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500 Great Comicbook Action Heroesby Mike ConroyISBN 0764125818 (0-7641-2581-8)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '500 Great Comicbook Action Heroes'Book summary:Superman, Batman, the Flash, Sheena of the Jungle, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Blade, Vampirella, the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man! In addition to these well-known masked and costumed crime fighters, readers are introduced to hundreds more relatively obscure but equally fascinating characters in this collection of comic book heroes that spans the decades from the 1930s to the present day. As Will Eisner, the famous creator of many comic book heroes says in the foreword to this book, "Perhaps the most significant contribution of heroes into the popular literature of the 20th century was made by the form of graphic narrative known as comics." Serious comic book collectors, general fans, and every reader who is interested in pop culture's history will want to add this book to their personal collection. Hundreds of reproduced covers and pages are presented with succinct written histories of all the major comic book heroes from America and Britain. The fabled crime fighters are presented under categories that include male heroes, female heroes, teams, newspaper heroes, war heroes, western heroes, and sci-fi heroes. Combining detailed text with a wealth of full-color archive reproductions, 500 Comic Book Action Heroes celebrates the great caped crusaders and fabulous females from the fascinating world of comics. [via]
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Abiyoyoby Pete Seeger, Michael HaysISBN 0689718101 (0-689-71810-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abiyoyo'Book summary:No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore...Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear...Zoop! Zoop!
Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children! Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand. [via]
Adventures of Robin Hoodby Roger L. Green, Walter CraneISBN 0679436367 (0-679-43636-7)
Hardcover, Everymans Library
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The Adventures Of Robin Hood: The Classic Taleby J. Walker McSpadden, Christopher Stella, Greg HildebrandtISBN 0762421975 (0-7624-2197-5)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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The Aeneidby VirgilISBN 0679729526 (0-679-72952-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid'Book summary:Arma virumque cano: "I sing of warfare and a man at war." Long the bane of second-year Latin students thrust into a rhetoric of sweeping, seemingly endless sentences full of difficult verb forms and obscure words, Virgil's Aeneid finds a helpful translator in Robert Fitzgerald, who turns the lines into beautiful, accessible American English. Full of betrayal, heartache, seduction, elation, and violence, the Aeneid is the great founding epic of the Roman empire. Its pages sing of the Roman vision of self, the Roman ideal of what it meant to be a citizen of the world's greatest power. The epic's force carries across the centuries, and remains essential reading. [via]
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Aeneid of Virgilby R. HumphriesISBN 0684718162 (0-684-71816-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Apollonius Rhodius the Argonauticaby R.C. SeatonISBN 0674990013 (0-674-99001-3)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Apollonius Rhodius the Argonautica'Book summary:Apollonius was a Greek grammarian and epic poet of Alexandria in Egypt and lived late in the 3rd century and early in the 2nd century BCE. While still young he composed his extant epic poem of four books on the story of the Argonauts. When this work failed to win acceptance he went to Rhodes where he not only did well as a rhetorician but also made a success of his epic in a revised form, for which the Rhodians gave him the 'freedom' of their city; hence his surname. On returning to Alexandria he recited his poem again, to applause. In 196 Ptolemy Epiphanes made him the librarian of the Museum (the university) at Alexandria.
Apollonius's Argonautica is one of the better minor epics, remarkable for originality, powers of observation, sincere feeling, and depiction of romantic love. His Jason and Medea are natural and interesting, and did much to inspire Virgil (in a very different setting) in the fourth book of the Aeneid.
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Ballot Box Battleby Emily Arnold McCullyISBN 0679893121 (0-679-89312-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Black Ships Before Troyby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0711215227 (0-7112-1522-7)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarcticby Robert Burleigh, Walter KrudopISBN 068981299X (0-689-81299-X)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped Americaby James WebbISBN 0767916891 (0-7679-1689-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped America'Book summary:More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of Englands Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself.
Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as captivating . . . unforgettable (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrians Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to Englands formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots odysseytheir clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character.
Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nations elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music.
Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural groupone too often ignored or taken for granted. [via]More editions of Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped America:
The Boy's King Arthurby Sidney Lanier, N. C. WyethISBN 0684191113 (0-684-19111-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Mallory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Tableby Thomas Malory, Sidney Lanier, N. C. WyethISBN 0684208717 (0-684-20871-7)
Hardcover, Scribner
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By My Brother's Sideby Robert Burleigh, Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, Barry RootISBN 0689865597 (0-689-86559-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'By My Brother's Side'Book summary:Tiki and Ronde were each other's best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked hard at what they loved. And they loved sports, especially football.
Then one day Tiki badly hurt his knee in a biking accident, and he was sure he'd never be able to play again. Their mother had always told them, "You are each other's best friends. Stick together, believe in yourselves, and you can do anything." They kept her words in their hearts and never gave up.
Based on the childhood of National Football League superstars Ronde and Tiki Barber, this inspiring book about the values of family, hard work, and determination is the story of what it takes to be a champion. [via]
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Captain Bloodby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0760755965 (0-7607-5596-5)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troyby Willy PoganyISBN 0689868839 (0-689-86883-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy'Book summary:Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And join Odysseus on his journey through murky waters, facing obstacles like the terrifying Scylla and whirring Charybdis, the beautiful enchantress Circe, and the land of the raging Cyclôpes. Using narrative threads from The Iliad and The Odyssey, Padraic Colum weaves a stunning adventure with all the drama and power that Homer intended. [via]
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Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grilleby Steven BrustISBN 0765306646 (0-7653-0664-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille'Book summary:Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille serves the best matzoh ball soup in the Galaxy, and hires some of the best musicians you'll ever hear. It's a great place to visit, but it tends to move aroundjust one step ahead of whatever mysterious conspiracy is reducing whole worlds to radioactive ash. And Cowboy Feng's may be humanity's last hope for survival.Steven Brust's time-traveling, science fiction thriller is a rollicking, fun read.[via]More editions of Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille:
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The Deed of Paksenarrionby Elizabeth Moon, James BaenISBN 0743471601 (0-7434-7160-1)
Hardcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Deed of Paksenarrion'Book summary:Complete at Last in a Single Hardcover Volume--the Finest Trilogy of Epic Fantasy in a Decade [via]
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Diplomatic Immunity: A Vorkosioan Adventureby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0743436121 (0-7434-3612-1)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diplomatic Immunity: A Vorkosioan Adventure'Book summary:Fans won't find this surprising in the least, but Miles Vorkosigan--the plucky, short-statured hero of Lois McMaster Bujold's beloved series--is uniquely incapable of having an uneventful honeymoon. Between a racially fueled diplomatic dispute, the appearance of a hermaphroditic old flame, and a bizarre Cetagandan genetic conspiracy, Miles just can't seem to get a minute of peace with his new wife, the lovely and resourceful Ekaterin (whom Miles courted in A Civil Campaign).
Miles had hoped to give "hands-on op games" a rest once and for all, but when the Emperor urgently calls on him to resolve a "legal entanglement" in Quaddiespace, diplomacy alone might prove inadequate. (Quaddies, you'll remember, are the no-legged, four-armed free-fallers introduced in Falling Free.) Our newly minted Imperial Auditor almost immediately forgets all about "Baby's First Cell Division" (after the assignment comes in, Ekaterin quickly observes "You know, you keep claiming your job is boring, Miles, but your eyes have gone all bright"), but even Miles feels the heat after his diplomatic attempts devolve into a series of flattering assassination attempts.
Vorkosigan (and family now!) is as winning as ever, with Bujold offering up her usual fun mix of space-opera action and droll social commentary in a character-centered plot. And here's a bonus for Milesophiles and Vorkosiga novices alike: a book-by-book timeline detailing what trouble Miles got into and when. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Peter Anthony MotteuxISBN 0679407588 (0-679-40758-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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" Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera. "And yet, in our memory, what character is more alive?"
----Widely regarded as the world's first
modern novel, Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator.
