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Allan Quatermainby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1419105620 (1-4191-0562-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Allan Quatermain'Book summary:This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. [via]
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The Anatomy of Melancholyby Holbrook Jackson, Robert Burton, William H. GassISBN 0940322668 (0-940322-66-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'Book summary:One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries. [via]
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Any Human Heartby William BoydISBN 1400031001 (1-4000-3100-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Any Human Heart'Book summary:Logan Gonzago Mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on October 5, 1991, aged 85. William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart is his disjointed autobiography, a massive tome chronicling "my personal rollercoaster"--or rather, "not so much a rollercoaster", but a yo-yo, "a jerking spinning toy in the hands of a maladroit child." From his early childhood in Montevideo, son of an English corned beef executive and his Uraguayan secretary, through his years at a Norfolk public school and Oxford, Mountstuart traces his haphazard development as a writer. Early and easy success is succeeded by a long half-century of mediocrity, disappointments and setbacks, both personal and professional, leading him to multiple failed marriages, internment, alcoholism and abject poverty.
Mountstuart's sorry tale is also the story of a British way of life in inexorable decline, as his journey takes in the Bloomsbury set, the General Strike, the Spanish Civil War, 1930s Americans in Paris, wartime espionage, New York avant garde art, even the Baader-Meinhof gang--all with a stellar supporting cast. The most sustained and best moment comes mid-book, as Mountstuart gets caught up in one of Britain's murkier wartime secrets, in the company of the here truly despicable Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Elsewhere author William Boyd occasionally misplaces his tongue too obviously in his cheek--the Wall Street Crash is trailed with truly crashing inelegance--but overall Any Human Heart is a witty, inventive and ultimately moving novel. Boyd succeeds in conjuring not only a compelling 20th century but also, in the hapless Logan Mountstuart, an anti-hero who achieves something approaching passive greatness. --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manualby Norm GoldsteinISBN 0917360176 (0-917360-17-6)
Softcover, Associated Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manual'Book summary:The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright. [via]
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Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manual 1998by Associated PressISBN 0917360168 (0-917360-16-8)
Softcover, Associated Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Associated Press Stylebook: And Libel Manual 1998'Book summary:The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright. [via]
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At the Back of the North Windby George MacDonald, Elizabeth LewisISBN 1406814326 (1-4068-1432-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At the Back of the North Wind'Book summary:Yes, yes," answered Diamond, eagerly. "Our window opens like a door, right over the coach-house door. And the wind -- you, ma'am -- came in, and blew the Bible out of the man's hands, and the leaves went all flutter, flutter on the floor, and my mother picked it up and gave it back to him open. [via]
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Charles W. EliotISBN 140650551X (1-4065-0551-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders, early political figures and statesmen of the United States. He was noted for his curiosity, writings, ingenuity and diversity of interests. He shaped the American Revolution, despite never holding national elective office. A leader of the Enlightenment, he gained the recognition of scientists and intellectuals across Europe and the United States. As an agent in London before the Revolution, and Minister to France during, he more than anyone defined the new nation in the minds of Europe. His success in securing French military and financial aid was the turning point for American victory over Britain. Historians hail him as the "First American". [via]
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The Ball and the Crossby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1406803073 (1-4068-0307-3)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Balthazarby Lawrence DurrellISBN 1400000289 (1-4000-0028-9)
Softcover, Sudamericana
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Beowulf: A Dual-Language Editionby Howell D. ChickeringISBN 1400096227 (1-4000-9622-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Beowulf in Old English And New Englishby James H. Ford, Francis B. GummereISBN 0976072653 (0-9760726-5-3)
Softcover, El Paso Norte Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf in Old English And New English'Book summary:Beowulf In Old English And New English contains, just as the title states, both versions as a Facing Page Translation. The original Beowulf manuscript is the oldest surviving document in what has come to be the English Language. It is also an exciting saga - full of action, adventure, heroic deeds, mystery and magic. It is magnificent literature.
The Old English version is a classic masterpiece of Western Literature which, due to the evolution of the language, has become very difficult for most readers. To facilitate understanding, to make it easier for the first time reader to appreciate the beauty of the original language, the New English translation by the renowned scholar Professor Francis B. Gummere is provided on alternate pages facing the original Old English text.
