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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha ChristieISBN 0881032565 (0-88103-256-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Annalsby Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. WoodmanISBN 0872205584 (0-87220-558-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals'Book summary:Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Includes extensive notes; political, military, and geographical appendices; imperial family trees; suggested further readings; maps; and index. [via]
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Annals of Imperial Romeby Michael GrantISBN 0880290242 (0-88029-024-2)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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Barrow's Boysby Fergus FlemingISBN 0871138042 (0-87113-804-2)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barrow's Boys'Book summary:There's something about the overwhelming emptiness and terrifying beauty of the polar regions that never fails to attract. They are the most powerful symbols we have left of a world where human-made laws and values count for nothing; no one conquers the frozen wastelands--they merely learn to live by the rules nature dictates. It is easy to see how for a long time the lives of the polar explorers were shrouded in quasi-mystical and heroic terms. This all changed in the 1970s with the publication of Roland Huntford's magnificent biography of Scott and Amundsen, now called The Last Place on Earth, in which he systematically and methodically revealed the levels of incompetence and arrogance with which Scott's expedition was riddled.
In Barrow's Boys Fergus Fleming takes us on an incisive and witty journey through the landmark years of British exploration from 1816 to 1850, marveling at both the bravery and the stupidity involved. Fleming is a historian first and foremost, so he begins by placing exploration in its context. It wasn't some high-minded idealism or wacky sense of adventure, as is often suggested, that placed Britain at the forefront of discovery, but economics and self-interest. At the end of the Napoleonic wars, the British Navy was too large for its peacetime needs. Officers were laid off and advancement was slow, so the Navy needed to find itself a role. Charting the unmapped areas of the world seemed as good an idea as any.
Step forward John Barrow. Barrow was only the Second Secretary at the Admiralty--not normally a position of great influence--yet he was a skilled politician, and he managed to carve out a niche for himself by organizing expedition after expedition. He started inauspiciously by sending Captain James Tuckey off on an ill-fated jaunt up the Congo in search of "Timbuctoo," which was at that time imagined as some African El Dorado, and he ended in failure with the loss of Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage. In between he courted triumph and tragedy; Ross discovered Antarctica, Parry opened up the Arctic with his attempt on the Pole, and Captain Bremer failed to establish northern Australia as the new Singapore.
Fleming has a great feel for the telling detail. He doesn't get lost in endless minutiae that distract from the narrative, but he never fails to remind us of the surrealism of British 19th-century exploration--cocked hats and reindeer-drawn sledges in the Arctic, frock coats in the Sahara. When put like this, it makes it all too easy to see how Scott could have been allowed to botch his journey to the South Pole quite so catastrophically. --John Crace, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Battle for Gaulby Julius Caesar, Anne Wiseman, Peter WisemanISBN 0879235616 (0-87923-561-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Battle for Gaul'Book summary:Julius Caesar was for a few years the undisputed master of the Roman world -- devoted to expanding Roman supremacy and his own fame. THE BATTLE FOR GAUL contains seven books of Caesar's Commentaries on his campaign in Gaul from 58 to 50 B.C. in their original narrative sequence. These unparalleled accounts of war in Western Europe in the closing years of the Roman republic are clear and exciting. We feel the immediacy of the moment as we listen to Caesar's dramatic story of his daring expedition into Germany and unprecedented bridging of the Rhine, the decimation of two Roman legions in a forest ambush, and the heroic last defense of 80,000 Gauls in central France. [via]
Beowulf: An Adaptation by Julian Glover of the Verse Translations of Michael Alexander and Edwin Morganby Magnus Magnusson, Julian Glover, Sheila MacKieISBN 0862993377 (0-86299-337-7)
Hardcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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British Folktalesby Katharine Mary BriggsISBN 0880292881 (0-88029-288-1)
Hardcover, Dorset Publishing Company
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The Canterbury Tales In Modern Verseby Geoffrey Chaucer, Joseph GlaserISBN 0872207544 (0-87220-754-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Charles Dickens' Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0877547378 (0-87754-737-8)
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Charms of the Gaels: Hymns and Incantationsby Alexander CarmichaelISBN 0863155200 (0-86315-520-0)
Hardcover, Floris Books
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A Child's Christmas in Walesby Dylan Thomas, Adrian Mitchell, Jeremy BrooksISBN 0871293757 (0-87129-375-7)
Softcover, Dramatic Pub Co
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Chronicles Of Carlingford: Miss Marjoribanksby OliphantISBN 0860687287 (0-86068-728-7)
Softcover, Virago
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A Clubbable Womanby Reginald HillISBN 0881500321 (0-88150-032-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Complete Road Atlas of BritainISBN 0861456904 (0-86145-690-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Craft Workshops in the English CountrysideISBN 086145314X (0-86145-314-X)
Softcover, Aa Pub
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The Dark Is Risingby Susan CooperISBN 0881033189 (0-88103-318-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Is Rising'Book summary:"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,
With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Embarking on this endeavor is dangerous as well as deeply rewarding; Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined.
