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The Adventures of Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 158279037X (1-58279-037-X)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Oliver Twist'Book summary:The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens' tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, in "Oliver Twist" Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery. [via]
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Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, Malvina G. VogelISBN 1577656776 (1-57765-677-6)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years. [via]
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The Color of Waterby James McBrideISBN 1573220221 (1-57322-022-1)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Color of Water'Book summary:Order this book ... and please don't be put off by its pallid subtitle, A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, which doesn't begin to do justice to the utterly unique and moving story contained within. The Color of Water tells the remarkable story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two good men she married, and the 12 good children she raised. Jordan, born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew, immigrated to America soon after birth; as an adult she moved to New York City, leaving her family and faith behind in Virginia. Jordan met and married a black man, making her isolation even more profound. The book is a success story, a testament to one woman's true heart, solid values, and indomitable will. Ruth Jordan battled not only racism but also poverty to raise her children and, despite being sorely tested, never wavered. In telling her story--along with her son's--The Color of Water addresses racial identity with compassion, insight, and realism. It is, in a word, inspiring, and you will finish it with unalloyed admiration for a flawed but remarkable individual. And, perhaps, a little more faith in us all. [via]
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Motherby James McBrideISBN 1573225789 (1-57322-578-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother'Book summary:Order this book ... and please don't be put off by its pallid subtitle, A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, which doesn't begin to do justice to the utterly unique and moving story contained within. The Color of Water tells the remarkable story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two good men she married, and the 12 good children she raised. Jordan, born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew, immigrated to America soon after birth; as an adult she moved to New York City, leaving her family and faith behind in Virginia. Jordan met and married a black man, making her isolation even more profound. The book is a success story, a testament to one woman's true heart, solid values, and indomitable will. Ruth Jordan battled not only racism but also poverty to raise her children and, despite being sorely tested, never wavered. In telling her story--along with her son's--The Color of Water addresses racial identity with compassion, insight, and realism. It is, in a word, inspiring, and you will finish it with unalloyed admiration for a flawed but remarkable individual. And, perhaps, a little more faith in us all. [via]
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Crushby Carrie MacISBN 1551435268 (1-55143-526-8)
Softcover, Orca Book Pub
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Manual Boix, Magda BoginISBN 1556702019 (1-55670-201-9)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:A faithful presentation of Cervantes' masterpiece, Borgin retells the adventures of the brave and chivalrous Don Quixote with care and grace. Boix's complementary art is filled with humor, delicacy, vigor, strength and the vibrant colors of the Spanish landscape. 46 full-color illustrations. [via]
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Don Quixote De LA Manchaby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Charles JarvisISBN 1566197317 (1-56619-731-7)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote De LA Mancha'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Doubt!!by Kelly Sue Deconnick, Kaneyoshi IzumiISBN 1591169089 (1-59116-908-9)
Softcover, Viz
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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De LA Manchaby Tom LathropISBN 158977003X (1-58977-003-X)
Softcover, Juan De LA Cuesta
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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Manchaby Miguel Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1589770242 (1-58977-024-2)
Softcover, Linguatext Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha'Book summary:This Spanish edition of Lathrop's Don Quijote (ISBN 9781589770249) is out-of-print. It has been replaced by the new Legacy edition, ISBN 9781589771000. [via]
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Ellen Fosterby Kaye GibbonsISBN 1565122054 (1-56512-205-4)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ellen Foster'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1997: Kaye Gibbons is a writer who brings a short story sensibility to her novels. Rather than take advantage of the novel's longer form to paint her visions in broad, sweeping strokes, Gibbons prefers to concentrate on just one corner of the canvas and only a few colors to produce her small masterpieces. In Gibbons's case, her canvas is the American South and her colors are all the shades of gray.
