . and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts.
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At Bertram's Hotelby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061003638 (0-06-100363-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Bertram's Hotel'Book summary:Volume 66 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1965) Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day... [via]
Aunt Dimity's Deathby Nancy AthertonISBN 0140178406 (0-14-017840-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Aunt Dimity's Good Deedby Nancy AthertonISBN 0140258817 (0-14-025881-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, John LloydISBN 0140296085 (0-14-029608-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917'Book summary:Then look no further. Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies. Follow the hilarious misadventures of the despicable Edmund Blackadder and his dimwitted sidekick Baldrick through four centuries of hopelessly mangled English history: from medieval nastiness through English history: from medieval nastiness through Elizabethan and Regency glory, to the mud and sauteed rats of the First World War. Aside from the ball-bouncingly funny scripts themselves, Blackadder also features special bonus sections: "Instruments of Torture in the Late Middle Ages"; "Medieval Medicine" ("1. Herbs; 2. Leeches; 3. Saw It Off"); and an indispensable "Index of Blackadder's Finest Insults". [via]
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A Broken Vesselby Kate RossISBN 0140234535 (0-14-023453-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Christmas Booksby Charles Dickens, Michael SlaterISBN 0140430687 (0-14-043068-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas Books'Book summary:Three stories by Charles Dickens: "The Cricket on the Hearth", "The Battle of Life" and "The Haunted Man". This follows on from "The Christmas Books Vol 1", also published in the Penguin Classics series. [via]
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The Cloud of Unknowingby Emilie Griffin, Harpercollins Spiritual ClassicsISBN 0060737751 (0-06-073775-1)
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[via]Widely considered a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality, The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous English monks sublime expression of what separates God from humanity. Originally written in the 14th century, now part of the HarperCollins Spiritual classics series, this beautiful contemplative resource, has been embraced for hundreds of years for its simple, engaging style and spiritual truths. As the unknown author assures us, if you are to experience Him or to see Him at all, insofar as it is possible here, it must always be in this cloud. The Cloud of Unknowing.
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Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 0007144369 (0-00-714436-9)
Softcover, Harper Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wildes works, and is available in both paperback and this hardback edition.
Continuously in print since 1948, the Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume collection of Wildes texts available, containing his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative texts.
Illustrated with many fascinating photographs, the book includes introductions to each section by Merlin Holland (Oscars grandson), Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kiberd and Terence Brown.
Also included is a comprehensive bibliography of works by and about Oscar Wilde, and a chronological table of his life and work.
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Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Centenary Editionby Oscar Wilde, Merlin HollandISBN 0004723724 (0-00-472372-4)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Centenary Edition'Book summary:The centennial edition of The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde's works. A new centennial edition of the bestselling Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: now published in a special hardback centennial edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death, with a revision of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. [via]
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classicsby C. S. LewisISBN 0060506083 (0-06-050608-3)
Hardcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics'Book summary:For the first time ever, these seven essential volumes by C. S. Lewis are available in a single edition. This remarkable book presents the classic works Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, and Lewis's prophetic examination of universal values, The Abolition of Man. Beautiful and timeless, this is a vital collection by one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Lewis reached a vast audience during his lifetime, and books such as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters continue to be regarded as among the best spiritual writing of all time. With his uncanny grasp of human nature, Lewis offers a refreshing antidote to the modern world's consumerism and moral relativism. This new edition of his most celebrated books highlights Lewis's compassion for humanity and his relevance for the twenty-first century. [via]
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Complete Works of Oscar WildeISBN 0004704738 (0-00-470473-8)
Softcover, Irish Books & Media
Find This BookBook summary:A unique one-volume anthology which includes all of Wilde's stories, plays, and poems. It also features a large portion of his essays and letters and an introduction by Wilde's son, Vyvyan Holland. [via]
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Hardcover, Harpercollins - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: ISBN 0004706811 (0-00-470681-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: ISBN 0060551704 (0-06-055170-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: ISBN 0004704738 (0-00-470473-8)
Softcover, Irish Books & Media