This arrangement makes it possible for the modern reader to immediately grasp the content of the saga and begin to see, on the facing page, the complex beauty of the original poem. It also gives the more advanced students an appreciation of the skill of the translator and the opportunity to extract new shades of meaning from the original text.
By way of introduction, this volume also contains a short summary of the saga. A table of contents, not part of the original, has also been included which, in itself, provides a series of guide posts to help follow the intricacies of the story.
Overcoming the difficulty of understanding the original text is the primary aim of this book. Those who are already familiar with Beowulf will surely agree that it is well worth the effort. [via]
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Beowulf: Text and Translationby John PorterISBN 0951620924 (0-9516209-2-4)
Softcover, Anglo-Saxon Books
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Black Swan Greenby David MitchellISBN 1400063795 (1-4000-6379-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Swan Green'Book summary:From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new.
Black Swan tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys games on a frozen lake; of nightcreeping through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jasons search to replace his dead grandfathers irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran Lps, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatchers recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons.
Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchells subtlest and most effective achievement to date. [via]More editions of Black Swan Green:
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Cakes and Ale or the Skeleton in the Cupboardby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 1417943734 (1-4179-4373-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cakes and Ale or the Skeleton in the Cupboard'Book summary:1930. Maugham, English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright is best remembered for his novel Of Human Bondage. Cakes and Ale is a comedy of literary England in the early decades of the 20th century narrated by Ashenden. Many consider this to be Maugham's wittiest novel. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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Colourby Helen VarleyISBN 0950790117 (0-9507901-1-7)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Come, Fill the Cup: The Rubaiyat or Omar Khayyamby Edward Fitzgerald, A. W. KuISBN 0965574318 (0-9655743-1-8)
Softcover, Tortellini Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Come, Fill the Cup: The Rubaiyat or Omar Khayyam'Book summary:Edward FitzGerald's great free translation of the quatrains by the Persian poet, Omar Khayyám, contains many of the most quoted and beloved lines of English poetry. 2009 will mark the 150th anniversary of this passionate and ironic poem, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Come, Fill the Cup ~ The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám contains the 1st and 4th editions of the poem, commentary and notes by Fitzgerald, and remarks by notable critics of his era. Included also are variations of lines from the 2nd and 3rd editions. [via]
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Complete Elfquest: Book Two : The Forbidden Groveby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 093686107X (0-936861-07-X)
Hardcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Darkroomby Eleanor Lewis, Wynn BullockISBN 0912810203 (0-912810-20-3)
Hardcover, Lustrum Press
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Elfquestby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201296 (1-4012-0129-6)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elfquest'Book summary:Grade 7 Up-Elfquest has always been the Comic That Could. Starting from the underground, the series has won legions of fans who revel in its purest of pure fantasy setting and delight in its sassy and indomitable main characters. And all this without being part of any big-budget Hollywood movies, toy tie-ins, or TV shows. This volume reprints five early issues, in color. The story continued from volume one has Cutter, the elf leader, and his sidekick, Skywise, roaming their planet and getting into various misadventures. Some are comic, such as when they are captured and must drink with a group of engaged trolls in the troll bar. Others are darker, as when they meet up with a group of humans who are more like aboriginals. Someone loses a thumb, and the two races exchange swordplay. Cutter's love interest, Leetah, and most of the female cast, have the look of belly dancers, and the men's flowing locks and athletic appearances make Elfquest definitely a beautiful people comic. Older teens will find the fantasy not dark enough, but it will be popular with middle schoolers or those who already love Elfquest (such as adults who want to rediscover their youthful reading).-John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NY Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. [via]
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Enchanted Castleby Edith NesbitISBN 1406835005 (1-4068-3500-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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English As a Second F*Cking Languageby Sterling JohnsonISBN 0964454505 (0-9644545-0-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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English Bread and Yeast Cookeryby Elizabeth David, Wendy JonesISBN 0964360004 (0-9643600-0-4)
Hardcover, Natl Book Network
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English Grammar for Students of Germanby Cecile ZorachISBN 0934034230 (0-934034-23-0)
Softcover, Olivia & Hill Pr
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English Grammar for Students of German: The Study Guide for Those Learning Germanby Cecile Zorach, Charlotte MelinISBN 0934034311 (0-934034-31-1)
Softcover, Olivia & Hill Pr
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Eragonby Christopher PaoliniISBN 1417675527 (1-4176-7552-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eragon'Book summary:Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords.
