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1916by Morgan LlywelynISBN 031286101X (0-312-86101-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '1916'Book summary:Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, Brian Boru emerged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this story is rich in truth and legend -- in which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled.
"A royal read ... without a misstep and with touching beauty". -- The Washington Post
"A rousing story...something to enjoy on a cold night by the fireplace with your goblet of mead or strong ale". -- Boston Sunday Globe
"Rich panoramic ... one of the most exciting periods of Irish history". -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A spellbinding tale that evokes Ireland's misty hills and tumultuous history with style and passion". -- Library Journal [via]
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Ancient Eveningsby Norman MailerISBN 0446357693 (0-446-35769-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Beacon at Alexandriaby Gillian BradshawISBN 1569470103 (1-56947-010-3)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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Beware, Princess Elizabethby Carolyn MeyerISBN 0152045562 (0-15-204556-2)
Softcover, Gulliver Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beware, Princess Elizabeth'Book summary:Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure?[via]
Elizabeth Tudor's teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly those of a fairy-tale princess. Her mother has been beheaded by Elizabeth's own father, Henry VIII; her jealous half sister, Mary, has her locked away in the Tower of London; and her only love interest betrays her in his own quest for the throne.
Told in the voice of the young Elizabeth and ending when she is crowned queen, this second novel in the exciting series explores the relationship between two sisters who became mortal enemies. Carolyn Meyer has written an intriguing historical tale that reveals the deep-seated rivalry between a determined girl who became one of England's most powerful monarchs and the sister who tried everything to stop her.More editions of Beware, Princess Elizabeth:
Brother Cadfael's Penanceby Ellis PetersISBN 0446404535 (0-446-40453-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Color Purpleby Alice WalkerISBN 1568496281 (1-56849-628-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 8420676330 (84-206-7633-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heights'Book summary:This series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of classic works of literature from all over the world encompasses a variety of periods, themes, and authors.
Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos por estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Se representa una variedad de épocas, temas, y autores. [via]
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- Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heights: ISBN 8401909112 (84-01-90911-2)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns - Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heights: ISBN 8484034526 (84-8403-452-6)
Hardcover, Edimat Libros - Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heights: ISBN 8420676330 (84-206-7633-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
- Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heights: ISBN 8401909112 (84-01-90911-2)
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A Dying Light in Cordubaby Lindsey DavisISBN 0446606804 (0-446-60680-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dying Light in Corduba'Book summary:Marcus Didius Falco is ready to make new contacts and start a new career, and a dinner for the Society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica seems like the perfect opportunity. But when two dinner guests are found beaten--one dead--Falco knows he cannot rest until he solves at least one more mystery. [via]
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Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heightsby Patsy StonemanISBN 1840460210 (1-84046-021-0)
Hardcover, Icon
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Provides a route through the profusion of critical writing on "Wuthering Heights". After a chapter on 19th century responses, the guide links together a selection of extracts demonstrating the major critical developments of the 20th century, from humanism through formalism to deconstruction. [via]
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English Passengersby Matthew KnealeISBN 038549744X (0-385-49744-X)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English Passengers'Book summary:Christopher Columbus was looking for a passage to India when he ran full-tilt boogie into the Americas. One of the narrators of Matthew Kneale's ambitious historical novel English Passengers has more modest aspirations: Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley wants only to smuggle a little tobacco, brandy, and French pornography from the Isle of Mann to a secluded beach in England. Yet somehow in the process, he and his crew end up weighing anchor for Australia. Worse, they're forced to carry three temperamental Englishmen bound for Tasmania on a mission to discover the exact location of the Garden of Eden. The year is 1857, and the study of geology is beginning to make serious inroads into areas of religious doctrine. When the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson runs across a scientific treatise that puts the age of Silurian limestone somewhere in the neighborhood of a hundred thousand years, he is scandalized: "This was despite the fact that the Bible tells, and with great clarity, that the earth was created a mere six thousand years ago." His many attempts to prove the Bible's accuracy lead, eventually, to a scientific expedition comprising himself, Timothy Renshaw, a dilettante botanist, and Dr. Thomas Potter.
