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501 German Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tensesby Henry StrutzISBN 0812044339 (0-8120-4433-9)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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501 German Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses, Alphabetically Arrangedby Henry StrutzISBN 0812004345 (0-8120-0434-5)
Hardcover, Barron's Educational Series
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› Find signed collectible books: '501 German Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses, Alphabetically Arranged'Book summary:From `chzen (to groan) to ziehen (to pull), 501 of the most commonly used German verbs are presented alphabetically with translations. The arrangement is one verb per page in easy to comprehend table form. Each verb is listed with its principal parts and followed by complete conjugation in all tenses. Additional material includes tables of strong verbs arranged according to pattern of change, and a section on prefix verbs and model auxiliaries. An added feature in this edition is a set of 27 verb tests with answers explained. Language students will also find weather expressions as they are used with impersonal verbs, a selection of German idioms and proverbs, and a concise review of rules for verb tenses and moods. This book, with its emphasis on grammatical form, makes a fine classroom supplement for beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses in German. [via]
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501 Spanish Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy to Learn Formatby Christopher KendrisISBN 0812092821 (0-8120-9282-1)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '501 Spanish Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged'Book summary:With more than 1 million copies in print, the new, updated edition of this all-time best selling language book of Spanish verbs is now printed in two colors for increased ease of reference. The most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs are presented alphabetically in chart form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all persons and tenses, both active and passive. This thorough guide to the use of verbs features many additional references and tips, including a bilingual list of more than 1,250 additional Spanish verbs, helpful expressions and idioms for travelers, and verb drills and tests with answers explained at the back of the book. [via]
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- 501 Spanish Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy to Learn Format: ISBN 0812026020 (0-8120-2602-0)
Hardcover, Barron's Educational Series - 501 Spanish Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged: ISBN 0812092821 (0-8120-9282-1)
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- 501 Spanish Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy to Learn Format: ISBN 0812026020 (0-8120-2602-0)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0812504240 (0-8125-0424-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each titleoffering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.[via]
This edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R. L. Fisher.More editions of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
All Creatures Great and Smallby James HerriotISBN 0816160953 (0-8161-6095-3)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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The American Woman's Homeby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nicole Tonkovich, Catharine Esther BeecherISBN 0813530792 (0-8135-3079-2)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Anne of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0812551966 (0-8125-5196-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Avonlea'Book summary:Anne Shirley, the redheaded girl of Green Gables returns.
Anne is home from Queen's. Now sixteen and a teacher, it is time to settle down and stay out of trouble. But trouble and Anne Shirley always seem to find each other.
Dolly, Anne's Jersey cow, is always getting in to Mr. Harrison's field. Mr. Harrision, a "crank" according to Rachel Lynde, was upset. So when Anne saw Dolly one day in his field Anne sold her on the spot. But when she arrived home there was Dolly. Anne had just sold Mr. Harrision's Jersey. Just the start of another quiet day for Anne.
Mark Twain described Anne as "the most moving and delightful child of fiction since the immortal Alice." The "Anne" books have been best sellers since 1908. [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0812551524 (0-8125-5152-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Around the World in 80 Daysby Jules Verne, George M. Towle, Bruce SterlingISBN 0812968565 (0-8129-6856-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in 80 Days'Book summary:Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Vernes hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber. Set from the text of George M. Towles original 1873 translation, this Modern Library Paperback Classic of Vernes adventure novel comes vividly alive, brilliantly reecting on time, space, and one mans struggle to reach beyond the bounds of both science and society. [via]
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 0812504305 (0-8125-0430-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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This edition of Around the World in Eighty Days includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Justin Leiber.More editions of Around the World in Eighty Days:
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The Artist's Way Creativity Kitby Julia CameronISBN 0811826368 (0-8118-2636-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way Creativity Kit'Book summary:Like the book on which it is based, The Artist's Way Creativity Kit is an empowering tool for aspiring and working artists alike. The elements within this exquisite box are designed to encourage the establishment of a personal ritual surrounding your creative time. The words of Julia Cameron, author of the best-selling book The Artist's Way, will set you on your way. Inside you will find a contemplative writing journal featuring quotations from creative souls from Shakti Gawain to Leo Tolstoy on the nature of creativity and accompanying questions that allow you apply their wisdom to your life, 75 cards with creative tasks geared toward spontaneity and play, and a packet of sandalwood incense. [via]
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Boomer's Big Dayby Constance McGeorge, Mary WhyteISBN 0811814920 (0-8118-1492-0)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Brideshead Revisitedby Evelyn WaughISBN 0816134006 (0-8161-3400-6)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brideshead Revisited'Book summary:A departure from Evelyn Waugh's normally comic theater, Brideshead Revisited concerns the tale of Charles Ryder, a captain in the British Army in post-World War I England. Unlike Waugh's previous narrators, Ryder is an intelligent man, looking back on much of his life from his current post in Oxford. He strikes a special friendship with Lord Sebastian Flyte as the setting moves to the Brideshead estate and a baroque castle that recalls England's prior standing in the world. Ryder falls for Flyte's sister while families, politics and religions collide. What makes the book extraordinary is Waugh's sharp, vivid style and his use of dialect and minor characters. This is one of Waugh's finest accomplishments and a superb book. [via]
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The Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0812504321 (0-8125-0432-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Caring for Your Historic Houseby National Heritage Preservation Institute Staff, Gordon Bock, U. S. StaffISBN 0810940876 (0-8109-4087-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Charles Dickens' Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Holly HughesISBN 0812034147 (0-8120-3414-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Dickens' Great Expectations'Book summary:Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers. [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0812504348 (0-8125-0434-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Clouds of Witness: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteryby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0816167214 (0-8161-6721-4)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas 1934-1952by Dylan ThomasISBN 0811202054 (0-8112-0205-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas 1934-1952'Book summary:Dylan Thomas's poems gambol and frisk across the tongue and imagination like those of few poets I have ever read. His choicely crafted (and often synaesthetic) phrases, his musicality, and his laughingly lilting language are nicely captured by the first two stanzas of Fern Hill--read it aloud for full effect:
Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs
About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,
The night above the dingle starry,
Time let me hail and climb
Golden in the heydays of his eyes,
And honored among wagons I was prince of the apple towns,
And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves
Trail with daisies and barley
Down the rivers of the windfall light.
And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,
In the sun that is young once only,
Time let me play and be
Golden in the mercy of his means,
And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves
Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold,
And the sabbath rang slowly
In the pebbles of the holy streams...
This collection of his poems contains only those pieces he wished preserved and should be owned by anyone who loves beautifully crafted language. [via]
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 0812565681 (0-8125-6568-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count of Monte Cristo'Book summary:For nineteen-year-old Edmond Dantes, life is sweet. Soon to be captain of his own sip, he is also about to be married to his true love, Mercedes. But suddenly everything turns sour. On the joyous day of his wedding he is arrested and--without a fair trial--condemned to solitary confinement in the miserable Chateau d'If! The charges? Faked! Edmond has been framed by a handful of powerful enemies. But why?[via]
While locked away, Edmond learns from another prisoner of a secret treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Edmond concocts a daring and audacious plan: escape and find the treasure! But it is years later--long after Edmond has transformed himself into the Count of Monte Cristo--that his plan for revenge begins to unfold.
Disguised as the wealthy count, Edmond returns to his native land to find his enemies--and make them pay!More editions of Count of Monte Cristo:
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De Bono's Thinking Courseby Edward De BonoISBN 0816018952 (0-8160-1895-2)
Softcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'De Bono's Thinking Course'Book summary:In this updated edition of his popular guide, edward debono teaches how to think more clearly, effectively, and broadly. Dr. Debono covers every important aspect of thinking--from perception and analysis, to creativity and decision-making. This edition includes a new chapter on critical thinking. 40 line drawings. Index. Appendices [via]
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- De Bono's Thinking Course: ISBN 0816031789 (0-8160-3178-9)
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Hardcover, Facts on File - De Bono's Thinking Course: ISBN 0816031754 (0-8160-3175-4)
Hardcover, Facts on File - De Bono's Thinking Course: ISBN 0816018952 (0-8160-1895-2)
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- De Bono's Thinking Course: ISBN 0816031789 (0-8160-3178-9)
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The Descent of Womanby Elaine MorganISBN 0812814584 (0-8128-1458-4)
Hardcover, Stein and Day
