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1984by George OrwellISBN 1421808323 (1-4218-0832-3)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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Anna Kareninaby Leo TolstoyISBN 1404360719 (1-4043-6071-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.
This is Volume Volume 3 of 7-Volume Set. To purchase the complete set, you will need to order the other volumes separately: to find them, search for the following ISBNs: 9781427038982, 9781427040480, 9781427040503, 9781427040510, 9781427040534, 9781427040558
A magnificent story, that amalgamates classical sensuality and rebelliousness against the prevailing customs, is presented here. This novel is a unique example of social realism that portrays the inevitable tragedy of a wilful woman, Anna Karenina, who transgresses the conventions of society and follows her own lead.
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At The Villa Of Reduced Circumstancesby Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntoshISBN 1400095093 (1-4000-9509-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At The Villa Of Reduced Circumstances'Book summary:PORTUGUESE IRREGULAR VERBS - Book 3 The Portuguese Irregular Verbs series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany. Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due-a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. In At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances, Professor Dr. von Igelfeld gets caught up in a nasty case of academic intrigue while on sabbatical at Cambridge. When he returns to Regensburg he is confronted with the thrilling news that someone from a foreign embassy has actually checked his masterwork, Portuguese Irregular Verbs, out of the Institute's Library. As a result, he gets caught up in intrigue of a different sort on a visit to Bogota, Colombia. [via]
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Baalby Ralph Manheim, Bertolt Brecht, John Willett, Peter TegelISBN 1559704195 (1-55970-419-5)
Softcover, Arcade Pub
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The Bird Is a Ravenby Benjamin Lebert, Peter ConstantineISBN 1400078067 (1-4000-7806-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Brave New Worldby Aldous HuxleyISBN 156000522X (1-56000-522-X)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brave New World'Book summary:A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.
"Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers."
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--Saturday Review of Literature"A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay."
--Forum"It is as sparkling, provocative, as brilliant, in the appropriate sense, as impressive ads the day it was published. This is in part because its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm. But it is much more because the book succeeds as a work of art...This is surely Huxley's best book."
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobeby Harry Gregson-williamsISBN 1423409450 (1-4234-0945-0)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobe'Book summary:(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Eight piano/vocal/guitar selections from the Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media hit movie, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. Includes: Can't Take It In * Evacuating London * Father Christmas * Lucy Meets Mr. Tumnus * A Narnia Lullaby * Where * Winter Light * Wunderkind. [via]
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Civilization of the Renaissance in Italyby Jacob BurckhardtISBN 1426400934 (1-4264-0093-4)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy'Book summary:"None of his successors not even Cesare Borgia rivalled the colossal guilt of Ezzelino " proposes the author. [via]
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 142182325X (1-4218-2325-X)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:Reproduced from the original 1886 English-language edition, this classic work follows the foibles of Raskolnikov, who believes that remarkable men like himself are above the laws of society. [via]
Dances With Wolvesby Michael BlakeISBN 1557040915 (1-55704-091-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Death Shipby B. TravenISBN 1556521103 (1-55652-110-3)
Softcover, Lawrence Hill Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death Ship'Book summary:[via]The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.
The Death Ship is the first of B. Traven's politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirty-six languages. Next to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is his most celebrated work
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Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents: Analyzing German, Latin, and French in Vital Records Written in Germanyby Roger P. MinertISBN 0967842077 (0-9678420-7-7)
Hardcover, GRT Publications
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The Egyptologistby Arthur PhillipsISBN 1400062500 (1-4000-6250-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Egyptologist'Book summary:From the bestselling author of Prague comes a witty, inventive, brilliantly constructed novel about an Egyptologist obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king. This darkly comic labyrinth of a story opens on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, then winds its way from the slums of Australia to the ballrooms of Boston by way of Oxford, the battlefields of the First World War, and a royal court in turmoil.
Just as Howard Carter unveils the tomb of Tutankhamun, making the most dazzling find in the history of archaeology, Oxford-educated Egyptologist Ralph Trilipush is digging himself into trouble, having staked his professional reputation and his fiancées fortune on a scrap of hieroglyphic pornography. Meanwhile, a relentless Australian detective sets off on the case of his career, spanning the globe in search of a murderer. And another murderer. And possibly another murderer. The confluence of these seemingly separate stories results in an explosive ending, at once inevitable and utterly unpredictable.
