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Anecdotes of Destinyby Isak DinesenISBN 0226152952 (0-226-15295-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anecdotes of Destiny'Book summary:As a young woman early in this century, Karen Blixen -- whom we know as Isak Dinesen -- managed a 6,000-acre hill farm in Kenya where she was doctor, judge and friend to native Kikuyu and Masai who lived on her land.
In middle age, back in her native Denmark, Blixen turned to weaving what may be described as adventures of the mind. [via]
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Bachelors Anonymousby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0214668894 (0-214-66889-4)
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Beowulfby George JackISBN 0198710445 (0-19-871044-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf, the major surviving poem in Old English, is composed in a language that is rich but often difficult. This edition makes the poem more accessible in its original language, and at the same time provides the materials necessary for its detailed study at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As well as supplying a full textual commentary, George Jack includes extensive running glosses beside the text in order to facilitate the reading of Beowulf for students at any stage. Also included is the text of the Finnsburh Fragment, because of its special relevance to Beowulf. [via]
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The BFGby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0224020404 (0-224-02040-4)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The BFG'Book summary:Evidently not even Roald Dahl could resist the acronym craze of the early eighties. BFG? Bellowing ferret-faced golfer? Backstabbing fairy godmother? Oh, oh ... Big Friendly Giant! This BFG doesn't seem all that F at first as he creeps down a London street, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away with her to giant land. And he's not really all that B when compared with his evil, carnivorous brethren, who bully him for being such an oddball runt. After all, he eats only disgusting snozzcumbers, and while the other Gs are snacking on little boys and girls, he's blowing happy dreams in through their windows. What kind of way is that for a G to behave?
The BFG is one of Dahl's most lovable character creations. Whether galloping off with Sophie nestled into the soft skin of his ear to capture dreams as though they were exotic butterflies; speaking his delightful, jumbled, squib-fangled patois; or whizzpopping for the Queen, he leaves an indelible impression of bigheartedness. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Big Sixby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606395 (0-224-60639-5)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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Briefing for a Descent into Hellby Doris May LessingISBN 0224005073 (0-224-00507-3)
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Brilliant Creatures: A First Novelby Clive JamesISBN 0224021222 (0-224-02122-2)
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The Bronte Mythby Lucasta MillerISBN 0224037455 (0-224-03745-5)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bronte Myth'Book summary:The Bronte Myth traces the various ways the Brontes have been interpreted by an ever-increasing and increasingly dotty fanbase from their own lifetimes through the end of the 19th and into the 20th century. The book treats first Charlotte then Emily, leaving Anne pretty much out of the picture, since (Miller argues) she has "never taken on the mythic stature of her sisters in her own right", which is hard luck for any dedicated Anne-fans; but Miller certainly finds many absorbing things to say about the other two sisters.
The point of the study is to examine the way interpretations of these two women have shifted so kaleidoscopically over the last century-and-a-half. Charlotte is seen in Gaskell's Life as "paragon of womanhood", then, as the century ends and the vogue for self-improvement takes hold, as a self-taught writer who had risen from obscurity. The 20th century brought the revelation of her thwarted passion for a Belgian schoolteacher, and she became an embodiment of smouldering unfulfilled sexual intensity. Emily, more neglected earlier on, came into her own in the latter part of the last century, revered as "the mystic of the moors". Both women of course were icons of the feminist literary movement in the 1960s, and their popularity continues today in the academy; but they are loved outside the university as well, appealing (says Miller) particularly to shy, lonely, bookish children.
