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84, Charing Cross Roadby Helene Hanff, Frank Doel, Marks & CoISBN 1559211407 (1-55921-140-7)
Hardcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: '84, Charing Cross Road'Book summary:84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. In her first letter to Marks & Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later, on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD let Hanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson would be coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff is ecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." By early December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-pound ham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in a kosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name, Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.
Two years later, Hanff is outraged that Marks & Co. has dared to send an abridged Pepys diary. "i enclose two limp singles, i will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN i will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS IN IT." Nonetheless, her postscript asks whether they want fresh or powdered eggs for Christmas. Soon they're sharing news of Frank's family and Hanff's career. No doubt their letters would have continued, but in 1969, the firm's secretary informed her that Frank Doel had died. In the collection's penultimate entry, Helene Hanff urges a tourist friend, "If you happen to pass by 84, Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me. I owe it so much." [via]
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Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943by Erica FischerISBN 1555834507 (1-55583-450-7)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943'Book summary:Acclaimed in Germany and England, this tragic and remarkable real-life love story won a Lambda Literary Award when it was first published in America in 1995. Lilly Wust ("Aimée") was a conventional middle-class mother of four, estranged from her philandering husband, when she met Felice Schragenheim ("Jaguar") in 1941. Their passionate affair unfolded against the backdrop of the deportation of Jews from Berlin, but several months passed before Felice could even bring herself to tell Lilly that she was Jewish and living illegally on the streets. "I knew, of course, what it meant," Lilly recalled in old age. "Not for a moment did I think that I too could be in danger. On the contrary, all I wanted to do now was to save her." Lilly's heroic efforts to conceal and protect Felice through the next two years make for painful and inspiring reading. Felice was arrested in August 1944 and sent her last letter to Lilly four months later. In 1981 Lilly was awarded the German Federal Service Cross, though no one could read this as a happy ending. --Regina Marler [via]
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As a Man Grows Olderby Italo Svevo, Beryl De ZoeteISBN 1557131287 (1-55713-128-7)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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Atlas of the Celtsby Clint TwistISBN 155297541X (1-55297-541-X)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Babylonby Kay Boyle, Rene Crevel, Max ErnstISBN 1557131961 (1-55713-196-1)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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Beowulfby Roy LiuzzaISBN 1551111896 (1-55111-189-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poem's final creation will help readers see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the poem. [via]
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Berlin Encounterby T. Davis BunnISBN 1556613822 (1-55661-382-2)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Berlin Encounter'Book summary:They must escape Stalin's notorious blockade or face certain death on charges of espionage!
Colonel Jake Burnes had never imagined himself a spy. But the acclaim he won for rescuing a French Resistance hero and bringing a traitor to justice lead to a more clandestine assignment. Now he must venture into the sector of Germany held by the Red Army and secure the safe passage of two rocket scientists to the West. NATO intelligence assures him that the very future of Europe is at stake.
But Jake is unaware that Russian spies have infiltrated this elite group, jeopardizing his mission and life. As Stalin's stranglehold around the city of Berlin tightens into a notorious blockade, Jake's newlywed wife Sally learns of the danger and rushes to warn him. Will she reach him in time?
Espionage on the highest level the compelling sequel to Sahara Crosswind!
