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The Aeneid
by Virgil, Patric Dickinson

ISBN 0451528638 (0-451-52863-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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This deluxe edition of Virgil's epic poems, recounting the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy, contains an introduction by Allen Mandelbaum and fourteen powerful renderings created by Barry Moser to illustrate this volume.
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- The Aeneid: ISBN 0451622774 (0-451-62277-4)
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
by Irving Stone

ISBN 0451171357 (0-451-17135-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library

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Fictional depiction of Michelangelo. Includes bibliography, glossary and a list of the artist's works. [via]
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- The Agony and the Ecstasy: ISBN 0451213238 (0-451-21323-8)
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

ISBN 0448060043 (0-448-06004-3)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap

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That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: ISBN 0448110040 (0-448-11004-0)
  Softcover, Putnam Berkley
- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass: ISBN 0448060043 (0-448-06004-3)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

ISBN 0440803128 (0-440-80312-8)
Softcover, Dell Distributing

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All Because of a Cup of Coffee
by Geronimo Stilton

ISBN 0439559723 (0-439-55972-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks

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Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.

I, Geronimo Stilton, was in love! I went out for a cup of coffee one morning and laid eyes on the most beautiful rodent I'd ever seen. Unfortunately, I immediately tripped over my paws and ended up with my tail in a toaster! I was one mortified mouse. But I was determined to prove that I wasn't a complete stumblemouse. So I decided to join my family on their most daring adventure yet -- a journey to the eighth wonder of the world! There I made a discovery so truly amazing, I knew I could win the heart of my darling ratlette....
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- All Because of a Cup of Coffee: ISBN 0439559723 (0-439-55972-3)
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All Through the Night
by Connie Brockway

ISBN 0440223725 (0-440-22372-5)
Softcover, Dell Publishing

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Angel Rogue
by Mary Jo Putney

ISBN 0451219929 (0-451-21992-9)
Softcover, Signet

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- Angel Rogue: ISBN 0451405986 (0-451-40598-6)
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As You Desire
by Connie Brockway

ISBN 0440221994 (0-440-22199-4)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co

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He galloped across the midnight-shrouded landscape, racing toward her on his pure white steed. Her destiny...In her wildest fantasies Desdemona Carlisle could not have conjured a more dashing savior, and this was real. But an unlikelier hero was hard to find. Harry Braxton was a rouge, a scoundrel, and a born opportunist who had already broken her heart once. How could she ever trust a notorious rake who came with a warning: lover, beware...

With her bronze-gold hair and quicksilver grace, the sloe-eyed beauty was every man's desire and one man's sole passion. But the secret that had made Harry an exile also made it impossible for him to offer Desdemona more that friendship. Until his aristocratic cousin laid siege to Desdemona's heart and Harry, damning the consequences, vowed to do anything, give anything, to claim her for him own... [via]
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- As You Desire: ISBN 0440221994 (0-440-22199-4)
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Big Cherry Holler
by Adriana Trigiani

ISBN 0449007499 (0-449-00749-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group

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Eight years have passed since Ave Maria Mulligan married Jack Mac, moved up into the hills, and dug her roots in even deeper. But Ave Maria soon discovers that the mountains cannot shelter her from the painful lessons of the heart. As her life reaches a crossroads, almost everybody in town has advice to offerincluding the Bookmobiles self-appointed sexpert Iva Lou Wade, savvy pharmacy owner Pearl Grimes (a very mature twenty-four), crusty chain-smoking cashier Fleeta, and of course, the always-wise band director Theodore Tipton, now unofficially out and about. But when Ave Maria takes her daughter to Italy for the summer, her passion for a seductive stranger will test her marriageand push her to choose the man who is truly her destiny. [via]
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- Big Cherry Holler: ISBN 0449007499 (0-449-00749-9)
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The China Bride
by Mary Jo Putney

ISBN 0449005895 (0-449-00589-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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Death in Venice And Other Stories
by Thomas Mann, Swales, Martin (AFT), Jefferson S. Chase

ISBN 0451530322 (0-451-53032-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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This translation of Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann's work includes his masterpiece, Death in Venice, plus six of the author's short stories: Tristan, Tonio Kroger, Man and Dog: An Idyll, Hour of Hardship, Tobias Mindernickel, and The Child Prodigy.

