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900 Years of English Costume: From the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuryby Nancy BradfieldISBN 051761670X (0-517-61670-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indiesby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0523408714 (0-523-40871-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarageby Agatha Christie, Barbara Toy, Moie CharlesISBN 0573012911 (0-573-01291-1)
Hardcover, French
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The Annals of London: A Year by Year Record of a Thousand Years of Historyby John RichardsonISBN 0520227956 (0-520-22795-6)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals of London: A Year by Year Record of a Thousand Years of History'Book summary:One of the world's greatest cities, the vast metropolis of twentieth-century London began in ad 43 when Aulius Plautius led the second invasion from Richborough to defeat the local army on the banks of the Thames. The victors then created a Roman settlement and established themselves on the river. They developed the city with a southern defense work (Southwark), and the settlement prospered as the preeminent trading base linking Britain to Europe and the Near East. The city's expansion through the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings serves as a background for the first of the almanac entries, 1065, which sees the consecration of Edward the Confessor's Abbey at Westminster, shortly before the king's own burial in his new church.[via]
The first appearance and gradual evolution of roads, buildings, and landmarks is set in the context of the ebb and flow of history through the capital's streets and rivers: from the local (the 1665 outbreak of plague, where the healthy were incarcerated with the sick to avoid further infection, and the spread of the great fire that decimated much of the city the following year) to the politically significant (the execution of the king in 1649 outside Inigo Jones's banqueting house, whose building in 1619 is also described).
The sweep of this book is vast and its detail magnificent. Disasters, innovations, and everyday events relating to politics, society, pageantry, the arts, religion, and industry are revealed to display the wide spectrum of London life. Year by year, from 1065 to the present day, events that have shaped the London we know are brought vividly to life by John Richardson's informative text, which is supported by an extraordinary and eclectic collection of historical illustrations.More editions of The Annals of London: A Year by Year Record of a Thousand Years of History:
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As You Like Itby William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway, JamiesonISBN 0521294126 (0-521-29412-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As You Like It'Book summary:Like every other play in the series, As You Like It has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version aims to be different from other editions of the play. It invites you to bring the play to life in your classroom through enjoyable activities that will help increase your understanding. You are encourage to make up your own mind about the play, rather than have someone else's interpretation handed down to you. Whatever you do, remember that Shakespeare wrote his plays to be acted, watched and enjoyed. [via]
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- As You Like It: ISBN 0521666368 (0-521-66636-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - As You Like It: ISBN 0553212907 (0-553-21290-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - As You Like It: ISBN 0563176148 (0-563-17614-8)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns - As You Like It: ISBN 0517064898 (0-517-06489-8)
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Bacon's Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 0518100359 (0-518-10035-9)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Beauvalletby Georgette HeyerISBN 0553229346 (0-553-22934-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beauvallet'Book summary:"Cinematographic with escapes, kidnapping, galloping sword play, and a breathless elopement."
THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTThe most daring, dashing hero of all
"Mad Nicholas" to his friends, "Scourge of Spain" to his enemies, Sir Nicholas Beauvallet is one of Queen Elizabeth's most dashing buccaneers and has never been known to resist a challenge.
A Spanish lady all fire and heart
When Beauvallet captures the galleon carrying Doña Dominica de Rada y Sylvan and her father, he vows to return them safely to the shores of Spain. But he has no sooner done so than he proposes a venture more reckless than any of his exploits on the high seashe will return to Spain, where there's a price on his head, and claim Dominica as his bride...
What readers say:
"An adventure story you can't put down. This is more exciting than any movie; your eyes will sparkle and your hands will grip the pages as you frantically try to keep up with the laughing pirate who leads you on the most daring trek through Spain."
"Swashbuckling romance. Great yarn set in Elizabethan times&you will not be disappointed, it's action-packed."
"A love story not to be missed! Highly recommended!"
"If you've ever secretly thrilled to swashbuckling films, you will LOVE Beauvallet! If you enjoy the language of Shakespearean times, the color, the pagentry, you will LOVE Beauvallet! If you love a great romance, you will LOVE Beauvallet!"
