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Acts of the Apostles: A Commentaryby Ernst HaenchenISBN 066420919X (0-664-20919-X)
Hardcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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The Adorno Readerby Brian O'ConnorISBN 0631210776 (0-631-21077-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Claude LaPointeISBN 0670869856 (0-670-86985-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:A classic American story is told once more as Tom Sawyer, a clever young boy from a small town in antebellum Missouri, and his friend, Huckleberry Finn, set out on many amusing adventures. [via]
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Musicby Tony PalmerISBN 0670114480 (0-670-11448-0)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Birth of Europe: 400-1500by Jacques Le GoffISBN 0631228888 (0-631-22888-8)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Bismarckby Edward CrankshawISBN 067016982X (0-670-16982-X)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Bridget Jonesby Helen FieldingISBN 0670892963 (0-670-89296-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones'Book summary:Fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary will recall that at the end of that sly and funny version of Pride and Prejudice, singleton heroine Bridget landed her Mr. Darcy at last--Mark Darcy, that is. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks later, and already the honeymoon is over. In addition to discovering that the man of her dreams votes conservative, left-leaning Bridget is also feeling just a mite uncomfortable with the realities of sharing bed and board with another person:
V. complicated actually having man in house as cannot freely spend requisite amount of time in bathroom or turn into gas chamber as conscious of other person late for work, desperate for pee etc.; also disturbed by Mark folding up underpants at night, rendering it strangely embarrassing now simply to keep all own clothes in pile on floor.
But all of these problems pale to insignificance with the arrival on the scene of Rebecca, a beautiful, man-hunting arch-nemesis with "thighs like a baby giraffe" and absolutely no girlfriend code of ethics when it comes to poaching another woman's man. Before long, Rebecca's manipulations, Bridget's own insecurities, and a string of misunderstandings (starting with a naked Filipino boy in Mark Darcy's bed and ending with a suggestive valentine from Bridget's dry cleaner) result in "128 lbs. (good), alcohol units 0 (excellent), cigarettes 5 (a pleasant, healthy number), no. times driven past Mark Darcy's house 2 (v.g.), no. of times looked up Mark Darcy's name in phone book to prove still exists 18 (v.g.), 1471 calls 12 (better), no. of phone calls from Mark 0 (tragic).Fortunately, Bridget has plenty of other problems to distract her. Her mother has returned from a trip to Kenya with a young Masai in tow--to her father's consternation; her best friends Jude, Shazzer, and Tom are all trapped in dating hell themselves; her apartment is in shambles thanks to a dotty carpenter; an unreliable ex-boyfriend has just reentered her life; and now someone is sending Bridget death threats--could it be Mark Darcy? If Bridget Jones's Diary was a modern riff on Pride and Prejudice, its sequel borrows several themes and devices (not to mention a section heading) from another Austen novel, Persuasion. And as in Austen's fiction, here the journey is the destination. A happy ending for Bridget and her pals is a foregone conclusion; how they get there, however, will have you on the edge of your chair--if you haven't already fallen off of it laughing. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Buddha of Suburbiaby Hanif KureishiISBN 0670833428 (0-670-83342-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Buddha of Suburbia'Book summary:There's quite a bit of activity in Buddha of Suburbia. A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. All the while, Hanif Kureishi keeps the tone lively with wry wit. On the description of suburban life: "We were proud of never learning anything except the names of footballers, the personnel of rock groups and the lyrics to 'I Am the Walrus.'" He also bends cultures, classes and genders while blasting the racism of British life in this 1990 Whitbread Prize winner. [via]
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Budding Prospectsby T. C. BoyleISBN 0670194395 (0-670-19439-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Christineby Stephen KingISBN 0670220264 (0-670-22026-4)
