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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangersby Larry McMurtryISBN 0671211609 (0-671-21160-9)
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American Starby Jackie CollinsISBN 0671023497 (0-671-02349-7)
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Andersen's Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, H. B. Paull, Edgar Lucas, Ronald CrociISBN 0671475592 (0-671-47559-2)
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Angels & Demonsby Dan BrownISBN 0671027360 (0-671-02736-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels & Demons'Book summary:It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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The Awakeningby Kate ChopinISBN 0671015478 (0-671-01547-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening'Book summary:When The Awakening was first published in 1899, critical outcry proved so vociferous that the novel was banished for decades. Now praised as a classic of early feminist literature, Kate Chopin's last work rejects conventional female roles and celebrates a woman's journey toward self-awareness. As Chopin's heroine, Edna Pontellier, awakens to her own desires she begins to question her ideas about marriage, motherhood, society, art, and the nature of love itself. A milestone in American fiction, The Awakening is an unforgettably poignant novel of self-discovery that has inspired generations of readers.
Washington Square Press Enriched Classics presents the world's greatest literature in timeless editions designed for modern readers. Special features include a lively introduction with essential biographical and historical background, critical perspectives, and a unique visual essay composed of authentic period illustrations and photographs that help bring every word to life. [via]
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Black Beautyby Anna Sewell, John SpeirsISBN 0671437895 (0-671-43789-5)
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The Black Houseby Paul TherouxISBN 0671498231 (0-671-49823-1)
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The Black Velvet Gownby Catherine CooksonISBN 0671467883 (0-671-46788-3)
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The Bleeding Heartby Marilyn FrenchISBN 067144784X (0-671-44784-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bleeding Heart'Book summary:By the author of the groundbreaking feminist novel THE WOMEN'S ROOM, THE BLEEDING HEART is a compelling novel about the devastating power of marriage -- and the unexpected power of love. A love story for and about adults, it speaks to the hearts and minds of women and men everywhere.
Dolores and Victor are both both successful, both Americans living alone in England. They meet and fall instantly in love, only to discover they agree on nothing. From the start they know they have only one year together. Their affair is sometimes bitter, always passionate, and, in the end, an extraordinary revelation for them both.
"A monumental achievement." -- Cosmopolitan [via]More editions of The Bleeding Heart:
Bram Stoker's Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0671009877 (0-671-00987-7)
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Brookeby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0671020323 (0-671-02032-3)
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Butterflyby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0671020293 (0-671-02029-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Butterfly'Book summary:All she wanted was to be someone's little girl...
Fate made her a lonely orphan, yearning for the embrace of a real family and a loving home. But a golden chance at a new life may not be enough to escape the dark secrets of her past... [via]
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By Reason of Insanityby Shane StevensISBN 0671240587 (0-671-24058-7)
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Cadillac Jackby Larry McMurtryISBN 0671454455 (0-671-45445-5)
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Canterbury Talesby LumianskyISBN 0671491288 (0-671-49128-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres. Five hundred years later, people are still reading Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Franklin, the Pardoner, or the Squire because you never learned Middle English, take heart: this edition of the Tales has been translated into modern idiom.
From the heroic romance of "The Knight's Tale" to the low farce embodied in the stories of the Miller, the Reeve, and the Merchant, Chaucer treated such universal subjects as love, sex, and death in poetry that is simultaneously witty, insightful, and poignant. The Canterbury Tales is a grand tour of 14th-century English mores and morals--one that modern-day readers will enjoy. [via]
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Casting Offby Elizabeth J. HowardISBN 0671534297 (0-671-53429-7)
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Casting Offby Elizabeth Jane HowardISBN 0671534300 (0-671-53430-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Casting Off'Book summary:Polly and Clary wonder if their lives will ever get easier, while Louise, trapped in an unhappy marriage, gathers the courage to leave her husband, and Rupert returns from France to witness the growing rift between his brothers. [via]
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The Cement Gardenby Ian McEwanISBN 0671242881 (0-671-24288-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cement Garden'Book summary:In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves. [via]
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The Code of the Woostersby P.G. WodehouseISBN 067120307X (0-671-20307-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Code of the Woosters'Book summary:A Jeeves and Wooster novel When Bertie Wooster goes to Totleigh Towers to pour oil on the troubled waters of a lovers' breach between Madeline Bassett and Gussie Fink-Nottle, he isn't expecting to see Aunt Dahlia there - nor to be instructed by her to steal some silver. But purloining the antique cow creamer from under the baleful nose of Sir Watkyn Bassett is the least of Bertie's tasks. He has to restore true love to both Madeline and Gussie and to the Revd 'Stinker' Pinker and Stiffy Byng - and confound the insane ambitions of would-be Dictator Roderick Spode and his Black Shorts. It's a situation that only Jeeves can unravel. Writing at the very height of his powers, in The Code of the Woosters, P.G. Wodehouse delivers what might be the most delightfully funny book ever committed to paper. [via]
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Confessions of a Crap Artistsby Philip DickISBN 0671442139 (0-671-44213-9)
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Confusionby Elizabeth Jane HowardISBN 0671527967 (0-671-52796-7)
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Crystalby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0671020307 (0-671-02030-7)
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys: A Novelby Chris Fuhrman, Donna NgISBN 067152903X (0-671-52903-X)
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Deception Pointby Dan BrownISBN 0671027387 (0-671-02738-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deception Point'Book summary:Penzler Pick, December 2001: In the world of page-turning thrillers, Dan Brown holds a special place in the hearts of many of us. After his first book, Digital Fortress, almost passed me by, he wrote Angels and Demons, which was probably one of the half-dozen most exciting thrillers of last year. It is a pleasure to report that his new book lives up to his reputation as a writer whose research and talent make his stories exciting, believable, and just plain unputdownable.
