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The Admirable Crichton a Comedyby James Matthew BarrieISBN 1588273474 (1-58827-347-4)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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The Adventures of Pinocchioby Carlo Collodi, Nancy L. Canepa, Carmelo LettereISBN 1586420526 (1-58642-052-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'Book summary:Readers familiar only with the Disney adaptations of Collodis classic will be surprised by this dark masterpiece, a central work in the Italian literary canon.
First published in serial form in 1881 in the Italian periodical Giornale dei Bambini, The Adventures of Pinocchio garnered immediate acclaim as a childrens story. Today Italians consider Pinocchio, along with The Divine Comedy and The Decameron, one of their most important works of literature. Collodi did more than merely weave a captivating tale. Through metaphor and allusion he summed up the national character of Italy and made biting commentary on many of the prominent social concerns of the nineteenth century, among them the despair and hunger of poverty, the importance of an education, and the hypocrisy of the judicial and medical establishments. Indeed, the universality of Collodis themes led Benedetto Croce to remark, The wood from which Pinocchio is carved is humanity itself. This vibrant new translation fully renders Collodis subtle and sarcastic wit, reclaiming the book for adult readers. The evocative illustrations by Carmelo Lettere are as delightfully refreshing and timeless as the story itself. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Pinocchio:
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Akenfield: Portrait of an English Villageby Ronald BlytheISBN 1585790095 (1-58579-009-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village'Book summary:This colourful, perceptive portrayal of English country life reverberates with the voices of the village inhabitants, from the reminiscences of survivors of the Great War evoking days gone by, to the concerns of a younger generation of farm-workers and the fascinating and personal recollections of, among others, the local schoolteacher, doctor, blacksmith, saddler, district nurse and magistrate. Providing insights into farming, education, welfare, class, religion and death, Akenfield forms a unique document of a way of life that has, in many ways, disappeared. [via]
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Allan and the Holy Flowerby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587150220 (1-58715-022-0)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Another Selfby James Lees-MilneISBN 1585790087 (1-58579-008-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of the Who 1958-1978by Andy Neill, Matt Kent, Chris Stamp, Roger DaltreyISBN 1586635913 (1-58663-591-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Aristotle on Poeticsby Aristotle, Michael Davis, Seth BenardeteISBN 1587310260 (1-58731-026-0)
Softcover, St Augustine Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle on Poetics'Book summary:Aristotle's much-translated On Poetics is the earliest and arguably the best treatment that we possess of tragedy as a literary form. The late Seth Benardete and Michael Davis have translated it anew with a view to rendering Aristotle's text into English as precisely as possible. A literal translation has long been needed, for in order to excavate the argument of On Poetics one has to attend not simply to what is said on the surface but also to the various puzzles, questions, and peculiarities that emerge only on the level of how Aristotle says what he says and thereby leads one to revise and deepen one's initial understanding of the intent of the argument. As On Poetics is about how tragedy ought to be composed, it should not be surprising that it turns out to be a rather artful piece of literature in its own right.
Benardete and Davis supplement their edition of On Poetics with extensive notes and appendices. They explain nuances of the original that elude translation, and they provide translations of passages found elsewhere in Aristotle's works as well as in those of other ancient authors that prove useful in thinking through the argument of On Poetics both in terms of its treatment of tragedy and in terms of its broader concerns. By following the connections Aristotle plots between On Poetics and his other works, readers will be in a position to appreciate the centrality of this work for his entire thought.
