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Animal Farmby Ian Woodldridge, George OrwellISBN 1854597892 (1-85459-789-2)
Softcover, Hern Books, Limited, Nick
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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The Aspern Papers and the Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 185326069X (1-85326-069-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aspern Papers and the Turn of the Screw'Book summary:Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury The Turn of the Screw is the classic ghost story for which James is most remembered. Set in a country house, it is a chilling tale of the supernatural. The Aspern Papers is a tale of Americans in Europe, cleverly evoking the drama of comedie humaine against the settings of a Venetian palace. [via]
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Baudelaireby Charles Baudelaire, G. ChestersISBN 1853993441 (1-85399-344-1)
Softcover, Duckbacks
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The Beast Within/a History of the Werewolfby Adam DouglasISBN 1855925745 (1-85592-574-5)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Best Short Storiesby G. MaupassantISBN 1853261890 (1-85326-189-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Blade: Trinityby David S. Goyer, Natasha RhodesISBN 1844161064 (1-84416-106-4)
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Book of Alienby Michael Gross, Paul ScanlonISBN 1852864834 (1-85286-483-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Alien'Book summary:The behind-the-scenes story of the making of one of the most popular and influential science fiction films of all time. Including over 200 sketches, working photographs and interviews, the text provides an insight into the creative processes behind "Alien". [via]
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Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poemsby Charles BaudelaireISBN 1857549392 (1-85754-939-2)
Softcover, Carcanet Pr
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Child of the Night: Power of the Blood Worldby Nancy KilpatrickISBN 1854874462 (1-85487-446-2)
Hardcover, Raven Books
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Christmas Booksby Charles DickensISBN 1853262684 (1-85326-268-4)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas Books'Book summary:Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Battle of Life and The Cricket on the Hearth. [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Quentin BlakeISBN 1843650630 (1-84365-063-0)
Softcover, Chrysalis Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
The Cold Embrace And Other Classic Ghost Storiesby Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, M. E. BraddonISBN 1843500930 (1-84350-093-0)
Softcover, Frontlist Books
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Collected Short Stories of Sakiby Hugh Munroe MunroISBN 1853260711 (1-85326-071-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Short Stories of Saki'Book summary:'All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other peoples' Saki (H.H. Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes Sredni Vastor and The Unrest Cure. 'We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart' [via]
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Collected Strange Papers of Christopher Blayreby Edward Heron-AllenISBN 187262135X (1-872621-35-X)
Hardcover, Tartarus Press
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Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 185326895X (1-85326-895-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works of William Shakespeare'Book summary:William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness. This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. [via]
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Dante's Girlby Natasha RhodesISBN 184416666X (1-84416-666-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Dark Detectivesby Stephen Jones, Randy BroeckerISBN 1878252356 (1-878252-35-6)
Hardcover, Fedogan & Bremer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Detectives'Book summary:Psychic Detectives. Phantom Fighters. Ghostbusters. These are the Supernatural Sleuths! Clive Barker's Harry D'Amour; Chetwynd-Hayes Francis St. Clare; Basil Copper's Solar Pons; Neil Gaiman's Lawrence Talbot; William Hope Hodgsons Carnacki; Brian Lumley's Titus Crow; Brian Mooneys Reuben Calloway, Jay Russells Marty Burns, Peter Tremaynes Sister Fidelma, Manly Wade Wellmans John Thunstone, plus Kim Newman's multi-part Novel SEVEN STARS, in which Charles Beauregard, Edwin Winthrop, Richard Jeperson, Sally Rhoades, Dr. Shade, the vampiric Genevieve Diedonne, and many others --over decades-- challenge the influence of an alien weirdstone threatening humanity's survival. Trade Hardcover, 1st Edition. 392 pages. [via]
Deadstockby Jeffrey ThomasISBN 1844164470 (1-84416-447-0)
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The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasyby Wiesiek PowagaISBN 1873982909 (1-873982-90-9)
Hardcover, Dedalus
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Deep Is the Night: Dark Fireby Denise A. AgnewISBN 1843605635 (1-84360-563-5)
Softcover, Elloras Cave Pub Inc
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, J. G. NicholsISBN 1843911116 (1-84391-111-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:[via]This is a new verse translation of the first canticle of Dante's moving human drama, a poetic masterpiece of penance and hope. Awakening in a dark wood, the poet Dante is forced to confront the darkness of his own life, and so he embarks upon a three-day journey towards redemption. His first day is spent traveling through Hellthe Infernowith the poet Virgil as his guide. As they traverse the nine circles of Hell, they meet a fiendish array of notorious characters, each suffering varying degrees of damnation for their earthly sins. Through this visionary spiritual journey, Dante comes to value the true nature of good and evil. Florentine poet Dante Alighieri is the author of The Divine Comedy, one of the greatest literary works of all time.More editions of The Divine Comedy:
Doctor Faustusby Christopher MarloweISBN 1854593358 (1-85459-335-8)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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Doctors Wear Scarletby Simon RavenISBN 1842321803 (1-84232-180-3)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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Dominionby Steve SavileISBN 1844162923 (1-84416-292-3)
Softcover, Games Workshop Ltd
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The Don Sebastian Vampire Chroniclesby Les DanielsISBN 1854873431 (1-85487-343-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1853260614 (1-85326-061-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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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]
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The Dream Dealersby Jeffrey ThomasISBN 1844163830 (1-84416-383-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Dyke and the Dybbukby Ellen GalfordISBN 1878067516 (1-878067-51-6)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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The Encoded Heartby Peter EvansISBN 1844162729 (1-84416-272-9)
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Fear the Darknessby Mitchell ScanlonISBN 1844163261 (1-84416-326-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fear the Darkness'Book summary:In a bleak future overrun with crime, Anderson and the members of PSI Division utilise their extraordinary abilities to protect the city from psychic criminals. Felons are dying mysteriously in Sector House 12. Their cell doors were locked and no one saw anyone leave. Some suspect it's the work of vigilantes, but Anderson is not so sure. A malevolent presence inhabits the very walls of the building. With the building under siege from an army of lunatics, Anderson's only hope for survival is to discover the dark secrets of Sector House 12. [via]
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Final Destination 3by Christa FaustISBN 1844163199 (1-84416-319-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Final Destination: Looks Could Killby Nancy A. CollinsISBN 1844163164 (1-84416-316-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Fireworksby Angela CarterISBN 185089244X (1-85089-244-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Freddy Vs. Jasonby Stephen HandISBN 1844160599 (1-84416-059-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Friday The 13th Church Of The Divine Psychopathby Scott PhillipsISBN 1844161811 (1-84416-181-1)
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The Gap in the Curtainby John BuchanISBN 1842327674 (1-84232-767-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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Ghostly Tales & Sinister Stories of Old Edinburghby Wilson, Alan, J., Des Brogan, Frank McGrailISBN 1851584560 (1-85158-456-0)
Softcover, Mainstream Pub Co Ltd
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The Giant Book of Ghost Storiesby Richard DalbyISBN 1845294084 (1-84529-408-4)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Golgotha Runby Dave StoneISBN 1844162370 (1-84416-237-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Golgotha Run'Book summary:t's the day after the day after tomorrow and the civilized world fights hard to maintain its fa?ade. Religious cults are growing more powerful by the day, the government is in the pocket of big business and shadowy forces control the corporations. Out in the ruins of Denver sanctioned operative Eddie Kalish learns the hard way; never stop for hitchhikers! [via]
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The Hammer Storyby Alan Barnes, Marcus HearnISBN 1852868767 (1-85286-876-7)
Softcover, Titan Books
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The Hand of Powerby Edgar WallaceISBN 1842326880 (1-84232-688-0)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The Hellraiser Chroniclesby Clive Barker, Peter Atkins, Stephen Jones, Tom Collins, Keith Payne, Murray CloseISBN 1852864230 (1-85286-423-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Helmet of Horrorby Victor Pelevin, Andrew BromfieldISBN 184195912X (1-84195-912-X)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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Helmet of Horror: The Myth Of Theseus And The Minotaurby Victor Pelevin, Andrew BromfieldISBN 1841957682 (1-84195-768-2)
Softcover, Canongate
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The Hill of Dreamsby Arthur Machen, Mark Valentine, Lord Dunsany, Sidney SimeISBN 1872621317 (1-872621-31-7)
Hardcover, Tartarus Press
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Hollywood Hex: An Illustrated History of Cursed Moviesby Mikita BrottmanISBN 1871592852 (1-871592-85-2)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hollywood Hex: An Illustrated History of Cursed Movies'Book summary:From the myths of old Hollywood to recent on-screen accidents, the motion picture industry has long been associated with violent and untimely death. Hollywood has always been a magnet for suicides, murders, mysterious accidents and brutal mayhem; the simple fact is that, in the age of motion pictures, human death ahs become an inescapable part of show business. Hollywood Hex is a study of films that have, in one way or another, resulted in death and destruction. Some are directly responsible for the accidental deaths of those involved in their creation; others have caused tragedy indirectly by inspiring occult movements, serial killers, copycat crimes, psychotic behaviour in audiences, or bizarre and freakish coincidences. These "cursed" films include "The Exorcist", "Rosemary's Baby", "Twilight Zone - The Movie" and "The Crow"; films that have become notorious and compelling in their new role as inadvertent epitaphs, as documents on the subject of human mortality.
