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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. Montgomery, Lauren MillsISBN 087923783X (0-87923-783-X)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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Arab Historians of the Crusadesby Francesco GabrieliISBN 0880294523 (0-88029-452-3)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arab Historians of the Crusades'Book summary:The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. First published in English in 1969, this book presents 'the other side' of the Holy War, offering the first English translation of contemporary Arab accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian.
Extracts are drawn from seventeen different authors encompassing a multitude of sources:
- The general histories of the Muslim world,
- The chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties
- Contemporary biographies and records of famous deeds.
Overall, this book gives a sweeping and stimulating view of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes.
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Arthurian Legendsby Richard BarberISBN 0880290501 (0-88029-050-1)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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The Avant-Garde Tradition in Literatureby Richard KostelanetxISBN 0879751738 (0-87975-173-8)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasyby Jonathan Cott, Leslie A. FiedlerISBN 0879512385 (0-87951-238-5)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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Blandings Castleby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292741 (0-88029-274-1)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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Blott on the Landscapeby Tom SharpeISBN 0879519274 (0-87951-927-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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British Folktalesby Katharine Mary BriggsISBN 0880292881 (0-88029-288-1)
Hardcover, Dorset Publishing Company
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Brother of Sleepby Robert SchneiderISBN 0879515953 (0-87951-595-3)
Hardcover, Overlook Press, The
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Chromaby Derek JarmanISBN 0879516798 (0-87951-679-8)
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Chronicles of the Crusadesby Joinville, Geoffroi De VillehardouinISBN 0880290358 (0-88029-035-8)
Hardcover, Dorset Pr
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Cities in Civilizationby Peter Geoffrey HallISBN 0880642505 (0-88064-250-5)
Softcover, Fromm Intl
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowenby Elizabeth Bowen, Angus WilsonISBN 0880014938 (0-88001-493-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Columbia History of the Worldby John A. Garraty, Pete GayISBN 0880290048 (0-88029-004-8)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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The Crystal Shardby R. A. Salvatore, Larry ElmoreISBN 0880385359 (0-88038-535-9)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crystal Shard'Book summary:Akar Kessel, a weak-willed apprentice mage sets in motion events leading to the rediscovery of the magical device, the crystal shard. But is it merely an inanimate device . . . or is it capable of directing the defeat of Ten-Towns?Or have the barbarians already arranged for that themselves? Their brutal attack on the villages of Ten-Towns seals their fate, and that of the youn barbarian Wulfgar. Left for dead, Wulfgar is rescued by the dwarf, Bruenor, in exchange for five years of service . . . and friendship. With the help of the dark elf, Drizzt, Bruenor reshapes Wulfgar into a warrior with both brawn and brains.But is Wulfgar strong enough to reunite the barbarian tribes? Can an unorthodox dwarf and renegade dark elf persuade the people of Ten-Towns to put aside their petty differences in time to stave off the forces of the crystal shard? [via]
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Darkwell: The Moonshae Trilogyby Douglas NilesISBN 0880387173 (0-88038-717-3)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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De Profundisby Oscar Wilde, Rupert Hart-Davis, W. H. AudenISBN 0879518707 (0-87951-870-7)
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Discovery: Developing Views of the Earth from Ancient Times to Captain Cookby John Parker, Merrilyn A. SmithISBN 0880294604 (0-88029-460-4)
Softcover, Dorset Press
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Doctor Copernicusby John BanvilleISBN 0879235136 (0-87923-513-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Dragons of Autumn Twilightby Margaret Weis, Tracy HickmanISBN 0880381736 (0-88038-173-6)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragons of Autumn Twilight'Book summary:Think of it as A New Hope for the world of Dragonlance: Sure, maybe it's a little rough around the edges, maybe it's got one cliché too many, but this baby is pure magic. The first volume in the Dragonlance Chronicles series, this classic from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman started it all for Krynn, eventually spawning a bestselling 90-plus book series. (And, frankly, you'd do well to stick to the Weis-Hickman titles.) All the heroes that you've likely heard of already--the creepy, hourglass-eyed Raistlin, the noble half-elf Tanis, the comic relief Tasselhoff Burrfoot, the curmudgeonly dwarf Flint Fireforge--they're all here, starting the good fight against the Dark Queen Takhisis as the War of the Lance begins. Pick up Dragons of Winter Night when you're done. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Elizabethan Popular Cultureby Leonard AshleyISBN 0879724277 (0-87972-427-7)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabethan Popular Culture'Book summary:Leonard R. N. Ashley delights readers with a collection of facts and folklore of the people of Queen Elizabeth Is era. He describes sports and pastimes, religion and superstition, cooking, life in town and country, and the rising bourgeois class. In chapters titled as "Cakes and Ale," "The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit," and "Hey nonny nonny," Ashley paints an enlightening portrait of a time made memorable by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. [via]
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Eric Gill: The Sculptureby Judith Collins, Eric GillISBN 0879518308 (0-87951-830-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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An Essay on Typographyby Eric GillISBN 0879239506 (0-87923-950-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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This manifesto, however, is not only about letters their form, fit, and function but also about man's role in an industrial society. As Gill wrote later, it was his chief object "to describe two worlds that of industrialism and that of the human workman & to define their limits."