----The debt owed to Cervantes by literature is immense. From Milan Kundera: "Cervan-
tes is the founder of the Modern Era. . . . The novelist need answer to no one but
Cervantes." Lionel Trilling observed: "It can be said that all prose fiction is a variation on the theme of Don Quixote." Vladmir Nabo-kov wrote: "Don Quixote is greater today than he was in Cervantes's womb. [He] looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through [his] sheer vitality. . . . He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon." And V. S. Pritchett observed: "Don Quixote begins as a province, turns into Spain, and ends as a universe. . . . The true spell of Cervantes is that he is a natural magician in pure story-telling."
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foun-
dation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torchbearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices. [via] -
Don Quixote of the Mancha: Harvard Classics 1909by Miguel De Cervantes, Thomas SheltonISBN 0766181804 (0-7661-8180-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote of the Mancha: Harvard Classics 1909'Book summary:Edited by Charles W. Eliot. Contents: The First Part of the Delightful History of the Most Ingenious Knight. The present volume contains the whole of the first part of the novel, which is complete in itself. The second part, issued in 1615, the year before his death, is of a nature of a sequel, and is generally regarded as inferior. In writing his great novel, Cervantes set out to parody the romances of chivalry. With reference to the fiction of the Middle Ages, it is a triumphant satire; with reference to modern novels, it is the first and the most widely enjoyed. [via]
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Dreams from My Fatherby Barack ObamaISBN 0739325760 (0-7393-2576-0)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreams from My Father'Book summary:In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his fathera figure he knows more as a myth than as a manhas been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odysseyfirst to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mothers family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his fathers life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Pictured in lefthand photograph on cover: Habiba Akumu Hussein and Barack Obama, Sr. (President Obama's paternal grandmother and his father as a young boy). Pictured in righthand photograph on cover: Stanley Dunham and Ann Dunham (President Obama's maternal grandfather and his mother as a young girl).
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The Farthest Shoreby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0689845340 (0-689-84534-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Farthest Shore'Book summary:The Farthest Shore is the third book in the renowned Earthsea trilogy. The young prince, Arren, brings harsh news. There is no longer true magic in Enlad; the mages have forgotten their spells so the springs of wizardry are running dry. Accompanied by Arren, Ged sets out to meet unknown dangers, to confront his own past, and to test the ancient prophecies, taking with him on his journey all the hopes of Earthsea, moving into doom or into a new age. The Farthest Shore rounds out the promise of A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan. Author Ursula Le Guin has won numerous awards including the National Book Award, five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, the Kafka Award, and a Pushcart Prize.[via] -
A Fine White Dustby Cynthia RylantISBN 0689804628 (0-689-80462-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fine White Dust'Book summary:Thirteen-year-old Pete Cassidy, a troubled, insecure teenager, finds new meaning in his life when he encounters the itinerant Preacher Man, until betrayal leaves Pete to wrestle with grief, doubt, and his belief in God. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book. AB. SLJ. H. [via]
First Rider's Call: Green Riderby Kristen BritainISBN 0756401933 (0-7564-0193-3)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Rider's Call: Green Rider'Book summary:Karigan G'Ladheon was a Green Rider, one of the King of Sacoridia's magical messangers. With evil forces at large in the kingdom and the messenger service depleted and weakened, can Karigan reach through the veils of time to get help from the First Rider, a woman who has been dead for a thousand years? [via]
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Fly High: The Story of Bessie Colemanby Louise Borden, Mary Kay Kroeger, Teresa FlavinISBN 0689824572 (0-689-82457-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fly High: The Story of Bessie Coleman'Book summary:Besse Coleman was born in rural Texas in 1892. She loved school, especially learning about numbers, and she was a good reader, too. Yet when it was time to pick cotton she had to work in the fields instead of going to school. Nevertheless, she was determined to be somebody when she grew up.
In her early twenties, Bessie moved to Chicago. Perhaps there she could "find a bigger life." In the city, Bessie heard many tales of World War I from returned veterans. She also heard there were woman airplane pilots in France. From then on, she was determined to become a pilot. But she soon found out that no one would teach a woman -- especially a woman with dark skin -- how to fly. To study in France was her only chance, and by working hard and saving her money, she managed at last to get there. Bessie Coleman became the first African-American to earn a pilot's license. She was somebody.
