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44 Scotland Streetby Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntoshISBN 1400079446 (1-4000-7944-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '44 Scotland Street'Book summary:44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 1
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boyjust ask his mother.
Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mothers desire for him to learn the saxophone and italianall at the tender age of five.Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society, which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.
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All Things Oz : The Wonder, Wit, and Wisdom of the Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Richard Glenn, Willard Carroll, Timothy Shaner, Linda SunshineISBN 1400048486 (1-4000-4848-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Things Oz : The Wonder, Wit, and Wisdom of the Wizard of Oz'Book summary:Welcome to the Land of Oz and the imagination of L. Frank Baum. Welcome to The Willard Carroll Collection, a world-renowned archive of more than 30,000 Wizard of Oz items.
For the first time ever, editor Linda Sunshine has collected excerpts from Baums fourteen Oz novels, poems, short stories, and song lyrics and married them to art from around the world, some dating as far back as 1899. Here are 352 pages of stunning illustrations (some never before published in this country) and profoundly wise text that honors the ideals of home, heart, intellect, and bravery. Be prepared for wizards, witches, winged monkeys, a hungry tiger, a rainbow fairy, the Munchkins, the Fuddles, and the beloved characters who have become cultural icons: Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. In the Land of Oz, anything is possible, Baum tells us in Ozma of Oz (1907). For it is a wonderful fairy country.
Ever since The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published, weve been entranced with life in Oz. More than a hundred years later, All Things Oz comes to earth to reignite the imagination and offer safe passage back to the land over the rainbow. Open this book and let the journey begin. [via]More editions of All Things Oz : The Wonder, Wit, and Wisdom of the Wizard of Oz:
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Animal Farmby Bill WillinghamISBN 140120077X (1-4012-0077-X)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Collecting FABLES #6-10, the second story arc of the fan-favorite, critically acclaimed VERTIGO series. Travel to upstate New York, where the non-human Fable characters have found refuge on a farm, miles from mankind. But all is not well on the farm and a conspiracy to free them from the shackles of their perceived imprisonment may lead to a war that could wrest control of the Fables community away from Snow White. Starring Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Plus, a sketchbook section featuring art by Willingham, Buckingham and Jean. [via]
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 1400307511 (1-4003-0751-1)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:Captivating audiences in 1873 upon its first publication, Around the World in Eighty Days takes readers on a daring and extraordinary adventure. Englishman Phileas Fogg risks his life's fortune in a bet that he can circumnavigate the entire globe in only eighty days. Accompanied by his servant, Passepartout, Fogg travels by every means possible through some of the most dangerous conditions, all the while being followed by Detective Fix, a bounty hunter whose goal is to sabotage Fogg's plans.
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The Babes in the Woodby Ruth RendellISBN 140004930X (1-4000-4930-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Babes in the Wood'Book summary:After weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isnt particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby.
In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the childrens family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitters ex-husband, who reveals the womans hidden penchant for violence.
In The Babes in the Wood, Ruth Rendell draws the reader into a riveting story that alternates between Chief Inspector Wexfords domestic lifehis worries about the security of his home and his daughters odd new boyfriendand his determination to see through a kaleidoscope of lies and bring a murderer to justice. [via]More editions of The Babes in the Wood:
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Bergdorf Blondesby Plum SykesISBN 1401359604 (1-4013-5960-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bergdorf Blondes'Book summary:Plum Sykes's beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhattan in search of the perfect Fake Bake (tan acquired from Portofino Tanning Salon), a ride on a PJ (private jet) with the ATM (rich boyfriend), and the ever-elusive fianc.
With invitations to high-profile baby showers and benefits, more Marc Jacobs clothes than is decent, and a department store heiress for a best friend, our heroine known only as Moi is living at the peak of New York society. But what is Moi to do when her engagement falls apart? Can she ever find happiness in a city filled with the distractions of Front Row Girls, dermatologists, premieres, and eyebrow waxes? Is it possible to find love in a town where her friends think that the secret to happiness is getting invited to the Van Cleef and Arpels ber-private sample sale? And how is she going to deal with the endless phone calls from her mother in England demanding that she get married to the Earl next door?
With enormous wit and an insider's eye, Sykes captures the nuances of the rich and spoiled in a heartwarming social satire, featuring a loveable "champagne bubble of a girl" who's just looking for love (and maybe the perfect pair of Chlo jeans).
