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1876by Gore VidalISBN 0434829633 (0-434-82963-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: '1876'Book summary:The more things change, the more they stay the same: "The last few days would have brought down any parliamentary government. As it is, the Grant Administration is a shambles, and there is even talk that the President may resign."
Charles Schuyler, the narrator of Burr, returns to the United States after an absence of nearly 40 years, with his widowed daughter, Emma, in tow. While they try to find a suitably rich husband for Emma among the New York social set, Charles concentrates on the scandals in Washington--including accusations of corruption and obstruction of justice against Ulysses S. Grant--and the presidential race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden (Tilden apparently, in fact, won the election, only to have it taken away because of electoral fraud). Cameo appearances by Chester A. Arthur, Mark Twain, Charles Nordhoff, and others enliven the proceedings. --Ron Hogan [via]
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All Night Awakeby Sarah A. HoytISBN 0441011128 (0-441-01112-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Night Awake'Book summary:The adventures of the Elizabethan teacher and poet Will Shakespeare continue in All Night Awake, the sequel to Sarah A. Hoyt's debut novel, Ill Met by Moonlight. Seeking his fortune, young Will has come to London, but his only fate looks to be death, by either starvation or plague. All hope seems lost--then Will meets Kit Marlowe, the most acclaimed playwright of the age. Marlowe offers to help Will find work on the stage, and Will accepts, never dreaming that Marlowe is a treacherous tool of Queen Elizabeth's secret agents. Will believes his fortune has turned--until his Dark Lady, Silver, the ruler of Elvenland, finds him. Believing she seeks only to seduce him away from his wife, Will sends Lady Silver away. He refuses to believe her story that the plague afflicting London is caused by her villainous brother. But Silver speaks the truth. Her brother, the ex-king of Elvenland, seeks vengeance on those who overthrew him: the Lady Silver and her ex-lover, the mortal Will Shakespeare.
Like its prequel, All Night Awake is a suspenseful and entertaining fantasy. However, you probably shouldn't read this series if you don't like the idea of Shakespeare as a character in fiction, or if you don't want to see any fantastic explanations of Shakespeare's staggering talent. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inactionby Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, Steve Bodow, RICH BLOMQUISTISBN 0446691860 (0-446-69186-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America, the Book: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction With a Foreword by Thomas Jefferson'Book summary:Amazon.com ExclusivesFeaturing a foreword by Thomas Jefferson, a Dress the Supreme Court layout, and, oddly enough, a profile of George "The Iceman" Gervin, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, from Jon Stewart and the writers of the Emmy Award-winning The Daily Show, is by far one the most irreverent and wittiest (and may we add smartest) political book you're likely to encounter. Amazon.com spoke with Jon Stewart a few days before the 2004 publication of America (The Book) and they discussed bald eagles, magical talking cats, Thor Heyerdahl, and much more Read the Amazon.com Interview with Jon Stewart Listen to the Amazon.com Interview with Jon Stewart Watch a "vintage" Amazon.com Exclusive Video from Jon StewartMore from Jon Stewart Naked Pictures of Famous People America (The Book) [Audio CD] The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004 [DVD [via]
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Anna of Byzantiumby Tracy BarrettISBN 0440415365 (0-440-41536-5)
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Any Man So Daringby Sarah A. HoytISBN 0441012086 (0-441-01208-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Any Man So Daring'Book summary:William Shakespeare has become the preeminent playwright of Elizabethan England, but his success comes with a price--his son Hamnet has disappeared in the realm of the Elven King, and Will must face the powers of darkness to rescue him. [via]
Arthur Rexby Thomas BergerISBN 0440303621 (0-440-30362-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arthur Rex'Book summary:With these tales, the author pays homage to the lives of King Arthur, the Round Table knights and their ladies, while introducing inspired new twists to the stories of old. Thomas Berger has previously written "Little Big Man", "Killing Time" and "Changing the Past". [via]
The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0440403596 (0-440-40359-6)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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The Black Dahliaby James EllroyISBN 0445405252 (0-445-40525-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Dahlia'Book summary:On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black dahlia-and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard; Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia-driven by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life, past the extremes of their own psyches-into a region of total of madness. [via]