Now jump back 30 years, to 1828, when a revolution of sorts is stirring on the island of Tasmania. Over the years, white settlers have been encroaching on aboriginal land and relations have deteriorated into violence. At the heart of the action is Peevay, a young half-breed abandoned by his aborigine mother, who had been kidnapped and raped by a white escaped convict. Now his vengeful mother is leading a war against the whites, and Peevay, desperate to win her love, has joined her. Chapters from the past narrated by Peevay and augmented by letters and dispatches from white settlers alternate with the sections told by Kewley, Wilson, Renshaw, and Potter. Eventually, of course, the two time lines intersect with momentous results.
War, mutiny, shipwreck, and not a little farce make English Passengers a gripping read, but it is Matthew Kneale's literary ventriloquism that renders it remarkable. In a novel with so many different points of view, the individuality of each voice stands out. There is, for instance, the mutinous Dr. Potter, whose descent into paranoia and egomania results in diary entries reminiscent of a 19th-century psychotic Bridget Jones: "Manxmen = treacherous even to v. last. Self heard Brew (lashed to mainmast as per usual) instructing helmsman to steer N.N.W. When self questioned he re. this he claiming we = carried into Bay of Biscay by difficult sea currents + must set course to avoid Breton Peninsular. He pointing to distant point of land to N.N.E. claiming this = Brittany. Self = doubtful." But perhaps the most compelling voice in English Passengers belongs to Peevay, who paints a vivid picture of aboriginal life in a foreign tongue he nonetheless makes his own:
When we sat so in the dark, after our eating, Tartoyen told us stories--secret stories that I will not say even now--about the moon and sun, and how everyone got made, from men and wallaby to seal and kangaroo rat and so. Also he told who was in those rocks and mountains and stars, and how they went there. Until, by and by, I could hear stories as we walked across the world, and divine how it got so, till I knew the world as if he was some family fellow of mine.
By the close of this epic tale, the world Peevay had known is gone forever and the lives of the Manx sailors and English passengers have been irrevocably changed. Based on real events in Tasmanian history, Matthew Kneale's novel delivers a home truth about Australia's brutal colonial past, even as it conveys the wonder and allure of the age of exploration. --Alix Wilber [via] 
The Eye in the Doorby Pat BarkerISBN 156895350X (1-56895-350-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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From Hellby Alan MooreISBN 1880325071 (1-880325-07-1)
Softcover, Borderlands Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Hell'Book summary:The mad, shaggy genius of the comics world dips deeply into the well of history and pulls up a cup filled with blood in From Hell. Alan Moore did a couple of Ph.D.'s worth of research into the Whitechapel murders for this copiously annotated collection of the independently published series. The web of facts, opinion, hearsay, and imaginative invention draws the reader in from the first page. Eddie Campbell's scratchy ink drawings evoke a dark and dirty Victorian London and help to humanize characters that have been caricatured into obscurity for decades. Moore, having decided that the evidence best fits the theory of a Masonic conspiracy to cover up a scandal involving Victoria's grandson, goes to work telling the story with relish from the point of view of the victims, the chief inspector, and the killer--the Queen's physician. His characterization is just as vibrant as Campbell's; even the minor characters feel fully real. Looking more deeply than most, the author finds in the "great work" of the Ripper a ritual magic working intended to give birth to the 20th century in all its horrid glory. Maps, characters, and settings are all as accurate as possible, and while the reader might not ultimately agree with Moore and Campbell's thesis, From Hell is still a great work of literature. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Heretic's Apprenticeby Ellis PetersISBN 0446400009 (0-446-40000-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heretic's Apprentice'Book summary:Edgar Award-winner from the Mystery Writers of America and Silver Dagger Award-winer from the British Crime Writers Association, Ellis Peters presents the 16th chronicle of the bestselling medieval mystery series featuring Brother Cadfael. Ellis Peters' books are #1 bestsellers in England, and the Brother Cadfael mysteries have sold over a million copies there. [via]
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The Journeyerby Gary JenningsISBN 0380696096 (0-380-69609-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Judgment Of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Romeby Steven SaylorISBN 0312932979 (0-312-93297-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Judgment Of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome'Book summary:In 48 B.C., Roman generals Caesar and Pompey have long engaged in a battle to rule the world. Now, as Pompey plots a reckless stand on the banks of the Nile, Gordianus the Finder-who has brought his wife Bethesda to the river seeking a cure for her in its sacred waters-finds himself suddenly at the heart of a series of treacherous and history-altering events.[via]
