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1984by George Orwell, Fromm, Erich (AFT)ISBN 0451524934 (0-451-52493-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Jules Verne, Anthony Bonner, Stephen ArmesISBN 0448413078 (0-448-41307-8)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. [via]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0451526538 (0-451-52653-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:The classic novel of a mischievous boys escapades in a 19th-century river townwhitewashing the fence, seeking buried treasure, and more. Good-natured humor and vivid characterizations make the tale a longstanding favorite with readers of all ages.[via]More editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
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All Quiet on the Western Frontby Erich Maria RemarqueISBN 0449213943 (0-449-21394-3)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Quiet on the Western Front'Book summary:Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarques masterpiece of the German experience during World War I.
I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . .
This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches.
Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another . . . if only he can come out of the war alive.
The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure. The New York Times Book Review [via]More editions of All Quiet on the Western Front:
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Anna Kareninaby Leo TolstoyISBN 0451524497 (0-451-52449-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:A direct and truthful transcript of life in Russia in the early 1800's. [via]
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Autobiography and Selected Writingsby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0451522028 (0-451-52202-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Black Beautyby Anna SewellISBN 0448170639 (0-448-17063-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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- Black Beauty: ISBN 0448409429 (0-448-40942-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - Black Beauty: ISBN 0451520564 (0-451-52056-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Black Beauty: ISBN 0451522958 (0-451-52295-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Black Beauty: ISBN 0451525965 (0-451-52596-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - Black Beauty: ISBN 0448170639 (0-448-17063-9)
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- Black Beauty: ISBN 0448409429 (0-448-40942-9)
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Captains Courageousby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0451523814 (0-451-52381-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captains Courageous'Book summary:After being washed overboard from an ocean liner, a spoiled millionaire's son is rescued by New England fishermen who put him to work on their boat. [via]
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The Complete Playsby Aristophanes, Paul RocheISBN 0451214099 (0-451-21409-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Plays'Book summary:[via]A brand-new translation of the world's greatest satirist.
With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lampooning the rich and powerful, Aristophanes remains arguably the finest satirist of all time. Collected here are all 11 of his surviving plays-newly translated by the distinguished poet and translator Paul Roche.
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Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0448170159 (0-448-17015-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Vladimir Vladimirovich NabokovISBN 0451523938 (0-451-52393-8)
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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.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
Egyptian Gods and Goddessesby Henry Barker, Jenny Williams, Jeff CrosbyISBN 0448420295 (0-448-42029-5)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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Egyptian Gods and Goddessesby Stephanie Spinner, Henry Barker, Jenny Williams, Teri Weidner, Jeff CrosbyISBN 0448420813 (0-448-42081-3)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0451524179 (0-451-52417-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Kathy Mitchell, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0448412500 (0-448-41250-0)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram StokerISBN 0451523636 (0-451-52363-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:Three horror classicswith an introduction by Stephen King[via]
Some of literatures most popular and enduring horror icons in one indispensable tome.
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Hieroglyphsby Joyce Milton, Charles MicucciISBN 0448419769 (0-448-41976-9)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 0451523628 (0-451-52362-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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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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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Willis HallISBN 0448424398 (0-448-42439-8)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
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- Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451511174 (0-451-51117-4)
Softcover, Signet - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451513479 (0-451-51347-9)
Softcover, Signet - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451514653 (0-451-51465-3)
Softcover, Signet - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451515560 (0-451-51556-0)
Softcover, Signet - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451518845 (0-451-51884-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451523326 (0-451-52332-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0448424398 (0-448-42439-8)
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- Jane Eyre: ISBN 0451511174 (0-451-51117-4)
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Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 0451519825 (0-451-51982-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:A team of explorers makes an expedition into a crater in Iceland which leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries. [via]
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0448169401 (0-448-16940-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:The timeless tale of a young boy left to be raised among the wolves, and his brave mongoose friend, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, comes to life once again, in a beautifully illustrated edition for readers of all ages. [via]
Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0448169746 (0-448-16974-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Story of young David Balfour, an orphan, whose miserly old uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery. [via]
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King Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0451522532 (0-451-52253-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:Written in 1598, hard on the heels of the massive popular success of Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two takes up where the first part finished, and completes Shakespeare's portrayal of the troubled reign of Henry IV. Rebellion has apparently been quelled, but dissension still permeates the country, and Henry is disillusioned, sick and dying. After the pace and comedy of Part One., Part Two is a much more subdued and gloomy affair. The tone is set by the early appearance of Falstaff, who relishes the possibilities of easy picking in the face of more civil unrest with his sinister quip that "I will turn diseases to commodity".