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The Blood Countess : A Novelby Andrei CodrescuISBN 0440221919 (0-440-22191-9)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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The Bodyguardby Joan JohnstonISBN 0440223776 (0-440-22377-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Bondwoman's Narrativeby Henry Louis Gates, Hannah CraftsISBN 0446690295 (0-446-69029-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bondwoman's Narrative'Book summary:Few events are more thrilling than the discovery of a buried treasure. Some years ago, when scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was leafing through an auction catalog, he noticed a listing for an unpublished, clothbound manuscript thought to date from the 1850s: "The Bondwoman's Narrative, by Hannah Crafts, a Fugitive Slave, Recently Escaped from North Carolina." Gates realized that, if genuine, this would be the first novel known to have been written by a black woman in America, as well as the only one by a fugitive slave. He bought the manuscript (there was no competing bid) and began the exhilarating task of confirming the racial identity of the author and the approximate date of composition (circa 1855-59). Gates's excited descriptions of his detective work in the introduction to The Bondwoman's Narrative will make you want to find promising old manuscripts of your own. He also proposes a couple candidates for authorship, assuming that Hannah Crafts was the real or assumed name of the author, and not solely a pen name.
If Gates is right (his introduction and appendix should convince just about everyone), The Bondwoman's Narrative is a tremendous discovery. But is it a lost masterpiece? No. The novel draws so heavily on the conventions of mid-19th-century fiction--by turns religious, gothic, and sentimental--that it does not have much flavor of its own. The beginning of chapter 13 is a close paraphrase (virtually a cribbing) of the opening of Dickens's Bleak House. This borrowing seems to have escaped Gates, although he does quote the assessment of one scholar, the librarian Dorothy Porter Wesley, who had owned the manuscript before he acquired it, that "the best of the writer's mind was religious and emotional and in her handling of plot the long arm of coincidence is nowhere spared." Although not a striking literary contribution, The Bondwoman's Narrative is well worth reading on historical grounds, especially since it was never published. As Gates argues, these pages provide our first "unedited, unaffected, unglossed, unaided" glimpse into the mind of a fugitive slave. --Regina Marler [via]
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Bridal Favorsby Connie BrockwayISBN 0440236746 (0-440-23674-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Celia Garthby Gwen BristowISBN 0445082674 (0-445-08267-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Daddy Long-Legsby Jean WebsterISBN 0440416736 (0-440-41673-6)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America 2006 Calendarby Jon StewartISBN 044669648X (0-446-69648-X)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America 2006 Calendar'Book summary:Amazon Exclusive Content
Jon Stewart on America (The Book)
Sure, we could write a pithy blurb telling you all about America (The Book), by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show, but it's much easier--and funnier--to let Jon Stewart tell you all about this irreverant new book himself. - Watch Jon Stewart talk to Amazon.com customers about America (The Book) from the set of The Daily Show.
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A Dangerous Manby Connie BrockwayISBN 0440221986 (0-440-22198-6)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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The Dark Highlander: Library Editionby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440237556 (0-440-23755-6)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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Death and the Maidenby P. N. ElrodISBN 0441000711 (0-441-00071-1)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death and the Maiden'Book summary:To save his embattled family and estate, as well as the security of his sanctuary, vampire jonathan barrett must once again walk among the living and satisfy his craving for blood [via]
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The Devil in a Forestby Gene WolfeISBN 0441142958 (0-441-14295-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Dragon and the Jewelby Virginia HenleyISBN 0440206243 (0-440-20624-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Eight Cousinsby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0448023598 (0-448-02359-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Eight Cousins or Aunt Hillby Louisa May Alcott, Joan AikenISBN 0440422310 (0-440-42231-0)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Emperorby Conn IgguldenISBN 0440240948 (0-440-24094-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emperor'Book summary:Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawlessly capturing the essence of a land, a people, a legend. Conn Iggulden is just such a writer, bringing to vivid life one of the most fascinating eras in human history. In a true masterpiece of historical fiction, Iggulden takes us on a breathtaking journey through ancient Rome, sweeping us into a realm of tyrants and slaves, of dark intrigues and seething passions. What emerges is both a grand romantic tale of coming-of-age in the Roman Empire and a vibrant portrait of the early years of a man who would become the most powerful ruler on earth: Julius Caesar.