The time is now and President Zachary Herney is facing a very tough reelection. His opponent, Senator Sedgwick Sexton, is a powerful man with powerful friends and a mission: to reduce NASA's spending and move space exploration into the private sector. He has numerous supporters, including many beyond the businesses who will profit from this because of the embarrassment of 1996, when the Clinton administration was informed by NASA that proof existed of life on other planets. That information turned out to be premature, if not incorrect. (This story is true; I repeat, Dan Brown's research is very, very good.) The embattled president is assured that a rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice will prove to have far-reaching implications on America's space program. The find, however, needs to be verified.
Enter Rachel Sexton, a gister for the National Reconnaissance Office. Gisters reduce complex reports into single-page briefs, and in this case the president needs that confirmation before he broadcasts to the nation, probably ensuring his reelection. It's tricky because Rachel is the daughter of his opponent. Rachel is thrilled to be on the team traveling to the Arctic circle. She is a realist about her father's politics and has little respect for his stand on NASA, but Senator Sexton cannot help but have a problem with her involvement.
Adventure, romance, murder, skullduggery, and nail-biting tension ensue. By the end of Deception Point, the reader will be much better informed about how our space program works and how our politicians react to new information. Bring on the next Dan Brown thriller! --Otto Penzler [via]
Earthly Powersby Anthony BurgessISBN 0671414909 (0-671-41490-9)
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Esauby Philip KerrISBN 0671019929 (0-671-01992-9)
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The Feast of All Saintsby Anne RiceISBN 0671247557 (0-671-24755-7)
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Final Cutby Pamela ChaisISBN 0671251961 (0-671-25196-1)
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First Among Equalsby Jeffrey ArcherISBN 0671504061 (0-671-50406-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Among Equals'Book summary:In the 1960s four new mps take their seats at westminster. Over three decades they share the passions of the race for power with their wives and families, men and women caught up in a game for the highest stakes of all. But only one man can gain the ultimate goal - the office of prime minster [via]
Fish Preferredby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0671203088 (0-671-20308-8)
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The Fixerby Bernard MalamudISBN 0671460757 (0-671-46075-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fixer'Book summary:A classic that won Malamud both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
"The Fixer (1966) is Bernard Malamud's best-known and most acclaimed novel -- one that makes manifest his roots in Russian fiction, especially that of Isaac Babel.
Set in Kiev in 1911 during a period of heightened anti-Semitism, the novel tells the story of Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman blamed for the brutal murder of a young Russian boy. Bok leaves his village to try his luck in Kiev, and after denying his Jewish identity, finds himself working for a member of the anti-Semitic Black Hundreds Society. When the boy is found nearly drained of blood in a cave, the Black Hundreds accuse the Jews of ritual murder. Arrested and imprisoned, Bok refuses to confess to a crime that he did not commit.
