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100 Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humansby Celia Haddon, Roberta A. RidolfiISBN 159337416X (1-59337-416-X)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Bearby Jamie SmartISBN 1593620365 (1-59362-036-5)
Softcover, Slave Labor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bear'Book summary:Giggle like a kidney!! Not content with filling a book chock full of sadistic Bear-slapping, we filled another book with it! A second bounty of carnage, profanity and friendship hugs (lie), as our furry tyke romps through a world filled with TV, idiots and a certain homicidal cat. Bear Demons squeezes the horror of Bear Silence, the love of Bear Heart, the frenzy of Bear Looshkin, and the world weary Bear B*stards, crashing towards the series twisting conclusion with Bear X. Five issues of crazed hell, add to that an extra issue's worth of exclusive Bear stories, various chutnies, and a handful of poster pages by comic royalty, and you got yourself a hairy fisted socko of loving, mister missus. whoomp!! [via]
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Bear: Immortalby Jamie SmartISBN 1593620012 (1-59362-001-2)
Softcover, Slave Labor Books
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Chobits 2by ClampISBN 1591821533 (1-59182-153-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chobits 2'Book summary:*100% Authentic Manga Format. *From CLAMP, the creators of Clover, Magic Knight Rayearth and Cardcaptor Sakura. *Currently one of the top manga series in Japan. *CLAMP is one of the top-five selling manga producers in America. *Story by CLAMP
Chi is kidnapped on her way to work and Hideki embarks on a frantic search for his missing persocom. Tracking Chi down is only a matter of time but Chi is not willing to wait, and reveals a defense mechanism that is linked to her mysterious past. [via]
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Comma Sutra: Position Yourself For Success With Good Grammarby Laurie RozakisISBN 1593372795 (1-59337-279-5)
Hardcover, Adams Media Corp
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Bookby Deirdre DolanISBN 1592402305 (1-59240-230-5)
Hardcover, Gotham Books
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Edmond RostandISBN 1593080751 (1-59308-075-1)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyrano De Bergerac'Book summary:Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:[via]- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
One of the most beloved heroes of the stage, Cyrano de Bergerac is a magnificent wit who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman can ever love him because of his enormous nose. He adores the beautiful Roxanne but, lacking courage, decides instead to help the tongue-tied but winsome Christian woo the fair lady by providing him with flowery sentiments and soulful poetry. Roxanne is smittenbut is it Christian she loves or Cyrano?
A triumph from the moment of its 1897 premiere, Cyrano de Bergerac has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the world. Its perennial popularity is a tribute to the universal appeal of its themes and characters.
Peter Connor is Associate Professor of French and comparative literature at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of Georges Bataille and the Mysticism of Sin (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).
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D.N.Angel 1by Sarah Dyer, Yukiru Sugisaki, Athena NibleyISBN 159182799X (1-59182-799-X)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'D.N.Angel 1'Book summary:Daisuke Niwa is an ordinary middle school student who has an inherited an interesting family tradition. Upon seeing Risa, the girl he adores, he transforms into a daring phantom thief. When the phantom thief sees his own object of desire, he turns back into Daisuke. The only way to cure this craziness is if Daisuke can get Risa to fall in love with him, but how can she love someone she can't see? [via]
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D.N.Angel 8by Sarah Dyer, Yukiru Sugisaki, Alethea Nibley, Athena NibleyISBN 1591829577 (1-59182-957-7)
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Dead Soulsby Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, Constance Black Garnett, Jeffrey MeyersISBN 1593080921 (1-59308-092-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Souls'Book summary:[via]Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Russias first major novel, and perhaps still its most popular, Nikolai Gogols Dead Souls is a comic epic of greed and gluttony that is admired not only for its colorful cast of characters and devastating satire, but also for its sense of moral fervor.
The anti-hero of the novel is a man named Chichikov, who hatches a brilliant plan to get rich quick. He will journey through Russia and buy up, at reduced rates, the recently deceased serfs of landowners, who now wont have to pay government taxes on the dead souls. With this list of fictitious serfs as collateral, Chichikov can buy an estate and begin amassing his fortune. What follows is a series of grotesquely humorous transactions with Russian landowners, each more queer and repellant than the last. Although Gogol spends much of the novel exposing the evils of the Russian gentry through absurd and hilarious satire, he also expresses a passionate love for his country that resonates with readers even today.
