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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, James DickeyISBN 0451522729 (0-451-52272-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Age of Chivalry and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages/Volumes 2 and 3by Thomas BulfinchISBN 0451627997 (0-451-62799-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Chivalry and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages/Volumes 2 and 3'Book summary:mythology [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0451528824 (0-451-52882-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:Everyone's favorite redhead, the spunky Anne Shirley, begins her adventures at Green Gables, a farm outside Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. When the freckled girl realizes that the elderly Cuthberts wanted to adopt a boy instead, she begins to try to win them-and, consequently, the reader-over. [via]
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Anne of the Islandby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0451525345 (0-451-52534-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of the Island'Book summary:This volume contains "Anne of The Island" and "Anne of Windy Willows". Anne is older now, and her friends are beginning to get married and move away; meanwhile her romance with Gilbert Blythe begins to blossom, and there are developments in her career as a schoolteacher. [via]
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Anne's House of Dreamsby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0451523199 (0-451-52319-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne's House of Dreams'Book summary:The newlyweds, Anne and Gilbert, move into their house of dreams where they share joys and sorrows with special neighbors Captain Jim, Leslie Moore and Cornelia. The births of the first children a moving part of the story. Five 90-minute cassettes. [via]
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The Bachman Booksby Stephen KingISBN 0452257743 (0-452-25774-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bachman Books'Book summary:The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man. This is a compelling collection of three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense. It includes: "The Long Walk", "Roadwork", and "The Running Man" - in which Stephen King also explains 'Why I was Richard Bachman'. [via]
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The Bachman Books : Four Early Novelsby Richard Bachman, Stephen KingISBN 0452277752 (0-452-27775-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bachman Books : Four Early Novels'Book summary:Four of Richard Bachman's eerie works are gathered here in a posthumous edition. They are Rage, a story of stunning psychological horror about an "estra" ordinary high school student; "The Long Walk," a contest with death; "Roadwork, a strange variation on the theme of "Home Sweet Home"; and "The Running Man," where you bet your life--literally. [via]
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Basic Book of Photography 2004by Michele Grimm, Tom GrimmISBN 0452284252 (0-452-28425-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basic Book of Photography 2004'Book summary:This fourth edition of the best and most comprehensive book in the field is the ideal handbook for beginning photographers and a valuable reference for pros. Completely updated and enlarged, the book has a new chapter on digital cameras, plus extensive information on APS (Advanced Photo System) models. 240 photos. [via]
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Basic Book of Photography 2004by Tom GrimmISBN 0452257484 (0-452-25748-4)
Softcover, New American Library
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Beowulfby Burton RaffelISBN 0451527402 (0-451-52740-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The epic poem of war and adventure.
Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language. It was composed in England four centuries before the Norman Conquest. But no one knows exactly when it was composed, or by whom, or why. As a social document this great epic reflects a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory and death.
* Burton Raffel's modern language translation from the original Old English remains the most celebrated introduction of the poem to students and the general reader alike
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Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, Manuel Komroff, John BayleyISBN 0451527348 (0-451-52734-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov'Book summary:The Brothers Karamazov is considered a supreme achievement in literature. Published near the end of the 19th century, it is one of the great works of world-renowned author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Brothers Karamazov tackles some of the most existential and important themes known to humankind--the existence of God, morality, free will, reason, doubt, and faith--just to name a few. Readers around the globe have found their lives transformed by this layered and complex book. A deeply spiritual work, The Brothers Karamazov is a work that every person should read. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0452011523 (0-452-01152-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Here are the world's most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for today's readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinch's has been heralded for more than a century, it has never been published in so beautiful and accessible a format. Evocative four-color illustrations, many full-page, bring to life key events and characters of these universal tales and sagas -- from the Greek and Roman pantheon of gods to the heroes of the Crusades, from the exploits of Robin Hood to the feats of Richard the Lionheart. As enjoyable now as when Bulfinch first assembled them, these selections come from a variety of works -- Ovid's classic Metamorphoses, Egyptian myths, Eastern mythology, and Hindu, Norse, and Celtic sources. Together they form a remarkable tapestry of human endeavor: dreams, illusions, adventures, loves lost and loves found. In this handsome series, they speak to us afresh, across the ages, vivified through Caselli's inspired art. Original footnotes, indexes, and prefaces make this series not only entertaining, but completely authoritative as well. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythology Vol. 2 : The Age of Chivalry and the Legends of Charlemagneby Thomas Bulfinch, Norma Lorre GoodrichISBN 0452011531 (0-452-01153-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Carrieby Stephen KingISBN 0452267196 (0-452-26719-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Cavedwellerby Dorothy AllisonISBN 0452279690 (0-452-27969-0)
Softcover, Plume
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Cycle of the Werewolfby Stephen KingISBN 0451822196 (0-451-82219-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cycle of the Werewolf'Book summary:When the full moon shines, a paralysing fear descends on the isolated Maine town of Tarker Mills. No one knows who will be attacked next, but snarls that sound like human words can be heard and all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated. [via]
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Edward H. Friedman, Walter StarkieISBN 0451527860 (0-451-52786-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:While don quixote thinks of himself as a brave knight, his trusty sidekick, sancho panza, finds out the truth as they battle real and imaginary enemies [via]
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes, Walter StarkieISBN 0451528905 (0-451-52890-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, this highly-esteemed translation and abridgement of the beloved masterpiece will enchant a new generation of readers.[via]
@DonQuixote People say that sleep deprivation, isolation, and too much reading have made me loopy. But I say nay! Nay!!!
