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The Aesthetics of Comics

by David Carrier

ISBN 0271021888 (0-271-02188-8)
Softcover, Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

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ISBN 9780062059260 (0-06-205926-2, 0062059262)

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A Barrel of Laughs

by Jules Feiffer

ISBN 0062059262 (0-06-205926-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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Jules Feiffer won hearts and a whole new audience when he leapt from the realm of cartooning to create books. His The Man in the Ceiling, the story of Jimmy the boy cartoonist, was a boisterous calling for us to believe in our dreams. In A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears Feiffer gives us more help in understanding our dreams: If we don't end up where we think we're going in life, maybe we're better off somewhere else--like where we are now. He introduces us to Roger, a prince with such a sense of humor that the king's wizard sends him on a quest to sober him up a bit. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) the quest backfires: Roger enters the Forever Forest, traipses over the Dastardly Divide, and ventures downward into the Valley of Vengeance only to find himself on an entirely different quest than the one the wizard sent him on. Lucky for us, Feiffer's cartooning experience makes him an adventurous author, and he takes us on the ride of our lives, complete with timely asides, wizened wisecracks, silly drawings of characters walking in and out of the story, and more. A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears will give people of all ages (especially rowdy teenagers who sneak comic books to classes) a barrel of laughs and a wallop of wisdom! [via]

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A Barrel of Laughs: ISBN 0062059262 (0-06-205926-2)
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Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears

by Jules Feiffer

ISBN 0062050982 (0-06-205098-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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Jules Feiffer won hearts and a whole new audience when he leapt from the realm of cartooning to create books. His The Man in the Ceiling, the story of Jimmy the boy cartoonist, was a boisterous calling for us to believe in our dreams. In A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears Feiffer gives us more help in understanding our dreams: If we don't end up where we think we're going in life, maybe we're better off somewhere else--like where we are now. He introduces us to Roger, a prince with such a sense of humor that the king's wizard sends him on a quest to sober him up a bit. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) the quest backfires: Roger enters the Forever Forest, traipses over the Dastardly Divide, and ventures downward into the Valley of Vengeance only to find himself on an entirely different quest than the one the wizard sent him on. Lucky for us, Feiffer's cartooning experience makes him an adventurous author, and he takes us on the ride of our lives, complete with timely asides, wizened wisecracks, silly drawings of characters walking in and out of the story, and more. A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears will give people of all ages (especially rowdy teenagers who sneak comic books to classes) a barrel of laughs and a wallop of wisdom! [via]

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ISBN 9780156008846 (0-15-600884-X, 015600884X)

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Blood Song

by Eric Drooker

ISBN 015600884X (0-15-600884-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books

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From American Book Award winner Eric Drooker, this is a story for the ages, beginning with the agrarian past, through the industrial present, and into the technological future.
A young woman bravely escapes a military assault on her island village, journeying across the ocean to arrive, unknowingly, in the Big City. There she meets and falls in love with a saxophone player, who makes heartfelt music. The police find and silence him, confiscating his saxophone and warning him not to make music again as it's strictly forbidden in the Big City. When the street musician continues to make music with his voice the police soon find and imprison him, making the future uncertain for the talented performer and the brave woman who loves him.
Blood Song transcends the boundaries of conventional novels--a wordless tale written in the ancient language of pictures.

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ISBN 9780062731029 (0-06-273102-5, 0062731025)

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Cartoon Guide To Statistics

by Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith

ISBN 0062731025 (0-06-273102-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on "People's Court," or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics: the summary and display of data, probability in gambling and medicine, random variables, Bernoulli Trails, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, confidence interval estimation, and much more-all explained in simple, clear, and yes, funny illustrations. Never again will you order the Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant! [via]

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Cartoon Guide To Statistics: ISBN 0062731025 (0-06-273102-5)
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The Cartoon Guide to the Environment

by Larry Gonick, Alice Outwater

ISBN 0062732749 (0-06-273274-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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ISBN 9780312080822 (0-312-08082-4, 0312080824)

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Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

ISBN 0312080824 (0-312-08082-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins

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Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.