A stylistic tour de force, encompassing an astonishing range of voices from delicate, intimate lyricism to robust, bawdy ribaldry, Dead Souls is an intensely felt anatomy of the human condition.Jeffrey Meyers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has published forty-three books, including biographies of Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, D. H. Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, and George Orwell. He also wrote the Introductions and Notes to the Barnes & Noble Classics editions of Edith Whartons The House of Mirth and Rudyard Kiplings Kim.
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Dragon's Goldby Piers Anthony, Robert E. MargroffISBN 1594261466 (1-59426-146-6)
Softcover, Mundania Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragon's Gold'Book summary:The Prophecy: A Roundear there Shall Surely be; Born to be Strong, Raised to be Free; Fighting Dragons in his Youth; Leading Armies, Nothing Loth; Ridding his Country of a Sore; Joining Two, then uniting Four; Until from Seven there be One; Only then will his Task be Done. When Kelvin was a child, his mother read to him from the Book of Prophecy and he asked what the poem meant. Now he was about to learn. The Kingdom of Rud languishes under the heel of a usurper; an evil sorcerer has taken the throne in the name of his wicked daughter. Even deep in the forest, away from all power, the people tremble and await the day of prophecy's fulfillment. It cannot come too soon: Charlain and her children are soon to lose their home to the tax collector. But Kelvin and Jon have other plans. they have found a dragon's territory, where scales of purest gold, shed by the dragon, lie free on the ground for anyone with courage, or innocence, to take. And the words of Mouvar the prophet echo across Rud. [via]
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The Dumbest Moments In Business History: Useless Products, Ruinous Deals, Clueless Bosses and Other Signs of Unintelligent Life in the Workplaceby Adam Horowitz, Mark Athitakis, Mark LasswellISBN 1591840678 (1-59184-067-8)
Softcover, Portfolio
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. White, Maira KalmanISBN 1594200696 (1-59420-069-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:[via]Every English-language writer knows Strunk and White's famous little writing manual, The Elements of Style. Many people between the ages of seventeen and seventy can recite the book's mantramake every word telland still refer to their tattered grade school copy when in need of a hint on how to make a turn of phrase clearer, or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. Considering that millions of copies have been sold to millions of devotees, you might not think to ask what could enhance this (almost) perfect classic. In fact, the addition of illustrations allows readers to experience the book's contents in a completely new way, making the whole learning experience more colorful and clear, as well as adding a whimsical element that compliments the subtly humorous tone of the prose. The Elements of Style Illustrated will come to be known as the definitive, must-have edition.
Maira Kalman is the offbeat and wildly talented illustrator of twelve children's books, numerous covers for The New Yorker magazine, fabrics for the fashion designers Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade, watches and accessories for the Museum of Modern Art, and a mural at the elegant Wavehill estate in Riverdale, among other projects. Her sophisticated and witty images that are yet bright and fanciful have won her a devoted following, especially among young urbanites. Maira Kalman is acknowledged by the E. B. White estate as the single artist trusted to illustrate the revered The Elements of Style.
The Elements of Style Illustrated brings a fresh immediacy to the well-loved, much-valued, and still on-point work that has become an institution. While giving the classic work a jolt of new energy to appeal to contemporary readers, Kalman's illustrations are themselves timeless, designed to sit alongside the ever-enduring manual for another fifty years and more.
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Fake 3by Sanami MatohISBN 1591823293 (1-59182-329-3)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Girl Got Game 7by Shizuru Seino, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Mi Young NohISBN 1591829860 (1-59182-986-0)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Girl Got Game 9by Shizuru Seino, Kelly Sue DeconnickISBN 1591827000 (1-59182-700-0)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girl Got Game 9'Book summary:Volume #6 of Girl Got Game. [via]
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Goblin Questby Jim C. HinesISBN 1594142300 (1-59414-230-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goblin Quest'Book summary:In the history of grand adventures, heroic quests, and noble battles, goblinkind has never been more than a footnote. All that is about to change GoblinQuest. Jig the goblin wants nothing more than to be left alone. Instead, he is drafted to help guard the goblin tunnels against intruders. When Jig's patrol is ambushed by a group of adventurers, he does what goblins do best: throws down his weapon and surrenders. Thus begins Jig's quest, as the adventurers force him to serve as their guide through the labyrinth of tunnels beneath the mountain. Led by Prince Barius Wendelson, their goal is an ancient magical artifact, hidden somewhere in the tunnels here ages past. As the group moves deeper into the tunnels, Jig finds himself face to face with creatures of goblin legend: ogres, trolls, not to mention the long-dead servants of the dreaded Necromancer, all leading to the ultimate confrontation with the dragon Straum. In the end, Jig will have to find a way to combine heroism with his own goblin ideas. The result is an unpredictable adventure that will leave readers cheering this unlikeliest of heroes and questioning some of the most basic traditions of fantasy quests.