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Black Beautyby Anna SewellISBN 0517189585 (0-517-18958-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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- Black Beauty: ISBN 0531169812 (0-531-16981-2)
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Black Sheepby Georgette HeyerISBN 0553248081 (0-553-24808-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Blood & Roses: The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Centuryby Helen CastorISBN 0571216706 (0-571-21670-6)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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The Breakerby Minette WaltersISBN 0515128821 (0-515-12882-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Bucaneersby Edith WhartonISBN 0517152789 (0-517-15278-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryby Roald DahlISBN 0553154540 (0-553-15454-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'Book summary:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, along with Roald Dahl's other tales for younger readers, make him a true star of children's literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, nasty Violet Beauregarde blows up into a blueberry from sneaking forbidden chewing gum, and bratty Augustus Gloop is carried away on the river of chocolate he wouldn't resist. In fact, all manner of disasters can happen to the most obnoxiously deserving of children because Dahl portrays each incident with such resourcefulness and humor.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat. The book is also available in Spanish (Charlie y la Fabrica de Chocolate). (The suggested age range for this book is 9-12, but nobody this reviewer has met can resist it, including New York City bellhops, flight attendants, and grumpy teenagers.) [via]
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Charlotte and Emily Bronteby Charlotte Bronte, Emily BronteISBN 0517147793 (0-517-14779-3)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlotte and Emily Bronte'Book summary:Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor by Charlotte Brontë and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë are included in this new addition to the Library of Literary Classics. [via]
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The Complete Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Library Editionby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0517174960 (0-517-17496-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wellsby H. G. WellsISBN 051726188X (0-517-26188-X)
Hardcover
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The Conqueror: A Novel of William the Conqueror, the Bastard Son Who Overpowered a Kingdomby Georgette HeyerISBN 055324714X (0-553-24714-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Convenient Marriageby Georgette HeyerISBN 0553227629 (0-553-22762-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Cousin Kateby Georgette HeyerISBN 0553253875 (0-553-25387-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cousin Kate'Book summary:Enjoy one of only two Heyer Gothic Regency romances.
"Miss Heyer serves up a very different sort of tale in the same period setting, nothing less than a full-fledged Gothic. And a very expert job she does of it, too, complete with a remote and forbidding country house, screams in the night, dark hints of something best left unmentioned nicely leavened with wit, romance, and wonderful period slang."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLYA surprising invitation
Kate Malvern is rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, who brings her to stay at Staplewood. But the household is strange and strainedKate's uncle lives in his own private wing, and her handsome, moody cousin Torquil lives in another.A dark family secret
As bizarre events unfold and Kate begins to question the reasons for her aunt's unexpected generosity, she has no one to confide in but her cousin Philip. Sympathetic though he may appear, will he tell her what she most needs to know& before it's too late?What readers say:
"Flawless gothic romance.""A dark and different Regency romance."
"Cousin Kate remains a classic Heyer study of character and Regency attitudes, and boasts a wonderfully warm and generous heroine who it is impossible to dislike and one of Heyer's most pleasant and agreeable heroes."
"A superior Georgette Heyer work; a bit darker and more serious than most of her other books, but as always there is the fast wit and a happy ending."
