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10 Lb. Penaltyby Dick FrancisISBN 1568955251 (1-56895-525-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '10 Lb. Penalty'Book summary:One of the most impressive aspects of Dick Francis's long and celebrated career (he's won three Edgar Awards, the Silver Dagger, the Gold Dagger, a Cartier Diamond Dagger, and was named the 1996 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master) is the freshness that he brings to each of his novels. Though every one of his 30-plus works of fiction has drawn from some aspect of the world of horses, Francis turns this constraint into a powerful source of inspiration. In 10 Lb. Penalty Francis adds several new arrows to his quiver. His protagonist, Ben Juliard, narrates the tale in a vivid first person that begins in his insecure late teens instead of the settled middle age of the usual Francis hero. Also, Ben's relationship with horses is more of a fading dream than an active reality. The book begins with Ben's expulsion from Vivian Durridge's stables; he's removed with a false accusation of glue sniffing. But as Ben soon discovers, it is, in fact, his powerful father's machinations that are behind his ill fortunes. The elder Juliard is "standing for Parliament," and the bachelor candidate needs his son by his side for a year of campaigning if he hopes to win. Ben accedes to his father's wishes. He almost always has, but he soon finds that his "gap year"--his year before entering college--is going to be a nightmare. Orinda Nagle, the widow of the recently deceased Hoopwestern MP, and her companion, Alderney Wyvern, resist George's campaign from the start. Then, Usher Rudd, a muckraking journalist, turns his vitriol to George. When an attempt is made on George's life, he and his son find themselves inside a vigorous tale of suspense that takes several narrative years to sort out.
Francis's lucid prose is the driving force in this political mystery, and the realistic rendering of the complicated father-son relationship between George and Ben adds a sophistication and weight that marks the author's best fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 157646279X (1-57646-279-X)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:One of the greatest underwater sea adventures of all time, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is the story of Professor Pierre Aronnax who sets off aboard an American frigate to investigate a series of attacks, which has been reported to be made by an amphibious monster. The monster in question is actually the submarine vessel the Nautilus, which is commanded by the eccentric Captain Nemo. When the Nautilus destroys the Professor's ship, he is taken prisoner by Captain Nemo along with his trusted servant Conseil and the frigate's harpooner Ned Land. What follows for the three is a tale of great adventure and scientific wonder that will delight readers both young and old. [via]
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The A.b.c. Murdersby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126243 (1-57912-624-3)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The A.b.c. Murders'Book summary:Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturbing than the alphabetic sequence of the killings or the ABC Railway guide that the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are the taunting notes Hercule Poirot receives each time the killer is about to strike again. It is one of Poirots most challenging cases yet. [via]
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Malvina G. Vogel, Brendan LynchISBN 1577656784 (1-57765-678-4)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Includes three Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures: "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Dalmatian Press StaffISBN 1577595505 (1-57759-550-5)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Lewis Carroll Dalamatian Press Adapted Classic [via]
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 1569579008 (1-56957-900-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Anakin's Questby Rebecca Moesta, Rebacca MoestaISBN 1572971363 (1-57297-136-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Anne of the Islandby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1576463087 (1-57646-308-7)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of the Island'Book summary:This volume contains "Anne of The Island" and "Anne of Windy Willows". Anne is older now, and her friends are beginning to get married and move away; meanwhile her romance with Gilbert Blythe begins to blossom, and there are developments in her career as a schoolteacher. [via]
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Appointment With Deathby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126928 (1-57912-692-8)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Appointment With Death'Book summary:Among the towering red cliffs and the ancient ruins of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton, the cruel and tyrannizing matriarch of the Boynton family. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. With only twenty-four hours to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalls a remark he overheard back in Jerusalem: "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he had ever met. [via]
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Arabian Nightsby Kathryn Wesley, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665816 (1-57566-581-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Around the World in 80 Daysby Jules Verne, Marian Leighton, Pablo Marcos StudioISBN 1577656806 (1-57765-680-6)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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The Beasts of Tarzanby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 157646475X (1-57646-475-X)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beasts of Tarzan'Book summary:The third of Tarzan's adventure stories.
