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1632by Eric FlintISBN 0671319728 (0-671-31972-8)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '1632'Book summary:1632 is an alternate history written by Eric Flint, the author of Mother of Demons, which was selected by Science Fiction Chronicle as one of the best novels of 1997. Flint is also the co-author, with David Drake, of the acclaimed Belisarius series: An Oblique Approach, In the Heart of Darkness, Destiny's Shield and Fortune's Stroke (forthcoming in June, 2000). The bestselling SF author David Weber says of Destiny's Shield: "It isn't often you come across a book or series you recommend to everyone. This one is an exception. But all three books. Read them. Now!" [via]
Archangelby Robert HarrisISBN 0515127485 (0-515-12748-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eightyby Charles DickensISBN 0460000764 (0-460-00076-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty'Book summary:Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain and set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Dickens's brooding novel of mayhem and murder in the eighteenth century explores the relationship between repression and liberation in private and public life. Barnaby Rudge tells a story of individuals caught up in the mindless violence of the mob. Lord George Gordon's dangerous appeal to old religious prejudices is interwoven with the murder mystery surrounding the father of the simple-minded Barnaby. The discovery of the murderer and his involvement in the riots put Barnaby's life in jeopardy. Culminating in the terrifying destruction of Newgate prison by the rampaging hordes, the brilliant descriptions of the riots are among Dickens's most powerful. Barnaby Rudge looks forward to the dark complexities of Dickens's later novels, whose characters also seek refuge from a chaotic and unstable world. This edition includes all the original illustrations, plus an illuminating Introduction and notes.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. [via]More editions of Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty:
Brethrenby Robyn YoungISBN 0525949755 (0-525-94975-5)
Hardcover, E P Dutton
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Child of the Northern Springby Persia WoolleyISBN 0671621998 (0-671-62199-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Child of the Northern Spring'Book summary:In the tradition of The Once and Future King and Mists of Avalon, Persia Woolley has created a rich, highly readable, startlingly original r ecreation of the tale of Arthur--seen from Guinevere's point of view. [via]
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Edward H. Friedman, Walter StarkieISBN 0451527860 (0-451-52786-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Our ceaseless human quest for something larger than ourselves has never been represented with more insight and love than in this story of Don Quixotepursuing his vision of glory in a ?mercantile ageand his shrewd, skeptical man?servant, Sancho Panza. As they set out to right the worlds wrongs in knightly combat, the narrative moves from philosophical speculation to broad comedy, taking in pastoral, farce, and fantasy on the way. The first and still the greatest of all European novels, Don Quixote has been as important for the modern world as the poems of Homer were for the ancients.
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Don Quixoteby Michael BurganISBN 0613048709 (0-613-04870-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'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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Don Quixoteby Michael HarrisonISBN 0613214528 (0-613-21452-8)
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes, Walter StarkieISBN 0451528905 (0-451-52890-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, this highly-esteemed translation and abridgement of the beloved masterpiece will enchant a new generation of readers.[via]
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Don Quixote of LA Manchaby Miguel De CervantesISBN 0451525078 (0-451-52507-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Doublet Affairby Fiona BuckleyISBN 067101532X (0-671-01532-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Enemy in Sightby Alexander KentISBN 0515081779 (0-515-08177-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Enemy in Sight'Book summary:The sea war is still in the balance; Bolitho must risk everything with his new crew.
The Mediterranean, 1793: Despite Britain's successes, the outcome of the sea war is still in the balance. As soon as his ship's refit is completed, Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to join the blockade off the French coast. Hyperion's new crew is still little better than a rabble. But if he is to be victorious, Bolitho must test them prematurely and risk a court-martial if he fails.