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone."Susan Cooper, in her five-title Dark Is Rising sequence, creates a world where the conflict between good and evil reaches epic proportions. She ranks with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in her ability to deliver a moral vision in the context of breathtaking adventure. No one can stop at just one of her thrilling fantasy novels. Among many other prestigious awards, The Dark Is Rising is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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David Copperfieldby Charles DickensISBN 0861366034 (0-86136-603-4)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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The Development of a Modern Navy: French Naval Policy, 1871-1904by Theodore Ropp, Stephens S. RobertsISBN 0870211412 (0-87021-141-2)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr
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Discovering Britain & Irelandby National Geographic Book ServiceISBN 0870445995 (0-87044-599-5)
Hardcover, National Geographic Society
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0863221432 (0-86322-143-2)
Softcover, Irish Books & Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:Dracula is one of the few horror books to be honored by inclusion in the Norton Critical Edition series. (The others are Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, Heart of Darkness, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Metamorphosis.) This 100th-anniversary edition includes not only the complete authoritative text of the novel with illuminating footnotes, but also four contextual essays, five reviews from the time of publication, five articles on dramatic and film variations, and seven selections from literary and academic criticism. Nina Auerbach of the University of Pennsylvania (author of Our Vampires, Ourselves) and horror scholar David J. Skal (author of Hollywood Gothic, The Monster Show, and Screams of Reason) are the editors of the volume. Especially fascinating are excerpts from materials that Bram Stoker consulted in his research for the book, and his working papers over the several years he was composing it. The selection of criticism includes essays on how Dracula deals with female sexuality, gender inversion, homoerotic elements, and Victorian fears of "reverse colonization" by politically turbulent Transylvania. [via]
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- Dracula: ISBN 0866118721 (0-86611-872-1)
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Hardcover, Peter Bedrick Books - Dracula: ISBN 0881010200 (0-88101-020-0)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House - Dracula: ISBN 0863221432 (0-86322-143-2)
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English Folk Heroesby Christina HoleISBN 0880297212 (0-88029-721-2)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Face of Battleby John KeeganISBN 0880290838 (0-88029-083-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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Freedom and Realityby J. Enoch Powell, John WoodISBN 0870000802 (0-87000-080-2)
Hardcover, Arlington House
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Gormenghastby Mervyn Laurence PeakeISBN 0879511443 (0-87951-144-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Gormenghast Trilogyby Mervyn Peake, Anthony Burgess, Quentin CrispISBN 0879514264 (0-87951-426-4)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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The Grand Scuttle: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow at 1919by Dan Van Der VatISBN 0870212257 (0-87021-225-7)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Kim Palmer, John EscottISBN 0861129857 (0-86112-985-7)
Hardcover, Brimax Books, Limited
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Gulliver's Travelsby Malvina G. Vogel, Johnathon Smith, Johathan SwiftISBN 0866119922 (0-86611-992-2)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:a wonderful children's book filled with great illustrations [via]
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Hamletby William ShakespeareISBN 0877208018 (0-87720-801-8)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. This fully annotated version of "Hamlet" makes the play completely accessible to readers in the 21st century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. In his introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0881030244 (0-88103-024-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:This edition of "Hard Times" contains an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. The novel tells the tragic story of Louisa, starved of the graces of the imagination so essential to emotional well-being, and trapped in a loveless marriage. [via]
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Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouseby Hugh Redwald Trevor-RoperISBN 0880640634 (0-88064-063-4)
Softcover, Fromm Intl
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History of Englandby David HumeISBN 0865970203 (0-86597-020-3)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
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- History of England: ISBN 0865970270 (0-86597-027-0)
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Softcover, Liberty Fund - History of England: ISBN 0865970351 (0-86597-035-1)
Softcover, Liberty Fund - History of England: ISBN 0865970203 (0-86597-020-3)