Now that he was the rich Lord Greystoke, Tarzan became the target of greedy and evil men. His son was kidnapped, his wife had been abducted, and Tarzan was stranded on a desert island where he seemed helpless. But with Tarzan's bond with the animals. He could work with Sheeta, the vicious panther, and the great ape Akut, to begin his escape. Then together with the giant Mugambi, they reached the mainland and took up the trail of the kidnappers. Tarzan sought his wife and his child and he sought such vengeance as only a human beast of the jungle could devise. But the men Tarzan sought had fled deep into the interior and the trail was old and well-hidden. [via]
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Beasts of Tarzanby J. Allen St. John, Edgar Burroughs RiceISBN 1576466418 (1-57646-641-8)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Behind the Scenes at the Museumby Kate AtkinsonISBN 1568953739 (1-56895-373-9)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum'Book summary:"I exist!" exclaims Ruby Lennox upon her conception in 1951, setting the tone for this humorous and poignant first novel in which Ruby at once celebrates and mercilessly skewers her middle-class English family. Peppered with tales of flawed family traits passed on from previous generations, Ruby's narrative examines the lives in her disjointed clan, which revolve around the family pet shop. But beneath the antics of her philandering father, her intensely irritable mother, her overly emotional sisters, and a gaggle of eccentric relatives are darker secrets--including an odd "feeling of something long forgotten"--that will haunt Ruby for the rest of her life. Kate Atkinson earned a Whitbread Prize in 1995 for this fine first effort. [via]
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The Blue Flowerby Penelope FitzgeraldISBN 1568956703 (1-56895-670-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue Flower'Book summary:Penelope Fitzgerald wrote her first novel 20 years ago, at the age of 59. Since then, she's written eight more, three of which have been short-listed for England's prestigious Booker Prize, and one of which, Offshore, won. Now she's back with her tenth and best book so far, The Blue Flower. This is the story of Friedrich von Hardenberg--Fritz, to his intimates--a young man of the late 18th century who is destined to become one of Germany's great romantic poets. In just over 200 pages, Fitzgerald creates a complete world of family, friends and lovers, but also an exhilarating evocation of the romantic era in all its political turmoil, intellectual voracity, and moral ambiguity. A profound exploration of genius, The Blue Flower is also a charming, wry, and witty look at domestic life. Fritz's family--his eccentric father and high-strung mother; his loving sister, Sidonie; and brothers Erasmus, Karl, and the preternaturally intelligent baby of the family, referred to always as the Bernhard--are limned in deft, sure strokes, and it is in his interactions with them that the ephemeral quality of genius becomes most tangible. Even his unlikely love affair with young Sophie von Kühn makes perfect sense as Penelope Fitzgerald imagines it.
The Blue Flower is a magical book--funny, sad, and deeply moving. In Fritz Fitzgerald has discovered a perfect character through whom to explore the meaning of love, poetry, life, and loss. In The Blue Flower readers will find a work of fine prose, fierce intelligence, and perceptive characterization. [via]
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A Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 157912626X (1-57912-626-X)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery'Book summary:A young, blond woman is found dead on the floor of Colonel and Mrs. Bantrys library. Nobody seems to know who the woman is, let alone how she wound up murdered in the Bantrys home. Jane Marple is called in and the chase is on. [via]
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Canterbury Talesby Chaucer, James ScottISBN 1580495001 (1-58049-500-1)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Canterbury Tales'Book summary:Visually engages readers by placing the original dialogue on the left-hand side of the page, and a modern prose interpretations on the right.