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The Dark Roomby Minette WaltersISBN 0515120456 (0-515-12045-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1660by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William MatthewsISBN 0520225791 (0-520-22579-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1660'Book summary:Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissions--until Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet.[via]
The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys's original as possible.More editions of The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1660:
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1666by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William A. Armstrong, William Matthews, Oliver Millar, T. F. Reddaway, MacDonald EmslieISBN 0520226984 (0-520-22698-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1667by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William Matthews, William A. Armstrong, Oliver Millar, MacDonald Emslie, Reddaway. T. F.ISBN 0520226992 (0-520-22699-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1668-1669by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William Matthews, William A. Armstrong, Oliver Millar, T. F. Reddaway, MacDonald EmslieISBN 0520227018 (0-520-22701-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys's original as possible.More editions of The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1668-1669:
Diary Of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passagesby Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William MatthewsISBN 0520015754 (0-520-01575-4)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys's original as possible.More editions of Diary Of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passages:
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The Edgeby Dick FrancisISBN 051513113X (0-515-13113-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Edge'Book summary:Tor Kelsey, an undercover agent for the Jockey Club's security service is involved in the attempt to rid racing of one of its most notorious villains, Julius Apollo Filmer. The court however, does not go along with their beliefs, but Tor knows that to let Julius even suspect the service are still on his tail would mean certain death for a number of witnesses. Meanwhile, several racehorse owners have planned a luxurious train trip across Canada, with race meetings fixed for every major city. Julius Apollo Filmer and Tor are on the passenger list. The beautiful journey through the Rockies gets uglier by the minute and Tor finds himself pushed to dangerous limits to defeat Filmer's wily scheming. [via]
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Edward Iby Michael PrestwichISBN 0520062663 (0-520-06266-3)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Edward IVby Charles Derek RossISBN 0520027817 (0-520-02781-7)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Flying Finishby Dick FrancisISBN 0515125601 (0-515-12560-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flying Finish'Book summary:Two of Dick Francis' best-known thrillers set in the world of horse-racing, in one volume. Francis was a professional jockey for many years, and now has a string of best-selling thrillers to his name. [via]
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A Glass of Blessingsby Barbara PymISBN 0525114009 (0-525-11400-9)
Hardcover, Dutton
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Haweswaterby Sarah HallISBN 0571209300 (0-571-20930-0)
Softcover, Faber and Faber
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Headlongby Michael FraynISBN 0571201474 (0-571-20147-4)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Headlong'Book summary:With its sumptuous surfaces and alluring sense of gravitas, classic Dutch painting has fascinated writers for centuries. It's easy to see why. Giant religious representations and gaudy classical scenes already have the weight of literature behind them. But an enigmatic portrait or dimly lit interior seems like a virtual incubator for narrative, and now Michael Frayn joins the Netherlandish fray in Headlong, which features a Bruegel canvas in the starring role.
The other star of the novel is youngish art historian Martin Clay (a Hugh Grant character gone to fat), who identifies the lost Bruegel in a tumbledown country home. The picture elicits an immediate shock of recognition:
Already, somewhere in those first few instants, something has begun to stir inside me. In my head, in the pit of my stomach. It's as if the sun's emerging from the clouds, and the world's changing in front of my eyes, from grey to golden. I can feel the warmth of the sunlight spreading over my skin, passing like a wave of beneficence through my entire body.
The sight of this masterwork glimmering through the "grimy pane of time" fires up Martin's customarily dilettantish intellect, and he decides to secure it for the nation--and make himself a fortune--without revealing its true value to the owner. Much double-dealing, bamboozling, and suppressed hysteria ensue as he and the owner try to outfox each other. Yet the heart of the novel is Martin's search for the meaning of the painting that has become his "triumph and torment and downfall." Bouncing from gallery to museum to library, he delivers an extended (and entertaining) lesson on iconography and landscape.As Martin's obsession takes hold, the pace of the novel also accelerates into a breathless rush of action, comic anguish, and scholarly speculation. Not surprisingly, some of Martin's machinations go haywire, which leads to a certain amount of irritating slapstick--shady deals in underground parking lots, art treasures being tipped into the back of a filthy Land Rover, and so forth. But even if he makes his plot work overtime, Frayn is superb in the quest for the meaning of art, not to mention the lure of money and intellectual reputation. And for that alone, Headlong deserves to be called picture perfect. --Eithne Farry [via]
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Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharerby Joseph ConradISBN 0553212141 (0-553-21214-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer'Book summary:Heart Of Darkness. The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing "night journey" into the savage heart of Africa, only to find his dark and evil soul. The Secret Sharer. The saga of a young, inexperienced skipper forced to decide the fate of a fugitive sailor who killed a man in self-defense. As he faces his first moral test the skipper discovers a terrifying truth -- and comes face to face with the secret itself. Heart Of Darkness and The Secret Sharer draw on actual events and people that Conrad met or heard about during his many far-flung travels. In portraying men whose incredible journeys on land and at sea are also symbolic voyages into their own mysterious depths, these two masterful works give credence to Conrad's acclaim as a major psychological writer. [via]
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Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3by William ShakespeareISBN 0553212850 (0-553-21285-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3'Book summary:Displaying the bold vision and growing skill of a young playwright, these are Shakespeares first three history plays, covering some sixty tumultuous years of English history. Their pageantry, violence, and stirring speeches excite audiences with action as well as character, and midway through the final play in this trilogy, a shocking, clever, inimitably evil new voice is heardthat of Richard of Gloucester, destined to become Englands most fearsome and hated ruler of all time, Richard III. [via]
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A History Of The World In Ten And A Half Chaptersby Julian Barnes, Ron MiddletonISBN 0521484782 (0-521-48478-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History Of The World In Ten And A Half Chapters'Book summary:Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will feature writing in English from various genres and differing times. A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes is edited by Ron Middleton of the University of Reading. [via]
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The House at Pooh Cornerby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0525444440 (0-525-44444-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House at Pooh Corner: Library Edition'Book summary:Back by popular demand, the four full-color gift editions of the original Pooh classics are available again. These elegant books, larger in format than the classic editions, include all of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, each meticulously hand-painted in delicate watercolors.
