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Again and Againby Susan JohnsonISBN 157566805X (1-57566-805-X)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Age of Bronze 2: Sacrificeby Eric ShanowerISBN 1582402124 (1-58240-212-4)
Hardcover, Image
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Alexander Hamiltonby Ron ChernowISBN 1594200092 (1-59420-009-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alexander Hamilton'Book summary:In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.[via]Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernows biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of todays America is the result of Hamiltons countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. To repudiate his legacy, Chernow writes, is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world. Chernow here recounts Hamiltons turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washingtons aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.
Historians have long told the story of Americas birth as the triumph of Jeffersons democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than weve encountered beforefrom his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamiltons famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804.
Chernows biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of Americas birth seen through its most central figure. At a critical time to look back to our roots, Alexander Hamilton will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans.
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Beloved Exileby Parke GodwinISBN 1596873043 (1-59687-304-3)
Softcover, Ibooks
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The China Brideby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 1568959168 (1-56895-916-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Chosenby Chaim PotokISBN 1568493193 (1-56849-319-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chosen'Book summary:Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom, or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, their friendship, and the chaotic times in which they live. Though on the surface it explores religious faith--the intellectually committed as well as the passionately observant--the struggles addressed in The Chosen are familiar to families of all faiths and in all nations.
In 1940s Brooklyn, New York, an accident throws Reuven Malther and Danny Saunders together. Despite their differences (Reuven is a secular Jew with an intellectual, Zionist father; Danny is the brilliant son and rightful heir to a Hasidic rebbe), the young men form a deep, if unlikely, friendship. Together they negotiate adolescence, family conflicts, the crisis of faith engendered when Holocaust stories begin to emerge in the U.S., loss, love, and the journey to adulthood. The intellectual and spiritual clashes between fathers, between each son and his own father, and between the two young men, provide a unique backdrop for this exploration of fathers, sons, faith, loyalty, and, ultimately, the power of love. (This is not a conventional children's book, although it will move any wise child age 12 or older, and often appears on summer reading lists for high school students.) [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Neil BartlettISBN 1840023996 (1-84002-399-6)
Softcover, Oberon Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:- Beautifully illustrated in colour by well-known artists such as Quentin Blake and Michael Foreman.- Complete and unabridged editions.- Available individually at only $6.95 in paperback. [via]
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- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1843650630 (1-84365-063-0)
Softcover, Chrysalis Books Group - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1853261211 (1-85326-121-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1582790841 (1-58279-084-1)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1582790914 (1-58279-091-4)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1580495796 (1-58049-579-6)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 159679237X (1-59679-237-X)
Hardcover, Spotlight - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1840023996 (1-84002-399-6)
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- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1843650630 (1-84365-063-0)
The Dangerous Debutanteby Kasey MichaelsISBN 1585478237 (1-58547-823-7)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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Dawn's Early Lightby Elswyth ThaneISBN 1568494750 (1-56849-475-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Decline and Fall of Practically Everybodyby Will CuppyISBN 1586637339 (1-58663-733-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody'Book summary:The Classic book from author and humorist Will Cuppy transforms well known figures from history into human beings, showing them to be foolish, fallible, and so much our very common ancestors. Included are profiles of such historical figures as Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Lady Godiva plus many more. [via]
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Decline And Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1853264997 (1-85326-499-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:British parliamentarian and soldier Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) conceived of his plan for Decline and Fall while "musing amid the ruins of the Capitol" on a visit to Rome. For the next 10 years he worked away at his great history, which traces the decadence of the late empire from the time of the Antonines and the rise of Western Christianity. "The confusion of the times, and the scarcity of authentic memorials, pose equal difficulties to the historian, who attempts to preserve a clear and unbroken thread of narration," he writes. Despite these obstacles, Decline and Fall remains a model of historical exposition, and required reading for students of European history. [via]
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Dublinersby James JoyceISBN 1853260487 (1-85326-048-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dubliners'Book summary:Classic Irish Literature; Irish Studies; Literary Studies [via]
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The Geographer's Libraryby Jon FasmanISBN 1594200386 (1-59420-038-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Geographer's Library'Book summary:The literary history suspense novel has long been a genre appreciated by a small subset of general readers. It is currently enjoying a new vogue and a wider readership with the publication of such novels as The Da Vinci Code, The Rule of Four, and Codex. What these books have in common, and what The Geographer's Library can also claim, is a set of characters in the here and now grappling with questions about things that went on a very long time ago. Another characteristic is the unearthing or explanation of objects of great value. The trick is to weave these two realities together in a compelling way, one that will keep the reader involved in both stories.