Includes the following selection:
"The General Prologue
"The Wife of Bath's Tale
"The Wife of Bath's Prologue
"The Knight's Tale
"The Pardoner's Tale
"The Nun's Priest's Tale [via]
Chanceby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1568953356 (1-56895-335-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Cleaning Plain & Simpleby Donna SmallinISBN 1580176070 (1-58017-607-0)
Softcover, Storey Books
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Cold Rock Riverby J. L. MilesISBN 1581825706 (1-58182-570-6)
Hardcover, Cumberland House
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The Commodoreby Patrick O'BrianISBN 1568952716 (1-56895-271-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Confidence Manby Herman MelvilleISBN 157392038X (1-57392-038-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Andrew Jay Hoffman, Rudolph PalaisISBN 1578400090 (1-57840-009-0)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:For 50 years Classic Illustrated books have provided an introduction to the world's greatest works of literature. Brilliantly recolored and reprinted as lively study guides for high school and college students, these books feature essays on the author, background, theme, characters and significance of the work. What does it take to drive a man to madness? How much pressure, poverty, and misery can a young man endure before he commits an unspeakable crime? Once the Russian student Raskolnikov looks into the face of terror, can he ever find redemption? And if he does, will he deserve it? (Digest) [via]
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Darkest Knightby Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca MoestaISBN 1572971290 (1-57297-129-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Death on the Nileby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126898 (1-57912-689-8)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death on the Nile'Book summary:Hercule Poirot is perhaps Agatha Christie's most interesting and endearing character; short, round, and slightly comical, Poirot has a razor-sharp mind and puts unlimited trust in his "little grey cells." Those little cells come through for him every time, enabling Poirot to solve some of the most baffling mysteries ever conceived. In Death on the Nile, Poirot, on vacation in Africa, meets the rich, beautiful Linnet Doyle and her new husband, Simon. As usual, all is not as it seems between the newlyweds, and when Linnet is found murdered, Poirot must sort through a boatload of suspects to find the killer before he (or she) strikes again. [via]
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Desperationby Stephen KingISBN 1568954204 (1-56895-420-4)
Hardcover, Compass Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Desperation'Book summary:A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: Desperation is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all, though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the New York Times describes as "the edgiest creation in Desperation. Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps 'another legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to Tak." [via]
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Disney's the Jungle Bookby Walt Disney Company, Rudyard KiplingISBN 157082293X (1-57082-293-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Disney's the Jungle Book'Book summary:The entire cast of The Jungle Book, including Mowgli, Shere Khan, Baloo, King Louie, and Bagheera, appears in a classic edition of the story, which features original artwork throughout and follows the story of a boy raised by wolves. [via]
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Dombey and Sonby Charles DickensISBN 1576467066 (1-57646-706-6)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1578400457 (1-57840-045-7)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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Enigmaby Robert HarrisISBN 1568952759 (1-56895-275-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Food of the Godsby H. G. WellsISBN 1570020159 (1-57002-015-9)
Softcover, Univ Pub House
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Fool's Puzzleby Earlene FowlerISBN 1574902113 (1-57490-211-3)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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The Golden Roadby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1576463168 (1-57646-316-8)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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How to Be Goodby Nick HornbyISBN 1573229326 (1-57322-932-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Be Good'Book summary:In Nick Hornby's How to Be Good, Katie Carr is certainly trying to be. That's why she became a GP. That's why she cares about Third World debt and homelessness, and struggles to raise her children with a conscience. It's also why she puts up with her husband David, the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But one fateful day, she finds herself in a Leeds parking lot, having just slept with another man. What Katie doesn't yet realize is that her fall from grace is just the first step on a spiritual journey more torturous than the interstate at rush hour. Because, prompted by his wife's actions, David is about to stop being angry. He's about to become good--not politically correct, organic-food-eating good, but good in the fashion of the Gospels. And that's no easier in modern-day Holloway than it was in ancient Israel.
