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Ace of Heartsby Barbara MetzgerISBN 0451216261 (0-451-21626-1)
Softcover, Signet Eclipse
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Anna's Bookby Ruth RendellISBN 0451405498 (0-451-40549-8)
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Arabian NightsISBN 0448169843 (0-448-16984-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Arabian Nightsby Earle GoodenowISBN 044806006X (0-448-06006-X)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:A selection of thirteen tales told by Scheherazade in the Arabian Nights which enchanted the cruel sultan so much that he gave up executing his daily wives.[via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
Ashworth Hallby Anne PerryISBN 0449000869 (0-449-00086-9)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ashworth Hall'Book summary:Longtime readers of Anne Perry will be familiar with Inspector Thomas Pitt, the low-born London copper with a better-born wife, Charlotte. Set during the Victorian era, Perry's mysteries usually examine the dark underbelly of aristocratic life. Homosexuality, adultery, and pedophilia have all been subjects of her previous books; in Ashworth Hall she injects a new ingredient: politics.
Ashworth Hall is the name of an estate where, in the autumn of 1890, a highly secret meeting is being held to discuss Anglo-Irish relations. The "Irish Problem" soon takes a backseat to murder, however, and Inspector Pitt, who as the son of servants grew up on just such an estate, is called in to solve the case. While he investigates below-stairs, Charlotte gathers clues above. As usual, their collaboration is successful, both in crime-solving and as literature. [via]
The Bargainby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 0451198646 (0-451-19864-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Bartered Brideby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 0449003167 (0-449-00316-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bartered Bride'Book summary:Setting: The East Indies and London, 1834
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Lovely widow Alexandra Warren and her young daughter are sailing from Australia to the haven of her family in London when pirates attack their ship and they are captured, separated, and Alex is sold into slavery. Six months later, Captain Gavin Elliott drops anchor at the island of Maduri and is shocked to find a European woman being auctioned in the slave market. Alex clings to hope when the handsome sea captain offers to buy her, but the ruling Sultan of Maduri has plans for Gavin and shrewdly views Alex's plight as a means to control him. Through strength, courage, and wisdom, Gavin thwarts the Sultan's plans, but after surviving the dangers of the South Seas, Alex and Gavin are faced with a more lethal threat when they arrive in London. This time, whether either of them will survive the evil that threatens their lives is anyone's guess.
The exotic locale of the East Indies contrasts vividly with polite London society in this third tale in Ms. Putney's trilogy (The Wild Child and The China Bride). The plot has enough twists and turns to satisfy the most devoted of mystery fans while the relationship between hero and heroine is complicated and the secondary characters well drawn. The author's exploration of British politics, slavery in the 1830s, and London society adds depth and texture to the novel. --Lois Faye Dyer [via]
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Beguiledby Alice Borchardt, Anne RiceISBN 0451191889 (0-451-19188-9)
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Belgrave Squareby Anne PerryISBN 0449222276 (0-449-22227-6)
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Bethlehem Roadby Anne PerryISBN 0449219143 (0-449-21914-3)
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Bluegate Fieldsby Anne PerryISBN 0449207668 (0-449-20766-8)
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Boon Islandby Kenneth RobertsISBN 0449244083 (0-449-24408-3)
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A Breach of Promiseby Anne PerryISBN 0449908496 (0-449-90849-6)
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California Goldby John JakesISBN 0451203976 (0-451-20397-6)
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Charlestonby John JakesISBN 0451207335 (0-451-20733-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charleston'Book summary:Though at times a historically illuminating work, Charleston, bestselling author John Jakes's fictional retelling of the title city's early history through the Civil War, remains a largely uninspiring drama. Charleston offers an account of the burgeoning city from the perspective of the fictional Bell family, whose British immigrant predecessors arrive in Charleston in 1720. The story of the family's lasting, influential link to Charleston begins with Edward, whose political ideas during the Revolution put him at odds with the town's largely loyalist population, including his brother Adrian. Edward fights bravely in the Revolution, joining an effective band of hit-and-run fighters, but is later murdered by a jilted, mentally ill lover. Charleston then leaps forward, following the fortunes of Edward's granddaughter, Alex, who adopts Edward's liberal, abolitionist views, and begins a romance with lifelong black friend Henry. As slave-revolt paranoia heightens in the South, Alex watches Charleston become an isolated, violent police state, and eventually travels north, becoming a songwriter for the abolitionists and a witness to Charleston's downfall. Jakes combines fictional characters with meticulously researched historical settings and figures to give the events of Charleston context, significance, and immediacy. But rather than relying on the simple power of history, Jakes distracts from the narrative with clumsy metaphors and exaggerated characters. --Ross Doll [via]