Jon Fasman has taken a big chance with The Geographer's Library, his debut novel, setting out a complicated scenario in which a collection of priceless objects is stolen from the titular library and, eventually, scattered and re-collected a thousand years later--with very bad results for the final collector. The geographer is a real person, Al-Idrisi, a Spanish-Muslim philosopher, cartographer, linguist, and scholar who served in the court of King Roger of Sicily in Palermo in the year 1154. For the most part, Fasman's risk pays off, although there is a lot of meandering before we finally get to the final revelation.
The "wraparound" story is about a young journalist, Paul Tomm, who sets out to write a simple obituary about a professor who died in his office at Paul's Alma Mater. The man is Jaan Puhapaev, an Estonian perhaps, who is a terrible teacher, fires his gun out his office window twice, is odd, unavailable, and reclusive and yet is allowed to stay on for unknown reasons. He also collects only $1.00 a year in salary and has no other visible means of support. The core narrative is a description of the provenance and travels of each of the 15 objects--some or all of which may hold the secret of eternal life--stolen from Al-Idrisi.
A professor friend of Paul's, a policemen and a curious editor all get an investigation rolling regarding what really happened to Jaan, who is he, and is he perhaps much, much older than they think? Paul meets and falls for a neighbor and putative friend of Jaan's, a music teacher named Hannah Rowe, which moves the information curve upward. This is the least believable part of the story: it's easier to accept the alchemical power of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes than Hannah. That said, Fasman does bring it all home at the end with an expository chapter and two letters. A bit of a cheat, but at least the reader is neatly taken off the literary hook he has dangled on for 380 pages. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Glass Books of the Dream Eatersby Gordon DahlquistISBN 1596061057 (1-59606-105-7)
Hardcover, Subterranean
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Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956ISBN 186046632X (1-86046-632-X)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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**Time Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of the 20th Century**
In this masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn has orchestrated thousands of incidents and individual histories into one narrative of unflagging power and momentum. Written in a tone that encompasses Olympian wrath, bitter calm, savage irony, and sheer comedy, it combines history, autobiography, documentary, and political analysis as it examines in its totality the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917.
This second volume in Solzhenitsyn's narrative chronicles the appalling inhumanity of the Soviets' ''destructive-labor camps'' and the fate of prisoners in them--felling timber, building canals and railroads, and mining gold without equipment or adequate food and clothing, and subject always to the caprices of the camp authorities. Most tragic of all is the life of the women prisoners and the luckless children they bear.
Once again, this chronicle of appalling inhumanity is made endurable by the vitality and emotional range of the writing. In one truly remarkable chapter, a parody of an anthropological treatise, Solzhenitsyn achieves new heights of sardonic wit. In the final section the music changes, and he provides a magnificent coda on the possibilities of redemption and purification through suffering. [via]More editions of Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
The House at Old Vineby Norah LoftsISBN 1842321439 (1-84232-143-9)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The House of the Vestals: The Investigation of Gordianus the Finderby Steven SaylorISBN 159722314X (1-59722-314-X)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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I, Claudius and Claudius the Godby Robert Graves, Richard FrancisISBN 1857542797 (1-85754-279-7)
Hardcover, Carcanet Press, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Claudius and Claudius the God'Book summary:This text re-edits "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God" as part of the 21-volume Robert Graves Programme. [via]
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I, Corianderby Sally GardnerISBN 1842552902 (1-84255-290-2)
Hardcover, Orion Children's
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Coriander'Book summary:The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher. She is shut away in a chest and left to die, but emerges into the fairy world from which her mother came, and where time has no meaning. When she returns, charged with a task that will transform her life, she is seventeen. This is a book filled with enchantments -- a pair of silver shoes, a fairy shadow, a prince transformed into a fox - that contrast with the heartbreaking loss and cruelty of Coriander's life in the real world. With its brilliantly realized setting of old London Bridge, and underpinned by the conflict between Royalists and Puritans, it is a terrific page turner, involving kidnapping, murder and romance, and an abundance of vivid characters. Coriander is a heroine to love. Her story will establish Sally Gardner as a children's writer of boundless imagination and originality. [via]
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Jacob Have I Lovedby Katherine PatersonISBN 158118073X (1-58118-073-X)
Hardcover, Library Reproduction Services
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Jamaica Innby Lisa Evans, Daphne Du MaurierISBN 1840024097 (1-84002-409-7)
Softcover, Oberon Books, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jamaica Inn'Book summary:From the gothic story by Daphne du Maurier.[via]More editions of Jamaica Inn:
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King Richard III: The Tragedy ofby William ShakespeareISBN 185326055X (1-85326-055-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Richard III: The Tragedy of'Book summary:"A quite wonderful ideaSo blindingly obvious, I can't understand why nobody had thought of it before. I will certainly use the texts myself."-- Sir Peter Hall[via]More editions of King Richard III: The Tragedy of:
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The Kite Runnerby Khaled HosseiniISBN 1594480001 (1-59448-000-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kite Runner'Book summary:The New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies. A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic. [via]
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- The Kite Runner: ISBN 1594481776 (1-59448-177-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books - The Kite Runner: ISBN 1573222453 (1-57322-245-3)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books - The Kite Runner: ISBN 1594489602 (1-59448-960-2)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books - The Kite Runner: ISBN 1585473634 (1-58547-363-4)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub - The Kite Runner: ISBN 1594480001 (1-59448-000-1)
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Lady of the Forestby Jennifer RobersonISBN 1575667495 (1-57566-749-5)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady of the Forest'Book summary:In twelfth-century England, Robin Hood, the nobleman turned outlaw, and Lady Marian of Ravenskeep, a knight's daughter who joins a band of outlaws, share a passionate and heroic love. Reprint. AB. PW. [via]
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The Light Heartby Elswyth ThaneISBN 1568494769 (1-56849-476-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Light Heart'Book summary:Volume 4 of The Williamsburg Series. [via]
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 185326136X (1-85326-136-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances. Her strong character enables her to fight successfully against her new-found poverty and the scorn of her fellows. [via]
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A Little Princessby Dalmatian Press StaffISBN 1577595599 (1-57759-559-9)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Louise Colln, Jon Sayer, Publisher: Dalmatian Pr Keywords: children, classics, press, dalmatian, princess, little Pages: 182 Published: 2003-01 Language: English Category: Short Stories, Literature & Fiction, ISBN-10: 1577595599 ISBN-13: 9781577595595 Binding: Hardcover [via]
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Lone Wolf and Cubby Dan A. Lewis, Kazuo Koike, Goseki KojimaISBN 1569716005 (1-56971-600-5)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lone Wolf and Cub'Book summary:It's the end of the long path the ronin father and son have been on since the boy's birth. Through unimaginable violence and bad weather, across hundreds of miles of blood-soaked roadbeds, over years of tragedy and anguish, to this final 320 pages of still-epic story, Itto and Daigoro have kept us holding on to what little hope exists in a world where honor is all but forgotten and warriors are obsolete. It's a bloody battle all the way to the finish, with dramatic twists and turns right up to the final page. Stay with us as we conclude the translation of what will always be considered one of the finest examples of comic-book mastery ever created, Lone Wolf and Cub. [via]
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Lone Wolf and Cubby Kazuo Koike, Goseki KojimaISBN 1569715025 (1-56971-502-5)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lone Wolf and Cub'Book summary:Few works can legitimately lay claim to the mantle "landmark". Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub. Acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub contains unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. [via]
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, VonISBN 1579126219 (1-57912-621-9)
Softcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Macbeth es una de las grandes tragedias de William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Macbeth, el gran general del ejército del rey de Escocia, regresa victorioso después de una campaña de apaciguamiento cuando sucumbe a la tentación del poder. Desde entonces un mundo tenebroso y mágico, de apariciones y desconfianzas, sembrará de crÃmenes la pacÃfica vida de los escoceses hasta que Macbeth muere como habÃan viticinado las brujas. [via]
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- Macbeth: ISBN 1583488340 (1-58348-834-0)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc - Macbeth: ISBN 1586638467 (1-58663-846-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Macbeth: ISBN 1853260355 (1-85326-035-5)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Macbeth: ISBN 1854596772 (1-85459-677-2)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books - Macbeth: ISBN 1578400147 (1-57840-014-7)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - Macbeth: ISBN 1579126219 (1-57912-621-9)
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- Macbeth: ISBN 1583488340 (1-58348-834-0)
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Macbeth: Shakespeare Made Easyby William Shakespeare, Tanya Grosz, Linda WendlerISBN 1599051346 (1-59905-134-6)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth: Shakespeare Made Easy'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Communtiy, and Warby Nathaniel PhilbrickISBN 1594131864 (1-59413-186-4)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Communtiy, and War'Book summary:The startling story of the Plymouth Colony, from the flight to religious freedom to the war that ravaged New England, from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea.