Hornby means us to take his title literally: How can we be good, and what does that mean? However, quite apart from demanding that his readers scrub their souls with the nearest available Brillo pad, he also mesmerizes us with that cocktail of wit and compassion that has become his trademark. The result is a multifaceted jewel of a book: a hilarious romp, a painstaking dissection of middle-class mores, and a powerfully sympathetic portrait of a marriage in its death throes. It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry as we watch David forcing his kids to give away their computers, drawing up schemes for the mass redistribution of wealth, and inviting his wife's most desolate patients round for a Sunday roast. But that's because How to Be Good manages to be both brutally truthful and full of hope. It won't outsell the Bible, but it's a lot funnier. --Matthew Baylis [via]
The Iliadby HomerISBN 1576467899 (1-57646-789-9)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Iron Man: The Armor Trapby Greg CoxISBN 1572970081 (1-57297-008-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, David Hoover, Harley M. GriffithsISBN 1578400058 (1-57840-005-8)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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Jedi Bountyby Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca MoestaISBN 1572972971 (1-57297-297-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules Verne, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665336 (1-57566-533-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:In this fully dramatized adaptation of Jules Verne's classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth", Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie, and cast members from Star Trek feature films and all four TV series take you on an incredible journey.
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is the story of Professor Lindenbrock, his nephew Axel and their quest for the secrets contained at the earth's core. Led by Hans, their Icelandic guide, Lindenbrock and Axel descend deeper into the planet than anyone has ever gone before... but will they make it back to the surface alive?
Featuring virtuoso performaces from the entire cast, riveting sound effects and original music, Alien Voices' production of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is an adventure in sound. [via]
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Softcover, Acclaim Books - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1575665328 (1-57566-532-8)
Hardcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1576465411 (1-57646-541-1)
Hardcover, Quiet Vision Pub - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 157765689X (1-57765-689-X)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1575665336 (1-57566-533-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1578400341 (1-57840-034-1)
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling, Gregory Feeley, Alex BlumISBN 1578400643 (1-57840-064-3)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals of the Indian jungle. [via]
Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1582011672 (1-58201-167-2)
Hardcover, Classic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property. [via]
L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Futureby L. Ron Hubbard, Robert Silverberg, Dave Wolverton, Algis BudrysISBN 1573180270 (1-57318-027-0)
Softcover, Bridge Pubns
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Futureby Algis BudrysISBN 1573181633 (1-57318-163-3)
Softcover, Bridge Pubns
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Futureby Dave WolvertonISBN 1573181544 (1-57318-154-4)
Softcover, Bridge Pubns
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Lone Wolf and Cubby Dan A. Lewis, Kazuo Koike, Goseki KojimaISBN 1569716005 (1-56971-600-5)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lone Wolf and Cub'Book summary:It's the end of the long path the ronin father and son have been on since the boy's birth. Through unimaginable violence and bad weather, across hundreds of miles of blood-soaked roadbeds, over years of tragedy and anguish, to this final 320 pages of still-epic story, Itto and Daigoro have kept us holding on to what little hope exists in a world where honor is all but forgotten and warriors are obsolete. It's a bloody battle all the way to the finish, with dramatic twists and turns right up to the final page. Stay with us as we conclude the translation of what will always be considered one of the finest examples of comic-book mastery ever created, Lone Wolf and Cub. [via]
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Lone Wolf and Cubby Kazuo Koike, Goseki KojimaISBN 1569715025 (1-56971-502-5)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lone Wolf and Cub'Book summary:Few works can legitimately lay claim to the mantle "landmark". Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub. Acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub contains unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. [via]
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Lord of the Fliesby William Golding, E. M. ForsterISBN 1573226122 (1-57322-612-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord of the Flies'Book summary:William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published in 1954. At first, the stranded boys cooperate, attempting to gather food, make shelters, and maintain signal fires. Overseeing their efforts are Ralph, "the boy with fair hair," and Piggy, Ralph's chubby, wisdom-dispensing sidekick whose thick spectacles come in handy for lighting fires. Although Ralph tries to impose order and delegate responsibility, there are many in their number who would rather swim, play, or hunt the island's wild pig population. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored or challenged outright. His fiercest antagonist is Jack, the redheaded leader of the pig hunters, who manages to lure away many of the boys to join his band of painted savages. The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to fall away, until Ralph discovers that instead of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: "He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet." Golding's gripping novel explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Mansfield Parkby Jane AustenISBN 1576463397 (1-57646-339-7)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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The Master of Ballantraeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 157840049X (1-57840-049-X)
Softcover, Acclaim Books
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Metamorphosisby Franz KafkaISBN 1580495818 (1-58049-581-8)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metamorphosis'Book summary:Beginning with one of the most shocking first sentences in all of literature, Franz Kafka details the horrific tale of an absurd life. Virtually imprisoned in his room, Gregor Samsa discovers that every aspect of his existence has amounted to nothing. Even the struggling, dysfunctional family he has sacrificed to support is thriving without his financial assistance. Slowly stripped of every bit of his humanity, Gregor realizes that no mans life, especially his, actually matters.
