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Bard, the Odyssey of the Irishby Morgan LlywelynISBN 0812585151 (0-8125-8515-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Bath Tangleby Georgette HeyerISBN 1560549491 (1-56054-949-1)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Black Mothby Georgette HeyerISBN 0848810511 (0-8488-1051-1)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Blind Assassinby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0747549370 (0-7475-4937-0)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blind Assassin'Book summary:"It's loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward," writes Margaret Atwood, towards the end of her impressive and complex new novel, The Blind Assassin. It's a melancholic account of why writers write--and readers read--and one that frames the different lives told through this book. The Blind Assassin is (at least) two novels. At the end of her life, Iris Griffen takes up her pen to record the secret history of her family, the romantic melodrama of its decline and fall between the two World Wars. Conjuring a world of prosperity and misery, marriage and loneliness, the central enigma of Iris's tale is the death of her sister, Laura Chase, who "drove a car off a bridge" at the end of the Second World War. Suicide or accident? The story gradually unfolds, interspersed with sketches of Iris's present-day life--confined by age and ill-health--and a second novel, The Blind Assassin by Laura Chase. Allowing a glimpse into a clandestine love affair between a privileged young woman and a radical "agitator" on the run, this version of The Blind Assassin is an overt act of seduction: the exchange of sex and story about an imaginary world of Sakiel-Norn (a play with the potential, and convention, of fantasy and sci-fi).
With the intelligence, subtlety and remarkable characterisation associated with Atwood's writing (from her first novel, The Edible Woman through to the best-selling Alias Grace), these two stories play with one another--sustaining an uncertainty about who has done what to who and why to the very end of this compelling book. --Vicky Lebeau [via]
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The Cayman Islands: The Beach & Beyondby Martha K. SmithISBN 0965034909 (0-9650349-0-9)
Softcover, Cuchipanda Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cayman Islands: The Beach & Beyond'Book summary:From the author of the critically acclaimed "The Handmaid's Tale" comes this 2000 novel-within-a-novel centering on entangled relationships in 1930s-40s Ontario, Canada. [via]
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A Civil Contractby Georgette HeyerISBN 1560541997 (1-56054-199-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Color Purpleby Alice WalkerISBN 0816141428 (0-8161-4142-8)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Confession of Brother Haluinby Ellis PetersISBN 0816148597 (0-8161-4859-7)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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The Egyptologistby Arthur PhillipsISBN 1400062500 (1-4000-6250-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Egyptologist'Book summary:From the bestselling author of Prague comes a witty, inventive, brilliantly constructed novel about an Egyptologist obsessed with finding the tomb of an apocryphal king. This darkly comic labyrinth of a story opens on the desert plains of Egypt in 1922, then winds its way from the slums of Australia to the ballrooms of Boston by way of Oxford, the battlefields of the First World War, and a royal court in turmoil.
Just as Howard Carter unveils the tomb of Tutankhamun, making the most dazzling find in the history of archaeology, Oxford-educated Egyptologist Ralph Trilipush is digging himself into trouble, having staked his professional reputation and his fiancées fortune on a scrap of hieroglyphic pornography. Meanwhile, a relentless Australian detective sets off on the case of his career, spanning the globe in search of a murderer. And another murderer. And possibly another murderer. The confluence of these seemingly separate stories results in an explosive ending, at once inevitable and utterly unpredictable.
Arthur Phillips leads this expedition to its unforgettable climax with all the wit and narrative bravado that made Prague one of the most critically acclaimed novels of 2002. Exploring issues of class, greed, ambition, and the very human hunger for eternal life, this staggering second novel gives us a glimpse of Phillipss range and maturityand is sure to earn him further acclaim as one of the most exciting authors of his generation. [via]More editions of The Egyptologist:
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The Egyptologist: lby Arthur PhillipsISBN 0812972597 (0-8129-7259-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Just as Howard Carter unveils the tomb of Tutankhamun, making the most dazzling find in the history of archaeology, Oxford-educated Egyptologist Ralph Trilipush is digging himself into trouble, having staked his professional reputation and his fiancées fortune on a scrap of hieroglyphic pornography. Meanwhile, a relentless Australian detective sets off on the case of his career, spanning the globe in search of a murderer. And another murderer. And possibly another murderer. The confluence of these seemingly separate stories results in an explosive ending, at once inevitable and utterly unpredictable.