In an introduction that sketches the overall interpretation of On Poetics presented in hisThe Poetry of Philosophy (St. Augustine's Press, 1999; see p. 33 of this catalogue), Davis argues that, while On Poetics is certainly about tragedy, it has a further concern extending beyond poetry to the very structure of the human soul in its relation to what is, and that Aristotle reveals in the form of his argument the true character of human action. [via]
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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christby Lew WallaceISBN 1587155397 (1-58715-539-7)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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The Book of Were-wolvesby Sabine Baring-GouldISBN 1587156113 (1-58715-611-3)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Were-wolves'Book summary:The Book of Were-Wolves, one of the most cited references on its subject, is an essential and primal text on the legend of lycanthropy. The author (Sabine Baring-Gould, a parson of the Church of England, an archaeologist, a historian, and a prolific author best known for writing the hymn ?Onward Christian Soldiers?) takes a typically nineteenth century approach to the mythology ? methodical, rational, and almost mechanistic. He details the legend in many permutations as it exists in a diversity of cultures ? and includes sensational chapters with case studies of cannibals, grave desecrators, and blood fetishists, which have a connection to lycanthropy. Also included is an extended treatment of the case of Giles de Rais, the notorious confederate of Joan of Arc who was convicted and executed for necrosadistic crimes. (Jacketless library hardcover.) [via]
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The Book of Wonderby Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, Lin Carter, John BetancourtISBN 1587156377 (1-58715-637-7)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Brethrenby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587157500 (1-58715-750-0)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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A Brief History of Time Reader's Companionby Stephen HawkingISBN 1586638629 (1-58663-862-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Brief History of Time Reader's Companion'Book summary:Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God." --Therese Littleton [via]
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But I'm Your Teacherby Row TakakuraISBN 1586558056 (1-58655-805-6)
Softcover, Kitty Pr
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Chapman The Sailor's Lexicon: The Classic Source For More Than 15,000 Nautical Termsby W.H. SmythISBN 1588162818 (1-58816-281-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman The Sailor's Lexicon: The Classic Source For More Than 15,000 Nautical Terms'Book summary:First published in 1867, this classic digest is still used by the foremost writers of both maritime non-fiction and fiction, and served as the major reference for Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander). It includes 15,000 entries in dictionary form that constitute an encyclopaedic collection of nautical words and phrases. Some of these remain common; others appear in contemporary literature, if not lingo. From "afforciament" (an antiquated term for a fortress) through "zopissa" (tar or pitch scraped off the bottoms of old vessels), and encompassing every aspect of ships and the sea, this compilation is more than a fascinating period piece; it is an invaluable tool for anyone with an enthusiasm for maritime life or an interest in the etymology of the English language.[via]More editions of Chapman The Sailor's Lexicon: The Classic Source For More Than 15,000 Nautical Terms:
Christmas at Home: Homemade Holiday Gift Ideasby Rebecca GermanyISBN 1586605461 (1-58660-546-1)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergrisby Jeff VanderMeerISBN 1587154366 (1-58715-436-6)
Softcover, Cosmos Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergris'Book summary:Once upon a time, on the banks of the River Moth, a city sprang up like no other in or out of history. Founded on the blood of the original inhabitants, the stealthy gray caps, and steeped for centuries in the aftermath of that struggle, Ambergris has become a cruelly beautiful metropolis--a haven for artists and thieves, for composers and murderers. City includes the World Fantasy Award-winning novella The Transformation of Martin Lake. [via]
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Collision With Chronosby Barrinton J. BayleyISBN 1587153807 (1-58715-380-7)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Coming of Billby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585677442 (1-58567-744-2)
Hardcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coming of Bill'Book summary:The nearest Wodehouse ever came to a serious story, The Coming of Bill is a fascinating blend of social comment and light comedy. It concerns the offspring of Ruth, a spoilt heiress, and Kirk, an impecunious artist of perfect physique, brought together by Ruths aunt, a believer in eugenics. The young couple are eventually successful in retrieving their child and their marriage from the influence of overbearing Mrs Poter, but only after a series of comic mishaps in a book which features a galaxy of vintage Wodehouse characters, including the bossy aunt, a tetchy millionaire, a good-natured ex-boxer and an orotund English butler. [via]
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Ladyby Edith HoldenISBN 1586631152 (1-58663-115-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Dead Until Darkby Charlaine HarrisISBN 1587246309 (1-58724-630-9)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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And with HBO launching an all-new show, True Blood, based on the Southern Vampire novels, the demand for Charlaine Harris and Sookie Stackhouse will be bigger than ever.More editions of Dead Until Dark:
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Do Butlers, Burgle Banks?by P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585677477 (1-58567-747-7)
Hardcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Do Butlers, Burgle Banks?'Book summary:Do Butlers Burgle Banks? features the hither to fortunate owner of Bonds Bank, who find himself in a spot of trouble so serious that he wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately for him, Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. For Horace is, in fact, not a butler at all but the best sort of gangster, prudently concealing himself in an English country house while hiding from his rivals. Looking for peace and safety, Horace is to discover before long that the hotspots of Chicago are a whole lot more restful than the English countryside. This is the lightest of light comedies, a Woodhousean soufflé from his later years. [via]
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Elissa, or the Doom of Zimbabweby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1587157497 (1-58715-749-7)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Face in the Frostby John BellairsISBN 158754105X (1-58754-105-X)
Hardcover, Olmstead Pr
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Fall on Your Knees: Library Editionby Ann-Marie MacDonaldISBN 1587242583 (1-58724-258-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition'Book summary:Fall on Your Knees, award-winning actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald's sprawling and powerful first novel, reads like a literary soap opera, but one whose mature themes are far from the pulp and clichés of daytime television. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of page-turning, cliff-hanging appeal of that lesser medium. It never drags, never over-burdens the reader, and, most importantly, remains likeable and believable despite the many--and sometimes magical--twists and turns of its tale.