Arthur Phillips leads this expedition to its unforgettable climax with all the wit and narrative bravado that made Prague one of the most critically acclaimed novels of 2002. Exploring issues of class, greed, ambition, and the very human hunger for eternal life, this staggering second novel gives us a glimpse of Phillipss range and maturityand is sure to earn him further acclaim as one of the most exciting authors of his generation. [via]More editions of The Egyptologist:
Faceless Killersby Henning Mankell, Steven T. MurrayISBN 1400031575 (1-4000-3157-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faceless Killers'Book summary:If you remember with pleasure those dark and gloomy Martin Beck mysteries by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, you'll be glad to plunge into the first of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender mysteries to appear in English. Wallender's personal life can occasionally seem more depressing than even a provincial Swedish detective should be asked to bear, but his investigative skills are strictly first rate. And Mankell's story of the brutal murder of an elderly farm couple uncovers an unusual aspect of life in modern Sweden--a streak of fear and prejudice against the many newcomers from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe who have sought asylum there. [via]
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Faceless Killersby Steven T. Murray, Henning MankellISBN 1565846052 (1-56584-605-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faceless Killers'Book summary:If you remember with pleasure those dark and gloomy Martin Beck mysteries by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, you'll be glad to plunge into the first of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender mysteries to appear in English. Wallender's personal life can occasionally seem more depressing than even a provincial Swedish detective should be asked to bear, but his investigative skills are strictly first rate. And Mankell's story of the brutal murder of an elderly farm couple uncovers an unusual aspect of life in modern Sweden--a streak of fear and prejudice against the many newcomers from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe who have sought asylum there. [via]
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 1419119222 (1-4191-1922-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill'Book summary:Additional proofing provided by Eben Visher. The notorious work by author John Cleland. Not a book for children. [via]
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The Finer Points Of Sausage Dogsby Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntoshISBN 1400095085 (1-4000-9508-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Finer Points Of Sausage Dogs'Book summary:Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due-a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. In The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, Professor Dr. Von Igelfeld is mistaken for a veterinarian and not wanting to call attention to the faux pas, begins practicing veterinary medicine without a license. He ends up operating on a friend's dachshund to dramatic and unfortunate effect. He also transports relics for a schismatically challenged Coptic prelate, and is pursued by marriage-minded widows on board a Mediterranean cruise ship. [via]
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Five Womenby Frank Kermode, Robert Musil, Ernst Kaiser, Eithne WilkinsISBN 1567920756 (1-56792-075-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Frostby Thomas Bernhard, Michael HofmannISBN 1400040663 (1-4000-4066-3)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frost'Book summary:Visceral, raw, singular, and distinctive, Frost is the story of a friendship between a young man at the beginning of his medical career and a painter who is entering his final days.
A writer of world stature, Thomas Bernhard combined a searing wit and an unwavering gaze into the human condition. Frost follows an unnamed young Austrian who accepts an unusual assignment. Rather than continue with his medical studies, he travels to a bleak mining town in the back of beyond, in order to clinically observe the aged painter, Strauch, who happens to be the brother of this young mans surgical mentor. The catch is this: Strauch must not know the young mans true occupation or the reason for his arrival. Posing as a promising law student with a love of Henry James, the young man befriends the mad artist and is caught up among an equally extraordinary cast of local characters, from his resentful landlady to the towns mining engineers.