While Caesar and Cleopatra embark on a legendary romance, Egypt remains ravaged by the brutal contest between the Queen and her brother King Ptolemy. Worst of all for Gordianus, his once-disowned son and Caesar's right-hand man, stands falsely accused of murder. Caesar's judgment will decide Meto's fate, and it is up to Gordianus to somehow overcome colossal malevolent forces to reveal the carefully obscured truth and spare his son's life.More editions of The Judgment Of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome:
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1853261173 (1-85326-117-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Set in Scotland after the Jacobite rebellion, young David Balfour leaves home and goes to the sinister House of Shaws. There, he finds himself kidnapped, the victim of his uncle's plot to cheat him of his inheritance, aboard a ship bound for America. He teams up with the Jacobite loyalist and spy, Alan Breck and they take on the ship's crew in a courageous battle but are soon shipwrecked. Later, they find themselves suspected of the murder of 'Red Fox', a notorious enemy of the Jacobeans. They flee across the Highlands in a perilous journey back to David's home where he finally claims his inheritance. First serialised in Young Folks magazine in 1886, and issued as a book later that year, Kidnapped provided much of the inspiration for John Buchan's The Thirty Nine Steps and a generation of subsequent thrillers. [via]
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- Kidnapped: ISBN 1582011672 (1-58201-167-2)
Hardcover, Classic Books - Kidnapped: ISBN 1851497080 (1-85149-708-0)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd - Kidnapped: ISBN 1561382620 (1-56138-262-0)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub - Kidnapped: ISBN 1577656903 (1-57765-690-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Kidnapped: ISBN 3895082570 (3-89508-257-0)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft - Kidnapped: ISBN 1853261173 (1-85326-117-3)
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- Kidnapped: ISBN 1582011672 (1-58201-167-2)
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Kristin Lavransdatterby Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally, Brad LeithauserISBN 0143039164 (0-14-303916-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kristin Lavransdatter'Book summary:"The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years."
-- Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs
"As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today." -- Montreal Star
"Sigrid Undset's trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously... than any novel since Dostoievsky's Brothers Karamazov. It is also very probably the noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life." -- Commonweal
"No other novelist, past or present, has bodied forth the medieval world with such richness and fullness of indisputable genius.... One of the finest minds in European literature."
-- New York Herald Tribune
"This trilogy is the first great story founded upon the normal events of a normal woman's existence. It is as great and as rich, as simple and as profound, as such a story should be."
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Master of All Desiresby Judith M. RileyISBN 0140296530 (0-14-029653-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Master of All Desires'Book summary:Fans of Antonia Fraser and Margaret George will love this witty, intelligent page-turner from Judith Merkle Riley. The year is 1556 and the setting is Paris--capital city to a country on the brink of civil war. Catherine de Medici is queen, and her astrologer, the prophet Nostradamus, has divined the secret evil of the Undying Head of Menander, the Master of All Desires. The Queen wants to use Menander to get rid of the king's mistress, and a spirited young poet named Sibille Artaud de la Roque is tempted by Menander to obtain all her desires. But only Nostradamus knows that evil befalls all who wish upon this accursed object. Can he stop these determined women before they unwittingly destroy the entire kingdom of France?
" Voted one of the Best Books of the Year by Library Journal [via]More editions of Master of All Desires:
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Monk's Hoodby Ellis PetersISBN 0446403008 (0-446-40300-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monk's Hood'Book summary:A reissue of the third chronicle of Brother Cadfael. [via]
Morality Playby Barry UnsworthISBN 0393315606 (0-393-31560-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Nonesuchby Georgette HeyerISBN 0373834446 (0-373-83444-6)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nonesuch'Book summary:Sir Waldo Hawkridge, wealthy, handsome, eligible, and known as The Nonesuch for his athletic prowess, believes he is past the age of falling in love.