First published in 1915, Kafkas surreal novel about living in an indifferent universe has long been considered a seminal work of Existentialist literature.
All of the humor, zest, and richness of languageso often lost in other editions resonate in this new and exciting Prestwick House Literary Touchstone translation by M. A. Roberts.
The Metamorphosis includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader more fully appreciate Kafkas complex approach to the human condition. [via]
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Metropolisby Osamu Tezuka, Kumar SivasubramanianISBN 1569718644 (1-56971-864-4)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Shirley Bogart, Pablo Marcos StudioISBN 1577656954 (1-57765-695-4)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Retells the story of the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him. [via]
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The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126944 (1-57912-694-4)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Murder at the Vicarageby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126251 (1-57912-625-1)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder at the Vicarage'Book summary:Murder at the Vicarage marks the debut of Agatha Christies unflappable and much beloved female detective, Miss Jane Marple. With her gift for sniffing out the malevolent side of human nature, Miss Marple is led on her first case to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, the magistrate whom everyone in town hates, has been shot through the head. No one heard the shot. There are no leads. Yet, everyone surrounding the vicarage seems to have a reason to want the Colonel dead. It is a race against the clock as Miss Marple sets out on the twisted trail of the mysterious killer without so much as a bit of help from the local police. [via]
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Murder Is Announcedby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126294 (1-57912-629-4)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder Is Announced'Book summary:You are cordially invited to a murder. A personal ad in the newspaper inviting strangers to participate in an evening of murder mystery fun and games at the home of Letitia Blacklock is an invitation that Miss Jane Marple cannot pass up. A good thing, too, because when the lights are dimmed real gunshots ring out, killing a young boy. Now its time for a new, much more serious game of whodunit. [via]
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The Murder of Roger Ackroydby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126278 (1-57912-627-8)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'Book summary:Considered to be one of Agatha Christies most controversial mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. A widows suicide has stirred rumors of blackmail, and of a secret lover named Roger Ackroyd, who was found stabbed to death in his study. The case is so unconventional that not even crack detective Hercule Poirot has a clue as to how to solve it. [via]
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Murder on the Linksby Agatha ChristieISBN 1581650175 (1-58165-017-5)
Hardcover, Literary Express
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder on the Links'Book summary:Two murders mystify the police in a small French town. Renauld s wife, mistress and estranged son are suspects, but brilliant Hercule Poirot comes up with a different solution. (Three 90 s and two 60 s) [via]
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Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126235 (1-57912-623-5)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder on the Orient Express'Book summary:One of Agatha Christies most famous mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express was inspired by two real-life crimes and the authors own experience being stranded on the Orient Express during Christmas of 1931. While traveling to Paris, a wealthy American is stabbed to death in his cabin on the Orient Express. With the train stuck in a snowdrift, there is no easy escape for the killer. Fortunately, detective Hercule Poirot is aboard and launches a clever investigation into the curious assortment of passengers, of whom each seems to have a motive. [via]
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The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126227 (1-57912-622-7)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'Book summary:In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduces readers to the heroic detective, Hercule Poirot. This is a classic murder mystery set in the outskirts of Essex. The victim is the wealthy mistress of Styles Court. The list of suspects is long and includes her gold-digging new spouse and stepsons, her doctor, and her hired companion. [via]
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 1579126952 (1-57912-695-2)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Nicholas Nickleby: Library Editionby Charles DickensISBN 1576468321 (1-57646-832-1)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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Night Chillsby Dean R. KoontzISBN 1574901079 (1-57490-107-9)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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Pastoraliaby George SaundersISBN 1573228729 (1-57322-872-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pastoralia'Book summary:In both his acclaimed debut, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and his second collection, Pastoralia, George Saunders imagines a near future where capitalism has run amok. Consumption and the service economy rule the earth. The Haves are grotesque beings, mutilated by their crass desires and impossible wealth. The Have Nots are no less crippled, both emotionally and physically, by their inferior status. It's a kind of Westworld scenario, but instead of robots, the serving wenches, bellboys, and extras are real people, all of them mercilessly indentured by the free market.
