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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1853260339 (1-85326-033-9)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:(Please note that all Timeless Classic Books have been carefully formatted manually with full annotation and proper photo and/or illustration placement since our start in 2010/2011. Each cover is designed with paid or public domain artwork that is pertinent to the title. Each and ever cover is unique. None have ever been used twice.)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891-92) brings together the first twelve short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. These follow Holmes's introduction in the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650by John MorrisISBN 1842124773 (1-84212-477-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650'Book summary:A lifetime's scholarship enabled John Morris to recreate a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery. He describes the Arthurian Age as 'the starting point of future British history', for it saw the transition from Roman Britain to Great Britain, the establishment of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the collapse of the Pax Romana. In exploring political, social, economic, religious and cultural history from the fourth to the seventh century, his theme is one of continuity. That continuity is embodied in Arthur himself: 'in name he was the last Roman Emperor, but he ruled as the first medieval king.' [via]
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The Age of Stonehengeby Colin BurgessISBN 1842124323 (1-84212-432-3)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Stonehenge'Book summary:Departing form the traditional Stone, Bronze and Iron terminology, he provides a coherent slice of pre-history in a fresh and accessible way. We get to see and understand the physical characteristics and appearance of the people, their fashions in clothing, ornaments, equipment and weapons, in arts and crafts. He looks at population levels and social and political organization and reveals that these people of over 4000 years ago were much more numerous, organized and technologically skilled than we have been led to think. The range of topics covered is encyclopaedic from early farming techniques to the nature of the houses and struggles with the soil and climate to disease, surgery and boat construction. Illustrated with drawings, plans, maps and photographs, this is the first book to deal with all aspects of this crucial period of prehistory. [via]
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Angel Dustby Anthea CohenISBN 1853899283 (1-85389-928-3)
Softcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Anglo-Saxon Chroniclesby Anne SavageISBN 1858334780 (1-85833-478-0)
Hardcover, Whitecap Books, Limited
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles: The Monks of the Monasteries of Winchester, Canterbury, Peterborough, Abingdon and Worcesterby Michael WantonISBN 1842120034 (1-84212-003-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Atrocity Archivesby Charles Stross, Ken MacLeodISBN 1930846258 (1-930846-25-8)
Hardcover, Golden Gryphon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Atrocity Archives'Book summary:In the title piece, Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, completes his theorem on 'Phase Conjugate Grammars for Extra-dimensional Summoning'. Turing's work paves the way for esoteric mathematical computations that, when carried out, have side effects that leak through a channel underlying the structure of the Cosmos. Out there in the multiverse are 'listeners' who can sometimes be coerced into opening gates. In 1945, Nazi Germany's Ahnenerbe-SS, in an attempt to escape the Allied onslaught, performs just such a summoning on the souls of more than six million. A gate opens to an alternate universe through which the SS move people and material -- to live to fight another day. But their summoning brings forth more than the SS have bargained for -- an evil, patiently waiting all this time while learning the ways of humans, now poises to lunch on Earth. Secret intelligence agencies, esoteric theorems, Lovecraftian horrors, Middle East terrorist connections, a damsel in distress, and a final battle on the surface of a dying planet round out this story. [via]
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Baedeker's Guide to Great Britain 1890: Seventy-two Tours from Scilly to Shetland at the End of the Nineteenth Centuryby Karl BaedekerISBN 1873590326 (1-873590-32-6)
Hardcover, Parkwest Pubns
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Bleak Houseby Charles Dickens, Tatiana M. HolwayISBN 1593083114 (1-59308-311-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bleak House'Book summary:Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman," all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will, of course, be no winner. The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet. The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield, whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text, brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama. However, to abridge Dickens is, well, a Dickensian task, the results of which make for a story in which the author's convoluted plot lines and twists of fate play out in what seems to be a fast-forward format. Listeners must pay close attention in order to keep up with the multiple narratives and cast of curious characters, including the memorable Inspector Bucket and Mr. Guppy. Fortunately, the publisher provides a partial list of characters on the inside jacket. (Running time: 3 hours; 2 cassettes) [via]
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The Complete Worksby William Shakespeare, Peter AlexanderISBN 0004356373 (0-00-435637-3)
Hardcover, Collins Liturgical Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works'Book summary:THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS,
NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
* Both glossorial and explanatory notes appearing conveniently at the foot of the page [via] -
Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Peter AckroydISBN 0007208316 (0-00-720831-6)
Softcover, Collins Harvill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works of William Shakespeare'Book summary:The Complete Works of Shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bards plays, and his sonnets and poems. The texts were edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, making it one of the most authoritative editions, recognized the world over for its clarity and scholarship.