Jim C. Hines lives in Lansing, Michigan. [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles Dickens, Karen OddenISBN 1593081561 (1-59308-156-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:[via]Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
Set amid smokestacks and factories, Charles Dickenss Hard Times is a blistering portrait of Victorian England as it struggles with the massive economic turmoil brought on by the Industrial Revolution.
Championing the mind-numbing materialism of the period is Thomas Gradgrind, one of Dickenss most vivid characters. He opens the novel by arguing that boys and girls should be taught nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Forbidding the development of imagination, Gradgrind is ultimately forced to confront the results of his philosophyhis own daughters terrible unhappiness.
Full of suspense, humor, and tenderness, Hard Times is a brilliant defense of art in an age of mechanism.
Karen Odden received her Ph.D. from New York University, where she did her dissertation on Victorian literature. Most recently a lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she is now a freelance writer and lives in Arizona. -
Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind The Rhymeby Chris RobertsISBN 1592402178 (1-59240-217-8)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme'Book summary:Was Little Jack Horner a squatter? "Baa Baa Black Sheep" a bleat about taxation? What did Jack and Jill really do on that hill? Chris Roberts reveals the seamy and quirky stories behind our favorite nursery rhymes.
Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seemthere is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victoria decided that children were better off without the full story, London librarian Chris Roberts brings the truth to light. He traces the origins of the subtle phrases and antiquated references, revealing religious hatred, political subversion, and sexual innuendo.
Roberts reveals that when Jack, nimble and quick, jumped over a candlestick, he was reenacting a popular sport that tested whether a person was lean and healthy. Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon mounted on the walls of a church in Colchester, blown up during the English Civil War. Few know that the cockles in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" actually refer to cuckolds in the promiscuous court of Mary Queen of Scots. Or that "Rub-a-dub-dub, three maids in a tub" was inspired by a fairground peepshow.
A fascinating history lesson that makes astonishing connections to contemporary popular culture, Heavy Words Lightly Thrown is for Anglophiles, parents, history buffs, and anyone who has ever wondered about the origins of rhymes. The book features a glossary of slang and historical terms, and spooky silhouettes of nursery-rhyme characters to accompany the rhymes. Mother Goose will never look the same again. [via]
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Hellsingby Kouta HiranoISBN 159307056X (1-59307-056-X)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellsing'Book summary:What do you get when you mix reanimated Nazis, vampires, and freaky killer Catholics and Protestants breathing down each others' necks? In the case of Hellsing, you get an all-out bloody war. Or such has proven to be the case so far. The world is engulfed in the flames of destruction, and all seems lost. Vernedead's "Geese" are literally being eaten alive, and it might just take half-vampire, Seras Victoria, a certain loss of innocence to provide a shred of hope. But that's not all this story hinges on. The vampire Hellsing himself will surely show at some point, and the Catholic Iscariot Army, a dreaded force, is also on the march. This is a situation of boiling blood, and it's about to burst! [via]
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Hellsing 4by Kohta HiranoISBN 1593072597 (1-59307-259-7)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellsing 4'Book summary:What's the result when the Nazis hiding in South America engineer an army of vampires and mount an all-out campaign of deathly dominance? Well, one thing you get is a little unity - seems the Protestant Hellsing Organization and the Catholic Iscariot agency might just have to think about teaming up. Looks like the First World War of the undead is about to erupt in history's biggest battle of blood and fangs. Things are just beginning to heat up in the fourth volume of Hellsing! [via]