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A Companion to German Literature: From 1500 to the Presentby Peter Skrine, Eda SagarraISBN 0631215956 (0-631-21595-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Complete Book of Knittingby Barbara AbbeyISBN 0670233994 (0-670-23399-4)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Cujoby Stephen KingISBN 0670451932 (0-670-45193-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cujo'Book summary:Cujo is so well-paced and scary that people tend to read it quickly, so they mostly remember the scene of the mother and son trapped in the hot Pinto and threatened by the rabid Cujo, forgetting the multifaceted story in which that scene is embedded. This is definitely a novel that rewards re-reading. When you read it again, you can pay more attention to the theme of country folk vs. city folk; the parallel marriage conflicts of the Cambers vs. the Trentons; the poignancy of the amiable St. Bernard (yes, the breed choice is just right) infected by a brain-destroying virus that makes it into a monster; and the way the "daylight burial" of the failed ad campaign is reflected in the sunlit Pinto that becomes a coffin. And how significant it is that this horror tale is not supernatural: it's as real as junk food, a failing marriage, a broken-down car, or a fatal virus. [via]
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Culture and Value: A Selection from the Posthumous Remainsby Ludwig Wittgenstein, Heikki Nyman, G. H. Von Wright, Alois PichlerISBN 0631205713 (0-631-20571-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Desperationby Stephen KingISBN 0670868361 (0-670-86836-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Desperation'Book summary:A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: Desperation is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all, though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the New York Times describes as "the edgiest creation in Desperation. Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps 'another legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to Tak." [via]
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The Devil's Alternativeby Frederick ForsythISBN 0670270814 (0-670-27081-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Alternative'Book summary:Russia faces famine. The soviets are forced to pin their hopes for survival on the u.s. But as the kgb and the cia watch in horror, the rescue of a ukrainian freedom fighter from the black sea unleashes savagery that endangers peace--and plunges leaders from washington to moscow into a web of overwhelming intrigue, terror, and suspense. Only two lovers can save the world from nuclear destruction. Yet every way out means certain death. And the countdown has already begun [via]
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The Discovery of Heavenby Harry Mulisch, Paul VincentISBN 0670856681 (0-670-85668-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Diversity and Depth in Fictionby Angus Wilson, Kerry McSweeneyISBN 0670770760 (0-670-77076-0)
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The Drawing of the Threeby Stephen KingISBN 0670032557 (0-670-03255-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Drawing of the Three'Book summary:Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1978, the publication of Stephen King's epic work of fantasy-what he considers to be a single long novel and his magnum opus-has spanned a quarter of a century.
Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is King's most visionary feat of storytelling, a magical mix of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that may well be his crowning achievement. In November 2003, the fifth installment, Wolves of the Calla, will be published under the imprint of Donald M. Grant, with distribution and major promotion provided by Scribner. Song of Susannah, Book VI, and The Dark Tower, Book VII, will follow under the same arrangement in 2004. With these last three volumes finally on the horizon, readers-countless King readers who have yet to delve into The Dark Tower and a multitude of new and old fantasy fans-can now look forward to reading the series straight through to its stunning conclusion. Viking's elegant reissue of the first four books ensures that for the first time The Dark Tower will be widely available in hardcover editions for this eager readership. [via]More editions of The Drawing of the Three:
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Drop Cityby T. C. BoyleISBN 0670031720 (0-670-03172-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drop City'Book summary:With Drop City, T. Coraghessan Boyle offers proof that he has become one of America's most prolific, gifted storytellers. Set in the 1970s, Boyle entertains readers with the denizens of "Drop City," a counterculture California commune that welcomes anyone wanting to live off the grid, use drugs, and practice free love. Boyle sublimely captures the sociology of its rebellious members, who doubt the sincerity or beliefs of newcomers, express some insecurity about nonconformity, and chastise outsiders while remaining oblivious to their own hypocrisy. Marco, Pan, Star, and other "cats" and "chicks" live hassle-free until dissention and cries of racism mount amid increasing run-ins with the local government (a young girl is raped, installation of a sewage system is mandated, a mother lets her toddlers drink LSD-laced juice). Seeking refuge, the citizens move north, to Alaska, to reinvent their utopia, but soon learn the natural environment is more unforgiving of a lackadaisical lifestyle.