I am going full-creeper and giving a girl I love a special secret nickname without her even knowing about it.
Ill call her Dulcinea. Get it? Like Dulce del Coochayyyy.
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Don Quixote of LA Manchaby Miguel De CervantesISBN 0451525078 (0-451-52507-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Eby Matt BeaumontISBN 0452281881 (0-452-28188-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Emmaby Jane Austen, Margaret DrabbleISBN 0451526279 (0-451-52627-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Essential Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston Leroux, Leonard WolfISBN 0452273862 (0-452-27386-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:This edition of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" is fully annotated, and includes facts, bibliographical information and legends. It also features a full bibliography of works by and about Gaston Leroux, including critical works on "The Phantom of the Opera". [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451525248 (0-451-52524-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451523598 (0-451-52359-8)
Hardcover, New Amer Library - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
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The Gunslingerby Stephen King, Michael WhelanISBN 0452284694 (0-452-28469-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gunslinger'Book summary:King's limited edition masterpiece is now available in paperback. The reader follows Roland, the last gunslinger in a world that has "moved on," as he pursues an enigmatic Man in Black across an apocalyptic landscape toward a forbidding dark tower. Features four-color illustrations by Hugo-winner Michael Whelan. 1.5 million print. [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0451526724 (0-451-52672-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Novel depicting Victorian industrial society. [via]
Homosexual Matrixby Tripp, C.A., Ph.DISBN 0452008476 (0-452-00847-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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House of the Seven Gablesby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0451527917 (0-451-52791-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'House of the Seven Gables'Book summary:An evil house, cursed through the centuries by a man who was hanged for witchcraft, is haunted by the ghosts of its sinful dead and wracked by the fear of its frightened living. [via]
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How to Start and Manage Your Own Businessby Gardiner G. GreeneISBN 0451625846 (0-451-62584-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor Hugo, Walter J. CobbISBN 0451527887 (0-451-52788-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'Book summary:The tale of a hunchback who fights to save the life of the gypsy girl, Esmeralda. [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, W. H. D. RouseISBN 0451527372 (0-451-52737-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad : The Story of Achilles'Book summary:Focusing on the closing days of the Trojan War, this novel incorporates the same epic cast of gods and warriors from The Odyssey. From the kidnapping of Helen from her Greek home to the death of Achilles's companion, the battle rages between two warring nations and the gods which protect both sides. Thrilling in content, but literate and subtle in its meaning, The Iliad remains a classic among classics. [via]
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Little Menby Louisa May Alcott, Barbarese, J. T. (AFT)ISBN 0451529359 (0-451-52935-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Men'Book summary:Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Susan StraightISBN 0451529308 (0-451-52930-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War. [via]
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Madame Bovaryby Gustave Flaubert, Mildred Marmur, Robin MorganISBN 0451528204 (0-451-52820-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Bovary'Book summary:Novel in which a woman defies the standards of conventional French society. [via]
The Mammyby Brendan O'CarrollISBN 0452281032 (0-452-28103-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Metropolitan Life **by Fran LebowitzISBN 0452263301 (0-452-26330-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potentialby Barry Buzan, Tony BuzanISBN 0452273226 (0-452-27322-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential'Book summary:The potential of the human brain is phenomenal, and Tony Buzan has been a pioneer in researching that potential and helping people learn how to make the most of their brainpower. The Mind Map Book is his most important and comprehensive book on the subject. It offers exciting new ways of using and improving memory, concentration, and creativity in planning and structuring thought on all levels, in order to accelerate the ability to learn, remember, and record information.[via]Mind Mapping and Radiant Thinking are groundbreaking methods of accessing intelligence, developed over many years by the author, and in The Mind Map Book he provides a complete operating manual for all who want to use their brains to their fullest potential. It is a process currently used with extraordinary success by multinational corporations, leading universities, champion athletes, and outstanding artists. Featuring a range of stimulating excercises and a lavish collection of full-color photographs and original Mind Maps that illustrate the technique, it shows you precisely how to:
- Mirror and magnify your brain's pattern of perception and association in the way you learn, think, and create
- Quickly master the right way to take notes, organize a speech, a writing assignment, a report
- Join with others to pool thinking productively, memorize a mammoth amount of data, free your ideas to grow and expand constantly in depth and dimension
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0451528298 (0-451-52829-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moonstone'Book summary:A novel which reflects the underside of Victorian life. A tale of a stolen jewel, foreign menace and violent death. A telling social portrait. [via]