His thinking about type is still provocative. Here are the seeds of modern advertising unjustified lines, tight word and letter spacing, ample leading. Here, too, is vintage Gill, as polemical as he is practical, as much concerned about the soul of man as the work of man; as much obsessed by the ends as by the means. [via] 
Essaysby Michel De Montaigne, James Hain Friswell, Author of The gentle lifeISBN 0879683112 (0-87968-311-2)
Hardcover, Gordon Press
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Everyday Life in Byzantiumby Tamara T. RiceISBN 0880291451 (0-88029-145-1)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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Exileby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 0880389206 (0-88038-920-6)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Hostile in ways that a surface-dweller could never know, the tunnel-mazes of the Underdark challenge all who tread there. Among these souls are Drizzt Do'Urden and his magical cat, Guenhwyvar.
Exiled from his drow homeland, Drizzt must fight for a new home in the boundless labyrinth. Meanwhile, he must watch for signs of pursuit -- for the dark elves are not a forgiving race.More editions of Exile:
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Following The Equatorby Mark TwainISBN 0880015187 (0-88001-518-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Following the Equator'Book summary:Bound on a lecturing trip around the world, Mark Twain turns his keen satiric eye to foreign lands in Following the Equator. The first of two volumes, this vivid record of a sea voyage on the Pacific Ocean displays Twain's instinctive eye for the unusual, his wide-ranging curiosity, and his delight in embellishing the facts.
The personalities of the ship's crew and passengers, the poetry of Australian place-names, and the success of women's suffrage in New Zealand, among other topics, are the focus of his wry humor and redoubtable powers of observation. Following the Equator is an ecocative and highly unique American portrait of nineteenth-century travel and customs. [via]
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Following the Equator "2": A Journey Around the World Illustratedby Mark TwainISBN 0880015195 (0-88001-519-5)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defenseby Suzette Haden ElginISBN 0880292571 (0-88029-257-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Gertrude Jekyll on Gardeningby Gertrude JekyllISBN 0879234962 (0-87923-496-2)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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The Gift of Stonesby Jim CraceISBN 0880014504 (0-88001-450-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A Glastonbury Romanceby John Cowper PowysISBN 087951681X (0-87951-681-X)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Glastonbury Romance'Book summary:A Glastonbury Romance, first published in 1932, is Powys masterwork, an epic novel of terrific cumulative force and lyrical intensity. In it he probes the mystical and spiritual ethos of the small English village of Glastonbury, and the effect upon its inhabitants of a mythical tradition from the remotest past of human history - the legend of the Grail. Powys's rich iconography interweaves the ancient with the modern, the historical with the legendary, and the imaginative within man with the natural world outside him to create a book of astonishing scope and beauty.[via] 
Goblin Marketby Christina RossettiISBN 0879234881 (0-87923-488-1)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Hablo Ingles!, Level 1by School Specialty PublishingISBN 0880129212 (0-88012-921-2)
Softcover, School Specialty Pub
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The Halfling's Gem Bk. 3 : The Icewind Dale Trilogyby R. A. Salvatore, Jeff EasleyISBN 088038901X (0-88038-901-X)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Homelandby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 0880389052 (0-88038-905-2)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Joseph Banks: A Lifeby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0879239301 (0-87923-930-1)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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Keplerby John BanvilleISBN 0879235276 (0-87923-527-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kepler'Book summary:'Superbly illuminates the man, the time, and the everlasting quest for knowledge' - "Observer". Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in south Germany, was one of the world's greatest mathematicians and astronomers. This novel brilliantly recreates his life and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe while being driven from exile to exile by religious and domestic strife. At the same time it illuminates the harsh realities of the Renaissance world; rich in imaginative daring but rooted in poverty, squalor and the tyrannical power of emperors. 'Narrative art at a positively symphonic level' - "Guardian". 'One knows one is in the presence of a writer extraordinary. Wearing his vast research lightly, Mr Banville not only summons Kepler and his company of vivid souls but leads us into the small dark rooms' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'This very distinguished novel ...is done with very considerable skill; it suggests that this is what such a life must indeed have been like and the result is a wonderfully human figure, rife with feelings, principles, regrets and courage' - "Sunday Times". 'An outstandingly good novel ...a novel that dramatizes and celebrates intellectual passion. Which makes it a very rare novel indeed' - "Irish Press". [via]