From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]More editions of The Nonesuch:
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 1853262390 (1-85326-239-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orlando: A Biography'Book summary:A young man at the court of Queen Elizabeth I transforms, over the centuries, into a woman in the bustle and diversion of the 1920s. [via]
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Out Of The Dustby Karen HesseISBN 0439771277 (0-439-77127-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Out Of The Dust'Book summary:Like the Oklahoma dust bowl from which she came, 14-year-old narrator Billie Jo writes in sparse, free-floating verse. In this compelling, immediate journal, Billie Jo reveals the grim domestic realities of living during the years of constant dust storms: That hopes--like the crops--blow away in the night like skittering tumbleweeds. That trucks, tractors, even Billie Jo's beloved piano, can suddenly be buried beneath drifts of dust. Perhaps swallowing all that grit is what gives Billie Jo--our strong, endearing, rough-cut heroine--the stoic courage to face the death of her mother after a hideous accident that also leaves her piano-playing hands in pain and permanently scarred.
Meanwhile, Billie Jo's silent, windblown father is literally decaying with grief and skin cancer before her very eyes. When she decides to flee the lingering ghosts and dust of her homestead and jump a train west, she discovers a simple but profound truth about herself and her plight. There are no tight, sentimental endings here--just a steady ember of hope that brightens Karen Hesse's exquisitely written and mournful tale. Hesse won the 1998 Newbery Award for this elegantly crafted, gut-wrenching novel, and her fans won't want to miss The Music of Dolphins or Letters from Rifka. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austenby Jane Austen, R.W. ChapmanISBN 0192547011 (0-19-254701-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen:
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The Partnershipby Barry UnsworthISBN 0393321479 (0-393-32147-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Partnership'Book summary:Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth's first novel, published for the first time in the United States.
Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the partnership; he thinks up the ideas and designs and has pretensions to even greater artistry in his cherub lamps and fixtures. Moss, the seemingly quiet one who supplied the capital for the venture, manufactures them. Barry Unsworth sets his scene magnificentlya Cornish village, Lanruan, thriving on specious tourism, and its local characters: Graham, the primitive painter; Bailey, the loud-mouthed Northerner who comes to Lanruan to make his fortune; Barbara, the nearest thing the village possesses to a bad girl; and above all Gwendoline, who, inadvertently, begins the rift in the partnership between Foley and Moss. The Partnership is a disquieting, darkly funny tale about hidden desires and the unspoken attachments we have for one another. [via]More editions of The Partnership:
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Poseidon's Goldby Lindsey DavisISBN 0345380258 (0-345-38025-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poseidon's Gold'Book summary:"GREAT STUFF...A classic hard-boiled, smart-mouth detective who happens to work in ancient Rome."
--Molly Ivins
Los Angeles Daily News
After six months in wild Germania, imperial gumshoe Marcus Didius Falco is back in Rome sweet Rome. But his apartment has been ransacked. And although he desperately needs 400,000 sesterces in order to marry his aristocratic love, Helena, his only client is his mother, who insists that he find out whether the scandalous claims against his dead brother, Festus, are true.
Then the chief tarnisher of Festus's good name is murdered, and Marcus becomes the prime suspect. Someone is definitely fiddling with the scales of justice. The more Marcus hunts for the thread that will lead him out of this doom-laden labyrinth of misery and mystery, the less his life is worth. Except, as seems likely, as a meal for the Emperor's hungry lions...
"AN INTRIGUING TALE...COMPULSIVE READING."
--Roanoke Times & World-News
"A VIVIDLY REALIZED IMPERIAL ROME--NOISY, DENSE AND DANGEROUS."
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The Prince and the Pauperby Mark TwainISBN 1582183384 (1-58218-338-4)
Softcover, Digital Scanning Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince and the Pauper'Book summary:[via]The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain, 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:When Mark Twains The Prince and the Pauper was published in 1881, the Atlanta Constitution sang its praises in no uncertain terms: The book comes upon the reading public in the shape of a revelation. A timeless tale of switched identities, Twains story revolves around the miserably poor Tom Canty of Offal Court, who is lucky enough to trade his rags for the gilded robes of Englands prince, Edward Tudor. As each boy is mistaken for the other, Tom enters a realm of privilege and pleasure beyond his most delirious dreams, while Edward plunges into a cruel, dangerous world of beggars and thieves, cutthroats and killers. Befriended by the heroic Miles Hendon, Edward struggles to survive on the squalid streets of London, in the process learning about the underside of life in Merry England.
