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After the First Deathby Robert CormierISBN 0808516124 (0-8085-1612-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After the First Death'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists is described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between. [via]
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Apolion: El Destructor Es Desencadenadoby Tim LahayeISBN 0789906554 (0-7899-0655-4)
Softcover, Editorial Unilit
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Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleasedby Tim Lahaye, Tim F. Lahaye, Jerry B. JenkinsISBN 0842329269 (0-8423-2926-9)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed'Book summary:Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, is another suspenseful chronicle of those left behind after the rapture of the saved. As the book opens, Hattie Durham, the former airline attendant and mistress of the antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia, is wracked with confusion about what to do with her illegitimate child, whose birth date is coming due. Rayford Steele, the airline pilot who flies Carpathia's plane, is ambivalent about the mounting evidence that his late wife, Amanda, may have been a false believer. Buck, the ace newspaper reporter, and Chloe, his wife, are debating whether to have a child when the future of the world is so uncertain. And all of the world's thousands of believers are gathering in Jerusalem for a stadium rally, which will lead to a showdown with Nicolae Carpathia. Believers are increasingly relying on the Internet for underground communication, and most of them are becoming more and more tempted by violence as a way of battling the forces of evil overtaking the world. But demon locusts are shortly dispatched as a divine plague to attack those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads; this buys the believers a little bit of time to solve their respective personal crises, all of which end in ways that will keep you riveted until the last page. [via]
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Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub - Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleased: ISBN 0842365540 (0-8423-6554-0)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub - Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleased: ISBN 0786229071 (0-7862-2907-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed: ISBN 0842329269 (0-8423-2926-9)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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Are You My Mother?by Philip D. EastmanISBN 0785751033 (0-7857-5103-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Are You My Mother?'Book summary:This is the classic from which many of our staff first learned to read, starting us on a path of unremitting bibliophilia. Are You My Mother? follows a confused baby bird who's been denied the experience of imprinting as he asks cows, planes, and steam shovels the Big Question. In the end he is happily reunited with his maternal parent in a glorious moment of recognition. [via]
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At Weddings and Wakesby Alice McDermottISBN 0816155712 (0-8161-5571-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Birthrightby Nora RobertsISBN 0786253592 (0-7862-5359-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Boomerang Clueby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145369 (0-8161-4536-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Buffalo Girlsby Larry McMurtryISBN 081615242X (0-8161-5242-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Callahan's Legacy: Library Editionby Spider RobinsonISBN 0812550358 (0-8125-5035-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Callahan's Legacy: Library Edition'Book summary:This is the fifth book in the Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series, a short read that once again brings together the Callahan regulars in a plot that combines the usual group therapy, the best/worst puns ever to see print and epic, world-saving deeds. This time around the gang must save Earth from a decidedly nasty alien, and only group telepathy will do the trick. Spider Robinson, whose cutting wit and keen insights are in full force, takes the opportunity to dive deep into the psyche of his various mainstay characters, making for some darkly intimate reading. [via]
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The Cat Who Played Brahmsby Lilian Jackson BraunISBN 0792703456 (0-7927-0345-6)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Citizen Girlby Emma McLaughlin, Nicola KrausISBN 0786274336 (0-7862-7433-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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City of Sorceryby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0886773326 (0-88677-332-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Sorcery'Book summary:Haunted by mysterious images of hooded figures, Magdalen Lorne, chief Terran operative on Darkover, pursues a quest not only to the frozen ends of the physical world but also to the perilous limits of the spiritual world. And there she is tested by the evil sorcery of the Dark Sisterhood. [via]
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Cruel As the Grave : A Medieval Mysteryby Sharon Kay PenmanISBN 0805056084 (0-8050-5608-4)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Darker Than Amberby John D. MacDonaldISBN 0816140081 (0-8161-4008-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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December 6by Martin Cruz SmithISBN 0786246839 (0-7862-4683-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Earthbornby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812532988 (0-8125-3298-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Easy to Killby Agatha ChristieISBN 081614544X (0-8161-4544-X)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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The Elf Queen of Shannaraby Terry BrooksISBN 0785706208 (0-7857-0620-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Exile's Songby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0886777348 (0-88677-734-8)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exile's Song'Book summary:The eagerly-awaited sequel to The Heritage of Hastur and Sharra's Exile. Margaret Alton, daughter of the Darkovan representative to the Terran Imperial Senate, remembers almost nothing about the planet of her birth or her tumultuous childhood. What fleeting memories she has are fragments of terror -- a strange silver man and a screaming woman with hair that circled her head like a ring of fire. Now her work has taken Margaret back to Darkover, where she must fight against inner voices that are trying to control her as she unravels the secrets of her heritage -- and her destiny. [via]