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Les Fleurs Du Malby Charles BaudelaireISBN 0879234628 (0-87923-462-8)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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A Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 0879755989 (0-87975-598-9)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Lifeby Georges Perec, David BellosISBN 0879237511 (0-87923-751-1)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Little Lord Fauntleroyby Frances H. Burnett, Graham RustISBN 0879239581 (0-87923-958-1)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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The Lyrics of Noel Cowardby Noel CowardISBN 0879510110 (0-87951-011-0)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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Magritteby Jacques Meuris, J. A. UnderwoodISBN 0879514094 (0-87951-409-4)
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Meet Mr. Mullinerby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292768 (0-88029-276-8)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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The Middenby Tom SharpeISBN 0879518014 (0-87951-801-4)
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The Mutiny of the Bountyby Gavin Kennedy, John BarrowISBN 0879233435 (0-87923-343-5)
Hardcover, D. R. Godine
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Obasanby Joy KogawaISBN 0879234911 (0-87923-491-1)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Oscar Wildeby Frank Harris, Lyle BlairISBN 0880294418 (0-88029-441-8)
Softcover, Dorset Press
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Pastabilityby Lizzie Spender, Karen KerridgeISBN 0880012013 (0-88001-201-3)
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Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peakeby Maeve Gilmore, John WatneyISBN 0879510919 (0-87951-091-9)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peakeby Mervyn Laurence PeakeISBN 0879511214 (0-87951-121-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Personal Pleasuresby Rose MacaulayISBN 088001265X (0-88001-265-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Peter Duckby Arthur RansomeISBN 0879236604 (0-87923-660-4)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Duck'Book summary:The third book in Arthur Ransome's wonderful series for children, Peter Duck takes intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker and fearsome Amazon pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett onto the high seas. Under the command of the infamous Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim), the children brave a real-life pirate and his cutthroat crew, fogy, sharks, and the ravenous crabs of Crab Island in the search of buried treasure. [via]
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Pinocchio: Library Editionby Carlo Collodi, Greg HildebrandtISBN 0881010588 (0-88101-058-8)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House
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Poeticsby Aristotle, Theodore Alois BuckleyISBN 0879757760 (0-87975-776-0)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poetics'Book summary:Analyzing the poetic genres of his own day, particularly epic and tragedy, Aristotle sets forth a comprehensive theory of the poetic art. In this seminal and highly influential work of ancient literary criticism, Aristotle discusses poetry's esthetic function as well as its emotional value, revealing at the same time the basic principles of literary art and giving practical hints to the poet. [via]
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The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, N.H. ThompsonISBN 0879753447 (0-87975-344-7)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Viewing the political climate of sixteenth-century Italy from the standpoint of one who had mastered the classic works of political philosophy and had experienced the volatility of public office, Machiavelli lays bare the pulsating anatomy of political power with uncanny precision. In the guise of advising present and would-be princes on the critical subjects of acquiring, maintaining, and expanding their political foothold, as well as the dangers that threaten to undermine those who head governments, Machiavelli beckons all of us to become aware of practical politicsthe science and the art of statecraft. [via]More editions of The Prince:
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The Problems of Philosophyby Russell, Bertrand Russell, 3d EarlISBN 0879754974 (0-87975-497-4)
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Quaglino's the Cookbookby Richard Whittington, Martin WebbISBN 087951678X (0-87951-678-X)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Real Fast Food: 350 Recipes Ready-to-Eat in 30 Minutes (Or Less)by Nigel SlaterISBN 0879516429 (0-87951-642-9)
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The Republicby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 0879753455 (0-87975-345-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:Throughout the history of Western Civilization many powerful works, penned by some of the greatest minds in philosophy, have influenced the development and evolution of political theory, but none has had the profound impact of Plato's Republic. Written by one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy, the Republic, like most of Plato's dialogues, sets the stage for debates that have occupied the minds of thoughtful persons for more than two millennia.