With its mixing of high adventure, raucous comedy, and scathing social criticism, presented in a hilarious faux-sixteenth-century vernacular that only Mark Twain could fashion, The Prince and the Pauper remains one of this incomparable humorists most popular and oft-dramatized tales.Robert Tine is the author of six novels, including State of Grace and Black Market. He has written for a variety of periodicals and magazines, from the New York Times to Newsweek.More editions of The Prince and the Pauper:
- The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 1593082185 (1-59308-218-5)
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Hardcover, Digital Scanning Inc - The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 1578400120 (1-57840-012-0)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 1853261475 (1-85326-147-5)
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The Prince and the Pauperby Samuel L. ClemensISBN 1561563110 (1-56156-311-0)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks
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The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Agesby Mark TwainISBN 159818444X (1-59818-444-X)
Hardcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages'Book summary:Twain's story has been adapted and, er, borrowed from so often and so freely that you're probably familiar with it even if you've never read of it: a prince of sixteenth-century England meets his double in the slums of London. The two swap clothes -- and lives. Complications ensue. Tom Canty, the urchin, learns how luxury and power can become the death of a man, while his doppleganger roams his kingdom, learning first hand of the cruelty of the Tudor monarchy. . . .
"Twain was . . . enough of a genius to build his morality into his books, with humor and wit and -- in the case of The Prince and the Pauper -- wonderful plotting."
-- E.L. Doctorow [via]
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Qby Shaun Whiteside, Luther BlissettISBN 0151010633 (0-15-101063-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Q'Book summary:Something of a publishing sensation elsewhere in Europe, Q is a convoluted historical thriller by a consortium of young pseudonymous authors, who, it has to be said, are a little too in love with their own cleverness. Q is the working name of a papal spy trying to keep a lid on the Reformation, particularly on the Anabaptist radicalism which is its form most dangerous to the social order, and for decades he watches, and occasionally gets in close and betrays. The man sometimes known as Gert is his opposite--all the more so because he hardly knows of Q's existence--the idealist who is caught up in the same events: Luther's sermons, the rise and fall of Thomas Muntzer, the disastrous People's Republic of Munster.
Parallels are being struck all over the place with radicalism in the 20th century--part of what makes Gert a memorable voice is a combination of zeal, pragmatism and survival instinct that keeps him one step ahead of the Inquisitors for 30 years and enables him to, for example, do serious damage to the Holy Roman Emperor's favourite bankers. In the end, Gert and Q are left with more in common than the past they share--the rules are changing and the board is being cleared, and there is time for one last crucial intervention... This is ingeniously plotted, and full of vividly realised scenes of 16th century life; if it has a fault, it is that we live through every day of three tumultuous decades, every sermon and theological treatise, in exhausting detail. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Qby Luther BlissettISBN 0156031965 (0-15-603196-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Q'Book summary:Something of a publishing sensation elsewhere in Europe, Q is a convoluted historical thriller by a consortium of young pseudonymous authors, who, it has to be said, are a little too in love with their own cleverness. Q is the working name of a papal spy trying to keep a lid on the Reformation, particularly on the Anabaptist radicalism which is its form most dangerous to the social order, and for decades he watches, and occasionally gets in close and betrays. The man sometimes known as Gert is his opposite--all the more so because he hardly knows of Q's existence--the idealist who is caught up in the same events: Luther's sermons, the rise and fall of Thomas Muntzer, the disastrous People's Republic of Munster.
Parallels are being struck all over the place with radicalism in the 20th century--part of what makes Gert a memorable voice is a combination of zeal, pragmatism and survival instinct that keeps him one step ahead of the Inquisitors for 30 years and enables him to, for example, do serious damage to the Holy Roman Emperor's favourite bankers. In the end, Gert and Q are left with more in common than the past they share--the rules are changing and the board is being cleared, and there is time for one last crucial intervention... This is ingeniously plotted, and full of vividly realised scenes of 16th century life; if it has a fault, it is that we live through every day of three tumultuous decades, every sermon and theological treatise, in exhausting detail. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Sagaby Edward RutherfurdISBN 0345472365 (0-345-47236-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga'Book summary:The reigning master of grand historical fiction returns with the stirring conclusion to his bestselling Dublin Saga.
