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100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0307350428 (0-307-35042-8)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude'Book summary:"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing squad. In between, he recounts such wonders as an entire town struck with insomnia, a woman who ascends to heaven while hanging laundry, and a suicide that defies the laws of physics:
A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendía house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano José, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Úrsula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.
"Holy Mother of God!" Úrsula shouted.The story follows 100 years in the life of Macondo, a village founded by José Arcadio Buendía and occupied by descendants all sporting variations on their progenitor's name: his sons, José Arcadio and Aureliano, and grandsons, Aureliano José, Aureliano Segundo, and José Arcadio Segundo. Then there are the women--the two Úrsulas, a handful of Remedios, Fernanda, and Pilar--who struggle to remain grounded even as their menfolk build castles in the air. If it is possible for a novel to be highly comic and deeply tragic at the same time, then One Hundred Years of Solitude does the trick. Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect is literary pentimento, with sorrow's outlines bleeding through the vibrant colors of García Márquez's magical realism. Consider, for example, the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar, whom José Arcadio Buendía has killed in a fight. So lonely is the man's shade that it haunts Buendía's house, searching anxiously for water with which to clean its wound. Buendía's wife, Úrsula, is so moved that "the next time she saw the dead man uncovering the pots on the stove she understood what he was looking for, and from then on she placed water jugs all about the house."
With One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez introduced Latin American literature to a world-wide readership. Translated into more than two dozen languages, his brilliant novel of love and loss in Macondo stands at the apex of 20th-century literature. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Beggar Queenby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0440905486 (0-440-90548-6)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beggar Queen'Book summary:THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In this final volume of The Westmark Trilogy, the pirate queen and Prince Theo once again confront the evil Cabbarus in their quest to free Westmark. [via]
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- The Beggar Queen: ISBN 0525441034 (0-525-44103-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - The Beggar Queen: ISBN 0606247289 (0-606-24728-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Beggar Queen: ISBN 0808566202 (0-8085-6620-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Beggar Queen: ISBN 0440905486 (0-440-90548-6)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
- The Beggar Queen: ISBN 0525441034 (0-525-44103-4)
Beyond The Deepwoodsby Chris Riddell, Paul StewartISBN 0385750684 (0-385-75068-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond The Deepwoods'Book summary:Chris Riddell's dramatic line drawings are the perfect complement to Paul Stewart's striking words in Beyond the Deepwoods, the first book of The Edge Chronicles.
Twig, on the verge of manhood at the age of 13, is told that the Woodtrolls who brought him up are not his real parents and that he must venture forth into the Deepwoods, keeping only to the path, to discover the truth about himself.
Armed with just a few magical gifts from his adopted mother, Spelda, Twig steps off the path and tumbles into a terrifying other world where nothing and no-one can be trusted.
From the mountainous Banderbear who becomes Twig's best friend, to the murderous Wig-wigs and the hideous all-female tribe of the Termagant Frogs, Beyond the Deepwoods sows the seeds of magic and adventure in the imagination, and lets them grow in the most exotic corners of the reader's mind. --Susan Harrison [via]
Blood and Chocolateby Annette Curtis KlauseISBN 0440226686 (0-440-22668-6)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood and Chocolate'Book summary:Characterizing the adolescent experience as monstrous is not exactly a new idea. M.T. Anderson's woefully confused teen vampire in Thirsty and Jean Thesman's reluctant young witch in The Other Ones serve as excellent examples of this metaphor set to fiction. But no one really captures how our hormones make us howl as well as Annette Curtis Klause. Blood and Chocolate chronicles the longings and passions of one Vivian Gandillon, teenage werewolf. Her pack family, recently burned out of their West Virginia home by suspicious neighbors, has resettled in a sleepy Maryland suburb. At her new school, Viv quickly falls for sensitive heartthrob Aiden, a human--or "meat-boy," as her pack calls him. Soon she is trying to tame her undomesticated desires to match his more civilized sensibilities. "He was gentle. She hadn't expected that. Kisses to her were a tight clutch, teeth, and tongue... His eyes were shy beneath his dark lashes, and his lips curved with delight and desire--desire he wouldn't force on her... he was different." But Vivian's animal ardor cannot be stilled, and she must decide if she should keep Aiden in the dark about her true nature or invite him to take a walk on her wild side.