Described in the Guardian on its first publication in 1951 as a symbol in the history of our national culture, the Collins edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, has long been established as one of the most authoritative editions of Shakespeares works, and was chosen by the BBC as the basis for its televised cycle of the plays.
The book starts with two specially written articles a biography of Shakespeare by Germaine Greer and a wide-ranging introduction to Shakespeare theatre by the late Anthony Burgess. Each play is also introduced by academics from Glasgow University, where Professor Alexander undertook his editing.
New to this edition is an internet resources section, providing details of the most useful Shakespeare websites. In addition, the invaluable glossary of over 2,500 entries explaining the meaning of obsolete words and phrases (complete with line references) has been expanded and redesigned to make it much easier to use.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare : The Alexander Textby William Shakespeare, Alexander TextISBN 0004704746 (0-00-470474-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare : The Alexander Text'Book summary:This single-volume edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare includes commissioned introductions to each of the plays and poems by a team of academics, including John Jowett and Philip Hobsbaum, with a textual introduction by the Shakespearean scholar Alec Yearling explaining the significance of the Alexander edition. This volume also includes a biography of Shakespeare by Germaine Greer and an introduction to Shakespeare's theatre by Anthony Burgess. [via]
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The Concise Pepysby Pepys. Samuel, Stuart SimISBN 1853264784 (1-85326-478-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Concise Pepys'Book summary:Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began his celebrated diary on 1st January 1660 immediately prior to the Restoration of Charles II to the throne and the subsequent loosening of the rigid moral and social code enforced during the Puritan Commonwealth. As variously Clerk to the Council, a Member of Parliament, a prisoner in the Tower of London, twice Secretary to the Admiralty and President of the Royal Society, Pepys was in a unique position to observe and record in detail a fascinating ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London the following year. However it was not only the affairs of State which took up the great diarist's interest, for he was a regular attendant at the King's Theatre, was a hearty eater and drinker and delighted in recording his fondness for women, especially his own and his friends' young servant girls. [via]
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Developing The Picture: Queen Alexandra And The Art Of Photographyby Frances DimondISBN 1902163796 (1-902163-79-6)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd
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The Domesday Book: England's Heritage, Then and Nowby Thomas HindeISBN 1858334403 (1-85833-440-3)
Hardcover, Quadrillion Pub
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The Downing Street Yearsby Margaret ThatcherISBN 0060925639 (0-06-092563-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Downing Street Years'Book summary:The long-awaited first volume of the memoirs of ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This volume provides a revealing look at an extraordinary woman, at the often top-secret world in which she traveled and the major events that took place during her tenure. photos. [via]
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El Senor De Las Moscasby William GoldingISBN 8420634115 (84-206-3411-5)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Senor De Las Moscas'Book summary:spanish fiction william golding novel [via]
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Emmaby Jane AustenISBN 1593080891 (1-59308-089-1)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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- Emma: ISBN 1593081529 (1-59308-152-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Emma: ISBN 1853260282 (1-85326-028-2)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd - Emma: ISBN 1593083343 (1-59308-334-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Emma: ISBN 1853810967 (1-85381-096-7)
Hardcover, Virago - Emma: ISBN 1857150368 (1-85715-036-8)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library - Emma: ISBN 3829008279 (3-8290-0827-9)
Hardcover, Konemann - Emma: ISBN 1593080891 (1-59308-089-1)
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- Emma: ISBN 1593081529 (1-59308-152-9)
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A Fair Day's Workby Nicholas MonsarratISBN 1842321463 (1-84232-146-3)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fair Day's Work'Book summary:Liverpool Docks, on Merseysidea senseless strike threatens to delay the departure of an ocean liner. As the last of the passengers come aboard, including the shipping line's chairman, the drama increases with the threatened walk-out of the stewards. Below deck, agitation and unrest mount as the tide water rises and the vital hour for sailing approaches. [via]
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Far from the Madding Crowdby Thomas Hardy, Jonathan A. CookISBN 1593082231 (1-59308-223-1)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Far from the Madding Crowd'Book summary:Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love. It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was '...the past was yesterday; never, the day after'. And lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with '...a fearful sense of exposure', when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba.