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The Birth of Venusby Sarah DunantISBN 1400060737 (1-4000-6073-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Venus'Book summary:Sarah Dunant's gorgeous and mesmerizing novel, Birth of Venus, draws readers into a turbulent 15th-century Florence, a time when the lavish city, steeped in years of Medici family luxury, is suddenly besieged by plague, threat of invasion, and the righteous wrath of a fundamentalist monk. Dunant masterfully blends fact and fiction, seamlessly interweaving Florentine history with the coming-of-age story of a spirited 14-year-old girl. As Florence struggles in Savonarola's grip, a serial killer stalks the streets, the French invaders creep closer, and young Alessandra Cecchi must surrender her "childish" dreams and navigate her way into womanhood. Readers are quickly seduced by the simplicity of her unconventional passions that are more artistic than domestic:
Dancing is one of the many things I should be good at that I am not. Unlike my sister. Plautilla can move across the floor like water and sing a stave of music like a song bird, while I, who can translate both Latin and Greek faster than she or my brothers can read it, have club feet on the dance floor and a voice like a crow. Though I swear if I were to paint the scale I could do it in a flash: shining gold leaf for the top notes falling through ochres and reds into hot purple and deepest blue.
Alessandra's story, though central, is only one part of this multi-faceted and complex historical novel. Dunant paints a fascinating array of women onto her dark canvas, each representing the various fates of early Renaissance women: Alessandra's lovely (if simple) sister Plautilla is interested only in marrying rich and presiding over a household; the brave Erila, Alessandra's North African servant (and willing accomplice) has such a frank understanding of the limitations of her sex that she often escapes them; and Signora Cecchi, Alessandra's beautiful but weary mother tries to encourage yet temper the passions of her wayward daughter.
A luminous and lush novel, The Birth of Venus, at its heart, is a mysterious and sensual story with razor-sharp teeth. Like Alessandra, Dunant has a painter's eye--her writing is rich and evocative, luxuriating in colors and textures of the city, the people, and the art of 15th-century Florence. Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, but with sensual splashes of color and the occasional thrill of fear, Dunant's novel is both exciting and enchanting. --Daphne Durham [via]
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Blue Shoes And Happinessby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 1400075718 (1-4000-7571-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Shoes And Happiness'Book summary:THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 7
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswanas premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humornot to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve peoples problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make life interesting. And life is never dull on Tlokweng Road. A new and rather too brusque advice columnist is appearing in the local paper. Then, a cobra is found in the offices of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Recently, the Mokolodi Game Preserve manager feels an infectious fear spreading among his workers, and a local doctor may be falsifying blood pressure readings. To further complicate matters, Grace Makutsi may have scared off her own fiancé. Mma Ramotswe, however, is always up to the challenge. And Blue Shoes and Happiness will not fail to entertain Alexander McCall Smiths oldest fans and newest converts with its great wit, charm, and great good will.
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Briefing for a Descent into Hellby Doris LessingISBN 1400077265 (1-4000-7726-5)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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The Bronte Mythby Lucasta MillerISBN 1400078350 (1-4000-7835-0)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Cien Sonetos De Amorby Pablo Neruda, Hernan LoyolaISBN 1400099633 (1-4000-9963-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Cold Mountainby Charles FrazierISBN 1400077826 (1-4000-7782-6)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cold Mountain'Book summary:Winner of the 1997 National Book Award
A New York Times and Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year
Charles Frazier has created a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished land, a place where savagery coexists with splendour and human beings contend with the inhuman solitude of the wilderness. Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, Inman, a Confederate soldier, decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains and to Ada, the woman he loved there years before. His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. At the same time, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father's derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away.As it interweaves their stories, Cold Mountain asserts itself as an authentic odyssey, hugely powerful, majestically lovely, and keenly moving. [via]More editions of Cold Mountain:
The Collected Stories Of Elizabeth Bowenby Elizabeth BowenISBN 1400096561 (1-4000-9656-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Crippled Lambby Max Lucado, Liz BonhamISBN 1400301319 (1-4003-0131-9)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novelby Jeff LindsayISBN 1400095913 (1-4000-9591-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Dead Boy Detectivesby Jill ThompsonISBN 1401203132 (1-4012-0313-2)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Divided Kingdomby Rupert ThomsonISBN 1400076595 (1-4000-7659-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Divided Kingdom'Book summary:One night a boy who comes to be called Thomas Parry is taken from his family, caught up in a comprehensive unraveling of what had been a united kingdom. Reacting to their countrys inexorable decline into consumerism, turpitude, racism, and violence, the powers that be establish four independent republics based on the perceived nature of the citizens assigned to each. These new partitions are reinforced with concrete barricades and razor wire.