Klause poetically describes the violence and sensuality of the pack lifestyle, creating a hot-blooded heroine who puts the most outrageous riot grrrls to shame. Blood and Chocolate is a masterpiece of adolescent angst wrapped in wolf's clothing, and its lovely, sensuous taste is sure to be sweet on the teenage tongue. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Changing Landby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0345344413 (0-345-34441-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Compass Roseby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0517604167 (0-517-60416-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Damiaby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0441135560 (0-441-13556-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Damia'Book summary:In the sequel to The Rowan, Damia and Afra must find a way to save their planet when Deneb's early-warning system detects an incoming alien armada. 100,000 first printing. $90,000 ad/promo. [via]
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Dinotopiaby James GurneyISBN 0060530642 (0-06-053064-2)
Softcover, Trophy Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dinotopia'Book summary:In the year 1860, biologist and explorer Arthur Denison and his son, Will, set out on a sea voyage of discovery and adventure. When a powerful typhoon wrecks the ship in uncharted waters, Arthur and Will are the sole survivors. Washed ashore on a strange island called Dinotopia, they are amazed to find a breathtaking world where cities are built on waterfalls, people have found new ways to fly, and humans and dinosaurs live together in harmony. With new discoveries at every turn, Arthur and Will embark upon their own separate journeys to unearth the mysteries of Dinotopia.
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Donde Viven Los Monstruos/ Where the Wild Things Areby Maurice SendakISBN 8437221854 (84-372-2185-4)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Donde Viven Los Monstruos/ Where the Wild Things Are'Book summary:Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder. This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had.
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Las travesuras llevan a Max a su habitacion castigado y sin cenar. Encerrado entre esas cuatro paredes, imagina un viaje fantastico al pais de los monstruos, donde se convertira en el rey. Un libro para aprender a domar monstruos (en este caso, de lo mas entranables y tiernos). Este clasico de la literatura infantil es ideal para los primeros lectores, quienes se veran identificados con Max, sus juegos, sus miedos, su mundo. [via]More editions of Donde Viven Los Monstruos/ Where the Wild Things Are:
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Dragon's Bloodby Jane YolenISBN 0152051260 (0-15-205126-0)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragon's Blood'Book summary:Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga.[via]
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Eaters of the Deadby Michael CrichtonISBN 0060891564 (0-06-089156-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eaters of the Dead'Book summary:Michael Crichton takes the listener on a one-thousand-year-old journey in his adventure novel Eaters Of The Dead. This remarkable true story originated from actual journal entries of an Arab man who traveled with a group of Vikings throughout northern Europe. In 922 A.D, Ibn Fadlan, a devout Muslim, left his home in Baghdad on a mission to the King of Saqaliba. During his journey, he meets various groups of "barbarians" who have poor hygiene and gorge themselves on food, alcohol and sex. For Fadlan, his new traveling companions are a far stretch from society in the sophisticated "City of Peace." The conservative and slightly critical man describes the Vikings as "tall as palm trees with florid and ruddy complexions." Fadlan is astonished by their lustful aggression and their apathy towards death. He witnesses everything from group orgies to violent funeral ceremonies. Despite the language and cultural barriers, Ibn Fadlan is welcomed into the clan. The leader of the group, Buliwyf (who can communicate in Latin) takes Fadlan under his wing.
Without warning, the chieftain is ordered to haul his warriors back to Scandinavia to save his people from the "monsters of the mist." Ibn Fadlan follows the clan and must rise to the occasion in the battle of his life.--Gina Kaysen [via]
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Fablesby Bill Willingham, P. Craig Russell, Craig Hamilton, Steve Leialoha, Mark BuckinghamISBN 1401202225 (1-4012-0222-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fables'Book summary:Bill Willingham's runaway hit series FABLES continues its success in this fourth trade paperback, collecting issues #19-21 and #23-27 (issue #22 will appear in a future collection) and featuring the rise of a new threat to Fabletown. Also included is the Prestige Format Special Fables: The Last Castle. When Little Red Riding Hood suddenly walks through the gate between this world and the lost Fable Homelands, she's welcomed as a miraculous survivor by nearly everyone - everyone except her old nemesis, Bigby Wolf, who smells spying and subversion more than survival. But will he be able to prove his case before disaster strikes? And how will it all affect Prince Charming's upstart campaign to become the new mayor of Fabletown? [via]
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Fool on the Hillby Matt RuffISBN 0446357723 (0-446-35772-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fool on the Hill'Book summary:It is a literary event when a genuinely new fictional voice comes along. When that voice achieves its newness not through a certain formal facility but through the freshness of its vision, there is truly something to celebrate. Matt Ruff was only twenty-two when Fool on the Hill was first published, but with his novel he gave us a story that won over readers of every persuasion. Not your usual first effort, Fool on the Hill is a full-blown epic of life and death, good and evil, magic and love.[via]
Think of the imaginative daring of Mark Helprins Winters Tale. The zany popism of Tom Robbinss Another Roadside Attraction. The gnomish fantasies of J.R. Tolkien. Think of these and you begin to get some idea of one of the most remarkable first novels to come along in years.