The inspiring story of her difficult early years, her success as a stunt pilot putting on daring air shows in many states, and her dedication to telling young African-Americans wherever she went, "You can be somebody. You can fly high just like me," is as moving and important today as it was then. Simply told with evocative full-color illustrations, this is a special book for today's young people. [via]
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Fly High Story of Bessie Colemanby Louise Borden, Teresa Flavin, Mary Kay KroegerISBN 0689864620 (0-689-86462-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fly High Story of Bessie Coleman'Book summary:When Bessie Coleman was a child, she wanted to be in school -- not in the cotton fields of Texas, helping her family earn money. She wanted to be somebody significant in the world. So Bessie did everything she could to learn under the most challenging of circumstances. At the end of every day in the fields she checked the foreman's numbers -- made sure his math was correct. And this was just the beginning of a life of hard work and dedication that really paid off: Bessie became the first African-American to earn a pilot's license. She was somebody. [via]
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Glory Roadby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0765312212 (0-7653-1221-2)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Glory Road'Book summary:E. C. "Scar" Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia , but he hadn't given up his habit of scanning the Personals in the newspaper. One ad in particular leapt out at him:[via]
"ARE YOU A COWARD? This is not for you. We badly need a brave man. He must be 23 to 25 years old, in perfect health, at least six feet tall, weigh about 190 pounds, fluent English, with some French, proficient in all weapons, some knowledge of engineering and mathematics essential, willing to travel, no family or emotional ties, indomitably courageous and handsome of face and figure. Permanent employment, very high pay, glorious adventure, great danger. You must apply in person, rue Dante, Nice, 2me étage, apt. D."
How could you not answer an ad like that, especially when it seemed to describe you perfectly? Well, except maybe for the "handsome" part, but that was in the eye of the beholder anyway. So he went to that apartment and was greeted by the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. She seemed to have many names, but agreed he could call her "Star." A pretty appropriate name, as it turned out, for the empress of twenty universes.
Robert A. Heinlein's one true fantasy novel, Glory Road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules and the result is exciting, satirical, fast-paced, funny and tremendously readable -- a favorite of all who have read it. Glory Road is a masterpiece of escapist entertainment with a typically Heinleinian sting in its tail. Tor is proud to return this all-time classic to hardcover to be discovered by a new generation of readers.More editions of Glory Road:
Glory Roadby Robert Anson Heinlein, Delaney, Samuel R. (AFT)ISBN 0765312220 (0-7653-1222-0)
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. RowlingISBN 0747546347 (0-7475-4634-7)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:The worry, when faced with the follow-up to books as good as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (both winners of the Nestlé Smarties Prize Gold Award), is that it won't be as good. With J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban any concerns are banished from page one. This, the third in the series, continues where the previous two left off and is a fantastic adventure of mystery, magic and mayhem combined with liberal doses of humour and plenty of suspense.
Forced to do his homework in the dead of night and forbidden to refer to his magic skills or his life at Hogwarts school, Harry Potter is forced to endure the summer holidays with the dreaded Dursleys. The arrival of Aunt Marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, Harry breaks all the rules and casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloon. Running away from his dreaded relatives, Harry expects to be expelled from Hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time. However, the arrival of the mysterious Knight Bus and a meeting with Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, result in Harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the Leaky Cauldron.
The escape of Sirius Black--one time friend of Harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "You- Know-Who"--from Azkaban, has serious implications for Harry for it would appear that Black is bent on revenge against Harry for thwarting "You-Know-Who". Back at Hogwarts, Harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the Dementors--guards from Azkaban on the look out for Black--however, this doesn't stop him throwing himself into the new Quidditch season and going about his normal business--or at least attempting to. Despite warnings Harry is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding Sirius Black--how could this one-time close friend of his parents become the cause of their deaths?
And why does the presence of the Dementors have such a devastating effect on him, causing him to hear the last moments of his mother's life?