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, George Stade, Carl F. HovdeISBN 1593080182 (1-59308-018-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd. Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury Moby-Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab s appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. [via]
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Moby-Dick, Or, The White Whaleby Herman MelvilleISBN 1857150406 (1-85715-040-6)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby-Dick, Or, The White Whale'Book summary:A story of the war between man and mammal, in which the author explores his obsessions with good and evil, love and solitude, speech and silence, using his technical knowledge of sailing and the sea to tell a story which is at once minutely realistic and powerfully symbolic. [via]
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins, Joy ConnollyISBN 159308322X (1-59308-322-X)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moonstone'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself. The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward, the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved. [via]
Pagan's Vowsby Catherine JinksISBN 1862912750 (1-86291-275-0)
Hardcover, Omnibus Books
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The People's Act of Loveby James MeekISBN 1841956627 (1-84195-662-7)
Softcover, Canongate
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The People's Act of Love'Book summary:Set in a time of great social upheaval, warfare, and terrorism, and against a stark, lawless Siberia at the end of the Russian Revolution, The Peoples Act of Love portrays the fragile coexistence of a beautiful, independent mother raising her son alone, a megalomaniac Czech captain and his restless regiment, and a mystical separatist Christian sect. When a mysterious, charismatic stranger trudges into their snowy village with a frighteningly outlandish story to tell, its balance is shaken to the core.[via]More editions of The People's Act of Love:
- The People's Act of Love: ISBN 1841958778 (1-84195-877-8)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd - The People's Act of Love: ISBN 1841956546 (1-84195-654-6)
Hardcover, Canongate - The People's Act of Love: ISBN 1841957305 (1-84195-730-5)
Hardcover, Canongate Books Ltd - The People's Act of Love: ISBN 1841956627 (1-84195-662-7)
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- The People's Act of Love: ISBN 1841958778 (1-84195-877-8)
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar WildeISBN 1593080255 (1-59308-025-5)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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- The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1840680172 (1-84068-017-2)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group - The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1853260150 (1-85326-015-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1593081758 (1-59308-175-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1580493939 (1-58049-393-9)
Softcover, Prestwick House Inc - The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1577658213 (1-57765-821-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight - The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1593080255 (1-59308-025-5)
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- The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 1840680172 (1-84068-017-2)
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Plays, Prose Writings & Poemsby Oscar WildeISBN 1857150422 (1-85715-042-2)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays, Prose Writings & Poems'Book summary:Famed as a wit and bon viveur, Oscar Wilde lived up to his reputation. This selection of plays, poems and prose writings, introduced by Terry Eagleton, includes "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Critic as an Artist", Apologia", "The Soul of a Man Under Socialism", "Letter to Robert Ross", "Requiescat" and "The Ballad of Reading Goal". Terry Eagleton is the author of "Criticism and Ideology", "Marxism and Literary Criticsm" and "Literary Theory: An Introduction". [via]
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Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man And Dublinersby James JoyceISBN 159308031X (1-59308-031-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Rebekahby Orson Scott CardISBN 1570089957 (1-57008-995-7)
Hardcover, Deseret Book Co
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Red River 1by Chie ShinoharaISBN 1591164303 (1-59116-430-3)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red River 1'Book summary:Over 15 million copies sold in Japan! R to L (Japanese Style).
Prince Kail, a young warrior and sorcerer, and Yuri, a modern-day teen, were thrown together when Queen Nakia drew Yuri across time and space into the ancient Hittite Empire. When it is the season of the North Star, Prince Kail has the power to send Yuri home. But the evil queen's plan to murder them both--and their growing feelings for one another--keep getting in the way! [via]
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Richard IIIby SparkNotes Staff, William ShakespeareISBN 1586634860 (1-58663-486-0)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
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Rurouni Kenshin 28by Gerard Jones, Nobuhiro WatsukiISBN 1591162203 (1-59116-220-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rurouni Kenshin 28'Book summary:Things are settling down at the Kamiya dojo. Former "fight merchant" Sanosuke has come to grips with his past, realizing that things may not be quite as black and white as he thought, that good men may serve bad causes, and vice versa. Yahiko, the angry-fisted young man, is learning to relax. And Kenshin is enjoying Kaoru's cooking. But even in these strange early days of modern Japan, there is such a thing as pure evil - Udo Jin-e, black-hatted, crazy-eyed former assassin, is still chasing the scent of blood, his mad thirst for vengeance felling the innocent and guilty alike. If a man kills too many, for too long, as Kenshin says, he loses his original purpose, and succumbs to the spell of blood. When hitokiri faces hitokiri, can Kensin withstand the hypnotic power of Jin-e? [via]
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The Secret Riverby Kate GrenvilleISBN 1841959146 (1-84195-914-6)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret River'Book summary:The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of New South Wales. Already a best seller in Australia, The Secret River is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a Thames bargeman, is deported to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. In this new world of convicts and charlatans, Thornhill tries to pull his family into a position of power and comfort. When he rounds a bend in the Hawkesbury River and sees a gentle slope of land, he becomes determined to make the place his own. But, as uninhabited as the island appears, Australia is full of native people, and they do not take kindly to Thornhill's theft of their home.[via]
The Secret River is the tale of Thornhill's deep love for his small corner of the new world, and his slow realization that if he wants to settle there, he must ally himself with the most despicable of the white settlers, and to keep his family safe, he must permit terrifying cruelty to come to innocent people. 