Fall on Your Knees tells the story of several generations of the Piper family of Cape Breton, beginning with the marriage of James Piper, the controlling, emotionally stunted son of Gaelic-speaking Scottish Canadians, and Materia Mahmoud, the 13-year-old daughter of wealthy Lebanese immigrants. Materia's father cuts her off from her family for marrying James, and James in turn forces her to deny both her heritage and her emotions. James, out of a spite even he fails to comprehend, focuses all his attention on Kathleen, his first-born and a musical prodigy. He dotes on her and sends her away to study opera in New York. However, Kathleen's unexpected return from New York, where she has made some discoveries that will ultimately turn her father against her, becomes the centre of an intricately plotted series of tragedies involving each of the Piper sisters. In a startlingly skilful manipulation of prose, MacDonald teases out clues, secrets, and revelations that are both delightful to discover and disturbing to consider. --Jonathan Dewar [via]
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The Federalist: The Famous Papers on the Principles of American Governmentby Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, Benjamin F. WrightISBN 1586635727 (1-58663-572-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Federalist: The Famous Papers on the Principles of American Government'Book summary:At the height of the debates over the adoption of the Constitution in 1787-88, a series of articles began to appear in the New York Journal. Their author, calling himself "Publius," urged the ratification of the new constitution, offering, in Thomas Jeffersons words, "the best commentary on the principles of government, which was ever written." These eighty-five articles, commonly known as "The Federalist Papers," were in reality the work of three men; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. These papers were soon collected and printed in book form in 1788 under the title The Federalist. This is an updated version of those famous papers. [via]
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Following Gandalfby Matthew DickersonISBN 1587430851 (1-58743-085-1)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Full Moonby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585678368 (1-58567-836-8)
Hardcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Full Moon'Book summary:Despite marriage to a millionaires daughter and success as a vice-president of Donaldsons Inc., manufacturers of the world-famous Donaldsons Dog-Joy, Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworths younger son, still goes in fear of his aunts when at Blandings Castle. Full Moon tells the story of how he faces them down while promoting the love of Bill Lister and Prudence Garland.
A charming Blandings comedy with a full Wodehouse complement of aunts, pigs, millionaires, colonels, imposters and dotty earls. [via]
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Golden Cainby You Asagiri, Ikoi HiroeISBN 1586649558 (1-58664-955-8)
Softcover, Be Beautiful
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The Greek Islesby Laura BrooksISBN 1586638793 (1-58663-879-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Arthur RackhamISBN 1587170922 (1-58717-092-2)
Hardcover, Seastar Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'Book summary:Dwarves, giants, princesses, kings, fairies, and magicians ... all can be found in the enchanting fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Twenty-two of the Grimms' best stories are brought to life in this deluxe edition, from well-known favorites like "Rapunzel," "Red Riding Hood," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "Hansel and Grethel," to lesser-known treasures such as "The Valiant Tailor" and "The Frog Prince." Arthur Rackham's extraordinary interpretations are beautifully reproduced here in 21 full-color plates and 28 black-and-white drawings that lavishly embellish the pages. [via]
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companionby Jared DiamondISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
- Why is geography the most important factor in human history?
- How has the rest of the scientific community received Diamond's theory?