Sounds like bleak stuff, doesn't it? Yet Saunders handles his characters with grace and humor. In the title story, for example, a couple occupies a squalid corner of a human zoo, where they act out a parody of caveman times, communicating in grunts and hand motions (speaking is instantly punishable by the Orwellian management) and conducting their lives during 15-minute smoke breaks. In "Winky," a born loser (really, all of Saunders's characters are born losers) visits a self-help seminar, where he's encouraged to rid himself of all those people who are "crapping in your oatmeal." Exhilarated at the prospect of dumping his simple, crazy-haired, religion-besotted sister, he returns home to the bleak discovery that he needs her as much as she needs him. The protagonist of "Sea Oak" works as a stripper in an aviation-themed restaurant and lives next to a crack house with his unemployed sisters, their babies, and a sweet old maid of an aunt. The aunt dies, and then returns from the grave--not so sweet, now, and still decomposing--with strange powers and a sobering message:
You ever been in the grave? It sucks so bad! You regret all the things you never did. You little bitches are going to have a very bad time in the grave unless you get on the stick, believe me!
The characters and situations in the rest of Pastoralia are equally wretched. But Saunders rescues them from utter despair with a loving belief in the triumph of the human spirit: yes, things can always get worse, but worse is better than the cold dirt of the grave. And in the small space between wretchedness and death there is plenty of room for laughter, and even love. --Tod Nelson [via] 
Phantoms Afoot: Helping the Spirits Among Usby Mary Summer RainISBN 1571743960 (1-57174-396-0)
Softcover, Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc
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Piercing the Darknessby Frank PerettiISBN 1581345275 (1-58134-527-5)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Piercing the Darkness'Book summary:The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 (ESV)It all begins in Bacons corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate. An attempted murder, a suspicious case of mistaken identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school threaten the peace of the small town. Sally Beth Roe, a young loner, finds herself in the middle of events beyond her control, fleeing for her life while trying to recall her dark past. She doesnt realize that a demonic army is growing in power and that a spiritual battle is rapidly approaching.
This companion volume to This Present Darkness offers readers a new perspective on spiritual warfare, prayer, and the seemingly coincidental events of our lives. It has sold over 2 million copies.