In the world of Fool on the Hill dogs and cats can talk, a subculture of sprites lives in the shadows and underfoot (if youre the sensitive type, or drunk enough, you might see them cavorting across the lawn), and the Bohemians, a group of Harley- and horseback-riding students dedicated to all things unconventional, hold all-night revels for the glory of their cause.
Then there is Stephen Titus George, the novels youthful hero, who somehow finds himself the main player in a story that began well over a century ago. George is a mild-mannered flier of kites, a sometimes writer of bestselling fiction, and would-be knight looking for a maiden. George will find his girl and the century-old story will provide the proverbial dragon whose slaying will sanctify their love. But it will not be a sword that fells the foe but the transforming power of the imagination. 
Fritz Leiber's Lean Times in Lankhmarby Fritz LeiberISBN 1565048954 (1-56504-895-4)
Softcover, Psi
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Fudokiby Kij JohnsonISBN 0765303914 (0-7653-0391-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fudoki'Book summary:Enter the world of Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen--who may or may not be a figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing on the paths that lead her to death.[via]
For she is a being who started her journey on the kami, the spirit road, as a humble tortoiseshell feline. Her family was destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city, and this loss renders her taleless, the only one left alive to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell, The Cat with a Litter of Ten, and The Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki--self and soul and home and shrine--she alone cannot keep the power of her clan together. And she cannot join another fudoki, because although she might be able to win a place within another clan, to do so would mean that she would cease to be herself.
So a small cat begins an extraordinary journey. Along the way she will attract the attention of old and ancient powers. Gods who are curious about this creature newly come to Japan's shores, and who choose to give the tortoiseshell a human shape. -
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude: A Casebookby Gene H. Bell-VilladaISBN 0195144554 (0-19-514455-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude: A Casebook'Book summary:Casebooks in Criticism offer analytical and interpretive frameworks for understanding key texts in world literature and film. Each casebook reprints documents relating to a work's historical context and reception, presents the best critical studies, and, when possible, features an interview with the author. Accessible and informative to scholars, students, and nonspecialist readers alike, the books in this series provide a wide range of critical and informative commentaries on major texts.
Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude is arguably the most important novel in twentieth-century Latin American literature. This Casebook features ten critical articles on García Márquez's great work. Carefully selected from the most important work on the novel over the past three decades, they include pieces by Carlos Fuentes, Iris Zavala, James Higgins, Jean Franco, Michael Wood, and Gene H. Bell-Villada. Among the intriguing aspects of the work discussed are its mythic dimension, its "magical" side, its representations of women, its relationship with past chronicles of exploration and discovery, its portrayals of Western power and imperialism, its astounding diffusion throughout the globe and the media, and its simple truth-telling, its fidelity to the tangled history of Latin America. The book incorporates several theoretical approaches--historical, feminist, postcolonial; the first English translation of Fuentes's renowned, oft-cited, eight page meditation on the work; a general introduction; and a 1982 interview with García Márquez. [via]More editions of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude: A Casebook:
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Gardens of the Moonby Steven EriksonISBN 0765348780 (0-7653-4878-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gardens of the Moon'Book summary:Sometimes books are big because the author doesn't know how to stop, and writes right over that line where more becomes less. Other books, though, are big because they have to be, because the story, the drama, and the characters are just too large to fit into a compact volume. Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon is that kind of big book. Gardens of the Moon, first volume in the Malazan Book of the Fallen, is an epic fantasy story of war, sorcery, politics, and revenge. There is an Empire that must be thwarted, as well as gods desperate to prove they still count for something in the world of human beings. The main story concerns intrigue surrounding the Malazan Empire's coming assault on the city of Darujhistan. Characters include Whiskeyjack, leader of a military band pushed to the edge; Baruk, an alchemist and leader of the mages of Darujhistan; and Sorry, a young woman possessed by a vicious killer.