Subjects covered range from the earliest Hollywood suicides and jinxed movies, to the death cult of James Dean, to links with Charles Manson, Satanic churches, snuff culture and mass murders, plus the mysterious death of Bruce Lee and the equally strange demise of his son Brandon. In the tradition of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, Hollywood Hex discloses and examines the dark, enigmatic connections between cinematic narratives and human catastrophe, forming a psychogeographic study of the Dream Factory which will fascinate the reader with its far-reaching implications. [via]
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Hunters the Beginningby Shiloh WalkerISBN 1843609010 (1-84360-901-0)
Softcover, Elloras Cave Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hunters the Beginning'Book summary:Please note: This series is out of print from the publisher, but the titles are available on the Kindle. Please look for Hunters: Tori and Declan, and Hunters: Eli and Sarel.The Hunters - Declan and Tori Book 1 in The Hunters series She was just doing her job, tracking down a nutcase who was stalking a young dancer. And then the unspeakable and impossible happened. She was bitten. A newly turned vampire, Tori is alone and starving and she doesn't know what to do. But she knows who to turn to-gorgeous, mouthwatering Declan-a police detective who has a few secrets of his own. The Hunters - Eli And Sarel Book 2 in The Hunters series After three long centuries of aching loneliness, Elijah Crawford, Hunter of the Council, has finally found a woman. Maybe she can replace the obsession he has for Torrance Reilly, the wife and lover of his best friend. Sarel is a lean, red-haired, wild-eyed witch with a soul to match his. She has a thirst for justice, and a yearning for a love to fill the void inside her. Sarel has been searching for Elijah. She is here now, prowling his grounds, waiting to get into his house. Sarel has come to kill him. [via]More editions of Hunters the Beginning:
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The Illustrated Stratford Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 1851523812 (1-85152-381-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Stratford Shakespeare'Book summary:He's indisputably the greatest writer in the English language, a master of every mood from sidesplitting comedy (Twelfth Night) to profound tragedy (King Lear) to the historically majestic (Henry V). Every bookshelf must have a complete collection of his 38 plays, his magnificent and passionate sonnets, and his epic poems. Here they all are in one 1,024-page, yet compact and low-cost hardcover, sturdy enough to withstand students poring through its pages for classes and exams; theatergoers refreshing their acquaintance with a favorite play before seeing it performed; and literature lovers picking it up again and again simply for pleasure. Every time you return to Shakespeare's elegantly phrased lines, and his rich and complex characters, you'll find something new to treasure. Illustrated with Renaissance pictures that capture the feel of the Bard's era. [via]
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The Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary, Claire HonessISBN 1853267872 (1-85326-787-2)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno'Book summary:Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divine' was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, he aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. At the same time, he sought to push back the restrictive rules which traditionally governed writing in the Italian vernacular, to produce a radically new and all-encompassing work. The Comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman. In The Inferno, Dante's protagonist - and his reader - is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin, and encounters an all-too-human array of noble, grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous and horrific characters. [via]
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The Inferno of Dante Alighieriby Ciaran CarsonISBN 1862075255 (1-86207-525-5)
Hardcover, Granta Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:"Inferno", the first volume of Dante Alighieri's "La Divina Comemedia", is an imaginitive tour de force. Dante's hero, Virgil, guides him through hell, showing him the inhabitants of each of its nine circles and examples of the divine justice meted out to them. Ciaran Carson's translation of the text is suffused with wit, anger and irreverent vigour and attempts not to diminish the pathos of the original. [via]