Renamed, relocated, and granted favored status, Thomas enjoys one success after another until, working as a devoted civil servant, he suddenly falls out of the system entirely. [via]More editions of Divided Kingdom:
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Don Quijote De LA Mancha, Iby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Florencio Sevilla ArroyoISBN 1400093015 (1-4000-9301-5)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Elfquestby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201318 (1-4012-0131-8)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Elfquest 12: The Grand Questby Richard Pini, Wendy PiniISBN 1401205089 (1-4012-0508-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Elfquest 13: The Grand Questby John Byrne, Richard Pini, Wendy PiniISBN 1401209351 (1-4012-0935-1)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Elfquest 14: The Grand Questby Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, Sarah Byam, John ByrneISBN 1401209793 (1-4012-0979-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Elfquest: Archivesby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201288 (1-4012-0128-8)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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ElfQuest Archives 4by Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401207731 (1-4012-0773-1)
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Elfquest: The Discoveryby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401205046 (1-4012-0504-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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ElfQuest: The Grand Questby Richard Pini, Wendy PiniISBN 1401205062 (1-4012-0506-2)
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Elfquest: Wolfriderby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201326 (1-4012-0132-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Fascination: Storiesby William BoydISBN 1400078490 (1-4000-7849-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fascination: Stories'Book summary:One of the most beguiling storytellers on either side of the Atlantic delivers a luminous new collection whose 14 stories are a series of variations on the theme of loveand its shady cousin lust. A film directors journal becomes an unintended chronicle of his deepening and ruinous obsession with a leading lady ( Notebook No. 9 ). While flying business class, a well-behaved English architect feels the chill onset of an otherworldly visitation that will shatter his family and career ( A Haunting ). An unhappy young boy, neglected by both his father and adulterous mother, finds an unexpected friend in an elderly painter ( Varengeville ). Wise, unsettling, humane, and endlessly surprising, Fascination lives up to its title on every page, while confirming William Boyds stature as a writer of incandescent talent.
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Father Joe : The Man Who Saved My Soulby Tony HendraISBN 1400061849 (1-4000-6184-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Finishing Schoolby Muriel SparkISBN 1400077397 (1-4000-7739-7)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Flashman on the March: From the Flashman Papers, 1867-8by George MacDonald FraserISBN 1400096464 (1-4000-9646-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: The Sunday Philosophy Clubby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 1400077109 (1-4000-7710-9)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Front-End Vision and Multi-Scale Image Analysis: Multi-Scale Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Written in Mathematicaby Bart M. ter Haar RomenyISBN 1402015038 (1-4020-1503-8)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Getting Rid of Matthewby Jane FallonISBN 140130320X (1-4013-0320-X)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Going Nativeby Stephen WrightISBN 140007942X (1-4000-7942-X)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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The Greenlandersby Jane SmileyISBN 1400095468 (1-4000-9546-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Homelandsby Bill Willingham, David Hahn, Mark Buckingham, Lan MedinaISBN 1401205003 (1-4012-0500-3)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homelands'Book summary:Collecting issues #34-41 of writer Bill Willingham's Eisner Award-winning creation, HOMELANDS follows Boy Blue on a mission of revenge as he uncovers the Adversary's true identity! Plus, the 2-part story of Jack's adventures in Hollywood and the one-shot story of Mowgli's return to Fabletown. [via]
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladiesby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 140007570X (1-4000-7570-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswanas premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humornot to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Driveand perhaps even more baffling--a pumpkin on her porch. Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. She's taken up dance lessons, only to be partnered with a man with two left feet. And at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr J.L.B. Matekoni is already overburdened with work, one of his apprentices has run off with a wealthy older woman. But what finally rattles Mma Ramotswes normally unshakable composure is a visitor who forces her to confront a difficult secret from her past. [via]More editions of In the Company of Cheerful Ladies:
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In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novelby Sarah DunantISBN 1400063817 (1-4000-6381-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel'Book summary:My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperors army blew a hole in the wall of Gods eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment.