Arthur Phillips leads this expedition to its unforgettable climax with all the wit and narrative bravado that made Prague one of the most critically acclaimed novels of 2002. Exploring issues of class, greed, ambition, and the very human hunger for eternal life, this staggering second novel gives us a glimpse of Phillipss range and maturityand is sure to earn him further acclaim as one of the most exciting authors of his generation.
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Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Frances McCarthyISBN 0812034481 (0-8120-3448-1)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights'Book summary:A guide to reading "Wuthering Heights" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. [via]
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An Excellent Mysteryby Ellis PetersISBN 0786222697 (0-7862-2269-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Excellent Mystery'Book summary:In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war- and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephen has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt and very ill, and Brother Fidelis, youthful, comely- and mute- must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. From the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses that they are bound by something deeper than their common vows. What the link is he can only guess; what it will lead to is beyond imagining. But as Brother Humilis's health fails, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order. [via]
Fin Mac Coolby Morgan LlywelynISBN 0812524012 (0-8125-2401-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Foundlingby Georgette HeyerISBN 1560549521 (1-56054-952-1)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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From Hellby Alan MooreISBN 0878162860 (0-87816-286-0)
Softcover, Kitchen Sink 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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- From Hell: ISBN 0958578346 (0-9585783-4-6)
Softcover, Top Shelf Productions - From Hell: ISBN 0878163603 (0-87816-360-3)
Softcover, Mad Love Pub in association with Kitchen Sink Press, Inc. - From Hell: ISBN 0878164189 (0-87816-418-9)
Softcover, Mad Love Pub in association with Kitchen Sink Press, Inc. - From Hell: ISBN 0878164383 (0-87816-438-3)
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Galileo's Daughterby Dava SobelISBN 0802713432 (0-8027-1343-2)
Hardcover, Walker & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Galileo's Daughter'Book summary:Everyone knows that Galileo Galilei dropped cannonballs off the leaning tower of Pisa, developed the first reliable telescope, and was convicted by the Inquisition for holding a heretical belief--that the earth revolved around the sun. But did you know he had a daughter? In Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel (author of the bestselling Longitude) tells the story of the famous scientist and his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste. Sobel bases her book on 124 surviving letters to the scientist from the nun, whom Galileo described as "a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and tenderly attached to me." Their loving correspondence revealed much about their world: the agonies of the bubonic plague, the hardships of monastic life, even Galileo's occasional forgetfulness ("The little basket, which I sent you recently with several pastries, is not mine, and therefore I wish you to return it to me").
While Galileo tangled with the Church, Maria Celeste--whose adopted name was a tribute to her father's fascination with the heavens--provided moral and emotional support with her frequent letters, approving of his work because she knew the depth of his faith. As Sobel notes, "It is difficult today ... to see the Earth at the center of the Universe. Yet that is where Galileo found it." With her fluid prose and graceful turn of phrase, Sobel breathes life into Galileo, his daughter, and the earth-centered world in which they lived. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Innocentby Posie Graeme-EvansISBN 0743272226 (0-7432-7222-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocent: A Novel'Book summary:The year is 1450, a dangerous time in medieval Britain. Civil unrest is at its peak and the legitimacy of the royal family is suspect. Meanwhile, deep in the forests of western England, a baby is born. Powerful forces plot to kill both mother and child, but somehow the newborn girl survives. Her name is Anne.