The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods. [via]More editions of Far from the Madding Crowd:
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The Fortune of Warby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0002224984 (0-00-222498-4)
Hardcover, Collins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fortune of War'Book summary:This time it's the War of 1812 that gets in the way of Captain Jack Aubery's plans. Caught en route to England in a dispatch vessel, Aubrey and Maturin are soon in the thick of a typically bloody naval engagement. Next stop: an American prison, from which only Maturin's cunning allows them to engineer an exit. [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jill MullerISBN 1593082770 (1-59308-277-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshireby Amanda ForemanISBN 0002556685 (0-00-255668-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire'Book summary:Georgiana Spencer was, in a sense, an 18th-century It Girl. She came from one of England's richest and most landed families (the late Princess Diana was a Spencer too) and married into another. She was beautiful, sensitive, and extravagant--drugs, drink, high-profile love affairs, and even gambling counted among her favorite leisure-time activities. Nonetheless, she quickly moved from a world dominated by social parties to one focused on political parties. The duchess was an intimate of ministers and princes, and she canvassed assiduously for the Whig cause, most famously in the Westminster election of 1784. By turns she was caricatured and fawned on by the press, and she provided the inspiration for the character of Lady Teazle in Richard Sheridan's famous play The School for Scandal. But her weaknesses marked the last part of her life. By 1784, for one, Georgiana owed "many, many, many thousands," and her creditors dogged her until her death.
Biographer Amanda Foreman describes astutely the mess that surrounded the personal relationships of the aristocratic subculture (Georgiana and the duke engaged for many years in a ménage à trois with Lady Elizabeth Fraser, who inveigled her way into the duke's bed and the duchess's heart). Foreman is, by her own admission, a little in love with her subject, which can lead to occasional lapses of perspective, but generally it adds zest to a narrative built on, rather than burdened by, scholarship, that is at once accessible and learned. An impressive debut, in every sense. --David Vincent, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Howards Endby Mary Gordon, E. M. ForsterISBN 1593080220 (1-59308-022-0)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howards End'Book summary:Margaret Schlegel, engaged to the much older, widowed Henry Wilcox, meets her intended the morning after accepting his proposal and realizes that he is a man who has lived without introspection or true self-knowledge. As she contemplates the state of Wilcox's soul, her remedy for what ails him has become one of the most oft-quoted passages in literature:
Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.