On the lush Italian peninsula, a new empire is taking shape. At its heart is the city of Rome, a place of glory and decadence, beauty and bloodshed. Against this vivid backdrop, two boys are growing to manhood, dreaming of battles, fame, and glory in service of the mightiest empire the world has ever known. One is the son of a senator, a boy of privilege and ambition to whom much has been given and from whom much is expected. The other is a bastard child, a boy of strength and cunning, whose love for his adoptive familyand his adoptive brotherwill be the most powerful force in his life.
As young Gaius and Marcus are trained in the art of combatunder the tutelage of one of Romes most fearsome gladiatorsRome itself is being rocked by the art of treachery and ambition, caught in a tug-of-war as two rival generals, Marius and Sulla, push the empire toward civil war. For Marcus, a bloody campaign in Greece will become a young soldiers proving ground. For Gaius, the equally deadly infighting of the Roman Senate will be the battlefield where he hones his courage and skill. And for both, the love of an extraordinary slave girl will be an honor each will covet but only one will win.
The two friends are forced to walk different paths, and by the time they meet again everything will have changed. Both will have known love, loss, and violence. And the land where they were once innocent will be thrust into the grip of bitter conflicta conflict that will set Roman against Roman...and put their friendship to the ultimate test.
Brilliantly interweaving history and adventure, Conn Iggulden conjures a stunning array of contrastsfrom the bloody stench of a battlefield to the opulence of the greatest city in history, from the tenderness of a lover to the treachery of an assassin. Superbly rendered, grippingly told, Emperor, The Gates of Rome is a work of vaulting imagination from a powerful new voice in historical fiction.
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Enchanting Pleasuresby Eloisa JamesISBN 0440234581 (0-440-23458-1)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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The Exilesby William Stuart LongISBN 0440123747 (0-440-12374-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Foundingby Cynthia Harrod-EaglesISBN 0440126770 (0-440-12677-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Ghosts I Have Beenby Richard PeckISBN 0440428645 (0-440-42864-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Glass Harmonicaby Louise MarleyISBN 0441007295 (0-441-00729-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Hans Brinker or the Silver Skatesby Mary Mapes DodgeISBN 0440434467 (0-440-43446-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates'Book summary:The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Conduct of life; Brothers and sisters; Skating races; Netherlands; Juvenile Fiction / General; Juvenile Fiction / Boys [via]
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The Highlander's Touch: Library Edtionby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440236525 (0-440-23652-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Hittyby Rachel FieldISBN 0440403375 (0-440-40337-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitty'Book summary:Hitty is a very special doll who belongs to Phoebe. Phoebe is proud of her beautiful doll and brings Hitty everywhere she goes. This is thrilling for Hitty, who finds herself involved in the most wonderful adventures both on land and at sea. She meets many people and makes new friends.
