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2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to Song Danceby Charles Earle FunkISBN 0883658453 (0-88365-845-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to Song Dance'Book summary:Why do people "take 40 winks" and not 50...or 60, or 70? Did someone literally "let the cat out of the bag" at one point in time? Has anyone actually "gone on a wild goose chase"? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this enormous collection, comprised of four bestselling titles: A Hog on Ice, Thereby Hangs a Tale, Heavens to Betsy! and Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words. Dr. Funk, editor-in-chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Series, reveals the sometimes surprising, often amusing, and always fascinating roots of more than 2,000 vernacular words and expressions. From "kangaroo court" to "one-horse town", from "face the music" to "hocus-pocus," it's an entertaining linguistic journey.[via]More editions of 2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to Song Dance:
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The Aeneid of Virgilby VirgilISBN 0881030694 (0-88103-069-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid of Virgil'Book summary:Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. [via]
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The Alchemistby Ben Jonson, G. E. BentleyISBN 0882950487 (0-88295-048-7)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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American Notesby Charles DickensISBN 0880640235 (0-88064-023-5)
Softcover, Fromm Intl
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Arabic English Dictionary of Modern Written Arabicby Hans WehrISBN 0879500034 (0-87950-003-4)
Softcover, Spoken Language Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabic English Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic'Book summary:Its scholarship, accuracy and reliability make it one of the most significant contributions to Arabic lexicography. It is hoped that this masterpiece will point the way ot wider use of modern lexicographical principles in the compilation of dictionaries for earlier periods of the Arabic language. [via]
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A B C Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabetby Alexander Humez, Nicholas HumezISBN 0879236647 (0-87923-664-7)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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The Beginning of Springby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 0881845981 (0-88184-598-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Black Beautyby Anna Sewell, Walter SeatonISBN 0884110656 (0-88411-065-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Black Bookby Lawrence DurrellISBN 0881846007 (0-88184-600-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Black Sun Risingby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0886775272 (0-88677-527-2)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Sun Rising'Book summary:With her highly acclaimed novels In Conquest Born and The Madness Season, C.S. Friedman acquired a well-deserved reputation for exploring science fiction's most challenging themes. Now she turns her talent to fantasy in a novel that boldly and provocatively examines the ever-mutable nature of evil and mortality. [via]
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The Blessingby Nancy MitfordISBN 0881844985 (0-88184-498-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Book of Margery Kempe: The Autobiography of the Madwoman of Godby Tony D. Triggs, Margery KempeISBN 0892438258 (0-89243-825-8)
Softcover, Liguori Pubns
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The Broadman & Holman Ultrathin Reference Bible: New International Version Black Genuine LeatherISBN 0879819545 (0-87981-954-5)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
Find This BookBook summary:Easy-to-read print in an ultra-thin style. Carry and read the complete New International Version text in church, in study groups, at the hospital, on a trip--anywhere! Features include center-column refrences; concordance; full-color maps; presentation page and family section; and a ribbon marker. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (Holman) [via]
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The Classic Tale of Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Realby Margery WilliamsISBN 0894712667 (0-89471-266-7)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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A Clubbable Womanby Reginald HillISBN 0881500321 (0-88150-032-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Confessionsby Saint AugustineISBN 0880291036 (0-88029-103-6)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today.
In his introduction R. S. Pine-Coffin discusses Saint Augustine's intentions in writing his Confessions and issues of translation. This edition also includes a list of dates of events recorded in the Confessions.
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The Confessionsby St Augustine, Tom GillISBN 0882709488 (0-88270-948-8)
Softcover, Bridge-Logos
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:Garry Willss complete translation of Saint Augustines spiritual masterpieceavailable now for the first time
Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustines Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willss translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustines Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
[Wills] renders Augustines famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.
Los Angeles Times
[Willss] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Willss pages.
Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books
Augustine flourishes in Willss hand.
James Wood
A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby AugustineISBN 0883683822 (0-88368-382-2)
Softcover, Whitaker House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:The Confessions of St. Augustine has a special place among the world's greatest books. As Augustine tells his life story, he reveals how you can find the way to rest securely in Jesus, discern good from evil, avoid false spiritual pursuits, and know the will of God. Here is the timeless conflict between good and evil, portrayed through the life of one man who found spiritual growth and unshakable faith. Just as Augustine did, you can experience the unspeakable joy of being pure and righteous before God, regardless of your past. [via]
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Confidence Manby Herman MelvilleISBN 0891908900 (0-89190-890-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 089526885X (0-89526-885-X)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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The Dark Is Risingby Susan CooperISBN 0881033189 (0-88103-318-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Is Rising'Book summary:"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,
With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Embarking on this endeavor is dangerous as well as deeply rewarding; Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined.