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Confession of Nat Turnerby William StyronISBN 0451077679 (0-451-07767-9)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 0451523539 (0-451-52353-9)
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The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaineby Jean PlaidyISBN 0449216578 (0-449-21657-8)
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Covenantby James A. MichenerISBN 0449214206 (0-449-21420-6)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Covenant'Book summary:Adventurers, scoundrels and missionaries. The best and worst of two continents carve an empire out of the vast wilderness that is to become South Africa. For hundreds of years, their rivalries and passions spill across the land. From the first Afrikaners to the powerful Zulu nation, and the missionaries who lived with both--all of them will influence and take part in the wars and politics that will change a nation forever.
THE COVENANT: generations of people who forge a new world in a story of adventure and heroism, love and loyalty, cruelty and betrayal. [via]More editions of Covenant:
Daddy Long-Legsby Jean WebsterISBN 0451521870 (0-451-52187-0)
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Dark Championby Jo BeverlyISBN 0451207661 (0-451-20766-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Champion'Book summary:A New York Times Bestseller
Orphaned and desperate, Imogen of Carrisford flees when a brutal lord invades and takes possession of her castle. There is only one man she can turn to for help: Fitzroger of Cleeve, rumored to be a ruthless champion in battle. Having been sheltered all her life, she needs such a man to defend and protect her. [via]
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David Copperfieldby Charles Dickens, Edgar JohnsonISBN 0451522923 (0-451-52292-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Copperfield'Book summary:Beginning in 1854 up through to his death in 1870, Charles Dickens abridged and adapted many of his more popular works and performed them as staged readings. This version, each page illustrated with lovely watercolor paintings, is a beautiful example of one of these adaptations.
Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge, self-described as "a lone lorn creetur and everythink went contrairy with her." When Little Emily runs away with Copperfield's former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David's love for his pretty, silly "child-wife," Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens. [via]
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Dearly Belovedby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 045120851X (0-451-20851-X)
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The Deerslayerby James Fenimore CooperISBN 0451524845 (0-451-52484-5)
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Devil Waterby Anya SetonISBN 0449236331 (0-449-23633-1)
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Devil's Bargainby Judith TarrISBN 0451458966 (0-451-45896-6)
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Duel of Heartsby Diane FarrISBN 0451207203 (0-451-20720-3)
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Gertrude and Claudiusby John UpdikeISBN 0449006972 (0-449-00697-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gertrude and Claudius'Book summary:Borrowing a phrase from Hamlet for the title of his 1999 nonfiction collection, John Updike may perhaps have been dropping hints about his fictional work in progress. He has, in any case, now delivered Gertrude and Claudius--and his variation on what is arguably the Bard's greatest hit sits very handsomely in the Shakespearean shadows. As its title suggests, this is a prelude to the actual play, focusing not on the sulky star but on his mother and fratricidal stepfather (think of it as a Danish, death-struck version of The Parent Trap). Updike's great achievement here is to turn our customary sympathies on their heads. This time around, Gertrude is a decent, long-suffering wife, whose consciousness happens to be raised to the boiling point by her sexy brother-in-law. And Claudius, too, seems half a victim of this fatal attraction, with a strong neo-Platonic accent to his lust:
The amused play of her mouth and eyes, the casual music of her considerate voice, a glimpse of her bare feet and rosy morning languor were to him amorous nutrition enough: at this delicate stage the image of more would have revolted him.... What we love, he understood from the poetry of Provence, where his restless freelancing had more than once taken him, is less the gift bestowed, the moon-mottled nakedness and wet-socketed submission, than the Heavenly graciousness of bestowal.