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Red Tentby Anita DiamantISBN 1568958978 (1-56895-897-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 157912688X (1-57912-688-X)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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She's Come Undoneby Wally LambISBN 1568954603 (1-56895-460-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'She's Come Undone'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 1997: "Mine is a story of craving; an unreliable account of lusts and troubles that began, somehow, in 1956 on the day our free television was delivered." So begins the story of Dolores Price, the unconventional heroine of Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone. Dolores is a class-A emotional basket case, and why shouldn't she be? She's suffered almost every abuse and familial travesty that exists: Her father is a violent, philandering liar; her mother has the mental and emotional consistency of Jell-O; and the men in her life are probably the gender's most loathsome creatures. But Dolores is no quitter; she battles her woes with a sense of self-indulgence and gluttony rivaled only by Henry VIII. Hers is a dysfunctional Wonder Years, where growing up in the golden era was anything but ideal. While most kids her age were dealing with the monumental importance of the latest Beatles single and how college turned an older sibling into a long-haired hippie, Dolores was grappling with such issues as divorce, rape, and mental illness. Whether you're disgusted by her antics or moved by her pathetic ploys, you'll be drawn into Dolores's warped, hilarious, Mallomar-munching world. [via]
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Single & Singleby John Le CarreISBN 1568957483 (1-56895-748-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Son of Tarzanby Edgar Burroughs Rice, J. John AllenISBN 1576466426 (1-57646-642-6)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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SSNby Tom Clancy, Martin GreenbergISBN 1568959346 (1-56895-934-6)
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Star Warsby Steve Perry, Ron Randall, Tom SimmonsISBN 156971441X (1-56971-441-X)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars'Book summary:Guri is a beautiful human-replica droid, and the personal assassin for the leader of the Black Sun criminal organization. When Black Sun is destroyed, this bounty hunter herself becomes the target of a team of bounty hunters determined to obtain the valuable android, and mine the secrets of her mind. Evolution is the sequel to the best-selling novel Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and marks best-selling Shadows novelist Steve Perry's first foray into the world of Star Wars graphic novels. [via]
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The Story Girlby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1576463214 (1-57646-321-4)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story Girl'Book summary:The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Storytellers; Orphans; Cousins; Prince Edward Island; Juvenile Fiction / General; Juvenile Fiction / Family / General; [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Dalmatian Press StaffISBN 1577595521 (1-57759-552-1)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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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, Mitsu Yamamoto, Pablo Marcos StudioISBN 1577658000 (1-57765-800-0)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture and Identityby Cheryl Harris, Alison AlexanderISBN 157273115X (1-57273-115-X)
Softcover, Hampton Pr
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This Present Darknessby Frank E. PerettiISBN 1581345283 (1-58134-528-3)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Present Darkness'Book summary:This Present Darkness, by Frank Peretti, is among the classic novels of the Christian thriller genre. First published in 1986, Peretti's book set a suspenseful standard in spiritual warfare story-telling that has rarely been met by his contemporaries. Set in the apparently innocent small town of Ashton, This Present Darkness follows an intrepid born-again Christian preacher and newspaper reporter as they unearth a New Age plot to take over the local community and eventually the entire world. Nearly every page of the book describes sulfur-breathing, black-winged, slobbering demons battling with tall, handsome, angelic warriors on a level of reality that is just beyond the senses. However, Christian believers and New Age demon-worshippers are able to influence unseen clashes between good and evil by the power of prayer. Peretti's violent descriptions of exorcisms are especially vivid: "There were fifteen [demons], packed into Carmen's body like crawling, superimposed maggots, boiling, writhing, a tangle of hideous arms, legs, talons, and heads." This book is not for the squeamish. But for page-turning spiritual suspense, it's hard to beat. [via]
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre Dumas, Malvina G. Vogel, Pablo Marcos StudioISBN 1577658035 (1-57765-803-5)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1577595572 (1-57759-557-2)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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Window at the White Catby Mary Roberts RinehartISBN 1575663899 (1-57566-389-9)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. DenslowISBN 1569579113 (1-56957-911-3)
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Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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The Yellow Admiral: Library Editionby Patrick O'BrianISBN 1568954301 (1-56895-430-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Yellow Admiral: Library Edition'Book summary:At last! Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are back as Patrick O'Brian provides his indomitably loyal fans with another adventure, this one by land as well as by sea. Lucky Jack Aubrey finds himself not so lucky as his troubles amount ashore, his prospects of admiralty dimmed and Sophie's affection waning. At sea, he fares little better: in the storms off Brest he captures a French privateer ladden with gold and ivory at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. And worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out...
Fortunately, Maturin returns from a mission in Chile with news that may help restore Aubrey to good favor with both his beloved navy and wife. Then, off to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.
The Yellow Admiral is a change of pace, a reversion to the themes of the earlier novels in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Much of the story takes place on land, giving scope to O'Brian's fascination with the landscape, physical and social, of early nineteenth-century England. In vivid glimpses of various rural pursuits, and nuanced observation of politics and domestic arrangements, O'Brian proves himself ever more surely to be the heir of Jane Austen. Not to say there aren't some rousing and bloody sea-battles! [via]
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