Thus begins In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunants epic novel of life in Renaissance Italy. Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice, the shimmering city born out of water to become a miracle of east-west trade: rich and rancid, pious and profitable, beautiful and squalid.
With a mix of courage and cunning they infiltrate Venetian society. Together they make the perfect partnership: the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted dwarf, and his vibrant mistress, trained from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to support her.
Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultans court. But Fiammetta and Bucinos greatest challenge comes from a young crippled woman, a blind healer who insinuates herself into their lives and hearts with devastating consequences for them all.
A story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship, In the Company of the Courtesan paints a portrait of one of the worlds greatest cities at its most potent moment in history: It is a picture that remains vivid long after the final page. [via]More editions of In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel:
Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islamby Andrew WheatcroftISBN 1400062306 (1-4000-6230-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Island At The Center Of The World: The Epic Story Of Dutch Manhattan, The Forgotten Colony That Shaped Americaby Russell ShortoISBN 1400078679 (1-4000-7867-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island At The Center Of The World: The Epic Story Of Dutch Manhattan, The Forgotten Colony That Shaped America'Book summary:When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its recordsrecently declared a national treasureare now being translated. Drawing on this remarkable archive, Russell Shorto has created a gripping narrativea story of global sweep centered on a wilderness called Manhattanthat transforms our understanding of early America.
The Dutch colony pre-dated the original thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as a forgotten American patriot and whose political vision brought him into conflict with Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony. The struggle between these two strong-willed men laid the foundation for New York City and helped shape American culture. The Island at the Center of the World uncovers a lost world and offers a surprising new perspective on our own. [via]More editions of The Island At The Center Of The World: The Epic Story Of Dutch Manhattan, The Forgotten Colony That Shaped America:
Isoldeby Rosalind MilesISBN 1400047862 (1-4000-4786-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Jamie's Kitchenby Jamie OliverISBN 1401300227 (1-4013-0022-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Jawsby Peter BenchleyISBN 1400064562 (1-4000-6456-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Jazzby Toni MorrisonISBN 1400076218 (1-4000-7621-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jazz'Book summary:Jazz embraces the vibrant music and lifestyle of 1920s Harlem, an urban renaissance of opportunity and glamour. A novel of murder, hard lives, and broken dreams, Jazz sways with a lyric medley of voices and human consciousness.
Narrated by the author, Toni Morrison, this is an intense but gratifying three hours of tape. Background jazz music enhances the feel of '20s Harlem, a city that attracted thousands of black southerners hoping for better lives. Joe Trace and his wife Violet were part of this migration; madly in love with each other and the idea of this urban mecca, they "traindanced into the city." But like so many of the marriages in Morrison's novels, this union crumbles, and the dreams for a better life fade away. Joe finds another, a love "that made him so sad and happy he shot her just to keep the feeling going."
In Jazz, time ebbs and flows like human memory, traversing between recollections of the past and expectations for the future; likewise, jazz music is often wild and chaotic. Here Morrison once again exemplifies herself as both a superb writer and a masterful storyteller. [via]
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John Constantine, Hellblazer: Papa Midnightby Mat Johnson, Dan Green, Tony AkinsISBN 1401210031 (1-4012-1003-1)
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Just in Case You Ever Wonderby Max Lucado, Toni GoffeISBN 140030878X (1-4003-0878-X)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Leaving Homeby Anita BrooknerISBN 1400095654 (1-4000-9565-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Lemon Table: Storiesby Julian BarnesISBN 1400076501 (1-4000-7650-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lemon Table: Stories'Book summary:In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old.
The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their livessome with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-century Sweden, three brief conversations provide the basis for a lifetime of longing. In todays England, a retired army major heads into the city for his regimental dinnerand his annual appointment with a professional lady named Babs. Somewhere nearby, a devoted wife calms (or perhaps torments) her ailing husband by reading him recipes.