This debut novel by Thomas Bernhard, which came out in German in 1963 and is now being published in English for the first time, marks the beginning of what was one of the twentieth centurys most powerful, provocative literary careers. [via]More editions of Frost:
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A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritageby Chris Anderson, Ernest Thode, S. Chris AndersonISBN 1558705201 (1-55870-520-1)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage'Book summary:The latest book in our highly successful 'Discovering Your Ancestors' series, this hands-on guide addresses virtually every aspect of tracing Germanic lineage. Written for beginners, Anderson and Thode cover the basics of genealogy, clearly explaining how to plan, organize and begin searching. They also discuss the unique challenges associated with Germanic ancestral research and offer proven ways to overcome them-including how to locate and interpret vital and emigration records. In addition, this guide provides a history of Germanic countries and their changing boundaries to help researchers find their villages of origin and determine the events that led their ancestors to emigrate. From naturalization to name changes, actual case studies of both typical and atypical Germanic genealogies demonstrate how to 'solve' a research mystery, and comprehensive listings of Germanic archives, research forms, letter-writing examples and maps will save genealogists hours of additional work. [via]
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The German Americansby Anne GalicichISBN 1555461417 (1-55546-141-7)
Hardcover, Chelsea House Publishers
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The Harz Journeyby Heinrich Heine, Charles Godfrey LelandISBN 1568860021 (1-56886-002-1)
Hardcover, Marsilio Pub
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Hedda Gablerby Henrik Ibsen, William Archer, Edmund GosseISBN 140650145X (1-4065-0145-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hedda Gabler'Book summary:HEDDA. Indeed? [Looks at the address.] Why yes, it's addressed in Aunt Julia's hand. Well then, he has remained at Judge Brack's. And as for Eilert Lovborg--he is sitting, with vine leaves in his hair, reading his manuscript. [via]
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 142645547X (1-4264-5547-X)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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Hardcover, Indypublish.Com - Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 1417619627 (1-4176-1962-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 1555045154 (1-55504-515-4)
Softcover, J. Curley - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0977769429 (0-9777694-2-9)
Softcover, Neptune Media Group - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 142645547X (1-4264-5547-X)
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Hound of the Baskervillesby Alexander DumasISBN 1562542893 (1-56254-289-3)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:Written at a point of crisis in his life, A Tale of Two Cities is the embodiment of Dickens' own passions and fears: the revolution which engulfs the characters symbolizes his own psychological revolution, and the three main characters become projections of Dickens himself. [via]
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The Hound Of The Baskervillesby Arthur Doyle ConanISBN 0974607878 (0-9746078-7-8)
Softcover, Melville Pub House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes With, the Adventure of the Speckled Bandby Arthur Conan Doyle, Francis O'GormanISBN 1551117223 (1-55111-722-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes With, the Adventure of the Speckled Band'Book summary:The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-02) is Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes adventure. At the end of the yew tree path of his ancestral home, Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead. Close by are the footprints of a gigantic hound. Called to investigate, Holmes seems to face a supernatural foe. In the tense narration of the detective's efforts to solve the crime, Conan Doyle meditates on late Victorian and early twentieth-century ideas of ancestry and atavism, the possible biological determination of criminals, the stability of the British landed classes, and the place of the supernatural. Historical documents included with this fully-annotated Broadview edition help contextualize the novel's debates and reveal its cultural and literary significance as a supreme instance of early detective fiction. Also included is the Conan Doyle short story The Adventure of the Speckled Band. [via]
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor Hugo, Tracy Christopher, Ned ButterfieldISBN 1561564583 (1-56156-458-3)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'Book summary:An emotionally wrenching literary classic about a deformed church bellringer, the beautiful gypsy girl he rescues and the tragedy that ensues. [via]
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The Idiotby Fyodor DostoyevskyISBN 1419167030 (1-4191-6703-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idiot'Book summary:The man who renounces everything about himself is indeed... [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, Ian JohnstonISBN 0977626903 (0-9776269-0-3)
Softcover, Richer Resources Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:This translation provides an accurate text of the Iliad in a modern English poetic form. It has been designed, first and foremost, for people who are reading Homer's Iliad for the first time. The book is accompanied by a complete glossary, maps and other study aids intended to help ensure that one's initial venture into the world of the Iliad is a fruitful one. [via]
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Iliad of Homerby HomerISBN 1404309527 (1-4043-0952-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans. Chapman regarded the translation of this epic, and of Homer's Odyssey (also available in Wordsworth Editions) as his life's work, and dedicated himself to capturing the 'soul' of the poem. [via]
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Imitation of Christby Thomas A. KempisISBN 1421809931 (1-4218-0993-1)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imitation of Christ'Book summary:Researched and written by 344 international historians, this wide-ranging two-volume edition explores even minor evangelical figures and describes individuals from a broad array of denominational backgrounds. It includes 3,570 biographies, an index of subjects arranged by country and denomination, and other resources for further study. [via]
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Jennifer Governmentby Max BarryISBN 1400030927 (1-4000-3092-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jennifer Government'Book summary:In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer's name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it's a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless employee seeking advancement, signs a multipage contract and then reads it. He discovers he's agreed to assassinate kids purchasing Nike's new line of athletic shoes, a stealth marketing maneuver designed to increase sales. And the dreaded government agent Jennifer Government is after him.