Here are the two great storybooks chronicling the adventures of Christopher Robin and all the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, as well as the two charming volumes of poems. Bright in color and true in spirit, these are books for giving--To Pooh fans of all ages. [via]
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The House at Pooh Corner/Pop-Up Bookby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0525442456 (0-525-44245-6)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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The House on the Strandby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0575002875 (0-575-00287-5)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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The Hundred Years War: England and France at War, C.1300-C.1450by Christopher AllmandISBN 0521319234 (0-521-31923-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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James and the Giant Peachby Roald DahlISBN 055315317X (0-553-15317-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Jane and the Man of the Clothby Stephanie BarronISBN 0553574892 (0-553-57489-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manorby Stephanie BarronISBN 0553575937 (0-553-57593-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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King Johnby William Shakespeare, L.A. BeaurlineISBN 0521293871 (0-521-29387-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King John'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most unpopular history plays, King John deals with the life and death of King John, who reigned from 1199 to 1216. This is as early as Shakespeare goes in his treatment of English history, concentrating more successfully on the later 14th and 15th centuries in the plays which stretch from Richard II to Henry VI. As a result, King John suffers from being so historically distant in time, as well as offering a rather weak and vacillating king, who lacks the charisma and authority of Richard III or Henry V. The play begins with King John struggling to retain his throne, under attack from rebellious courtiers and Philip, the king of France. As the quarrel escalates into war with France, the plays begins to take on a contemporary Elizabethan flavour--the feared invasion from a foreign (Catholic) nation, and the extent to which such an invasion is based on the questionable paternity of King John (like Queen Elizabeth, John is accused of being a bastard and is excommunicated). The play is saved from its rather colourless political machinations by Philip the Bastard, John's favourite, a dramatic forerunner of dubious but charismatic malcontents like Edmund in King Lear. It is also Philip who is given the most powerful and patriotic lines, when he claims that "This England never did, nor never shall, / Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror". King John's mysterious and anticlimactic death through illness at the end of the play deflates expectations--something that could be said of the play as a whole. --Jerry Brotton [via]
King Johnby W. L. WarrenISBN 0520036433 (0-520-03643-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Legacyby Susan KayISBN 051756064X (0-517-56064-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Life in the Castle in Medieval Englandby John Frederick BurkeISBN 0517405113 (0-517-40511-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 0553210270 (0-553-21027-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Masque of the Black Tulipby Lauren WilligISBN 0525949208 (0-525-94920-8)
Hardcover, E P Dutton
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The Middle Agesby John Gillingham, Peter Earle, Antonia FraserISBN 0520227999 (0-520-22799-9)
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A Monstrous Regiment of Womenby Laurie R. KingISBN 0553574566 (0-553-57456-6)
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Murder With Mirrorsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0553350277 (0-553-35027-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Mystery Mileby Margery AllinghamISBN 0553290134 (0-553-29013-4)
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Nerveby Dick FrancisISBN 0515123463 (0-515-12346-3)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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Odds Againstby Dick FrancisISBN 0515125512 (0-515-12551-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Powder and Patchby Georgette HeyerISBN 0553235796 (0-553-23579-6)