Subtract the poetry (and leave in the wet-socket business) and we're not too far from Rabbit Angstrom. As in the bulk of his fiction--and most conspicuously in the underrated In the Beauty of the Lilies--Updike sacrifices artistic firepower when he goes archaic on us. That explains why Gertrude and Claudius gets off to a wobbly start, with the author's medieval diction careening all over the page. But once his narrative gets up to speed, Updike dispenses one brilliant bit of perception after another. Note, for example, Ophelia's teeth, "given an almost infantile roundness by her low, palely pink gums, and tilted very slightly inward, so her smile imparted a glimmering impression of coyness, with even something light-heartedly wanton about it." Who else could make mere dentition such a window into the soul?Gertrude and Claudius also amounts to a running theological argument, in which men constantly impale themselves on metaphysical principle while the adulterous queen is willing "to accept the world at face value, as a miracle daily renewed." (That would explain Gertrude's snap diagnosis of her neurotic son: "Too much German philosophy.") A superlative satellite to Shakespeare's creation, Updike's novel is likely to retain a kind of subordinate rank, even within his own capacious body of work. Still, it's packed with enough post-Elizabethan insight about men and women, parents and children, to suggest that the play's not the thing--not always, anyway. --James Marcus [via]
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Gone to Soldiersby Marge PiercyISBN 0449215571 (0-449-21557-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gone to Soldiers'Book summary:In a stunning tour-de-force, Marge Piercy has woven a tapestry of World War II, of six women and four men, who fought and died, worked and worried, and moved through the dizzying days of the war. A compelling chronicle of humans in conflict with inhuman events, GONE TO SOLIDERS is an unforgettable reading experience and a stirring tribute to the remarkable survival of the human spirit.
"Panoramic...This is a sweeping epic in the best sense."
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Good King Harryby Denise GiardinaISBN 0449005755 (0-449-00575-5)
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Hans Brinkerby Mary Mapes Dodge, C. L. Baldridge, Hans Christian AndersenISBN 0448060116 (0-448-06011-6)
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Hans Brinker or the Silver Skatesby Mary Mapes DodgeISBN 0451520203 (0-451-52020-3)
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The Haunted Abbot: A Mystery of Ancient Irelandby Peter TremayneISBN 0451217160 (0-451-21716-0)
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Highgate Riseby Anne PerryISBN 0449219593 (0-449-21959-3)
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Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire. But whether the blaze was set by an arsonist aiming for the doctor, or set by the doctor himself, Inspector Thomas Pitt isn't certain. With the scarcity of clues, Pitt turns to Clemency's stuffy, but distinguished, relatives. Meanwhile, Pitt's wellborn wife, Charlotte, retraces the dangerous path that Clemency walked the last months of her life, and finds herself enmeshed in a sinister web that stretches from the lowest slums to the loftiest centers of power....
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Homelandby John JakesISBN 0451198425 (0-451-19842-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homeland'Book summary:In Homeland, internationally acclaimed bestselling author John Jakes brings to life an epic saga of the American immigrant experience in this story of a family dynasty in turmoil at the dawn of a new century. From the uncontrolled chaos of Chicago's infamous Pullman Strike, to the birth of the moving picture, and the bloody carnage of the Spanish-American War, the Crown family raced with the currents of a changing world-and their own limitless desires-and claimed America as their own.... [via]
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 0451523628 (0-451-52362-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Mirth'Book summary:"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth," warns Ecclesiastes 7:4, and so does the novel by Edith Wharton that takes its title from this call to heed. New York at the turn of the century was a time of opulence and frivolity for those who could afford it. But for those who couldn't and yet wanted desperately to keep up with the whirlwind, like Wharton's charming Lily Bart, it was something else altogether: a gilded cage rather than the Gilded Age.