In stories brimming with life and our desire to hang on to it one way or another, Barnes proves himself by turns wise, funny, clever, and profounda writer of astonishing powers of empathy and invention. [via]More editions of The Lemon Table: Stories:
Letters from Pemberley: The First Yearby Jane DawkinsISBN 1402209061 (1-4022-0906-1)
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The Little Endless Storybookby Jill ThompsonISBN 1401204287 (1-4012-0428-7)
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The Maid of the White Handsby Rosalind MilesISBN 1400081548 (1-4000-8154-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961-1963by Gail Godwin, Rob NeufeldISBN 1400064325 (1-4000-6432-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Memoria De Mis Putas Tristes / Memories of My Melancholy Whoresby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 1400095808 (1-4000-9580-8)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Memories Of My Melancholy Whoresby Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edith GrossmanISBN 1400095948 (1-4000-9594-8)
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The Metamorphosisby Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper, Kerstin HasenpuschISBN 1400052998 (1-4000-5299-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphosis'Book summary:A brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafkas classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug.
Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a kinetic illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafkas The Metamorphosis. Kupers electric drawingswhere American cartooning meets German expressionismbring Kafkas prose to vivid life, reviving the original storys humor and poignancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike. [via] 
The Misallianceby Anita BrooknerISBN 1400095220 (1-4000-9522-0)
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Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continuesby Linda BerdollISBN 1402202733 (1-4022-0273-3)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc Landmark
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Mr. Muo's Travelling Couchby Dai SijieISBN 1400077141 (1-4000-7714-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch'Book summary:Having enchanted readers on two continents with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie now produces a rapturous and uproarious collision of East and West, a novel about the dream of love and the love of dreams. Fresh from 11 years in Paris studying Freud, bookish Mr. Muo returns to China to spread the gospel of psychoanalysis. His secret purpose is to free his college sweetheart from prison. To do so he has to get on the good side of the bloodthirsty Judge Di, and to accomplish that he must provide the judge with a virgin maiden.
This may prove difficult in a China that has embraced western sexual mores along with capitalismespecially since Muo, while indisputably a romantic, is no ladies man. Tender, laugh-out-loud funny, and unexpectedly wise, Mr. Muos Travelling Couch introduces a hero as endearingly inept as Inspector Clouseau and as valiant as Don Quixote. [via]More editions of Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch:
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Mulliner Nightsby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1400079616 (1-4000-7961-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mulliner Nights'Book summary:Mr. Mulliner is the genial Scheherazade of the Anglers Rest, a bucolic English pub. Each evening, sipping his Scotch and lemon, Mr. Mulliner tells of an adventure that once befell a nephew, a cousins son, or some other un-stuffy younger relative. Mr. Mulliners narratives showcase Wodehouses particular genius for fetching whimsy and eccenric shenanigans. [via]
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Murder on the Leviathanby Boris Akunin, Andrew BromfieldISBN 1400060516 (1-4000-6051-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder on the Leviathan'Book summary:Usually, crime writers who give birth to protagonists deserving of future series want to feature those characters as prominently as possible in subsequent installments. Not so Boris Akunin, who succeeds his celebrated first novel about daring 19th-century Russian sleuth Erast Fandorin, The Winter Queen, with the less inventive Murder on the Leviathan, in which the now former Moscow investigator competes for center stage with a swell-headed French police commissioner, a crafty adventuress boasting more than her fair share of aliases, and a luxurious steamship that appears fated for deliberate destruction in the Indian Ocean.
Following the 1878 murders of British aristocrat Lord Littleby and his servants on Paris's fashionable Rue de Grenelle, Gustave Gauche, "Investigator for Especially Important Crimes," boards the double-engined, six-masted Leviathan on its maiden voyage from England to India. He's on the lookout for first-class passengers missing their specially made gold whale badges--one of which Littleby had yanked from his attacker before he died. However, this trap fails: several travelers are badgeless, and still others make equally good candidates for Littleby's slayer, including a demented baronet, a dubious Japanese army officer, a pregnant and loquacious Swiss banker's wife, and a suave Russian diplomat headed for Japan. That last is of course Fandorin, still recovering two years later from the events related in The Winter Queen. Like a lesser Hercule Poirot, "papa" Gauche grills these suspects, all of whom harbor secrets, and occasionally lays blame for Paris's "crime of the century" before one or another of them--only to have the hyper-perceptive Fandorin deflate his arguments. It takes many leagues of ocean, several more deaths, and a superfluity of overlong recollections by the shipmates before a solution to this twisted case emerges from the facts of Littleby's killing and the concurrent theft of a valuable Indian artifact from his mansion.