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ISBN 9780140159974 (0-14-015997-5, 0140159975)

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Cheap Novelties

by Ben Katchor

ISBN 0140159975 (0-14-015997-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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A collection of the best of Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer's first three-years plus a new 17-page story. [via]

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Cheap Novelties: ISBN 0140159975 (0-14-015997-5)
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ISBN 9780064436069 (0-06-443606-3, 0064436063)

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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens, Dean Morrissey, Stephen Krensky

ISBN 0064436063 (0-06-443606-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]

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ISBN 9780140071207 (0-14-007120-2, 0140071202)

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A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

by Charles Dickens, John Leech

ISBN 0140071202 (0-14-007120-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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In this unabridged version of the original 1843 edition, the classic tale is illustrated with full-color paintings and black-and-white drawings that brilliantly recapture an era and bring Dickens's characters vividly to life. "Michael Foreman's illustrations have brought new life and charm to a story we all know." -- Parents Magazine [via]

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ISBN 9780151003143 (0-15-100314-9, 0151003149)

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Epiplectic Bicycle

by Edward Gorey

ISBN 0151003149 (0-15-100314-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt

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A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the incredibly sophisticated . . . stylish and inventive Edward Gorey (New York Observer). Now available in a special gift edition.

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ISBN 9780140367126 (0-14-036712-8, 0140367128)

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Frankenstein

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

ISBN 0140367128 (0-14-036712-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]

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ISBN 9780312044695 (0-312-04469-0, 0312044690)

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Frankenstein Mary Shelley

by J. Smith

ISBN 0312044690 (0-312-04469-0)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins

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This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelleys English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to Frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.

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ISBN 9780192833662 (0-19-283366-9, 0192833669)

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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Marilyn Butler

ISBN 0192833669 (0-19-283366-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]

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Gemma Bovery

by Posy Simmonds

ISBN 0224052519 (0-224-05251-9)
Hardcover, J. Cape

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ISBN 9780140366815 (0-14-036681-4, 0140366814)

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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens, Linda Jennings

ISBN 0140366814 (0-14-036681-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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The orphan Pip's terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the Kent marshes, and his mysterious summons to the house of Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward Estella, form the prelude to his "great expectations." How Pip comes into a fortune, what he does with it, and what he discovers through his secret benefactor are the ingredients of his struggle for moral redemption. @piMp The walk was a bad idea. I met a prisoner who demanded bread and a file. He looks like a pederast. And a murderer. Amber alert? From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]

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ISBN 9780192741905 (0-19-274190-X, 019274190X)

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Great Expectations

by James Riordan, Victor G. Ambrus

ISBN 019274190X (0-19-274190-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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"I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip." So begins James Riordan's lively retelling of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens's classic novel about a boy taken from poor beginnings, educated as a gentleman, and his ultimate discovery of the identity of his mysterious benefactor. This compelling and easy-to-read version of Great Expectations is vividly brought to life with the illustrations of Victor G. Ambrus, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England and the artist for numerous other classics in this popular series, including Moby Dick, Gulliver's Travels, The Wizard of Oz, and many others. [via]

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ISBN 9780140714050 (0-14-071405-7, 0140714057)

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare, Willard Farnham

ISBN 0140714057 (0-14-071405-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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This edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play, this new edition turns to the First Folio of 1623--Shakespeare's "fair copy"--that has been preserved for us in the Second Quarto. Introducing fresh theatrical momentum, this revision provides, as Shakespeare intended, a better, more practical acting script. [via]

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ISBN 9780174434696 (0-17-443469-3, 0174434693)

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Hamlet

by Jenkins

ISBN 0174434693 (0-17-443469-3)
Softcover, Cengage Learning

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This edition offers a detailed insight into the work of Shakespeare expanding the individual's knowledge and appreciation of his work. [via]

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ISBN 9780192839923 (0-19-283992-6, 0192839926)