Erikson brings a gritty realism to his fantasy that sets it apart from most others. Magic is difficult and dangerous, often harming its practitioners. Erikson's world has a long history of violence and struggle: people get dirty and tired, and there are not many lives without suffering. The realism makes the characters that much more sympathetic and their successes and failures more meaningful. Gardens of the Moon amply fulfills the main requirement of a big fantasy novel: the world it creates is so compelling that it pulls you right in and leaves you wanting more. --Greg L. Johnson [via]
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The Gate to Women's Countryby Sheri S. TepperISBN 0553280643 (0-553-28064-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Golden Meanby Nick BantockISBN 0811802981 (0-8118-0298-1)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Mean'Book summary:With potent, dreamlike art and compelling prose, the first two volumes of this extraordinary trilogy have captured the creative imaginations of readers and literary reviewers around the world. USA Today called Griffin & Sabine "wondrous, ingenious" and "gorgeous." The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The somewhat conspiratorial thrill of reading other people's mail....becomes so infectious, it's impossible to stop until the book's end." Now, in this final volume, the two artists' haunting correspondence comes to an astonishing conclusion. [via]
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The Harp of Imach Thysselby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0441317596 (0-441-31759-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Harp of Imach Thyssel'Book summary:In the magical world of Lyra, a mysterious instrument gives a minstrel undreamed-of power
When Emereck and Flindaran leave a caravan in search of adventure, it isnt long before they stumble upon great danger. Emereck, a trained minstrel, and Flindaran, a nobleman masquerading as a tramp, have found a long-abandoned castle, and in it, one of Lyras most sought-after treasures: the Harp of Imach Thyssel.Emereck recognizes the perfect white bow from legend: It is said to possess the power of life and death over all mankind. Now, to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, hell have to learn to harness its strength to create and destroy, with the fate of the kingdom hanging in the balance.[via]More editions of The Harp of Imach Thyssel:
Harp of Windsby Maggie FureyISBN 0553565265 (0-553-56526-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Initiate Brother Book Oneby Sean RussellISBN 0886774667 (0-88677-466-7)
Softcover, Daw Books
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Johnny and the Bombby Terry Pratchett, Larry RostantISBN 0754060004 (0-7540-6000-4)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fictionby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0060924128 (0-06-092412-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Looking Glass Warsby Frank BeddorISBN 0803731531 (0-8037-3153-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Magic Goes Awayby Larry NivenISBN 0441515541 (0-441-51554-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Midnighters: The Secret Hourby Scott WesterfeldISBN 0060519517 (0-06-051951-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Midnighters: The Secret Hour'Book summary:Nobody is safe in the secret hour.
Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma.
Time freezes.
Nobody moves.
For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. Only a small group of people know about the secret hour -- only they are free to move about the midnight time.
These people call themselves Midnighters. Each one has a different power that is strongest at midnight: Seer, Mindcaster, Acrobat, Polymath. For years the Midnighters and the dark creatures have shared the secret hour, uneasily avoiding one another. All that changes when the new girl with an unmistakable midnight aura appears at Bixby High School.
Jessica Day is not an outsider like the other Midnighters. She acts perfectly normal in every way. But it soon becomes clear that the dark creatures sense a hidden power in Jessica . . . and they're determined to stop her before she can use it.
A story of courage, shadowy perils, and unexpected destiny, the secret hour is the first volume of the mesmerizing Midnighters trilogy by acclaimed author Scott Westerfeld.
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Russ McDonaldISBN 0140714553 (0-14-071455-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale and confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0192834207 (0-19-283420-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198321503 (0-19-832150-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 030010653X (0-300-10653-X)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0133555879 (0-13-355587-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0140707026 (0-14-070702-6)
Softcover, Viking Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0140714189 (0-14-071418-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0174436068 (0-17-443606-8)
Softcover, Thomson Learning - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0192814567 (0-19-281456-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198319266 (0-19-831926-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198319754 (0-19-831975-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198320205 (0-19-832020-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0198320213 (0-19-832021-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0140714553 (0-14-071455-3)
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0192834207 (0-19-283420-7)
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Mulengroby Charles De LintISBN 0441544843 (0-441-54484-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Nemesisby Louise CooperISBN 0812534018 (0-8125-3401-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nemesis'Book summary:EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!!! [via]
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One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel García MárquezISBN 0060740450 (0-06-074045-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'Book summary:"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing squad. In between, he recounts such wonders as an entire town struck with insomnia, a woman who ascends to heaven while hanging laundry, and a suicide that defies the laws of physics:
A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendía house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano José, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Úrsula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.