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The Haunted Bookshopby Christopher MorleyISBN 1587155656 (1-58715-565-6)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Haunted Bookshop'Book summary:Comparison Of Cultures Of England And America By English Lad Who Emigrates To Maryland. [via]
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The Haunted Hotelby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1587156911 (1-58715-691-1)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Haunted Hotel'Book summary:Is there no explanation of the mystery of The Haunted Hotel? Is The Haunted Hotel the tale of a haunting -- or the tale of a crime? The ghost of Lord Montberry haunts the Palace Hotel in Venice --- or does it? Montberry's beautiful-yet-terrifying wife, the Countess Narona, and her erstwhile brother are the center of the terror that fills the Palace Hotel. Are their malefactions at the root of the haunting -- or is there something darker, something much more unknowable at work? (Jacketless library hardcover.) [via]
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History of Caliph Vathekby William BeckfordISBN 1587156938 (1-58715-693-8)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Holman Illustrated Study Bible: Holman Christian Standard Bibleby Not AvailableISBN 1586402757 (1-58640-275-7)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The Worldby Francis WheenISBN 158648348X (1-58648-348-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The World'Book summary:In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary consensus was displaced by the arrival of a political marriage of fiery idealists: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher transformed politics with a combination of breezy charm and assertive "Victorian values." In Iran, the fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini set out to restore a regime that had last existed almost 1,300 years ago. Between them they succeeded in bringing the twentieth century to a premature close. By 1989, Francis Fukuyama was declaring that we had now reached the End of History.[via]
What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.More editions of How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered The World:
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Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Senseby Francis WheenISBN 1586482475 (1-58648-247-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.More editions of Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Sense:
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Jill The Recklessby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585676608 (1-58567-660-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jill The Reckless'Book summary:Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read. To find more books in your format visit www.readhowyouwant.com [via]
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionaryby David Diamond, Linus TorvaldsISBN 1587991519 (1-58799-151-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary'Book summary:Most 31-year olds can't boast of being the instigator of a revolution. But then again, the world's leading promoter of open source software and creator of the operating system Linux does humbly call himself an accidental revolutionary--accidental being the operative word here. Just for Fun is the quirky story of how Linus Torvalds went from being a penniless, introverted code writer in Helsinki in the early 1990s to being the unwitting (and rather less than penniless) leader of a radical shift in computer programming by the end of the decade.
OK, perhaps "story" in the traditional sense of the term is stretching it a bit. This whole book is more like a series of e-mails, an exercise in textual communication for someone more used to code language than conversation: choppy sentences packed into short paragraphs, and sometimes just one-liners. The pace is fast, but the quippy tone can get somewhat tiring, though it definitely suits the portrayal of a computer-dominated life. And like an e-mail conversation, the tense often changes, the topics jump back and forth, and the narrators occasionally change, mostly alternating between the Linux man himself and Red Herring executive editor David Diamond, who convinced the difficult-to-pin-down Torvalds to write his story (or at least allow Diamond to poke, prod, and pull it out of him, all the while giving his own impressions and interpretations). But Torvald's tale contains enough informative and entertaining tidbits--on growing up in dark, strangely silent but communication-gadget-obsessed Finland (which boasts more cell phones per capita than anywhere else), on what makes passionate code writers tick, on making the transition from unknown computer geek to world-famous computer geek, on the convergence of technology and ideology, on his work for Transmeta and involvement (or lack thereof) with all the players worth mentioning in Silicon Valley - to keep more than just computer programmers engrossed in his story. For the latter, of course, Just for Fun will be required reading.
If you pick up this book as a geek's guide to the meaning of life (which, believe it or not, Torvalds does ramble on about at the beginning and the end), then you're in for a bit of a shallow take on the whole thing. But if you're interested in the idea of technological development as a global team sport, and how a nerdy Finnish transplant to California got the whole game going in the first place, check out Linus's story... just for fun, of course. --S. Ketchum [via]
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Kai Lung's Golden Hoursby Hilaire Belloc, Ernest BramahISBN 1587152096 (1-58715-209-6)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kai Lung's Golden Hours'Book summary:It is one of the tests of excellent work that such work is economic, that is, that there is nothing redundant in order or in vocabulary, and at the same time nothing ellipticin the full sense of that word: that is, no sentence in which so much is omitted that the reader is left puzzled. That is the quality you get in really good statuaryin Houdon, for instance, or in that triumph the archaic Archer in the Louvre. The Wallet of Kai Lung satisfied all these conditions.