Like all of Forster's work, Howards End concerns itself with class, nationality, economic status, and how each of these affects personal relationships. It follows the intertwined fortunes of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and the Wilcox family over the course of several years. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes, on the other hand, can't be bothered with the life of the mind or the heart, leading, instead, outer lives of "telegrams and anger" that foster "such virtues as neatness, decision, and obedience, virtues of the second rank, no doubt, but they have formed our civilization." Helen, after a brief flirtation with one of the Wilcox sons, has developed an antipathy for the family; Margaret, however, forms a brief but intense friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, which is cut short by the older woman's death. When her family discovers a scrap of paper requesting that Henry give their home, Howards End, to Margaret, it precipitates a spiritual crisis among them that will take years to resolve.Forster's 1910 novel begins as a collection of seemingly unrelated events--Helen's impulsive engagement to Paul Wilcox; a chance meeting between the Schlegel sisters and an impoverished clerk named Leonard Bast at a concert; a casual conversation between the sisters and Henry Wilcox in London one night. But as it moves along, these disparate threads gradually knit into a tightly woven fabric of tragic misunderstandings, impulsive actions, and irreparable consequences, and, eventually, connection. Though set in the early years of the 20th century, Howards End seems even more suited to our own fragmented era of e-mails and anger. For readers living in such an age, the exhortation to "only connect" resonates ever more profoundly. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Jude the Obscureby Thomas Hardy, Amy M. KingISBN 1593080352 (1-59308-035-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jude the Obscure'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by Norman Vance, Professor of English, University of Sussex Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead. But life as social outcasts proves undermining, and when tragedy occurs, Sue has no resilience and Jude is left in despair. [via]
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LA Senora Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 8420655287 (84-206-5528-7)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Lonely Planet London: City Guideby Steve FallonISBN 186450353X (1-86450-353-X)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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The Mauritius Commandby Patrick O'BrianISBN 000222383X (0-00-222383-X)
Hardcover, Collins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mauritius Command'Book summary:Ashore without a command--and on half-pay to boot--Jack Aubrey's prayers are answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him. The two men have been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope to dislodge the French garrisons on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Alas, two of their own colleagues--a dilettante and a martinet--prove to be nearly as great an obstacle as the French themselves. [via]
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Michelin Green Guide Great Britainby Michelin Travel Publications StaffISBN 2067120743 (2-06-712074-3)
Softcover, Michelin Travel Publications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michelin Green Guide Great Britain'Book summary:Voyagez en Vert ! La collection Guide vert de Michelin n'a plus rien à prouver. Régulièrement réactualisé, ce compagnon de voyage, transmis de génération en génération, apparaît encore comme une "institution" toujours aussi efficace dans son contenu : cartes détaillées (légendes à l'appui, on est pas Michelin pour rien !), format pratique à la couleur caractéristique, présentation riche et complète traitant, comme à son habitude, l'ensemble des thèmes culturels du pays. Grâce à son classement par ordre alphabétique, on obtient toujours facilement et rapidement les informations souhaitées. De plus, grande nouveauté, la version 2000, présente désormais de bonnes adresses d'hébergement et de restauration, on aime les efforts d'illustrations, mais surtout les renseignements pratiques très complets dont les horaires de musées (et les prix), une approche linguistique, les dates des grandes fêtes, etc.
Couvrant quasiment toutes les destinations d'Europe, la France entière et quelques pays à l'étranger, ce guide culturel par excellence, toujours au goût du jour, s'adresse aux curieux d'infos historiques et/ou amoureux de dates et musées. Un must pour mieux comprendre et découvrir. -- Florent Lamontagne [via]More editions of Michelin Green Guide Great Britain:
Michelin Green Guide: Great Britain, 1991/541by MichelinISBN 2067015419 (2-06-701541-9)
Softcover, Michelin Travel Pubns
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Michelin the Green Guide Great BritainISBN 2060000831 (2-06-000083-1)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 1853261912 (1-85326-191-2)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs Dalloway'Book summary:Zwar bemerkte sie in ihren Notizen über Ulysses, den ihr T.S.Eliot kurz nach dessen Erscheinen empfohlen hatte, lakonisch: "Ein primitives ungebildetes Buch, scheint mir", nichtsdestotrotz schien James Joyce' Meisterwerk nachhaltigen Eindruck bei ihr hinterlassen zu haben. Virginia Woolf, gerade an der Arbeit zu ihrem neuen Roman Mrs. Dalloway, übernahm seine Idee, die Geschichte an einem einzigen Tag spielen zu lassen. Nach der Zeit ihrer ersten eher traditionell-impressionistischen Romane Die Fahrt hinaus von 1915 und Nacht und Tag aus dem Jahr 1919, begann nun ihre experimentelle Phase.