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.
In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Essay Concerning Humane Understandingby John LockeISBN 1406790273 (1-4067-9027-3)
Softcover, Read Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'Book summary:Besides what we have already mentioned concerning ideas, other considerations belong to them, in reference to THINGS FROM WHENCE THEY ARE TAKEN, or WHICH THEY MAY BE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT; and thus, I think, they may come under a threefold distinction, and are:--First, either real or fantastical; Secondly, adequate or inadequate; Thirdly, true or false. [via]
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The Essays of Eliaby Charles LambISBN 1417918233 (1-4179-1823-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 0913568260 (0-913568-26-0)
Hardcover, Avant-Garde Media
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First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mindby Jessie Wise, Sarah ParkISBN 0971412928 (0-9714129-2-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind'Book summary:Parents can assure their child's success in language arts with this simple-to-use, scripted guide.
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind uses picture study and other classical techniques to develop the child's language study in those first two all-important years of school. Each lesson leads the parent, step-by-step, through the simple oral and written projects that build reading, writing, spelling, storytelling, and comprehension skills. Use this book to supplement school learning, or as the center of a home-school language arts course. [via]More editions of First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind:
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott AbbottISBN 1406503436 (1-4065-0343-6)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:Large Format for easy reading. Hugely influential work in which the author attempts popularise the notion of multidimensional geometry, but the book is also a clever satire on the social, moral, and religious values of the late 19th Centrury. [via]
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For Whom the Bell Tollsby Ernest HemingwayISBN 090571203X (0-905712-03-X)
Hardcover, Heinemann : Secker and Warburg : Octopus Books
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The Forbidden Groveby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 0936861568 (0-936861-56-8)
Softcover, Warp Graphics Pubns
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Framley Parsonageby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1417903902 (1-4179-0390-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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George Orwell Complete & UnabridgedISBN 0905712048 (0-905712-04-8)
Hardcover, Brill Academic Pub
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Girl with a Pearl Earringby Tracy ChevalierISBN 141774829X (1-4177-4829-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'Book summary:With precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age. His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries--and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title.
Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic. Still, Girl with a Pearl Earring does contain a final delicious twist.
Throughout, Chevalier cultivates a limpid, painstakingly observed style, whose exactitude is an effective homage to the painter himself. Even Griet's most humdrum duties take on a high if unobtrusive gloss:
I came to love grinding the things he brought from the apothecary--bones, white lead, madder, massicot--to see how bright and pure I could get the colors. I learned that the finer the materials were ground, the deeper the color. From rough, dull grains madder became a fine bright red powder and, mixed with linseed oil, a sparkling paint. Making it and the other colors was magical.
In assembling such quotidian particulars, the author acknowledges her debt to Simon Schama's classic study The Embarrassment of Riches. Her novel also joins a crop of recent, painterly fictions, including Deborah Moggach's Tulip Fever and Susan Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Can novelists extract much more from the Dutch golden age? The question is an open one--but in the meantime, Girl with a Pearl Earring remains a fascinating piece of speculative historical fiction, and an appealingly new take on an old master. --Jerry Brotton [via]More editions of Girl with a Pearl Earring:
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The Go-Betweenby L. P. Hartley, Colm ToibinISBN 0940322994 (0-940322-99-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Go-Between'Book summary:"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."