This is the story of the first hundred years of Hitty's life. And that's only the beginning for a doll as special as Hitty. [via]More editions of Hitty:
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The Hunchback of Notre- Dameby Victor HugoISBN 0440226759 (0-440-22675-9)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre- Dame'Book summary:Kindle edition of Victor Hugo's classic work with an active table of contents. [via]
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I Capture the Castleby Dodie SmithISBN 0434713503 (0-434-71350-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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The Immigrantsby Howard FastISBN 0440141753 (0-440-14175-3)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar WildeISBN 0435229508 (0-435-22950-8)
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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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The Jesterby James Patterson, Andrew GrossISBN 0446613843 (0-446-61384-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jester'Book summary:You are about to begin the most thrilling James Patterson novel yet. Hugh De Luc returns from the Crusades to discover that his terrifying nightmare has just begun. Merciless killers have slain his young son, kidnapped his wife, Sophie, and destroyed his town in their search for a priceless relic from the Crucifixion. Hugh's quest to find Sophie is one of the most pulse-pounding adventures, mysteries, and unforgettable love stories in all of thriller fiction. [via]
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Jubilee Trailby Gwen BristowISBN 0445083069 (0-445-08306-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jubilee Trail'Book summary:The history of California in the mid-19th century comes alive in this captivating historical novel. Garnet Cameron, a fashionable young lady of New York, is leading a neat, proper life, full of elegant parties and polite young men, yet the prospect of actually marrying any of them appalls her. Yearning for adventure, she instead marries Oliver Hale, a wild trader who is about to cross the mountains and deserts to an unheard-of land called California. During Garnet and Oliver's honeymoon in New Orleans, she meets a dance-hall performer on the lam who calls herself Florinda Grove and is also traveling to California. Along the Jubilee Trail, Garnet and Florinda meet kinds of men never known to them before, and together they make their painstaking way over the harsh trail to Los Angeles, learning how to live without compromise and discover both true friendship and true love.[via]More editions of Jubilee Trail:
The Last Days of Pompeiiby Edward Bulwer LyttonISBN 0442247443 (0-442-24744-3)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold
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The Mark of the Horse Lordby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0440401615 (0-440-40161-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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McClairen's Isle : The Ravishing Oneby Connie BrockwayISBN 0440226309 (0-440-22630-9)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Midnight Harvestby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 044661341X (0-446-61341-X)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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My Cousin Rachelby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0440159938 (0-440-15993-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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My Sweet Follyby Laura KinsaleISBN 0425209792 (0-425-20979-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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After years of innocent correspondence with her husband's cousin, Folie Hamilton had him pictured in her mind as a heroic soldier. But when he returns to London after her husband's death, Folie meets a man on the edge of madness-who both frightens and fascinates her. [via]More editions of My Sweet Folly:
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Night Bloomingby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0446611026 (0-446-61102-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Night Blooming'Book summary:Set in the court of Charlemagne the Great, this is the 15th novel in the popular series about the immortal vampire, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, who meets an albino woman afflicted with stigmata who is accused of witchcraft. [via]
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Night Blooming: From the Chronicles of Saint-Germainby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0446529818 (0-446-52981-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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An Old-fashioned Girlby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0440466091 (0-440-46609-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Phantomby Susan KayISBN 0440211697 (0-440-21169-7)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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The Pride of Lionsby Marsha CanhamISBN 0440224578 (0-440-22457-8)
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Ragtime in Simlaby Barbara CleverlyISBN 0440242231 (0-440-24223-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Ramsesby Christian Jacq, Mary FeeneyISBN 0446673560 (0-446-67356-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Ransom of Mercy Carterby Caroline B. CooneyISBN 0440227755 (0-440-22775-5)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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The Raven Princeby Elizabeth HoytISBN 0446618470 (0-446-61847-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Ravishing Oneby Connie BrockwayISBN 0440226295 (0-440-22629-5)
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Red Roses Mean Loveby Jacquie D'AlessandroISBN 0440235537 (0-440-23553-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Return of the Great Brainby John D. FitzgeraldISBN 0440459419 (0-440-45941-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Romeo and Juliet : The Contemporary Film, the Classic Playby William ShakespeareISBN 0440227127 (0-440-22712-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet : The Contemporary Film, the Classic Play'Book summary:Award-winning director Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom) has updated Shakespeare's classic tragedy of young love and teen suicide in a unique new film, in which the warring Capulets and Montagues are gangsters who carry guns instead of swords. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Basketball Diaries) and Claire Danes (My So-Called Life, Little Women) as the doomed lovers, the film is set in a modern city. The actors speak Shakespeare's words--but with their own American accents.