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Descent of Woman'Book summary:A revised edition, which presents a controversial theory in women's studies. Morgan argues the case for the equal role of women in evolution, promoting the Aquatic Ape Theory of evolution which she elaborated on in further works. [via]
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Dictionary of Finance and Investment Termsby John Downes, Jordan Elliot GoodmanISBN 0812090357 (0-8120-9035-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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- Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms: ISBN 0812046315 (0-8120-4631-5)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc - Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms: ISBN 0812025229 (0-8120-2522-9)
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Dictionary of Real Estate Termsby Jack C Harris, Jack P. Friedman, J. Bruce LindemanISBN 0812096606 (0-8120-9660-6)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Documents of the Baptismal Liturgyby Maxwell E. Johnson, E.C. WhitakerISBN 0814662005 (0-8146-6200-5)
Softcover, Liturgical Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy'Book summary:Since its first appearance in 1960 and revision in 1970, Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy has been widely praised both for its value as a source book and for the light it sheds on contemporary discussion of Christian initiation. The texts are in English, and a glossary of technical terms and a brief introduction to each document help to make them accessible to both the general and the specialist reader. This revised and expanded edition: retains all the sources previously included, many of which have been corrected and replaced with newer translations; incorporates Eastern Christian texts from the great East Syrian Church Fathers, Aphrahat and Ephrem, as well as selections from The Rite of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Maronite Rite; includes additional Western texts such as the famous Pentecost Homily attributed to Faustus of Riez, Letter 26 to Januarius from Pope Gregory 1, and the Rite of Confirmation from the Pontifical of William Durandus; Places individual councils in their respective geographic locales; lists sources and related publications in a variety of languages for each document studied or for each locale. ""This is a most useful addition to liturgical study."" Journal of Ecclesiastical History [via]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0812504488 (0-8125-0448-8)
Softcover, Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self. [via]
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0812523016 (0-8125-2301-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:[via]Awareness of Dracula as a masterly gothic thriller has increased ever since its publication in 1897, and the novel is regarded as one of the most seminal horror stories ever written, having inspired countless copycat tales and literary spin-offs. The tale of young Englishman Jonathan Harker's journey to Transylvania, into the very heart of Count Draculas evil realm, is compelling, but it is perhaps the journey of the vampire to Englandand the dangers he poses to Jonathans beloved Minathat is more horrifying. -
Ernest Hemingway's a Farewell to Armsby Ernest Hemingway, Howard BerridgeISBN 0812034120 (0-8120-3412-0)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ernest Hemingway's a Farewell to Arms'Book summary:A guide to reading "A Farewell to Arms" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. [via]
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Troublesome Wordsby Bill BrysonISBN 0816019339 (0-8160-1933-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen/Classic Illustrated Editionby Russell Ash, Bernard Higton, H.C. AndersenISBN 0811802302 (0-8118-0230-2)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen/Classic Illustrated Edition'Book summary:The entrancing world of toys, animals, magical kingdoms, and mystical beings is magnificently brought to life by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this, the fourth title in Chronicle Books' extremely successful Classic Illustrated Edition series. Beautifully illustrated with charming turn of the century pictures by such notable artists as Arthur Rackham, Maxwell Armfield, and Edmund Dulac, this stunning book is a visual feast for children and adults alike.
This collection contains the following stories:
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- The Little Mermaid
- The Little Match Girl
- The Nightingale
- The Princess and the Pea
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- Thumbelina
- The Tinderbox
- The Ugly Duckling
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A Farewell to Armsby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0816159718 (0-8161-5971-8)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Farewell to Arms'Book summary:As a youth of 18, Ernest Hemingway was eager to fight in the Great War. Poor vision kept him out of the army, so he joined the ambulance corps instead and was sent to France. Then he transferred to Italy where he became the first American wounded in that country during World War I. Hemingway came out of the European battlefields with a medal for valor and a wealth of experience that he would, 10 years later, spin into literary gold with A Farewell to Arms. This is the story of Lieutenant Henry, an American, and Catherine Barkley, a British nurse. The two meet in Italy, and almost immediately Hemingway sets up the central tension of the novel: the tenuous nature of love in a time of war. During their first encounter, Catherine tells Henry about her fiancé of eight years who had been killed the year before in the Somme. Explaining why she hadn't married him, she says she was afraid marriage would be bad for him, then admits:
I wanted to do something for him. You see, I didn't care about the other thing and he could have had it all. He could have had anything he wanted if I would have known. I would have married him or anything. I know all about it now. But then he wanted to go to war and I didn't know.