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Hellsing 7by Kohta Hirano, Fred Lui, Tim Ervin-Gore, Duane JohnsonISBN 1593070578 (1-59307-057-8)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellsing 7'Book summary:It's a siege! What's left of the Hellsing crew and their new team of hired bodyguards have traveled to South America to investigate the Millennium threat. While they crossed the border, parties unknown pulled some strings branding them as terrorists and matching a small country's power structure against the ultimate undead! Join them in a battle of blood, guts, ghouls, gore...and a lot of Kohta Hirano's signature offbeat comedy. This punk-goth-vampire-action-comedy-fun-as-hell nightmare just keeps rolling, as Kohta has even more fun than he probably ought to. This series has enough style and strangeness to fuel ferociously fervent fandom. [via]
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I Used to Miss Him...But My Aim Is Improving: Not Your Ordinary Breakup Survival Guideby Alison JamesISBN 1593370113 (1-59337-011-3)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1591940087 (1-59194-008-7)
Softcover, Townsend Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:Here are the stories and songs of Kipling's first JUNGLE BOOK: tales of Mowgli and his Seeonee Wolf-Pack and, of course, Akela the wolf; of Bagheera, the panther; Kaa, the Rock Python; Baloo, the Bear; and so many others. They are the tales of Mowgli, the lost boy raised by wolves in the jungles of India, brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill, and they have captivated children and adults alike for generations. There is no better place to learn the life of the wolf pack and the natural order -- the natural justice -- of life in the jungle. And who could ever forget Mowgli's enemy, Shere Khan, the bragadocious Bengal tiger? To say nothing of Rikki-tikki-tavi, the mongoose? In this first volume, we learn how Mowgli came to be raised in the jungle, and how the wolves secured his safety. . . . [via]
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King of Hell 1by Lauren Na, In-Soo Ra, In-su Na, Chae-hwan KimISBN 1591821878 (1-59182-187-8)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King of Hell 1'Book summary:In life, Majeh was a gifted swordsman. In death he acts as a reaper for the King of Hell, collecting souls of the dead to bring them to the netherworld. All this changes when a rift opens up between Hell and Earth and evil spirits begin escaping to the mortal realm. Ages 13+. [via]
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King of Hell 2by In-Soo Na, Kim Jae-Hwan, In-su NaISBN 1591821886 (1-59182-188-6)
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King of Hell 3by R.A. Jones, Lauren Na, In-Soo Ra, In-su Na, Chae-hwan KimISBN 1591821894 (1-59182-189-4)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King of Hell 3'Book summary:Deceased swordsman Majeh is sent back to life in the body of a teenage boy to capture the demons who are taking over the bodies of dead martial artists, and he joins forces with a young woman with the same name as his beloved Dohwa and a boy who is struggling to overcome his fears. [via]
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The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novelsby Lynne TrussISBN 1592401368 (1-59240-136-8)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novels'Book summary:Lynne Truss debuted in America as a guffaw-inducing grammarian, but her British audience has known her for years as a critically acclaimed novelist and columnist. Her previous works are now available stateside in one volume, complete with a new preface.
With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed, a raucous comedy of errors, follows the exploits of Osborne Lonsdale, who writes a weekly column called "Me and My Shed" for a floundering gardening magazine. When the publication is taken over by a gung-ho management team, Lonsdale must learn to cope with his new coworkers.
In Tennyson's Gift and Going Loco, Truss turns a fiendishly clever eye to the literary world. Tennyson's Gift is an imaginative cocktail of Victorian seriousness and farce that re-imagines the world of the nineteenth-century English poet laureate, placing him in the midst of eccentric company that includes dodgy Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll). Going Loco features a critic trying to write a definitive account of the doppelgänger in gothic fiction, amidst the chaos of her domestic life, including paranoia that her cleaning lady is taking over her life.
Making the Cat Laugh is a riotous collection of columns about single life. Truss comments on dating, secondhand smoking, shopping, holidays, and people who ask, "How's the novel going?" All the while, she continues an eighteen-year quest to make her cat laugh. Reportedly, the feline remains unimpressed.