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Escape from Warsawby Ian SerralierISBN 0590437151 (0-590-43715-1)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Europe Central: Library Editionby William T. VollmannISBN 0670033928 (0-670-03392-8)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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Fannyby Erica JongISBN 0453003826 (0-453-00382-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny'Book summary:"A rollicking tale...a tour de force."Newsweek
Discovered on the doorstep of a country estate in Wiltshire, England, the infant Fanny is raised to womanhood by her adoptive parents, Lord and Lady Bellars. Fanny wants to become the epic poet of the age, but her plans are dashed when she is ravished by her libertine stepfather. Fleeing to London, Fanny falls in with idealistic witches and highwaymen who teach her of worlds she never knew existed. After toiling in a London brothel that caters to literati, Fanny embarks on a series of adventures that teach her what she must know to live and prosper as a woman. Soon to be a major Broadway musical. Reading group guide included. [via]More editions of Fanny:
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Fine Balanceby Rohinton MistryISBN 0571203620 (0-571-20362-0)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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Form Line of Battleby Alexander KentISBN 0515076996 (0-515-07699-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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From Time to Timeby Jack FinneyISBN 0671898841 (0-671-89884-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Time to Time'Book summary:Set 25 years after the events in his "mind-boggling, imagination-stretching" (san francisco examiner) time and again, the sequel finds ruben prien still at work with the project, still dreaming of altering man's fate by going back in time to "adjust" events--or, as some might say, to interfere with destiny [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:Humbled, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman and one day he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." One of Dickens' finest novels, this is a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward.[via]More editions of Great Expectations:
- Great Expectations: ISBN 0460012347 (0-460-01234-7)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0486415864 (0-486-41586-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Great Expectations: ISBN 0553213423 (0-553-21342-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Great Expectations: ISBN 0582330882 (0-582-33088-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0582419476 (0-582-41947-6)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0460002341 (0-460-00234-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0517227819 (0-517-22781-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Great Expectations: ISBN 0613079000 (0-613-07900-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Great Expectations: ISBN 0679405798 (0-679-40579-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451525248 (0-451-52524-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Great Expectations: ISBN 0460873350 (0-460-87335-0)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M. - Great Expectations: ISBN 0521484723 (0-521-48472-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Great Expectations: ISBN 0671641964 (0-671-64196-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Great Expectations: ISBN 0517626349 (0-517-62634-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Great Expectations: ISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
- Great Expectations: ISBN 0460012347 (0-460-01234-7)
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Great Expectationsby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517415097 (0-517-41509-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hana SambrookISBN 0582823102 (0-582-82310-2)
Softcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Gatsby'Book summary:In 1922, F Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple, intricately patterned". That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned and, above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's--and his country's--most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed and the promise of new beginnings. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning--" Gatsby's rise to glory and eventual fall from grace be comes a kind of cautionary tale about the American Dream.
It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means--and to the pursuit of Daisy, which amounts to the same thing. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says admiringly, in one of the novel's more famous descriptions. His millions made, Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties and waits for her to appear. When s he does, events unfold with all the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama, with detached, cynical neighbour Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout. Spare, elegantly plotted and written in crystalline prose, The Great Gatsby is as perfectly satisfying as the best kind of poem. Perry Freeman, Amazon.com [via]
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- The Great Gatsby: ISBN 0521402301 (0-521-40230-1)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Great Gatsby: ISBN 0521485479 (0-521-48547-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Great Gatsby: ISBN 0582275156 (0-582-27515-6)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - Great Gatsby: ISBN 060634117X (0-606-34117-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Great Gatsby: ISBN 0582823102 (0-582-82310-2)
Softcover, Pearson Education, Limited
- The Great Gatsby: ISBN 0521402301 (0-521-40230-1)
Imperial Womanby Pearl S. BuckISBN 0671782703 (0-671-78270-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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John Steinbeck : Acts of King Arthurby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517368366 (0-517-36836-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Steinbeck : Acts of King Arthur'Book summary:The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton Morte d'Arthur, and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing."
Also included are the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work on King Arthur.John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was the author of many books, including Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, East of Eden, In Dubious Battle, and The Grapes of Wrath (which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1939). In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton Morte d'Arthur, and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. As the author notes in his introduction to The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights: "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing."
Also included in this edition are the letters Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work and thought concerning the Arthurian legends."[Steinbeck] embellishes Malory's spare legend with a richness of detail that transforms the visions, making it no one but Steinbeck's."John Gardner, The New York Times Book Review[via]More editions of John Steinbeck : Acts of King Arthur:
A Light in the Stormby Karen HesseISBN 0590567330 (0-590-56733-0)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Lincoln's Dreamsby Connie WillisISBN 0553270257 (0-553-27025-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lincoln's Dreams'Book summary:"A novel of classical proportions and virtues...humane and moving."-The Washington Post Book World"A love story on more than one level, and Ms. Willis does justice to them all. It was only toward the end of the book that I realized how much tension had been generated, how engrossed I was in the characters, how much I cared about their fates."-The New York Times Book ReviewFor Jeff Johnston, a young historical reseacher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossoms-two obsessed lovers linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both. Suspenseful, moving, and highly compelling, Lincoln's Dreams is a novel of rare imaginative power. [via]
A Line in the Sandby Sherry GarlandISBN 0590394665 (0-590-39466-5)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paperby Harriet Scott ChessmanISBN 0452283507 (0-452-28350-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper'Book summary:Readers will be transported to the vibrant art scene of late nineteenth-century Paris in this richly textured portrait of the relationship between Mary Cassatt and her sister Lydia.