Like Steve Aylett, Alexander Besher, Douglas Coupland, Paul Di Filippo, Jim Munroe, Jeff Noon, and Chuck Palahniuk, Max Barry is an author of smartass, punky satire for the late capitalist era. It's a hip and happening field; before publication, Jennifer Government (Barry's second novel) was optioned by Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section 8 Films for a major motion picture. However, the level of literary accomplishment varies wildly among practitioners, from brilliant (Di Filippo and Palahniuk) to amateurish (Besher). This field is so hot, its writers needn't be nearly as accomplished as they'd have to become to break into any other form of fiction.
That said, like many of his fellow turn-of-the-millennium satirists, Barry is uneven. He has a lively imagination and a sharp eye for the absurdities and offenses of hypercorporate capitalism. But, with its sketchy characters and slow dialogue, Jennifer Government will disappoint anyone who believes the cover copy's grandiose claim that this is "a Catch-22 for the New World Order." --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Lion, Witch, & Wardrobeby C. S. LewisISBN 156137704X (1-56137-704-X)
Softcover, Novel Units
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Love in the Time of Choleraby Gabriel García Márquez, Edith GrossmanISBN 140003468X (1-4000-3468-X)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love in the Time of Cholera'Book summary:In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.With humorous sagacity and consummate craft, García Márquez traces an exceptional half-century story of unrequited love. Though it seems never to be conveniently contained, love flows through the novel in many wonderful guises--joyful, melancholy, enriching, ever surprising. [via]
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The Magic Ring: Or, Castle of Montfauconby Friedrich Heinrich Karl LA Motte-Fouque, Amy H. Sturgis, Robert Pearse GilliesISBN 0977784126 (0-9777841-2-6)
Softcover, Valancourt Books
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The Maid Of Orleansby Frederich SchillerISBN 1419171291 (1-4191-7129-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatby Oliver SacksISBN 1555042651 (1-55504-265-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Michael Kohlhaas: Berlin 1810by Heinrich Von Kleist, Martin GreenbergISBN 0976140721 (0-9761407-2-1)
Softcover, Melville Pub House
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 1561563080 (1-56156-308-0)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:The story of a dangerously obsessed man. Obsessed with seeking vengeance against a great white whale that pushes him and his reluctant crew in a quest across the seven seas. Obsessed with pitching his boat against a formidable beast against all odds and oblivious to the great risk to life and limb. Fully painted by Will Eisner. [via]
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Moby Dickby Will Eisner, Herman MelvilleISBN 1561632945 (1-56163-294-5)
Hardcover, NBM Publishing Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:The third in Will Eisners series of adaptations of the classics. The story of a dangerously obsessed man. Obsessed with seeking vengeance against a great white whale that pushes him and his reluctant crew in a quest across the seven seas. Obsessed with pitching his boat against a formidable beast against all odds and oblivious to the great risk to life and limb. Fully painted by Will Eisner. Seen for the first time in the USA.
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Moby Dick Or, the Whaleby Herman MelvilleISBN 1419134736 (1-4191-3473-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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ORTHODOXYby Not AvailableISBN 0977616711 (0-9776167-1-1)
Softcover, Strang Communications Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'ORTHODOXY'Book summary:Imitation of Christ (Foundations of Faith - Vol. 2) [via]
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Payment in Bloodby Elizabeth GeorgeISBN 1560540001 (1-56054-000-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America During the Years 1799-1804by Alexander von HumboldtISBN 142190425X (1-4219-0425-X)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Portuguese Irregular Verbsby Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntoshISBN 1400077087 (1-4000-7708-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portuguese Irregular Verbs'Book summary:Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment- Book 1
The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany.
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is duea quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray.
In Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Professor Dr von Igelfeld learns to play tennis, and forces a college chum to enter into a duel that results in a nipped nose. He also takes a field trip to Ireland where he becomes acquainted with the rich world of archaic Irishisms, and he develops an aching infatuation with a Dentist fatale. Along the way, he takes two ill-fated Italian sojourns, the first merely uncomfortable, the second definitely dangerous. [via]More editions of Portuguese Irregular Verbs:
Posthumous Papers of a Living Authorby Robert Musil, Peter WortsmanISBN 0976395045 (0-9763950-4-5)
Softcover, Archipelago Books
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Quo Vadisby Henryk Sienkiewicz, Joe L. WheelerISBN 1561797952 (1-56179-795-2)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quo Vadis'Book summary:Focus on the Family Great Stories are riveting novels from the past for today's readers. Each book features the complete text and, in convenient footnotes, present-day definitions for older words. They also include in-depth introductions that shed light on the authors and the times in which they lived and discussion questions.