Readers can now experience this new vision of Shakespeare's violent, tragic play alongside the Bard
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Rose in Bloomby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0440475880 (0-440-47588-0)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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The Runaway Dukeby Julie Anne LongISBN 0446614254 (0-446-61425-4)
Softcover, Forever
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Salt Roadsby Nalo HopkinsonISBN 0446677132 (0-446-67713-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Sarah, Plain and Tallby Patricia MacLachlanISBN 0440840007 (0-440-84000-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sarah, Plain and Tall'Book summary:MacLachlan, author of Unclaimed Treasures, has written an affecting tale for children. In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children--Anna and Caleb--advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses greatly. The children fear that she will not stay, and when she goes off to town alone, young Caleb--whose mother died during childbirth--is stricken with the fear that she has gone for good. But she returns with colored pencils to illustrate for them the beauty of Maine, and to explain that, though she misses her home, "the truth of it is I would miss you more." The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. [via]
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Shadowheartby Laura KinsaleISBN 0425211665 (0-425-21166-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadowheart'Book summary:From Laura Kinsale comes an extraordinary medieval-set tale of consuming love and fiery passion between a dashing, dangerous assassin and the beautiful princess who stands in the way of all he's ever desired. [via]
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Shield of Three Lionsby Pamela KaufmanISBN 0446324191 (0-446-32419-1)
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The Sign of the Beaverby Elizabeth George SpeareISBN 0440479002 (0-440-47900-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sign of the Beaver'Book summary:When his father returns East to collect the rest of the family, 13-year-old Matt is left alone to guard his family's newly built homestead. One day, Matt is brutally stung when he robs a bee tree for honey. He returns to consciousness to discover that his many stings have been treated by an old Native American and his grandson. Matt offers his only book as thanks, but the old man instead asks Matt to teach his grandson Attean to read. Both boys are suspicious, but Attean comes each day for his lesson. In the mornings, Matt tries to entice Attean with tales from Robinson Crusoe, while in the afternoons, Attean teaches Matt about wilderness survival and Native American culture. The boys become friends in spite of themselves, and their inevitable parting is a moving tribute to the ability of shared experience to overcome prejudice. The Sign of the Beaver was a Newbery Honor Book; author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow. (Ages 12 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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Softcover, Bantam Books - The Sign of the Beaver: ISBN 0440227305 (0-440-22730-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Sign of the Beaver: ISBN 0440228301 (0-440-22830-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - The Sign of the Beaver: ISBN 0440479002 (0-440-47900-2)
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Simply Loveby Mary BaloghISBN 0440241979 (0-440-24197-9)
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Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusadeby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440180295 (0-440-18029-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade'Book summary:Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.
Don't let the ease of reading fool you--Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters..." Slaughterhouse-Five (taken from the name of the building where the POWs were held) is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch- 22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy--and humor. [via]
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Spartacusby Howard FastISBN 0440176492 (0-440-17649-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Stress of Her Regardby Tim PowersISBN 0441790976 (0-441-79097-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stress of Her Regard'Book summary:When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom. Joining forces with Byron, Keats, and Shelley in a desperate journey that crisscrosses Europe, Crawford desperately seeks his freedom from this vengeful lover who haunts his dreams and will not rest until she destroys all that he cherishes. Told in the guise of a secret history, this tale of passion and terror brilliantly evokes the nineteenth century. The chilling horror and adventure blend to create a riveting romantic fantasy. [via]
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To Love a Thiefby Julie Anne LongISBN 0446614262 (0-446-61426-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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A Trust Betrayedby Candace RobbISBN 0446678503 (0-446-67850-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Trust Betrayed'Book summary:From the author of the acclaimed Owen Archer books comes the first novel in a new historical mystery series set in 13th century Scotland. [via]
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The Tudor Roseby Margaret C. BarnesISBN 0441827209 (0-441-82720-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963by Christopher Paul CurtisISBN 044022800X (0-440-22800-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963'Book summary:The year is 1963, and self-important Byron Watson is the bane of his younger brother Kenny's existence. Constantly in trouble for one thing or another, from straightening his hair into a "conk" to lighting fires to freezing his lips to the mirror of the new family car, Byron finally pushes his family too far. Before this "official juvenile delinquent" can cut school or steal change one more time, Momma and Dad finally make good on their threat to send him to the deep south to spend the summer with his tiny, strict grandmother. Soon the whole family is packed up, ready to make the drive from Flint, Michigan, straight into one of the most chilling moments in America's history: the burning of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with four little girls inside.