Summering with a fellow schoolboy on a great English estate, Leo, the hero of L. P. Hartley's finest novel, encounters a world of unimagined luxury. But when his friend's beautiful older sister enlists him as the unwitting messenger in her illicit love affair, the aftershocks will be felt for years. The inspiration for the brilliant Joseph Losey/Harold Pinter film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates, The Go-Between is a masterpiecea richly layered, spellbinding story about past and present, naiveté and knowledge, and the mysteries of the human heart. This volume includes, for the first time ever in North America, Hartley's own introduction to the novel. [via]More editions of The Go-Between:
God's Promises for Your Financesby Joseph BartlingISBN 0926557041 (0-926557-04-1)
Softcover, Dove Christian Books
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, John CrowtherISBN 1411400429 (1-4114-0042-9)
Hardcover, Spark Pub Group
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Heart of Darkness and Other Storiesby Joseph ConradISBN 0939495686 (0-939495-68-6)
Hardcover, North Books
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Heart Of Darkness And Other Talesby Joseph ConradISBN 1417619228 (1-4176-1922-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Horse's Mouthby Joyce Cary, Brad LeithauserISBN 0940322196 (0-940322-19-6)
Softcover, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Horse's Mouth'Book summary:The Horse's Mouth, the third and most celebrated volume of Joyce Cary's First Trilogy, is perhaps the finest novel ever written about an artist. Its painter hero, the charming and larcenous Gulley Jimson, has an insatiable genius for creation and a no less remarkable appetite for destruction. Is he a great artist? a has-been? or an exhausted, drunken ne'er-do-well? He is without doubt a visionary, and as he criss-crosses London in search of money and inspiration the world as seen though his eyes appears with a newly outrageous and terrible beauty. [via]
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 1404308199 (1-4043-0819-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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In Praise of Follyby Desiderius Erasmus, Horace BridgesISBN 1417908998 (1-4179-0899-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Praise of Folly'Book summary:1925. Also the pictures of Holbein etched in the author's time, to which are added Mr. Angarola's conception of the period and drawings by way of contemporary comment by Gene Markey. The Praise of Folly is the best known work of the greatest of the renaissance humanists, Erasmus of Rotterdam. Originally meant for private circulation, it scourges the abuses and follies of the various classes of society, especially of the Church. It is a deliberate attempt to discredit the Church and its satire and stinging comment on ecclesiastical conditions are not intended as a healing medicine but a deadly blow. It ends with a straightforward and touching statement of the Christian ideals which Erasmus shared notably with his English friends, John Colet and Thomas More. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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The Island of Doctor Moreau: Library Editionby H. G. WellsISBN 1404310061 (1-4043-1006-1)
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Junk Englishby Ken SmithISBN 0922233233 (0-922233-23-3)
Softcover, Blast Books
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Kafka On The Shoreby Haruki Murakami, J. Philip Gabriel, Philip GabrielISBN 1400079276 (1-4000-7927-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kafka on the Shore'Book summary:With Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami gives us a novel every bit as ambitious and expansive as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which has been acclaimed both here and around the world for its uncommon ambition and achievement, and whose still-growing popularity suggests that it will be read and admired for decades to come.
This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddleyet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 1401307809 (1-4013-0780-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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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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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 1416523715 (1-4165-2371-5)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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A Little Princessby Lucy Corvino, Tania ZamorskyISBN 1402712758 (1-4027-1275-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's been caught in the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at the Select Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But no matter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination and goodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of a poor orphan has won children's hearts for a century--and continues to be a favorite.More editions of A Little Princess:
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A Little Princessby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714548 (1-4027-1454-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
As the popularity of the recent Lemony Snicket books proves, children never get tired of reading about orphans and their misfortunes. So Frances Hodgson Burnetts 1905 story about a pampered little rich girl who suddenly finds herself poor and fatherless should continue to entice generations of fans.More editions of A Little Princess:
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A Little Princess: Great Classics for Childrenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 140370595X (1-4037-0595-X)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess: Great Classics for Children'Book summary:Ten-year-old Sara Crewe is sent to live at Miss Minchins boarding school in London. Her father, Captain Crewe, is a doting young man who leaves instructions that his daughter is to be given a private room with a parlor, a maid, and anything else she might desire in his absence.
