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100 Hair-raising Little Horror Storiesby Martin Harry Greenberg, Al SarrantonioISBN 1566190568 (1-56619-056-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Hair-raising Little Horror Stories'Book summary:Scared? You will be! Feel your nerves jangle and chills run up and down your spine thanks to the hair-raising genius of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, E. F. Benson, H. P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stephen Crane, Charles Dickens, Robert Barr, and many others who know well how to manipulate a reader's emotions. From Washington Irving comes "The Adventure of My Grandfather" and from Saki, "The Cobweb." Bill Pronzini plays a horrifying game of "Peekaboo," while Frances Garfield portrays "The House at Evening" to alarming effect. This unique and very special collection is like a carnival ride of terror that you'll want to go on again and again.[via]More editions of 100 Hair-raising Little Horror Stories:
2001by Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 1568494173 (1-56849-417-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Acme Novelty Library 16by Chris WareISBN 156097513X (1-56097-513-X)
Hardcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Acme Novelty Library 16'Book summary:After four years of almost exclusively repackaging his sophomoric early work for the book trade, the children's entertainer and award-winning calligrapher F. C. Ware returns to his groundbreaking 1990s cartoon series "The ACME Novelty Library," a nearly decade-long publishing experiment which more or less single-handedly demonstrated the redemptive power a fancy paper stock or a little gold foil might exert over an otherwise dull, dry visual narrative.
This semi-annual periodical originally serialized his surprisingly undismissed "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth," and now, with the 16th issue, Ware rejoins the proud, vital esthetic forum of the American comic book with his ongoing serial "Rusty Brown," a love story concerning the ambitions and mistakes of seven consciousnesses at a private school in Omaha, Nebraska, all revolving around a universally reviled child-and absolutely certain to be a favorite with readers of all tastes and biases. As told through the eyes of someone absentmindedly watching a television sitcom circa 1975, this first installment begins one January morning of that same year and describes everything of importance right up to and including the ring of the first period bell before eventually spiraling off into 1955, 2004, and toward the planet Mars, amongst other interesting and exotic time periods and locales. Riveting, fast-paced, and irresponsible, "Rusty Brown" distills the confusing and indulgent storytelling technique that led Mr. Ware's work to be referred to as "nearly impossible to read" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review. (In addition, Mr. Ware promises parallel serialization of his other work-in-progress, "Building Stories," which is actually a much better and more interesting project.)
Though originally released by alternative comics vanguard Fantagraphics Books, this new sixteenth issue is the first to be entirely produced, printed and published by Mr. Ware alone; limited to a single press run, once it is sold out, pulped, and/or burned, neither of these narratives will be available again until "Rusty Brown" and "Building Stories" are eventually edited, collected and remaindered as hardcover books. Thus, be the first in your mercantile district to own this first chapter of what years from now is sure to be a tart, possibly insincere reminder of the fragile economy and mental disposition of the early 21st century. 64 pages, full color, 9" x 7" [via]More editions of The Acme Novelty Library 16:
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Alice's Adventure in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, David Blair, John BradleyISBN 1561381004 (1-56138-100-4)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventure in Wonderland'Book summary:A retelling of the well-known tale in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters. [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby David Blair, Lewis Carroll, Graham EverndenISBN 1561382469 (1-56138-246-9)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Our Miniature Edition "TM" collection continues to grow! Since 1989, when the first minis appeared, Running Press has offered an astonishing range of subjects, sure to find a place in any booklover's library! Visit the golf course for nine holes, head to the kitchen with the Silver Palate chefs, travel to the heavens above, or rediscover the wonders of nature in your own backyard. [via]
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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha ChristieISBN 1568497369 (1-56849-736-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Anne of the Islandby L.M. Montgomery, Genevieve WigginsISBN 1561383694 (1-56138-369-4)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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The Apocalypse Watchby Robert LudlumISBN 1568952384 (1-56895-238-4)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Batman :Dark Victoryby Bob Kane, Jeph Loeb, Tim SaleISBN 1563894696 (1-56389-469-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman :Dark Victory'Book summary:It is vastly refreshing when you find a Batman tale that is both epic and successfully explores the core of a resolutely explored character. Taking as its catalyst a sub-plot from the seminal Batman: Year One, the story revolves around murders occurring on national holidays, the victims connected to Mob boss "The Roman". Dubbed "Holiday", the killer uses an untraceable handgun and leaves small trinkets at the scene. Plenty of suspects are available, but the truth is something the Dark Knight never suspected. This series scores two major coups: it brilliantly portrays the transfer of Gotham rule to the supervillains and charts the horrific transformation of Harvey Dent from hardened D.A. to the psychotic Two-Face. Both orbit around the sharply portrayed relationship between Dent, Commissioner Gordon and Batman: a triumvirate of radically different perceptions of Justice. It is always great to see the formative incarnation of Batman, drenched in noir here. Loeb's writing is keenly aware that Batman is a detective and Tim Sale portrays a Gotham that is a fertile breeding ground for corruption and madness. Here, Batman is coming to terms with the potent image he projects and the madness it attracts. There are many fine Batman stories, but the ones that capture the spirit with extreme clarity are few. On this alone, The Long Halloween comes highly recommended. Masterfully executed, this is an excellent chance to revisit the world of Batman as fresh as in the summer of 1939. --Danny Graydon [via]