Drop City is funny, evocative, and well-paced, shifting between the hippies and the Alaskan locals--primarily Sess and his new bride Pamela (a city dweller who arranged stays with several trappers over a few weeks to determine whom she would marry)--until the two cultures collide. Balanced between plot and character, Boyle excels at describing the physical world and his characters' interaction with it, whether portraying the harshness (or sheer beauty) of the Alaskan wilderness, the simple survival routines of its grizzled inhabitants, or the sounds wafting through Drop City: "the goats bleating to be milked or fed, the single sharp ringing note of a dog surprised by its own hunger, the regular slap of the screen door at the back of the house--and underneath it all, like the soundtrack to a movie, the dull hum of rock and roll leaking out the kitchen windows." Truly American in spirit, Drop City is a strong novel of freedom and those in pursuit of lives of liberty. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Dublinersby James Joyce, A. Walton Litz, Robert E. ScholesISBN 0670018058 (0-670-01805-8)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dubliners'Book summary:Dubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce that was first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the twentieth century.The stories were written at a time when Irish nationalism was at its peak and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They center on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character has a special moment of self-understanding or illumination.The initial stories in the collection are narrated by children as protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence, and maturity.The stories contained in Dubliners are "The Sisters," "An Encounter," "Araby," "Eveline," "After the Race," "Two Gallants," "The Boarding House," "A Little Cloud," "Counterparts," "Clay," "A Painful Case," "Ivy Day in the Committee Room," "A Mother," "Grace," and "The Dead."[via] 
Early Germansby Malcolm ToddISBN 0631199047 (0-631-19904-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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East Is Eastby T. C. BoyleISBN 0670832200 (0-670-83220-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repairby John SteinbeckISBN 0670033049 (0-670-03304-9)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repair'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California. [via]
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The Eyes of the Dragonby Stephen King, David PalladiniISBN 067081458X (0-670-81458-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eyes of the Dragon'Book summary:A kingdom is in turmoil as the old king dies and his successor must do battle for the throne. Pitted against an evil wizard and a would-be rival, Prince Peter makes a daring escape and rallies the forces of Good to fight for what is rightfully his. This is a masterpiece of classic dragons-and-magic fantasy that only Stephen King could have written! [via]
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Eyre Affairby Jasper FfordeISBN 0670030643 (0-670-03064-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyre Affair'Book summary:Penzler Pick, January 2002: When I first heard the premise of this unique mystery, I doubted that a first-time author could pull off a complicated caper involving so many assumptions, not the least of which is a complete suspension of disbelief. Jasper Fforde is not only up to the task, he exceeds all expectations.
Imagine this. Great Britain in 1985 is close to being a police state. The Crimean War has dragged on for more than 130 years and Wales is self-governing. The only recognizable thing about this England is her citizens' enduring love of literature. And the Third Most Wanted criminal, Acheron Hades, is stealing characters from England's cherished literary heritage and holding them for ransom.
Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case.
Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped.
How Thursday achieves this and manages to preserve one of the great books of the Western canon makes for delightfully hilarious reading. You do not have to be an English major to be pulled into this story. You'll be rooting for Thursday, Jane, Mr. Rochester--and a familiar ending. --Otto Penzler [via]
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Fairy Talesby H.C. Andersen, Kay Rasmus NielsenISBN 067030557X (0-670-30557-X)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer." [via]
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Fairy Talesby Tiina Nunnally, Jackie Wullschlager, H.C. AndersenISBN 0670033774 (0-670-03377-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:A gawky, dreamy boy, Hans Christian Andersen grew up to become a profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. Andersen gave us the now standard versions of some traditional folk tales as well as original stories that have enchanted generations of readers. To commemorate the bicentennial of his birth, Viking will publish a new translation of thirty of his extraordinary tales, illustrated with Andersens own paper cuts. From the exuberant early stories such as "The Tinderbox" and "The Emperors New Clothes" through poignant masterpieces such as "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling," to darker, more subversive later tales written for adults, the stories here are endlessly experimental, humorous and irreverent, sorrowful and strange. Tiina Nunnallys sparkling new translation capturesfor the first time in Englishthe vibrancy of Andersens voice. Compiled by Andersens biographer Jackie Wullschlager, who also contributes notes and a captivating introduction, this volume will be a major literary event that will dazzle readers young and old. [via]
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Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Andersenby Neil Philip, H.C. Andersen, Isabelle BrentISBN 0670859303 (0-670-85930-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Andersen'Book summary:A new collection of beloved tales that have been popular for more than a century features twelve favorite stories, including ""Thumbelina,"" ""The Princess and the Pea,"" and ""The Ugly Duckling."" [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Philippe MunchISBN 0670878014 (0-670-87801-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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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]