With another four Harry Potter novels planned, Jo Rowling is creating a series of books which will become classics to rival C.S. Lewis'Chronicles of Narnia--books written for children but loved by adults too. (Ages 9 and up) --Philippa Reece [via]
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Hero and the Crownby Robin McKinleyISBN 0688025935 (0-688-02593-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hero and the Crown'Book summary:Robin McKinley's mesmerizing history of Damar is the stuff that legends are made of. The Hero and the Crown is a dazzling "prequel" to The Blue Sword.
Aerin is the only child of the king of Damar, and should be his rightful heir. But she is also the daughter of a witchwoman of the North, who died when she was born, and the Damarians cannot trust her.
But Aerin's destiny is greater than her father's people know, for it leads her to battle with Maur, the Black Dragon, and into the wilder Damarian Hills, where she meets the wizard Luthe. It is he who at last tells her the truth about her mother, and he also gives over to her hand the Blue Sword, Gonturan. But such gifts as these bear a great price, a price Aerin only begins to realize when she faces the evil mage, Agsded, who has seized the Hero's Crown, greatest treasure and secret strength of Damar.
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Hero of Our Timeby Mikhail Lermontov, Dmitri Nabokov, Vladimir NobokovISBN 0679413278 (0-679-41327-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hero of Our Time'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)In its adventurous happeningsits abductions, duels, and sexual intriguesA Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and 30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorinthe archetypal Russian antiheroLermontovs novel looks forward to the subsequent glories of a Russian literature that it helped, in great measure, to make possible.This edition includes a Translators Foreword by Vladimir Nabokov, who translated the novel in collaboration with his son, Dmitri Nabokov. [via]
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A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Womenby Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss-GlasserISBN 0689858191 (0-689-85819-1)
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Ivanhoeby Scott, Walter, Sr., Graham TullochISBN 0748605738 (0-7486-0573-8)
Hardcover, Edinburgh University Press
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new television production.
In the twelfth century, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns home to England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the struggle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and his malignant brother John: a conflict that brings Ivanhoe into alliance with the
mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good.
"Scott's characters, like Shakespeare's and Jane Austen's, have the seed of life in them," observed Virginia Woolf. "The emotions in which Scott excels are not those of human beings pitted against other human beings, but of man pitted against
Nature, of man in relation to fate. His romance is the romance of hunted men hiding in woods at night; of brigs standing out to sea; of waves breaking in the moonlight; of solitary sands and distant horsemen; of violence and suspense." For Henry James, "Scott was a born
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Ivanhoeby Walter ScottISBN 0679642234 (0-679-64223-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ivanhoe'Book summary:Hailed by Victor Hugo as 'the real epic of our age,' Ivanhoe was an immensely popular bestseller when first published in 1819. The book inspired literary imitations as well as paintings, dramatizations, and even operas. Now Sir Walter Scott's sweeping romance of medieval England has prompted a lavish new television production.
In the twelfth century, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns home to England from the Third Crusade to claim his inheritance and the love of the lady Rowena. The heroic adventures of this noble Saxon knight involve him in the struggle between Richard the Lion-Hearted and his malignant brother John: a conflict that brings Ivanhoe into alliance with the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood and his legendary fight for the forces of good.
'Scott's characters, like Shakespeare's and Jane Austen's, have the seed of life in them,' observed Virginia Woolf. 'The emotions in which Scott excels are not those of human beings pitted against other human beings, but of man pitted against Nature, of man in relation to fate. His romance is the romance of hunted men hiding in woods at night; of brigs standing out to sea; of waves breaking in the moonlight; of solitary sands and distant horsemen; of violence and suspense.' For Henry James, 'Scott was a born storyteller. . . . Since Shakespeare, no writer has created so immense a gallery of portraits.' [via] 
Joke's on Georgeby Michael Tunnell, Kathy OsbornISBN 0688117589 (0-688-11758-9)
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King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Tableby Roger Lancelyn Green, Thomas Malory, Aubrey BeardsleyISBN 0679423117 (0-679-42311-7)
Hardcover, Everymans Library
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider HaggardISBN 072140720X (0-7214-0720-X)
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Komarrby Lois McMaste BujoldISBN 0671878778 (0-671-87877-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Komarr'Book summary:Lois McMaster Bujold comes through again with another sharp Miles Vorkosigan novel. Komarr can be read as a standalone, though it is part of a whole series. (Komarr brings the total to 16 books!) Miles is a hugely popular character with fans--and they won't be disappointed with his latest adventure.