In the dark, decadent last days of the Roman Empire, a pagan soldier sees a girl of exotic beauty and decides he must have her as his concubine. But unknown to him, Ligia is a Christian intent on living a pure life, even as Nero's ruthless persecution sweeps the city. As the lives of Vinicius and Ligia intertwine, they watch the world they know change before their eyes. While the apostles Peter and Paul seek to save the immoral city from ruin, Christians are brutally martyred in the Coliseum and Rome burns. Quo Vadis, part of Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, vividly captures all the madness and suspense of one of history's most unforgettable chapters.
Introduction and Afterword by Joe Wheeler [via]
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Quo Vadis a Narrative of the Time of Neroby Henryk SienkiewiczISBN 1404326901 (1-4043-2690-1)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Rainbow Fish: Finders Keepersby Marcus Pfister, J. Alison JamesISBN 1558580093 (1-55858-009-3)
Hardcover, North South Books
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Rainbow Fish: Finders Keepersby J. Alison James, Marcus PfisterISBN 1558585362 (1-55858-536-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rainbow Fish: Finders Keepers'Book summary:If you read this very popular book just before bed, and the light is still on in the hallway, you can make the rainbow scales glitter on the page, and realize why the Rainbow Fish was so proud of his beautiful decoration. Sometimes, though, being too proud of outside beauty can blind a fish, or a child (or even, heaven forbid, a parent) to the beauty people hold inside. That's the lesson of this simple tale, imported from Switzerland. It's a useful one for future sneaker and designer clothing shoppers, for rainbow fish--and for quieter, plainer minnows, too. [via]
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8by Beverly Cleary, Alan TiegreenISBN 1557360006 (1-55736-000-6)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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Salems Lotby Stephen KingISBN 1417718153 (1-4177-1815-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Sanditonby Jane AustenISBN 1419146068 (1-4191-4606-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Secret Historyby Donna TarttISBN 1400031702 (1-4000-3170-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret History'Book summary:Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement-both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill. [via]
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 1414500211 (1-4145-0021-1)
Softcover, Pavilion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
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Sense And Sensibilityby C. S. Lewis, Jane AustenISBN 1561387053 (1-56138-705-3)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
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Sheddingby Verena Stefan, Tobe LevinISBN 1558610847 (1-55861-084-7)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shedding'Book summary:[via]This volume brings together prose from three decades of writing by Verena Stefan, one of the most influential contemporary feminist writers in the world.
The original 1975 German publication of Shedding-a novella that narrates the radical transformation of a young woman against the backdrop of the early 1970s women's, civil rights, and health care movements-created such a stir that the work has been hailed as "the feminist equivalent to Mao's little red book." To date, over 300,000 copies of Shedding have been sold in Germany. Included here is the first English translation of Literally Dreaming, a delightful collection of eight stories written in the 1980s, drawing a portrait of life as the narrator of Shedding may have envisioned it-women living together in natural and rural settings, independent of men. Stefan has written for this volume a new essay, "Euphoria and Cacophony," which traces the extraordinary reception-and backlash-that greeted Shedding in the 1970s, and the effect on her both as a writer and as a symbol of the German women's movement.
In resonant prose, and with a refreshing honesty, Stefan speaks to the universality of women's lives, a concept popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and ripe for re-discussion now in the 1990s. Stefan was a pioneer in "experimental writing" before the phrase was coined, and her writing about women's lives is as immediate today as when it first exploded on the German literary scene.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozenby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1555045383 (1-55504-538-3)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Editionby Stephen KingISBN 1568495714 (1-56849-571-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition'Book summary:In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Strangerby Albert CamusISBN 1406711284 (1-4067-1128-4)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stranger'Book summary:Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. [via]
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Tehanuby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 1416509623 (1-4165-0962-3)
Softcover, Pocket Star
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tehanu'Book summary:Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle
Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world -- even beyond the realm of death -- as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.