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The Longest Journeyby E. M. ForsterISBN 140431380X (1-4043-1380-X)
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The Master And Margaritaby Mikhail Bulgakov, Michael KarpelsonISBN 1411683056 (1-4116-8305-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Master And Margarita'Book summary:Moscow, 1929: a city that has lost its way amid corruption and fear, inhabited by people who have abandoned their morals and forsaken spirituality. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a bizarre entourage that includes a giant talking cat and a fanged assassin, all hell breaks loose. Among those caught up in the strange and inexplicable events that transpire in the capital are the Master, a writer whose life has been destroyed by Soviet repression, and his beloved Margarita. Their adventures reveal a story that began two thousand years ago in ancient Jerusalem - and its resolution will decide their fate. Translated by Michael Karpelson. [via]
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:The first thing you notice about the audio version of Memoirs of a Geisha is that Arthur Golden's 428-page novel has been reduced to a scant two cassettes. But dismay quickly gives way to mounting pleasure as Elaina Erika Davis (Contact, As the World Turns) begins her delicate rendering of geisha culture in the years before World War II. Davis reads the abbreviated story of Sayuri with an authentic-sounding Japanese accent--one mixed with a magical combination of Asian reserve and theatrical energy. As Sayuri ages from a 9-year-old peasant girl to a popular geisha in her late 20s, Davis directs her voice gently away from curious youth to a tone that reflects Sayuri's uphill life.
From start to finish, the listener is absorbed in the elegant spirit of Davis's performance, eager to hear the next chapter of Sayuri's transformation into one of the most famous geishas of the century. How unfortunate, then, to learn that book readers not only get the basic story, but a fascinating look at the intricate rules and rituals of geisha culture. Here, for example, is one of the many revelations omitted from the cassette: "Japanese men, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a woman's legs.... In fact, a geisha leaves a tiny margin of skin bare all around the hairline, causing her makeup to look even more artificial.... When a man sits beside her, he becomes that much more aware of the bare skin beneath."
We're also denied several subplots--the aborted friendship between Sayuri and a geisha named Pumpkin, for example, or much of the story involving the man Sayuri is secretly in love with. But what remains is as precious as a traditional Japanese kimono--at once artistic, suggestive, and moving. --Ann Senechal [via]
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Murder at the Vicarageby Agatha ChristieISBN 1417617659 (1-4176-1765-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder at the Vicarage'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. St. Mary Mead, a peaceful village where nothing ever happens, livens up considerably when the unpopular magistrate Colonel Protheroe is found dead, and Miss Marple discovers that a number of people wanted him dead. [via]
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The Naked Chefby Jamie OliverISBN 1401308236 (1-4013-0823-6)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Naked Chef'Book summary:There are a few British television chefs, such as Delia Smith and Nigel Slater, who know exactly what viewers want. They cook food that is simple to prepare but looks and tastes delicious. That's probably the reason why the BBC appointed Jamie Oliver as the presenter of its series The Naked Chef (which airs on the Television Food Network in the U.S.). A working chef at London's celebrated River Café, Oliver cooks simpler versions of the fare you would find on the restaurant's menu. It's basically modern Italian food using ingredients that can be found by almost anyone who is reasonably interested in food shopping. Like the television show, the book is titled The Naked Chef. In Oliver's words, this sums up the idea: "It's basically stripping back to the bare essentials." He applies this to all his recipes--from salads to roasts, desserts to pastas. He doesn't use culinary jargon or time-consuming processes. In the book you'll find suggestions for ingredients to keep in your larder (pantry) and herbs to grow on your windowsill. Recipes include Warm Salad of Radicchio; Gem and Pancetta; and Beetroot Tagliatelle with Pesto, Mussels, and White Wine. There are also tips on how to cook live lobsters, how to make gravy, preparing dry beans for cooking, and how to make the perfect roast chicken. Several photographs accompany some of the recipes, with step-by-step instructions. Oliver's recipes for bread are particularly good--a tribute to his training at Carluccio's, the Covent Garden deli. This is the perfect book for anyone who doesn't want to spend much more than a half-hour preparing meals and is not willing to compromise on innovation or taste. --Dale Kneen, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1414226047 (1-4142-2604-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Beagle'Book summary:After having been twice driven back by heavy south-western gales, Her Majesty's ship "Beagle," a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831. The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830--to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific--and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World. On the 6th of January we reached Teneriffe, but were prevented landing, by fears of our bringing the cholera: the next morning we saw the sun rise behind the rugged outline of the Grand Canary Island, and suddenly illumine the Peak of Teneriffe, whilst the lower parts were veiled in fleecy clouds. This was the first of many delightful days never to be forgotten. On the 16th of January 1832 we anchored at Porto Praya, in St. Jago, the chief island of the Cape de Verd archipelago.