Fifteen years later, England emerges into a fragile but hopeful new age, with the charismatic young King Edward IV on the throne. Anne, now a young peasant girl, joins the household of a wealthy London merchant. Her unusual beauty provokes jealousy, lust, and intrigue, but Anne has a special quality that saves her: a vast knowledge of healing herbs. News of her extraordinary gift spreads, and she is called upon to save the ailing queen. Soon after, Anne is moved into the palace, where she finds her destiny with the man who will become the greatest love of her life -- the king himself. [via]
Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1421808552 (1-4218-0855-2)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:SOFTBOUND - GLUED BINDING [via]
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- Kidnapped: ISBN 0785407200 (0-7854-0720-0)
Softcover, Pearson Prentice Hall - Kidnapped: ISBN 0794506593 (0-7945-0659-3)
Softcover, Edc Pub - Kidnapped: ISBN 0804900108 (0-8049-0010-8)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - Kidnapped/Complete and Unabridged: ISBN 0812504739 (0-8125-0473-9)
Softcover, Tor Books - Kidnapped: ISBN 0883017172 (0-88301-717-2)
Softcover, Xs Books - Kidnapped: ISBN 0809567377 (0-8095-6737-7)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr - Kidnapped: ISBN 0862412323 (0-86241-232-3)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd - Kidnapped: ISBN 0816728623 (0-8167-2862-3)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc - Kidnapped: ISBN 086611971X (0-86611-971-X)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - Kidnapped: ISBN 0895772329 (0-89577-232-9)
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Hardcover, 1st World Library
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Long Way from Chicagoby Richard PeckISBN 0803722907 (0-8037-2290-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Meet Samanthaby Susan AdlerISBN 0937295043 (0-937295-04-3)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meet Samantha'Book summary:Samantha Parkington is an orpan who lives with her rich grandmother in 1904. There are many servants in Grandmary's busy, bustling household, but there is no one for Samantha to play with. That's why she's so excited when Nellie moves in next door. Nellie has come to work so that she can send money back to her family in the city. Even though their lives are different, the two girls become good friends. One day Samantha discovers that Jessie, the seamstress, is leaving. No one will tell her why. So she and Nellie plan a secret midnight adventure to find out. [via]
Meet Samantha, an American Girlby Susan S. Adler, Nancy NilesISBN 0937295035 (0-937295-03-5)
Hardcover, Pleasant Co
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Ode to a Bankerby Lindsey DavisISBN 0892967404 (0-89296-740-4)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ode to a Banker'Book summary:Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's clever private informer, passes a hot Roman summer tracking down the killer of a Greek banker and publisher. Was the killer one of Aurelius Chrysippus's stable of writers, dissatisfied with the patron's lack of enthusiasm for his latest opus or resentful about the humiliating terms of his contract? Or was Chrysippus's bloody death connected to financial shenanigans at the Aurelian Bank? Commissioned to investigate the murder by his friend Petronius Longus, Falco finds himself in the middle of a case with clues that may lie in the fragments of a manuscript found at the murder scene--or maybe in the banking records someone seems willing to kill to keep secret. At the same time, Falco's sorting out a thorny family matter concerning his mother and his sister, both of whom seem inordinately fond of an imperial spy Falco has good reason to distrust. And if that's not enough, he's also being taken to the cleaners by the contractors his wife Helena Justina has engaged to renovate their new home.