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Forrest Gumpby Winston GroomISBN 0671526065 (0-671-52606-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forrest Gump'Book summary:Six foot six, 242 pounds, and possessed of a scant IQ of 70, Forrest Gump is the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this classic comic tale. His early life may seem inauspicious, but when the University of Alabamas football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur. With a voice all his own, Forrest is telling all in a madcap romp through three decades of American history. [via]
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The Franchise Affairby Josephine TeyISBN 0671508121 (0-671-50812-1)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Anne K. Mellor, Teresa ReyesISBN 0671531506 (0-671-53150-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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The Girl in Blueby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0671208020 (0-671-20802-0)
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The Gold Coinby Andrea KaneISBN 0671018884 (0-671-01888-4)
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The Golden Notebookby Doris May LessingISBN 0671287702 (0-671-28770-2)
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Good As Goldby Joseph HellerISBN 0671229230 (0-671-22923-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good As Gold'Book summary:For the millions of readers who have been waiting for a book to make them laugh as did Catch-22, Joseph Heller has produced a new masterpiece. Good as Gold combines the probing insight into anachronistic America of his last novel, Something Happened, with the biting, side-splitting brilliance of Catch-22. [via]
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Good Earthby Pearl S. BuckISBN 0671035770 (0-671-03577-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Earth'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country¹s last emperor.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: " A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
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Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. [via]SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
Greaseby Ron De ChristoforoISBN 0671024566 (0-671-02456-6)
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Hamletby William ShakespeareISBN 0671042866 (0-671-04286-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:In this edition of Hamlet, as in all other plays in the Folger Library, the text is set on right-hand pages. All notes are placed on facing left-hand pages and are keyed exactly to the text by line numbers. [via]
Hawke's Coveby Susan WilsonISBN 0671035746 (0-671-03574-6)
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Henry Vby William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. LamarISBN 0671415190 (0-671-41519-0)
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The Hum Bugby Harold SchechterISBN 0671041169 (0-671-04116-9)
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The Journal of Callie Wadeby Dawn MillerISBN 0671521012 (0-671-52101-2)
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Justineby Lawrence DurrellISBN 0671451049 (0-671-45104-9)
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The Klingon Hamletby William Shakespeare, Nick Nicholas, Andrew Strader, Klingon Language Institute, Will Martin, Mark Shoulson, D'Armond SpeersISBN 0671035789 (0-671-03578-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Klingon Hamlet'Book summary:Prepared by the Klingon Language Institute, The Klingon Hamlet presents full English and Klingon versions of Shakespeare's play side by side. Only experienced Klingon speakers will be able to fully appreciate the nuances of the Klingon-language version, but for anyone who has dabbled in the language, this is an excellent opportunity to acquire large chunks of authentic text to practice on. Most of the vocabulary used can be found in either The Klingon Dictionary or Klingon for the Galactic Traveler.
For non-Klingon speakers, there is Shakespeare's original text, an English-language introduction, and detailed endnotes, very wittily presented. These put forward the case that Shakespeare himself was a Klingon, and underline the essentially Klingon nature of this famous play, with its themes of honor and revenge. In creating the tragic figure of Hamlet, with his very un-Klingon propensity for brooding and procrastination, Shakespeare is believed to have been commenting on a culture becoming alienated from its traditional warlike virtues, and we are told that most Klingons find it a deeply disturbing play.
All in all, this is a very clever, well-presented interpretation of one of the world's most famous plays. The Klingon translation, in all the glory of its iambic pentameter, has been lovingly constructed, and is well worth the effort of reading at least a few favorite passages aloud. --Elizabeth Sourbut, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Lake Newsby Melissa Leo, Barbara DelinskyISBN 067103619X (0-671-03619-X)
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The Light Yearsby Elizabeth Jane HowardISBN 0671527932 (0-671-52793-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Light Years'Book summary:In 1937, the coming war is only a distant cloud on Britain's horizon. As the Cazalet households prepare for their summer pilgrimage to the family estate in Sussex, readers meet Edward, in love with but by no means faithful to his wife Villy; Hugh, wounded in the Great War; Rupert, who worships his lovely child-bride Zoe; and Rachel, the spinster sister. [via]
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The Little Drummer Girlby John Le CarréISBN 0671042785 (0-671-04278-5)
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In this thrilling and though-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young English actress, is lured into "the theatre of the real" by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. [via]
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Lonesome Dove: A Novelby Larry McMurtryISBN 0671504207 (0-671-50420-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonesome Dove: A Novel'Book summary:Larry McMurtry, in books like The Last Picture Show, has depicted the modern degeneration of the myth of the American West. The subject of Lonesome Dove, cowboys herding cattle on a great trail-drive, seems like the very stuff of that cliched myth, but McMurtry bravely tackles the task of creating meaningful literature out of it. At first the novel seems the kind of anti-mythic, anti-heroic story one might expect: the main protagonists are a drunken and inarticulate pair of former Texas Rangers turned horse rustlers. Yet when the trail begins, the story picks up an energy and a drive that makes heroes of these men. Their mission may be historically insignificant, or pointless--McMurtry is smart enough to address both possibilities--but there is an undoubted valor in their lives. The result is a historically aware, intelligent, romantic novel of the mythic west that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. [via]
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M*A*S*Hby Richard HookerISBN 0671479989 (0-671-47998-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'M*A*S*H'Book summary:Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.