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Reflexby Dick FrancisISBN 0515135097 (0-515-13509-7)
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Rule Britanniaby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0575015985 (0-575-01598-5)
Hardcover, V. Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rule Britannia'Book summary:Emma, who lives in Cornwall with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, wakes one morning to find that the world has apparently gone mad: no post, no telephone, no radio, a warship in the bay and American soldiers advancing across the field towards the house. The time is a few years in the future. England has withdrawn from the Common Market and, on the brink of bankruptcy, has decided that salvation lies in a union - political, military and economic - with the United States. Theoretically it is to be an equal partnership; but to some people it soon begins to look like a takeover bid. Daphne du Maurier is concerned not only with what would happen to this country under what is virtually occupation, but also with the effect on human relationships. In Emma, looking at it all with clear young eyes, Daphne du Maurier has drawn one of her most enchanting heroines; and this engrossing book shows once again what a versatile and perceptive writer she is. [via]
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Shroud for a Nightingaleby P. D. JamesISBN 0571097197 (0-571-09719-7)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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Simisolaby Ruth RendellISBN 0517700735 (0-517-70073-5)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Stuart Constitution 1603-1688: Documents and Commentaryby J. P. KenyonISBN 0521313279 (0-521-31327-9)
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Stuart Constitution, 1603v1688by J. P. KenyonISBN 0521093708 (0-521-09370-8)
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The Stuartsby Maurice Ashley, Antonia FraserISBN 0520228006 (0-520-22800-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stuarts'Book summary:The Stuarts begins with James VI of Scotland, who inherited the crown through his mother, Margaret Tudor, and ends in 1714, with the reign of Queen Anne, whose thirteen children all tragically predeceased her, thus ending the Stuart line.[via]
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From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful. With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.More editions of The Stuarts:
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Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925by Vera BrittainISBN 0575024674 (0-575-02467-4)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925'Book summary:When war broke out in August 1914, 21-year-old Vera Brittain was planning on enrolling at Somerville College, Oxford. Her father told her she wouldn't be able to go: "In a few months' time we should probably all find ourselves in the Workhouse!" he opined. Brittain had hoped to escape the Northern provinces, but the war seemingly dashed her plans. "It is not, perhaps, so very surprising that the War at first seemed to me an infuriating personal interruption rather than a world-wide catastrophe."
Her father eventually relented, however, and she was allowed to attend. By the end of her first year, she had fallen in love with a young soldier and resolved to become active in the war effort by volunteering as a nurse--turning her back on what she called her "provincial young-ladyhood." Brittain suffered through 12-hour days by reminding herself that nothing she endured was worse than what her fiancé, Roland, experienced in the trenches. Roland was expected home on leave for Christmas 1915; on December 26, Brittain received news that he had been killed at the front. Ten months later Brittain herself was sent to Malta and then to France to serve in the hospitals nearer the front, where she witnessed firsthand the horrors of battle. When peace finally came, Brittain had also lost her brother Edward and two close friends. As she walked the streets of London on November 11, 1918--Armistice Day--she felt alone in the crowds:
For the first time I realised, with all that full realisation meant, how completely everything that had hitherto made up my life had vanished with Edward and Roland, with Victor and Geoffrey. The War was over; a new age was beginning; but the dead were dead and would never return.