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Cotillionby Georgette HeyerISBN 0061001783 (0-06-100178-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Cut to the Quickby Kate RossISBN 0140233946 (0-14-023394-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cut to the Quick'Book summary:Impeccably evoking Regency England, this period thriller stars historically authentic detective Julian Kestrel. During an elegant country weekend, Kestrel finds the corpse of an attractive young woman in his bed, and sets out to find the killer among the glittering denizens of a titled house harboring too many secrets. Reading tour. [via]
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Danny the Champion of the Worldby Roald DahlISBN 0140328734 (0-14-032873-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William MatthewsISBN 0004990226 (0-00-499022-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1662by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William MatthewsISBN 0004990234 (0-00-499023-4)
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1664by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William MatthewsISBN 0004990250 (0-00-499025-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Enchanted Castleby Edith Nesbit, H.R. MillarISBN 0140367438 (0-14-036743-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Enchanted Castle'Book summary:A plot summary makes this story sound ordinary by children's literature standards: the summer adventures of four children who discover an enchanted castle and a magic ring. But Edith Nesbit's adored classic (written in 1907) is so much more than the description suggests. Right from the start, the author plays with the idea of magic, teasing us with a sleeping princess who turns out to be a fake. Elsewhere, the magic is "real" as can be--in fact, though written nearly 100 years ago, The Enchanted Castle prefigures the magical realism of modern novels in the matter-of-fact way it weaves the uncanny into the children's everyday life. And, while few authors are confident enough to parody bad writing, Nesbit does it hilariously (and ever so gently) through one character's tendency to "talk like a book": "'To brush his hair and his clothes... was to our hero but the work of a moment,' said Gerald." Things turn scary when the Ugly Wuglies, fake people made from painted cardboard masks, old clothes, and broomsticks, come to life. But on the whole this book about enchantment--much praised by such luminaries as H.G. Wells and Noel Coward--is, simply, enchanting. (Ages 6 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
English Medieval Houseby Margaret E. WoodISBN 006091078X (0-06-091078-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 8483107597 (84-8310-759-7)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill'Book summary:For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays.[via]Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.More editions of Fanny Hill:
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The Final Solution: A Story Of Detectionby Michael ChabonISBN 0060777109 (0-06-077710-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Final Solution: A Story Of Detection'Book summary:In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured up the golden age of comic books -- intertwining history, legend, and storytelling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to craft a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that reimagines the classic nineteenth-century detective story.
In deep retirement in the English country-side, an eighty-nine-year-old man, vaguely recollected by locals as a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has escaped from Nazi Germany with his sole companion: an African gray parrot. What is the meaning of the mysterious strings of German numbers the bird spews out -- a top-secret SS code? The keys to a series of Swiss bank accounts perhaps? Or something more sinister? Is the solution to this last case -- the real explanation of the mysterious boy and his parrot -- beyond even the reach of the once-famed sleuth?
Subtle revelations lead the reader to a wrenching resolution. This brilliant homage, which won the 2004 Aga Khan Prize for fiction, is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.
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Fire and Hemlockby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 006447352X (0-06-447352-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fire and Hemlock'Book summary:A photograph called "Fire and Hemlock" that has been on the wall since her childhood. A story in a book of supernatural stories -- had Polly read it before under a different title? Polly, packing to return to college, is distracted by picture and story, clues from the past stirring memories. But why should she suddenly have memories that do not seem to correspond to the facts?
Fire and Hemlock is an intricate, romantic fantasy filled with sorcery and intrigue, magic and mystery, all background to a most unusual and thoroughly satisfying love story.
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The Foundlingby Georgette HeyerISBN 0061004731 (0-06-100473-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Gentlemen And Playersby Joanne HarrisISBN 0060559152 (0-06-055915-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gentlemen And Players'Book summary:Gentlemen AND Players
Audere, agere, auferre.
To dare, to strive, to conquer.For generations, privileged young men have attended St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric Classics teacher who has been a fixture there for more than thirty years. But this year the wind of unwelcome change is blowing, and Straitley is finally contemplating retirement. He is joined this term by five new faculty members, including one who holds intimate and dangerous knowledge of St. Oswald's ways and secrets. Harboring dark ties to the school's past, this young teacher has arrived with one terrible goal: to destroy St. Oswald's.
As the new term gets under way, a number of incidents befall students and faculty alike. Beginning as small annoyances, they are initially overlooked. But as the incidents escalate, it soon becomes apparent that a darker undercurrent is stirring within the school. With St. Oswald's unraveling, only Straitley stands in the way of its ruin. The veteran teacher faces a formidable opponent, however -- a master player with a bitter grudge and a strategy that has been meticulously planned to the final move, a secret game with very real, very deadly consequences.