The Frege Readerby Gottlob Frege, Michael BeaneyISBN 0631194452 (0-631-19445-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Frege Reader'Book summary:This is the first single-volume edition and translation of Frege's philosophical writings to include all of his seminal papers and substantial selections from all three of his major works. [via]
Gendered Colonialisms in African Historyby Tessie P. Liu, Jean Quataert, Nancy Rose HuntISBN 0631204768 (0-631-20476-8)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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German Expressionism: The Colors of DesireISBN 0642147868 (0-642-14786-8)
Softcover, Natl Gallery of Australia
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German Reference Grammarby Charles Benjamin JohnsonISBN 0669813079 (0-669-81307-9)
Hardcover, Heath
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Germany Confronts Modernization: German Culture and Society, 1790-1890by Robert AnchorISBN 0669810266 (0-669-81026-6)
Softcover, Heath
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Goodbye Jumboby Louie Anderson, Robert De MichiellISBN 0670837660 (0-670-83766-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goodbye Jumbo'Book summary:The latest self-help guide from the comedian and author of Dear Dad chronicles his struggle to lose weight and gain self-esteem in the face of a lifetime of negative conditioning. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour. [via]
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The Gospel of John: A Commentaryby Rudolf Karl BultmannISBN 0664208932 (0-664-20893-2)
Hardcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Greek Religion: Archaic And Classicalby Walter Burkert, John RaffanISBN 0631156240 (0-631-15624-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklynby Barbara CooneyISBN 0670830569 (0-670-83056-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Herbert Marcuse: An Exposition and a Polemicby Alasdair C. MacIntyreISBN 0670019062 (0-670-01906-2)
Softcover, Viking Press
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Hitler's Pope : The Secret History of Pius XIIby John CornwellISBN 0670886939 (0-670-88693-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitler's Pope : The Secret History of Pius XII'Book summary:The explosive untold story of the most dangerous churchman in modern history--drawn from secret archives by an award-winning Roman Catholic journalist Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII--a man with unprecedented power for good and evil--was pope from 1939 to 1958. Today, still shadowed by his failure to condemn Hitler's Final Solution, he is at the same time nearing canonization. Backed by new research and exclusive access to a wealth of Vatican and Jesuit archives, John Cornwell tells for the first time, in depth, the truth about Pacelli's long career as a Vatican diplomat and the accord between Pacelli and Hitler that helped sweep the Nazis to unhindered power.Hitler's Pope shows how Pacelli's entire life and career led to this, from a brilliant young Vatican lawyer drafting new papal power for the twentieth century to his 1933 Concordat with Hitler that muzzled protest by Germany's Catholic community, the most powerful in the world. Cornwell's explosive conclusion is that without Pacelli's contribution, Hitler might never have come to power or been able to press forward with the Holocaust.As searing and provocative as David Wyman's The Abandonment of the Jews or Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, Hitler's Pope conclusively documents Pius XII's anti-Semitism, narcissism, and calamitous mix of political and spiritual ambition--and it shows how many of Pacelli's policies are reasserting themselves today under the reign of John Paul II. It will surely spark a worldwide furor of controversy, both inside and outside the Catholic Church."Eugenio Pacelli was not a monster; his case is far more complex, more tragic than that. The interest of his story depends on a fatal combination of high spiritual aspirations in conflict with soaring ambitions for unprecedented power and control."--from the Preface"Pius XII and the Jews . . . the whole thing is too sad and serious for bitterness."--Thomas Merton [via]
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The Hunsby Peter J. Heather, E. A. ThompsonISBN 0631214437 (0-631-21443-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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If the River Was Whiskeyby T. C. BoyleISBN 0670826901 (0-670-82690-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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Inside Hitler's Germany: A Documentary History of Life in the Third Reichby Dieter Kuntz, Benjamin SaxISBN 0669250007 (0-669-25000-7)
Softcover, D C Heath & Co
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Karlsson-On-The-Roofby Astrid Lindgren, Jan PykISBN 0670411760 (0-670-41176-0)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Last Callby Harry MulischISBN 0670825492 (0-670-82549-2)
Hardcover, Viking
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The Lions Of Al-rassanby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 067085896X (0-670-85896-X)
Hardcover, Viking
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lions Of Al-rassan'Book summary:Set in a medieval world suggestive of Moorish Spain (but never to be confused with the real thing), Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of Al-Rassan draws us into the historical muddle that is Al-Rassan, a land made up of city states ruled by Asharite kings, and the home of three distinctive religious faiths--Asharite, Jaddite, and Kindath. Kay focuses his story on two rivals: Rodrigo Belmonte, captain of the finest cavalry company in the Jaddite kingdoms, and Ammar ibn Khairan, poet, assassin, and former adviser to the self-styled Lion of Al-Rassan, King Amalik of Cartada. When Amalik betrays Ammar, Ammar ups the odds by joining forces with the king's son and successor, who exiles Ammar from Cartada.