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History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688by David HumeISBN 0865970297 (0-86597-029-7)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
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Hardcover, Liberty Fund - History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688: ISBN 0865970262 (0-86597-026-2)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund - History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688: ISBN 0865970289 (0-86597-028-9)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund - The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688: ISBN 0865970300 (0-86597-030-0)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund - History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688: ISBN 0865970297 (0-86597-029-7)
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A History of Scotlandby J.D. MacKie, Bruce Lenman, Geoffrey ParkerISBN 0880290404 (0-88029-040-4)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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The Intelligent Traveller's Guide to Historic Britain: England, Wales, the Crown Dependenciesby Philip Axtell CrowlISBN 0865530378 (0-86553-037-8)
Hardcover, Congdon & Weed
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Irish Battles: A Military History of Irelandby G.A. Hayes-McCoyISBN 086281250X (0-86281-250-X)
Softcover, Irish Books & Media
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Jane Austen's Mansfield Parkby Harold BloomISBN 0877549443 (0-87754-944-3)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Julius Caesar With Readers Guideby William ShakespeareISBN 0877208026 (0-87720-802-6)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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Lady Butler: Battle Artist, 1846-1933by Paul Usherwood, Jenny Spencer-SmithISBN 0862993555 (0-86299-355-5)
Hardcover, A. Sutton
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Little Lord Fauntleroyby Frances H. Burnett, Graham RustISBN 0879239581 (0-87923-958-1)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'Book summary:The first novel by the author of The Secret Garden and The Little Princess tells the story of a poor waif from New York City who learns he is the sole heir to a British earldom. [via]
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Lonely Planet Britainby Pat Yale, Tom Smallman, Bryn ThomasISBN 0864425783 (0-86442-578-3)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Britainby Richard EveristISBN 086442518X (0-86442-518-X)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Britainby Tony Wheeler, Richard Everist, Bryn ThomasISBN 0864422369 (0-86442-236-9)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Edinburghby Tom SmallmanISBN 0864425805 (0-86442-580-5)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Journeys Round Ireland in Low Gearby Eric NewbyISBN 0864426275 (0-86442-627-5)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Walking in Britainby David ElseISBN 0864424787 (0-86442-478-7)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Planet Walking in Britain'Book summary:Contains all the necessary information for walking in England, Scotland and Wales, with more than 50 detailed route descriptions and lots of practical information on public transportation, food, and accommodation. The guide covers coastal, moorland, forest, river, mountain and historic paths, plus many more suggestions for further exploration. Includes an illustrated flora and fauna section and 57 high-quality route maps. in color. [via]
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The Long Party: High Society in the Twenties & Thirtiesby Stella MargetsonISBN 0860330346 (0-86033-034-6)
Hardcover, Cremonesi
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Love in the Time of Victoriaby Paul Foot, Francoise Barret-DucrocqISBN 0860913252 (0-86091-325-2)
Hardcover, Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
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Memoirs of Emma Courtneyby Mary HaysISBN 0863581323 (0-86358-132-3)
Softcover, Pandora
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hoodby Howard Pyle, Deborah KestelISBN 0866119647 (0-86611-964-7)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africaby Peter GodwinISBN 087113621X (0-87113-621-X)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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A Naval History of World War Iby Paul G. HalpernISBN 0870212664 (0-87021-266-4)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr
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North York MoorsISBN 0861452690 (0-86145-269-0)
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruitby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0863580424 (0-86358-042-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Brought up in a working-class Pentecostal family, up North, Jeanette follows the path her Mam has set for her. This involves Bible quizzes, a stint as a tambourine-playing Sally Army officer and a future as a missionary in Africa, or some other "heathen state". When Jeanette starts going to school ("The Breeding Ground") and confides in her mother about her feelings for another girl ("Unnatural Passions"), she's swept up in a feverish frenzy for her tainted soul. Confused, angry and alone, Jeanette strikes out on her own path, that involves a funeral parlour and an ice-cream van. Mixed in with the so-called reality of Jeanette's existence growing up are unconventional fairy tales that transcend the everyday world, subverting the traditional preconceptions of the damsel in distress.
In Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Winterson knits a complicated picture of teenage angst through a series of layered narratives, incorporating and subverting fairytales and myths, to present a coherent whole, within which her stories can stand independently. Imaginative and mischievous, she is a born storyteller, teasing and taunting the reader to reconsider their worldview. --Nicola Perry [via]
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0874716632 (0-87471-663-2)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:Since its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species has been the focal point of debate. Darwin's analysis of flora and fauna calls into question the long-held concepts of spontaneous generation, divine creation, and the unrelatedness of many species. Instead, he argues for Natural Selection: species survive and evolve in response to environmental conditions and other circumstances through a process in which those creatures and plants with stronger, more enduring characteristics live to beget more adaptable offspring. It was Darwin's research aboard the H.M.S. Beagle that led to the clash of intellectual titans - religion and science - over the true nature of humankind. Here is the book that started one of the greatest debates of the Western world. [via]
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Pig Islandby Mo HayderISBN 0871139529 (0-87113-952-9)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pig Island'Book summary:The acclaimed author of The Devil of Nanking returns with a riveting, disturbing thriller of religious fanatics, hoax debunkers, and the dark side of belief. Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island, everything he thought he knew is overturned. On the trial of a strange creature caught briefly on film, so deformed it can hardly be human, Oakes crosses a border of electrical fencing, toxin-filled oil drums, and pigs skulls to infiltrate the territory of the groups isolated founder, Malachi Dove. Their confrontation, and its violent aftermath, is so catastrophic that it forces Oakes to question the nature of eviland whether he might be responsible for the heinous crime about to unfold. Startling and uncompromising, Pig Island confirms Mo Hayder as one of the most talented, compelling thriller writers now working.[via]More editions of Pig Island:
Shakespeare's Storiesby Beverley Birch, Robina GreenISBN 0872261921 (0-87226-192-1)
Hardcover, Peter Bedrick Books
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby Harold BloomISBN 0877549389 (0-87754-938-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Sonnets'Book summary:William Shakespeare's Sonnets stand preeminent among some of the finest poems in literature. Mostly composed by a young Shakespeare, they are the main source of the author's expressions of lyric sensibility.