Ein Junitag im Jahre 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, (sie hatte schon einen Auftritt in Die Fahrt hinaus), Gattin eines Parlamentsabgeordneten, trifft die Vorbereitungen für eine große Abendgesellschaft. Während dieser Verrichtungen ergeht sie sich in Erinnerungen, lotet ihr Leben aus und wird sich der Enge und Leere ihres Daseins schmerzlich bewußt. Mrs. Dalloways Reflexionen, wie überhaupt die inneren Monologe des Romans, bilden den eigentlichen Kern der Handlung, während die Darsteller puppengleich auf dem gesellschaftlichen Parkett agieren. Dieses fast filmisch anmutende Übereinanderschichten gleichzeitiger Ereignisse griff die Autorin in ihrem späteren Roman Die Wellen erneut auf.
Die Filmfassung von Regisseurin Marleen Gorris (Antonias Welt), mit der großartigen Vanessa Redgrave in der Titelrolle, kam im September 1997 auf den Markt. --Ravi Unger [via]
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The Old Curiosity Shopby Charles DickensISBN 1853262447 (1-85326-244-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Curiosity Shop'Book summary:The sound of Little Nell clattering hurriedly over cobblestones immediately sets the stage by bringing to mind the narrow and dangerous streets of Victorian London. No fewer than 20 performers are called upon to conjure up the Dickensian world of wanderers, ne'er-do-wells, con artists, and kind Samaritans--and each performance is excellent. Tom Courtenay plays the sadistic Quilp, "the ugliest dwarf that could be seen anywhere for a penny" with magnificent sarcastic glee, and Teresa Gallagher's silvery, childlike voice is ideally suited for the role of the angelic Little Nell.
Nell is on her way home to the dusty shop where she and her grandfather live a rather mysterious life. The old man disappears every night--visiting gambling dens with the naive hope of winning a fortune. Instead he sinks deeper and deeper into debt. Enter Daniel Quilp, moneylender, who becomes furious upon learning that the grandfather is a pauper and will never be able to repay his tremendous debt. Quilp seizes the curiosity shop and begins making lecherous overtures to Nell, so she and her grandfather steal away one morning to seek their fortunes elsewhere. But the demonic dwarf is never far behind.
Sound effects are employed judiciously and serve mainly as a springboard for the listener's imagination. The sound of a crying baby is enough to convey the image of crowded lodgings and genteel Victorian poverty, while raucous laughter and high-pitched squawks evoke the barely controlled chaos of an outdoor Punch and Judy show. The dramatization pares Dickens's weighty novel down to two and one-half hours, but does so skillfully, retaining Dickens's wit, marvelous dialogue, and delightful characterizations. (Running time: 155 minutes, 2 cassettes) --Elizabeth Laskey [via]
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Persuasionby Jane Austen, George Stade, Susan Ostrov WeisserISBN 1593080484 (1-59308-048-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persuasion'Book summary:Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey. [via]
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- Persuasion: ISBN 1593081308 (1-59308-130-8)
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Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Persuasion: ISBN 8497595033 (84-9759-503-3)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori - Persuasion: ISBN 840147955X (84-01-47955-X)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori - Persuasion: ISBN 3829009011 (3-8290-0901-1)
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The Pickwick Papersby Charles DickensISBN 1853260525 (1-85326-052-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pickwick Papers'Book summary:The Pickwick Papers is Dickens' first novel and widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English. Originally serialised in monthly instalments, it quickly became a huge popular success with sales reaching 40,000 by the final part. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole of the Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of all who love English literature in general, and the works of Dickens in particular. [via]
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Post Captainby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0002216574 (0-00-221657-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Post Captain'Book summary:As the first sentences of Post Captain roll off actor Robert Hardy's tongue, you know you're somewhere you've never been before: the high seas in the early 19th century. Hardy's rich rendition of Patrick O'Brian's 1972 novel, a follow-up to Master and Commander, starts with series heroes Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin enjoying a brief period of peace. Soon enough, though, the Napoleonic Wars resume, and the seafaring adventures continue. (Running time: 4.5 hours, three cassettes) --Lou Schuler [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 0060933259 (0-06-093325-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 1853260169 (1-85326-016-9)