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The Odysseyby HomerISBN 1416500367 (1-4165-0036-7)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship
The epic tale of Odysseus' extraordinary ten-year voyage home after the Trojan War.
This Enriched Classic Edition includes:
" A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
" A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
" An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
" Detailed explanatory notes
" Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work
" Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
" A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson [via]
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Pair of Blue Eyesby Thomas HardyISBN 0907746063 (0-907746-06-3)
Softcover, Mott Limited, Anthony
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Pninby Vladimir Nabokov, David LodgeISBN 1400041988 (1-4000-4198-8)
Hardcover, Everymans Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pnin'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
One of the best-loved of Nabokovs novels, Pnin features his funniest and most heart-rending character. Professor Timofey Pnin is a haplessly disoriented Russian émigré precariously employed on an American college campus in the 1950s. Pnin struggles to maintain his dignity through a series of comic and sad misunder-standings, all the while falling victim both to subtle academic conspiracies and to the manipulations of a deliberately unreliable narrator.
Initially an almost grotesquely comic figure, Pnin gradually grows in stature by contrast with those who laugh at him. Whether taking the wrong train to deliver a lecture in a language he has not mastered or throwing a faculty party during which he learns he is losing his job, the gently preposterous hero of this enchanting novel evokes the readers deepest protective instinct.
Serialized in The New Yorker and published in book form in 1957, Pnin brought Nabokov both his first National Book Award nomination and hitherto unprecedented popularity. [via]More editions of Pnin:
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Praise of Follyby Desiderius ErasmusISBN 0934710015 (0-934710-01-5)
Hardcover, Judi Henteloff
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Praise of Folly'Book summary:The Praise of Folly, sometimes translated as In Praise of More, is an essay written in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511.
It starts off with a satirical learned encomium after the manner of the Greek satirist Lucian, whose work Erasmus and Sir Thomas More had recently translated into Latin, a piece of virtuoso foolery; it then takes a darker tone in a series of orations, as Folly praises self-deception and madness and moves to a satirical examination of pious but superstitious abuses of Catholic doctrine and corrupt practices in parts of the Roman Catholic Churchto which Erasmus was ever faithfuland the folly of pedants (including Erasmus himself). Erasmus had recently returned disappointed from Rome, where he had turned down offers of advancement in the curia, and Folly increasingly takes on Erasmus' own chastising voice. The essay ends with a straightforward statement of Christian ideals.
The essay is filled with classical allusions delivered in a style typical of the learned humanists of the Renaissance. Folly parades as one of the gods, offspring of Plutos and Freshness and nursed by Inebriation and Ignorance, whose faithful companions include Philautia (self-love), Kolakia (flattery), Lethe (oblivion), Misoponia (laziness), Hedone (pleasure), Anoia (madness), Tryphe (wantonness), Komos (intemperance) and Eegretos Hypnos (dead sleep).
THE PRAISE OF FOLLY
An oration, of feigned matter,
spoken by Folly in her own person
At what rate soever the world talks of me (for I am not ignorant what an
ill report Folly has got, even among the most foolish), yet that I am
that she, that only she, whose deity recreates both gods and men, even
this is a sufficient argument, that I no sooner stepped up to speak to
this full assembly than all your faces put on a kind of new and unwonted
pleasantness. So suddenly have you cleared your brows, and with so frolic
and hearty a laughter given me your applause, that in truth as many of
you as I behold on every side of me seem to me no less than Homer's gods
drunk with nectar and nepenthe; whereas before, you sat as lumpish and
pensive as if you had come from consulting an oracle. And as it usually
happens when the sun begins to show his beams, or when after a sharp
winter the spring breathes afresh on the earth, all things immediately
get a new face, new color, and recover as it were a certain kind of youth
again: in like manner, by but beholding me you have in an instant gotten
another kind of countenance; and so what the otherwise great rhetoricians
with their tedious and long-studied orations can hardly effect, to wit,
to remove the trouble of the mind, I have done it at once with my
single look.