One of Wharton's earliest descriptions of her heroine, in the library of her bachelor friend and sometime suitor Lawrence Selden, indicates that she appears "as though she were a captured dryad subdued to the conventions of the drawing room." Indeed, herein lies Lily's problem. She has, we're told, "been brought up to be ornamental," and yet her spirit is larger than what this ancillary role requires. By today's standards she would be nothing more than a mild rebel, but in the era into which Wharton drops her unmercifully, this tiny spark of character, combined with numerous assaults by vicious society women and bad luck, ultimately renders Lily persona non grata. Her own ambivalence about her position serves to open the door to disaster: several times she is on the verge of "good" marriage and squanders it at the last moment, unwilling to play by the rules of a society that produces, as she calls them, "poor, miserable, marriageable girls.
Lily's rather violent tumble down the social ladder provides a thumbnail sketch of the general injustices of the upper classes (which, incidentally, Wharton never quite manages to condemn entirely, clearly believing that such life is cruel but without alternative). From her start as a beautiful woman at the height of her powers to her sad finale as a recently fired milliner's assistant addicted to sleeping drugs, Lily Bart is heroic, not least for her final admission of her own role in her downfall. "Once--twice--you gave me the chance to escape from my life and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward," she tells Selden as the book draws to a close. All manner of hideous socialite beasts--some of whose treatment by Wharton, such as the token social-climbing Jew, Simon Rosedale, date the book unfortunately--wander through the novel while Lily plummets. As her tale winds down to nothing more than the remnants of social grace and cold hard cash, it's hard not to agree with Lily's own assessment of herself: "I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else." Nevertheless, it's even harder not to believe that she deserved better, which is why The House of Mirth remains so timely and so vital in spite of its crushing end and its unflattering portrait of what life offers up. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor Hugo, Walter J. CobbISBN 0451522222 (0-451-52222-2)
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0451518993 (0-451-51899-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. This book includes "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Salome", "A Woman of No Importance", "An Ideal Husband", "A Florentine Tragedy" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", which appears in full with the 'Grigsby' scene which originally made up the fourth act. [via]
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In the Thrill of the Nightby Candice HernISBN 0451217845 (0-451-21784-5)
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An Infamous Armyby Georgette HeyerISBN 0451131630 (0-451-13163-0)
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Infamous Armyby Heyer GeorgetteISBN 0449232638 (0-449-23263-8)
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Iron Roseby Marsha CanhamISBN 0451208153 (0-451-20815-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iron Rose'Book summary:After the Spanish galleon attacked the English merchant ship, Varian St. Clare was shocked to learn that the captain of the privateer who saved him was Juliet Dante, daughter of legendary Pirate Wolf...
Varian had been sent by the King to tell Juliet's father about a new peace treaty between Spain and England. Juliet agrees to bring Varian to her father-but only as her hostage. But as the attraction between Juliet and Varian builds, and as intrigue swirls, the danger of the high seas will match the danger of surrendering to desire... [via]More editions of Iron Rose:
Lord of My Heartby Jo BeverlyISBN 0451206428 (0-451-20642-8)
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The Lute Playerby Norah LoftsISBN 0449229483 (0-449-22948-3)
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Marian's Christmas Wishby Carla KellyISBN 0451163311 (0-451-16331-1)
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Mexicoby James A. MichenerISBN 0449221873 (0-449-22187-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mexico'Book summary:"Astounding...Fast-moving, Intriguing...James Michener is back in huge, familiar form with MEXICO."