The two begin an affair, with Henry quite convinced that he "did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards." Soon enough, however, the game turns serious for both of them and ultimately Henry ends up deserting to be with Catherine.Hemingway was not known for either unbridled optimism or happy endings, and A Farewell to Arms, like his other novels (For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, and To Have and Have Not), offers neither. What it does provide is an unblinking portrayal of men and women behaving with grace under pressure, both physical and psychological, and somehow finding the courage to go on in the face of certain loss. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Farthest Shoreby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0816144346 (0-8161-4434-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role Of Chance In Life And In The Marketsby Nassim TalebISBN 0812975219 (0-8129-7521-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role Of Chance In Life And In The Markets'Book summary:If the prescriptions for getting rich that are outlined in books such as The Millionaire Next Door and Rich Dad Poor Dad are successful enough to make the books bestsellers, then one must ask, Why aren't there more millionaires? In Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professional trader and mathematics professor, examines what randomness means in business and in life and why human beings are so prone to mistake dumb luck for consummate skill. This eccentric and highly personal exploration of the nature of randomness meanders from the court of Croesus and trading rooms in New York and London to Russian roulette, Monte Carlo engines, and the philosophy of Karl Popper. Part of what makes this book so good is Taleb's ability to make seemingly arcane mathematical concepts (at least to this reviewer) entirely relevant in evaluating and understanding everything from the stock market to the success of those millionaires cited in the aforementioned bestsellers. Here's an articulate, wise, and humorous meditation on the nature of success and failure that anyone who wants a little more of the former would do well to consider. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards [via]
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Gaudy Nightby Dorothy Leigh SayersISBN 081613040X (0-8161-3040-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Gnomesby Will Huygen, Rien PoortvlietISBN 0810909650 (0-8109-0965-0)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gnomes'Book summary:Gnomes is the product of Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygens observation of the local gnome population in Holland. Until Gnomes was first published in Dutch in 1976, these friendly nocturnal creatures were only represented in folk lore; descriptions were often incomplete or simply inaccurate. Poortvliet and Huygen, having studied and interviewed gnomes for two decades, set out to fill this gap with their own encyclopedic tome.
Gnomes covers all areas of gnome culture, including architecture, education, courtship, medicine, industry, and relationships with other mythical creatures. Huygens sober descriptions are balanced by Poortvliets light-hearted portrayals of gnomes at work and at play. Thirty years later, this beautifully illustrated volume continues to engage and enchant readers of all ages. [via] -
Gnomes Journalby Rien PoortvlietISBN 0810985748 (0-8109-8574-8)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gnomes Journal'Book summary:Featuring classic illustrations from Abrams' "Gnomes, a "New York Times best-selling book with lifetime sales of over 4 million. [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0812563115 (0-8125-6311-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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Grendelby John Champlin GardnerISBN 0816160155 (0-8161-6015-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigationby Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts, Thomas P. WhitneyISBN 0813332893 (0-8133-3289-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation'Book summary:The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyns attempt to compile a literary-historical record of the vast system of prisons and labor camps that came into being shortly after the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in 1917 and that underwent an enormous expansion during the rule of Stalin from 1924 to 1953. Various sections of the three volumes describe the arrest, interrogation, conviction, transportation, and imprisonment of the Gulags victims by Soviet authorities over four decades. The work mingles historical exposition and Solzhenitsyns own autobiographical accounts with the voluminous personal testimony of other inmates that he collected and committed to memory during his imprisonment.Upon publication of the first volume of The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn was immediately attacked in the Soviet press. Despite the intense interest in his fate that was shown in the West, he was arrested and charged with treason on February 12, 1974, and was exiled from the Soviet Union the following day.[via]More editions of The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation:
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Softcover, Perseus Books Group - The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation: ISBN 0813332893 (0-8133-3289-3)
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- The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 An Experiment in Literary Investigation: ISBN 0813332907 (0-8133-3290-7)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0812567064 (0-8125-6706-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Gulliver's Travelsby S.D. Schindler, Jonathan Swift, Raymond JamesISBN 0816718652 (0-8167-1865-2)
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Handmade Style: Japanby Dorothy WoodISBN 081182814X (0-8118-2814-X)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Happy to Be Hereby Garrison KeillorISBN 0816135843 (0-8161-3584-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photographyby H. Harvard ArnasonISBN 0810910977 (0-8109-1097-7)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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-- More biographical information about each artist.
-- An entirely new chapter on Cubism.
-- A lively sense of social and historical context.
-- Coverage of work in nontraditional mediums. such as video, installation, and performance art.
-- More than 30% new illustrations and text and nearly twice the number of color illustration as in previous editions.
-- A culturally diverse selection of artists and a much broader selection of works by women.