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Batman : The Dark Knight Returnsby Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, John Costanza, Bob KaneISBN 1563893428 (1-56389-342-8)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman : The Dark Knight Returns'Book summary:If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known recently for his excellent Sin City series and, previously, for his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the supreme contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children's cartoon character into a hero for our times. In his introduction the great Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) argues that only someone of Miller's stature could have done this. Batman is a character known well beyond the confines of the comic world (as are his retinue) and so reinventing him, while keeping his limiting core essentials intact, was a huge task.
Miller went far beyond the call of duty. The Dark Knight is a success on every level. Firstly it does keep the core elements of the Batman myth intact, with Robin, Alfred the butler, Commissioner Gordon and the old roster of villains, present yet brilliantly subverted. Secondly the artwork is fantastic--detailed, sometimes claustrophobic, psychotic. Lastly it's a great story: Gotham City is a hell on earth, streetgangs roam but there are no heroes. Decay is ubiquitous. Where is a hero to save Gotham? It is 10 years since the last recorded sighting of the Batman. And things have got worse than ever. Bruce Wayne is close to being a broken man but something is keeping him sane: the need to see change and the belief that he can orchestrate some of that change. Batman is back. The Dark Knight has returned. Awesome. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Againby Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, Bob Kane, John CostanzaISBN 156389341X (1-56389-341-X)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again'Book summary:If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known recently for his excellent Sin City series and, previously, for his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the supreme contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children's cartoon character into a hero for our times. In his introduction the great Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) argues that only someone of Miller's stature could have done this. Batman is a character known well beyond the confines of the comic world (as are his retinue) and so reinventing him, while keeping his limiting core essentials intact, was a huge task.
Miller went far beyond the call of duty. The Dark Knight is a success on every level. Firstly it does keep the core elements of the Batman myth intact, with Robin, Alfred the butler, Commissioner Gordon and the old roster of villains, present yet brilliantly subverted. Secondly the artwork is fantastic--detailed, sometimes claustrophobic, psychotic. Lastly it's a great story: Gotham City is a hell on earth, streetgangs roam but there are no heroes. Decay is ubiquitous. Where is a hero to save Gotham? It is 10 years since the last recorded sighting of the Batman. And things have got worse than ever. Bruce Wayne is close to being a broken man but something is keeping him sane: the need to see change and the belief that he can orchestrate some of that change. Batman is back. The Dark Knight has returned. Awesome. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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The Best of Weird Talesby John BetancourtISBN 1566197309 (1-56619-730-9)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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The Big Sixby Arthur RansomeISBN 1567921191 (1-56792-119-1)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Black Sun: A Novelby Edward AbbeyISBN 1568490828 (1-56849-082-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
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The Book of Guysby Garrison KeillorISBN 1568950659 (1-56895-065-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Bouvard and Pecuchetby Gustave Flaubert, Mark PolizzottiISBN 1564783936 (1-56478-393-6)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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The Captain's and the King'sby Taylor CaldwellISBN 1568492588 (1-56849-258-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Caricatureby Daniel ClowesISBN 1560974583 (1-56097-458-3)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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The City and the Starsby Arthur Charles ClarkeISBN 1567231608 (1-56723-160-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The City and the Stars'Book summary:Men had built cities before, but never such a city as Diaspar; for millennia its protective dome shutout the creeping decay and danger of the world outside. Once, it held powers that rules the stars. But then, as legend had it, The invaders came, driving humanity into this last refuge. It takes one man, A Unique to break through DiasparÂs stifling inertia, to smash the legend and discover the true nature of the Invaders. [via]
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A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessISBN 1568495110 (1-56849-511-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clockwork Orange'Book summary:The only American edition of the cult classic novel.