The Princes of Ireland, the first volume of Edward Rutherfurds magisterial epic of Irish history, ended with the disastrous Irish revolt of 1534 and the disappearance of the sacred Staff of Saint Patrick. The Rebels of Ireland opens with an Ireland transformed; plantation, the final step in the centuries-long English conquest of Ireland, is the order of the day, and the subjugation of the native Irish Catholic population has begun in earnest.
Edward Rutherfurd brings history to life through the tales of families whose fates rise and fall in each generation: Brothers who must choose between fidelity to their ancient faith or the security of their families; a wife whose passion for a charismatic Irish chieftain threatens her comfortable marriage to a prosperous merchant; a young scholar whose secret rebel sympathies are put to the test; men who risk their lives and their childrens fortunes in the tragic pursuit of freedom, and those determined to root them out forever. Rutherfurd spins the saga of Irelands 400-year path to independence in all its drama, tragedy, and glory through the stories of people from all strata of society--Protestant and Catholic, rich and poor, conniving and heroic.
His richly detailed narrative brings to life watershed moments and events, from the time of plantation settlements to the Flight of the Earls, when the native aristocracy fled the island, to Cromwells suppression of the population and the imposition of the harsh anti-Catholic penal laws. He describes the hardships of ordinary people and the romantic, doomed attempt to overthrow the Protestant oppressors, which ended in defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and the departure of the Wild Geese. In vivid tones Rutherfurd re-creates Grattans Parliament, Wolfe Tone's attempted French invasion of 1798, the tragic rising of Robert Emmet, the Catholic campaign of Daniel OConnell, the catastrophic famine, the mass migration to America, and the glorious Irish Renaissance of Yeats and Joyce. And through the eyes of his characters, he captures the rise of Charles Stewart Parnell and the great Irish nationalists and the birth of an Ireland free of all ties to England.
A tale of fierce battles, hot-blooded romances, and family and political intrigues, The Rebels of Ireland brings the story begun in The Princes of Ireland to a stunning conclusion. [via]More editions of The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga:
The Seekersby John JakesISBN 0451212495 (0-451-21249-5)
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane Austen, Linda JenningsISBN 0140378502 (0-14-037850-2)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
- Sense And Sensibility: ISBN 0141439661 (0-14-143966-1)
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Sprig Muslinby Georgette HeyerISBN 0373836244 (0-373-83624-4)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sprig Muslin'Book summary:One mischievous girt on a mission . . .
Sir Gareth Ludlow was a sought-after bachelor in London high society -- wealthy, noble, handsome . . . and brokenhearted since the death of his true love many years ago. Resigned to remarry, Sir Gareth solicits the hand of a woman he respects and admires -- Lady Hester Theale. But fate takes an impish turn when, on his way to ask for Lady Hester, Sir Gareth encounters a saucy young lady who identifies herself as "Amanda Smith."
Amanda is alone and unchaperoned, and her imaginative tales take on a life of their own, sweeping up Sir Gareth, Lady Hester and several other hapless victims in a series of unexpected adventures. And no one, especially Sir Gareth, will ever be the same again . . . [via]
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Suite Francaiseby Irene NemirovskyISBN 207033676X (2-07-033676-X)
Softcover, Gallimard
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Sylvesterby Georgette HeyerISBN 0434328294 (0-434-32829-4)
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Sylvester or the Wicked Uncleby Georgette HeyerISBN 0061002577 (0-06-100257-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Sylvester, the Duke of Salford, is a polished bachelor who has stringent requirements for his future wife -- she must be well-born, intelligent, elegant and attractive. And of course she must be able to present herself well in high society. But when he is encouraged to consider Phoebe Marlow as a bride, Sylvester is taken aback by the coltish woman who seems to resent him . . .
When Phoebe runs away, circumstances find the two striking up an unusual friendship. Phoebe discovers that the duke isn't the villian she first thought. And Sylvester stumbles upon something he never dared hope for . . . [via]
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Two for the Lionsby Lindsey DavisISBN 0446609021 (0-446-60902-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Unknown Ajaxby Georgette HeyerISBN 0061004456 (0-06-100445-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unknown Ajax'Book summary:The family of the irascible Lord Darracott are unprepared for the arrival of the weavers brat and heir apparent to Darracott Place. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 1566193087 (1-56619-308-7)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, 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.Emily Brontës only novel, Wuthering Heights remains one of literatures most disturbing explorations into the dark side of romantic passion. Heathcliff and Cathy believe theyre destined to love each other forever, but when cruelty and snobbery separate them, their untamed emotions literally consume them.