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The Betrayer's Fortuneby Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson, Julian JacksonISBN 1556614675 (1-55661-467-5)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Birth of France: Warriors, Bishops and Long-Haired Kingsby Katharine SchermanISBN 1557781745 (1-55778-174-5)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought Itby Gerald AstorISBN 1556112815 (1-55611-281-5)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Charles Rennie Mackintoshby Anthony JonesISBN 1555216242 (1-55521-624-2)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Chronicles of the Crusades: Nine Crusades and Two Hundred Years of Bitter Conflict for the Holly Land Brought to Life Through the Words of Those Whoby Elizabeth HallamISBN 1555843654 (1-55584-365-4)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Culture Shock: Spainby Marie Louise GraffISBN 155868106X (1-55868-106-X)
Softcover, Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Culture Shock: Spain'Book summary:Whether you're conducting business, traveling for pleasure, or even relocating abroad, one mistake with customs or etiquette can leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth. International travelers, now more than ever, are not just individuals from the United States, but ambassadors and impression makers for the country as a whole. Newly updated, redesigned, and resized for maximum shelf appeal for travelers of all ages, Culture Shock! country and city guides make up the most complete reference series for customs and etiquette you can find. These are not just travel guides; these are guides for a way of life. [via]
Culture Shock!: Denmarkby Morten StrangeISBN 1558682546 (1-55868-254-6)
Softcover, Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
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Culture Smart France: A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquetteby Barry TomalinISBN 1558687033 (1-55868-703-3)
Softcover, Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
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Culture Smart Irelandby John ScotneyISBN 1558687068 (1-55868-706-8)
Softcover, Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
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Culture Smart Netherlands: A Quick Guide to Customs & EtiquetteISBN 1558687769 (1-55868-776-9)
Softcover, Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
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The Custom of the Country: Adapted from the Novel by Edith Whartonby Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Edith Custom of Country WhartonISBN 1557832870 (1-55783-287-0)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Anthony Burgess, Edmond RostandISBN 1557832307 (1-55783-230-7)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyrano De Bergerac'Book summary:(Applause Books). This acclaimed adaptation for the stage has garnered such reviews as: "Emotional depth Rostand himself would surely have envied...Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech." London Times . Performance rights available from Applause. [via]
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The Devil And The Disappearing Sea: Or, How I Tried To Stop The World's Worst Ecological Catastropheby Robert W. FergusonISBN 1551927373 (1-55192-737-3)
Softcover, Raincoast Book Dist Ltd
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 1551350009 (1-55135-000-9)
Hardcover, Transylvania Pr
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Dream Storyby Arthur Schnitzler, Otto P. SchinnererISBN 1557130817 (1-55713-081-7)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dream Story'Book summary:novel, Austrian, tr Otto P Schinnerer [via]
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The Duchess of Bloomsbury Streetby Helene HanffISBN 155921144X (1-55921-144-X)
Softcover, Moyer Bell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street'Book summary:A zesty memoir of the celebrated writer's travels to England where she meets the cherished friends from 84, Charing Cross Road. [via]
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Earthlightby Andre Breton, Bill Zavatsky, Zack RogowISBN 1557130957 (1-55713-095-7)
Softcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earthlight'Book summary:poetry, tr B Zavatsky & Z Rogow [via]
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountainsby Jon KrakauerISBN 1558214119 (1-55821-411-9)
Softcover, Oak Knoll Pr
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Eminent Victorians: The Illustrated Editionby Lytton StracheyISBN 1555843530 (1-55584-353-0)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Emmaby Jane Austen, Kristin Flieger SamuelianISBN 155111321X (1-55111-321-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Family Tree Guide Book to Europe: Your Passport to Tracing Your Genealogy Across Europeby Family TreeISBN 1558706755 (1-55870-675-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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Florian's Gateby T. Davis BunnISBN 1556612443 (1-55661-244-3)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Florian's Gate'Book summary:The Iron Curtain has been torn open, setting Poland on the road to democracy. But can true freedom come to those still bound by tragic memories of - Florian's Gate
When Jeffrey Sinclair takes on the challenge of assisting in a high-priced London antique shop, he discovers that more than good salesmanship to wealthy customers is required.
Alexander Kantor, his enigmatic relative and employer, has a reputation for acquiring priceless antiques under mysterious circumstances. As Jeffrey learns the business and becomes more deeply involved, he discovers that the source of the antiques is not the only secret Alexander has hidden.
And the woman Jeffrey loves, Katya Nichols, also has secrets to hide. Even as they travel to Germany and then to Poland on a buying trip for Alexander, Katya's shrouded, undisclosed past acts as a barrier, an Iron Curtain that separates Jeffrey from her love.