In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to another before she finally takes matters into her own hands and finds herself a place to belong. There is something almost Dickensian about Ellen's tribulations; like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield or a host of other literary child heroes, Ellen is at the mercy of predatory adults, with only her own wit and courage--and the occasional kindness of others--to help her through. That she does, in fact, survive her childhood and even rise above it is the book's bittersweet victory. [via]
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Emmaby Jane Austen, Kristin Flieger SamuelianISBN 155111321X (1-55111-321-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary: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. She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. Her mother had died too long ago for her to have more than an indistinct rememb- rance of her caresses; and her place had been supplied by an excellent woman as governess, who had fallen little short of a mother in affection. Sixteen years had Miss Taylor been in Mr. Woodhouse's family, less as a governess than a friend, very fond of both daughters, but particularly of Emma. Between them it was more the intimacy of sisters. Even before Miss Taylor had ceased to hold the nominal office of governess, the mildness of her temper had hardly allowed her to impose any restraint; and the shadow of authority being now long passed away, they had been living together as friend and friend very mutually attached, and Emma doing just what she liked; highly esteeming Miss Taylor's judgment, but directed chiefly by her own. [via]
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Ernest Hemingway's the Sun Also Risesby Ernest HemingwayISBN 1555460453 (1-55546-045-3)
Hardcover, Chelsea House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ernest Hemingway's the Sun Also Rises'Book summary:Bloom suggests that signs of the permanent canonical status of the work of Ernest Hemingway seem beyond doubt. He puts The Sun Also Rises on a short list of modern American novels that appear certain to endure.
The title, Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Ernest Hemingway, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Fall of the House of Usher and Other Talesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 156000536X (1-56000-536-X)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales'Book summary:Collected in these two volumes are roe's legendary tales of terror that attest to his stylistic brilliance in evoking an atmosphere of gloom and obsession. Creatures, eyes, coffins, walls-all are symbols in roe's efforts to create an aura of evil. What reader would not share the anxiety of the traveler in The Fall of the House of Usher, who upon his first glimpse of the house, finds an "insufferable gloom pervading my spirit... an utter depression of the soul... an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart"? In volume 2 his nightmarish visions take us down untraveled paths revealing the dark side of the human experience.
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Forever Amberby Kathleen WinsorISBN 1556524048 (1-55652-404-8)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forever Amber'Book summary:Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration Englandthat of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinaryand extraordinarymen and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have. Frequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940sdespite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness. A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.[via]More editions of Forever Amber:
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Good Earthby Pearl S. BuckISBN 1587249057 (1-58724-905-7)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Earth'Book summary:The story begins on the wedding day of farmer Wang Lung and follows his simple, often one-sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. The land is a recurring theme throughout the novel, seemingly nurtured by the apparent protagonists, rejected and ruined by the antagonists. The author uses the House of Hwang, a nearby house of nobles, to contrast and predict their rise and fall. As the House of Hwang meets its slow and desperate end, Wang Lung rises.
However, as the weather turns disastrous for farming, Wang Lung's family has to flee to the city to scrape out a meager living. Upon returning home, the family fares better. Wang Lung eventually becomes a prosperous man, his rise contrasting with the downfall of the Hwang family, who lose their connection to the land. At the end of the novel, when Wang Lung is an old man, he overhears his sons plotting to sell some of the land, thus showing the end of the cycle of wealth and downfall. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Thomas M. BallietISBN 1557424764 (1-55742-476-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition" includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader contend with Swifts complex references and vocabulary. First published anonymously in 1727, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels created a storm of criticismfrom those who believed the stories to be true and knew exactly who Lemuel Gulliver was, to those who demanded that the writer of the seditious tales be hunted down and executed for high treason. Even today, Swifts vitriolic attacks on politics, culture, and human nature itself have earned him the reputation of a crazed misanthrope. Swift, through his hero, consistently rails against political whims, human follies, and the bestial behaviors of the human race: In Lilliput, Gulliver is twelve times the size of the European-like natives. In Brobdingnag, he is one-twelfth the size of the primitive but moral inhabitants. In Laputa, buildings collapse and clothing does not fit, although constructed by the most modern and reasonable means. Finally, in the land of the horse-like Houyhnhnms Gulliver realizes that he and his race are nothing but a brood of Yahoos. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Malvina G. Vogel, Johnathon Smith, Pablo MarcosISBN 1577658183 (1-57765-818-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:The voyages of an eighteenth-century Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants. [via]
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Harry Potter And the Philosopher's Stone: Scottish Gaelic Editionby J. K. RowlingISBN 158234681X (1-58234-681-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury USA
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. RowlingISBN 1581306571 (1-58130-657-1)
Softcover, Novel Units
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.