Beginning in the autumn of 1878, Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper dreams its way into the intimate world of Cassatt's older sibling. Told in the reflective, lyrical voice of Lydia, who is dying of Bright's disease, the novel opens a window onto the extraordinary age in which these sisters lived, painting its sweeping narrative canvas with fascinating real-life figures that include Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas, Cassatt's brilliant, subversive mentor.
Featuring five full-color plates of Cassatt's paintings, this is a moving and illuminating exploration of the illusive nature of art and desire, memory and mortality, romantic and familial love. [via]More editions of Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper:
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, John F. AndrewsISBN 046087182X (0-460-87182-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Dark and bloody drama of ambition, guilt, and revenge centers on an ambitious Scottish nobleman who murders the king in order to succeed to the throne. Tortured by his conscience and fearful of discovery, he becomes fatally enmeshed in a web of treachery and deceit that spells his doom. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[via]More editions of Macbeth:
- Macbeth: ISBN 0486278026 (0-486-27802-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Macbeth: ISBN 052129455X (0-521-29455-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 0521606861 (0-521-60686-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 0553212982 (0-553-21298-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Macbeth: ISBN 0563200944 (0-563-20094-4)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns - Macbeth: ISBN 0582527112 (0-582-52711-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - Macbeth: ISBN 0613182081 (0-613-18208-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Macbeth: ISBN 0521094860 (0-521-09486-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 0521426219 (0-521-42621-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Macbeth: ISBN 0582088275 (0-582-08827-5)
Softcover, Longman Trade/Caroline House - Macbeth: ISBN 0671042874 (0-671-04287-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Macbeth: ISBN 0671722751 (0-671-72275-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Macbeth: ISBN 0606288678 (0-606-28867-8)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Macbeth: ISBN 0613016106 (0-613-01610-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Macbeth: ISBN 046087182X (0-460-87182-X)
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- Macbeth: ISBN 0486278026 (0-486-27802-6)
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Macbeth: Level 4by Not AvailableISBN 0582829992 (0-582-82999-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth: Level 4'Book summary:Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's best and most popular plays. It tells the bloody tale of Scotland's kings 1000 years ago - a tale of witches, murder, and the power of greed. [via]
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The Maid of the White Hands : The Second of the Tristan and Isolde Novelsby Rosalind MilesISBN 0609609610 (0-609-60961-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Man in the High Castleby Philip K. DickISBN 0575019581 (0-575-01958-1)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Mary Reillyby Valerie MartinISBN 0671507028 (0-671-50702-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Monarch Great Gatsbyby Stanley CoopermanISBN 0671006673 (0-671-00667-3)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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Picnic at Hanging Rockby Joan LindsayISBN 0670818283 (0-670-81828-3)
Hardcover, Viking
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'Book summary:Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock - a shimmering summer morning warm and still, with cicadas shrilling... St Valentines Day, in the midst of the hot summer of 1900, a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return... An Australian classic, the disappearance of three girls and a schoolteacher at Hanging Rock has captivated and intrigued audiences for generations. Jacqueline McKenzies interpretation of the best selling novel captures all of the beauty of the Rock and illustrates the eerie sense of the unknown for which the story is legendary. [via]
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A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859by Patricia C. McKissackISBN 0590259881 (0-590-25988-1)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymourby Laurien GardnerISBN 0515141550 (0-515-14155-0)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour'Book summary:With a plain face, Jane Seymour has no suitors and few hopes. Then she is granted a position at court as maid of honor to Queen Catherine. There, Henry VIII ignores his aging wife, showering favor on the dark beauty Anne Boleyn, soon to be his new queen. But he tires of stubborn Anne, and his wandering eye falls on plain Jane. Although she cares for Henry, she must not let herself be swept away by his attentions. For she intends to win not only his heart but also the greatest prize of all-the crown. [via]