The drama focuses on Henry IV's difficult relationship with his son Prince Hal, and the latter's gradual emergence as a charismatic sovereign. In the process he sheds his image as a prodigal wastrel dramatised in the first half of Part One, assuming the title of King Henry V in the closing scenes of Part Two. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the whole play remains Henry's cold-blooded rejection of Falstaff, his surrogate father for much of Part One. "I know thee not, old man" he tells the crushed Falstaff as he assumes the royal crown, preparing the audience for the type of monarch they will see in Shakeseare's subsequent dramatisation of English history, Henry V. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Lad a Dogby Albert P. TerhuneISBN 0451164172 (0-451-16417-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0449300021 (0-449-30002-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, J. J. GrandvilleISBN 0448221934 (0-448-22193-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jamichael Henterly, Stephen ArmesISBN 0448409496 (0-448-40949-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe'Book summary:[via]Written by British-born author Frances Hodgson Burnett and first published in 1905, A Little Princess tells the story of young Sara Crewe, privileged daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant. All the other girls at Miss Minchin's school treat Sara as if she truly were a princess. But when Captain Crewe's fortune is sadly lost, Sara's luck changes. Suddenly she is treated no better than a scullery maid. Her own fierce determination to maintain her dignity and remain a princess inside has intrigued and delighted readers for almost a hundred years, even inspiring a recent popular feature film.More editions of A Little Princess:
- A Little Princess: ISBN 0451525094 (0-451-52509-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - A Little Princess : The Story of Sara Crewe: ISBN 0451526228 (0-451-52622-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - A Little Princess: ISBN 0448400839 (0-448-40083-9)
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- A Little Princess: ISBN 0451525094 (0-451-52509-4)
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0448172569 (0-448-17256-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War. [via]
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 0451522346 (0-451-52234-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Jim'Book summary:This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero. A classic novel. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Wolfgang ClemenISBN 0451524942 (0-451-52494-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Paul BachemISBN 0448409577 (0-448-40957-7)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0451523512 (0-451-52351-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 0451520882 (0-451-52088-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:Generations of readers have traveled to Neverland and all the secret places of a child's heart. With characters of startling originality and a story rich in adventure, humor, and sadness, J.M. Barrie's masterpiece remains a stirring call to flights of imagination. [via]
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The Prince and the Pauperby Mark TwainISBN 0448129426 (0-448-12942-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince and the Pauper'Book summary:"The Prince and the Pauper" is the story of how when young Prince Edward Tudor of Wales and Pauper Tom Canty switch clothes that they are mistaken for each other and end up switching places. Prince Edward learns of the struggles of the commoners of England while Tom discovers what it is like to be a Prince and then a King. "The Prince and the Pauper" is both a delightfully comedic tale and a biting social commentary on the inequities among different social classes. [via]
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Prince and the Pauper, and a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 0451516281 (0-451-51628-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farmby Kate Douglas WigginISBN 0448172380 (0-448-17238-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Red Badge of Courage and Four Storiesby Stephen Crane, R. W. StallmanISBN 0451526473 (0-451-52647-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Storiesby Stephen Crane, R. W. StallmanISBN 0451515927 (0-451-51592-7)
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0451522362 (0-451-52236-2)
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0451516354 (0-451-51635-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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See It & Say It in Frenchby Margarita Madrigal, Colette DulacISBN 0451163478 (0-451-16347-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 0451525892 (0-451-52589-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via] 
Sharks!by Lynn Wilson, CourtneyISBN 0448403005 (0-448-40300-5)
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The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: 22 Storiesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0451524314 (0-451-52431-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Story About Pingby Marjorie Flack, Kurt WieseISBN 0448421658 (0-448-42165-8)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story About Ping'Book summary:The tale of a little duck alone on the Yangtze River, The Story About Ping is a sweet and funny book with wonderfully rich and colorful illustrations. On a day like any other, Ping sets off from the boat he calls home with his comically large family in search of "pleasant things to eat." On this particular day, he is accidentally left behind when the boat leaves. Undaunted, the little duck heads out onto the Yangtze in search of his family, only to find new friends and adventures--and a bit of peril--around every bend.