A harrowing tale of cat and mouse, this riveting, hypnotically atmospheric novel showcases New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris's astonishing storytelling talent as never before.
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Goodbye Mr Chipsby HiltonISBN 0133624358 (0-13-362435-8)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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The Grand Sophyby Georgette HeyerISBN 0061004669 (0-06-100466-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Grave Tattooby Val McDermidISBN 0007142854 (0-00-714285-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Hercule Poirot's Christmasby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061003735 (0-06-100373-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hercule Poirot's Christmas'Book summary:When cruel, tyrannical, and rich Simon Lee is found dead in his locked bedroom, Hercule Poirot must put his skills to the test to solve the crime and prevent another. Reprint. [via]
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High Stakesby Dick FrancisISBN 0060113073 (0-06-011307-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Jane and Prudenceby Barbara PymISBN 0060971010 (0-06-097101-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Jane Austenby Claire Tomalin, Beatriz Lopez-BuisanISBN 8477651590 (84-7765-159-0)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico
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A Judgement in Stoneby Ruth RendellISBN 0091290708 (0-09-129070-8)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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LA Isla De Las Tormentasby Ken Follett, Mirta AritISBN 8497595300 (84-9759-530-0)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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Lady Susan ; The Watsons ; Sanditonby Margaret Drabble, Jane AustenISBN 0140431020 (0-14-043102-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Susan ; The Watsons ; Sanditon'Book summary:Collecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors, Jane Austen's "Lady Susan", "The Watsons" and "Sanditon" is edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in "Penguin Classics". These three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings. The early epistolary novel "Lady Susan" depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, "The Watsons" is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Written in the last months of Austen's life, the uncompleted novel "Sanditon", set in a newly established seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators, and shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism and amusement. Margaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels and her life, and discusses the social background of her fiction. This edition features a new chronology. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. Austen began writing at a young age, embarking on what is possibly her best-known work, "Pride and Prejudice", at the age of 22. She was also the author of "Sense and Sensibility", "Persuasion", "Northanger Abbey" and "Mansfield Park". If you enjoyed "Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon", you may like Charlotte Bronte's "Tales of Angria", also available in "Penguin Classics". "In ["Sanditon"] she exploits her greatest gifts, her management of dialogue and her skill with monologue. The book feels open and modern ...as vigorous and inventive as her earlier work". (Carol Shields). [via]
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Janet Cowen, Thomas MaloryISBN 014043044X (0-14-043044-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Morte D'Arthur'Book summary:An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death. Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend. Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style. The result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving. As the story advances towards the inevitable tragedy of Arthur's death the effect is cumulative, rising with an impending sense of doom and tragedy towards its shattering finale. [via]
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 0140430431 (0-14-043043-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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London Accessby Richard Saul WurmanISBN 0062771299 (0-06-277129-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Majestyby Robert LaceyISBN 0091287707 (0-09-128770-7)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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Make Way for Luciaby E. F. BensonISBN 0060915080 (0-06-091508-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Metrolandby Julian BarnesISBN 0070037469 (0-07-003746-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Book Co
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Miss Pym Disposesby Josephine TeyISBN 0020545401 (0-02-054540-1)
Softcover, Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated
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The Natural History of Selborneby Gilbert White, Edward HoaglandISBN 0140264868 (0-14-026486-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Natural History of Selborne'Book summary:Gilbert White's beautifully written evocation of the natural world of Selborne based on his correspondence with two distinguished naturalists of the day has endured in popularity since its first publication in 1788-9. Suggesting that the lives of birds and animals have their own richness and rhythm, White's book, more than any other, has shaped our everyday view of the relations between humans and nature. [via]
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Nemesisby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427202946 (84-272-0294-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Police at the Funeralby Margery AllinghamISBN 009950734X (0-09-950734-X)
Softcover, Vintage Uk
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He and Stanislaus Oates must tread carefully, and battle some complex family dynamics to solve the case. [via]More editions of Police at the Funeral:
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund BurkeISBN 0024201901 (0-02-420190-1)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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Rural Ridesby William CobbettISBN 0140430237 (0-14-043023-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Screwtape Lettersby C. S. LewisISBN 0060652934 (0-06-065293-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screwtape Letters'Book summary:This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and ability to milk each phrase for maximum effect betray an infectious enthusiasm for the story. It's clear that he's having a great time reading, and it's impossible not to laugh along with him. This inspired pairing of two of the 20th century's greatest wits makes for a meditation on the dark side of spiritual guidance that's as relevant and funny today as it was in Lewis's war-torn England. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland [via]
The Sea, the Seaby Iris MurdochISBN 0140051996 (0-14-005199-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Shoes and Patternsby Francis Grew, Museum of London, Margrethe De NeergaardISBN 0112904432 (0-11-290443-2)
Softcover, The Stationery Office/Tso
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shoes and Patterns'Book summary:Charting precisely the progress of shoe fashions between the 12th and 15th centuries this is another must have for costume designers, archaeologists and historians. [via]
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Sign of Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0140058559 (0-14-005855-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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The Singing Sandsby Josephine TeyISBN 0020088256 (0-02-008825-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeoby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0048210358 (0-04-821035-8)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo'Book summary:Throughout his life, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien held alliterative poetry in particular affection, and over many years he endeavored to perfect translations into current speech of those middle-English poems of which he was most fond.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, two major and long-neglected poems by an unknown author, derive from the West Midlands, an area of England with which Professor Tolkien felt a strong affinity, and where the alliterative tradition survived strongly in the fourteenth century. Sir Orfeo is a slighter, but no less attractive, poem from a different tradition, and was a special favorite of its translator.
These three translations represent with great skill the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals. They constitute a triumphant memorial to a life-long love of language and its expression in metre and verse·form. No scholar who reads them with attention will fail to find illumination, and no reader of Professor Tolkien's widely known imaginative works will feel disappointed, or fail to perceive in every page flashes of familiarity. It was, indeed, to the general reader that he wished to interpret these poems, and in doing so to lose neither the narrataive skill nor the heightened poetic expression of the originals.
Translation of this quality creates and recreates a work of great intrinsic value, and Professor Tolkien would rejoice if his part in this process contributes to a more general recognition that Gawain and Pearl is poetry of the highest attainment, coeval with Chaucer's and in no sense inferior.
This book has been prepared for publication by Christopher Tolkien, who is a fellow and tutor in English of New College, Oxford.
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Stalky and Companyby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0140350802 (0-14-035080-2)
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Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reiversby George MacDonald FraserISBN 0002727463 (0-00-272746-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Story of Englishby Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeilISBN 0140154051 (0-14-015405-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Textiles & Clothingby E. CrowfootISBN 0112904459 (0-11-290445-9)
Softcover, Bernan Assoc
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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern Worldby Arthur HermanISBN 0060534257 (0-06-053425-7)
Softcover, Perennial
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Tom Brown's Schooldaysby Thomas HughesISBN 0140350225 (0-14-035022-5)
Softcover, Viking Childrens Books
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Un Cadaver En La Bibliotecaby Agatha ChristieISBN 8478712526 (84-7871-252-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Un Cadaver En La Biblioteca'Book summary:One morning, Colonel and Dolly Bantry are awakened by their maid and informed that the body of a dead blonde lies on the library floor! They immediately call the authorities and their dear old friend Miss Jane Marple. Miss Marple is only too happy to help, as there's nothing she likes better than nosing around in other people's business. Description in Spanish: El coronel Bantry vive apaciblemente su retiro, junto con su esposa Dorothy, en St.Mary Mead. Una manana, su doncella rompe la tranquilidad cotidiana con una noticia insolita y escalofriante: ''Senora, hay un cadaver en la biblioteca''. La joven que aparece estrangulada tiene todo el aspecto de haber sido artista. [via]
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UN Gato En El Palomarby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427202644 (84-272-0264-4)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
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Vagabondby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060532688 (0-06-053268-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vagabond'Book summary:Vagabond, the second entry in the "Grail Quest" sequence, has been eagerly anticipated by those who read the first book, and it doesn't disappoint. Thomas has managed to survive the battle of Crécy. Still nursing his wounds, he is dispatched by the king on a mission to look into the matter of his father's inheritance, which is obscurely connected to the Holy Grail. This most precious relic of the Christian faith is a much sought-after object, offering the power of total victory in war to its owner. But Thomas finds himself in the middle of a battle against an army invading the North of England, and other shadowy forces pursuing the grail are prepared to slaughter anyone who stands in their way. In the ruins of his birthplace, Thomas discovers more about his father, and a dangerous voyage to France brings him up against his cousin and arch-enemy, Count of Astarc Guy Vexville. The stage is set for a merciless showdown.