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Here is the story of an American journalist who travels to Mexico to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, but who is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his Mexican ancestors. From the brutality and brilliance of the ancients, to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards, to the modern-day Mexicans battling through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution, James Michener weaves it all into an epic human story that ranks with the best of his beloved, bestselling novels.
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Midnight Is a Lonely Placeby Barbara ErskineISBN 0451181948 (0-451-18194-8)
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Midsummer Magicby Catherine CoulterISBN 0451209192 (0-451-20919-2)
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The Night Inspectorby Frederick BuschISBN 0449006158 (0-449-00615-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Night Inspector'Book summary:In his fiction, at least, Frederick Busch is no stranger to the Victorian era: his 1978 novel The Mutual Friend was a meticulous reconstruction of the Dickensian universe, right down to the last wisp of pea-soup fog. In The Night Inspector, he ventures an equally deep immersion in the past. This time, however, Busch takes us to post-Civil-War Manhattan, where a disfigured veteran named William Bartholomew rages against the Gilded Age--even as he demands remuneration for his own losses.
And what exactly has the narrator lost? As we learn in a sequence of flashbacks, Bartholomew served as a Union sniper, picking off stray Confederate soldiers in an extended bout of psychological warfare. Eventually, though, he received a taste of his own medicine, when a enemy bullet destroyed most of his face. Outfitted with an eerie papier-mâché mask, Bartholomew tends to shock postwar observers into silence:
I imagine I understand their reaction: the bright white mask, its profound deadness, the living eyes beneath--within--the holes, the sketched brows and gashed mouth, airholes embellished, a painting of a nose.... Nevertheless. I won this on your behalf, I am tempted to cry, or pretend to. The specie of the nation, the coin of the realm, our dyspeptic economy, the glister and gauge of American gold: I was hired to wear it!
Bartholomew has, it should be obvious, a formidable mastery of rhetoric. It's appropriate, then, that he should hook up with that supreme exponent of the American baroque, Herman Melville--who at this point is a burnt-out customs inspector (and candidate for some Victorian 12-step plan). Together these outcasts embark upon a plan to rescue a group of black children from their Florida servitude. This caper--along with Bartholomew's attachment to a gold-hearted, elaborately tattooed prostitute--allows the novel to veer in the direction of the penny dreadful. Yet Busch's mastery of period detail, and of the very shape of century-old syntax, remains extraordinary on every page. And true to its title, The Night Inspector is a superb investigation of darkness--in both the physical and psychological sense. "I was reckless," the narrator insists, "and born with great vision though not, alas, of the interior, spiritual sort." By the end of the novel, most readers will decide that he's undersold himself. --Bob Brandeis [via]More editions of The Night Inspector:
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0451523512 (0-451-52351-2)
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Petals in the Stormby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 0451218752 (0-451-21875-2)
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A Place Called Freedomby Ken FollettISBN 0449225151 (0-449-22515-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Place Called Freedom'Book summary:With action that spans two countries on opposite sides of the Atlantic, making a credible audio version of this epic tale is no small feat. Victor Garber, the talented actor of stage and screen (Sleepless in Seattle, I'll Fly Away, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), does an admirable job. Garber presents the narrative passages in a clear, confident tone and uses his extensive acting experience to create believable voices for the many diverse characters. Follett has thrown in a confusing array of regional accents and disguised characters, but the range of Garber's voice helps keep things straight while heightening the considerable action and communicating the powerful emotions expressed by the very large cast that gives this drama its grand sweep.