As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry. Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron. What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black--an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are unaffected? Once again, Rowling has created a mystery that will have children and adults cheering, not to mention standing in line for her next book. Fortunately, there are four more in the works. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunterby Carson McCullersISBN 1557360863 (1-55736-086-3)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Hiroshimaby John HerseyISBN 155504154X (1-55504-154-X)
Softcover, John Curley & Assoc
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I''s 13: Living Aloneby Masakazu KatsuraISBN 1591169534 (1-59116-953-4)
Softcover, Viz
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlby Harriet JacobsISBN 1421926016 (1-4219-2601-6)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'Book summary:Published in 1861, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was one of the first personal narratives by a slave and one of the few written by a woman. Jacobs (1813-97) was a slave in North Carolina and suffered terribly, along with her family, at the hands of a ruthless owner. She made several failed attempts to escape before successfully making her way North, though it took years of hiding and slow progress. Eventually, she was reunited with her children. For all biography and history collections. "Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women," Harriet Jacobs wrote in 1861. At that time she was an escaped slave living in the north, but the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 meant that she could no longer consider being in the northern states a guarantee of freedom or safety. Her book is an eloquent recital of the suffering that is slavery. Families broken apart; promises of freedom made but never kept; whippings, beatings, and burnings; masters selling their own children - all are recounted with precise detail and a blazing indignation. Harriet Jacobs' master started pursuing her when she was fifteen; in disgust she continually refused and avoided him. Her first attempt at revenge and escape failed: she became the lover of a local unmarried white man and had several children, but even then her master refused to sell her. Finally, in desperation, she ran away and hid in an uninsulated garret, three feet high at its tallest point with almost no air or light. She stayed there for seven years, enduring cold, heat, and a crippling lack of movement, always hoping to catch a glimpse of her children through a crack in the walls as they walked by on the road below her. At last she had a chance to escape to the North. Her story is a remarkable testimony to her strength and courage, and an unrelenting attack upon the institution of slavery. [via]
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Jude the Obscureby Thomas Hardy, Cedric WattsISBN 1551111713 (1-55111-171-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jude the Obscure'Book summary:Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy, 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:All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Virginia Woolf called him "the greatest tragic writer among English novelists," but Thomas Hardy was so distressed by the shocked outrage that greeted Jude the Obscure in 1895 that he decided to quit writing novels. For in telling the story of Jude Fawley, whose many attempts to rise above his class are crushed by society or the forces of nature, Hardy had attacked Victorian society's most cherished institutions-marriage, social class, religion, and higher education. A poor villager, Jude Fawley longs to study at the elite University of Christminster, but his ambitions are thwarted by class prejudice-and an earthy country girl who tricks him into marriage by pretending to be pregnant. Entrapped in a loveless marriage, he becomes a stonemason and falls in love with his cousin-the intellectual, free-spirited Sue Bridehead, who is also unhappy in marriage. Sue leaves her husband to live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Their poverty and the weight of society's disapproval begin to take their toll on the couple, forcing them into a shattering downward spiral that ends in one of the most shocking scenes in all of literature. A stunning masterpiece, Jude the Obscure is Hardy's bleakest and most personal novel.Amy M. [via]
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- Jude the Obscure: ISBN 1593080352 (1-59308-035-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Jude the Obscure: ISBN 1551113139 (1-55111-313-9)
Hardcover, Broadview Pr - Jude the Obscure: ISBN 1557132038 (1-55713-203-8)
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Kare Kanoby Darcy Lockman, Masami Tsuda, Amy ForsythISBN 1591821800 (1-59182-180-0)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kare Kano'Book summary:*Appeals to fans of shojo manga such as DNAngel and Fruits Basket *Basis for the hit anime series from Gainax Studios, creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion *Boy and girl approved