The exceptional illustrations bring the lush Yangtze to life, from Ping's family to the trained fishing birds he finds himself among to the faithfully rendered boats and fishermen. Certainly intended to be read aloud, The Story About Ping deserves a place on every young reader's (or listener's) shelf. (Picture book) [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0450018431 (0-450-01843-1)
Hardcover, New English Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of 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.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Swiss Family Robinsonby J.D. WyssISBN 0448168901 (0-448-16890-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Tempestby William ShakespeareISBN 0451519434 (0-451-51943-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most famous but also enigmatic plays, for many years the story of Prospero's exile from his native Milan, and life with his daughter Miranda on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean, was seen as an autobiographical dramatisation of Shakespeare's departure from the London stage. The Epilogue, spoken by Prospero, claims that "now my charms are all o'erthrown", appeared to reflect Shakespeare's own renunciation of his magical dramatic powers as he retired to Stratford. But The Tempest is far more than this, as recent commentators have pointed out. The dramatic action observes the classical unities of time, place and action, as Prospero uses his "rough magic" to lure his wicked usurping brother, Antonio, and King Alonso of Naples to his island retreat to torment them before engineering his return to Milan.
However, the play is full of extraordinary anomalies and fantastic interludes, including Gonzalo's fantasy of a utopian commonwealth, Prospero's magical servant Ariel, and the "poisonous slave" Caliban. The creation of Caliban has particularly fascinated critics, who have noticed in his creation a colonial dimension to the play. In this respect Caliban can be seen as an American Indian or African slave, who articulates a particularly powerful strain of anti-colonial sentiment, telling Prospero that "this island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,/ Which thou tak'st from me". This has led to an intense reassessment of the play from a post-colonial perspective, as critics and historians have debated the extent to which the play endorses or criticises early English colonial expansion. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William ShakespeareISBN 0451521242 (0-451-52124-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilsonby Mark Twain, Wright MorrisISBN 0451523741 (0-451-52374-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson'Book summary:A slave of mixed blood substitutes her son with her master's son. [via]
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0451524381 (0-451-52438-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Norman PriceISBN 0448405628 (0-448-40562-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0448411091 (0-448-41109-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:This is a beautiful edition of this classic novel. [via]
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Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams, Florence Graham, Margery Williams BiancoISBN 0448190834 (0-448-19083-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Velveteen Rabbit'Book summary:A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy (as he is called) will choose him as a playmate. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made "real" through the love of a human. "'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'" This sentimental classic--perfect for any child who's ever thought that maybe, just maybe, his or her toys have feelings--has been charming children since its first publication in 1922. (A great read-aloud for all ages, but children ages 8 and up can read it on their own.) [via]
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Western Writings of Stephen Craneby Frank BergonISBN 0451511891 (0-451-51189-1)
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White Fang and Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 0451525582 (0-451-52558-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Fang and Call of the Wild'Book summary:The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack London's vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness adventure stories featuring the author's unique knowledge of the Yukon and the behavior of humans and animals facing nature at its cruelest. [via]
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Evelyn CopelmanISBN 044840561X (0-448-40561-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, and fierce monsters with heads of tigers and bodies of bears. Through the fantastic land of Oz ramble Dorothy and her trusty companions--Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion--each seeking his or her heart's desire. Although the premise of the book and the 1939 movie is the same, the book--as so often is the case--delivers a far more subtle and intricate plot. A child's imagination will run rampant in these pages as one extraordinary creature after another leads the motley crew into strange and magical adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Selma G. LanesISBN 0451518640 (0-451-51864-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, and fierce monsters with heads of tigers and bodies of bears. Through the fantastic land of Oz ramble Dorothy and her trusty companions--Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion--each seeking his or her heart's desire. Although the premise of the book and the 1939 movie is the same, the book--as so often is the case--delivers a far more subtle and intricate plot. A child's imagination will run rampant in these pages as one extraordinary creature after another leads the motley crew into strange and magical adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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