A feast of wit, The Lynne Truss Treasury will delight fans of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. [via]
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Marmalade Boyby Wataru YoshizumiISBN 1591821908 (1-59182-190-8)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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Megatokyoby Fred Gallagher, Rodney Caston, Dominic NguyenISBN 1593071183 (1-59307-118-3)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Megatokyo'Book summary:The wildly popular web comic that spawned a best selling trade paperback has found a new home! Fans and friends of the Megatokyo web comic have come to love the characters and their offbeat adventures. Whether they are entangled in a fantasy gaming scenario, saving Tokyo from devastation by rampaging zombies, or taking awkward and disaster-filled steps towards a meaningful relationship, we get to experience Tokyo through their many unique and drastically different points of view. Rife with references to video game and anime culture both here and in Japan, it is a story that contrasts the cultures, the characters, and their own perceptions of what is around them. Those new to the series may find familiar emotions and a dialogue that is eerily similar to their own. Volume 2 contains Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Megatokyo webcomic, complete with miscellaneous comics, sketches and other material. Extra material exclusive to the print edition includes editorial comments by the author and a short story with illustrations from the Endgames gaming universe. [via]
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The Metamorphosesby Ovid, Robert Squillace, Frank Justus MillerISBN 1593082762 (1-59308-276-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses'Book summary:[via]The Metamorphoses, by Ovid, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:First published in 8 A.D., Ovids Metamorphoses remains one of the most accessible and attractive avenues to the riches of Greek mythology. Beginning with the creation of the universe and ending with the death and deification of Julius Caesar, Ovids masterful epic poem features a rich assortment of tales, including those of Jason and the Argonauts, Orpheus and Eurydice, the Trojan War, Echo and Narcissus, the slaying of the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, Hercules, Aeneas and Dido, the wedding of Perseus and Andromeda, and many others. These stories all have one element in common: transformation. Mortals become gods, animals turn to stone, and humans change into flowers, trees, or stars. Mingling pathos, humor, beauty, and cruelty, Ovid reveals how the endless ebb and flow of the universe itself is mirrored in the often paradoxical and always arbitrary fate of the poems characters, both human and divine.
A cosmic comedy of manners, Metamorphoses was read with delight in Ovids own time and continues to charm audiences today, providing a treasure trove of myth and legend from which the whole of Western art and literature has derived incalculable inspiration.Robert Squillace teaches Cultural Foundations courses in the General Studies Program of New York University. He has published extensively on the field of modern British literature, most notably in his study Modernism, Modernity and Arnold Bennett (Bucknell University Press, 1997). His recent teaching has involved him deeply in the world of the ancients. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the medievalist Angela Jane Weisl. Squillace also wrote the Introduction and Notes for the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Homers Odyssey.
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Myth-gotten Gainsby Jody Lynn Nye, Robert AsprinISBN 1592221041 (1-59222-104-1)
Hardcover, Meisha Merlin Pub
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Myth-gotten Gainsby Robert AsprinISBN 159222105X (1-59222-105-X)
Softcover, Moonstone
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Myth-gotten Gains'Book summary:Aahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. They go in search of the other members of the Hoard, only to find that they're not the only ones looking. A dancer named Calypsa, working with Aahz's old friend Tananda, is seeking to collect them to free her grandfather from the dreaded wizard Barrik. Trouble is, everyone wants the treasures for themselves, and there are good reasons why the Golden Hoard is never all in the same dimension at one time. [via]
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Withinby Stephen FryISBN 1592402488 (1-59240-248-8)
Hardcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within'Book summary:I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small, often ignored corner of us positively yearns to try it.
Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled
Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. Many of us have never been taught to read or write poetry and think of it as a mysterious and intimidating form. Or, if we have been taught, we remember uncomfortable silence when an English teacher invited the class to "respond" to a poem. In The Ode Less Travelled, Fry sets out to correct this problem by giving aspiring poets the tools and confidence they need to write poetry for pleasure.Fry is a wonderfully engaging teacher and writer of poetry himself, and he explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. His enjoyable exercises and witty insights introduce the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics. Aspiring poets will learn to write a sonnet, on ode, a villanelle, a ballad, and a haiku, among others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of, but never read. The Ode Less Travelled is a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try. [via]
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Oh My Goddess!by Kosuke FujishimaISBN 1593073879 (1-59307-387-9)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Pet Shop of Horrorsby Matsuri AkinoISBN 1591823633 (1-59182-363-3)
Softcover, TOKYOPOP, Incorporated
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Amy BilloneISBN 1593082134 (1-59308-213-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:[via]Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Peter Pan first flew across a London stage in 1904, overwhelming audiences with its tale of a magical boy who never grows up, who lures young Wendy and her brothers to Neverland where they meet pirates, Indians, fairies, and the Lost Boys. Following the plays astonishing success, J. M. Barrie revised and expanded the story and published it as this novel, originally titled Peter and Wendy when it appeared in 1911. For children, it remains a marvelous mix of fantasy and adventure, featuring unique, imaginative characters, who frisk and frolic in an enchanting land.