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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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Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. Lawrence, Angus CalderISBN 1853264695 (1-85326-469-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'Book summary:This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish army, circa World War I. Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, a poet's command of the language, an adventurer's heart, a soldier's great story, and his memory and intellect are at least as good as all those. Lawrence describes the famous guerrilla raids, and train bombings you know from the movie, but also tells of the Arab people and politics with great penetration. Moreover, he is witty, always aware of the ethical tightrope that the English walked in the Middle East and always willing to include himself in his own withering insight. [via]
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Sharpe's Battleby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060932287 (0-06-093228-7)
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Sharpe's Devilby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060932295 (0-06-093229-5)
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Sharpe's Havocby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060566701 (0-06-056670-1)
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Sharpe's Trafalgarby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060194251 (0-06-019425-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sharpe's Trafalgar'Book summary:For military-history buffs, Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels are the literary equivalent of potato chips: you can't read just one. And in this case, why would you want to? Blending meticulous research and old-fashioned entertainment, the series follows the roguish adventurer Richard Sharpe as he swashbuckles his way through the Napoleonic Wars. In Sharpe's Trafalgar, the author ventures into Patrick O'Brian's maritime territory. Anchors aweigh, lads, and bring on the detailed descriptions of the ship's guns and their firing mechanisms!
In the beginning of the book, our hero sets sail for England after five months of service in India. The plot revolves around a disguised diplomat, a marauding French warship, and an improbable love affair with a comely English aristocrat. But make no mistake, the real draw here is combat. The battle scenes crackle with energy, and we can practically feel the chop of the waves and smell the reek of gunpowder. (We can also smell 600 unwashed men in close quarters with rats, sewage, and bilge rot, but that's another matter entirely.) The last hundred pages fly by at a furious clip, cannons pounding and cutlasses hacking, as Cornwell re-creates the naval battle of Trafalgar.
These days, of course, we know that war is bloody and brutal, not honorable or fair. We like even our most appealing warriors to have some passing acquaintance with their dark side, and Sharpe does take a decidedly antiheroic stance on the experience of hand-to-hand combat:
He was ashamed when he remembered the joy of it, but there was a joy there. It was the happiness of being released to the slaughter, of having every bond of civilization removed. It was also what Richard Sharpe was good at. It was why he wore an officer's sash instead of a private's belt, because in almost every battle the moment came when the disciplined ranks dissolved and a man simply had to claw and scratch and kill like a beast.
Beast or no beast, Sharpe is far more interesting and complex than the musket-wielding action figure he might first appear. And it's nearly impossible not to take some pleasure at his bloody exploits. Sharpe's Trafalgar is a superb example of the ripping good yarn--it confirms our secret conviction that war may be hell, but it's actually pretty exciting too. --Mary Park [via]More editions of Sharpe's Trafalgar:
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Sharpe's Triumphby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060748044 (0-06-074804-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sharpe's Triumph'Book summary:"The greatest writer of historical adventures today."
Washington PostCritically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Praised as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brian" (Agincourt, The Fort), Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever doneperhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In Sharpe's Triumph, Sharpe's hunt for a traitorous renegade British officer leads the courageous young sergeant straight into the fires and madness of India's Battle of Assaye in September 1803. Perhaps the San Francisco Chronicle said it best: "If only all history lessons could be as vibrant."