Why does government exist? What is its nature and purpose? Who should govern, and how is this decision to be made? Why should we obey the law? Answers to these and other questions are developed by Plato amid the give and take of a dialogue between his protagonist, Socrates, and a circle of concerned intellectuals. Metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical considerations combine to create an ideal state next to which all existing regimes can be compared. [via]More editions of The Republic:
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Skating to Antarcticaby Jenny DiskiISBN 0880016035 (0-88001-603-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Jenny Diski's obsession with the cool purity of white began early in life, when as a small child, she was taken for weekly skating lessons at the local ice rink. Between practicing figure eights, she would watch the Zamboni move across the ice scraping away the pitted, blade-scored surface: "It was all taken away in minutes and underneath was pure, untouched surface again, gleaming milky white, virgin, immaculate ice." This gleaming, immaculate ice stands in stark contrast to Diski's dark and emotionally fraught home life with two abusive parents. Skating to Antarctica is an unusual blend of travel essay and personal memoir, one that uses the phases of a physical journey to trace the trajectory of the inner life. Both journeys begin for Diski when her 18-year-old daughter Chloe decides to search for the maternal grandmother she has never met. It has been 30 years since Diski last saw her mother, and she has no desire to find her; is it merely coincidence that she books her passage to Antarctica shortly after Chloe begins the hunt?
Weaving painful memories of a childhood spent entangled in her parents' vicious sexual psychodramas and an adolescence in and out of mental wards into an account of her slow journey south, Diski imbues both voyages of discovery with a resonance that comes largely from twinning these tales. Like all polar travelers, she has the experiences of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton before her; instinctively she rejects the "heroism" of Scott's pointless death in a blizzard, embracing, instead Shackleton's pragmatic rescue of his stranded crew. "The will to live was not strong in my family," Diski writes near the end of her book; Skating to Antarctica, however, is proof that this apple at least fell far, far from the tree. [via]
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Spoken Finnishby Thomas A. SebeokISBN 0879500700 (0-87950-070-0)
Softcover, Spoken Language Services
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Streams of Silverby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 088038672X (0-88038-672-X)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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"Yer eyes'll shine when ye see the rivers runnin' silver in Mithril Hall!"
Bruenor the dwarf, Wulfgar the barbarian, Regis the halfling, and Drizzt the dark elf fight monsters and magic on their way to Mithril Hall, centuries-old birthplace of Bruenor and his dwarven ancestors.
Faced with racism, Drizzt contemplates returning to the lightless underworld city andmurderous lifestyle he abandoned. Wulfgar begins to overcome his tribe's aversion for magic. And Regis runs from a deadly assassin, who, allied with evil wizards, is bent on the companions' destruction. All of Bruenor's dreams, and the survival of his party, hinge upon the actions of one brave young woman.