This intriguing novel hinges on the courageous struggles of the hero, an indentured coal miner who declares, "I'll go anywhere that is not Scotland--anywhere a man can be free." Getting anywhere else is easier said than done, especially when he's caught up in an entanglement of familial responsibility, forbidden love, official deceit, trickery, and violence. Even though there are plenty of breathless moments when proper ladies are tempted by bare-chested hunks, this is much more than just another adventure-filled love story. It's also an intriguing journey into the social and political realities of the late 18th century, when the rising influence of the American colonies was first taking hold and the shining glory of the British Empire had begun its long, slow fade. (Running time: four hours, four cassettes) --George Laney [via]
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A Precious Jewelby Mary BaloghISBN 0451176197 (0-451-17619-7)
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Princessby Gaelen FoleyISBN 0449002462 (0-449-00246-2)
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Rabble in Armsby Kenneth Lewis RobertsISBN 0449244261 (0-449-24426-1)
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Ravishedby Virginia HenleyISBN 0451207378 (0-451-20737-8)
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The Red and the Black : A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Centuryby Stendhal, Lloyd C. Parks, Donald M. FrameISBN 0451517938 (0-451-51793-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red and the Black : A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century'Book summary:One of the great novels of the century, The Red and the Black is a powerful character study of Julien Sorel, a clever and idealistic young opportunist who attempts to rise above his station through a combination of talent, deception, and hypocrisy. He uses his powers of seduction and charm to secure advancement, only to find himself betrayed by his own passions and outwitted by the larger political and social intrigues of post-Napoleonic France. His doomed quest for fortune and love is both heroic and satirical, reflecting the inner tensions and outer pretensions that result from desiring what is not ours. Stendhal's complex portrayal of his characters' thoughts and feelings was far ahead of his time, earning The Red and the Black recognition as the first modern psychological novel, with Julien as his most brilliant creation and one of the greatest characters in all of literature. [via]
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Regency Christmas Courtship: 5 Storiesby Barbara Metzger, Gayle Buck, Edith Layton, Andrea Pickens, Nancy ButlerISBN 0451216814 (0-451-21681-4)
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Regency Christmas Spiritsby Barbara Metzger, Emma Jensen, Edith Layton, Andrea Pickens, Nancy ButlerISBN 0451204387 (0-451-20438-7)
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Richard IIby Kenneth MuirISBN 0451522176 (0-451-52217-6)
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Richard IIby William Shakespeare, Kenneth MuirISBN 0451522680 (0-451-52268-0)
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0451516354 (0-451-51635-4)
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Rose in Bloomby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0448023660 (0-448-02366-0)
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Sayonaraby James A. MichenerISBN 0449204146 (0-449-20414-6)
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Secrets of the Heartby Mary BaloghISBN 0451152891 (0-451-15289-1)
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Silk and Shadowsby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 0451202066 (0-451-20206-6)
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Skylarkby Jo BeverleyISBN 0451211839 (0-451-21183-9)
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Spaceby James A. MichenerISBN 0449203794 (0-449-20379-4)
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The Subtle Serpentby Peter TremayneISBN 0451195582 (0-451-19558-2)
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Tiganaby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 0451457765 (0-451-45776-5)
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To Have and to Holdby Patricia GaffneyISBN 0451207858 (0-451-20785-8)
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The Town Houseby Norah Robinson LoftsISBN 0449227936 (0-449-22793-6)
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0451524381 (0-451-52438-1)
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Travels of Marco Poloby Milton RugoffISBN 0451517172 (0-451-51717-2)
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· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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The True Love Wedding Dressby Catherine Anderson, Connie Brockway, Casey Claybourne, Barbara MetzgerISBN 0451411994 (0-451-41199-4)
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Uncommon Vowsby Mary Jo PutneyISBN 0451210689 (0-451-21068-9)
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Under the Mistletoeby Mary BaloghISBN 0451219791 (0-451-21979-1)
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Until Youby Bertrice SmallISBN 0451214765 (0-451-21476-5)
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 0451524896 (0-451-52489-6)
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Wayside Tavernby Norah LoftsISBN 0449201406 (0-449-20140-6)
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World's Fairby E. L. DoctorowISBN 0449212378 (0-449-21237-8)
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