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The Prisoner of Zendaby Anthony Hope, Jeremy LewisISBN 0460875345 (0-460-87534-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prisoner of Zenda'Book summary:Anthony Hope's swashbuckling romance transports his English gentleman hero, Rudolf Rassendyll, from a comfortable life in London to fast-moving adventures in Ruritania, a mythical land steeped in political intrigue. Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to Rudolf Elphberg who is about to be crowned King of Ruritania. When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability. Rassendyll endures a trial of strength in his encounters with the notorious Rupert of Hentzau, and a test of a different sort as he grows to love the Princess Flavia. Five times filmed, The Prisoner of Zenda has been deservedly popular as a classic of romance and adventure since its publication in 1894. [via]
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Red and the Blackby Stendhal, Ann JeffersonISBN 0460876430 (0-460-87643-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red and the Black'Book summary:among th great French novels of the 19 th centur, it follows the rise and fall of the young, provincial Julien sorel in the france of restoration. The author pays paricular attention to pychological observation and an awareness of the political situatio in his writing. His principle characters have characteristically high energy and passion. [via]
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The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830by StendhalISBN 0553213571 (0-553-21357-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Red And the Black: A chronicle of the Nineteenth Centuryby Donald M. Frame, Frame, Donald Murdoch (AFT), Jonathan Keates, Lloyd C. ParksISBN 0451530284 (0-451-53028-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red And the Black: A chronicle of the Nineteenth Century'Book summary:[via]In December 1827, a French newspaper ran a story about a young man charged with the attempted murder of a married woman. The article fired the imagination of Marie Henri Beyle, and under the pen name Stendhal, he set to writing what was to become one of the great psychological novels of all time. I will be famous around 1880, he predicted in one of his many diaries. I shall not go out of style, nor my glory go out of style.
Set in a provincial French town and in Paris, The Red and the Black tells the story of Julien Sorel, a handsome and brilliant young tutor who is both hero and villain. Cold, opportunistic, and uncompromising with othersincluding his influential mistresshe follows his lust for power and wealth. At the same time, he is tortured by his uncontrollable passions, and by the military and religious forcesthe enigmatic Red and Black that dominate French society in the years following the Revolution.
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Redeeming Loveby Francine RiversISBN 0553293680 (0-553-29368-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Redeeming Love'Book summary:In this splendid retelling of the biblical story of Hosea, bestselling author Francine Rivers pens a heartbreaking romance between a prostitute and the upright and kind farmer who marries her; the story also functions as a reminder of God's unconditional love for his people. Redeeming Love opens with the Gold Rush of 1850 and its rough-and-tumble atmosphere of greed and desire. Angel, who was sold into prostitution as a child, has learned to distrust all men, who see her only as a way to satisfy their lust. When the virtuous and spiritual-minded Michael Hosea is told by God to marry this "soiled dove," he obeys, despite his misgivings. As Angel learns to love him, she begins to hope again but is soon overwhelmed by fear and returns to her old life. Rivers shines in her ability to weave together spiritual themes and sexual tension in a well-told story, a talent that has propelled her into the spotlight as one of the most popular novelists in the genre of Christian fiction. This is one of her best. --Cindy Crosby [via]
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The Regeneration Trilogyby Pat BarkerISBN 0670869295 (0-670-86929-5)
Hardcover, Viking
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Scarlet and Black : A Chronicle of 1830by Stendhal, Jonathan Keates, C. K. Scott-MoncrieffISBN 0679405658 (0-679-40565-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Star of Kazanby Eva Ibbotson, Kevin HawkesISBN 0525473475 (0-525-47347-5)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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Stones in Waterby Donna Jo NapoliISBN 0525458425 (0-525-45842-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Tale Of Genjiby Murasaki Shikibu, Arthur WaleyISBN 0486414159 (0-486-41415-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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In the early eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote what many consider to be the worlds first novel, more than three centuries before Chaucer. The Heian era (7941185) is recognized as one of the very greatest periods in Japanese literature, and The Tale of Genji is not only the unquestioned prose masterpiece of that period but also the most lively and absorbing account we have of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture that made such a masterpiece possible.
Genji is the favorite son of the emperor but also a man of dangerously passionate impulses. In his highly refined world, where every dalliance is an act of political consequence, his shifting alliances and secret love affairs create great turmoil and very nearly destroy him.