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone."Susan Cooper, in her five-title Dark Is Rising sequence, creates a world where the conflict between good and evil reaches epic proportions. She ranks with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in her ability to deliver a moral vision in the context of breathtaking adventure. No one can stop at just one of her thrilling fantasy novels. Among many other prestigious awards, The Dark Is Rising is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Das Kapitalby Karl MarxISBN 0895269317 (0-89526-931-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religionby David HumeISBN 087975527X (0-87975-527-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Dice Manby Luke RhinehartISBN 0879518642 (0-87951-864-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dice Man'Book summary:The cult classic that can still change your life! Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that changes the life of bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart -- and in some ways changes the world as well. Because once you hand over your life to the dice, anything can happen. Entertaining, humorous, scary, shocking, subversive, The Dice Man is one of the cult bestsellers of our time. [via]
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The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 0882950282 (0-88295-028-2)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:Unabridged audiobook in MP3 format. [via]
Don Juanby George Gordon Byron ByronISBN 0891906606 (0-89190-660-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Don't Tell Alfredby Nancy MitfordISBN 0881845973 (0-88184-597-3)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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English Handbook for Christian Schoolsby Grace CollingISBN 0890842795 (0-89084-279-5)
Hardcover, Bob Jones Univ Pr
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Foundation and Empireby Isaac AsimovISBN 0893402109 (0-89340-210-9)
Hardcover, J. Curley
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Fundamentals of Literature for Christian Schoolsby Donna L. Hess, June CatesISBN 0890844232 (0-89084-423-2)
Hardcover, Bob Jones University Press
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The Great Pursuitby Tom SharpeISBN 0879517336 (0-87951-733-6)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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Herself Surprisedby Joyce CaryISBN 0892440708 (0-89244-070-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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High Riseby J.G. BallardISBN 0881844004 (0-88184-400-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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House of the Seven Gablesby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0895772191 (0-89577-219-1)
Hardcover, Readers Digest Assn
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› Find signed collectible books: 'House of the Seven Gables'Book summary:This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCRd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Landby Mark TwainISBN 0895773392 (0-89577-339-2)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXII. WE were at sea now, for a very long voyage -- we were to pass through the entire length of the Levant; through the entire length of the Mediterranean proper, also, and then cross the full width of the Atlantic -- a voyage of several weeks. We naturally settled down into a very slow, stay-at-home manner of life, and resolved to be quiet, exemplary people, and roam no more for twenty or thirty days. No more, at least, than from stem to stern of the ship. It was a very comfortable prospect, though, for we were tired and needed a long rest. We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition) prove. What a stupid thing a notebook gets to be at sea, any way. Please observe the style: '" Sunday--Services, as usual, at four bells. Services at night, also. No cards. "Monday--Beautiful day, but rained hard. The cattle purchased at Alexandria for beef ought to be shingled. Or else fattened. The water stands in deep puddles in the depressions forward of their after shoulders. Also here and there all over their backs. It is well they are not cows-- it would soak in and ruin the milk. The poor devil eagle* from Syria * Afterwards presented to the Central Park. looks miserable and droopy in the rain perched on the forward capstan. He appears to have his own opinion of a sea voyage, and if it were put into language and the language solidified, it would probably essentially dam the widest river in the world. "Tuesday--Somewhere in the neighborhood of the island of Malta. Can not stop there. Cholera. Weather very stormy. Many passengers seasick and invisible. "Wednesday--Weather still very savage. Storm blew two land birds to sea, and they came on board. A hawk was blown off, also. He circled round and round the shi... [via]
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0892963905 (0-89296-390-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Langenscheidt's Pocket French Dictionaryby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 088729104X (0-88729-104-X)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Langenscheidt's Pocket French Dictionary'Book summary:Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary French contains over 50,000 references. It includes a wealth of colloquial and idiomatic expressions, full grammar details with examples of usage, and conjugation tables. The ideal compact reference work for everyday use. [via]
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Langenscheidt's Pocket German Dictionary German-English English-Germanby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 0887291058 (0-88729-105-8)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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Langenscheidt's Pocket Portuguese Dictionaryby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 0887291104 (0-88729-110-4)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Langenscheidt's Pocket Portuguese Dictionary'Book summary:Pocket Portuguese-English, English-Portuguese Dictionary is a convenient reference for everyday use containing a comprehensive vocabulary with many new words and a wealth of idiomatic expressions, full pronunciation of Brazilian and English entries, and a useful appendix with Portuguese and Brazilian weights and measures. Around 43,000 references. [via]
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore CooperISBN 0895771993 (0-89577-199-3)
Hardcover, Readers Digest Assn