His excursion into the Eastern Bloc takes Jeffrey to places he had never imagined to the secret treasure troves of Europe, to poverty-stricken men and women haunted by the past and hoarding their few valuables against a final day of reckoning.
But the journey takes him inward as well, into his own pain and the related wounds of those he loves, a place where only a divine Father can bring hope and light.
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The French Executionerby C. C. HumphreysISBN 1552782387 (1-55278-238-7)
Hardcover, McArthur & Co
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From the Horrors of World War II to a Great Love Storyby Edith V. LandisISBN 1553956524 (1-55395-652-4)
Softcover, Trafford on Demand Pub
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Gibraltar Passageby T. Davis BunnISBN 1556613806 (1-55661-380-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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God's Smugglerby Brother AndrewISBN 1557480230 (1-55748-023-0)
Hardcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God's Smuggler'Book summary:As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself undercover for God. Brother Andrew was his name and for decades his life story, recounted in God's Smuggler, has awed and inspired millions. The bestseller tells of the young Dutch factory worker's incredible efforts to transport Bibles across closed borders--and the miraculous ways in which God provided for him every step of the way.
Revell and Chosen now reintroduce this powerful story with two new releases: a 35th anniversary edition and The Narrow Road, an expanded youth edition. Both contain a new foreword and afterword. The youth edition also features information about ministry to the persecuted church today, including country profiles, quotes from Christians in underground churches, "what if" scenarios based on real-life threats they face, and stories from others who have participated in Brother Andrew's Bible-smuggling work.
Brother Andrew's story remains as inspiring today as it was thirty-five years ago, and with these new releases it will motivate a whole new generation to risk everything to follow God's call. [via]More editions of God's Smuggler:
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Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Moralsby Lara Denis, Thomas Kingsmill AbbottISBN 1551115395 (1-55111-539-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals'Book summary:Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, first published in 1785, is still one of the most widely read and influential works of moral philosophy. This Broadview edition combines a newly revised version of T.K. Abbott's respected translation with material crucial for placing the Groundwork in the context of Kant's broader moral thought. A varied selection of other ethical writings by Kant on subjects including our moral duties, fundamental principles of justice, the concept of happiness, and the relation of morality to religion are included, along with important criticisms of Kant's ethics by Fichte, Schiller, Hegel, and Sidgwick. [via]
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Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades, and Apuliaby Patience GrayISBN 1558215433 (1-55821-543-3)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades, and Apulia'Book summary:Simply put, Honey from a Weed is a jewel of a book. Reading it, one realizes the true artistry of the author, a person whose relationship with the world around her is both intimate and immediate--someone who can transform the fruits of the earth--beans, potatoes, garlic, herbs--into a gustatory masterpiece. The subtitle of Gray's book is Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia, but there's far more feast than famine in this culinary odyssey. Recipes for such Mediterranean favorites as rabbit with garlic sauce or polenta punctuate wonderful reflections on such varied topics as wine, pigs, and edible weeds; chapters on feasts and festivals; and sharp-eyed observations about the lives of those Gray has lived among for so many years.