The exiled adviser, in turn, travels to the court of King Badir of Ragosa, where he finds an instant connection with Rodrigo, a connection that is at the very heart of Kay's novel. Rodrigo and Ammar are also drawn together by Jehane bet Ishak, a Kindath physician who is friend, companion, healer, and lover to each of the two men at one time or another. The Lions of Al-Rassan is a big, juicy fantasy novel of the kind that we've come to expect from Kay, drawing brilliantly on history, but always on Kay's own uniquely imaginative terms. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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Lost in a Good Bookby Jasper FfordeISBN 0670031909 (0-670-03190-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost in a Good Book'Book summary:If Thursday thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of Jane Eyre, she was sorely mistaken. The unforgettable literary detective whom Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times calls "part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew and part Dirty Harry" had another think coming. The love of her life has been eradicated by Goliath, everyone's favorite corrupt multinational. To rescue him Thursday must retrieve a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of "The Raven." But Poe is off-limits to even the most seasoned literary interloper. Enter a professional: the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickens's Great Expectations. As her new apprentice, Thursday keeps her motives secret as she learns the ropes of Jurisfiction, where she moonlights as a Prose Resource Operative inside books. As if jumping into the likes of Kafka, Austen, and Beatrix Potter's Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies weren't enough, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth.
The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with Fforde's magnificent new adventure, the second installment in what is sure to become a classic series of literary fantasy. [via]More editions of Lost in a Good Book:
Martin Heideggerby George SteinerISBN 0670459097 (0-670-45909-7)
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The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova: Was Hitler's Favorite Actress A Russian Spy?by Antony BeevorISBN 0670033405 (0-670-03340-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Neue Horizonteby David B. Dollenmayer, Thomas S. HansenISBN 0669355283 (0-669-35528-3)
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Neue Horizonte: A First Course in German Language and Cultureby Thomas S. Hansen, Renate Hiller, David B. DollenmeyerISBN 0669045349 (0-669-04534-9)
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Nietzsche: A Critical Readerby Peter R. SedgwickISBN 0631190457 (0-631-19045-7)
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The Nietzsche Readerby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Keith Ansell-Pearson, Duncan Large, Keith AnsellISBN 0631226540 (0-631-22654-0)
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No Comebacksby Frederick ForsythISBN 0670514209 (0-670-51420-9)
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Odessa Fileby Frederick ForsythISBN 067052042X (0-670-52042-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Odessa File'Book summary:The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called Odessa ...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of Riga"..of a young German journalist tumed obsessed avenger.......and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler's chilling "Final Solution." [via]
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The Odysseyby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0670821624 (0-670-82162-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dynamic, the action more compelling, nor the descriptions so brilliant in detail. It is often said that every age demands its own translation of the classics. Fagles's work is a triumph because he has not merely provided a contemporary version of Homer's classic poem, but has located the right language for the timeless character of this great tale. Fagles brings the Odyssey so near, one wonders if the Hollywood adaption can be far behind. This is a terrific book. [via]
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On Certaintyby Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret AnscombeISBN 0631169407 (0-631-16940-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisersby F. Schleiermacher, John OmanISBN 0664255566 (0-664-25556-6)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken Kesey, John Clark PrattISBN 0670526053 (0-670-52605-3)
Softcover, Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. Marking the fortieth anniversary of Viking's publication of this American classic, this deluxe hardcover edition includes a new introduction by Robert Faggen and drawings Kesey made when he worked at the psychiatric hospital that was the inspiration for the novel.
A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results.