A vicious fifteen-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic, whose stark terror was captured in Stanley Kubrick's magnificent film of the same title. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. When the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him the novel asks, "At what cost?" This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked." [via]More editions of A Clockwork Orange:
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Cold Fireby Dean R. KoontzISBN 1560549785 (1-56054-978-5)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cold Fire'Book summary:Reporter Holly Thorne is intrigued by Jim Ironheart, who has saved 12 lives in the past three months. Holly wants to know what kind of power drives him, why terrifying visions of a churning windmill haunt his dreams, and just what he means when he whispers in his sleep that an enemy who will kill everyone is coming. A master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns. - The San Diego Union-Tribune [via]
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The Color Purpleby Alice WalkerISBN 1568496281 (1-56849-628-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Confidence Manby Herman Melville, H. Bruce FranklinISBN 1564784541 (1-56478-454-1)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Congoby Michael CrichtonISBN 1568491263 (1-56849-126-3)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 1566197074 (1-56619-707-4)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:Twain, Mark "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" in the revolutionary Bed Book Landscape Reading Format - a new approach to reading in bed as well as other places people enjoy reading while lying down, such as the beach, or on a grassy lawn in the park. Bed Books provide the freedom to lie in any comfortable position without being obligated to sit up in order to read. They can be an essential aid for readers who may be prone to back and neck strain when assuming the contorted body positions normally required for reading while lying down, and for those who have previously found it difficult or impossible to read books in bed, such as the elderly and the disabled. Bed Books can also be read sitting up as easily as with a conventional book. See the current Bed Book Catalog at: www.bedbooks.NET www.readinginbed.com [via]
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Creepy Classics IIby Barbara Kiwak, Doris StuartISBN 1565657160 (1-56565-716-0)
Softcover, School Specialty Pub
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor M. DostoevskyISBN 1566194334 (1-56619-433-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime And Punishment'Book summary:Reproduced from the original 1886 English-language edition, this classic work follows the foibles of Raskolnikov, who believes that remarkable men like himself are above the laws of society. [via]
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The Curious Case of Sidd Finchby George Plimpton, Jonathan AmesISBN 156858296X (1-56858-296-X)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Dark Destinyby John Cobb, Edward E. KramerISBN 1565048156 (1-56504-815-6)
Softcover, Psi
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Dark Victoryby Jeph Loeb, Tim SaleISBN 1563898683 (1-56389-868-3)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Don't Open This Book!by Marvin KayeISBN 156865524X (1-56865-524-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Direct
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The Fixer, the Natural, the Assistantby Bernard MalamudISBN 156731001X (1-56731-001-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Gay & Lesbian Stats: A Pocket Guide of Facts and Figuresby Bennett L. Singer, David DeschampsISBN 1565841557 (1-56584-155-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gay & Lesbian Stats: A Pocket Guide of Facts and Figures'Book summary:Under sixteen headings ranging from Activism and Politics to Religion, Gay and Lesbian Stats delivers hundreds of salient facts, citing sources, that documents the current status of gay men and lesbians. This straightforward compendium of facts may be slim (just the right size for carrying around in a pocket) but it packs a wallop. [via]
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Gerald's Gameby Stephen KingISBN 1568950055 (1-56895-005-5)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Ghost at the Tableby Suzanne BerneISBN 1565123344 (1-56512-334-4)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamasby Tom RobbinsISBN 1568950918 (1-56895-091-8)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, William King, Leon BaxterISBN 1561387657 (1-56138-765-7)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharerby Joseph ConradISBN 1566194903 (1-56619-490-3)