Thomas is a protagonist drawn quite as pithily as his much-loved predecessor, and the sheer verve of Cornwell's storytelling here is irresistible. We are plunged into a distant age: bloody, colourful and dangerous. Roll on, volume three! --Barry Forshaw [via]
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Whom the Gods Loveby Kate RossISBN 014024767X (0-14-024767-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Whom the Gods Love'Book summary:Alexander Falkland hasn't an enemy in the world. Young, talented, charming, he shines in every field he enters: law, architecture, the investment market. But one night his luck runs out with a vengeance. In the midst of one of his famous parties, he is found in his study with his head smashed, a blood-stained poker beside him. No wonder the inscription on his gravestone reads: whom the gods love die young. When the Bow Street runners fail to solve the crime, Alexander's distraught father turns to Julian Kestrel, elegant dandy and intrepid amateur sleuth. Soon Kestrel is up to his ears in suspects. But the greatest enigma is Alexander himself. Who was he really? Social reformer or butterfly, devoted husband or rake? In this, his third murder case, Julian must peel off one mask after another, till at last he discovers an Alexander no one knew - except, perhaps, the killer. [via]
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The World We Have Lost: Further Exploredby Peter LaslettISBN 0023678607 (0-02-367860-7)
Softcover, Scribner
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Ancho Mar De Los Sargazos / Wide Sargosso Seaby Jean Rhys, Maria Jose CoperiasISBN 8437616875 (84-376-1687-5)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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Cartas Del Diablo a Su Sobrinoby C. S. Lewis, Miguel MariasISBN 006114004X (0-06-114004-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Esta clásica obra maestra de sátira ha entretenido e iluminado a lectores alrededor del mundo con su irónica y astuta representación de la vida y las debilidades humanas desde el punto de vista de Escrutopo, el asistente de alto rango de "Nuestro Padre de Abajo." En este divertidísimo, muy serio y excepcionalmente original libro, C. S. Lewis comparte con nosotros la correspondencia entre el viejo diablo y su sobrino Orugario, un novato demonio encargado de asegurarse de la condenación de un joven hombre.
Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino es la historia más atractiva acerca de la tentación -- y el triunfo sobre ella -- jamás escrita.
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El Fin De LA Aventura/the End of the Affairby Graham GreeneISBN 8435007596 (84-350-0759-6)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano
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El Misterioso Caso De Stylesby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427285019 (84-272-8501-9)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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UN Cadaver En LA Biblioteca/the Body in the Libraryby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427200528 (84-272-0052-8)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Un Gato En El Palomar/Cat Among the Pigeonsby Agatha ChristieISBN 8478713425 (84-7871-342-5)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Un Gato En El Palomar/Cat Among the Pigeons'Book summary:In a palace in Ramat, a prince entrusts a package of jewels to his pilot, in the hope that he can smuggle them to England. The pilot, in turn, hides them in his sisters baggage. But before the packet reaches its destination the prince and the pilot are both dead. Then Joan, the pilots sister, travels to England with her daughter Jennifer where she will be attending boarding school. Description in Spanish: En el sultanato de Ramat se ha producido una grave insurrección: el príncipe Alí Yusuf confía las fabulosas joyas de la familia a su piloto Bob Rawlison, quien las esconde en el equipaje de su hermana Joan. Poco después el príncipe y su piloto mueren en un accidente de aviación. Joan viaja a Inglaterra con su hija Jennifer a la que interna en un distinguido colegio de señoritas. Allí, entre las palomas se ha escondido un gato asesino, al que sólo la sagacidad de Hercule Poirot podrá cortar sus uñas afiladas. [via]
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LA Fabbrica Di Cioccolatoby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 8877823445 (88-7782-344-5)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Quando Eravamo Orfaniby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 8806162349 (88-06-16234-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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