Like the best Golden Age nautical mysteries, Murder on the Leviathan finds its drama in the escalating tensions between a small circle of too-tight-quartered passengers, and draws its humor from their over-mannered behavior and individual eccentricities. Trouble is, Akunin (the pseudonym of Russian philologist Grigory Chkhartishvili) doesn't exceed expectations of what can be done within those traditions. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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The Naked Chef Takes Offby Jamie OliverISBN 1401308244 (1-4013-0824-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Naked Chef Takes Off'Book summary:Affable Essex boy Jamie Oliver continues the British culinary invasion with The Naked Chef Takes Off, the smashing follow-up to his bestselling The Naked Chef. For Oliver, the young Food Network import, food is all about "passing the potatoes around the table, ripping up some bread, licking my fingers, getting tipsy, and enjoying the company of good friends and family," and cooking up "what real people at home really want." The thing is, "real people" picking up cookbooks are often seeking easy-to-follow recipes. But that's not Oliver's bag. The layout of many of his recipes may frustrate traditional-cookbook readers--instructions often appear as one big chunk of conversational text with nary an ingredient or measurement in clear view--but that's part of the charm of Oliver's cookbooks. His commentary, tips, and cooking steps come across in a very approachable, colloquial style and leave plenty of room for individual flair or improvisation. Oliver's enthusiasm for cooking is infectious; the recipes and chapter introductions spill out like a best mate who just can't stop talking about food and how much fun--and simple--it can be to whip up these spectacular dishes.
Oliver kicks things off by stocking your pantry with best-quality ingredients, and he's an apostle for fresh herbs, raving on about growing and drying your own at home. "Morning Glory" is a chapter full of dishes like Midnight Pan-Cooked Breakfast (bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, and eggs brought together in the "biggest nonstick pan available" and sopped up with buttered toast--a rustic one-dish cure for any oncoming hangover). "Tapas, Munchies, and Snacks" brings Slow-Cooked and Stuffed Baby Cherry Chili Peppers to the table (when you're done snacking on the chilies, you're left with a jar of terrific flavored oil, perfect for salads or pasta). There's Squashed Cherry Tomato and Smashed Olive Salad, and a Fragrant Thai Broth, infused with lemongrass, ginger, and lime leaves. Once you've mastered his basic risotto recipe you can turn out Shrimp and Peas Risotto with Basil and Mint, and likewise his basic bread recipe is the foundation for Chocolate Twister Bread. "Easy peasy" dessert ideas like Strawberries Marinated in Balsamic Vinegar or Malted Milk Balls and Ice Cream (bash a big bag of Whoppers into bits and sprinkle over quality vanilla ice cream) are a refreshing end to any meal. Now, be a "right little tiger" and get cooking--Seared Scallops and Crispy Prosciutto with Roasted Tomatoes and Smashed White Beans and other fabulous dishes await. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
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The Plot Against Americaby Philip RothISBN 1400079497 (1-4000-7949-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plot Against America'Book summary:In an astonishing feat of empathy and narrative invention, our most ambitious novelist imagines an alternate version of American history. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected President. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial "understanding" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh's election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America-and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother. [via]
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The Poe Shadowby Matthew PearlISBN 1400061032 (1-4000-6103-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George IIIby Flora FraserISBN 1400096693 (1-4000-9669-3)
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A Redbird Christmasby Fannie FlaggISBN 1400065054 (1-4000-6505-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Redbird Christmas'Book summary:With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder, you too will never forget A Redbird Christmas. [via]
Rococo: A Novelby Adriana TrigianiISBN 1400060079 (1-4000-6007-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Rottweiler: A Novelby Ruth RendellISBN 1400095883 (1-4000-9588-3)
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Todd Klein, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Glenn Fabry, Frank QuitelyISBN 140120113X (1-4012-0113-X)
Softcover, Vertigo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:With The Sandman: Endless Nights, bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to the characters (and medium) that made him famous. It's a collection of seven short stories, each illustrated by some of the best artists working in contemporary comics (eg, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry and Milo Manara) and focusing on the Endless--the anthropomorphic manifestations of seven universal concepts: Death, Desire, Dream, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. So, it's a collection of fantasy stories, but don't let that put you off. Gaiman is much more than a typical fantasy storyteller--his strength has always been his ability to ground his epic concepts within a sympathetically human framework. That's one of the reasons why the original Sandman series was so successful--nowadays, thanks to the work of creators like Neil Gaiman (and, of course, Alan Moore), it's difficult to remember a time when comics (or graphic novels, or sequential storytelling, or whatever people want to call them nowadays) weren't taken very seriously as a "grown-up" medium.