Literate and lyrical, Honey from a Weed is a feast for both body and soul. Read Gray's wonderful portraits of the places she's lived and the cooks she's learned from, and let your mind wander over the sunbathed hills, through the rustic villages and deep quarries Gray knows so intimately. Though reading Honey from a Weed may not influence you to take up stone-carving or cooking, at least you'll have spent your time in charming company. [via]
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The Idea Of Homeby Curtis WhiteISBN 1557131449 (1-55713-144-9)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idea Of Home'Book summary:In Curtis White's first novel, The Idea Of Home, he attempts to imagine "a place in which humans can live". This utopia is definitely not San Lorenzo - a post-war, prefabricated suburb in California - where White grew up and which is the basis for this novel. From the vantage point of anoff-kilter adulthood, White spins recent American history together with personal observations and investigations into the dark heart of American suburbia. Shocking, yet very funny and always learned, The Idea Of Home is a mix of the personal and the philosophical in an energetic collage that would resemble the biographies of Nietzsche and Mark Twain if they had grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s and '60s. [via]
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The Illustrated Queen Victoriaby Lytton StracheyISBN 155584295X (1-55584-295-X)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Illustrated West With the Nightby Beryl Markham, Linda SunshineISBN 1556703856 (1-55670-385-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Innocence of Father Brownby G. K. Chesterton, Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN 1557424276 (1-55742-427-6)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Interesting Narrative of Life of Olaudah Equianoby Olaudah Equiano, Angelo CostanzoISBN 1551112620 (1-55111-262-0)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Istanbul Expressby T. Davis BunnISBN 1556613830 (1-55661-383-0)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Istanbul Express'Book summary:As the Iron Curtain descends across a battle-scarred Europe, American foreign policy races from crisis to crisis. With Stalin on the move to build a Russian Empire, there is only one hope: a strategy of containment against Communist expansion. [via]
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Joseph Andrewsby Henry Fielding, Paul ScanlonISBN 1551112205 (1-55111-220-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Joseph Andrews'Book summary:Henry Fielding's comic novel "Joseph Andrews" was originally published in 1742 in two volumes. A takeoff on Samuel Richardson's "Pamela," it follows Pamela's brother Joseph in the model of the Tory satirists of the previous generation. Although begun as a parody, it became an accomplished novel and marks the beginning of Fielding's career as a serious novelist. [via]
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Jude the Obscureby Thomas Hardy, Cedric WattsISBN 1551111713 (1-55111-171-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jude the Obscure'Book summary:When Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure appeared in 1895, it immediately caused scandal and controversy. Its frank treatment of Jude's sexual relationships with Arabella and Sue, its scathing criticisms of late-Victorian hypocrisy, its depiction of the "New Woman," and its attacks on "holy wedlock" and religious bigotry outraged numerous reviewers; one called the book "Jude the Obscene." Others saw it as brilliantly progressive in its ideas and techniques. Vivid and complex, satiric and harrowing, this novel marked the culmination of Hardy's development as a leading novelist of the cultural transition from the Victorian to the Modernist era. The Broadview edition restores the original, controversial 1895 text. [via]
Kaddish for Kovno: Life and Death in a Lithuanian Ghetto 1941-1945by William W. MishellISBN 1556520336 (1-55652-033-6)
Hardcover, Amer Bar Assn
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Legends of the Madonna As Represented in the Fine Arts: Forming the Third Series of Sacred and Legendary Artby Anna JamesonISBN 1558882774 (1-55888-277-4)
Hardcover, Omnigraphics Inc
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The Life and Death of King Richard the Secondby William Shakespare, Neil FreemanISBN 1557833931 (1-55783-393-1)
Softcover, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Death of King Richard the Second'Book summary:If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos. Prepared and annotated by Neil Freeman, Head, Graduate Directing Program, University of British Columbia. [via]
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Medieval Townsby Maryanne KowaleskiISBN 1551114496 (1-55111-449-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, John Hirsch, John Russell Brown, Leslie ThomsonISBN 1557831815 (1-55783-181-5)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos. Prepared and annotated by Neil Freeman, Head, Graduate Directing Program, University of British Columbia. [via]
The Mighty Eighth : The Air War in Europe Told by the Men Who Fought Itby Gerald AstorISBN 1556115105 (1-55611-510-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Monk: A Longman Cultural Editionby Matthew Lewis, David Lorne Macdonald, Kathleen Dorothy ScherfISBN 1551112272 (1-55111-227-2)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins, Steve FarmerISBN 1551112434 (1-55111-243-4)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moonstone'Book summary:Intrigue, investigations, thievery, drugs and murder all make an appearance in Collins's classic who-done-it, The Moonstone. Published in serial form in 1868, it was inspired in part by a spectacular murder case widely reported in the early 1860s. Collins's story revolves around a diamond stolen from a Hindu holy place. On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives the diamond, but by the following morning the stone has been stolen again. As the story unravels through multiple eyewitness accounts, the elderly Sergeant Cuffwith a face "sharp as a hatchet"looks for the culprit. One of Collins's best-loved novels, with an exciting plot moved along by deftly-drawn characters and elegant pacing, The Moonstone Was also turned into a play by Collins; the play appears as an appendix to this edition. [via]
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 155111397X (1-55111-397-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs Dalloway'Book summary:As Clarissa Dalloway walks through London on a fine June morning, a sky-writing plane captures her attention. Crowds stare upwards to decipher the message while the plane turns and loops, leaving off one letter, picking up another. Like the airplane's swooping path, Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway follows Clarissa and those whose lives brush hers--from Peter Walsh, whom she spurned years ago, to her daughter Elizabeth, the girl's angry teacher, Doris Kilman, and war-shocked Septimus Warren Smith, who is sinking into madness.