Soichiro returns from a successful kendo tournament much to Yukino's delight. After a long summer apart, Yukino comes to realize that notices that Soichiro has matured quite a bit. This stirs up new feelings in her and makes her fall in love with him even more. However, Soichiro feels slightly confused with his deepening feelings toward Yukino and to make matters worse, he must also deal with complicated family issues. [via]
Kare Kanoby Masami TsudaISBN 1591820588 (1-59182-058-8)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kare Kano'Book summary:You know that couple that was obviously meant for each other, and everybody knew it, except them? That's Yukino and Soichiro, the two top students in school, who are capable of anything other than a normal relationship. [via]
Kare Kano 16: his and her circumstancesby Masami TsudaISBN 1591824753 (1-59182-475-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, J. J. GrandvilleISBN 1582790345 (1-58279-034-5)
Hardcover, Trident Pr Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:Uniquely designed, this 6" X 9" deluxe edition of Signature Classics features a padded leatherette casing enhanced by gold gilding on all three sides. Highlighted by a full color picture insert on the cover surrounded by gold foil stamping, this series is sure to become a collectable. A Standard Jacketed Edition is also available. [via]
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The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe or York, Marines, As Related by Himselfby Daniel Defoe, Joe WheelerISBN 156179743X (1-56179-743-X)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe or York, Marines, As Related by Himself'Book summary:This reprint of the classic, Robinson Crusoe, by Focus on the Family's "Classic Collection" is the incredible story of one man's triumph over crippling fear, doubt, and loneliness, which resulted in an amazing revelation--God is always with us. [via]
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- The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, As Related by Himself: ISBN 1561795577 (1-56179-557-7)
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Neil FreemanISBN 1557832919 (1-55783-291-9)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos. The heavy mascara of four centuries of Shakespearean glossing has by now glossed over the original countenance of Shakespeare's work. Never has there been a Folio available in modern reading fonts. While other complete Folio editions continue to trade simply on the facsimile appearance of the Elizabethan "look," none of them is easily and practically utilized in general Shakespeare studies or performances. [via]
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare, David Trimboli, Nick NicholasISBN 158715501X (1-58715-501-X)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Much Ado About Nothing'Book summary:The classic play, "Much Ado About Nothing," has been painstakingly restored to its original Klingon language by scholar Nick Nicholas. [via]
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Oedipus Rex: Literary Touchstone Editionby Not AvailableISBN 1580495931 (1-58049-593-1)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus Rex: Literary Touchstone Edition'Book summary:To make Oedipus more accessible for the modern reader, our Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition" includes a glossary of the more difficult words, as well as convenient sidebar notes to enlighten the reader on aspects that may be confusing or overlooked. We hope that the reader may, through this edition, more fully enjoy the beauty of the verse, the wisdom of the insights, and the impact of the drama. Sophocles Oedipus Rex has never been surpassed for the raw and terrible power with which its hero struggles to answer the eternal question, "Who am I?" The play, a story of a king whoacting entirely in ignorancekills his father and marries his mother, unfolds with shattering power; we are helplessly carried along with Oedipus towards the final, horrific truth. This vibrant, new translation invites its readers to lose themselves in the unfolding of this tragic taleas suspenseful as a detective mystery, yet with an outcome long ago determined by Fate. [via]
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 1551117584 (1-55111-758-4)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:Oliver Twist, 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:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.One of Dickenss most popular novels, Oliver Twist is the story of a young orphan who dares to say, "Please, sir, I want some more." After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured readers imaginations for more than 150 years: the loathsome Fagin, the beautiful and tragic Nancy, the crafty Artful Dodger, and perhaps one of the greatest villains of all timethe terrifying Bill Sikes.