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The Eye of the Heronby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0893406511 (0-89340-651-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eye of the Heron'Book summary:The savage, lawless prison world is called Victoria. The arriving exiles, sworn to nonviolence, are called the People of the Peace. Brutalized and dominated by the City criminals, the People would have broken vows and shed blood if not for one bold young woman. Her name is Luz, and she leaves her City father to lead the People on a perilous quest to discover a world of hope within this world of chaos...a place they will call Heron. [via]
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First Among Equalsby Jeffrey ArcherISBN 0816137781 (0-8161-3778-1)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Forever Kingby Warren Murphy, Molly CochranISBN 0812517164 (0-8125-1716-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Forty Thousand in Gehenna : Era of Rapprochementby C. J. CherryhISBN 0886774292 (0-88677-429-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forty Thousand in Gehenna : Era of Rapprochement'Book summary:"Set in the same future as the Hugo-winning Downbelow Station, but fully self-contained, this is a story on the classic theme of human understanding of the alien. . . . Once again, Cherryh proves herself a consistently thoughtful and entertaining writer."--Publishers Weekly. Reissue. [via]
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From the Earth to the Moonby Jules VerneISBN 0804901422 (0-8049-0142-2)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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German Literary Fairy Talesby Frank G. RyderISBN 0826402771 (0-8264-0277-1)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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The Girls of Slender Meansby Muriel SparkISBN 081121379X (0-8112-1379-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Glorious Appearing: An Experience in Sound and Dramaby Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. JenkinsISBN 0842332375 (0-8423-3237-5)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Glorious Appearing: An Experience in Sound and Drama'Book summary:Thousands of years of human history stained by strife, death, and sin come to an end when the King of Glory returns to earth. the satisfying conclusion of the seven years of tribulation covered by the "Left Behind" series will portray the return of Jesus Christ to earth in both glory and judgement. Don't miss this final chapter in the Left Behind saga! [via]
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The Godwulf Manuscriptby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0893402184 (0-89340-218-4)
Softcover, L P Books
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Good Night, Mr Tomby Michelle MagorianISBN 0808579673 (0-8085-7967-3)
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A Gracious Plentyby Sheri ReynoldsISBN 0786216832 (0-7862-1683-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Grey Areaby Will SelfISBN 0871136732 (0-87113-673-2)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grey Area'Book summary:The latest collection of short stories by Will Self explores a world so saturated with sensory stimulation its inhabitants are immune to it. In the minds of his characters, vastly complicated interior worlds and conspiracies are formed as protection against the monotony and emptiness of life. In the title story, a stenographer works for a company whose policy is to consume its own products, leading to the spiritual consumption of everyone who works for it. For Self's characters, reality is a virtual reality, imagined into existence as relief from the vapidity of themselves. [via]
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Henry IV. Part 1by William Shakespeare, Alan DurbandISBN 0812035852 (0-8120-3585-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV. Part 1'Book summary:Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:
1. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective.
2. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers.
3. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.
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The Hiding Placeby Trezza AzzopardiISBN 0802138594 (0-8021-3859-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Household Godsby Judith Tarr, Harry TurtledoveISBN 0812564669 (0-8125-6466-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Household Gods'Book summary:The standard time-travel plot turns on what might be changed by the futuristic know-how of an intrepid time traveler--typically a mechanically-minded man who "invents" modern weapons, medical technology, and so on. In Household Gods, Tarr and Turtledove make their time traveler a 1990s Los Angeles lawyer with no special technical or historical knowledge.
Nicole Gunther-Perrin is a single mother of two. Today her daycare provider's quitting. At the office, her male colleague has made partner and she hasn't. The kids get sick, the microwave dies, and her ex goes on vacation with his girlfriend. Staring at a votive plaque of Liber and Libera, Roman household gods, Nicole falls asleep wishing she lived in the past, surely a better and easier time. She awakens in second-century Carnuntum, a town near the Roman Empire's borders. Death, disease, and dirt are commonplace. Slavery and corporal punishment are facts of life, and war, pillage, and rape are constant threats. Mere survival is hard work. Though Nicole adapts and even enjoys some of her experience, she longs to return to her own time. The problems she left behind no longer seem unconquerable.