As Mrs. Dalloway prepares for the party she is giving that evening, a series of events intrudes on her composure. Her husband is invited, without her, to lunch with Lady Bruton (who, Clarissa notes anxiously, gives the most amusing luncheons). Meanwhile, Peter Walsh appears, recently from India, to criticize and confide in her. His sudden arrival evokes memories of a distant past, the choices she made then, and her wistful friendship with Sally Seton.
Woolf then explores the relationships between women and men, and between women, as Clarissa muses, "It was something central which permeated; something warm which broke up surfaces and rippled the cold contact of man and woman, or of women together.... Her relation in the old days with Sally Seton. Had not that, after all, been love?" While Clarissa is transported to past afternoons with Sally, and as she sits mending her green dress, Warren Smith catapults desperately into his delusions. Although his troubles form a tangent to Clarissa's web, they undeniably touch it, and the strands connecting all these characters draw tighter as evening deepens. As she immerses us in each inner life, Virginia Woolf offers exquisite, painful images of the past bleeding into the present, of desire overwhelmed by society's demands. --Joannie Kervran Stangeland [via]
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My Warby Andy RooneyISBN 1558506179 (1-55850-617-9)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815by Brian Tunstall, Nicholas TracyISBN 1557506019 (1-55750-601-9)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815'Book summary:Based on a lifetime of research by naval historian Turnstall, this book traces the evolution of fleet tactics from the Dutch Wars of the 17th century to the War of Independence in the late 18th and the defeat of the French Empire in 1815. [via]
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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigoneby Sophocles, Robert Bagg, Mary BaggISBN 1558494545 (1-55849-454-5)
Softcover, Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Kolonos, and Antigone'Book summary:With this volume, poet Robert Bagg completes his translation of the three plays in which Sophocles dramatized the agony and destruction inflicted on Oedipus and his family, the royal house of Thebes. To the newly revised "Oedipus the King," first published in 1982, Bagg adds "Antigone" and "Oedipus at Kolonos." Composed decades apart in the fifth century BCE, these tragedies hold a central place in Western literature--not only because of the formal beauty and dramatic power of their poetry, but because of the shocking ironies that convey Sophocles understanding of divine malice and human vulnerability.
Baggs goal has been to make accurate but idiomatic renderings of the Greek originals that are suitable for reading, teaching, or performing. What makes his versions "leaner, tauter, more luminous and Sophoclean than other translations," writes classicist Richard P. Martin, is Baggs "decision to follow the American poetic tradition of Stevens, Pound, and Frost rather than the English tradition" of most other contemporary translators. Readers and actors alike will find these translations loyal to Sophocles characteristic directness and concision, his pervasive irony, his unsparing descriptions of physical violence, and the music of his choral songs. Each character speaks with a distinctive voice; each play possesses a tone expressive of the issues that preoccupied Sophocles during the stages of his long engagement with the fate of Oedipus, his wife/mother Jocasta, and their children.