I do not know how often I have read it since I first possessed it. I know how many copies there are in my housejust over a dozen. I know with what care I have bound it constantly for presentation to friends. I have been asked for an introduction to this its successor, Kai Lungs Golden Hours. It is worthy of its forerunner. There is the same plan, exactitude, working-out and achievement; and therefore the same complete satisfaction in the reading, or to be more accurate, in the incorporation of the work with oneself.
Hilaire Belloc From the Introduction [via]
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Kizuna - Bonds Of Love: Book 4 Yaoiby Kazuma KodakaISBN 1586649582 (1-58664-958-2)
Softcover, Be Beautiful
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Kizuna Bonds of Love 1by Kazuma KodakaISBN 1586649566 (1-58664-956-6)
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Kizuna Bonds of Love:Book 4: Bonds of Loveby Kazuma KodakaISBN 1586649574 (1-58664-957-4)
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The Knights of the Limitsby Barrington J. BayleyISBN 1587153831 (1-58715-383-1)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary Frenchby LangenscheditISBN 1585735000 (1-58573-500-0)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary Italianby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 1585730394 (1-58573-039-4)
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Langenscheidt's Pocket Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English/English-Japaneseby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 1585730386 (1-58573-038-6)
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Langenscheidt's Pocket Russian Dictionary: Russian - English / English - Russianby LangenscheidtISBN 1585735612 (1-58573-561-2)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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The Leaning Tower of Babelby Richard MitchellISBN 1585790036 (1-58579-003-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Les Miserablesby Victor Hugo, Charles E. WilbourISBN 1587261227 (1-58726-122-7)
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Level C 5by Aoi Futaba, Kurenai MitsubaISBN 1586557734 (1-58655-773-4)
Softcover, Media Blasters Pr
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Level-c 01by Aoi Futaba, Kurenai MitsubaISBN 1586555804 (1-58655-580-4)
Softcover, Kitty Pr
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Level-c 6by Kurenai Mitsuba, Aoi FutabaISBN 1586558188 (1-58655-818-8)
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The Little Nuggetby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585677450 (1-58567-745-0)
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The Lost Princess of Ozby L. Frank Baum, John R. NeillISBN 1587260220 (1-58726-022-0)
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A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret Warby William StevensonISBN 158574154X (1-58574-154-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Money In The Bankby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585676578 (1-58567-657-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Morocco: Past and Presentby Guido Barosio, C. T. M. MilanISBN 1586634976 (1-58663-497-6)
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Mortdecai Trilogy: Don't Point That Thing at Me, After You With the Pistol, And Something Nasty...in the Woodshedby Kyril BonfiglioliISBN 1585678066 (1-58567-806-6)
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Mr. Mulliner Speakingby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585676594 (1-58567-659-4)
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Much Ado about Nothingby SparkNotes Staff, William ShakespeareISBN 1586634445 (1-58663-444-5)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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The Nanny Diariesby Emma McLaughlin, Nicola KrausISBN 1587242753 (1-58724-275-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in Americaby Barbara EhrenreichISBN 1587243687 (1-58724-368-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America'Book summary:Essayist and cultural critic Barbara Ehrenreich has always specialized in turning received wisdom on its head with intelligence, clarity, and verve. With some 12 million women being pushed into the labor market by welfare reform, she decided to do some good old-fashioned journalism and find out just how they were going to survive on the wages of the unskilled--at $6 to $7 an hour, only half of what is considered a living wage. So she did what millions of Americans do, she looked for a job and a place to live, worked that job, and tried to make ends meet.
As a waitress in Florida, where her name is suddenly transposed to "girl," trailer trash becomes a demographic category to aspire to with rent at $675 per month. In Maine, where she ends up working as both a cleaning woman and a nursing home assistant, she must first fill out endless pre-employment tests with trick questions such as "Some people work better when they're a little bit high." In Minnesota, she works at Wal-Mart under the repressive surveillance of men and women whose job it is to monitor her behavior for signs of sloth, theft, drug abuse, or worse. She even gets to experience the humiliation of the urine test.