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High Stakesby Dick FrancisISBN 156895008X (1-56895-008-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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A James Bond Omnibusby Ian FlemingISBN 156731161X (1-56731-161-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A James Bond Omnibus'Book summary:Thunderball James Bond is in disgrace. His medical report is critical of the high living that is ruining his health, and M packs him off to a health farm to be tuned up to his former pitch of exceptional fitness. Bond expects a trying two weeks. The last thing he expects is an adversary more deadly, more ruthless even than SMERSH. On Her Majesty's Secret Service High in the air of the Swiss Alps a set-up is planned. A man is hunting respectability with all the cunning that made him Europe's most ruthless criminal. Nothing is to stand in his way. Especially not 007. And Bond, too, has a lot on his mind. . . she is so beautiful, so sensual, that the charms of bachelorhood seem oddly tarnished. Bond is skating on very thin ice. You Only Live Twice In this sequel to the tragic "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond is depressed and adrift. M decides to send him on an impossible mission to revive his spirits: he must go to Japan to acquire a new ciphering method from "Tiger" Tanaka, head of the Japanese Secret Service. Tanaka finally agrees, but asks in return that Bond assassinate an infamous recluse who owns a garden filled with deadly animals and poisonous plants, where people have been going to commit suicide - The Garden of Evil [via]
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James Herriot's Cat Storiesby James Herriot, Lesley HolmesISBN 1567315151 (1-56731-515-1)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Herriot's Cat Stories'Book summary:Between these covers, teller and tales finally meet in a warm and joyful new collection that will bring delight to the hearts of readers the world over: James Herriot's Cat Stories. Here are Buster, the kitten who arrived on Christmas; Alfred, the cat at the sweet shop; little Emily, who lived with the gentleman tramp; and Olly and Ginny, the kittens who charmed readers when they first appeared at the Herriots' house in the worldwide bestseller Every Living Thing. And along with these come others, each story as memorable and heartwarming as the last, each told with that magical blend of gentle wit and human compassion that marks every word from James Herriot's pen.[via]More editions of James Herriot's Cat Stories:
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 1561380229 (1-56138-022-9)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 1566195667 (1-56619-566-7)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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The Jungleby Emily Russell, Peter KuperISBN 1561634115 (1-56163-411-5)
Softcover, Nbm Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:Peter Kupers Classics Illustrated adaptation of Upton Sinclair`s whistle-blowing novel on the conditions at the Chicago slaughter houses in the early 20th century is brought back to press in a beautiful larger size hardcover. One of his best and most poignant works. [via]
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The Jungleby Peter Kuper, Emily RussellISBN 1561634042 (1-56163-404-2)
Hardcover, Nbm Pub Co
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1562542915 (1-56254-291-5)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This 80-page adaptation has been painstakingly edited to retain the integrity of the original work, and to convey a sense of the author's style and the novel's theme. A low reading level assures success and stimulates a desire for further exploration of this classic tale. [via]
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis Stevenson, N. C. WyethISBN 1561382620 (1-56138-262-0)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Incomparable editions combining classic tales with magnificent fullcolor N.C. Wyeth illustrations. Beautifully produced and offered at an unbeatable price, these volumes are classics that belong in any book lover's library. [via]
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Killoyleby Roger BoylanISBN 1564781453 (1-56478-145-3)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Kingdom Comeby Mark Waid, Alex Ross, Waid MarkISBN 1563893177 (1-56389-317-7)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kingdom Come'Book summary:As comic books gained in respectability, the superhero comic has remained a much-maligned medium. Oh sure, Batman was given new levels of sophistication by the likes of Frank Miller and Alan Moore, and Watchmen added a dose of reality to the concept of superheroes, but the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman have for years watched their lesser-powered colleagues gain critical acceptance while they were left behind to keep the kids happy. Until, that is, Kingdom Come accorded DC's premier superheroes the respect they have long deserved.
In the near future, Superman has retired, plagued by an inability to accept a world where his generation's super-powered descendants run roughshod over the values he fought for. When tragic events force his return, he gathers his former team-mates and colleagues to once again lead the fight for justice and order. However, their return sparks a chain of events that could lead the world to Armageddon.