Rife with Dickenss disturbing descriptions of street life, the novel is buoyed by the purity of the orphan Oliver. Though he is treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life, his pious innocence leads him at last to salvationand the shocking discovery of his true identity.[via]Features illustrations by George Cruikshank.Jill Muller was born in England and educated at Mercy College and Columbia University, and currently teaches at Mercy College and Columbia University. She is working on a book on the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, to be published by Routledge.More editions of Oliver Twist:
- Oliver Twist: ISBN 1593080301 (1-59308-030-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Oliver Twist: ISBN 1578400155 (1-57840-015-5)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - Oliver Twist: ISBN 1561387150 (1-56138-715-0)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Oliver Twist: ISBN 1577656970 (1-57765-697-0)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Oliver Twist: ISBN 1582790493 (1-58279-049-3)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub - Oliver Twist: ISBN 1592640079 (1-59264-007-9)
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Oliver Twistby Dalmatian Press StaffISBN 1577595548 (1-57759-554-8)
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Ouran High School Host Clubby Bisco HatoriISBN 1421508648 (1-4215-0864-8)
Softcover, Viz Media
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Ouran High School Host Club 1by Gary Leach, Bisco HatoriISBN 1591169151 (1-59116-915-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ouran High School Host Club 1'Book summary:One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the 'Host Club', a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is forced to work for the club, and it's there that she discovers just how wealthy the boys are and how different they are from everybody else. [via]
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Ouran High School Host Club 2by Gary Leach, Bisco HatoriISBN 1591169909 (1-59116-990-9)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ouran High School Host Club 2'Book summary:In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school's swankiest, all-male club - as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else...The school-wide physical exam has thrown the members of the elegant Host Club for a loop. How can the doctor not discover that Haruhi is a girl?! And once the female customers learn the truth, Haruhi can kiss her job goodbye. But then life at the club will be unbearably boring if she leaves! So the guys wrack their brains for a solution... [via]
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Ouran High School Host Club 3by Gary Leach, Bisco HatoriISBN 1421500620 (1-4215-0062-0)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ouran High School Host Club 3'Book summary:It's summer break, and the Host Club crew head to the beach, dragging our reluctant heroine with them. When Haruhi stands up to some local bullies and gets tossed into the ocean, Tamaki, the Host Club King, rescues her. But afterward, he's so mad that he won't speak to her until she apologizes. Trouble is, Haruhi can't figure out what she should be sorry for! [via]
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Ouran High School Host Club 6by Bisco HatoriISBN 1421505843 (1-4215-0584-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ouran High School Host Club 6'Book summary:Volume 6 in the new romantic comedy manga series Ouran High School Host Club. [via]
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Physics: An Incremental Developmentby SaxonISBN 1565770072 (1-56577-007-2)
Softcover, Saxon Pub
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A Prayer for Owen Meanyby John Irving, Diane PodnarISBN 1560774142 (1-56077-414-2)
Softcover, Center for Learning
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 1593080115 (1-59308-011-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Silas Marnerby George ElliotISBN 1591940486 (1-59194-048-6)
Softcover, Townsend Pr
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloeby George EliotISBN 1421808285 (1-4218-0828-5)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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Softcover, Prestwick House Inc - Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe: ISBN 1562650211 (1-56265-021-1)
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Speaking With the Angelby Nick HornbyISBN 1573228583 (1-57322-858-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speaking With the Angel'Book summary:There are lots of reasons to buy Speaking with the Angel, an anthology of first-person narratives by bright, young, mostly British literati: these are smart and original stories, none of them previously published elsewhere. What's more, it's for a good cause. Nick Hornby, editor of the collection and author of one of the pieces, has an autistic son, and in a raw and wrenching introduction he stresses the importance of educational institutions to serve such children, who "have no language, and no particular compulsion to acquire it, who are born without the need to explore the world." Accordingly, a portion of each sale benefits autism charities around the world.