As usual, Davis brings first century Rome to glorious life, and subtly drives home the striking parallels between ancient and contemporary business, politics, and family life. In the 12th book of in this increasingly popular series, she makes the most of every opportunity for satire and spins a lively yarn guaranteed to make the reader laugh out loud and clamor for more. Fortunately, there's a solid backlist to entertain readers encountering Falco for the first time (One Virgin Too Many, Two for the Lions). --Jane Adams [via]
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One Virgin Too Manyby Lindsey DavisISBN 0892967161 (0-89296-716-1)
Hardcover, Mysterious Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Virgin Too Many'Book summary:Marcus Didius Falco is back in another lively first-century historical mystery. The Roman investigator, informer, and imperial spy's snappy patter, romantic leanings, strong sense of irony, and penchant for getting into interesting situations have won Lindsey Davis a growing number of fans. Flush with his earnings from an African adventure (Two for the Lions), Falco's just been rewarded for his service to the empire with an unusual bit of political patronage: he's been appointed to the largely ceremonial position of Procurator of the Sacred Poultry, meaning he's in charge of the care and feeding of a gaggle of sacred geese. This un-Falco-like upward mobility is an opportunity for Marcus to move his patrician wife, Helena Justina, and their toddler out of a tenement and into a home of their own. As much as Marcus scoffs at middle-class pretensions, he's not above leaving his seedy surroundings and providing his family with some of the finer things, if only to show his in-laws that he can. But when Helena's brother falls over a corpse that disappears before it can be identified, Falco tosses the geese some food and gets busy finding the connection between the dead man and a 6-year-old girl who's in line to be chosen as the new vestal virgin. That leads him into intrigue, danger, and a confrontation with a former vestal virgin that almost costs him his life. Well paced, with good dialogue, excellent plotting, and a cast of terrific characters surrounding Falco and Helena, including some familiar from earlier stories, One Virgin Too Many shows Davis in top form. Falco the family man is better company than ever. --Jane Adams [via]
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia Woolf, Stuart Nelson ClarkeISBN 0951975609 (0-9519756-0-9)
Hardcover, S.N. Clarke
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Pilgrim of Hateby Ellis PetersISBN 0786219459 (0-7862-1945-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Prince and the Pauperby Mark Twain, Karen DavidsonISBN 1416523685 (1-4165-2368-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince And the Pauper'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for joy. Mere acquain-tances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very mellow; and they kept this up for days and nights together. By day, London was a sight to see, with gay banners waving from every balcony and housetop, and splendid pageants marching along. By night, it was again a sight to see, with its great bonfires at every corner, and its troops of revellers making merry around them. There was no talk in all England but of the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and satins, unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tend- ing him and watching over him - and not caring, either. But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence. [via]
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Softcover, Tor Books - The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 0804900329 (0-8049-0032-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 0816718741 (0-8167-1874-1)
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Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 0816718733 (0-8167-1873-3)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc - The Prince and the Pauper: ISBN 0895772957 (0-89577-295-7)
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Queen Margot or Marguerite De Valoisby Alexandre DumasISBN 0786880821 (0-7868-8082-1)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The Quiet Gentlemanby Georgette HeyerISBN 1560542063 (1-56054-206-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quiet Gentleman'Book summary:Free-spirited Drusilla Morville is captivated by the Earl of St. Erth but knows that she does not stand a chance against the debutantes vying for his affections, until the earl's life is endangered and Drusilla comes to the rescue. Reprint. [via]
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Rebelby Bernard CornwellISBN 156054693X (1-56054-693-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Rebel Angelsby Libba BrayISBN 0786280875 (0-7862-8087-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebel Angels'Book summary:In this sequel to the Victorian fantasy A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma continues to pursue her role as the one destined to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order--a mysterious group who have been overthrown by a rebellion. Gemma, Felicity and Ann, (her girlfriends at Spence Academy for Young Ladies), use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma's mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms. After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to the exotic Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her. The complicated plot thickens when Gemma discovers a woman in Bedlam madhouse who knows where to find the Temple; Ann shows signs of being enamored of Gemma's loutish brother Tom, and their father's addiction to laudanum lands him in an opium den. A large part of the enjoyment of this unusual fantasy comes from the Victorian milieu and its restrictive rules about the behavior of proper young ladies, as contrasted with the unimaginable possibilities of the Realms, where Gemma has power to confront gorgons and ghosts and the responsibility to save a world. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped or the Lad With the Silver Buttonby Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry MenikoffISBN 0873281772 (0-87328-177-2)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Scandal Takes A Holidayby Lindsey DavisISBN 0892968125 (0-89296-812-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Suite Francaiseby Irene Nemirovsky, Sandra SmithISBN 1400096278 (1-4000-9627-8)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Suite Francaise'Book summary:By the early l940s, when Ukrainian-born Irène Némirovsky began working on what would become Suite Françaisethe first two parts of a planned five-part novelshe was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz: a month later she was dead at the age of thirty-nine. Two years earlier, living in a small village in central Francewhere she, her husband, and their two small daughters had fled in a vain attempt to elude the Nazisshed begun her novel, a luminous portrayal of a human drama in which she herself would become a victim. When she was arrested, she had completed two parts of the epic, the handwritten manuscripts of which were hidden in a suitcase that her daughters would take with them into hiding and eventually into freedom. Sixty-four years later, at long last, we can read Némirovskys literary masterpiece
The first part, A Storm in June, opens in the chaos of the massive 1940 exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion during which several families and individuals are thrown together under circumstances beyond their control. They share nothing but the harsh demands of survivalsome trying to maintain lives of privilege, others struggling simply to preserve their livesbut soon, all together, they will be forced to face the awful exigencies of physical and emotional displacement, and the annihilation of the world they know. In the second part, Dolce, we enter the increasingly complex life of a German-occupied provincial village. Coexisting uneasily with the soldiers billeted among them, the villagersfrom aristocrats to shopkeepers to peasantscope as best they can. Some choose resistance, others collaboration, and as their community is transformed by these acts, the lives of these these men and women reveal nothing less than the very essence of humanity.
Suite Française is a singularly piercing evocationat once subtle and severe, deeply compassionate and fiercely ironicof life and death in occupied France, and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art. [via]-
Time and Againby Jack FinneyISBN 0899684033 (0-89968-403-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time and Again'Book summary:Si Morley is ordered by the American Government to go back to the New York of 1882 on the track of a historical mystery involving fraud and murder by arson. It is in the old New York, with its horse-drawn buses, sleigh rides and vegetable allotments between the streets, that Morley falls in love. [via]
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The Tin Princessby Philip PullmanISBN 078578490X (0-7857-8490-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Unabridged Mark Twainby Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Lawrence TeacherISBN 0914294547 (0-914294-54-7)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unabridged Mark Twain'Book summary:These hefty collections of favorite authors feature their best work, reset from the original first editions that were approved by the authors themselves. [via]
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Utherby Jack WhyteISBN 0812571029 (0-8125-7102-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Venetiaby Georgette HeyerISBN 156054208X (1-56054-208-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Wicked Dayby Mary StewartISBN 081613684X (0-8161-3684-X)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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The Winthrop Womanby Anya SetonISBN 155652644X (1-55652-644-X)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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The Witch of Cologneby Tobsha LearnerISBN 0765314304 (0-7653-1430-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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A Time of Peril
The Inquisitor, Carlos Vicente Solitario, charges a young Jewish midwife, Ruth bas Elazar Saul, with heresy. Ruth may be the daughter of the city's chief rabbi, but this is no protection against the Inquisition's accusations.
A Quest for Justice
Detlef von Tennen, nobleman and canon, cousin to the Archbishop, suspects that something other than religion drives Solitario to persecute Ruth. Determined to ensure that justice is done, Detlef joins the investigation--and finds his passions fully aroused by Ruth's impressive intelligence and darkly exotic beauty.
Two Hearts' Desires
All her life, Ruth bas Elazar Saul has thirsted for knowledge, despite the price she paid by concealing her gender and being cast out of her father's house. Her faith sustains her through all, even the attentions of the Inquisition. Then, in the very heart of danger, God blesses her with the greatest love she has ever known.More editions of The Witch of Cologne:
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, F. H. Cornish, John MilneISBN 1405077093 (1-4050-7709-3)
Softcover, Delta Systems Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Critics often comment on the importance of landscape in Wuthering Heights, and in this edition, Christopher Heywood locates the text more precisely than previous editions amid Yorkshire s limestone north and moorland south, drawing out the importance of the region's slaveholding society. Heywood also makes an important contribution to scholarship arguing persuasively for a re-structuring of the chapter and section breaks. Finally, this edition includes a variety of appendices that help to illuminate the novel s historical background. [via]
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