Streams of Silver is R.A. Salvatore's second book in the Icewind Dale Trilogy, based on the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting.More editions of Streams of Silver:
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritchby Philip K. DickISBN 0879978104 (0-87997-810-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch'Book summary:As exiles from Earth huddle miserably in Martian colonies, they turn to drugs for comfort. The newest drug claims to deliver the eternal life promised by God. But what kind of eternity? And whoor whatis the deliverer? [via]
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Treatise on Rhetoricby Aristotle, Theodore Alois Buckley, Theordore BuckleyISBN 0879759763 (0-87975-976-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treatise on Rhetoric'Book summary:The art of rhetoric, or persuasive public speaking, was brought to perfection in classical Athens. During the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E., rhetoric came under the scrutiny of the philosophers. While Plato dismissed public speaking as mere hackwork devoid of a rational basis, Aristotle defended it as a true art. In his great work, "Treatise on Rhetoric", which laid the foundations of philosophical rhetoric, Aristotle deals at length with the processes of argument and with style, including rhythm and meter. For Aristotle, rhetoric is a brand of the art of reasoning; its function he defends not as mere persuasion, but as 'the observing of all of the available means of persuasion'. [via]
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A Treatise on Toleration and Other Essaysby Voltaire, Joseph McCabeISBN 0879758813 (0-87975-881-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Utilitarianismby John Stuart MillISBN 0879753765 (0-87975-376-5)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utilitarianism'Book summary:What is the foundation upon which moral judgments are made? Why and how do we conclude that an action, performed or contemplated, is right or wrong, good or bad? In the eighteenth century, English philosopher Jeremy Bentham developed the now famous moral theory known as utilitarianism, which is based upon the pleasure principle - a concept whose history can be traced back to the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and to Hedonism.In his acclaimed essay Utilitarianism (1863), John Stuart Mill, the intellectual creation of his father (James Mill) and Jeremy Bentham, discusses in considerable detail this powerful and influential principle that grounds the judgment of human action on the extent to which it would result in pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people. In doing so, Mill not only analyzes objections to the principle of utility, but also distinguishes his own unique interpretation of the principle, thus beginning a self-critical approach to the development and refinement of utilitarian moral theory that remains vigorous to this day. [via]
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Vindication of the Rights of Womenby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 0879755253 (0-87975-525-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vindication of the Rights of Women'Book summary:The social revolution for women's rights has made great progress in recent years. But how many casual observers - or advocates, for that matter - are aware that the roots of this movement extend deep into Western history?
Even before launching the great campaign to attain universal suffrage, strong female voices spoke in favor of the social, political, educational, and economic rights of women. A Vindication of the Rights of Women, published in the late eighteenth century, is truly a classic in this venerable tradition. Railing against the stubborn social forces that confined women to an inferior station in the community, Mary Wollstonecraft declares war on the prevailing attitudes and customs that prevent women from realizing their individual potential. [via]More editions of Vindication of the Rights of Women:
Voices from the Moonby Andre DubusISBN 0879235322 (0-87923-532-2)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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A Warning to the Curiousby Ruth Rendell, M. R. JamesISBN 087923816X (0-87923-816-X)
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Waterdeepby Richard AwlinsonISBN 0880387599 (0-88038-759-9)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Seaby Arthur RansomeISBN 0879239913 (0-87923-991-3)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper PowysISBN 0879517069 (0-87951-706-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Wide Openby Nicola BarkerISBN 0880016329 (0-88001-632-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide Open'Book summary:Reading a Nicola Barker novel is like taking a very odd drug. Her characters are unlike anyone you've ever met--and for that, perhaps, there's reason to be grateful. Take the cast of Wide Open, which includes Ronny, a homeless man we first meet waving at passing cars from a bridge. Only it turns out his name is not Ronny after all, but James, a name he subsequently bestows on the real Ronny, who is thereafter called Jim. Even though James/Ronny is right-handed, he insists on using only his left hand, because it helps him "concentrate." Then there's the real Ronny, a.k.a. Jim, who is utterly hairless. Not to mention Nathan, Ronny/Jim's brother, who works in the Lost Property department of the London Underground; Sara, proprietor of a boar farm in the beach town of Sheppey; and Sara's daughter, Lily, an angry, dirty 17-year-old who worships a boar birth defect she calls the Head. There's also Luke, a fat, handsome pornographer who smells like fish; Constance, an elfish optician in search of her father's past; and above all, the ghost of Big Ronny, Nathan and Ronny/Jim's father, who liked little boys.
Basically, these are all really, really creepy people, who do creepy and frequently nonsensical things. But the story Barker weaves out of their interactions is as compelling as anything in recent fiction, even if it operates by a narrative logic known only to the author. The reason is Barker's prose: vivid, urgent, wholly original. "He felt very strange, all of a sudden," one of her characters muses, "like this was a dream he was living, like this was a tired, old dream, and he didn't like the feel of it. Not one bit." Wide Open may on occasion feel like a bad dream of one sort or another, but the overall effect is more than absorbing: it's positively hallucinatory. --Mary Park [via]
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Wiltby Tom SharpeISBN 0879517344 (0-87951-734-4)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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Young Men in Spatsby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0880292806 (0-88029-280-6)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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