"Holy Mother of God!" Úrsula shouted.The story follows 100 years in the life of Macondo, a village founded by José Arcadio Buendía and occupied by descendants all sporting variations on their progenitor's name: his sons, José Arcadio and Aureliano, and grandsons, Aureliano José, Aureliano Segundo, and José Arcadio Segundo. Then there are the women--the two Úrsulas, a handful of Remedios, Fernanda, and Pilar--who struggle to remain grounded even as their menfolk build castles in the air. If it is possible for a novel to be highly comic and deeply tragic at the same time, then One Hundred Years of Solitude does the trick. Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect is literary pentimento, with sorrow's outlines bleeding through the vibrant colors of García Márquez's magical realism. Consider, for example, the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar, whom José Arcadio Buendía has killed in a fight. So lonely is the man's shade that it haunts Buendía's house, searching anxiously for water with which to clean its wound. Buendía's wife, Úrsula, is so moved that "the next time she saw the dead man uncovering the pots on the stove she understood what he was looking for, and from then on she placed water jugs all about the house."
With One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez introduced Latin American literature to a world-wide readership. Translated into more than two dozen languages, his brilliant novel of love and loss in Macondo stands at the apex of 20th-century literature. --Alix Wilber [via]
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- One Hundred Years of Solitude: ISBN 0060750766 (0-06-075076-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins - One Hundred Years of Solitude: ISBN 006112009X (0-06-112009-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - One Hundred Years of Solitude: ISBN 0060114185 (0-06-011418-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - One Hundred Years of Solitude: ISBN 0060531045 (0-06-053104-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - One Hundred Years of Solitude: ISBN 0060929790 (0-06-092979-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins - One Hundred Years of Solitude: ISBN 0072434236 (0-07-243423-6)
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One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gregory Rabassa, Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0060883286 (0-06-088328-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'Book summary:"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing squad. In between, he recounts such wonders as an entire town struck with insomnia, a woman who ascends to heaven while hanging laundry, and a suicide that defies the laws of physics:
A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendía house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano José, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Úrsula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.
"Holy Mother of God!" Úrsula shouted.The story follows 100 years in the life of Macondo, a village founded by José Arcadio Buendía and occupied by descendants all sporting variations on their progenitor's name: his sons, José Arcadio and Aureliano, and grandsons, Aureliano José, Aureliano Segundo, and José Arcadio Segundo. Then there are the women--the two Úrsulas, a handful of Remedios, Fernanda, and Pilar--who struggle to remain grounded even as their menfolk build castles in the air. If it is possible for a novel to be highly comic and deeply tragic at the same time, then One Hundred Years of Solitude does the trick. Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect is literary pentimento, with sorrow's outlines bleeding through the vibrant colors of García Márquez's magical realism. Consider, for example, the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar, whom José Arcadio Buendía has killed in a fight. So lonely is the man's shade that it haunts Buendía's house, searching anxiously for water with which to clean its wound. Buendía's wife, Úrsula, is so moved that "the next time she saw the dead man uncovering the pots on the stove she understood what he was looking for, and from then on she placed water jugs all about the house."
With One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez introduced Latin American literature to a world-wide readership. Translated into more than two dozen languages, his brilliant novel of love and loss in Macondo stands at the apex of 20th-century literature. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Ordinary Princessby M. M. KayeISBN 0142300853 (0-14-230085-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ordinary Princess'Book summary:Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, and would rather have adventures than play the harp, embroider tapestries . . . or become a Queen. When her royal parents try to marry her off, Amy runs away and, because she's so ordinary, easily becomes the fourteenth assistant kitchen maid at a neighboring palace. And there . . . much to everyone's surprise . . . she meets a prince just as ordinary (and special) as she is![via]
"This delightful fairy tale is sure to please young romantics . . . Neither Kaye's princess nor her book should be considered ordinary." (School Library Journal)More editions of The Ordinary Princess:
Paths Of Darkness: The Silent Blade/The Spine of the World/Servant of the shard/Sea of Swordsby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 0786931558 (0-7869-3155-8)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Pilgrimby Sara DouglassISBN 0765342790 (0-7653-4279-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Sabine's Notebookby Nick BantockISBN 0811801802 (0-8118-0180-2)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sabine's Notebook'Book summary:GriffinFoolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me, then I will come to you. Sabine
Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs.