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Inheritanceby Steve SavileISBN 1844162915 (1-84416-291-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 1853260207 (1-85326-020-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Jason X: The Experimentby Pat CadiganISBN 1844161684 (1-84416-168-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Filmby David Slater, David KerekesISBN 1871592208 (1-871592-20-8)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group
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Kitty Killer Cultby Nick SmithISBN 1842820397 (1-84282-039-7)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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La-Basby J.K. Huysmans, Brendan KingISBN 1873982747 (1-873982-74-7)
Softcover, Dedalus Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La-Bas'Book summary:First published in 1891, this is the first new translation in 77 years. The enervated anti-hero, Durtal, is writing a book about Gilles de Rais, child-murderer and comrade in arms of Joan of Arc. When he's not studying alchemy, visiting Rais' ruined castle and fantasizing about a mystery woman, he is pondering Catholicism with his friends. His sexual adventures and historical studies mesh when he's invited to witness a black mass The follow-up to A Rebours, La Bas takes Huysmans' quest for the exotic and extreme sensations a stage further. [via]
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Lady Audley's Secretby Mary E. BraddonISBN 184702842X (1-84702-842-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Audley's Secret'Book summary:With an Introduction by Catherine Wells-Cole The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon's classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity, using as its focus one of the most fascinating of all Victorian heroines. Combining elements of the detective novel, the psychological thriller and the romance of upper class life, Lady Audley's Secret was one of the most popular and successful novels of the nineteenth century. [via]
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The Land Dwellersby Adam NiswanderISBN 1878252291 (1-878252-29-1)
Hardcover, Fedogan & Bremer
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Leningrad Nightsby James Lovegrove, Graham JoyceISBN 1857987594 (1-85798-759-4)
Hardcover, Millennium
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London's Darkby Paul Johnson, James RobinsonISBN 1852861576 (1-85286-157-6)
Softcover, Titan Books
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The Man Who Was Thursdayby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1853262366 (1-85326-236-6)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Was Thursday'Book summary:In an article published the day before his death, G.K. Chesterton called The Man Who Was Thursday "a very melodramatic sort of moonshine." Set in a phantasmagoric London where policemen are poets and anarchists camouflage themselves as, well, anarchists, his 1907 novel offers up one highly colored enigma after another. If that weren't enough, the author also throws in an elephant chase and a hot-air-balloon pursuit in which the pursuers suffer from "the persistent refusal of the balloon to follow the roads, and the still more persistent refusal of the cabmen to follow the balloon."
But Chesterton is also concerned with more serious questions of honor and truth (and less serious ones, perhaps, of duels and dualism). Our hero is Gabriel Syme, a policeman who cannot reveal that his fellow poet Lucian Gregory is an anarchist. In Chesterton's agile, antic hands, Syme is the virtual embodiment of paradox:
He came of a family of cranks, in which all the oldest people had all the newest notions. One of his uncles always walked about without a hat, and another had made an unsuccessful attempt to walk about with a hat and nothing else. His father cultivated art and self-realization; his mother went in for simplicity and hygiene. Hence the child, during his tenderer years, was wholly unacquainted with any drink between the extremes of absinthe and cocoa, of both of which he had a healthy dislike.... Being surrounded with every conceivable kind of revolt from infancy, Gabriel had to revolt into something, so he revolted into the only thing left--sanity.