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Sharpe's Waterlooby Bernard CornwallISBN 0002236435 (0-00-223643-5)
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Sherwood: A Novel of Robin Hood And His Timesby Parke GodwinISBN 1596873957 (1-59687-395-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sherwood: A Novel of Robin Hood And His Times'Book summary:The stirring tale of England's artful outlaw who challenged the throne itself is known to everyone, as are Marian, the Lady he loved, Will Scatloch, Little John, and the other men who gathered around him. But where might their legend have come from? Who might the historical Robin have been all those years ago in the now-famous Sherwood Forest? Parke Godwin's Robin Hood is subtly different from the known version of the tale. His setting is shortly after the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England by William of Normandy in 1066. Young Robin is a lesser Saxon landowner who must bow to a brutal king or lose everything his family and people have fought to hold. Sherwood is realistic, historical fiction of the highest order. It is a compelling, richly detailed narrative that evokes and illuminates a lost time. [via]
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Stonehenge : A Novelby Bernard CornwellISBN 0060197005 (0-06-019700-5)
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens, Gillen D'Arcy WoodISBN 1593080557 (1-59308-055-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:[via]A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of historys most explosive erasthe French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novels hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice on the bloodstained streets of Paris.One of Dickenss most exciting novels, A Tale of Two Cities is a stirring classic of love, revenge, and resurrection.
Gillen DArcy Wood received his Ph.D in English from Columbia University in 2000 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 17601860.
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Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - A Tale of Two Cities: ISBN 1593083327 (1-59308-332-7)
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, David GalefISBN 1593082282 (1-59308-228-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tess of the D'urbervilles'Book summary:Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was condemned as immoral and pessimistic.
It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men, her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits and the hypocrisy of the age. [via]More editions of Tess of the D'Urbervilles:
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Hardcover, Everyman's Library - Tess of the D'Urbervilles: ISBN 3829030088 (3-8290-3008-8)
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Two Trains Runningby Lucius ShepardISBN 1930846231 (1-930846-23-1)
Hardcover, Golden Gryphon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Trains Running'Book summary:This collection of fact and fiction was inspired by the time science fiction writer Lucius Shepard spent with Missoula Mike, Madcat, and other members of a controversial brotherhood known as the Freight Train Riders of America. Shepard rode the rails throughout the western half of the United States with the disenfranchised, the homeless, the punks, the gangs, and the joy riders for the magazine article 'The FTRA Story'. That original article is presented here, along with two new hobo novellas, 'Over Yonder' and 'Jailbait'. In 'Over Yonder', alcoholic Billy Long Gone finds himself on an unusual train. As Billy travels his health improves and his thinking clears, and he arrives in Yonder -- an unlikely paradise where a few hundred hobos live in apparent peace and tranquillity. But every paradise has its price, and in Yonder, peace and tranquillity breed complacency and startling deaths. 'Jailbait' is a hardcore tale of deception, lust, revenge, and murder in the seedy underbelly of rail yards and train hopping. Madcat, who functions best in a whiskey-induced haze, must decide between solitude and companionship when he meets up with Grace, an underaged runaway. Grace, in turn, seeks the security of an older man and the life about which only young girls can dream. [via]
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace Thackery, Nicholas Dames, William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 1593080719 (1-59308-071-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanity Fair'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull Thackeray's upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairground, predominantly driven by acquisitive greed and soulless materialism, in which the narrator himself plays a brilliantly versatile role as a serio-comic observer. Although subtitled 'A Novel without a Hero', Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives: through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world. [via]
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Hardcover, Norilana Books - Vanity Fair: ISBN 1857150120 (1-85715-012-0)
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The Way of All Fleshby Samuel ButlerISBN 1853262285 (1-85326-228-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way of All Flesh'Book summary:This work is Samuel Butler's only novel. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Victorian upbringing, which is revealing about the habits of mind. It tells of Ernest Pontifex, his clergyman father, his mother who stoops to every kind of betrayal and his odious brother and sister. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0030514894 (0-03-051489-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:"Wuthering Heights" seems bafflingly unlike other novels yet constantly speaks to popular imagination. This edition for students and teachers engages with some of the key issues in contemporary critical theory. [via]
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Las Aventuras De Sherlock Holmes/the Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Connan DoyleISBN 8466317155 (84-663-1715-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Las Aventuras De Sherlock Holmes/the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had established his private practice in London but lack of clientele and financial difficulties drove him to bring back his famed investigator. Published in fascicles in the Strand Magazine between 1891 and 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is comprised of 12 short stories that, because of their brevity, imagination and literary skill, are probably Sir Arthur Conan Doyles masterpiece.