Miller skilfully weaves a narrative of the developing Bronte myth, paralleling it with the development of the art of biography itself, allowing the two to illuminate one another. Sometimes, reading through the trivia (Bronte chocolate and biscuits, D-grade critical studies and so on) the reader might wonder if the subject really merits such in-depth treatment. But in tracing this story, Miller has good points to make about the way a biography is always, to one degree or another, a fiction, reflecting the concerns of the age in which it is produced. For anybody interested in the Brontes, or interested in what Virginia Woolf called the "bastard, impure art of biography" there is a great deal here of interest. --Adam Roberts [via]
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Carnivalby Karen BlixenISBN 0226153045 (0-226-15304-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Talesby Isak DinesenISBN 0226153037 (0-226-15303-7)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Charlotte Mew and Her Friendsby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 0201088959 (0-201-08895-9)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Chymical Weddingby Lindsay ClarkeISBN 0224025376 (0-224-02537-6)
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The Colour of Bloodby Brian MooreISBN 0224025139 (0-224-02513-9)
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Concrete Islandby J.G. BallardISBN 0224009702 (0-224-00970-2)
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Coot Clubby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606352 (0-224-60635-2)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coot Club'Book summary:A story of the Norfolk Broads. [via]
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Danny the Champion of the Worldby Roald Dahl, Jill BennettISBN 0224012010 (0-224-01201-0)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Danny the Champion of the World'Book summary:"My father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvelous and exciting father any boy ever had." Danny feels very lucky. He adores his life with his father, living in a gypsy caravan, listening to his stories, tending their gas station, puttering around the workshop, and occasionally taking off to fly home-built gas balloons and kites. His father has raised him on his own, ever since Danny's mother died when he was four months old. Life is peaceful and wonderful... until he turns 9 and discovers his father's one vice. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world. Danny is right up to Roald Dahl's impishly brilliant standards. An intense and beautiful father-son relationship is balanced with sublegal high jinks that will have even the most rigid law-abider rooting them on. Dahl's inimitable way with words leaves the reader simultaneously satisfied and itching for more. (Ages 9 to 13) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Dead Babiesby Martin AmisISBN 0224011677 (0-224-01167-7)
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East, Westby Salman RushdieISBN 0224041347 (0-224-04134-7)
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England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicismby James ChandlerISBN 0226101096 (0-226-10109-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Ethel & Ernestby Raymond BriggsISBN 0224046624 (0-224-04662-4)
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The Eye of the Stormby Patrick WhiteISBN 0224009028 (0-224-00902-8)
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The Famished Roadby Ben OkriISBN 0224027018 (0-224-02701-8)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Famished Road'Book summary:You have never read a novel like this one. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for fiction, The Famished Road tells the story of Azaro, a spirit-child. Though spirit-children rarely stay long in the painful world of the living, when Azaro is born he chooses to fight death: "I wanted," he says, "to make happy the bruised face of the woman who would become my mother." Survival in his chaotic African village is a struggle, though. Azaro and his family must contend with hunger, disease, and violence, as well as the boy's spirit-companions, who are constantly trying to trick him back into their world. Okri fills his tale with unforgettable images and characters: the bereaved policeman and his wife, who try to adopt Azaro and dress him in their dead son's clothes; the photographer who documents life in the village and displays his pictures in a cabinet by the roadside; Madame Koto, "plump as a mighty fruit," who runs the local bar; the King of the Road, who gets hungrier the more he eats.
At the heart of this hypnotic novel are the mysteries of love and human survival. "It is more difficult to love than to die," says Azaro's father, and indeed, it is love that brings real sharpness to suffering here. As the story moves toward its climax, Azaro must face the consequences of choosing to live, of choosing to walk the road of hunger rather than return to the benign land of spirits. The Famished Road is worth reading for its last line alone, which must be one of the most devastating endings in contemporary literature (but don't skip ahead). --R. Ellis [via]
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The Fin De Siecle: A Reader in Cultural History, C.1880-1900by Sally Ledger, Roger LuckhurstISBN 0198742797 (0-19-874279-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Flash for Freedom!by George MacDonald FraserISBN 0214653587 (0-214-65358-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flash for Freedom!'Book summary:A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference? Once again Flashman's charm, cowardice, treachery, lechery and fleetness of foot see the lovable rogue triumph by the skin of his chattering teeth.[via]More editions of Flash for Freedom!:
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Flashman at the Charge:from the Flashman Papers, 1854-1855: From the Flashman Papers, 1854-1855by George MacDonald FraserISBN 021466841X (0-214-66841-X)
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Flashman in the Great Gameby George MacDonald FraserISBN 0214201201 (0-214-20120-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flashman in the Great Game'Book summary:From the author of THE CANDLEMASS ROAD, FLASH FOR FREEDOM! and BLACK AJAX, a historical thriller featuring Flashman, focusing on the Indian mutiny of the late 1850s. [via]
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For The Term Of His Natural Lifeby Marcus ClarkeISBN 0207169012 (0-207-16901-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For The Term Of His Natural Life'Book summary:Perhaps Australia's most significant and most famous 19th-century colonial novel, For the Term of His Natural Life is a narrative of great suffering-of whips, chains, and man's inhumanity. There is no attempt to soften the truth of the degradation and cruelty in convict Australia. Yet the novel is peopled with vivid characters-Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is one of the most unforgettable characters in Australian literature.