But if you ask me why I appear before you in this strange dress, be
pleased to lend me your ears, and I'll tell you; not those ears, I mean,
you carry to church, but abroad with you, such as you are wont to prick
up to jugglers, fools, and buffoons, and such as our friend Midas once
gave to Pan. For I am disposed awhile to play the sophist with you; not
of their sort who nowadays boozle young men's heads with certain empty
notions and curious trifles, yet teach them nothing but a more than
womanish obstinacy of scolding: but I'll imitate those ancients who, that
they might the better avoid that infamous appellation of _sophi_ or
_wise_, chose rather to be called sophists. Their business was to
celebrate the praises of the gods and valiant men. And the like encomium
shall you hear from me, but neither of Hercules nor Solon, but my own
dear self, that is to say, Folly. Nor do I esteem a rush that call it a
foolish and insolent thing to praise one's self. Be it as foolish as they
would make it, so they confess it proper: and what can be more than that
Folly be her own trumpet? For who can set me out better than myself,
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Associationby American Psychological AssociationISBN 0912704578 (0-912704-57-8)
Softcover, The Association
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association'Book summary:Paperback with nice cover, excellent binding and clean inside pages. We ship fast. [via]
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The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: Three Translations of the Rubaiyatby Omar Khayyam, Herbert Cole, Edward Fitzgerald, Richard Le GallienneISBN 0974566713 (0-9745667-1-3)
Softcover, Bardic Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: Three Translations of the Rubaiyat'Book summary:Though few translations have had as much impact as Edward Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, anyone who wishes to truly appreciate Omar Khayyám needs to read more than one translation. This volume contains Edward Fitzgerald's classic translation with all its variations, Justin McCarthy's elegant and mystical literal translation and Richard Le Gallienne's sharp and poetic version. For the first time the reader can appreciate the range of Omar Khayyám and his interpreters in a single volume. [via]
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Rosie Dunneby Cecelia AhernISBN 140130091X (1-4013-0091-X)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rosie Dunne'Book summary:Cecelia Ahearn's Rosie Dunne is the amusing story of Alex and Rosie, best friends who grow up together in Ireland and stay close throughout cross-continental moves, marriages, parenthood, family dramas. and professional triumphs. Friends for close to 50 years, the potential for romance between the pair is always under the surface, yet never seems to find the right time or place to become a reality.
Twenty-three year old Ahern, whose debut novel, PS, I Love You, was a modest hit with critics and readers alike, does not deviate much from the witty yet sentimental style she seems to naturally posses. Rosie Dunne is written through a series of notes, letters, IMs, e-mails, and text messages between the two protagonists and their various friends and family members. While this style is engaging at first, readers may eventually long for more substantial dialogue and fewer choppy exchanges. In fact, about halfway into the story, some may even feel the urge to skip ahead to what is almost an inevitable conclusion. However, the addition of entertaining secondary characters (such as Rosie's best friend Ruby and her overweight, yet oddly talented, salsa-dancing son) help keep the momentum going through one-to-many near misses between Rosie and Alex.
Overall, Rosie Dunne is a touching look at what happens when "the one" always seems to be just a tad bit out of reach. Still, one can't help wondering if this novel may have been better suited to a short but sweet episode of a half-hour sitcom. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzgeraldISBN 1406811564 (1-4068-1156-4)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Sandman 5: A Game of Youby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686146 (1-4176-8614-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 5: A Game of You'Book summary:You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consisted of cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the hell does that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Sandman 8: World's Endby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686170 (1-4176-8617-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 8: World's End'Book summary:When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686197 (1-4176-8619-7)
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Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockhby Thomas CarlyleISBN 1414210051 (1-4142-1005-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh'Book summary:Sartor Resartus ("The Tailor Retailored") is ostensibly an introduction to a strange history of clothing by the German Professor of Things in General, Diogenes Teufelsdrockh; its deeper concerns are social injustice, the right way of living in the world, and the large questions of faith and understanding. This is the first edition to present the novel as it originally appeared, with indications of the changes Carlyle made to later editions. [via]
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School for Scandal, Theby Richard Brinsley SheridanISBN 1404331905 (1-4043-3190-5)
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Second Treatise of Governmentby John LockeISBN 0915144867 (0-915144-86-7)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day Peopleby Charles DickensISBN 1414210566 (1-4142-1056-6)