First published in 1933, Testament of Youth established Brittain as one of the best-loved authors of her time. Her crisp, clear prose and searing honesty make this unsentimental memoir of a generation scarred by war a classic. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Thomas Becketby Frank BarlowISBN 0520071751 (0-520-07175-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thomas Becket'Book summary:On 29 December 1170, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered in his cathedral by four knights from the household of his former friend and patron, King Henry II. The horror that the killing inspired and the miraculous cures performed at Thomas's tomb transfigured him into one of the most popular saints in Western Christendom, and Canterbury became one of the greatest pilgrim shrines in the West.[via]
Yet these were unexpected results. Thomas's extraordinary career had been, and remains, controversial. The transformation of a handsome, attractive, and worldly courtier into a zealous prelate, a bitter exile and finally a martyr was for many hard to understand. In this brilliant new biography, based on the original sources and informed by the most recent scholarship, Frank Barlow reconstructs Thomas's physical environment and entourage at various stages of his career, exploring the nuances and irregularities in the story that have been ignored in other studies. -
Time Machineby H. G. WellsISBN 0553213512 (0-553-21351-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time Machine'Book summary:When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700--and everything has changed. In another, more utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings--unearth their secret and then retum to his own time--until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen. H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition, and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction. [via]
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spyby John Le CarréISBN 0553267787 (0-553-26778-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'Book summary:British Secret Service agent George Smiley has a world-class problem: he has discovered a mole--a Soviet double agent who has managed to burrow his way up to the highest level of British Intelligence. Now Smiley must use a lifetime's worth of espionage skills to ferret out a spy who's gotten too close for comfort. **MASS MARKET PAPER** [via]
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Traitor's Purseby Margery AllinghamISBN 0553238221 (0-553-23822-1)
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An Unsuitable Attachmentby Barbara PymISBN 0525241175 (0-525-24117-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and Lettersby Barbara PymISBN 0525242341 (0-525-24234-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith ; Introduction by Alan B. Krueger ; Edited, With Notes and Marginal Summary, by Edwin Cannanby Adam Smith, Edwin CannanISBN 0553585975 (0-553-58597-5)
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When We Were Orphansby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0571203841 (0-571-20384-1)
Hardcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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When We Were Very Youngby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0525444459 (0-525-44445-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When We Were Very Young'Book summary:In all likelihood, your mother or father read you these poems and remember their parents reading the same. This collection of poetry by the creator of Winnie the Pooh was first published in 1924. With its companion volume Now We Are Six, the little books became two of the biggest bestsellers in publishing history. Children all over the world have heard about changing the guard at Buckingham Palace; James James Morrison Morrison Weather by George Dupree; the three little foxes who kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes; and, of course, Christopher Robin, named for A.A. Milne's son. Adults and older children will enjoy Milne's poems too, as some of his humor is subtly directed at a more sophisticated audience. But younger children are the ones who love the naughty Mary Jane (lovely rice pudding again?) and the bears on the corners of London's streets. Read these poems aloud and pass along (or start) a family tradition. (Ages 5 to 9) [via]
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Whip Handby Dick FrancisISBN 0515125040 (0-515-12504-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Ex-jockey and private investigator Sid Halley is approached by the wife of an elite racehorse trainer, begging his help in figuring out why her husband's most promising horses have been performing so poorly. At first Halley thinks she's overreacting and the losing streak is just dumb luck. But now he's beginning to think it's something far more dangerous...
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Women in Loveby D. H. Lawrence, John Worthen, Lindeth Vasey, David R. Farmer, David H. FarmerISBN 0521280419 (0-521-28041-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women in Love'Book summary:Perhaps no other of the worlds great writers lived and wrote with the passionate intensity of D. H. Lawrence. And perhaps no other of his books so explores the mysteries between men and womenboth sensual and intellectualas Women in Love. Written in the years before and during World War I in a heat of great energy, and criticized for its exploration of human sexuality, the book is filled with symbolism and poetryand is compulsively readable.
It opens with sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, characters who also appeared in The Rainbow, discussing marriage, then walking through a haunting landscape ruined by coal mines, smoking factories, and sooty dwellings. Soon Gudrun will choose Gerald, the icily handsome mining industrialist, as her lover; Ursula will become involved with Birkin, a school inspectorand an erotic interweaving of souls and bodies begins. One couple will find love, the other death, in Lawrences lush, powerfully crafted fifth novel, one of his masterpieces and the work that may best convey his beliefs about sex, love, and humankinds ongoing struggle between the forces of destruction and life. [via]
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Winnie Ille Pu Semper Ludetby A. A. Milne, Brian StaplesISBN 0525460918 (0-525-46091-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winnie Ille Pu Semper Ludet'Book summary:The enchanting tales of Pooh and his friends were first brought to readers in classic Latin form in 1960 with the publication of Winnie Ille Pu. It remains the only book in Latin ever to grace The New York Times List. Now Winnie Ille Pu Semper Ludet is available as a companion volume. Perfect for the novice as well as the Latin scholar, Brian Staples' translation proves once again that Latin is not a dead language. And Pooh, as everyone knows, will live forever. [via]
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