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The History of King Lear

by William Shakespeare, Stanley Wells

ISBN 0192839926 (0-19-283992-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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King Lear , widely considered Shakespeare's most deeply moving, passionately expressed, and intellectually ambitious play, has almost always been edited from the revised version printed in the First Folio of 1623, with additions from the quarto of 1608. Now for the first time, this new volume presents the full, scholarly edition to be based firmly on the quarto, now recognized as the base text from which all others derive. A thorough, attractively written introduction suggests how the work grew slowly in Shakespeare's imagination, fed by years of reading, thinking, and experience as a practical dramatist. This editition consists of a new, modern-spelling text; a full index to the introduction and commentary; production photographs and related art. The on-page commentary and detailed notes to this edition offer critical help in understanding the language and dramaturgy in relation to the theaters in which King Lear was first performed. Additional sections reprint the early ballad, which was among the play's earliest sources, and provide additional guides to understanding and appreciating one of the greatest masterworks of Western civilization. [via]

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ISBN 9780261102668 (0-261-10266-4, 0261102664)

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The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

ISBN 0261102664 (0-261-10266-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.

This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]

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ISBN 9780140714760 (0-14-071476-6, 0140714766)

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King Lear

by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel

ISBN 0140714766 (0-14-071476-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.

As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]

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ISBN 9780140289015 (0-14-028901-1, 0140289011)

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Kiss Me, Judas

by Will Christopher Baer

ISBN 0140289011 (0-14-028901-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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In his extremely dark but very effective first thriller, former cabdriver and homeless counselor Will Christopher Baer takes that old urban legend of the man who wakes up in a hotel bathtub full of ice to discover that somebody has removed one of his kidneys and whips it up into a modernized Edgar Allan Poe nightmare. Baer's hero is in fact called Phineas Poe--an ex-cop who spent six years digging up dirt in and on the Denver P.D.'s Internal Affairs Division. On his first night out after a nervous breakdown and a six-month stay in a psychiatric hospital, Poe is picked up by a prostitute named Jude who drugs his drink and deftly removes his kidney.

Poe heads for the Witch's Teat, a sex shop where his friend Crumb works. "Crumb isn't really a doctor. He does cheap abortions and gunshot wounds and even dental work for the mad and desperate," Baer writes in deceptively plain present-tense prose, which quickly mesmerizes like electronic music. "Crumb reads a lot. He has a closet full of old surgical textbooks and a lot of stolen equipment. And he doesn't try to fake you. If you come to him with a ruptured bowel or a crushed spine, he gives you a cup of tea and sends you to the hospital." Poe learns that his kidney has been replaced by a bag of heroin--which could kill him if it dissolves. Intent on retrieving his stolen organ, he traces Jude to a bowling alley called the Inferno. Strangely enough, with Jude he reluctantly discovers the chance of love and family that he thought was gone forever when his wife died. In lesser hands, this flash of light in a roomful of noir could easily have spoiled everything. But Baer makes it all seem as natural as whistling in the dark. --Dick Adler [via]

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Kiss Me, Judas: ISBN 0140289011 (0-14-028901-1)
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ISBN 9780140187861 (0-14-018786-3, 0140187863)

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D. H. Lawrence, Michael Squires

ISBN 0140187863 (0-14-018786-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]

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ISBN 9780064433990 (0-06-443399-4, 0064433994)

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Graphic Novel

by C. S. Lewis, Robin Lawrie

ISBN 0064433994 (0-06-443399-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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They open a door and enter a world.

Narnia...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...the place where the adventure begins.

Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia.

But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.A fully illustrated version of the most popular book in The Chronicles of Narnia, with glowing full page artwork and an abridged text for easier reading.