That said, Endless Nights is a bit hit and miss. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the best story here is Dream ("The Heart of a Star"), where Gaiman and artist Miguelanxo Prado revisit the Sandman's protagonist and tell a short, poignant love story from the character's past, carefully constructed to please fans without baffling newcomers. "15 Portraits of Despair", with Barron Storey's art and Dave McKean's designs, is not a story but a collection of darkly-toned, disturbing vignettes, while Bill Sienkiewicz's art for Delirium ("Going Inside") is appropriately manic and unhinged. But, unfortunately, some of the stories here lack any real depth: Frank Quitely's art for Destiny ("Endless Nights") adds a grandiose scale to a story that is little more than a character sketch (albeit a beautiful one), while the Destruction story ("On the Peninsula") squanders what could have been an interesting idea if Gaiman had had more time and space to flesh it out. Still, Endless Nights should be enough to keep Sandman fans happy, while acting as a useful introduction to these characters for any newcomers. And if it gets more people reading Sandman, that can only be a good thing. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Sandman Presents: The Furiesby Mike CareyISBN 1401200931 (1-4012-0093-1)
Softcover, Vertigo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman Presents: The Furies'Book summary:At the close of Nail Gaiman's series The Sandman, we witnessed Lyta Hall's young son become the new Dream King. But what became of Lyta?
Her story unfolds in the pages of "The Sandman Presents: The Furies." In the three years since Daniel left to fulfill his destiny, Lyta has suffered greatly from the loss of her only son. Born half-human and half-fury, she has always connected more with her human side. But now the bloodline of the Furies - a terrifying trio of spirits who weild an inimitable brand of vengence = has token over her senses ...and her sanity. [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Dan Didio, Karen Berger, Shelly Bond, Mariah Huehner, Terri Cunningham, Richard Bruning, Paul Levitz, Georg Brewer, Robbin Brosterman, Patrick Caldon, Chris CaramalisISBN 1401200893 (1-4012-0089-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over atheir respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true-being as they star int heir own tales of curiosity and wonder. [via]
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The Searcher and the Swordby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201849 (1-4012-0184-9)
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A Slight Trick of the Mindby Mitch CullinISBN 1400078229 (1-4000-7822-9)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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This Is Godby Phil VassarISBN 1401601200 (1-4016-0120-0)
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Through a Glass Darklyby Karleen KoenISBN 1402200447 (1-4022-0044-7)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Through a Glass Darkly'Book summary:"Lives up to every expectation. It's magnificent!"
- Cleveland Plain DealerSourcebooks Landmark proudly reintroduces this classic historical novel.
Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordinarily beautiful fifteen-year-old noblewoman, Barbara Alderley; the man she adores, the wickedly handsome Roger MontGeoffry; her grandmother, the duchess, who rules the family with cunning and wit; and her mother, the ineffably cruel, self-centered and licentious Diana. Like no other work, Through a Glass Darkly is infused with intrigue, sweetened by romance and awash in the black ink of betrayal.
* Sold 130,000 hardcover and 600,000 mass paperback
* New York Times bestseller for five consecutive months
* A former Book of the Month Club Main SelectionPRAISE FOR THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY:
"A completely involving story...power, greed, family conflict, burning ambition and passion kindle the plot. Readers will be captivated!"
- Publishers Weekly"Fast-paced and fun to read!"
- Glamour"Engaging, elegant, chock full of sex and gossip."