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A Fringe of Leavesby Patrick WhiteISBN 0224012908 (0-224-01290-8)
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George's Marvellous Medicineby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0224019015 (0-224-01901-5)
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The Girl in Blueby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0214652769 (0-214-65276-9)
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Girl, 20by Kingsley AmisISBN 0224005863 (0-224-00586-3)
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Girlitude: A Memoir of the 50s and 60sby Emma TennantISBN 0224059521 (0-224-05952-1)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Going Soloby Roald DahlISBN 0224024078 (0-224-02407-8)
Hardcover, Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Solo'Book summary:First American edition of Roald Dahl's memoir, covering his experiences with the Royal Air Force during World War II. [via]
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The Good Terrorist: Library Editionby Doris May LessingISBN 0224023233 (0-224-02323-3)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Great Northernby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606425 (0-224-60642-5)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Green Manby Kingsley AmisISBN 0224617400 (0-224-61740-0)
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Head to Toeby Joe OrtonISBN 0218511361 (0-218-51136-1)
Hardcover, Blond
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House of Meetingsby Martin AmisISBN 0224076094 (0-224-07609-4)
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Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodnessby Maria Antonaccio, William Schweiker, Charles Taylor, Martha Nussbaum, David TracyISBN 0226021130 (0-226-02113-0)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness'Book summary:A noted philosopher and one of the most gifted and prolific novelists of the twentieth century, Iris Murdoch has anticipated and shaped many of the issues central to current ethics. These include the relation between human identity and ideas of the good, the effect of the modern critique of religion on moral thought, the relation between ethics and literature, and the contemporary debate about liberalism. In the most comprehensive engagement with Murdoch's work to date, this volume gathers contributions from philosophers, theologians, and a literary critic to explore the significance of her ideas for contemporary thought.[via]
Inspired by Murdoch's tenacious wrestling with basic questions of human existence, these essays not only clarify her thoughts on human goodness, but also move beyond the academy to reflect on how we can and ought to undertake the human adventure in our daily lives.
Contributors are Charles Taylor, Martha Nussbaum, David Tracy, Cora Diamond, Maria Antonaccio, Elizabeth Dipple, Franklin I. Gamwell, Stanley Hauerwas, and William Schweiker. This volume also includes "Metaphysics and Ethics," a classic essay by Iris Murdoch.More editions of Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodness:
Iris Murdoch and the Search for Human Goodnessby William Schweiker, Maria AntonaccioISBN 0226021122 (0-226-02112-2)
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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworthby Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De SelincourtISBN 020800985X (0-208-00985-X)
Hardcover, Archon Books
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Kangarooby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0207171734 (0-207-17173-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Kleinzeitby Russell HobanISBN 0224009648 (0-224-00964-8)
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The Lotteryby Jonathan TullochISBN 0224061682 (0-224-06168-2)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Storiesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 021465334X (0-214-65334-X)
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Matildaby Roald Dahl, Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress), Quentin BlakeISBN 0224025724 (0-224-02572-4)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Medusa Frequencyby Russell HobanISBN 0224024647 (0-224-02464-7)
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The Middle Agesby W. F. BoltonISBN 0214650804 (0-214-65080-4)
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The Misallianceby Anita BrooknerISBN 0224024035 (0-224-02403-5)
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Missee Leeby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606409 (0-224-60640-9)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Moronic Inferno: And Other Visits to Americaby Martin AmisISBN 0224023853 (0-224-02385-3)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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My Brilliant Careerby Miles FranklinISBN 0207186952 (0-207-18695-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Australia
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Brilliant Career'Book summary:Miles Franklin's classic and exuberant tale of a woman's journey toward self expression and freedom.
Miles Franklin was born in 1879 in rural Australia. My Brilliant Career, her first novel, was published to much excitement and acclaim. She moved to Sydney where she became involved in feminist and literary circles and then onto the USA in 1907.