For adults, the story of Peter and the Lost Boys works on a much deeper level, speaking to them about the inevitable loss of childhood and the ability to fly. The climactic duel between the proud and insolent youth (Peter Pan) and the dark and sinister man (Captain Hook) is both a swashbuckling romp and a moving metaphor for the complex, poignant struggle between innocent but irresponsible youth and tainted but dependable maturity. Neither side wins, for the one inevitably becomes the other. Of course, the ageless Peter Pan is the happy exception.Amy Billone teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Princeton University, where she wrote her dissertation on womens involvement with the nineteenth-century sonnet.
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The Phoenix and the Carpetby Edith NesbitISBN 1592249124 (1-59224-912-4)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twinsby Mark Twain, Darryl PinckneyISBN 159308255X (1-59308-255-X)
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The Quotable Queer: Fabulous Wit and Wisdom From The Gays, The Straights, And Everbody In-betweenby Dalyn MillerISBN 1592331203 (1-59233-120-3)
Softcover, Quayside Pub Group
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Rising Stars Of Mangaby Tokyopop, Mark PanicciaISBN 1591825369 (1-59182-536-9)
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. Forster, Radhika JonesISBN 1593082886 (1-59308-288-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Room With a View'Book summary:[via]A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:A charming tale of the battle between bourgeois repression and radical romanticism, E. M. Forsters third novel has long been the most popular of his early works. A young girl, Lucy Honeychurch, and her chaperonproducts of proper Edwardian Englandvisit a tempestuous, passionate Italy. Their room with a view allows them to look into a world far different from their own, a world unconcerned with convention, unfettered by social rituals, and unafraid of emotion. Soon Lucy finds herself bound to an obviously unsuitable man, the melancholic George Emerson, whose improper advances she dare not publicize. Back home, her friend and mentor Charlotte Bartlett and her mother, try to manipulate her into marriage with the more appropriate but smotheringly dull Cecil Vyse, whose surname suggests the imprisoning effect he would have on Lucys spirit.
A colorful gallery of characters, including Georges riotously funny father, Lucys sullen brother, the novelist Eleanor Lavish, and the reverend Mr. Beebe, line up on either side, and A Room with a View unfolds as a delightfully satiric comedy of manners and an immensely satisfying love story.Radhika Jones is a freelance writer and a Ph.D. candidate in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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Saiyuki, No. 3by Kazuya Minekura, MINEKURA KAZUYA, Alethea Nibley, Athena NibleyISBN 1591826519 (1-59182-651-9)
Softcover, Tokyopop
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saiyuki, No. 3'Book summary:Continuing their journey west and leaving a trail of dead Youkai in their wake, Genjyo Sanzo and company come upon a young woman who has quite a tale to tell. She recounts the story of her long lost lover, a Youkai who succumbed to the madness. In spite of it all, she continues to wait faithfully for his return. [via]
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Saving Fish from Drowningby Amy TanISBN 1594131627 (1-59413-162-7)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saving Fish from Drowning'Book summary:Amy Tan, who has an unerring eye for relationships between mothers and daughters, especially Chinese-American, has departed from her well-known genre in Saving Fish From Drowning. She would be well advised to revisit that theme which she writes about so well.
The title of the book is derived from the practice of Myanmar fishermen who "scoop up the fish and bring them to shore. They say they are saving the fish from drowning. Unfortunately... the fish do not recover," This kind of magical thinking or hypocrisy or mystical attitude or sheer stupidity is a fair metaphor for the entire book. It may be read as a satire, a political statement, a picaresque tale with several "picaros" or simply a story about a tour gone wrong.