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ISBN 9780142404096 (0-14-240409-8, 0142404098)

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Macbeth

by William Shakespeare, Alex Nino, Arthur Byron Cover, Tony Leonard Tamai

ISBN 0142404098 (0-14-240409-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Shakespeares classic play of deception and murder is reinvented in the Japanese manga style and set on a vast ringworld encircling a sun. Artist Tony Tamais unique vision and style breathe new life into a captivating classic. [via]

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Macbeth: ISBN 0142404098 (0-14-240409-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

ISBN 9780231121934 (0-231-12193-8, 0231121938)

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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein

by Berthold Schoene-Harwood, Richard Beynon

ISBN 0231121938 (0-231-12193-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr

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Mary Shelley's first novel has established itself as one of modernity's most compelling and ominous myths. Frankenstein poignantly captures the spirit of the early 1800s as an age of transition tragically divided between scientific progress and religious conservatism, revolutionary reform and conformist reaction.

This "Guide" encapsulates the most important critical reactions to a novel that straddles the realms of both "high" literature and popular culture. The selections shed light on "Frankenstein"'s historical and socio-political relevance, its innovative representations of science, gender, and identity, as well as its problematic cultural location between academic critique and creative production. Ranging from the first reviews in 1818 to postmodern readings of the mid-1990s, the "Guide" illuminates one of British literature's most spectacular novels. [via]

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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein: ISBN 0231121938 (0-231-12193-8)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr

ISBN 9780140283365 (0-14-028336-6, 0140283366)

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka, Malcolm Pasley

ISBN 0140283366 (0-14-028336-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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"Had one to name the author who comes nearest to bearing the same kind of relations to our age as Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe bore to theirs, Kafka is the first one would think of." W. H. Auden

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories: ISBN 0140283366 (0-14-028336-6)
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Murmur

by Kramsky, Mattotti

ISBN 014016782X (0-14-016782-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA

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Murmur: ISBN 014016782X (0-14-016782-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA

ISBN 9780151006960 (0-15-100696-2, 0151006962)

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The Other Statue

by Edward Gorey

ISBN 0151006962 (0-15-100696-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt

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Lord Wherewithal is dead at Backwater Hall, Horace Gollop cavorts with Victoria Scone, and (perhaps most unsettling of all!) someone has offended decorum by disemboweling a stuffed thisby belonging to the Earl of Thump in The Other Statue, Edward Gorey's latest feat of macabre artistry and elliptical mystery. Come join the party! --Tim Appelo [via]

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Passionate Journey: A Vision in Woodcuts

by Frans Masereel

ISBN 0140110836 (0-14-011083-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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The Penguin Book of Comics

by George Perry

ISBN 0140028021 (0-14-002802-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Pictures And Words: New Comic Art And Narrative Illustration

by Roanne Bell, Mark Sinclair

ISBN 0300111460 (0-300-11146-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr

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Raw

by Art Spiegelman

ISBN 0140122656 (0-14-012265-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Raw, No 2

by Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly

ISBN 0140122818 (0-14-012281-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA

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Raw, No 2: ISBN 0140122818 (0-14-012281-8)
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Raw, No 3: High Culture for Lowbrows

by Art Spiegelman

ISBN 0140122826 (0-14-012282-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Shakespeare in Performance: An Introduction through Six Major Plays

by William Shakespeare, John Russell Brown

ISBN 015580829X (0-15-580829-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

by William Shakespeare, G. B. Harrison

ISBN 0140701028 (0-14-070102-8)
Hardcover, Penguin

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ISBN 9780140714548 (0-14-071454-5, 0140714545)

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The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark

by William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller

ISBN 0140714545 (0-14-071454-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.

For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]

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William Shakespeare

by Susan Bruce

ISBN 0231115296 (0-231-11529-6)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr

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Nearly three centuries of Lear criticism provide insight into the play's merit and its place within Shakespeare's work and the canon of English literature. Highlights include excerpts from the neoclassical and Romantic receptions of King Lear -- material from John Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Victor Hugo -- and a discussion of recent trends in criticism of the play.

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The Willowdale Handcar, Or, The Return of the Black Doll

by Edward Gorey

ISBN 0151010358 (0-15-101035-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt

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