-- Chronological reorganization of the text, an updated bibliography, and a complete index. [via]More editions of History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography:
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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundlingby Henry Fielding, Fredson BowersISBN 0812966074 (0-8129-6607-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Houseby Tracy KidderISBN 0816142106 (0-8161-4210-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bibleby Gordon D. Fee, Douglas StuartISBN 0816156735 (0-8161-5673-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiahby Richard BachISBN 0816165203 (0-8161-6520-3)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean Worldby Jacques-Yves CousteauISBN 0810980681 (0-8109-8068-1)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Alan DurbandISBN 0812036379 (0-8120-3637-9)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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1. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective.
2. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers.
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Libraby Don DelilloISBN 0816147841 (0-8161-4784-1)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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MacHiavelli's the Prince: Text and Commentaryby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0812005244 (0-8120-0524-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius, Gregory HaysISBN 0812968255 (0-8129-6825-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hayss new translationthe first in a generationMarcuss thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented.More editions of Meditations:
Murther & Walking Spiritsby Robertson DaviesISBN 0816154678 (0-8161-5467-8)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Native Sonby WrightISBN 0816157871 (0-8161-5787-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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New Jersey Day Trips: A Guide to Outings in New Jersey and Nearby Areas of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delawareby Barbara Hudgins, Patrick SarverISBN 0813533511 (0-8135-3351-1)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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The New York Times Complete Manual of Home Repair.by Bernard GladstoneISBN 0812903137 (0-8129-0313-7)
Hardcover, Quadrangle
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Niccolo Machiavelli's the Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, Gerald Lee RatliffISBN 0812035364 (0-8120-3536-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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O Pioneers!by Willa CatherISBN 0812520769 (0-8125-2076-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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On the Night of the Seventh Moonby Victoria HoltISBN 0816160600 (0-8161-6060-0)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Morse PeckhamISBN 0812219546 (0-8122-1954-6)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Darwin's changes were extensive. His book grew by a third as he rewrote many passages four or five times, and in this edition Morse Peckham has recorded every one of those changes. A book of such distinctive dimensions, on a subject of such profound importance, will be of intense interest to historians of biology, evolution, science, literature, and cultural development. It will be an invaluable aid to the clarification and full comprehension of this complex and renowned scientific classic.More editions of The Origin of Species: Library Edition:
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Pastwatchby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812508645 (0-8125-0864-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pastwatch'Book summary:Anyone who's read Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong knows about the devastating consequences that Columbus's voyage and ensuing colonization had on the native people of the Americas and Africa. In a thought-provoking work that is part science fiction, part historical drama, Orson Scott Card writes about scientists in a fearful future who study that tragic past, then attempt to actually intervene and change it into something better.
Tagiri and Hassan are members of Pastwatch, an academic organization that uses machines to see into the past and record it. Their project focuses on slavery and its dreadful effects, and gradually evolves into a study of Christopher Columbus. They eventually marry and their daughter Diko joins them in their quest to discover what drove Columbus west.
Columbus, with whom readers become acquainted through both images in the Pastwatch machines and personal narrative, is portrayed as a religious man with both strengths and weaknesses, a charismatic leader who sometimes rose above but often fell beneath the mores of his times. As usual, Orson Scott Card uses his formidable writing skills to create likable, complex characters who face gripping problems; he also provides an entertaining and thoughtful history lesson in Pastwatch. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
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The Pickwick Papersby Charles DickensISBN 0812967275 (0-8129-6727-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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This edition of The Pickwick Papers includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Nancy Springer.
The Pickwick Club was founded by the most learned minds in London for the purpose of making a scientific tour of the world. Its distinguished members include Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.PC., presiding; Augustus Snodgrass; Nathaniel Winkle; and Tracy Tupman, Esq. Yet no sooner have these gentlemen begun their historic journey than they are set upon by a charming but notorious con man, Alfred Jingle. So begins a series of hilarious misadventures that takes the incorrigibly innocent Pickwicks wandering around England, coming in contact with some of the most colorful and comical characters in all fiction, including Dr. Slammer, Dismal Jemmy Hutley, Job Trotter, Wilkins Flasher, and Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz.