Tarr and Turtledove know their history and bring the reader into a past as vividly real as Nicole's Los Angeles. They create genuine, sympathetic characters whose thoughts and feelings are true to their era and deliver a satisfying conclusion. Household Gods should be on the shelf next to L. Sprague de Camp's Lest Darkness Fall and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR mysteries. --Nona Vero [via]
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Inherit the Windby Robert E. Lee, Jerome LawrenceISBN 082220570X (0-8222-0570-X)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inherit the Wind'Book summary:The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation. "a tidal wave of a drama." -- New York World-Telegram And Sun [via]
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Isabel's Bedby Elinor LipmanISBN 0786204958 (0-7862-0495-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Joan Of Arc: The Authorized Uniform Editionby Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne ClemensISBN 0809531763 (0-8095-3176-3)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Joan Of Arc: The Authorized Uniform Edition'Book summary:This fictionalized "biography" told by an intimate companion of Joan of Arc was thought by Mark Twain to be his finest work. It was hugely popular in its time, and while the tastes of subsequent generations may have elevated HUCKLEBERRY FINN and THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER to a higher level, JOAN OF ARC still remains one of Twain's most colorful and passionately-imagined books. [via]
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King Henry IVby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0819139262 (0-8191-3926-2)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Last Days of Pompeiiby E.G. Bulwer-LyttonISBN 0848819594 (0-8488-1959-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Light That Failedby Rudyard KiplingISBN 088184277X (0-88184-277-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Long Day's Journey into Nightby Eugene O'NeillISBN 0891903704 (0-89190-370-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Longings of Womenby Marge PiercyISBN 0816174571 (0-8161-7457-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Love's Labour's Lost, the Winter's Tale, Othello, King Henryby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0819139289 (0-8191-3928-9)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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The Mammoth Cheeseby Sheri HolmanISBN 0802141358 (0-8021-4135-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mammoth Cheese'Book summary:With The Mammoth Cheese, Holman delivers a sharp, contemporary story steeped in history that will captivate a new audience while gratifying readers of her acclaimed earlier work, The Dress Lodger. Beautifully crafted and driven by warm, vibrant characters, The Mammoth Cheese follows the residents of rural Three Chimneys, Virginia, on their historic journey to re-create the making of the original Thomas Jefferson-era, 1,235-pound "Mammoth Cheese." As the book opens, the town is joyously celebrating the birth of the Frank Eleven (eleven babies simultaneously born to Manda and James Frank after fertility treatments) and enjoying the thrill of notoriety as reform-minded presidential hopeful Adams Brooke visits the newborns. But as autumn progresses and the babies start to die, the community seeks to redeem itself through the making and transporting of a symbolic Mammoth Cheese to Washington, as a gift for the newly elected President Brooke. Sheri Holman seamlessly weaves together the lives of Three Chimneys, delving into her characters' inescapable family histories as they grapple with religion, divorce, politics, and unrequited love. The Mammoth Cheese is a triumphant exploration of the burdens and joys of rural America and the debts we owe to history, our parents, and ourselves. [via]
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The Man Who Planted Treesby Jean Giono, Frederic BackISBN 0887943624 (0-88794-362-4)
Hardcover, Cbc Enterprises
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Planted Trees'Book summary:The Man Who Planted Trees is not a detailed how-to guide to planting; it is a touching story of Elzéard Bouffier, who devoted his entire life to reforesting a desolate portion of Provence, in southern France. He single-handedly planted 100 acorns each day before, through, and after two world wars, and transformed a sorrowful place into one full of life and joy. Jean Giono's words offer a tribute to how much good one person can accomplish in a lifetime and advise on how to live life with deep meaning. Illustrated with moving, beautiful wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, The Man Who Planted Trees is simply written but powerful and unforgettable. The text is also available on tape, eloquently narrated by Robert J. Lurtsema and accompanied by music from the Paul Winter Consort. [via]
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Mexicoby James A. MichenerISBN 0785769846 (0-7857-6984-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Moonchildby Aleister CrowleyISBN 0877281475 (0-87728-147-5)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moonchild'Book summary:This is a novel by Crowley about a magical war between a white lodge ( led by Iff ) and a black lodge ( led by Douglas ) over an unborn child, the "moonchild" of the title, with the action moving between London, Paris and a villa in Naples. It was written in 1917 in New Orleans. [via]
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Moonchild; a Prologueby Aleister CrowleyISBN 0877280363 (0-87728-036-3)
Hardcover, S. Weiser
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Mother Londonby Michael MoorcockISBN 0792448391 (0-7924-4839-1)
Hardcover, Bdd Promotional Book Co
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Mrs. Miniverby Jan StrutherISBN 0884116778 (0-88411-677-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Naomiby Jun Ichiro TanizakiISBN 0865474575 (0-86547-457-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naomi'Book summary:Naomi-a "moga," or modern girl-defies Japanese tradition in dress, etiquette, and morality in this satirical tale of obsessive love set in 1920s Tokyo. As narrated by her husband, Joji, the story of Naomi reveals the enthusiasm and confusion with which most urban Japanese contended with the irresistible attractions of Western culture. [via]
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The Perilous Gardby Elizabeth Marie PopeISBN 0816163537 (0-8161-6353-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Quicksand and Passingby Nella LarsenISBN 0813511704 (0-8135-1170-4)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quicksand and Passing'Book summary:[via]Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novels' greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editor's comprehensive introduction, Larsen takes the theme of psychic dualism, so popular in Harlem Renaissance fiction, to a higher and more complex level, displaying a sophisticated understanding and penetrating analysis of black female psychology.