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Life on the Mississippiby Mark TwainISBN 0895772752 (0-89577-275-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Light That Failedby Rudyard KiplingISBN 088184277X (0-88184-277-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Madame Bovaryby Gustave FlaubertISBN 0883324679 (0-88332-467-9)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Bovary'Book summary:Flaubert avait beau affirmer qu'il désirait faire du style le coeur d'un "livre sur rien", son premier roman n'en est pas moins un récit, un roman de la "fatalité", comme le souligne innocemment Charles Bovary, sans même savoir qu'il s'agit d'une fatalité d'ordre narratologique qui imbrique imperceptiblement les éléments du texte pour rendre l'issue inévitable. Tableau des Moeurs de province, Madame Bovary dépeint avec tant d'efficacité la dynamique de la frustration que le mélange d'ennui profond, d'apathie et d'exaltation romanesque qui caractérise son héroïne a donné naissance au terme de bovarysme. De Tostes à Yonville-l'Abbaye, Emma Bovary traîne sa morne existence jalonnée d'adultères. Certes, ses échappées à bord de l'Hirondelle, l'express qui relie Yonville à Rouen, pimentent sa vie. Mais elle est conduite par Hivert, vouée au retour ironique et incontournable. Quelles que soient les tentatives d'évasion, le bovarysme triomphe. Dans le portrait de cette petite bourgeoise normande, Flaubert a poussé l'écriture objective, neutralité indispensable afin de se fondre dans les personnages, au point de rendre si vivantes les aspirations d'Emma que le roman lui valut un procès. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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The Masqueradersby Georgette HeyerISBN 0891907823 (0-89190-782-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Master of Ballantraeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0895776294 (0-89577-629-4)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Master of Ballantrae'Book summary:Set at the time of the Jacobite uprising, The Master of Ballantrae tells of a family divided. James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, abandons his ancestral home to support the Scottish rebellion - leaving his younger brother Henry, who is faithful to the English crown, to inherit the title of Lord Durrisdeer. But he is to return years later, embittered by battles and a savage life of piracy on the high seas, to demand his inheritance. Turning the people against the Lord, he begins a savage feud with his brother that will lead the pair from the Scottish Highlands to the American Wilderness. Satanic and seductive, the Master was regarded by Stevenson as 'all I know of the devil'; his darkly manipulative schemes dominate this subtle and compelling tragedy.This edition takes as its text the Edinburgh Edition of the novel, the last approved by the author. The introduction considers the novel's inspiration and its place as one of Stevenson's greatest studies in cruelty. [via]
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Medieval English Literatureby Thomas J. GarbatyISBN 0881339504 (0-88133-950-4)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Mr. Campion's Quarryby Margery Allingham, Youngman CarterISBN 0881847240 (0-88184-724-0)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Murder Being Once Doneby Ruth RendellISBN 0891903720 (0-89190-372-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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My Antoniaby Willa CatherISBN 0881032514 (0-88103-251-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Antonia'Book summary:It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful and rich as Willa Cather's My Ántonia by offering comment. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made") comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollections deliberately: "I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather's masterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heard of Ántonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too, will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwise unremarkable trip through the world.
Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, "had not lost the fire of life," lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time (with which Cather was very much concerned), the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier.
As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature--the high, red grass, the road that "ran about like a wild thing," the endless wind on the plains--with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. As the story progresses, Jim goes off to the University in Lincoln to study Latin (later moving on to Harvard and eventually staying put on the East Coast in another neat encompassing of a stage in America's development) and learns Virgil's phrase "Optima dies ... prima fugit" that Cather uses as the novel's epigraph. "The best days are the first to flee"--this could be said equally of childhood and the earliest hours of this country in which the open land, much like My Ántonia, was nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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New International Version, Holman Ultrathin Reference/Burgundy Bonded LeatherISBN 0879818212 (0-87981-821-2)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
Find This BookBook summary:Easy-to-read print in an ultra-thin style. Carry and read the complete New International Version text in church, in study groups, at the hospital, on a trip--anywhere! Features include center-column refrences; concordance; full-color maps; presentation page and family section; and a ribbon marker. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (Holman) [via]
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Niv Ultrathin Reference BibleISBN 0879819499 (0-87981-949-9)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
Find This BookBook summary:Easy-to-read print in an ultra-thin style. Carry and read the complete New International Version text in church, in study groups, at the hospital, on a trip--anywhere! Features include center-column refrences; concordance; full-color maps; presentation page and family section; and a ribbon marker. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (Holman) [via]
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The Nonesuchby Georgette HeyerISBN 089190784X (0-89190-784-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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On the Black Hillby Bruce ChatwinISBN 0893406171 (0-89340-617-1)
Softcover, J. Curley
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The Original Illustratedby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0890093911 (0-89009-391-1)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0890090572 (0-89009-057-2)
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Pearl Medieval Text & NotesISBN 0882950037 (0-88295-003-7)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston Leroux, Peter HainingISBN 0880292989 (0-88029-298-9)