The title, William Shakespeares The Sonnets, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on William Shakespeares The Sonnets through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on William Shakespeare, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Shakespeare's Stories: Historiesby Beverley Birch, Robina Green, William ShakespeareISBN 087226226X (0-87226-226-X)
Softcover, School Specialty Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Stories: Histories'Book summary:Presents the stories of five of Shakespeare's plays: Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III, Henry IV, Henry V, and Julius Caesar. [via]
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Spiritual Friendshipby Aelred of RielvaulxISBN 0879077050 (0-87907-705-0)
Softcover, Cistercian Pubns
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Stonehenge Decodedby John B. White, Gerald S. HawkinsISBN 0880291478 (0-88029-147-8)
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0862411211 (0-86241-121-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll? [via]
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The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters and the British Aristocratic World into Which They Marriedby Elizabeth KehoeISBN 0871139243 (0-87113-924-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Titled Americans: Three American Sisters and the British Aristocratic World into Which They Married'Book summary:The Titled Americans is a family saga spanning three generations, chronicling the glamorous lives of Leonard Jerome, his daughters, and their children. Raven-haired Jennie ("the beautiful') married Randolph Churchill, younger son of the Duke of Marlborough and was Winston's mother. Dreamy, blonde Clara ("the good") was romanced by the dashing Moreton Frewen, a penniless younger son who unsuccessfully but relentlessly tried to parlay his immense charm into a fortune even though, one after the other, all his speculations failed, while quiet Leonie ("the witty") married into the Leslies, a distinguished Irish family who were disappointed by their son's bride. Although full of princely lovers, balls, and diamond broaches, the story's heart is the intensely supportive and laughter-filled relationship between the sisters. Waves of grave financial hardship afflicted them all, but they always rallied to rescue one another. Beginning in 1840s America and ending in the middle of World War II when Britain was under the leadership of Jennie's son, Winston Churchill, The Titled Americans is an epic story of family and fortune encompassing both the apogee and the twilight of the British Empire. [via]
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Titus Aloneby Mervyn Laurence PeakeISBN 0879511451 (0-87951-145-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Titus Aloneby Mervyn Peake, Anthony Burgess, Quentin CrispISBN 0879514272 (0-87951-427-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titus Alone'Book summary:Titus Groan has fled the rambling, ruined and ruinous castle of Gormenghast, desperate for a view of the world beyond. But he wasnt prepared for this! Satellites, death-rays, sinister policemen and underworld outcasts live in a nightmarish contemporary city that feels like something by Wells, Burroughs or Philip K. Dick. Threatened and lost, he begins to miss the home he left; but surely he wont be tempted back? [via]
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Titus Groanby Mervyn Laurence PeakeISBN 0879514256 (0-87951-425-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titus Groan'Book summary:Mervyn Peake's gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, begins with the superlative Titus Groan, a darkly humorous, stunningly complex tale of the first two years in the life of the heir to an ancient, rambling castle. The Gormenghast royal family, the castle's decidedly eccentric staff, and the peasant artisans living around the dreary, crumbling structure make up the cast of characters in this engrossing story. Peake's command of language and unique style set the tone and shape of an intricate, slow-moving world of ritual and stasis:
The walls of the vast room which were streaming with calid moisture, were built with gray slabs of stone and were the personal concern of a company of eighteen men known as the 'Grey Scrubbers'.... On every day of the year from three hours before daybreak until about eleven o'clock, when the scaffolding and ladders became a hindrance to the cooks, the Grey Scrubbers fulfilled their hereditary calling.
Peake has been compared to Dickens, Tolkien, and Peacock, but Titus Groan is truly unique. Unforgettable characters with names like Steerpike and Prunesquallor make their way through an architecturally stifling world, with lots of dark corners around to dampen any whimsy that might arise. This true classic is a feast of words unlike anything else in the world of fantasy. Those who explore Gormenghast castle will be richly rewarded. --Therese Littleton [via] 
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britainby Daniel Defoe, Pat RogersISBN 0863502903 (0-86350-290-3)
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William ShakespeareISBN 0867090235 (0-86709-023-5)
Softcover, Boynton/Cook Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popular plays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically designed for high school classes.
- Students will be able to see each play as a whole. In their introduction to each of the plays, editors Mack and Boynton suggest ways of approaching the text that allow the reader a broad range of imaginative involvement. Their observations are intended to help students read and experience the play, not to discourage them with critical jargon or peripheral historical information.
- Students will be reading the best text both in terms of visual excellence and quality of scholarship. They'll immediately appreciate the large page format and highly readable typography. Each volume is consistent with the most authoritative early edition of each play. The glosses are full and clear but don't belabor the obvious or clutter the text.
- Background information includes the editors' detailed analysis of the Elizabethan theatre and its relation to Shakespeare's dramaturgy, C. W. Hodges's drawing re-creating the original Globe Playhouse, a brief account of Shakespeare's life and a chronological listing of his works, and a bibliography, lists of videotapes (VHS), records, and tapes of the complete plays.
- Students will experience added critical and imaginative dimensions. An essay following each play suggests ways of approaching it as a live dramatic experience in the theatre of the mind. The concern is not how the play might be produced in a theatre, but rather how parts of it may be realized in the imagination through close attention to what the language is saying and suggesting.