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The Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 0812504798 (0-8125-0479-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Separate Peaceby John KnowlesISBN 0816158959 (0-8161-5895-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Shadow of the Hegemonby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812565959 (0-8125-6595-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 081120068X (0-8112-0068-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co 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 Gautama 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 Brahman, 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 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. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Speaker for the Deadby Orson Scott CardISBN 0812550757 (0-8125-5075-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speaker for the Dead'Book summary:Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts. Like its predecessor, this book won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. [via]
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The Swiss Family Robinsonby Johann David WyssISBN 0812543068 (0-8125-4306-8)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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This edition of The Swiss Family Robinson includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by R. L. Fisher.
The sea has been in a violent rage for many days. As the winds howled and the seas churned and boiled, the ship rolled and heaved in the gigantic waves. The crew and passengers grew more and more terrified. Suddenly--as if from the blow of a mighty fist--the ship broke apart....
All were lost. All but a pastor, his wife, and four sons: the Swiss Family Robinson.
Shipwrecked! Abandoned on a deserted tropical island with little more than a few simple tools--and each other--the family must use its intelligence, courage, ingenuity, and humor to survive. And each day brings yet another adventure...and danger!.More editions of The Swiss Family Robinson:
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Tempestby Mayer Bywaters, Lynn Bywaters, Marianna MayerISBN 0811850544 (0-8118-5054-4)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare, Alan DurbandISBN 0812036034 (0-8120-3603-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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3. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.
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The Thorn Birdsby Colleen McCulloughISBN 0816165807 (0-8161-6580-7)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Time Machineby H. G. WellsISBN 0812505042 (0-8125-0504-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Unnatural Deathby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0816167230 (0-8161-6723-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0815203977 (0-8152-0397-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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We Are Still Marriedby Garrison KeillorISBN 0816148686 (0-8161-4868-6)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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A Widow for One Year: A Novelby John IrvingISBN 0812968573 (0-8129-6857-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Widow for One Year: A Novel'Book summary:John Irving fans will not be startled to find that A Widow for One Year is a sprawling farce-tragedy crawling with characters who are writers. In the opening scene, 4-year-old Ruth Cole walks in on her melancholy mother, Marion, who is in flagrante with 16-year-old Eddie, the driver for drunken Ted (Ruth's dad and Marion's estranged, womanizing husband).
Eddie spends the rest of his life obsessively writing novels like Sixty Times, his roman à clef about his 60 seductions by Marion. Ted is a failed novelist who gets rich and famous writing creepy children's stories based on tales he tells Ruth (such as The Mouse Crawling Between the Walls). Marion abandons Ruth, Ted, and Eddie and becomes a successful pseudonymous novelist. And Ruth becomes the most richly celebrated writer of them all because of her early training by Ted, who not only told her stories, but also helped her craft narratives to explain their home's many photographs of her brothers, who died in a gory car wreck the year before she was born. Grief over the boys is why Ruth's mother does not dare to love her.
Ruth, Irving's first female main character, works brilliantly, first as an imaginative, almost Salingeresque child coming to terms with her bewildering family, then as a grownup striving to understand her mother's motives--or at least to track her down. Ted is a mordantly funny caricature, interestingly sinister and plausibly self-justifying when most inexcusable. Eddie is a lovable schlemiel, yet not too sentimentally drawn. And what set pieces Irving can write! The story of the boys' death is horrific and effective in dramatizing the character of Ted, who narrates it. Ted's attempted murder by a spurned lover is as hilarious as the VW-down-the-marble-stairway scene in A Prayer for Owen Meany (which has been adapted by Disney Studios), though not quite on a par with the celebrated "Pension Grillparzer" episode in The World According to Garp (reissued in a 20th anniversary edition by Modern Library).
Irving has the effrontery to get away with practically any scene that comes into his head--Ruth winds up an eyewitness to a hooker's murder in Amsterdam, a Dutch detective starts tracking her down (just as Ruth is hunting Marion), and the multiple plot strands all converge in a finale that neatly echoes the opening scene. It's all done with the outrageously coincidental yet minutely realistic brio of Charles Dickens, with a sad, self-conscious jokiness like that of Irving's mentor, Kurt Vonnegut. --Tim Appelo [via]
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William Golding's Lord of the Fliesby William Golding, W. Meitcke, W. MeitcheISBN 0812034260 (0-8120-3426-0)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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The Works of Charles Darwin: The Origin of Speciesby Charles Darwin, Paul H. Barrett, R.B. Freeman, Pete GautreyISBN 0814718051 (0-8147-1805-1)
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501 Spanish Verbs : Conjugation Guideby Christopher KendrisISBN 0812043626 (0-8120-4362-6)
Softcover, Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
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