The planet Komarr is undergoing centuries-long terraforming when one of the orbiting mirrors crucial to the effort is smashed by an off-course ship. Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr to investigate the incident; once there, he becomes embroiled in political and scientific battles. To make matters worse, the name Vorkosigan is anathema on Komarr. But our intrepid hero can't be put down easily. While trying to save Komarr, he manages... maybe... to find true love at last! Bujold's original and intelligent blend of politics, science, and cliffhanging-good space opera makes this book a satisfying adventure and a charming romance. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Lieutenant Hornblowerby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0745126669 (0-7451-2666-9)
Softcover, Chivers Press
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Life on a Famine Ship: A Journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850by Duncan Crosbie, Brian Lee, Peter Bull StudiosISBN 0764160044 (0-7641-6004-4)
Hardcover, Barrons Juveniles
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Literary Language & Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Agesby Erich Auerbach, Ralph ManheimISBN 0691024685 (0-691-02468-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great: Famous Womenby Fra Elbert HubbardISBN 0766104044 (0-7661-0404-4)
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Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippiby Cheryl HarnessISBN 0689855494 (0-689-85549-4)
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Mayday! Mayday: A Coast Guard Rescueby Chris L. DemarestISBN 0689851618 (0-689-85161-8)
Hardcover, Margaret K McElderry
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Mighty Jackie: The Strike Out Queenby Marissa Moss, C. F. PayneISBN 0689863292 (0-689-86329-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mighty Jackie: The Strike Out Queen'Book summary:For as long as she could remember, Jackie Mitchell's father had told Jackie she could be good at whatever she wanted, as long as she worked at it. Jackie worked at baseball. She worked hard. And before long Jackie could outplay anyone in her neighborhood -- even the boys.
She had one pitch -- a wicked, dropping curve ball. But no seventeen-year-old girl could pitch against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. It was unthinkable. Then on April 2, 1931, the New York Yankees stopped in Tennessee for an exhibition game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. And on that day Jackie Mitchell made baseball history.
Marissa Moss tells a true story of determination and heroism, a gem of baseball history sure to inspire ballplayers of all ages. And C. F. Payne's vibrant, glorious illustrations make the golden age of baseball come alive. [via]
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Miles, Mystery & Mayhemby Lois McMaster Bujold, James P. BaenISBN 0743436180 (0-7434-3618-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miles, Mystery & Mayhem'Book summary:Miles Vorkosigan times three equals entertainment, excitement & excellence. Diplomat, soldier, spy-Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan of the Barrayaran Empire, a.k.a. Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Free Mercenaries, is a young man of many parts. Miles and his handsome cousin Ivan are called upon to play a simple diplomatic role on the capital world of Barrayar's old enemy until murder and deceit thrust them into Cetagandan internal politics at the highest levels, and Miles discovers the secrets of the haut-women's biological domain to be very complicated indeed. Commander Elli Quinn, sent by Miles on the trail of those secrets, meets a man who marches to the beat of a very different drummer. Dr. Ethan Urquhart, obstretician from a planet forbidden to women, is on a quest at cross-purposes to Elli's mission - or is it? Consequences of Cetagandan bioengineering continue to play out, this time on a Dendrii sortie to the crime planet of Jackson's Whole. When he encounters a genetically altered super-soldier, Miles' routine rescue strike takes a sudden hard turn for the unanticipated. Publisher's Note: "Miles, Mystery & Mayhem" was previously published in parts as "Cetaganda", "Ethan of Athos", and "Labyrinth". This is the first unified edition. [via]
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Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literatureby Erich AuerbachISBN 069111336X (0-691-11336-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journeyby William J. BennettISBN 0684803135 (0-684-80313-5)
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My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.by Christine King Farris, Chris SoentpietISBN 0689843887 (0-689-84388-7)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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The Old Man and the Seaby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0684801221 (0-684-80122-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Man and the Sea'Book summary:Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work: "The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords." Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame:
Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.