The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."
For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart. [via]
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Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0671042874 (0-671-04287-4)
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Marking Timeby Elizabeth Jane HowardISBN 0671527940 (0-671-52794-0)
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Meridianby Alice WalkerISBN 0671472569 (0-671-47256-9)
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Miss Pym Disposesby Josephine TeyISBN 0671494139 (0-671-49413-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Pym Disposes'Book summary:Leys Physical Training College was famous for its excellent discipline and Miss Lucy Pym was pleased and flattered to be invited to give a psychology lecture there. But she had to admit that the health and vibrant beauty of the students made her feel just a little inadequate.Then there was a nasty accident and suddenly Miss Pym was forced to apply her agile intellect to the unpleasant fact that among all those impressively healthy bodies someone had a very sick mind... [via]
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Mistyby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0671028006 (0-671-02800-6)
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The Most of P. G. Wodehouseby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0671203495 (0-671-20349-5)
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Music in the Nightby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0671534742 (0-671-53474-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Music in the Night'Book summary:Laura Logan dreams of a glorious Cape Cod day when all the dark secrets are swept away... For Laura Logan, life on Cape Cod has been nearly perfect, full of magical days spent enjoying the sea with her beloved twin brother, Cary. But then, like the creeping of the tides, the vicious rumors at school begin-- cruel voices saying unspeakable things about the Logans. Laura tries to ignore them, but not until handsome, gentle Robert Royce moves to their town does she feel truly carefree and happy again. While Robert's smile drives the shadows from Laura's heart, she still worries about Cary, whose gloomy moods drift in like the coastal fog. And then Grandma Olivia issues a chilling threat, forbidding Laura to see Robert ever again. Alone to suffer because of dark secrets no one will explain, Laura obeys... until the miracle of a glorious summer leads her back into Robert's arms. But dark thunderclouds have been gathering on the horizon, and when they suddenly burst with tragedy, they howl a name from the Logans' shameful past that plunges Laura into a silent, terrible agony. Now Laura can only dream of the warm, sun-filled life she so desperately desires... [via]
The Naive and Sentimental Loverby John Le CarréISBN 0671042777 (0-671-04277-7)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Samuel ButlerISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship The epic tale of Odysseus' extraordinary ten-year voyage home after the Trojan War.
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" A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
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Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
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Penmarricby Susan HowatchISBN 0671208233 (0-671-20823-3)
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A Perfect Spy: A Novelby John Le CarréISBN 0671042750 (0-671-04275-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Perfect Spy: A Novel'Book summary:John Le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him aunprecedented worldwide acclaim.
Magnus Pym, Britian's premier spy, has vanished -- sending intelligence communities on a frenzied international manhunt. As the search plays out, so does a chain of clandestine operations surfacingin Washington, Vienna, Prague, London, and Berlin.
But the most powerful drama of all comes from exploring Pym's background -- his education as a spy, and the spectular motives and mentors who transformed him into a master of guile and deception. [via]
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Peyton Placeby Grace MetaliousISBN 0671428004 (0-671-42800-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peyton Place'Book summary:First published in 1956, PEYTON PLACE uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath the surface of a postcard-perfect town. At the centre of the novel are three women, each with a secret to hide: Constance MacKenzie, the original desperate housewife; her daughter Allison, whose dreams are stifled by small-town small-mindedness; and Selena Cross, her gypsy-eyed friend from the wrong side of the tracks. 'PEYTON PLACE shocked America with its tale of secrets, sex and hypocrisy in a small New Hampshire town . . Saucy, compelling, and surprisingly literary ...A crafty, page-turning brew of illicit sex, secret lives, public drunkenness, abortion, incest and murder ...A scandalous phenomenon' VANITY FAIR [via]
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Praxisby Fay WeldonISBN 0671400614 (0-671-40061-4)
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Prodigal Daughterby Jeffrey ArcherISBN 0671422294 (0-671-42229-4)
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Puffballby Fay WeldonISBN 0671448099 (0-671-44809-9)
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A Quiver Full of Arrowsby Jeffrey ArcherISBN 0671426028 (0-671-42602-8)
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Ravenby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0671020315 (0-671-02031-5)
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Red Sky at Morningby Richard BradfordISBN 0671504401 (0-671-50440-1)
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Schindler's Listby Thomas KeneallyISBN 0671511718 (0-671-51171-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schindler's List'Book summary:Winner of the Booker Prize
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction
Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the horror of the extermination camps, gambled his life and fortune to rescue 1,300 Jews from the gas chambers.