My Brilliant Career was made into an award winning film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill. [via]More editions of My Brilliant Career:
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Odd Womenby George GissingISBN 0218515081 (0-218-51508-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Odd Women'Book summary:George Gissing's The Odd Women dramatizes key issues relating to class and gender in late-Victorian culture: the changing relationship between the sexes, the social impact of 'odd' or 'redundant' women, the cultural impact of 'the new woman,' and the opportunities for and conditions of employment in the expanding service sector of the economy. At the heart of these issues as many late Victorians saw them was a problem of the imbalance in the ratio of men to women in the population. There were more females than males, which meant that more and more women would be left unmarried; they would be 'odd' or 'redundant,' and would be forced to be independent and to find work to support themselves. In the Broadview edition, Gissing's text is carefully annotated and accompanied by a range of documents from the period that help to lay out the context in which the book was written. In Gissing's story, Virginia Madden and her two sisters are confronted upon the death of their father with sudden impoverishment. Without training for employment, and desperate to maintain middle-class respectability, they face a daunting struggle. In Rhoda Nunn, a strong feminist, Gissing also presents a strong character who draws attention overtly to the issues behind the novel. The Odd Women is one of the most important social novels of the late nineteenth century. [via]
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The Originals: Who's Really Who in Fictionby William AmosISBN 0224023195 (0-224-02319-5)
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The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymesby Peter Opie, Iona Archibald OpieISBN 0198691114 (0-19-869111-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Patrick White: A Lifeby David MarrISBN 0224025813 (0-224-02581-3)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkinby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0214668150 (0-214-66815-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin'Book summary:A novel featuring Monty Bodkin, whose year in Hollywood is over, and he leaves behind his heartbroken secretary to travel to London to take his Amazon's hand. However, as he finds, the road to happiness is arduous and contains many pitfalls. [via]
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Peter Duckby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606336 (0-224-60633-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Picts and Martyrsby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606417 (0-224-60641-7)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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Pilgermannby Russell HobanISBN 0224020722 (0-224-02072-2)
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The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebookby Frederick C. CrewsISBN 0226120589 (0-226-12058-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Portnoy's Complaintby Philip RothISBN 0224616528 (0-224-61652-8)
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The Rainbow-Bird and Other Storiesby Vance Palmer, Allan EdwardsISBN 0207132143 (0-207-13214-3)
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Ralph Rashleighby James TuckerISBN 0207176159 (0-207-17615-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Rape of the Lockby Alexander PopeISBN 0199110123 (0-19-911012-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rape of the Lock'Book summary:Alexander Pope's classic poem "The Rape of the Lock," edited and with an introduction by Thomas Marc Parrott.
Perhaps no other great poet in English Literature has been so differently judged at different times as Alexander Pope. Accepted almost on his first appearance as one of the leading poets of the day, he rapidly became recognized as the foremost man of letters of his age. He held this position throughout his life, and for over half a century after his death his works were considered not only as masterpieces, but as the finest models of poetry. With the change of poetic temper that occurred at the beginning of the nineteenth century Pope's fame was overshadowed. The romantic poets and critics even raised the question whether Pope was a poet at all. And as his poetical fame diminished, the harsh judgments of his personal character increased. It is almost incredible with what exulting bitterness critics and editors of Pope have tracked out and exposed his petty intrigues, exaggerated his delinquencies, misrepresented his actions, attempted in short to blast his character as a man.
Both as a man and as a poet Pope is sadly in need of a defender to-day. And a defense is by no means impossible. The depreciation of Pope's poetry springs, in the main, from an attempt to measure it by other standards than those which he and his age recognized. The attacks upon his character are due, in large measure, to a misunderstanding of the spirit of the times in which he lived and to a forgetfulness of the special circumstances of his own life. Tried in a fair court by impartial judges Pope as a poet would be awarded a place, if not among the noblest singers, at least high among poets of the second order. And the flaws of character which even his warmest apologist must admit would on the one hand be explained, if not excused, by circumstances, and on the other more than counterbalanced by the existence of noble qualities to which his assailants seem to have been quite blind. [via]
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The Reckoningby Charles NichollISBN 0224031007 (0-224-03100-7)
Hardcover, Random House Uk Ltd
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Seasons in Flightby Brain W. AldissISBN 0224022717 (0-224-02271-7)
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Secret Waterby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606387 (0-224-60638-7)
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Selected Poetryby Percy Bysshe ShelleyISBN 0198811659 (0-19-881165-9)
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Shadows on the Grassby Isak DinesenISBN 0226153010 (0-226-15301-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadows on the Grass'Book summary:Isak Dinesen takes up the absorbing story of her life in Kenya begun in the unforgettable Out of Africa, which she published under the name of Karen Blixen. With warmth and humanity these four stories illuminate her love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape. The first three were written in the 1950s and the last, 'Echoes from the Hills', was written especially for this volume in the summer of 1960 when the author was in her seventies. In all they provide a moving final chapter to her African reminiscences. [via]