With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become an enduring favorite of readers. This new edition-modeled on the popular fortieth-anniversary edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road-will bring Kesey's genius to a new generation while delighting his loyal fans. [via]More editions of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest:
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The Oracle Glassby Judith Merkle RileyISBN 0670850543 (0-670-85054-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 0631177280 (0-631-17728-0)
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Philosophical Remarksby Ludwig WittgensteinISBN 0631191305 (0-631-19130-5)
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar Wilde, Tony RossISBN 067089494X (0-670-89494-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'Book summary:A novel that has fascinated readers for over a century, The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who attains eternal youth while only his portrait grows old, hidden away in a locked room. Despite the young man's disintegration into a life of crime, his face never reflects the moral decay. Instead, the portrait records every deed by turning his once handsome features into a hideous mask.
With Tony Ross's splendid illustrations and extended captions unique to the Whole Story, The Picture of Dorian Gray provides background information that modern readers could otherwise access only through a broad range of supplemental research -- from biographical profiles of Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries to depictions of London's art world in the late nineteenth century. This distinctive approach places The Picture of Dorian Gray, first published in 1891, within the context of its era, bringing it vividly to life. [via]
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0670566829 (0-670-56682-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)by James Joyce, Christopher HansonISBN 0631978100 (0-631-97810-0)
Hardcover, Blackwell
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticismby James JoyceISBN 0670566489 (0-670-56648-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticism'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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Pursuit; the Chase and Sinking of the Bismarckby Ludovic Henry Coverley KennedyISBN 0670583146 (0-670-58314-6)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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The Red Fairy Bookby Brian Alderson, Andrew LangISBN 0670591106 (0-670-59110-6)
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Road to Wellvilleby T. C. BoyleISBN 0670843342 (0-670-84334-2)
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughterby Astrid LindgrenISBN 0670606405 (0-670-60640-5)
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Sacred Collection: Low VoiceISBN 0634030728 (0-634-03072-8)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Shadow Linesby Amitav GhoshISBN 0670826332 (0-670-82633-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadow Lines'Book summary:one of the most important novels we have carried. used widely as text. covers India, c. 1940s and 50s, communalism, nationalism, classic [via]
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The Songlinesby Bruce ChatwinISBN 0670806056 (0-670-80605-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Songlines'Book summary:The late Bruce Chatwin carved out a literary career as unique as any writer's in this century: his books included In Patagonia, a fabulist travel narrative, The Viceroy of Ouidah, a mock-historical tale of a Brazilian slave-trader in 19th century Africa, and The Songlines, his beautiful, elegiac, comic account of following the invisible pathways traced by the Australian aborigines. Chatwin was nothing if not erudite, and the vast, eclectic body of literature that underlies this tale of trekking across the outback gives it a resonance found in few other recent travel books. A poignancy, as well, since Chatwin's untimely death made The Songlines one of his last books. [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Francois PlaceISBN 0670888710 (0-670-88871-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Teach Yourself Beginner's Germanby Rosi McNabISBN 0658016245 (0-658-01624-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Terra-Cotta Dogby Stephen Sartarelli, Andrea CamilleriISBN 0670031380 (0-670-03138-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Terra-Cotta Dog'Book summary:Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic, engaging take on Sicilian life and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes.
The Terra-cotta Dog opens with the inspector's mysterious tête-à-tête with a mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There, in a secret grotto, he finds a harrowing scene: two young lovers, dead fifty years and still embracing, watched over by a life-size terra-cotta dog. Montalbano's passion to solve this old crime takes him, heedless of personal danger, on a journey through the island's past and into a family's dark heart amid the horrors of World War II bombardment.
From sly comedy at the expense of his fellow policemen to personal soul searching that helps him enter the minds of those he must investigate, Montalbano is a detective whose earthiness and imagination coalesce into a unique, unfailing appeal. AUTHORBIO: Andrea Camilleri is the author of many books, including his Montalbano series, which has been adapted for Italian television and translated into German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Japanese, Dutch, and Swedish.
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre Dumas, Richard PevearISBN 0670037796 (0-670-03779-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequel'Book summary:A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature from the award- winning, bestselling translator of Anna Karenina
First published in 1844, The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumass historical novels and one of the most popular adventure novels ever written. Dumass swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of dArtagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. Before long, he finds treachery and court intrigueand also three boon companions, the daring swordsmen Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together the four strive heroically to defend the honor of their queen against the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the seductive spy Milady.