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To the Northby Elizabeth BowenISBN 1400096553 (1-4000-9655-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Travelerby JOHN TWELVE HAWKSISBN 1400079292 (1-4000-7929-2)
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Trawlerby Redmond O'HanlonISBN 1400078105 (1-4000-7810-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trawler'Book summary:Having survived Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, the indefatigable Redmond OHanlon sets off on his next adventure: his own perfect storm, in the wild waters off the northern tip of Scotland. Equipped with a fancy Nikon, an excessive supply of socks, and no seamanship whatsoever, OHanlon joins the commercial fishing crew of the Norlantean, a deep-sea trawler, to stock a bottomless hull with their catch, even as a hurricane roars around them. Rich in oceanography, marine biology, and uproarious humor, Trawler is Redmond OHanlon at his finest. [via]
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Until I Find Youby John IrvingISBN 1400063833 (1-4000-6383-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Until I Find You'Book summary:At over 800 pages, John Irving's Until I Find You is a daunting proposition at best. Anyone who finishes it will have acquired forearm muscles, sore shoulders, and not much else. The story is self-indulgent, repetitive and, ultimately, boring, that cardinal sin that readers can't forgive. Longtime Irving readers have stayed with him through a few hits and a miss or two, but this is an all-time low. We are accustomed to Irving's work as quirky, bizarre, and off-the-wall and have forgiven all by calling such high-jinks and characters "imaginative" or "absolutely original." The only thing original about this tome is the descent into soft porn.
Jack Burns, the hero of the tale, is four years old when it all begins. He is the illegitimate son of Daughter Alice, a tattoo artist and, guess what, daughter of a tattoo artist. She takes Jack on a pilgrimage to find his womanizing father, William, a church organist and "ink addict." By seeking out church organs and tattoo parlors, she expects to find him. She doesn't, and by now we have spent more than a hundred pages in Northern European cities doing an imitation of Groundhog Day. Same story, different day: a little prostitution for Alice, a few questions asked; alas, no daddy.
Alice and Jack return to Toronto so that Jack may enter a previously all-girls school, which will admit little boys for the first time. There begins another 200 pages of the girls and the teachers abusing Jack, over and over again. By now, he is five and is, for some unfathomable reason, eminently interesting to girls and women. His "friend" Emma keeps careful track of "the little guy," as she calls Jack's penis, looking for signs of life. The worst part of all this is that none of it is funny or sad or even clever. There are wrestling vignettes, of course, and prep school tedium, but no bears. Maybe bears would have saved it. There were funny parts in The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules as well as poignant, horrific parts in both of those and other Irving novels. This story is flat. The voice never changes; it just drones on.
Jack becomes an actor. First, he is a boy in drag because he is so pretty, then he takes transvestite parts. He and Emma, now a published novelist, live together in LA, which provides endless opportunity for name-dropping. His career eventually takes off and he gets recognition and awards, but still no daddy. Irving, it turns out, never knew his father, either. Perhaps this exercise will exorcise that demon once and for all and Irving's next book will be about something more compelling than a little boy's penis and his trashy mother's antics. If you do make it through to the book's snapper of an ending, you deserve to find out what it is on your own. Call it a reward. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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War Trashby Ha JinISBN 1400075793 (1-4000-7579-3)
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Watchmen : The Absolute Editionby Alan Moore, Dave GibbonsISBN 1401207138 (1-4012-0713-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen : The Absolute Edition'Book summary:Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but Watchmen remains the critics' favourite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and recently From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to garner praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterisation is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling, rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it retains its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Desde Mi Cieloby Alise CebollISBN 1400059453 (1-4000-5945-3)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Desde Mi Cielo'Book summary:From her vantage point in heaven, Susie Salmon describes how she was confronted by a murderer one December afternoon on her way home from school. Lured into an underground hiding place, she was raped and killed. But what the reader knows, her family does not. Anxiously,we keep vigil with Susie, aching for her grieving family, desperate for the killer to be found and punished. Sebold creates a heaven that's calm and comforting, a place whose residents can have whatever they enjoyed when they were alive and then some.
But Susie isn't ready to release her hold on life just yet, and she intensely watches her family and friends as they struggle to cope with a reality in which she is no longer a part. [via]More editions of Desde Mi Cielo:
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Don Quijote de la Mancha (I)by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1400093007 (1-4000-9300-7)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quijote de la Mancha (I)'Book summary:[via]Expertly adapted for a younger audience, this accessible and illustrated edition is an excellent introduction to one of Western literatures great works. Parents will have a wonderful time reading Cervantes classic to their children.
Expertamente adaptada para una audiencia joven, esta edición accesible e ilustrada es una excelente introducción a unas de las grandes obras de la literatura occidental. Los padres tendrán un tiempo maravilloso leyendo el clásico de Cervantes a sus hijos.More editions of Don Quijote de la Mancha (I):
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