Still, this is a collection that stands on its own merits, and requires no act of charity to purchase. In Roddy Doyle's "The Slave," for example, a 42-year-old family man discovers a dead rat on his kitchen floor, and this unwelcome incursion from the natural world plunges him into a midlife crisis. In "Last Requests," Giles Smith introduces us to a prison cook who specializes in, well, last suppers. It's both hilarious and shocking to encounter this egomaniacal chef on the job:
They can have what they like, within reason, up to a maximum of three courses, with coffee or tea and a piece of confectionary or a biscuit if they want it. No alcohol, for obvious reasons. Obviously, you'll get the jokers, like the one who said he wanted a whole roast pig with an apple in its mouth. Or the governor's head, one of them said he wanted.
Elsewhere, in Hornby's own "NippleJesus," a skinhead bouncer becomes a museum guard and falls for the painting he's charged to protect, a crucifixion collage made up of thousands of tiny breasts cut out of porn magazines. The stories in Speaking with the Angel all feel up to the minute, abounding with references to politics and popular culture. Yet the obscenity and slang ultimately amount to a form of bluster, an acknowledgement of the intrinsic fragility that all 12 of these narrators share. --Victoria Jenkins [via]More editions of Speaking With the Angel:
Summerby Edith WhartonISBN 1566196787 (1-56619-678-7)
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, Sarah E. MaierISBN 1551110660 (1-55111-066-0)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Things They Carriedby Tim O'Brien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586638270 (1-58663-827-0)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 1587264005 (1-58726-400-5)
Hardcover, Ann Arbor Media Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'Book summary:Uncle Tom's Cabin is an American classic written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe was appalled by slavery, and she took one of the few options open to nineteenth-century women who wanted to affect public opinion: she wrote a novel, a huge, enthralling narrative that claimed the heart, soul, and politics of pre-Civil War Americans. An overtly moralistic work of unabashed propaganda, it is an attempt to make whites North and South see slaves as mothers, fathers, and children as human beings. Her basic question remains penetrating even today: Is man ever a creature to be trusted with wholly irresponsible power? Uncle Tom's Cabin is an American classic that every American should read. [via]
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The Vaudevillesby Jean Claude Van Itallie, Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 1557831629 (1-55783-162-9)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David Thoreau, Terry Tempest WilliamsISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
Hardcover, Shambhala Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden; Or, Life in the Woods'Book summary:In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, his most important work, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. Since its first publication on August 9, 1854, by Ticknor and Fields, the work has become a classic, beloved for its message of living simply and in harmony with nature.
This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods:
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We Were the Mulvaneysby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 1586638564 (1-58663-856-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Were the Mulvaneys'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 2001: A happy family, the Mulvaneys. After decades of marriage, Mom and Dad are still in love--and the proud parents of a brood of youngsters that includes a star athlete, a class valedictorian, and a popular cheerleader. Home is an idyllic place called High Point Farm. And the bonds of attachment within this all-American clan do seem both deep and unconditional: "Mom paused again, drawing in her breath sharply, her eyes suffused with a special lustre, gazing upon her family one by one, with what crazy unbounded love she gazed upon us, and at such a moment my heart would contract as if this woman who was my mother had slipped her fingers inside my rib cage to contain it, as you might hold a wild, thrashing bird to comfort it."