Working with the actual testimony of Schindler's Jews, Thomas Keneally artfully depicts the courage and shrewdness of an unlikely savior, a man who is a flawed mixture of hedonism and decency and who, in the presence of unutterable evil, transcends the limits of his own humanity. [via]
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Shardikby Richard AdamsISBN 0671220152 (0-671-22015-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shardik'Book summary:A reissue of a classic fantasy work by acclaimed author Richard Adams Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centred on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people. A gripping tale of war, adventure, horror and romance, Shardik, on a deeper level, is a remarkable exploration of mankind's universal desire for divine incarnation. [via]
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She's Come Undoneby Wally LambISBN 0671021001 (0-671-02100-1)
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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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The Sicilianby Mario PuzoISBN 0671435647 (0-671-43564-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sicilian'Book summary:Michael Corleone is returning to the U.S. after the two-year exile to Sicily in which reader left him in The Godfather. But he is ordered to bring with him the young Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Guiliano, who is the unofficial ruler of northwestern Sicily. In his fight "to make Sicilians free people," the young folk hero, based on the real-life Giuliano of the 1940's, has made both the police and the Mafia his enemies. So when Don Croce Malo, chief of the Sicilian Mafia, and the policemen who has been tracking Guiliano each offer to help Corleone find the elusive Robin Hood, betrayal seems inevitable. Mario Puzo has created a sequel to The Godfather that is every bit as compelling and dramatic. But The Sicilian is a distinct literary achievement in its historical inspiration and its vivid portrait of Sicilian peasant life. [via]
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Single and Singleby John Le CarréISBN 0671027972 (0-671-02797-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Single and Single'Book summary:On a Turkish hillside, ex-Communist mobsters shatter the skull of a corrupt English lawyer. In a sleepy English village, the authorities ask a lonely children's magician how come £5,000,030 sterling just got anonymously deposited in his baby daughter's bank account. With machine-like logic and soulful literary magic, John le Carré links these two events in Single & Single, a stay-up-all-night thriller.
The magician is Oliver Single, the tormented son of Tiger Single, a rogue banker the Financial Times calls "the knight errant of Gorbachev's New East." In fact, Tiger is sinking his fangs into that crucial one-tenth of world trade free of pesky regulations--illegal drugs--and secretly selling donated disaster-relief blood. Mum's the word in Tiger's mob: as the lawyer's executioner notes, "Is not convenient to hear that American capitalists are bleeding poor nations literally."
Oliver comes in from the cold to help spymaster Brock track Tiger down. That £30 sterling signified Judas's silver, but Oliver yearns to save Tiger's life, too. Le Carré wizardly juggles dozens of characters in a zigzag, globetrotting plot. You-are-there realism, narrative drive, pitch-perfect dialog--why can't movies be this good? Like lightning, le Carré's metaphors both dazzle and blazingly illuminate the world.
Ex-spy le Carré was there when the Berlin Wall went up, and his spy craft is legendarily realistic. His female spy/love interest is less so--the opposite of a femme fatale, she might be termed a "deus sex machina." But the book's crucial father-son relationship is quite real, because, like the irresistible villain of A Perfect Spy, Tiger is based on le Carré's own con-man dad. The cold war is over, but le Carré is hot. And he will endure. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Smiley's People: A Novelby John Le CarréISBN 0671042769 (0-671-04276-9)
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In Smiley's People, George Smiley is asked to come out of retirement for one last confrontation with his soviet counterpart, Karla. Smiley's people crisscross Paris, London, Germany, and Switzerland in an extraordinary final showdown of unrelenting suspense. [via]
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Snatchby Rennie AirthISBN 0671201654 (0-671-20165-4)
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The Summerhouseby Jude DeverauxISBN 0671014196 (0-671-01419-6)
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The Tenth Manby Graham GreeneISBN 0671019090 (0-671-01909-0)
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. LamarISBN 0671428845 (0-671-42884-5)
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Two Is Lonelyby Lynne Reid BanksISBN 0671217321 (0-671-21732-1)
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The Viceroy of Ouidahby Bruce ChatwinISBN 0671412531 (0-671-41253-1)
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Vidaby Marge PiercyISBN 0671401106 (0-671-40110-6)
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The Way I Found Herby Rose TremainISBN 0671035703 (0-671-03570-3)
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The Women's Roomby Marilyn FrenchISBN 067140010X (0-671-40010-X)
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