Griffin & Sabine, the most creative and talked-about bestseller of 1991, left readers on the edge of a precipice. With Sabine's Notebook, they beginalong with Griffinthe fall. Once again, the story is told through strangely beautiful postcards and richly decorated letters that must actually be pulled from their envelopes to be read. But this volume is also a sketchbook and diary kept by the possibly unreal Sabine, who is living in Griffin's house in London while he wanders through Europe, North Africa, and Asia, backwards through layers of ancient civilizationsand of himself.
Filled with her delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. For the thousands who finished Griffin & Sabine and asked, "What happened next?," this second volume in the trilogy provides the answersbut raises new and even more haunting questions of its own. [via]
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Sea of Swordsby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 0786927720 (0-7869-2772-0)
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The Secret Hourby Scott WesterfeldISBN 0060519533 (0-06-051953-3)
Softcover, Eos
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Hour'Book summary:A few nights after Jessica Day arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the entire world frozen, except for her and a few others who call themselves 'midnighters'. Dark things haunt this midnight hour dark things with a mysterious interest in Jessica. The question is ?hy;
The Secret Hour is a compelling tale of dark secrets, midnight romance, eerie creatures, courage, destiny, and unexpected peril.
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Servant of the Shardby R. A. SalvatoreISBN 0786916575 (0-7869-1657-5)
Hardcover, Wizards of the Coast
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Servant of the Shard'Book summary:Think of it as Drowfellas. Backstabbing and internecine intrigue abound as the ambitious members of a shady organization (in this case, the dark-elf mercenary band Bregan D'aerthe) vie for power, struggle to fend off reprisals, and generally cause all sorts of trouble. Themes of redemption and moral metamorphosis keep the plot moving, accompanied by intermittent bursts of spectacular, cinematic violence.
The Servant of the Shard, the immediate follow-up to The Spine of the World and The Silent Blade, is the long-awaited exposition on the history of Artemis Entreri. But perhaps more importantly, Servant of the Shard brings us the brilliant, bang-up pairing of master assassin Entreri and Bregan D'aerthe godfather Jarlaxle, filling out a deadly triangle with the bloodthirsty artifact Crenshinibon. (The rest--more magic items, tons of cool spells and psionics thanks to Rai-guy and Kimmuriel Oblodra, cameos from The Cleric Quintet, and a blow-out finale with an ancient red dragon--well, that's all just icing on the cake.)
The big question, which hopefully won't have to be asked again after this title: Can Bob Salvatore really pull off another Drizzt Do'Urden book without Drizzt? Without a doubt. Anybody who wasn't won over by the Wulfgar-centric Spine of the World should come away more than satisfied with The Servant of the Shard. Grumbling and hammer-hurling (courtesy of Wulfgar) might not be your thing, but Drizzt does have an equal in Entreri when it comes to perplexed introspection and predictably dazzling swordplay. If nothing else, Salvatore is merely collecting on investments he's made in his previous 17 Forgotten Realms novels--after laying such a strong foundation with solid plots and characterizations, it should come as no surprise that we're instantly sucked into a story that brings a couple of formerly supporting characters to front stage center. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Shadow Magicby Patricia C. Wrede, Walter VelezISBN 0441760147 (0-441-76014-7)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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The Shadow Matrixby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0886778123 (0-88677-812-3)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shadow Matrix'Book summary:A sequel to the best-selling Exile's Song continues the popular Darkover series with the story of Margaret Alton, daughter of Darkover's Senator to the Terran Federation, and her struggle to master her telepathic gifts." [via]
Sleeping In Flameby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0679727779 (0-679-72777-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Songs of Earth and Powerby Greg BearISBN 0812536037 (0-8125-3603-7)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Strakenby Terry BrooksISBN 0345451139 (0-345-45113-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Supernaturalistby Eoin ColferISBN 078685149X (0-7868-5149-X)
Softcover, Hyperion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Supernaturalist'Book summary:In the future, in a place called Satelite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill enters the world, unwanted by his parents. He's sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, Freight class. At Clarissa Frayne, the boys are put to work by the state, testing highly dangerous products. At the end of most days, they are covered with burns, bruises, and sores. Cosmo realizes that if he doesn't escape, he will die at this so-called orphanage. When the moment finally comes, Cosmo seizes his chance and breaks out with the help of the Supernaturalists, a motley crew of kids who all have the same special ability as Cosmo-they can see supernatural Parasites, creatures that feed on the life force of humans. The Supernaturalists patrol the city at night, hunting the Parasites in hopes of saving what's left of humanity in Satellite City. Or so they think. The Supernaturalist soon find themselves caught in a web far more complicated than they'd imagined, when they discover a horrifying secret that will force them to question everything they believe in. Eoin Colfer has created an eerie and captivating world-part Blade Runner, part futuristic Dickens-replete with non-stop action [via]