In the introductions, Bagg and his wife Mary discuss factors in ancient Greek social and cultural life that are likely to be unfamiliar to the general reader but are central to interpreting Sophocles meaning. They have also annotated each play to clarify mythological references and points of interpretation and translation. In their general introduction they explore the origins of Greek theater, the nature of the Athenian festival of Dionysos at which Sophocles plays were first performed, and the characteristic ingredients of Greek drama in performance. They conclude with a discussion of the known facts and surviving anecdotes of the playwrights life. [via]
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On the Origin of Speciesby Joseph CarrollISBN 1551113376 (1-55111-337-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Origin of Species'Book summary:It's hard to talk about The Origin of Species without making statements that seem overwrought and fulsome. But it's true: this is indeed one of the most important and influential books ever written, and it is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science that is truly readable.
To a certain extent it suffers from the Hamlet problem--it's full of clichés! Or what are now clichés, but which Darwin was the first to pen. Natural selection, variation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest: it's all in here.
Darwin's friend and "bulldog" T.H. Huxley said upon reading the Origin, "How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that." Alfred Russel Wallace had thought of the same theory of evolution Darwin did, but it was Darwin who gathered the mass of supporting evidence--on domestic animals and plants, on variability, on sexual selection, on dispersal--that swept most scientists before it. It's hardly necessary to mention that the book is still controversial: Darwin's remark in his conclusion that "Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history" is surely the pinnacle of British understatement. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Pathfinderby James Fenimore CooperISBN 1555760988 (1-55576-098-8)
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The Personal History of David Copperfieldby Charles Dickens, Frederick BarnardISBN 1551114291 (1-55111-429-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Personal History of David Copperfield'Book summary:Beginning in 1854 up through to his death in 1870, Charles Dickens abridged and adapted many of his more popular works and performed them as staged readings. This version, each page illustrated with lovely watercolor paintings, is a beautiful example of one of these adaptations.
Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge, self-described as "a lone lorn creetur and everythink went contrairy with her." When Little Emily runs away with Copperfield's former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David's love for his pretty, silly "child-wife," Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens. [via]
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar WildeISBN 1557424292 (1-55742-429-2)
Softcover, Booksurge Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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Private Life in the Fifteenth Century: Illustrated Letters of the Paston Familyby Roger VirgoeISBN 1555842704 (1-55584-270-4)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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Readings in Medieval Historyby Patrick J. GearyISBN 1551115506 (1-55111-550-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readings in Medieval History'Book summary:Four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is provided: the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities.
The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims and Heretics. The text has also been newly typeset, making the book more readable, and in response to suggestions concerning the weight of the book, lighter paper is being used. The result is a book that is overall more user friendly.
Please note: This edition is also available in a two-volume format, dividing the text chronologically:
Volume I: The Early Middle Ages
Volume II: The Later Middle AgesSpecial Combined Price: Readings in Medieval History, third edition may be ordered together with A Short History of the Middle Ages, third edition at a special discounted price. In order to secure the package price, the following ISBN must be used when ordering: 978-1-44260-353-0.