Mythologyby Edith HamiltonISBN 0451628039 (0-451-62803-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Mythologyby Steele Savage, Edith HamiltonISBN 0452009855 (0-452-00985-5)
Softcover, Meridian Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythology'Book summary:Edith Hamilton loved the ancient Western myths with a passion--and this classic compendium is her tribute. "The tales of Greek mythology do not throw any clear light upon what early mankind was like," Hamilton explains in her introduction. "They do throw an abundance of light upon what early Greeks were like--a matter, it would seem, of more importance to us, who are their descendents intellectually, artistically, and politically. Nothing we learn about them is alien to ourselves." Fans of Greek mythology will find all the great stories and characters here--Perseus, Hercules, and Odysseus--each discussed in generous detail by the voice of an impressively knowledgeable and engaging (with occasional lapses) narrator. This is also an excellent primer for middle- and high-school students who are studying ancient Greek and Roman culture and literature. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Oliver Twistby Charles Dickens, Le Comte, Edward (AFT), Frederick BuschISBN 0451529715 (0-451-52971-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:A young boy flees from an orphanage to London, only to be captured by thieves. [via]
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The Original Boston Cooking-School Cookbookby Fannie Merritt FarmerISBN 0452261732 (0-452-26173-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Original Boston Cooking-School Cookbook'Book summary:This is a facsimile of the first edition of The Boston Cooking School Cookbook. It includes carefully worked out level measurement and easy-to-follow directions [via]
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Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston LerouxISBN 0451528158 (0-451-52815-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:He lurked in the shadows of the Paris Opera House--a man with the voice of an angel but the face of a monster. His only hope for love is a beautiful soprano who draws him . . . to disaster. [via]
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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopherby Julian BagginiISBN 0452287448 (0-452-28744-8)
Softcover, Plume
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher'Book summary:Both entertaining and startling, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten offers one hundred philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought on a host of moral, social, and personal dilemmas. Taking examples from sources as diverse as Plato and Steven Spielberg, author Julian Baggini presents abstract philosophical issues in concrete terms, suggesting possible solutions while encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions:[via]Lively, clever, and thought-provoking, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten is a portable feast for the mind that is sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite.
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Margaret DrabbleISBN 0451525884 (0-451-52588-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0451527461 (0-451-52746-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:A new edition of the classic THE PRINCE. A political treatise by the Florentine political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. [via]
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Salems Lotby Stephen KingISBN 0452267218 (0-452-26721-8)
Softcover, Plume
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Salems Lot'Book summary:Stephen King's second book, 'Salem's Lot (1975)--about the slow takeover of an insular hamlet called Jerusalem's Lot by a vampire patterned after Bram Stoker's Dracula--has two elements that he also uses to good effect in later novels: a small American town, usually in Maine, where people are disconnected from each other, quietly nursing their potential for evil; and a mixed bag of rational, goodhearted people, including a writer, who band together to fight that evil.
Simply taken as a contemporary vampire novel, 'Salem's Lot is great fun to read, and has been very influential in the horror genre. But it's also a sly piece of social commentary. As King said in 1983, "In 'Salem's Lot, the thing that really scared me was not vampires, but the town in the daytime, the town that was empty, knowing that there were things in closets, that there were people tucked under beds, under the concrete pilings of all those trailers. And all the time I was writing that, the Watergate hearings were pouring out of the TV.... Howard Baker kept asking, 'What I want to know is, what did you know and when did you know it?' That line haunts me, it stays in my mind.... During that time I was thinking about secrets, things that have been hidden and were being dragged out into the light." Sounds quite a bit like the idea behind his 1998 novel of a Maine hamlet haunted by unsightly secrets, Bag of Bones. --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0451526082 (0-451-52608-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Letter'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...scholar-like renown still lived in Oxford, was considered by his more fervent admirers as little less than a heavenly-ordained apostle, destined, should he live and labor for the ordinary term of life, to do as great deeds for the now feeble New England Church, as the early Fathers had achieved for the infancy of the Christian faith. About this period, however, the health of Mr. Dimmesdale had evidently' begun to fail. By those best acquainted with his habits, the paleness of the young minister's cheek was accounted for by his too earnest devotion to study, his scrupulous fulfilment of parochial duty, and, more than all, by the fasts and vigils of which he made a frequent practice, in order to keep the grossness of this earthly state from clogging and obscuring his spiritual lamp. Some declared, that, if Mr. Dimmesdale were really going to die, it was cause enough, that the world was not worthy to be any onger trodden by his feet. He himself, on the other hand, with characteristic humility, avowed his belief, that, if Providence should see fit to remove him, it would be because of his own unworthiness to perform its humblest mission here on earth. With all this difference of opinion as to the cause of his decline, there could be no question of the fact. His form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it; he was often observed, on any slight alarm or other sudden accident, to put his hand over his heart, with first a flush and then a paleness, indicative of pain. Such was the young clergyman's condition, and so imminent the prospect that his dawning light would be extinguished, all untimely, when Koger Chillingworth made his advent to the town. His first entry on the scene, few people... [via]