With its intelligent storyline and superb painted artwork, writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross have created a thoroughly believable world where superheroes could exist, paying particular attention to the social and political implications of such a world. Why bother with the Olympics when there are beings who can bench-press buildings and run faster than light? What's the point of normal humans making laws when they are powerless to enforce them against superhumans? Above all, where Kingdom Come succeeds is by adding new depths of humanity to some of DC's timeless characters--including icons like Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman--as well as offering interesting future glimpses of the lesser known (but no less interesting) likes of Orion, Blue Beetle and Aquaman. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Kolymsky Heightsby Lionel DavidsonISBN 1568951582 (1-56895-158-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Left Bank Gangby Fantagraphics Books, Jason, Kim ThompsonISBN 1560977426 (1-56097-742-6)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Left Bank Gang'Book summary:2007 Eisner Award-winner: set in 1920s Paris, this is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of the great literary figures of the period (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Pound, and Joyce) as graphic novelists... and perpetrators of a thrilling, double-crossing heist!
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's unique new graphic novel.
Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures as not only typical Jason anthropomorphics, but... graphic novelists! Yes, in Jason's warped world, cartooning is the dominant form of fiction, and not only do these four literary giants work in the comics medium but they get together to discuss pen vs. brush, chat about the latest graphic novels from Dostoevsky ("I can't tell any of his characters apart!") to Faulkner ("Hasn't he heard of white space? His panels are too crowded!"), and bemoan their erratic careers.
Add in a hilarious sequence where Hemingway is lectured by an overbearing Gertrude Stein ("What kind of pencil are you using? You should be using a blue pencil, that way you don't have to erase, all right? Avoid captions. Don't ever write 'A little later.' You don't need that. The reader will figure it out."), guest appearances by Zelda Fitzgerald and Jean-Paul Sartre, and a few remarkable twists and turns along the way, and you've got one of the funniest and most playful graphic novels of the year.
Like Jason's acclaimed Why Are You Doing This?, The Left Bank Gang is rendered in full spectacular color. This is Jason's eighth graphic novel in six years for Fantagraphics, and his audience continues to grow with every acclaimed release.
2007 Eisner Award winner, Best U.S. Edition of International Material; 2007 Eisner Award nominee: Best Coloring (Hubert). Full-color comics throughout [via]More editions of The Left Bank Gang:
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The Life and Times of Horatio HornblowerISBN 1568493185 (1-56849-318-5)
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The Mad Manby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 1563331942 (1-56333-194-2)
Softcover, Masquerade Books
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Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknownby Marvin KayeISBN 1568650434 (1-56865-043-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown'Book summary:The editor of Devils and Demons compiles more than fifty terrifying tales, many never before anthologized, by such masters as Willa Cather, Gaston Leroux, Bram Stoker, and Joyce Carol Oates. Science Fiction & Doubleday Bk Clubs. [via]
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A Minor Apocalypseby Richard Lourie, Tadeusz Konwicki, Robert L. McLaughlinISBN 1564782174 (1-56478-217-4)
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 1561563080 (1-56156-308-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:The story of a dangerously obsessed man. Obsessed with seeking vengeance against a great white whale that pushes him and his reluctant crew in a quest across the seven seas. Obsessed with pitching his boat against a formidable beast against all odds and oblivious to the great risk to life and limb. Fully painted by Will Eisner. [via]
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Moby Dickby Will Eisner, Herman MelvilleISBN 1561632945 (1-56163-294-5)
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The Monkey Wrench Gangby Edward AbbeyISBN 1568490836 (1-56849-083-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Monkey Wrench Gang'Book summary:Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have remarked that the book is more a comic book than a real novel, and it's true that reading this incendiary call to protect the American wilderness requires more than a little of the old willing suspension of disbelief. The story centers on Vietnam veteran George Washington Hayduke III, who returns to the desert to find his beloved canyons and rivers threatened by industrial development. On a rafting trip down the Colorado River, Hayduke joins forces with feminist saboteur Bonnie Abbzug, wilderness guide Seldom Seen Smith, and billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., and together they wander off to wage war on the big yellow machines, on dam builders and road builders and strip miners. As they do, his characters voice Abbey's concerns about wilderness preservation ("Hell of a place to lose a cow," Smith thinks to himself while roaming through the canyonlands of southern Utah. "Hell of a place to lose your heart. Hell of a place... to lose. Period"). Moving from one improbable situation to the next, packing more adventure into the space of a few weeks than most real people do in a lifetime, the motley gang puts fear into the hearts of their enemies, laughing all the while. It's comic, yes, and required reading for anyone who has come to love the desert. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Moonraker: Library Editionby Ian FlemingISBN 1567310559 (1-56731-055-9)
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My Life In Cia: A Chronicle Of 1973by Harry MathewsISBN 1564783928 (1-56478-392-8)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Naked FaceISBN 1568650884 (1-56865-088-4)
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Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardustby Neil GaimanISBN 1563894319 (1-56389-431-9)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust'Book summary:De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cSur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...
Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
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Night Fisherby R. Kikuo JohnsonISBN 1560977191 (1-56097-719-1)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Night Fisher'Book summary:An intimate, compelling drama of young men on the cusp of adulthood. Johnson explores his characters' relationships with natural ease; his unsentimental portrait of late adolescence is a mature depiction of immature lives.
R. Kikuo Johnson has created an intimate and compelling graphic novel-length drama of young men on the cusp of adulthood. First-rate prep school, S.U.V., and a dream house in the heights: This was the island paradise handed to Loren Foster when he moved to Hawaii with his father six years ago. Now, with the end of high school just around the corner, his best friend, Shane, has grown distant. The rumors say it's hard drugs, and Loren suspects that Shane has left him behind for a new group of friends. What sets Johnson's drama apart is the naturalistic ease with which he explores the relationships of his characters. It is at once an unsentimental portrait of that most awkward period between adolescence and young adulthood and that rarest of things: a mature depiction of immature lives. Visually, Johnson captures the languid tropical climate and strip mall tackiness of Hawaii in a rich chiaroscuro style reminiscent of Milton Caniff combined with the sensual ink work of Paul Pope or Jessica Abel.
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Nothingby Henry GreenISBN 1564782603 (1-56478-260-3)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Pet Semataryby Stephen KingISBN 1568495455 (1-56849-545-5)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Point Counter Pointby Aldous HuxleyISBN 1564781313 (1-56478-131-3)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Point Counter Point'Book summary:When it was published in 1928, Point Counter Point no doubt shocked its readers with frank depictions of infidelity, sexuality, and the highbrow high jinks of Aldous Huxley's arty characters. What's truly remarkable, however, is how his novel continues to shock today. True, we may hardly lift an eyebrow at poor Marjorie Carling leaving her husband to live in sin with--and get pregnant by--her lover Walter Bidlake. And the sexual exploits of Lady Edward Tantamount or her daughter, Lucy, seem quite in keeping with the behavior expected of such exalted persons by readers inured to the exploits of the British Royals. If the varieties of sexual experience on display in Huxley's novel seem tame by current standards, his clear-eyed dissection of the motives behind them are thrillingly fresh--and his commentaries on everything from politics to ecology sometimes chillingly prescient. Take for example, the wisdom of amateur biologist Lord Edward Tantamount on the subject of non-renewable resources:
"No doubt," he said, "you think you can make good the loss with phosphate rocks. But what'll you do when the deposits are exhausted?" He poked Everard in the shirt front. "What then? Only two hundred years and they'll be finished. You think we're being progressive because we're living on our capital Phosphates, coal, petroleum, nitre--squander them all. That's your policy. And meanwhile you go round trying to make our flesh creep with talk about revolutions."
When his interlocutor, the fascist politician Everard Webley, demands to know whether Lord Edward wants a revolution, Tantamount first asks whether such an event would reduce the population and check production and then, when assured it would, he responds, "'Then certainly I want a revolution.' The Old Man thought in terms of geology and was not afraid of logical conclusions."Huxley fills his novel with a multitude of characters, from the obscenely wealthy Tantamounts to the priapic painter John Bidlake, his children Walter and Elinor, and their respective mates, Marjorie Carling and Philip Quarles. There is also the venomous Maurice Spandrell, the revolutionary Illidge, the unctuous Burlap, and the happily married (a rarity in this novel) Mark and Mary Rampion, who are the book's moral center--theirs is the one relationship that combines reason and passion in proper measure. They are purportedly in part based on well-known figures of the time such as D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield. Love, loss, infidelity, and murder are the subjects under discussion as Huxley juxtaposes one point of view against its opposite, and mixes in a healthy dollop of science, politics, religion, and art, as well. Point Counter Point is an intelligent novel about the intellectual world, and one that bears up gracefully under the test of time. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Red Squareby Martin Cruz SmithISBN 1560548886 (1-56054-888-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Return Of The Dancing Masterby Laurie Thompson, Henning MankellISBN 1565848608 (1-56584-860-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return Of The Dancing Master'Book summary:The new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mystery series.