But as we all know, Eden can't last forever. And in the hands of Joyce Carol Oates, who's chronicled just about every variety of familial dysfunction, you know the fall from grace is going to be a doozy. By the time all is said and done, a rape occurs, a daughter is exiled, much alcohol is consumed, and the farm is lost. Even to recount these events in retrospect is a trial for the Mulvaney offspring, one of whom declares: "When I say this is a hard reckoning I mean it's been like squeezing thick drops of blood from my veins." In the hands of a lesser writer, this could be the stuff of a bad television movie. But this is Oates's 26th novel, and by now she knows her material and her craft to perfection. We Were the Mulvaneys is populated with such richly observed and complex characters that we can't help but care about them, even as we wait for disaster to strike them down. --Anita Urquhart [via]
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Wide Sargasso Seaby Jean Rhys, Charlotte BronteISBN 1568497296 (1-56849-729-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide Sargasso Sea'Book summary:In 1966 Jean Rhys reemerged after a long silence with a novel called Wide Sargasso Sea. Rhys had enjoyed minor literary success in the 1920s and '30s with a series of evocative novels featuring women protagonists adrift in Europe, verging on poverty, hoping to be saved by men. By the '40s, however, her work was out of fashion, too sad for a world at war. And Rhys herself was often too sad for the world--she was suicidal, alcoholic, troubled by a vast loneliness. She was also a great writer, despite her powerful self-destructive impulses.
Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress who grew up in the West Indies on a decaying plantation. When she comes of age she is married off to an Englishman, and he takes her away from the only place she has known--a house with a garden where "the paths were overgrown and a smell of dead flowers mixed with the fresh living smell. Underneath the tree ferns, tall as forest tree ferns, the light was green. Orchids flourished out of reach or for some reason not to be touched."
The novel is Rhys's answer to Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë's book had long haunted her, mostly for the story it did not tell--that of the madwoman in the attic, Rochester's terrible secret. Antoinette is Rhys's imagining of that locked-up woman, who in the end burns up the house and herself. Wide Sargasso Sea follows her voyage into the dark, both from her point of view and Rochester's. It is a voyage charged with soul-destroying lust. "I watched her die many times," observes the new husband. "In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the long afternoons when the house was empty."
Rhys struggled over the book, enduring rejections and revisions, wrestling to bring this ruined woman out of the ashes. The slim volume was finally published when she was 70 years old. The critical adulation that followed, she said, "has come too late." Jean Rhys died a few years later, but with Wide Sargasso Sea she left behind a great legacy, a work of strange, scary loveliness. There has not been a book like it before or since. Believe me, I've been searching. --Emily White [via]
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Harrius Potter Et Philosophi Lapis / Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneby J. K. RowlingISBN 1582348251 (1-58234-825-1)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury USA
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El Paraiso Perdido / Paradise Lostby John MiltonISBN 1583487735 (1-58348-773-5)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Paraiso Perdido / Paradise Lost'Book summary:El Paraíso Perdido es la obra de toda una vida dedicada a la literatura, como se desprende del paralelismo de algunas partes de la misma con otros escritos de John Milton (1608-1667). Dedicado a la política durante un tiempo de la mano de Oliveiro Cromwell, Milton reúne en su literatura todo el enriquecimiento que le aportan los distintos escenarios de su vida diplomática. Junta a ello su obra irradia el convencimiento pleno en la religión cristiana heredada del mensaje de su padre, un convencido católico ex protestante. Esta segunda parte la desarrola plenamente en este poema bíblico religioso de reminiscencias dantescas. [via]
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Harri Potter a Maen Yr Athronydd / Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneby J. K. RowlingISBN 1582348278 (1-58234-827-8)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harri Potter a Maen Yr Athronydd / Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'Book summary:J. K. Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names. Jo always loved writing more than anything and in 1996, one year after she finished it, Bloomsbury bought her first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[via]More editions of Harri Potter a Maen Yr Athronydd / Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Ancient Greek Editionby J. K. RowlingISBN 158234826X (1-58234-826-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury USA
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