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Rhineland Inheritanceby T. Davis BunnISBN 1556613474 (1-55661-347-4)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Road to the World's Endby Sverre Lyngstad, Sigurd HoelISBN 1557132100 (1-55713-210-0)
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Roman Peopleby Robert B. KebricISBN 1559346442 (1-55934-644-2)
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Russian Graphic Design: 1880-1917by Elena Chernevich, Mikhail Anikst, Nina BaburinaISBN 1558590161 (1-55859-016-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Sahara Crosswindby T. Davis BunnISBN 1556613814 (1-55661-381-4)
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Sister Wendy's Grand Tour: Discovering Europe's Great Artby Wendy BeckettISBN 1556705093 (1-55670-509-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister Wendy's Grand Tour: Discovering Europe's Great Art'Book summary:After the great success of her PBS series, Sister Wendy's Odyssey, here Sister Wendy takes a grand tour of 10 of Europe's great cities and capitals of art. Her passion for art has led her--with the readers of this book firmly in tow--to Goya and Velázquez in Madrid; Donatello and Botticelli in Florence; Caravaggio and Raphael in Rome; Van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Vermeer in Amsterdam; and Kandinsky and Rubens in St. Petersburg. She also makes pilgrimages to artworks in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Venice, and Antwerp. Sister Wendy offers lucid, compassionate, and articulate commentaries about each of the cities and their great masterpieces--primarily paintings, although some sculptures are also examined. The tour concludes with a brief biographical section outlining the lives of each of the artists discussed. In the end, Sister Wendy doesn't set out to tell us which paintings are good and which are bad, she simply wants to share with us the art that she loves. This is art appreciation at its finest. [via]
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The Snow Queenby Anthea Bell, Bernadette Watts, Hans Christian AndersenISBN 1558580530 (1-55858-053-0)
Hardcover, North-South Books, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Snow Queen'Book summary:Gerda and Kai are best friends, until one day Kai is snatched away by the Snow Queen and taken to her icy palace. Gerda sets out across the frozen wastes to find her friend and free him from the grasp of the wicked Queen. An outstanding adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's enchanting classic story of loyalty by the popular British playwright Adrian Mitchell.[via]More editions of The Snow Queen:
Staging Growth: Modernization, Development, and the Global Cold Warby Michael E. Latham, Nils Gilman, David C. Engerman, Mark H. HaefeleISBN 1558493700 (1-55849-370-0)
Softcover, Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hydeby Martin A. Danahay, Martin DanahayISBN 1551116553 (1-55111-655-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Martin A. DanahayISBN 1551112450 (1-55111-245-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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T S Eliot's Murder in the Cathedralby T. S. EliotISBN 1555460372 (1-55546-037-2)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Time Machineby H. G. Wells, Nicholas RuddickISBN 1551113058 (1-55111-305-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time Machine'Book summary:Wells was interested in the implications of evolutionary theory on the future of human beings at the biological, sociological, and cultural levels, and The Time Machine, short and readable, draws on many of the social and scientific debates of the time. The Broadview edition of this science fiction classic includes extensive materials on Wellss scientific and political influences. [via]
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To the Land of the Cattailsby Aharon AppelfeldISBN 1555840078 (1-55584-007-8)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkeby William Shakespeare, Neil FreemanISBN 1557833788 (1-55783-378-8)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedie of King Learby William Shakespeare, Neil FreemanISBN 1557834369 (1-55783-436-9)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedie of King Lear'Book summary:In one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, the three daughters of the king of Britain are put to the test of declaring their love for their father, King Lear. The test leads to the expulsion of the favorite daughter, Cordelia; the undermining of the king; and ultimately the unraveling of Lear's sanity. In true Shakespeare fashion, greed, war, lust, and misplaced good intensions intersect to form an inevitable climax of poison and swordplay, making King Lear arguably the greatest tragedy of all time. George Bernard Shaw wrote, "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear" (Shaw on Shakespeare, Applause Books). If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos. The heavy mascara of four centuries of Shakespearean glossing has by now glossed over the original countenance of Shakespeare's work. Never has there been a Folio available in modern reading fonts. While other complete Folio editions continue to trade simply on the facsimile appearance of the Elizabethan "look," none of them is easily and practically utilized in general Shakespeare studies or performances. [via]
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Travelsby Hans Christian Andersen, Anastazia LittleISBN 1557133441 (1-55713-344-1)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Press
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Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare, Neil FreemanISBN 155783380X (1-55783-380-X)
Softcover, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
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Vanity Fair: Bringing Thackeray's Timeless Novel to the Screenby Julian Fellowes, Mira Nair, Matthew Faulk, Mark SkeetISBN 1557046379 (1-55704-637-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanity Fair: Bringing Thackeray's Timeless Novel to the Screen'Book summary:The full-color companion to the new film version of the Thackeray novel starring Reese Witherspoon and directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay!).