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The Sword of Shannara Trilogyby Terry BrooksISBN 0345453751 (0-345-45375-1)
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Tarzan of the Apesby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0140184643 (0-14-018464-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tarzan of the Apes'Book summary:First published in 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs's romance has lost little of its force over the years--as film revivals and TV series well attest. Tarzan of the Apes is very much a product of its age: replete with bloodthirsty natives and a bulky, swooning American Negress, and haunted by what zoo specialists now call charismatic megafauna (great beasts snarling, roaring, and stalking, most of whom would be out of place in a real African jungle). Burroughs countervails such incorrectness, however, with some rather unattractive representations of white civilization--mutinous, murderous sailors, effete aristos, self-involved academics, and hard-hearted cowards. At Tarzan's heart rightly lies the resourceful and hunky title character, a man increasingly torn between the civil and the savage, for whom cutlery will never be less than a nightmare.
The passages in which the nut-brown boy teaches himself to read and write are masterly and among the book's improbable, imaginative best. How tempting it is to adopt the ten-year-old's term for letters--"little bugs"! And the older Tarzan's realization that civilized "men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle," while not exactly a new notion, is nonetheless potent. The first in Burroughs's serial is most enjoyable in its resounding oddities of word and thought, including the unforgettable "When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled; and smiles are the foundation of beauty." [via]
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Tolkien: A Look Behind the Lord of the Ringsby Lin CarterISBN 0765307200 (0-7653-0720-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Where the Wild Things Areby Maurice SendakISBN 0694004316 (0-694-00431-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where the Wild Things Are'Book summary:Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf suit, and it manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home. [via]
Which Witchby Eva Ibbotson, Annabel LargeISBN 0141304278 (0-14-130427-8)
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The Wizards of Oddby Peter HainingISBN 0441004873 (0-441-00487-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wizards of Odd'Book summary:This first-time collection showcases the Wizards of Odd--the masters of science fiction and fantasy at their quirky, comical best. Included are: a rare short story set in the world of Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams, a never-before-anthologized work by Terry Pratchett, unexpected offerings from such luminaries as Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnigut, Jr. and Ursula K. LeGuin, and much, much more. [via]
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Year's Best Fantasy & Horrorby Ellen Datlow, Terri WindlingISBN 0312132190 (0-312-13219-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Year's Best Fantasy & Horror'Book summary:[via]This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Byrant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquex, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions -- all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.More editions of Year's Best Fantasy & Horror:
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Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0307350274 (0-307-35027-4)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude'Book summary:Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo .
Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude:
El Origen Del Senor De Los Anillosby TolkienISBN 8466609792 (84-666-0979-2)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Max et le Maximonstersby Maurice SendakISBN 221101965X (2-211-01965-X)
Softcover, Archimede Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Max et le Maximonsters'Book summary:Max est un petit garçon pas très sage. Sa mère le prive de dîner et l'envoie dans sa chambre qui se transforme en une gigantesque forêt tropicale. La mer cogne à sa fenêtre. Et Max embarque vers le pays des "Maximonstres". Les "Maximonstres" sont terrifiants pour tout le monde, sauf pour Max, qui devient leur roi.
Les formidables illustrations de ce livre en ont fait un classique de la littérature jeunesse. Les enfants laissent leur imagination vagabonder avec Max dans ce pays où ils peuvent vivre de grandes aventures et dompter les monstres les plus effrayants. --Ségolène Dujardin [via]
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