Bibi Chen, San Francisco socialite and art vendor to the stars, plans to lead a trip for 12 friends: "My friends, those lovers of art, most of them rich, intelligent, and spoiled, would spend a week in China and arrive in Burma on Christmas Day." Unfortunately, Bibi dies, in very strange circumstances, before the tour begins. After wrangling about it, the group decides to go after all. The leader they choose is indecisive and epileptic, a dangerous combo. Bibi goes along as the disembodied voice-over.
Once in Myanmar, finally, they are noticed by a group of Karen tribesmen who decide that Rupert, the 15-year-old son of a bamboo grower is, in fact, Younger White Brother, or The Lord of the Nats. He can do card tricks and is carrying a Stephen King paperback. These are adjudged to be signs of his deity and ability to save them from marauding soldiers. The group is "kidnapped," although they think they are setting out for a Christmas Day surprise, and taken deep into the jungle where they languish, develop malaria, learn to eat slimy things and wait to be rescued. Nats are "believed to be the spirits of nature--the lake, the trees, the mountains, the snakes and birds. They were numberless ... They were everywhere, as were bad luck and the need to find reasons for it." Philosophy or cynicism? This elusive point of view is found throughout the novel--a bald statement is made and then Tan pulls her punches as if she is unwilling to make a statement that might set a more serious tone.
There are some goofy parts about Harry, the member of the group who is left behind, and his encounter with two newswomen from Global News Network, some slapstick sex scenes and a great deal of dog-loving dialogue. These all contribute to a novel that is silly but not really funny, could have an occasionally serious theme which suddenly disappears, and is about a group of stereotypical characters that it's hard to care about. It was time for Amy Tan to write another book; too bad this was it. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Orczy, Sarah Juliette SassonISBN 1593082347 (1-59308-234-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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First published in 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel is the best-known novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, a prolific author of popular fiction and plays. The novel pioneered the tale of the masked avenger and paved the way for such future enigmatic swashbucklers as Zorro, Superman, and the Lone Ranger. Repeatedly adapted for stage and screenmost recently as a successful Broadway musicalThe Scarlet Pimpernel is a relevant and enormously entertaining tale of survival and pluck during times of widespread fear, hypocrisy, and corruption.Includes 8 pieces of original art.
Sarah Juliette Sasson is a lecturer in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University and is the managing editor of the Romanic Review, a journal devoted to romance literatures. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Columbia. She specializes in nineteenth-century literature and particularly in the novel. She has published essays on Honoré de Balzac, Heinrich Heine, and on social mobility in nineteenth-century literature. Currently, she is working on a book on Balzac.More editions of The Scarlet Pimpernel:
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Serenityby Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will ConradISBN 1593074492 (1-59307-449-2)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Serenity'Book summary:Penned by Whedon and Brett Matthews, who wrote several episodes of Firefly as well as Dark Horse''s final Angel comics series and the animated Chronicles of Riddick feature "Dark Fury," Serenity follows a ship full of mercenaries, fugitives and one law-abiding prostitute in their pursuit for fast cash and a little peace along the fringes of space. The ragtag crew of Serenity take on a scavanger mission with the hopes of earning enough dough to disappear for a while. Only too late do they realize the whole gig is orchestrated by an old enemy eager remake their aquanitance with the help of some covert-operatives known only as the Blue Gloves. Artist Will Conrad (Marvel''s Elektra and Witches) and colorist Laura Martin (Astonishing X-Men and The Ultimates) paint a rough and wild world of adventure across a strange and dangerous universe, in this not-to-be-missed tale straight from the brain of pop-culture mastermind Joss Whedon! [via]
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Sgt. Frogby Carol Fox, Mine YoshizakiISBN 1591827035 (1-59182-703-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sgt. Frog'Book summary:Sergeant Keroro has come to Earth with the intention of taking it over. One day, a chance encounter with Fuyuki Hinata blows his cover and Keroro's home planet cuts off all contact with him. Sergeant Keroro is left on Earth and is forced to live with Fuyuki, Natsumi, and their eccentric mother until he can reestablish contact with his home planet. [via]
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Sgt. Frogby Mine YoshizakiISBN 1591827051 (1-59182-705-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sgt. Frog'Book summary:Science and Technology are truly miraculous things - except when in the hands of a super-genius super-jerk like the Keroro Platoon's recently recovered tactical officer, Sergeant Major Kururu. Already, Kururu is developing biochemical weapons that no Earth medicine can combat, and rays that can turn the entire planet into helpless children! But where can a fugitive alien find test subjects for such diabolical weapons? Where indeed...but the Hinata household! [via]