Secrets of the Nightby Jo BeverleyISBN 156895770X (1-56895-770-X)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Shakespeare's Macbethby Harold BloomISBN 1594480087 (1-59448-008-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Siddharthaby Hermann Hesse, Sherab Chodzin, Sherab Chodzin KohnISBN 1570627215 (1-57062-721-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:In the shade of a banyan tree, a grizzled ferryman sits listening to the river. Some say he's a sage. He was once a wandering shramana and, briefly, like thousands of others, he followed Gotama the Buddha, enraptured by his sermons. But this man, Siddhartha, was not a follower of any but his own soul. Born the son of a Brahmin, Siddhartha was blessed in appearance, intelligence, and charisma. In order to find meaning in life, he discarded his promising future for the life of a wandering ascetic. Still, true happiness evaded him. Then a life of pleasure and titillation merely eroded away his spiritual gains until he was just like all the other "child people," dragged around by his desires. Like Hermann Hesse's other creations of struggling young men, Siddhartha has a good dose of European angst and stubborn individualism. His final epiphany challenges both the Buddhist and the Hindu ideals of enlightenment. Neither a practitioner nor a devotee, neither meditating nor reciting, Siddhartha comes to blend in with the world, resonating with the rhythms of nature, bending the reader's ear down to hear answers from the river. In this translation Sherab Chodzin Kohn captures the slow, spare lyricism of Siddhartha's search, putting her version on par with Hilda Rosner's standard edition. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Sparknotes a Separate Peaceby SparknotesISBN 1586633708 (1-58663-370-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.
· They're easier to understand, because the same people who use them have also written them.
· The clear writing style and edited content enables students to read through the material quickly, saving valuable time.
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Sparknotes Moby-Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 1586634151 (1-58663-415-1)
Softcover, Spark Pub Group
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
· They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.
· They're easier to understand, because the same people who use them have also written them.
· The clear writing style and edited content enables students to read through the material quickly, saving valuable time.
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St. Ravenby Jo BeverleyISBN 158724425X (1-58724-425-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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A Thousand Shipsby Eric ShanowerISBN 1582402000 (1-58240-200-0)
Softcover, Image Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Thousand Ships'Book summary:Daring heroes, breathtaking women, betrayals, love and death--the most spectacular war story ever told: The Trojan War. When a lustful Trojan prince abducts the beautiful Queen Helen of Sparta, Helen`s husband vows to recover her no matter the cost. So begins the Trojan War. From far and wide the ancient kings of Greece bring their ships to join the massive force to pledge their allegiance to High King Agamemnon. Featuring the greatest of the Greek heroes: Achilles, Odysseus, and Herakles, along with a cast of thousands. AGE OF BRONZE: A THOUSAND SHIPS reveals hidden secrets of the characters` pasts, serving up joy and sorrow, leading up to the brink of war, and foreshadowing the terror to come. Age of Bronze will be included in a major international exhibition travelling to three German museums in 2002. The exhibit is centered on the current excavations at Troy and features Age of Bronze in an exhibit devoted to modern interpretations of Troy. Age of Bronze has been nominated for numerous Eisner (The comic industry's Oscar) Awards. Rack it in your mythology and historical fiction sections for even more sales success. [via]
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Tragedy of Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 1847027490 (1-84702-749-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Witch Woodby John BuchanISBN 1842327968 (1-84232-796-8)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The Year Of The Frenchby Thomas Flanagan, Seamus DeaneISBN 159017108X (1-59017-108-X)
Softcover, New York Review of Books
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