Set amid the wild and stormy Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights, an unpolished and devastating epic of childhood playmates who grow into soul mates, is widely regarded as the most original tale of thwarted desire and heartbreak in the English language.Daphne Merkin is the author of a novel, Enchantment, which won the Edward Lewis Wallant award for best new work of American-Jewish fiction, and an essay collection, Dreaming of Hitler. She has written essays and reviews for publications that include American Scholar, the New York Times, where she is a regular contributor to the Book Review, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Elle, and Vogue.[via]More editions of Wuthering Heights:
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Cumbres Borrascosasby Emily BrontëISBN 8497644743 (84-9764-474-3)
Softcover, Edimat Libros, S. A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cumbres Borrascosas'Book summary:For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays.[via]Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.More editions of Cumbres Borrascosas:
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Cumbres Borrascosas / Wuthering Heightsby Lion FeuchtwangerISBN 842066605X (84-206-6605-X)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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El Egiptologo/the Scientist of Egyptby Arthur PhillipsISBN 8432296546 (84-322-9654-6)
Softcover, Seix Barral
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Egiptologo/the Scientist of Egypt'Book summary:Cuando en los años veinte Howard Carter descubre la tumba de Tutankamon, el más asombroso hallazgo de la historia de la arquelogía, el egiptólogo Ralph Trilipush se juega su reputación profesional y la fortuna de su prometida en su obsesión por encontrar el enterramiento de un faraón apócrifo basándose en un jeroglífico pornográfico. Mientras, un implacable detective australiano llamado Harold Ferrell se enfrenta al caso de su carrera y recorre el globo en busca de un asesino. Y de otro. Y probablemente de otro más. Esta inquietante, divertida, y laberíntica novela se inicia en las llanuras del desierto egipcio en 1922 y serpentea por los tugurios de Australia o los salones de baile de Boston, pasando por Oxford o los campos de batalla de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Y su mejor baza es que las dos tramas principales, aparentemente inconexas y rebosantes de intriga, confluyen en un final tan inevitable como sorprendente. [via]
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Emperador. La Muerte De Los Reyesby Conn IgguldenISBN 8476696558 (84-7669-655-8)
Hardcover, Oceano De Mexico
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Sally Y La Princesa De Hojalata/the Tin Princessby Philip Pullman, ISABEL DE MIGUELISBN 8495618524 (84-95618-52-4)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano
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Suite Francesaby Irene NemirovskyISBN 8478889825 (84-7888-982-5)
Softcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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La Reine Margotby Alexandre Dumas, Claude SchoppISBN 2221064550 (2-221-06455-0)
Hardcover, R. Laffont
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Suite Francaiseby Irene NemirovskyISBN 2207256456 (2-207-25645-6)
Hardcover, Denoel
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Suite Francaise'Book summary:434pages. in8. broché jaquette. Ecrit dans le feu de l'Histoire, Suite fran?se d?int presque en direct l'Exode de juin 1940, qui brassa dans un d?rdre tragique des familles fran?ses de toute sorte, des plus hupp? aux plus modestes. Avec bonheur, Ir? N?rovsky traque les innombrables petites l?et?et les fragiles ?ns de solidarit?'une population en d?ute. Cocottes largu? par leur amant, grands bourgeois d?? par la populace, bless?abandonn?dans des fermes engorgent les routes de France bombard? au hasard. Peu ?eu l'ennemi prend possession d'un pays inerte et apeur? Comme tant d'autres, le village de Bussy est pays alors contraint d'accueillir des troupes allemandes. Exacerb? par la pr?nce de l'occupant, les tensions sociales et frustrations des habitants se r?illent. Roman bouleversant, intimiste, implacable, d?ilant avec une extraordinaire lucidit?'? de chaque Fran?s pendant l'Occupation (enrichi des notes et de la correspondance d'Ir? N?rovsky), Suite fran?se ressuscite d'une plume brillante et intuitive un pan ?if de notre m?ire. [via]
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