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Shakespeareby Anthony BurgessISBN 022461892X (0-224-61892-X)
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Shakespeare's Politicsby Harry V. Jaffa, Allan David BloomISBN 0226060411 (0-226-06041-1)
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Shakespeare, Co-Author: A Historical Study of Five Collaborative Playsby Brian VickersISBN 0199269165 (0-19-926916-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Sport of Natureby Nadine GordimerISBN 0224024477 (0-224-02447-7)
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The Story of a Non-Marrying Man, and Other Storiesby Doris May LessingISBN 0224007696 (0-224-00769-6)
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Successby Martin AmisISBN 0224015710 (0-224-01571-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Success'Book summary:Success is Martin Amis' third novel, published in 1978 by Jonathan Cape. PlotSuccess tells the story of two foster brothers-Terence Service and Gregory Riding, narrating alternate sections-and their exchange of position during one calendar year as each slips towards, and away from, success. ThemesSuccess is Amis' first statement of the doppleganger theme that would also preoccupy the novels Money, London Fields, and, especially, 1995's The Information. [via]
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The Summer Before the Darkby Doris May LessingISBN 0224008323 (0-224-00832-3)
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Swallowdaleby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606328 (0-224-60632-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swallowdale'Book summary:The second title in Arthur Ransomes classic series for children, for grownups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Swallowdale (originally published in 1931) follows the Walker family and friends through a shipwreck, a camp on the mainland, a secret valley and cave, and a trek through the mountains. Swallows and Amazons Forever! The story is crowded with useful hints on sailing and camping; is exciting but not sensational, funny but never ludicrous; in fact it is a perfect book for children of all ages, and better reading for the rest of us than are most novels. Times Literary Supplement Anyone over seven and under seventy who loves the real country will enjoy the book, and it is an excellent read-aloud book for various ages. The Boston Transcript [via]
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Swallows And Amazonsby Arthur RansomeISBN 022460631X (0-224-60631-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swallows And Amazons'Book summary:The first title in Arthur Ransomes classic series, originally published in 1930: for children, for grownups, for anyone captivated by the world of adventure and imagination. Swallows and Amazons introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able-bodied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid Amazons, Nancy and Peggy Blackett. The author really does know how to write for children: in other words, he writes of what he himself delights in and so pleases without any effort both young and old. The Nation This book is both silvery present and golden retrospect. All that is tedious and sullen and deceptive vanishes in its sunniness as clouds vanish in the tempered air of a summer day.... We think that the book will last, too, from edition unto edition. Saturday Review [via]
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Tennysonby Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 0199110565 (0-19-911056-5)
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The Twitsby Roald DahlISBN 0224018558 (0-224-01855-8)
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The Twyborn Affairby Patrick WhiteISBN 0224017330 (0-224-01733-0)
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The Vengeance of Romeby Michael MoorcockISBN 0224031198 (0-224-03119-8)
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Vermilion Sandsby J.G. BallardISBN 0224008943 (0-224-00894-3)
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The Victoriansby Arthur PollardISBN 0214650820 (0-214-65082-0)
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The Victorians 1830-1880by Philip DavisISBN 0199269203 (0-19-926920-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Victorians 1830-1880'Book summary:The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more.
Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions. events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers.
The Victorian era produced a literature of diversity and experimentation, engaged with powerful controversies and heartfelt arguments that lie at the center of the formation of the modern world. It has often been misrepresented, either as an age of dull and rigid certainty or one of anxious and depressive morbidity, but what distinguishes the writing of the period--from its origins in the 1830s to its crisis point around 1880--is its power of serious inquiry. It poses questions about the relation between society and the individual, the rival claims of market and morality, the form and function of democracy, and, above all, the existence or non-existence of God and the purposes of human life. Such concerns make this a time in which literature has a new urgency and vitality, and lies close to the heart of a culminating crisis of the Western conscience. [via]More editions of The Victorians 1830-1880:
The Vivisectorby Patrick WhiteISBN 0224619152 (0-224-61915-2)
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Seaby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224021230 (0-224-02123-0)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea'Book summary:'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing...No going outside the harbour...And back the day after tomorrow...Promise.' But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea, adrift and in the main shipping lanes. Suddenly, it's real adventure and only their sailing skills can help them now... [via]
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Winter Holidayby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224606344 (0-224-60634-4)
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six Moreby Roald DahlISBN 0224015478 (0-224-01547-8)
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Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads, 1798by W. J. B. OwenISBN 0199110069 (0-19-911006-9)
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