- Students can get a deeper understanding of each scene through helpful, detailed questions included at the back of each volume. These questions encourage group discussion or written response. Also included are topics for longer papers.
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The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry Ad 550-1350by Gilbert Markus, Thomas Owen ClancyISBN 0862417872 (0-86241-787-2)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry Ad 550-1350'Book summary:The Triumph Tree brings together for the first time the poetry of five languagesLatin, Welsh, Gaelic, Anglo Saxon and Norsein an accessible, scholarly anthology of translations that form a spectacular window on Scotland's past. Ranging from war to religion, nature to love, the quality and power of these poems display the riches of a vanished world. Alongside famous works such as "The Gododdin" (here in its most faithful translation yet) and "The Dream of the Road", are poems by and for St Columbia, the homesick verse of Gaelic poets on crusade, the court skalds of the Orkney earls, poems in praise of strong drinkers, harps, books and islands, and much else besidesmany of which have never before appeared in translation. [via]
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Utopiaby John SheehanISBN 0874624487 (0-87462-448-7)
Softcover, Marquette Univ Pr
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Utopiaby Thomas More, Desiderius Erasmus, David WoottonISBN 0872203778 (0-87220-377-8)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia'Book summary:Wootton's new translation brings out the liveliness of More's work and offers an accurate and reliable version of a masterpiece of social theory. His edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of a translation of Erasmus's 'The Sileni Of Alcibades', a work very close in sentiment to Utopia, and one immensely influential in the sixteenth century. This attractive combination suits the edition especially well for use in Renaissance and reformation courses. Wootton's introduction simultaneously provides a remarkably useful guide to anyone's first reading of More's mysterious work and advance an original argument on the origins and purpose of Utopia which no one interested in sixteenth-century social theory will want to miss. [via]
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Utopia: With Erasmus's the Sileni of Alcibiadesby Thomas More, David WoottonISBN 087220376X (0-87220-376-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia: With Erasmus's the Sileni of Alcibiades'Book summary:Wootton's new translation brings out the liveliness of More's work and offers an accurate and reliable version of a masterpiece of social theory. His edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of a translation of Erasmus's "The Sileni of Alcibiades", a work very close in sentiment to Utopia, and one immensely influential in the sixteenth century. This attractive combination suits the edition especially well for use in Renaissance and Reformation courses as well as for Western Civilization survey courses. Wootton's Introduction simultaneously provides a remarkably useful guide to anyone's first reading of More's mysterious work and advances an original argument on the origins and purposes of Utopia which no one interested in sixteenth-century social theory will want to miss. [via]
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Winfield Scott and the Profession of Armsby Allan PeskinISBN 0873387740 (0-87338-774-0)
Hardcover, Kent State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winfield Scott and the Profession of Arms'Book summary:Winfield Scott (1786-1866) was arguably the premier soldier of his era. More than any other, he was responsible for the professionalization of the U.S. Army during his long career (1807-61). He served as general in the War of 1812, commander of the U.S. forces it the final campaign of the war with Mexico, and general in chief at the beginning of the Civil War. Scott was known for his boldness and courage during the War of 1812 and wisdom and caution in his direction of the Mexico campaign.
Winfield Scott and the Profession of Arms is a balanced and thorough biography of this long-neglected military figure. Scholars and military historians will welcome its significant contributions to the literature. [via]
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The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navyby N.A.M. RodgerISBN 0870219871 (0-87021-987-1)
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De Bello Gallicoby Julius CaesarISBN 0862921775 (0-86292-177-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'De Bello Gallico'Book summary:Book I of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War starts with an account of Gaul and goes on to cover Caesar's defeat of first the Helvetians and then the Germans under Ariovistus. The Introduction to this edition of the Latin text, first published in 1957, gives background information on the Rome of Caesar's time, on Caesar himself and on the composition and reliability of his commentaries, on Gaul, and on the Roman Army. Useful maps are provided, along with Notes on the text, Index of names, and a Vocabulary.[via]More editions of De Bello Gallico:
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