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The Sillymarillion: An Unauthorized Parody Of Jrr Tolkien's Classic The Silmarillionby Donald LloydISBN 1593600259 (1-59360-025-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Southern Fried Divorceby Judy ConnerISBN 159240121X (1-59240-121-X)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Star Wars: Tag & Binkby Lucas Marangon, Kevin RubioISBN 159307641X (1-59307-641-X)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Thejungle Booksby Rudyard KiplingISBN 159308109X (1-59308-109-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thejungle Books'Book summary:P. Craig Russell is well on his way to being the premiere emissary of classic literary gems to the world of comics. His Arabian Nights collaboration with Neil Gaiman in The Sandman #50, comics versions of Mozart's Magic Flute, and his continuing adaptations of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales all stand as testament to his amazing graphic and narrative sensibilities. His treatment of the last three chapters of Kipling's Jungle Book ("The King's Ankus," "Red Dog," and "The Spring Running") will inspire both Kipling enthusiasts and lovers of fine illustration. Russell's composition is amazing: he has the ability to create harmony in a single page while each panel sings its melody. This collection also features enhanced colors, either reshot or reseparated, and the results are a treat. [via]
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Travels With My Chicken: A Man And His Companion Take To The Roadby Martin GurdonISBN 1592287786 (1-59228-778-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Uncle John's Fast-Acting Long-Lasting Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1592234836 (1-59223-483-6)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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Uncle John's Presents: Book of the Dumbby John Michael ScalziISBN 1592231497 (1-59223-149-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle John's Presents: Book of the Dumb'Book summary:In every field of human endeavor, there are people, things, and ideas that rank among the best mankind has ever producedthe Book of the Dumb isn't about any of that. This volume from Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader teaches us one valuable lesson: Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.[via]
Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). With more than 11 million books in print, the Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader series is the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world. Where else would you find so many examples of the worst ideas, most regrettable utterances, and biggest crackpot theories in the fields of art, science, politics, sports, entertainment, and more? Uncle John rules the world of humor and all things ridiculous, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about
Crashes on Mars
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Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1592232701 (1-59223-270-1)
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Uncle John's Unstoppable Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1592231160 (1-59223-116-0)
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace Thackery, Nicholas Dames, William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 1593080719 (1-59308-071-9)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanity Fair'Book summary:William Makepeace Thackeray's VANITY FAIR, "a Novel Without a Hero" is a satiric masterpiece that encapsulates all the layers of British society in a microcosm while conveying the spirit and atmosphere of an epoch, and introduces literature's most charming picaresque anti-heroine, Becky Sharp. The reader cannot help but observe with wicked glee Becky's effervescently amoral exploits as she rises through the ranks of society in an insiduous and subtle attempt to better her situation, and possibly learns a bittersweet lesson of her own about tenderness and scorn. A classic of nineteenth century English literature. [via]
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahame, Gardner McFallISBN 1593082657 (1-59308-265-7)
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Filled with familiar human types disguised as animals, Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows, like all exemplary childrens literature, has always appealed greatly to grown-ups as well. Though first published in 1908, when motor-cars were new and rare, The Wind in the Willows presents surprisingly contemporaryand uproariously funnyportraits of speed-crazed Mr. Toad, generous Badger, poetic Ratty, and newly-emancipated Mole. And lurking all the while within the humor and good spirits, Grahames deeply felt commentary on courage, generosity, and above all, friendship.Gardner McFall is the author of two childrens books and a collection of poetry. She teaches childrens literature at Hunter College in New York City.
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Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide To Better English In Plain Englishby Patricia T. O'ConnerISBN 1594480060 (1-59448-006-0)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Doble Fudge / Double Fudgeby Judy Blume, Laura Emilia PachecoISBN 1594378142 (1-59437-814-2)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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