Elected undercover into the Central European Council of anarchists, Syme must avoid discovery and save the world from any bombings in the offing. As Thursday (each anarchist takes the name of a weekday--the only quotidian thing about this fantasia) does his best to undo his new colleagues, the masks multiply. The question then becomes: Do they reveal or conceal? And who, not to mention what, can be believed? As The Man Who Was Thursday proceeds, it becomes a hilarious numbers game with a more serious undertone--what happens if most members of the council actually turn out to be on the side of right? Chesterton's tour de force is a thriller that is best read slowly, so as to savor his highly anarchic take on anarchy. --Kerry Fried [via]More editions of The Man Who Was Thursday:
Meat Is Murder!by Mikita BrottmanISBN 1871592909 (1-871592-90-9)
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Necronomicon 2: The Journal of Horror & Erotic Cinemaby Andy BlackISBN 1871592380 (1-871592-38-0)
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Necronomicon: The Journal of Horror & Erotic Cinemaby Andy BlackISBN 1871592372 (1-871592-37-2)
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New Lovecraft Circleby Robert M. PriceISBN 187825216X (1-878252-16-X)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dreamby Natasha RhodesISBN 1844163229 (1-84416-322-9)
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The Odysseyby Homer, T. E. LawrenceISBN 1853260258 (1-85326-025-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway, University of London Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman's sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer': 'Much have I travelled in the realms of gold...' [via]
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One Thousand And One Ghostsby Alexandre Dumas, Andrew BrownISBN 1843910829 (1-84391-082-9)
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The Opal, and Other Storiesby Gustav Meyrink, Maurice RaratyISBN 1873982305 (1-873982-30-5)
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Ornaments in Jadeby Arthur Machen, Barry HumphriesISBN 1872621244 (1-872621-24-4)
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The Phantom Shipby Frederick MarryatISBN 1845882067 (1-84588-206-7)
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The R'Lyeh Text: Hidden Leaves from the Necronomiconby Robert Turner, George HayISBN 187143890X (1-871438-90-X)
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The Return of Count Electric and Other Storiesby William Browning SpencerISBN 1877946273 (1-877946-27-3)
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Ritual and Other Storiesby Arthur MachenISBN 1872621279 (1-872621-27-9)
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The Rough Guide To Horror Moviesby Alan JonesISBN 1843535211 (1-84353-521-1)
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Smoke of the Snakeby R. Dixon Smith, Carl Jacobi, Rodger GerberdingISBN 1878252100 (1-878252-10-0)
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Titus Andronicusby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262900 (1-85326-290-0)
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Transformationby Mary . ShelleyISBN 1843910950 (1-84391-095-0)
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Twilight of the Deadby David BishopISBN 1844163849 (1-84416-384-9)
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The Unquiet Graveby Peter EvansISBN 1844161595 (1-84416-159-5)
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The Vampyre; a Taleby John PolidoriISBN 1846372828 (1-84637-282-8)
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The Virago Book of Fairy Talesby Angela CarterISBN 1853812056 (1-85381-205-6)
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Walpurgisnachtby Michael Mitchell, Gustav MeyrinkISBN 187398250X (1-873982-50-X)
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The Weirby Conor McPhersonISBN 1854593196 (1-85459-319-6)
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Whispers in the Nightby Basil CooperISBN 1878252402 (1-878252-40-2)
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicleby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860464696 (1-86046-469-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'Book summary:Bad things come in threes for Toru Okada. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him to a bizarre collection of characters, including two psychic sisters, a possibly unbalanced teenager, an old soldier who witnessed the massacres on the Chinese mainland at the beginning of the Second World War, and a very shady politician.
Haruki Murakami is a master of subtly disturbing prose. Mundane events throb with menace, while the bizarre is accepted without comment. Meaning always seems to be just out of reach, for the reader as well as for the characters, yet one is drawn inexorably into a mystery that may have no solution. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an extended meditation on themes that appear throughout Murakami's earlier work. The tropes of popular culture, movies, music, detective stories, combine to create a work that explores both the surface and the hidden depths of Japanese society at the end of the 20th century.
If it were possible to isolate one theme in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, that theme would be responsibility. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China keep rising to the surface like a repressed memory, and Toru Okada himself is compelled by events to take responsibility for his actions and struggle with his essentially passive nature. If Toru is supposed to be a Japanese Everyman, steeped as he is in Western popular culture and ignorant of the secret history of his own nation, this novel paints a bleak picture. Like the winding up of the titular bird, Murakami slowly twists the gossamer threads of his story into something of considerable weight. --Simon Leake [via]
Witch Woodby John BuchanISBN 1842327968 (1-84232-796-8)
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1853260770 (1-85326-077-0)
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You, Darknessby Mayra MonteroISBN 1860463770 (1-86046-377-0)
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