Hardcover, Dorset Press
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The Phantom Tollboothby Norton JusterISBN 088103696X (0-88103-696-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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The Potter's Fieldby Ellis PetersISBN 0892964197 (0-89296-419-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Prince and the Pauperby Mark TwainISBN 0893756091 (0-89375-609-1)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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The Princess and the Goblinby George MacDonald, Linda Hill GriffithISBN 0891915575 (0-89191-557-5)
Hardcover, David C Cook
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The Principiaby Isaac Newton, Andrew MotteISBN 0879759801 (0-87975-980-1)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Psmith in the Cityby P.G. WodehouseISBN 088029275X (0-88029-275-X)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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Rights of Manby Thomas PaineISBN 087975379X (0-87975-379-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Rivalsby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 0882950916 (0-88295-091-6)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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ScapegoatISBN 0884111490 (0-88411-149-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Scapegoatby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0881844098 (0-88184-409-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Second Mouseby Archer MayorISBN 0892960728 (0-89296-072-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Selected Poemsby Samuel Taylor ColeridgeISBN 0882950231 (0-88295-023-1)
Softcover, Harlan Davidson
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Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. LawrenceISBN 088029258X (0-88029-258-X)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Sheby H. Rider HaggardISBN 089190705X (0-89190-705-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Taliesinby Steve LawheadISBN 0891074074 (0-89107-407-4)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis.
Taliesin is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the Atlantean princess who escaped the terrible devastation of her homeland, and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age. It is the story of an incomparable love that joined two worlds amid the fires of chaos, and spawned the miracles of Merlin...and Arthur the king.
Taliesin, oracle of melody. His singing bore the haunting beauty of another world and the spark of a kingdom yet to come.
Charis, Lady of the Lake. Driven by the cataclysm that destroyed her home--the scented groves of the Isle of Apples, the coliseums of the bull dancers of Atlantis--she encountered an uncertain future in a barbarous land . . . and the bard who would capture her untamed heart.
Their love would bridge two worlds. And like golden threads, their lives would knit the fabric of a timeless legend; that of Merlin the prophet and Arthur the king.
Stephen Lawhead's majestic retelling of western literature's most compelling epic is an enchanting tale of love and loss set in the twilight of Rome's power, as the Celtic chieftains of Britain battle to save their land from an onrushing darkness. [via]More editions of Taliesin:
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 0895263491 (0-89526-349-1)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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A Treatise on Human Nature : Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjectsby David HumeISBN 0879757434 (0-87975-743-4)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books, Publishers
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These words sum up David Hume's plan: To discover the fundamental principles at work in the nature and extent of human knowledge, and in so doing to gain a clearer understanding of our perception, ideas (e.g. of cause and effect), impressions, beliefs, passions, virtues, and vices. Hume's piercing critique and relentless analysis make this truly one of the most influential works of the Early Modern period. [via]More editions of A Treatise on Human Nature : Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects:
Ukridge: Library Editionby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292776 (0-88029-277-6)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, Or, Life Among the Lowlyby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0895773678 (0-89577-367-8)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest
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The Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco, Michael GreenISBN 0894711288 (0-89471-128-8)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Velveteen Rabbit'Book summary:A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy (as he is called) will choose him as a playmate. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made "real" through the love of a human. "'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'" This sentimental classic--perfect for any child who's ever thought that maybe, just maybe, his or her toys have feelings--has been charming children since its first publication in 1922. (A great read-aloud for all ages, but children ages 8 and up can read it on their own.) [via]
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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Realby Margery Williams Bianco, Michael GreenISBN 089471127X (0-89471-127-X)
Hardcover, Running Press
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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Realby Michael Green, Margery WilliamsISBN 0894711539 (0-89471-153-9)
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Wizard of Earthseaby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0881037559 (0-88103-755-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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In this first book, A Wizard of Earthsea readers will witness Sparrowhawk's moving rite of passage--when he discovers his true name and becomes a young man. Great challenges await Sparrowhawk, including an almost deadly battle with a sinister creature, a monster that may be his own shadow. [via]
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The Woman Warriorby Maxine Hong KingstonISBN 0893401307 (0-89340-130-7)
Hardcover, J. Curley
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Write Better, Speak BetterISBN 0895770067 (0-89577-006-7)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
Find This BookBook summary:Designed to help the reader achieve better verbalability. [via]
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