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Quite Ugly One Morningby Christopher BrookmyreISBN 0802138616 (0-8021-3861-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Ragged Trousered Philanthropistsby Robert TressellISBN 0853454574 (0-85345-457-4)
Softcover, Monthly Review Pr
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The Rector's Wifeby Joanna TrollopeISBN 0792713621 (0-7927-1362-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Reflexby Dick FrancisISBN 0816132550 (0-8161-3255-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Return of the Soldierby Rebecca WestISBN 0786703474 (0-7867-0347-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the Soldier'Book summary:It would be a crime to give away even the barest outline of Rebecca West's apparently simple, always agonizing first novel. We shall say only that The Return of the Soldier concerns the title character and three very different women to whom he is linked in very different ways--by blood, by marriage, and by love. It is also an imaginative study (one drenched in realism) of intimacy and illusion, possession and a terrible, destructive snobbery. On one estate outside London, even as the Great War and familial loss are taking their toll, the inhabitants strive for a measured, outwardly exquisite existence. All must remain as it was while their Chris is at war: each person, each object in its proper place. "You probably know the beauty of that view," the narrator buttonholes us, looking out the nursery window:
For when Chris rebuilt Baldry Court after his marriage, he handed it over to architects who had not so much the wild eye of the artist as the knowing wink of the manicurist, and between them they massaged the dear old place into matter for innumerable photos in the illustrated papers.
But of late this universe unto itself cannot quite keep out an England altered by ambition and industry. Only a few miles away a "red suburban stain," Wealdstone, has somehow cropped up. And one day all is permanently altered--or, rather, revealed--when a Wealdstone resident comes bearing news of Captain Baldry. Mrs. William Gray is clearly not of Chris's wife Kitty and his cousin Jenny's class, as Kitty in particular makes her aware. "Again her gray eyes brimmed," Jenny observes. "People are rude to one, she visibly said, but surely not nice people like this." How is it, then, that this dreary, "dingy" woman knows Chris and knows that something has happened to him? And how is it that Jenny soon comes to see her as someone "whose personality was sounding through her squalor like a beautiful voice singing in a darkened room"?In the remainder of this brief, perfect novel, a vanished (or repressed) past and its lost prospect of happiness comes to the fore. Rebecca West is best remembered for Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia (1941), but she displays the same vision--and a similar degree of realism--in her charged 1916 novel. Many readers will passionately regret the book's last twist, even as they know it to be artistically as well as historically true. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Softcover, Virago - The Return of the Soldier: ISBN 0881846589 (0-88184-658-9)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub - The Return of the Soldier: ISBN 0786703474 (0-7867-0347-4)
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The Saturdaysby Elizabeth EnrightISBN 0805070605 (0-8050-7060-5)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Simple Truthby David BaldacciISBN 0786216956 (0-7862-1695-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Son of the Mobby Gordon KormanISBN 0786807695 (0-7868-0769-5)
Hardcover, Disney Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Son of the Mob'Book summary:Vince Luca, 17, has a problem. His wealthy family runs the, uh, vending machine business in New York, and Vince is determined not to be part of it. Especially after a hot date is ruined when he finds that his older brother Tommy has conducted some business with Jimmy the Rat and hidden the messy and temporarily unconscious body in the trunk of Vince's car. His dad, the King of the Mob, is reasonable, sensible, lots of fun, gives great presents to his kids--and his name strikes the hearts of other mobsters to stone.