If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator: "The old man was dreaming about the lions." Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Old Man and the Sea:
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The Old Man And the Seaby HemingwayISBN 0684163268 (0-684-16326-8)
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History 1897by Thomas CarlyleISBN 0766130762 (0-7661-3076-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Pimlico Dictionary of Classical Mythologies: Greece, Rome, Iran, India and Chinaby Arthur Cotterell, Ray DunningISBN 0712666915 (0-7126-6691-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Post-Structuralist Geography: A Critical Introductionby Jon MurdochISBN 0761974245 (0-7619-7424-5)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Prince Ombraby Roderick MacLeishISBN 0765342448 (0-7653-4244-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prince Ombra'Book summary:The World has found its new hero.[via]
The problem? Bentley Ellicott is only a kid.
Bentley has secret powers. And he's going to need them. Bentley is a hero - the thousand and first to be exact - in a long line of heroes that has stretched all the way back to antiquity. Heroes like Arthur and Hercules.
And now: Bentley.
That's because there is an evil in the world that never dies. Its name is Prnce Ombra. When Prince Ombra arises a hero is called upon to battle him. One day when Bentley is grown he will be that hero.
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The Queen of Attoliaby Megan Whalen TurnerISBN 068817423X (0-688-17423-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Queen of Attolia'Book summary:In the firelit torture chamber the executioner's sword descends--and the Eugenides--the Thief of Eddis--no longer has his clever right hand. The Queen of Attolia sits calmly and watches the dreadful amputation behind her carefully cultivated mask of coldness, but later agonizes over what she has done to him. At the same time, she rages at herself for not hanging her captured prisoner outright.
Readers who first met Eugenides as the rascally teenager Gen in the Newbery Honor-winning The Thief will find that in this sequel he deepens through suffering and loss, but keeps the same witty talent for elaborate, crafty schemes of espionage and theft. Caught between two rival queens in a landscape based on that which surrounds the Mediterranean Sea, Eugenides is loyal to Eddis as her Queen's Thief, but in love (despite himself) with the beautiful and seemingly ruthless Attolia. In her small mountain country, Eddis controls the only bridge between the valley nation of Sounis and the coastal kingdom of Attolia, while all three are threatened by the ships of the powerful Medes. As the web of intrigue and shifting allegiances expands, and war is imminent, the Queen's Thief risks everything on an audacious and cunning military strategy to bring the two queens together--and to steal Attolia for himself. This remarkable fantasy, with its appealing characters, emotional intensity, witty dialogue, and inventive plot, will have teen fans panting for more. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Emmuska OrczyISBN 0755111184 (0-7551-1118-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Orczy, Margaret BrantleyISBN 0743487745 (0-7434-8774-5)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: " A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
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Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. [via]SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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The Story of King Arthur and His Knightsby Howard PyleISBN 0684148145 (0-684-14814-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Symbols of Transformationby C. G. JungISBN 0691018154 (0-691-01815-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Thiefby Megan Whalen TurnerISBN 0688146279 (0-688-14627-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king's prison. The magus is interested only in the theif's abilities. What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses.
Megan Whalen Turner weaves Gen's stories and Gen's story together with style and verve in a novel that is filled with intrigue, adventure, and surprise.
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The Three Musketeersby Alexandre Dumas, Deborah G. FelderISBN 0679860177 (0-679-86017-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre Dumas, Jacques Le ClercqISBN 0679603328 (0-679-60332-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Time Present, Time Past: A Memoirby Bill BradleyISBN 0679768157 (0-679-76815-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Wanderings of Odysseusby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 071120862X (0-7112-0862-X)
Hardcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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Watership Downby Richard George AdamsISBN 0743277708 (0-7432-7770-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Weird Heroesby Bryon PreissISBN 0743479556 (0-7434-7955-6)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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