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Dickens first attracted attention with these descriptive essays and tales, originally written for newspapers; facts noted down as they occurred "by an intelligence of quite exceptional vivacity"; and farces, romances, stories with a poetical justice - it is with these two types of narrative that the young Dickens enters English literature. [via]
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The Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, John CrowtherISBN 1411402197 (1-4114-0219-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sonnets'Book summary:[via]No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of the Sonnets on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
- The complete text of the original play
- A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language
- A complete list of characters with descriptions
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Stylebook 2005by Norm GoldsteinISBN 0917360249 (0-917360-24-9)
Softcover, Associated Pr
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The Trumpet-majorby Thomas HardyISBN 1404335056 (1-4043-3505-6)
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Waiting for the Barbariansby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 1417670630 (1-4176-7063-0)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1414505396 (1-4145-0539-6)
Softcover, Pavilion Pr
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Why I Am Not a Christianby Bertrand Russell, National Secular SocietyISBN 0950103411 (0-9501034-1-1)
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank BaumISBN 0907785751 (0-907785-75-1)
Hardcover, Sai Publications
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The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz: Unabridgedby L. Frank Baum, Scott McKowen, Arthur PoberISBN 1402725043 (1-4027-2504-3)
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Workplay: Playing to Learn and Learning to Playby Carmine ConsalvoISBN 0925652121 (0-925652-12-1)
Hardcover, Human Resource Development
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Workplay: Playing to Learn and Learning to Play'Book summary:WorkPlay offers you some of the most enjoyable and educational games and exercises you'll find anywhere. More than "just another" collection of structured activities, this reproducible volume includes a provocative discussion of the serious impact of fun and games on the adult learner.
WorkPlay provides training in: Leadership, team building, change, problem solving, creativity, decision making, goal setting, trust, risk taking, and more!
WorkPlay is designed to provide program designers, workshop presenters, facilitators, and consultants with creative, structured learning experiences and detailed guidance on how to use them for effective training, conferences, and workshops. It is a practical handbook containing 27 varied and versatile activities that cover a comprehensive range of learning themes. Although these activities are particularly well-suited to team building, group problem solving, and leadership training, they can be used for communication, decision making, creativity, resource management, and a multitude of other learning purposes. Each activity can serve a range of training needs and agendas. Each activity has applicability to a variety of learning themes, some of which can be explored in depth using the activity alone or in conjunction with suggested companion exercises. They can be implemented either at different times for different purposes or used singularly to accomplish a variety of related learning objectives.
WorkPlay includes:
27 reproducible activities in a convenient 3-ring binder.
Exercises include icebreakers, energizers and closing activities, scenario-based activities, and general activities for multiple objectives.
Observer/judge sheets for participants to learn by observing
Guidelines for ensuring that physically challenged participants can safely and enjoyably take part in the activities
Requirements for set-up, time, group size, materials, constraints, and safety considerations.
Development
Experiential activities can transform learning into adventure for adults in conference, academic, and work training settings. Learning is an emotional, physical and cognitive experience. Movement and feelings affect learning. Play can engage the mind and body and provoke a positive, emotional response during exercises that are designed to enhance skills and elucidate concepts and theories. Almost any topic can be explored through gaming. Learning that involves skill building and behavioral change, such as group dynamics, communication, leadership, problem solving, teamwork, and decision making are particularly well-suited to gaming.
Playing games for the serious purpose of learning creates a paradoxical situation in which participants are simultaneously involved in serious play and playful seriousness. The object of gaming is knowledge, not fun. However, the process is enjoyable and thus conducive to learning. This type of play entails the lighthearted yet earnest pursuit of educational aims within a fun-and-games context. The paradoxical nature of gaming to learn allows players freedom to experiment with new approaches, change old approaches, and even fail with impunity. After all, learning is a risky business. Safety is ensured in the imaginative realm of play.
Conducting the Activities
Each activity provides all the information necessary to conduct the experience, including directions and other handouts that can be easily copied for the participants. Some of the games do not require these handouts for participants or may have handouts to be used by the facilitator as a guide. These handouts contain all the pertinent information necessary for the group considerations. They also ensure that the group cannot project responsibility for its performance on faulty facilitator instructions, insulating the facilitator from being unwittingly drawn into authority issues that properly belong in the group.
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