With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. [via]
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The Time Traveler's Wifeby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 1417642149 (1-4176-4214-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Time Traveler's Wife'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel. [via]
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Novel Units Inc. StaffISBN 1561373079 (1-56137-307-9)
Softcover, Novel Units
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Trials And Tribulationsby Theodor FontaneISBN 141919111X (1-4191-9111-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trials And Tribulations'Book summary:Meanwhile Lena had drawn up a wooden chair near her old mother, because she knew that this was Baron Botho's favorite place; but Frau Dörr, who was fully impressed with the idea that a Baron must occupy the seat of honor, had meanwhile risen, and with the blue fleecy mass trailing after her, she called out to her stepson: "Will you get up! I say, now. If there is nothing in him, it's no use to expect anything from him." The poor boy stood up, all stupid and sleepy and was going to give up his seat, but the Baron would not allow it. "For heaven's sake, dear Frau Dörr, leave the poor boy alone. I would far rather sit on a bench, like my friend Dörr here." [via]
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Two Towersby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 141761840X (1-4176-1840-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Towers'Book summary:Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest. They have lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. Now Frodo and Sam continue the journey alone down the great river Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. [via]
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Victoriaby Knut HamsunISBN 1557131775 (1-55713-177-5)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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Wake: Fire and Ashby Jean-David Morvan, Philippe BuchetISBN 1561632678 (1-56163-267-8)
Hardcover, NBM Publishing Company
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Wake Vol. 2: Private Collectionby Jean-David Morvan, Philippe BuchetISBN 1561632821 (1-56163-282-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wake Vol. 2: Private Collection'Book summary:Taken aboard Wake, Navee proves irresistible to its powers. Her resistance to being mind-read, her feistiness and indomitable character make her a popular new guest at increasingly higher echelons. In this volume, she undergoes training for special missions and does so with flying colors. But when she turns down the advances of a prominent official smitten with her, dangerous backstabbing politicking puts her in grave danger` [via]
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Warrior! En Gardeby Michael A. StackpoleISBN 1555600468 (1-55560-046-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Warrior! En Garde'Book summary:The heir apparent of the Lyran Common-wealth has been kidnapped, just when her secret betrothal to Prince Hanse Davion of the Federated Suns would cement the most powerful alliance in the Inner Sphere. Meanwhile, as two half brothers find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Inner Sphere's endless battles...one uncovers a fiendish plot against the heir and undertakes to ensure her safety--and along with it, the safety of the entire Inner Sphere!
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Well Schooled in Murderby Elizabeth GeorgeISBN 1560540710 (1-56054-071-0)
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El Amor en Los Tiempos de Coleraby Gabriel García MárquezISBN 1400034671 (1-4000-3467-1)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Amor en Los Tiempos de Colera'Book summary:De jóvenes, Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un médico rico y de muy buena familia. Florentino está anonadado, pero es un romántico. Su carrera en los negocios florece, y aunque sostiene 622 pequeños romances, su corazón todavía pertenece a Fermina. Cuando al fin el esposo de ella muere, Florentino acude al funeral con toda intención. A los cincuenta años, nueve meses y cuatro días de haberle profesado amor a Fermina, lo hará una vez más.
Con sagacidad humorística y depurado estilo, García Márquez traza la historia excepcional de un amor que no ha sido correspondido por medio siglo. Aunque nunca parece estar propiamente contenido, el amor fluye a través de la novela de mil maneras alegre, melancólico, enriquecedor, siempre sorprendente. [via]More editions of El Amor en Los Tiempos de Colera:
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El Diario de Bridget Jonesby Helen FieldingISBN 1400001226 (1-4000-0122-6)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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Fundacionby Isaac AsimovISBN 1400000823 (1-4000-0082-3)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundacion'Book summary:El hombre se ha dispersado por los planetas de la galaxia. La capital del Imperio es Trantor, centro de todas las intrigas y simbolo de la corrupcion imperial. Un psicohistoriador, Hari Seldon, preve, gracias a su ciencia fundada en el estudio matematico de los hechos historicos, el derrumbamiento del Imperio y el retorno a la barbarie por varios milenios. Seldon decide crear dos Fundaciones, situadas en cada extremo de la galaxia, a fin de reducir este periodo de barbarie a mil anos.. [via]
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La Sombra Del Viento/ the Shadow of the Windby Carlos Ruiz ZafonISBN 0974872407 (0-9748724-0-7)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Sombra Del Viento/ the Shadow of the Wind'Book summary:Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí encuentra La Sombra del Viento, un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrará a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Ambientada en la enigmática Barcelona de principios del siglo XX, este misterio literario mezcla técnicas de relato de intriga, de novela histórica y de comedia de costumbres, pero es, sobre todo, una tragedia histórica de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muñecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazón y el embrujo de los libros, manteniendo la intriga hasta la última página. [via]
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German Coursebookby Living Language StaffISBN 1400020085 (1-4000-2008-5)
Softcover, Random House Information Group
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