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloeby George Eliot, Frederick R. KarlISBN 0451527216 (0-451-52721-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe'Book summary:A gentle linen weaver is accused of a heinous crime. Exiling himself, he becomes a recluse, only to find redemption in his love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day in his isolated cottage. Somber yet hopeful, Eliot's stirring tale continues to touch the human spirit.[via]More editions of Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe:
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- Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe: ISBN 0451530624 (0-451-53062-4)
States of Desire: Travels in Gay Americaby Edmund WhiteISBN 0452266890 (0-452-26689-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Think and Grow Rich Action Packby Napoleon HillISBN 0452266602 (0-452-26660-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Think and Grow Rich Action Pack'Book summary:Published around the world, this book has become an undisputed classic in the field of motivational literature. Inspired by Andrew Carnegie, it has been cited by many as the "calling card" that propelled countless numbers to fame and fortune and is the standard against which all other motivational material is measured. Think and Grow Rich and The Think and Grow Rich Action Pack have single-handedly changed the lives of millions of men, women and young adults and produced a legacy of achievement that includes many of today's and yesterday's leaders in business, government and civic organizations.[via]"I knew Napoleon Hill in 1922 when I was a student in Salem College in the town of my birth. Mr. Hill came to our campus as the commencement speaker that year. As I listened to him, I heard something other than the words he spoke. I felt the substancethe wisdomand the spirit of a man and his philosophy. Mr. Hill said "the most powerful instrument we have in our hand is the power of the mind.' Napoleon Hill compiled this philosophy of American achievement for the benefit of all people. I strongly commend this philosophy to you for achievement and service in your chosen field." Senator Jennings Randolph, West Virginia
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Top Secret Recipes: Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits, & Shakes Creating Cool Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Drinksby Todd WilburISBN 0452283183 (0-452-28318-3)
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiographyby Booker T. WashingtonISBN 0451527542 (0-451-52754-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Up from Slavery: An Autobiography'Book summary:Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W.E.B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society. [via]
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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypseby Stephen KingISBN 0452284716 (0-452-28471-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse'Book summary:In this fantastical third book in the series, Stephen King once again takes readers on a journey of incomparable imagination. Roland, the Last Gunslinger, is moving ever closer to the Dark Tower, which haunts his dreams and nightmares. As he and his friends cross a desert of damnation in their macabre new world, revelations begin to unfold about who - and what - is driving him forward. A blend of riveting action and powerful drama, "The Waste Lands" leaves readers breathlessly awaiting the next chapter. [via]
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Wizard and Glassby Stephen KingISBN 0452284724 (0-452-28472-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard and Glass'Book summary:Wizard and Glass, the fourth episode in King's white-hot Dark Tower series, is a sci-fi/fantasy novel that contains a post-apocalyptic Western love story twice as long. It begins with the series' star, world-weary Roland, and his world-hopping posse (an ex-junkie, a child, a plucky woman in a wheelchair, and a talking dog-like pet named Oy the Bumbler) trapped aboard a runaway train. The train is a psychotic multiple personality that intends to commit suicide with them at 800 m.p.h.--unless Roland and pals can outwit it in a riddling contest.
It's a great race, for the mind and pulse. Movies should be this good. Then comes a 567-page flashback about Roland at age 14. It's a well-marbled but meaty tale. Roland and two teen homies must rescue his first love from the dirty old drooling mayor of a post-apocalyptic cowboy town, thwart a civil war by blowing up oil tanks, and seize an all-seeing crystal ball from Rhea, a vampire witch. The love scenes are startlingly prominent and earthier than most romance novels (they kiss until blood trickles from her lip).
After an epic battle ending in a box canyon to end all box canyons, we're back with grizzled, grown-up Roland and the train-wreck survivors in a parallel world: Kansas in 1986, after a plague. The finale is a weird fantasy takeoff on The Wizard of Oz Some readers will feel that the latest novel in King's most ambitious series has too many pages--almost 800--but few will deny it's a page-turner. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Alice HoffmanISBN 0451529251 (0-451-52925-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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El Ciclo Del Hombre Lobo / Cycle of the Werewolfby Stephen KingISBN 0451821114 (0-451-82111-4)
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