So, do the poor have survival strategies unknown to the middle class? And did Ehrenreich feel the "bracing psychological effects of getting out of the house, as promised by the wonks who brought us welfare reform?" Nah. Even in her best-case scenario, with all the advantages of education, health, a car, and money for first month's rent, she has to work two jobs, seven days a week, and still almost winds up in a shelter. As Ehrenreich points out with her potent combination of humor and outrage, the laws of supply and demand have been reversed. Rental prices skyrocket, but wages never rise. Rather, jobs are so cheap as measured by the pay that workers are encouraged to take as many as they can. Behind those trademark Wal-Mart vests, it turns out, are the borderline homeless. With her characteristic wry wit and her unabashedly liberal bent, Ehrenreich brings the invisible poor out of hiding and, in the process, the world they inhabit--where civil liberties are often ignored and hard work fails to live up to its reputation as the ticket out of poverty. --Lesley Reed [via]
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Nightmare Abbeyby Thomas Love PeacockISBN 1587159953 (1-58715-995-3)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Non-Stopby Brian AldissISBN 1585676837 (1-58567-683-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Non-Stop'Book summary:The Greene tribe is no longer the center of the universe. The crucial "watchwords" have lost their power, and now, self-esteem is draining away. But Roy Complain refuses to sink into apathy. To escape extinction, he joins Marapper the Priest and begins a perilous journey of discovery. [via]
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Parnassus on Wheelsby Christopher MorleyISBN 1587155915 (1-58715-591-5)
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Piccadilly Jimby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585676160 (1-58567-616-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Piccadilly Jim'Book summary:Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on February 24, 1917 by Dodd, Mean and Co., New York, and in the U.K. in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London. The story had previously appeared in the U.S. in the Saturday Evening Post between June and November 1916.
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Prefabby Bryan Burkhart, Arieff AllisonISBN 1586851322 (1-58685-132-2)
Hardcover, Gibbs Smith
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prefab'Book summary:Prefab presents a series of innovative homes and concepts that boldly demonstrate that this is not your grandmother's prefab, offers a glimpse into the history of prefabricated housing over the last century, and reveals a wealth of practical and attractive alternatives to the status quo. Prefab discusses architects, builders, and designers such as Walter Gropius and Philippe Starck, examines the historical precedents from Albert Frey's Corbusier-inspired Aluminaire house to Kisho Kurokawa's capsules, and showcases the work of twenty-four contemporary architects and designers who are exploring the myriad possibilities that prefabrication offers for housing of the future. From the fantastical digitized aluminum prototypes of Gregg Lynn to the stylish functionality of Ikea's prefabricated apartments in Sweden, Prefab presents a series of innovative homes and space-saving concepts that show how far this building technique has come-and how far it can go. < BR> Allison Arieff is a writer, senior editor of the architecture magazine dwell, and co-author of Trailer Travel. She is also the editor of several books on art and culture, including Airstream: A History of the Land Yacht and Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop. She lives in San Francisco. < BR> Bryan Burkhart is the designer and co-author of Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht and Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America. As creative director of his own firm, Modernhouse, he has designed books for Taschen, Chronicle Books, and Gibbs Smith, Publisher. Burkhart also lives in San Francisco. < BR> [via]
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The Quotable Book Loverby Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson, Nicholas A. BasbanesISBN 158574655X (1-58574-655-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quotable Book Lover'Book summary:The bibliophiles of the world are an erudite and witty bunch, especially the hundreds of quotable sages and wags whose bons mots are collected in this tribute to the written word. The authors of these insights, spanning centuries and continents, include Aeschylus and Lady Bird Johnson, Gustave Flaubert and Francis Bacon, Russell Baker and Isadora Duncan, Katharine Hepburn and Mark Twain, Pablo Picasso and Brad Pitt.