It would be nearly two hours before he died. As if in a borderland of horror between the nagging pain and the hopeless will to live, he was taken back in time, to the occasion when he engaged the fate that had now caught up with him.from The Return of the Dancing Master
December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hameln, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, nine male and three female war criminals are hanged.
Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. At the murder scene, the police discover strange tracks in the blood on the floor...as if someone had been practicing the tango.
Stefan Lindman, a young police officer on extended sick leave, hears about the murder of his former colleague and decides to investigate it himself. Lindman's inquiry becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as he uncovers the links between Herbert Molin's death and a global web of neo-Nazi activity. [via]
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. ForsterISBN 1566191440 (1-56619-144-0)
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Rose Madderby Stephen KingISBN 1568952619 (1-56895-261-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Southern Ghostby Carolyn G. HartISBN 1568950292 (1-56895-029-2)
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Sphinxby Robin CookISBN 1568494904 (1-56849-490-4)
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A Stained White Radianceby James Lee BurkeISBN 1562829807 (1-56282-980-7)
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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Editionby Stephen KingISBN 1568495714 (1-56849-571-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition'Book summary:In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Stardustby Neil Gaiman, Charles VessISBN 156389470X (1-56389-470-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans [via]
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Storiesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1566197104 (1-56619-710-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Stories'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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Sunglasses After Darkby Nancy A. CollinsISBN 1565048490 (1-56504-849-0)
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 1566191467 (1-56619-146-7)
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 1562549421 (1-56254-942-1)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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Thunderballby Ian FlemingISBN 1567310486 (1-56731-048-6)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, N. C. WyethISBN 1561382647 (1-56138-264-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 1566195365 (1-56619-536-5)
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Water for Elephants: Library Editionby Sara GruenISBN 1565125606 (1-56512-560-6)
Softcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Water for Elephants: Library Edition'Book summary:Jacob Jankowski says: "I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other." At the beginning of Water for Elephants, he is living out his days in a nursing home, hating every second of it. His life wasn't always like this, however, because Jacob ran away and joined the circus when he was twenty-one. It wasn't a romantic, carefree decision, to be sure. His parents were killed in an auto accident one week before he was to sit for his veterinary medicine exams at Cornell. He buried his parents, learned that they left him nothing because they had mortgaged everything to pay his tuition, returned to school, went to the exams, and didn't write a single word. He walked out without completing the test and wound up on a circus train. The circus he joins, in Depression-era America, is second-rate at best. With Ringling Brothers as the standard, Benzini Brothers is far down the scale and pale by comparison.
Water for Elephants is the story of Jacob's life with this circus. Sara Gruen spares no detail in chronicling the squalid, filthy, brutish circumstances in which he finds himself. The animals are mangy, underfed or fed rotten food, and abused. Jacob, once it becomes known that he has veterinary skills, is put in charge of the "menagerie" and all its ills. Uncle Al, the circus impresario, is a self-serving, venal creep who slaps people around because he can. August, the animal trainer, is a certified paranoid schizophrenic whose occasional flights into madness and brutality often have Jacob as their object. Jacob is the only person in the book who has a handle on a moral compass and as his reward he spends most of the novel beaten, broken, concussed, bleeding, swollen and hungover. He is the self-appointed Protector of the Downtrodden, and... he falls in love with Marlena, crazy August's wife. Not his best idea.
The most interesting aspect of the book is all the circus lore that Gruen has so carefully researched. She has all the right vocabulary: grifters, roustabouts, workers, cooch tent, rubes, First of May, what the band plays when there's trouble, Jamaican ginger paralysis, life on a circus train, set-up and take-down, being run out of town by the "revenooers" or the cops, and losing all your hooch. There is one glorious passage about Marlena and Rosie, the bull elephant, that truly evokes the magic a circus can create. It is easy to see Marlena's and Rosie's pink sequins under the Big Top and to imagine their perfect choreography as they perform unbelievable stunts. The crowd loves it--and so will the reader. The ending is absolutely ludicrous and really quite lovely. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank BaumISBN 1566197120 (1-56619-712-0)
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You Only Live Twiceby Ian FlemingISBN 156731080X (1-56731-080-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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