Reese Witherspoon stars as Becky Sharp, one of the greatest female characters ever created. Born into the lower class, Becky can rely only on her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up through London society circa 1820, alongside her best friend Amelia. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battlesmilitary and domesticare fought, fortunes made and lost.
In addition to the complete screenplay by Oscar®-winner Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) and Matthew Faulk & Mark Skeet (NBC's Jason and the Argonauts), this Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook features over 150 full-color illustrations, extracts from Thackeray's novel, interviews with the cast and crew, notes by director Mira Nair, and sidebars on the film's costume, set, and production design. 150 color photos.
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The Vaudevillesby Jean Claude Van Itallie, Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 1557831629 (1-55783-162-9)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Villetteby Kate Lawson, Lynn ShakinovskyISBN 1551114615 (1-55111-461-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette'Book summary:Charlotte Brontë's contemporary George Eliot wrote of Villette, "There is something almost preternatural in its power." The deceptive stillness and security of a girls school provide the setting for this 1853 novel, Brontës last. Modelled on Brontës own experiences as a student and teacher in Brussels, Villette is the sombre but engrossing story of Lucy Snowe, an unmarried Englishwoman making her way in a culture deeply foreign to her. The heroines relationships with the fiery professor M. Paul, the cool Englishman Dr. John, and the schools powerful headmistress, Madame Beck, are described in her compelling and enigmatic first-person narration. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction by Kate Lawson and Lynn Shakinovsky. The many contextual documents include contemporary writings on surveillance and espionage, anti-Catholicism, and working women, as well as letters describing Brontës own time in Brussels. [via]
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Visitor's Guide: Norwayby Don PhilpottISBN 1556504500 (1-55650-450-0)
Softcover, Hunter Pub Inc
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The Way of Perfectionby Teresa, Teresa of Avila, Henry L. CarriganISBN 1557252483 (1-55725-248-3)
Softcover, Paraclete Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way of Perfection'Book summary:Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) is one of the world's most beloved mystics. Her autobiography has enchanted millions of readers through her use of everyday language to describe her quest for union with God. The Way of Perfection presents Teresa's approach to incorporating spirituality into everyday life. Using earthy language, Teresa encourages spiritual seekers to engage in a life of prayer and contemplation. In the first half of her book, Teresa speaks to the nuns in her order about the requirements necessary for a life of prayer: mutual love, detachment from self and the world, and humility. In the second half of her book, Teresa meditates on individual sections of the Lord's Prayer. Teresa's luminous mystical classic is enlivened by her passion for an active life of prayer and her down-to-earth suggestions about ways to achieve it. For centuries, readers of Teresa's work have been inspired to walk the way of perfection. [via]
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie Collins, Maria K. BachmanISBN 1551116448 (1-55111-644-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:As the inscription on his tombstone reveals, Wilkie Collins wanted to be remembered as the "author of The Woman in White," for it was this novel that secured his reputation during his lifetime. The novel begins with a drawing teacher's eerie late-night encounter with a mysterious woman in white, and then follows his love for Laura Fairlie, a young woman who is falsely incarcerated in an asylum by her husband, Sir Percival Glyde, and his sinister accomplice, Count Fosco. This edition returns to the original text that galvanized England when it was published in serial form in All the Year Round magazine in 1860. Three different prefaces Collins wrote for the novel, as well as two of his essays on the book's composition, are reprinted, along with nine illustrations. The appendices include contemporary reviews, along with essays on lunacy, asylums, mesmerism, and the rights of women. [via]
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Women Mystics in Medieval Europeby Georgette Epiney-Burgard, Emilie Zum Brunn, Sheila HughesISBN 1557781966 (1-55778-196-6)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Yugoslavia's Ethnic Nightmare: The Inside Story of Europe's Unfolding Ordealby Jasminka Udovicki, James RidgewayISBN 1556522169 (1-55652-216-9)
Softcover, Lawrence Hill Books
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