The quotations offer witticisms as well as philosophical insights. Woody Allen quips, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." And Franz Kafka declares, "Books must be the axe to break the frozen sea inside me." Mark Twain reflects, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat." And Fran Lebowitz notes that "Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature." Aristotle observes that "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." H.L. Mencken explains, "I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved, which a cow enjoys on giving milk." And Thomas Mann opines that "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
In all, there are more than 500 quotations that pithily consider every aspect of authors, readers, collectors, and books. Entertaining and provocative, it is the sort of book that makes you sit friends down and read them just one more entry. In one such entry, Robertson Davies observes that "There are many people--happy people, it usually appears--whose thoughts at Christmas always turn to books. The notion of a Christmas tree with no books under it is repugnant and unnatural to them." This is just the sort of book to make such people remarkably content. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Railway Childrenby E. Nesbit, C. E. BrockISBN 1587172801 (1-58717-280-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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The Railway Childrenby Peter Glassman, Edith NesbitISBN 1587172798 (1-58717-279-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Scaramoucheby Rafael SabatiniISBN 1587156091 (1-58715-609-1)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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Selfish Love 1by Naduki KoujimaISBN 1586649590 (1-58664-959-0)
Softcover, Be Beautiful
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Selfish Love 2: Book 2by Naduki Koujima, Ikoi HiroeISBN 1586649604 (1-58664-960-4)
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Skyscrapers Of Ozby yoshino Somei, Row TakakuraISBN 1586559990 (1-58655-999-0)
Softcover, Kitty Pr
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Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell and the Making of Gone With the Windby Darden Asbury PyronISBN 1588180972 (1-58818-097-2)
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Sparknotes BeowulfISBN 1586634054 (1-58663-405-4)
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Sparknotes Death of a Salesmanby Arthur MillerISBN 1586634097 (1-58663-409-7)
Softcover, Spark Pub Group
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Sparknotes Duneby Frank HerbertISBN 1586635107 (1-58663-510-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
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Spring Feverby P.G. WodehouseISBN 158567575X (1-58567-575-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Streiker's Morning Sunby Robin HardyISBN 1587361817 (1-58736-181-7)
Softcover, Hats Off Books
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Talking Right: How the Right turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times Reading, Body Piercing, Hollywood Loviby Geoff NunbergISBN 1586483862 (1-58648-386-2)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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Ten Thousand Eyes: The Amazing Story of the Spy Network That Cracked Hitler's Atlantic Wall Before D-Dayby Richard CollierISBN 1585742945 (1-58574-294-5)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Things They Carriedby Tim O'Brien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586638270 (1-58663-827-0)
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To the Vanishing Pointby Alan Dean FosterISBN 158715045X (1-58715-045-X)
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The Various Haunts of Menby Susan HillISBN 1585678767 (1-58567-876-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Very Good, Jeeves!by P.G. WodehouseISBN 1585677469 (1-58567-746-9)
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Wandererby Fritz LeiberISBN 1585860492 (1-58586-049-2)
Softcover, E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd
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We Were the Mulvaneysby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 1586638564 (1-58663-856-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Were the Mulvaneys'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 2001: A happy family, the Mulvaneys. After decades of marriage, Mom and Dad are still in love--and the proud parents of a brood of youngsters that includes a star athlete, a class valedictorian, and a popular cheerleader. Home is an idyllic place called High Point Farm. And the bonds of attachment within this all-American clan do seem both deep and unconditional: "Mom paused again, drawing in her breath sharply, her eyes suffused with a special lustre, gazing upon her family one by one, with what crazy unbounded love she gazed upon us, and at such a moment my heart would contract as if this woman who was my mother had slipped her fingers inside my rib cage to contain it, as you might hold a wild, thrashing bird to comfort it."
But as we all know, Eden can't last forever. And in the hands of Joyce Carol Oates, who's chronicled just about every variety of familial dysfunction, you know the fall from grace is going to be a doozy. By the time all is said and done, a rape occurs, a daughter is exiled, much alcohol is consumed, and the farm is lost. Even to recount these events in retrospect is a trial for the Mulvaney offspring, one of whom declares: "When I say this is a hard reckoning I mean it's been like squeezing thick drops of blood from my veins." In the hands of a lesser writer, this could be the stuff of a bad television movie. But this is Oates's 26th novel, and by now she knows her material and her craft to perfection. We Were the Mulvaneys is populated with such richly observed and complex characters that we can't help but care about them, even as we wait for disaster to strike them down. --Anita Urquhart [via]
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Standard Spanish Dictionaryby Langenscheidt Editorial StaffISBN 1585733520 (1-58573-352-0)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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Pocket Chinese Dictionary : Chinese - Englishby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 1585730572 (1-58573-057-2)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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