Richard Pevear, part of the husband/wife team responsible for award-winning translations of classic Russian literature, provides a flavorful and faithful rendition that conveys all of the wit, romance, and rollicking pace of the original French. Pevear also includes an edifying introduction to Dumas, his world, and his take on history, as well as explanatory notes, making this the edition par excellence for a new generation of readers. [via]
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Total War: The Causes and Courses of the Second World Warby Peter Calvocoressi, R. John Pritchard, Guy WintISBN 0670803111 (0-670-80311-1)
Hardcover, Viking
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0670869201 (0-670-86920-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Voice of the Violinby Stephen Sartarelli, Andrea CamilleriISBN 0670031437 (0-670-03143-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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In this latest novel, Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immedi-ately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; and the victim's friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate. But it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key to this murder. [via]More editions of Voice of the Violin:
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Waiting To Exhaleby Terry McMillanISBN 0670839809 (0-670-83980-9)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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The Waste Landsby Stephen King, Ned DameronISBN 0670032565 (0-670-03256-5)
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Weby Yvegeny ZamyatinISBN 0670753181 (0-670-75318-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Well of Lost Plotsby Jasper FfordeISBN 0670032891 (0-670-03289-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Well of Lost Plots'Book summary:Jasper Fforde has done it again in this absolutely brilliant feat of literary showmanship. Join Thursday Next as she encounters some of the greatest characters in literature and battles deadly villians who literally leap off the page. When it comes to sheer wit, literate fantasy, and effervescent originality, nobody can touch this new Ffordian tour de force.
-Lost in a Good Book appeared on The New York Times extended bestseller list and was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
-The Eyre Affair was a New York Times bestseller and a Book Sense 76 Pick
-Penguin will publish Lost in a Good Book simultaneously
-The fourth book in the series is forthcoming from Viking
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White Noiseby Don DelilloISBN 0670803731 (0-670-80373-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Noise'Book summary:Something is amiss in a small college town in Middle America. Something subliminal, something omnipresent, something hard to put your finger on. For example, teachers and students at the grade school are falling mysteriously ill:
Investigators said it could be the ventilating system, the paint or varnish, the foam insulation, the electrical insulation, the cafeteria food, the rays emitted by microcomputers, the asbestos fireproofing, the adhesive on shipping containers, the fumes from the chlorinated pool, or perhaps something deeper, finer-grained, more closely woven into the fabric of things.
J.A.K. Gladney, world-renowned as the living center, the absolute font, of Hitler Studies in North America in the mid-1980s, describes the malaise affecting his town in a superbly ironic and detached manner. But even he fails to mask his disquiet. There is menace in the air, and ultimately it is made manifest: a poisonous cloud--an "airborne toxic event"--unleashed by an industrial accident floats over the town, requiring evacuation. In the aftermath, as the residents adjust to new and blazingly brilliant sunsets, Gladney and his family must confront their own poses, night terrors, self-deceptions, and secrets.DeLillo is at his dark, hilarious best in this 1985 National Book Award winner, a novel that preceded but anticipated the explosion of the Internet, tabloid television, and the dialed-in, wired-up, endlessly accelerated tenor of the culture we live in. He doesn't just describe life in a hypermediated society, he re-creates it. His characters repeat phrases, information, and rumor gleaned from television, radio, and other media sources like people speaking in code. And DeLillo has seeded the book with short gemlike episodes that demand to be read aloud, and that haunt the imagination years after their first reading: a visit to the Most Photographed Barn in America. A plane that nearly falls out of the sky. An hour in a classroom, canonizing Elvis. These vignettes are vivid and unique, yet, like the phrases from television shows that interject themselves, out of context, into Gladney's consciousness, they are strangely unconnected to one another--reflections of the lives DeLillo is showing us we lead. --Jan Bultmann [via]
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Wizard and Glassby Stephen King, Dave McKeanISBN 0670032573 (0-670-03257-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard and Glass'Book summary:Frank Muller, the recognized virtuoso of audiobook narration (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption), takes on Stephen King's Goliath tale of sorcerers, time travelers, and sci-fi love. Totaling more than 27 hours and spanning 18 cassettes, Wizard and Glass requires the listener to love Muller's Hannibal Lecter-like voice--either that or suffer in audio hell for the equivalent of three full working days. While some might find his breathy staccatos irritating at best, others will find his voice the perfect accompaniment to King's creepy characters and nightmarish plots. (Running time: 27 hours, 18 cassettes) [via]
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