Christopher Paul Curtis's alternately hilarious and deeply moving novel, winner of the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Honor, blends the fictional account of an African American family with the factual events of the violent summer of 1963. Fourth grader Kenny is an innocent and sincere narrator; his ingenuousness lends authenticity to the story and invites readers of all ages into his world, even as it changes before his eyes. Curtis is also the acclaimed author of Bud, Not Buddy, winner of the Newbery Medal. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Whirlwind Weddingby Jacquie D'AlessandroISBN 0440235510 (0-440-23551-0)
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The Wishlistby Eoin ColferISBN 0439443369 (0-439-44336-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wishlist'Book summary:This four-cassette unabridged recording of The Wish List is read by James Wilby. The running time is five hours 45 minutes.
Eoin Colfer's The Wish List is a bitter yet rip-roaringly funny tale of two wayward teenagers on the road to hell--literally. The story opens with Meg Finn and Belch Brennan, two bad kids on the block, breaking into a pensioner's flat. At the very last minute Meg reneges on the deal and tries to break for freedom, leaving the aged Lowrie McCall screaming with the pain inflicted by Belch's bloodthirsty hound. Backed into a corner by Belch and a shotgun, Meg pleads with Belch to call an ambulance and save the old man's life. Instead he pulls the trigger and in a split second of evil and madness the bullet hits a gas tank and knocks Meg's soul out of her skin, catapulting her spirit along a vast tunnel on the way to some particularly shiny, pearly gates.
Meanwhile, Beelzebub is fretting. His boss was expecting two souls, and although Belch (in his new incarnation as a dribbling, growling, red-eyed dog-boy) took the correct turn in the tunnel, he's rather miffed that Meg found her way to the beautifully buffed Pearlies and an interview with Saint Peter and his rather complicated points system. So, the archangel and the demon do a deal, and Meg is given a chance to redeem herself. If she fails on her mission to help Lowrie McCall work his way through his Wish List before he dies, then she too will be heading south to join the boy-band members, the mime artists, Belch and the world's computer boffins in fiery damnation...
The Wish List was first published in Ireland in 2000, bringing with it much critical acclaim. In 2002, following the enormous and well-deserved success of the Artemis Fowl books, Eoin Colfer's publishers decided to let the rest of the world sneak a peak. And about time too. Hopelessly hopeful, immorally moral, rattling with the pain of its anti-heroine as she faces her own demons, and rib-crackingly, laugh-out-loud funny, The Wish List strikes an almost perfect balance between good, old-fashioned scruples and thoroughly modern irreverence in what is ultimately, and most importantly, a darn good read. Not for the faint-hearted, and certainly not for those who can't take a border-line sick joke every now and then, The Wish List is a divinely devilish tale for anyone who enjoys a bucketful of grit and truck loads of wisecracks with their reading material. Ages 10 and over, recommended particularly for older readers. --Susan Harrison [via]
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Wolves of Willoughby Chaseby Joan AikenISBN 0440496039 (0-440-49603-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wolves of Willoughby Chase'Book summary:Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease.
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With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?
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A Woman of Passionby Virginia HenleyISBN 0440222087 (0-440-22208-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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A Year and a Dayby Virginia HenleyISBN 0440222079 (0-440-22207-9)
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