Description in Spanish: Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes se publicaron por entregas en el Strand Magazine entre 1891 y 1892. Por aquel entonces Conan Doyle había establecido su consulta en Londres y, obligado por la falta de clientes y los problemas económicos, decidió retomar a su héroe, puesto que éste contaba ya con una legión de admiradores. Estos doce relatos son, por su brevedad, imaginación y habilidad literaria, probablemente la obra maestra de su autor. [via]
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La Feria De Las Vanidades / Vanity Fairby William Makepeace Thackeray, Alfonso NadalISBN 8497937848 (84-9793-784-8)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Feria De Las Vanidades / Vanity Fair'Book summary:«Un sentimiento de honda melancolía invade al director de escena que, sentado frente al telón, observa la bulliciosa animación de la Feria. En ella se come y se bebe en exceso, se ama y se coquetea, se ríe y se llora...». Acompañados por estas palabras, que inauguran La feria de las vanidades, los lectores nos trasladamos a otro lugar y otra época para entrar en el recinto de la Feria y disfrutar, nosotros también, de uno de los mejores retratos de la sociedad inglesa de principios del siglo XIX.
La mirada desencantada e irónica del director de escena no es otra que la de William M. Thackeray, maestro en el arte de crear personajes femeninos. Así, pronto veremos pisar el escenario a dos mujeres inolvidables: Amelia Sedley, dulce y sensible pero apocada, deseosa de entregar su vida al hombre que ama, y Becky Sharp, inteligente y ambiciosa, dispuesta a usar y abusar de sus encantos para ascender en la escala social. Estas figuras tópicas cobran vida en manos de Thackeray, y lo que podría ser la trama de un culebrón de sobremesa se convierte en un juego fascinante, lleno de trampas y de emoción, en una obra magistral de la literatura de todos los tiempos. [via]More editions of La Feria De Las Vanidades / Vanity Fair:
Primer Suplemento a La Biblioteca Genealogica Guatemalteca: Notas, Comentarios, Adicionesby Ramiro Ordonez JonamaISBN 9992221496 (99922-2-149-6)
Hardcover, Publicacion especial de la Academia Guatemalteca de Estudios Genealogicos, Heraldicos e Historicos
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El Senor De Las Moscas/ Lord of the Fliesby William Golding, Carmen VergaraISBN 8420666572 (84-206-6657-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Senor De Las Moscas/ Lord of the Flies'Book summary:Urdida en torno a la situacion limite de una treintena de muchachos en una isla desierta, El Senor de las Moscas es una magnifica novela que admite lecturas diferentes e incluso opuestas. En efecto, si algunos pueden ver en esta indagacion de William Golding en la condicion humana la ilustracion de que la agresividad criminal se halla entre los instintos basicos del hombre, otros podran considerarla como una parabola que cuestiona un tipo de educacion represiva que no hace sino incubar explosiones de barbarie prestas a estallar en cuanto los controles se relajan. [via]
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LA Senora Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 8481301477 (84-8130-147-7)
Hardcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Senora Dalloway'Book summary:Nuestra editorial se especializa en publicar libros en español. Para encontrar otros títulos busque Editorial Medí .
Contamos con mas volúmenes en español que cualquier otra editorial para el kindle y continuamos creciendo. [via]More editions of LA Senora Dalloway:
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Grande-Bretagne : Other Countries, Regions and Citiesby Michelin Travel Publications StaffISBN 2060000556 (2-06-000055-6)
Hardcover, Michelin Travel Publications
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