Edward Seidenstickers translation of Lady Murasakis splendid romance has been honored throughout the English-speaking world for its fluency, scholarly depth, and deep literary tact and sensitivity. [via] -
The Tale Of Genjiby Royall Tyler, Murasaki ShikibuISBN 0670030201 (0-670-03020-1)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale Of Genji'Book summary:In the tradition of Robert Fagles's translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Viking presents a stunning translation of Lady Murasaki's exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan. Written in the eleventh century, The Tale of Genji is widely celebrated as the world's first novel, but as Donald Keene has observed, it is also "one of its greatest." Genji the Shining Prince, the son of an emperor, is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. Throughout, The Tale of Genji offers a lively and well-rounded glimpse of golden age Japan with a cast of characters as richly conceived and nuanced as those of Proust. Royall Tyler's superb translation, detailed and poetic, is scrupulously true to the Japanese original but appeals immediately to the modern reader as well. Tyler includes detailed notes, glossaries, character lists, and chronologies to help the reader navigate the multigenerational narrative and its references. Magnificently packaged in a two-volume set with a slipcase, this is a literary event comparable to Seamus Heaney's bestselling translation of Beowulf. It will spark interest in this masterpiece of world literature and serve as the standard edition for many years to come.
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The Tale of Genjiby Shikibu Murasaki, Arthur WaleyISBN 0679424679 (0-679-42467-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Tenants of Timeby Thomas FlanaganISBN 0525246061 (0-525-24606-1)
Hardcover, E.P. Dutton
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To Dance With Kingsby Rosalind LakerISBN 0553282840 (0-553-28284-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Tragedy of Macbethby William Shakespeare, Sylvan BarnetISBN 0451526775 (0-451-52677-5)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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Victoria, May Blossom of Britanniaby Anna KirwanISBN 0613516001 (0-613-51600-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Wet Graveby Barbara HamblyISBN 0553581597 (0-553-58159-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wet Grave'Book summary:In such stunning novels of crime and character as Die Upon a Kiss, Sold Down the River, and A Free Man of Color, Benjamin January tracked down killers through the sensuous, atmospheric, dangerously beautiful world of Old New Orleans. Now, in this new novel by bestselling author Barbara Hambly, he follows a trail of murder from illicit back alleys to glittering mansions to a dark place where the oldest and deadliest secrets lie buried . . .
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Its 1835 and the relentless glare of the late July sun has slowed New Orleans to a standstill. When Hesione LeGros--once a corsairs jeweled mistress, now a raddled hag--is found slashed to death in a shanty on the fringe of New Orleanss most lawless quarter, there are few to care. But one of them is Benjamin January, musician and teacher. He well recalls her blazing ebony beauty when she appeared, exquisitely gowned and handy with a stiletto, at a demimonde banquet years ago.
Who would want to kill this woman now--Hessy, they said, would turn a trick for a bottle of rum--had some quarrelsome customer decided to do away with her? Or could it be one of the sexual predators who roamed the dark and seedy streets? Or--as Benjamin comes to suspect--was her killer someone she knew, someone whose careful search of her shack suggests a cold-blooded crime? Someone whose boot left a chillingly distinctive print . . .
His inquiries at taverns, markets, and slave dances reveal little about Hellfire Hessy since her glory days in Barataria Bay, once the lair of gentlemen pirates. Then the murder is swept from his mind by the delivery of a crate filled with contraband rifles--and yet another telltale boot print left by its claimant. When a murder swiftly follows, Ben and Rose Vitrac, the woman he loves, fear the workings of a serpentine mind and a treacherous plot: one only they can hope to thwart in time.
All too soon they are fugitives of color in the stormy bayous and marshes of slave-stealer country, headed for smugglers haunts and sinister plantations, where one false step could be their last toward a...Wet Grave.
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Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth GaskellISBN 0460011103 (0-460-01110-3)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Wives and Daughtersby Pam Morris, Elizabeth Gaskell, Graham HandleyISBN 0460876511 (0-460-87651-1)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wives and Daughters'Book summary:Molly seems fated to suffer, firstly from her father's ill-conceived remarriage, and then from seeing her friend Roger Hamley infatuated with Molly's stepsister Cynthia. Everyone relies on Molly, but when will she have a fulfilling life of her own? This study edition contains commentary. [via]
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Arkhangelby Robert Harris, T. A. Kudriavtseva, A. A. FaingarISBN 0515127736 (0-515-12773-6)
Hardcover, Tornton i Sagden
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