Although Vince keeps a low profile at school, his family connection brings him unwanted advantages, like the birthday Porsche that gets him arrested on stolen vehicle charges, or the football game in which he makes touchdown after touchdown because word has gotten around and nobody is willing to tackle him. Even private conversations at home have to be carried on in the basement because the FBI has bugged the house and an agent is always listening. Vince's life is inextricably tangled up with the family business, no matter how hard he tries to stay out of it. How can he show them he's serious? Then he meets Kendra, and when she innocently reveals that her father's an FBI agent--that FBI agent--it's a match made in heaven. He thinks.
Gordon Korman, author of (No More Dead Dogs) and over 30 other witty YA novels, is at his best in this Sopranos-style spoof about a teen's home life with the Mob. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Son Of The Mobby Korman GordonISBN 0786815930 (0-7868-1593-0)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Son Of The Mob'Book summary:Vince Luca, 17, has a problem. His wealthy family runs the, uh, vending machine business in New York, and Vince is determined not to be part of it. Especially after a hot date is ruined when he finds that his older brother Tommy has conducted some business with Jimmy the Rat and hidden the messy and temporarily unconscious body in the trunk of Vince's car. His dad, the King of the Mob, is reasonable, sensible, lots of fun, gives great presents to his kids--and his name strikes the hearts of other mobsters to stone.
Although Vince keeps a low profile at school, his family connection brings him unwanted advantages, like the birthday Porsche that gets him arrested on stolen vehicle charges, or the football game in which he makes touchdown after touchdown because word has gotten around and nobody is willing to tackle him. Even private conversations at home have to be carried on in the basement because the FBI has bugged the house and an agent is always listening. Vince's life is inextricably tangled up with the family business, no matter how hard he tries to stay out of it. How can he show them he's serious? Then he meets Kendra, and when she innocently reveals that her father's an FBI agent--that FBI agent--it's a match made in heaven. He thinks.
Gordon Korman, author of (No More Dead Dogs) and over 30 other witty YA novels, is at his best in this Sopranos-style spoof about a teen's home life with the Mob. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustleby Gordon KormanISBN 0786809191 (0-7868-0919-1)
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Spiritwalkby Charles De LintISBN 0812516206 (0-8125-1620-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spiritwalk'Book summary:Tamson House, a rambling house in urban Ottawa, becomes the gateway to a spirit world where Celtic and native American magicks mingle and through which they enter the real world. Reprint. PW. [via]
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Spring Moon: A Novel of Chinaby Bette LordISBN 0816133859 (0-8161-3385-9)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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Star of Dangerby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0886776074 (0-88677-607-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star of Danger'Book summary:A novel from the DARKOVER series, about a man on his first mission to the planet. What he encounters when he leaves the space station is to determine the fate of every Terran stranded there. From the author of THE SPELL SWORD. [via]
The Story of King Arthur and His Knightsby Howard Pyle, Don Hinkle, Jerry TirtitilliISBN 081671214X (0-8167-1214-X)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.
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Straightby Dick FrancisISBN 0816149917 (0-8161-4991-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Tell Me a Riddleby Tillie Olsen, Deborah Silverton RosenfeltISBN 081352136X (0-8135-2136-X)
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The Thief's Journalby Jean Genet, Bernard FrechtmanISBN 0802130143 (0-8021-3014-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thief's Journal'Book summary:The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil. Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's "Black Prince of Letters" here reconstructs his early adult years -- time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step ahead of the authorities. "Only a handful of twentieth-century writers, such as Kafka and Proust, have as important, as authoritative, as irrevocable a voice and style." -- Susan Sontag; "One of the strongest and most vital accounts of a life ever set down on paper. . . . Genet has dramatized the story of his own life with a power and vision which take the breath away. The Thief's Journal will undoubtedly establish Genet as one of the most daring literary figures of all time." -- The New York Post[via]More editions of The Thief's Journal:
The Towers of Silence: A Novelby Paul ScottISBN 081613846X (0-8161-3846-X)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Triple: A Novelby Ken FollettISBN 0816130051 (0-8161-3005-1)
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The White Castleby Orhan PamukISBN 0856358827 (0-85635-882-7)
Hardcover, Carcanet Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Castle'Book summary:Orhan Pamuk proffers a dazzling work of historical and philosophical fiction, set amid the scholarship and savagery of 17th-century Constantinople. When a young Italian scholar is taken prisoner, he becomes the slave and tutor of a Turkish scholar who is his exact double. THE WHITE CASTLE is a triumph of the imagination, as colorful and intricately patterned as a Turkish prayer rug. [via]
The World Jones Madeby Philip K. DickISBN 0839824831 (0-8398-2483-1)
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