@GustavaelJackson While walking in the hotel lobby, saw a little kid dressed in a sailors uniform. Went from six to midnight. No Viagra needed.

I worry that his parents have noticed me. They might issue an amber alert if the child goes missing. Look out for gondola and child.

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Death in Venice and Other Tales
by Thomas Mann, Jefferson S. Chase

ISBN 0451526090 (0-451-52609-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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"Death In Venice" tells the tragic story of a man who falls into foolish, forbidden love, only to reap his own ruin. While on holiday in Venice, a dignified older gentleman notices a teenage boy playing on the shore. The boy soon comes to represent the sleek perfection of youth, and the older man finds himself overwhelmed and obsessed with this ideal. Rich in imagery, and exploring the themes of beauty and decay, this book is a disturbing yet memorable work. Also included are seven of Mann's short stories, including "Tristan", "The Child Prodigy", and "Man and Dog". [via]
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- Death in Venice and Other Tales: ISBN 0451526090 (0-451-52609-0)
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon

ISBN 046000476X (0-460-00476-X)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd

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- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ISBN 0460004352 (0-460-00435-2)
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Different Seasons
by Stephen King

ISBN 0451167538 (0-451-16753-8)
Softcover, Signet

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Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussander's darl past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn him in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to learn the real meaning of power--and the seductive lure of evil.

This acclaimed collection of four novellas by Stephen King also includes "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (basis for the Academy Award nominated film The Shawshank Redemption), "The Body" (inspiration for the motion picture Stand By Me), and "The Breathing Method."
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Dubliners
by James Joyce, McCourt, Malachy (AFT), Edna O'Brien

ISBN 0451530411 (0-451-53041-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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In these masterful stories, steeped in realism, joyce creates an exacting portrait of his native city, showing how it reflects the general decline of irish culture and civilization. Joyce compels attention by the power of its unique vision of the world, its controlling sense of the truths of human experience [via]
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- Dubliners: ISBN 0451525434 (0-451-52543-4)
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Eight Great Comedies
by Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, Morton Berman

ISBN 0452011701 (0-452-01170-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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- Eight Great Comedies: ISBN 0451623649 (0-451-62364-9)
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Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary
by Daniel Jones

ISBN 0460030299 (0-460-03029-9)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd

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Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary (Everyman's Reference Library) [via]
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Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
by Edgar Allan Poe, Marler, Regina (AFT), Stephen Marlowe

ISBN 0451530314 (0-451-53031-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics

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Partial contents: The balloon-hoax -- The purloined letter -- The cask of Amontillado -- The masque of the red death. [via]
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Fear of Flying
by Erica Jong

ISBN 0451209435 (0-451-20943-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library

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Originally published in 1973, the groundbreaking, uninhibited story of isadora wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. It fueled fantasies, ignited debates, and even introduced a notorious new phrase to the english language. Now, after thirty years, the revolutionary novel known as fear of flying still stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood [via]
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Firestarter
by Stephen King

ISBN 0451167805 (0-451-16780-5)
Softcover, Signet

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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

ISBN 0451528832 (0-451-52883-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic

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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 Garden
by Kathy Mitchell, Frances Hodgson Burnett

ISBN 0448412500 (0-448-41250-0)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap

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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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Gibbon's the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by M. Hadas

ISBN 0449300560 (0-449-30056-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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"Its theme is the most overwhelming phenomenon in recorded history -- the disintegration not of a nation, but of an old and rich and apparently indestructible civilization." --Moses Hadas, editor. [via]
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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin

ISBN 0440328810 (0-440-32881-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing

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Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. James Baldwin's brilliant narrative delves into the mystery of loving with a sharp, probing imagination, and he creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the heart. [via]
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The Gold Coast
by Nelson Demille

ISBN 0446360856 (0-446-36085-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub

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Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world. Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal. [via]
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Grammar of Ornament
by O. Jones

ISBN 0442241755 (0-442-24175-5)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co

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Architect and decorator Owen Jones supervised the works at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, and his decoration of the Crystal Palace was hailed as one of the great achievements of the exhibition. In 1856, Jones published his indispensable reference work, The Grammar of Ornament. Organized into twenty chapters with introductory text, its encyclopedic approach offers a unique vision of decorative styles throughout time. The richly detailed and varied illustrations make the Grammar of Ornament a must-have volume for curious-minded scholars, contemporary craftsmen, and artists. [via]
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre

ISBN 0439554896 (0-439-55489-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic

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What makes the Harry Potter series so successful? Maybe it's the fact that J.K. Rowling doesn't write children's books, she writes children's stories, more in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm than Dr. Seuss. The exploits of Harry and his friends captivate even the shortest attention spans by engaging the imagination with vivid characters and fast-moving action, instead of trying to merely catch the eye with colorful pictures or pop-up effects. Not surprisingly, the Potter tales sound wonderful read aloud, and adapt to the audiobook format extremely well. Broadway actor Jim Dale's impressive vocal range gives each character in the book its own distinctive voice--a considerable task, given the pantheon of witches, warlocks, ghosts, ghouls, dwarves, and elves that Harry encounters in his second outing. And thankfully, since the book is read unabridged, no one's favorite character is omitted. Engaging for children without being childish, the audio version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is worthy addition to the deservedly popular series. (Running time: 9 hours, 7 CDs) --Andrew Nieland [via]
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre

ISBN 043955490X (0-439-55490-X)
Hardcover, Arthur a Levine

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CD Set tells the story of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 18 CDs. The audio book is also available in two volumes, Part 1 and Part 2, each containing 9 CDs.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the long-awaited, heavily hyped fourth instalment of a phenomenally successful series that has captured the imagination of millions of readers, young and old, across the globe. For J K Rowling the pressure is certainly on to continue to come up with thrilling, pacey storylines that allow her hero to mature into a young man without detracting from the magical secret that has made Harry into a superstar. In this book, the teenage Harry has a certain gawky charm that fits well with his advancing adolescence. As the story moves on, Harry too moves on to a new level of maturity that leaves the reader wondering how he will learn from his experiences, and liking him all the more as a character.
Once returned to Hogwarts after his summer holiday with the dreadful Dursleys and an extraordinary outing to the Quidditch World Cup, the 14-year-old Harry and his fellow pupils are enraptured by the promise of the Triwizard Tournament: an ancient, ritualistic tournament that brings Hogwarts together with two other schools of wizardry--Durmstrang and Beauxbatons--in heated competition. But when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire, and he is chosen to champion Hogwarts in the tournament, the trouble really begins. Still reeling from the effects of a terrifying nightmare that has left him shaken, and with the lightning-shaped scar on his head throbbing with pain (a sure sign that the evil Voldemort, Harry's sworn enemy, is close), Harry becomes at once the most popular boy in school. Yet, despite his fame, he is totally unprepared for the furore that follows.
This is a hefty volume: 636 pages, of which probably at least 200 could have been cut without detracting from the story. The weight and complexity of the book is perhaps a hint that Rowling now has her eye sharply focused on her adult audience, and the average child-reader (particularly one who is coming to Harry Potter for the first time) may well find its girth daunting. Rowling's ironic and pointed observations on tabloid journalism and the nature of media hype is just one of the references littered through the book that will tickle the grown-ups but may well fly over the heads of her young fans.
However, after a slow start, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire really starts to sparkle halfway through with Rowling's familiar magic (and yes, there is a death--sudden and tragic--and yes, Harry does start to notice girls). The crux of this story, however, is Harry's gradual coming-of-age and his handling of the increasingly determined threats to his own life.
This book is pivotal, not just for the author for whom the heat is well and truly on, but for Harry and his readers who, by the last chapter, are left in little doubt that there is much more to come. (Ages 10 to adult) --Susan Harrison [via]
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Italian Neighbors: Or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona
by Tim Parks

ISBN 0449908186 (0-449-90818-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group

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Julie and Romeo: A Novel
by Jeanne Ray

ISBN 0451208684 (0-451-20868-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library

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Julie Roseman has known since childhood that she's supposed to loathe, despise, and distrust all Cacciamanis (though she's never known exactly why). And the Cacciamanis feel exactly the same way about the Rosemans. So Julie's more than a little surprised when she runs into Romeo Cacciamani and they get to talking- and a romantic relationship begins to bloom.

After a few secret meetings and late-night rendezvous, Julie and Romeo are convinced it's love. But when their families find out, it's war.... [via]
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The Last Days of Pompeii
by Edward Bulwer Lytton

ISBN 0442247443 (0-442-24744-3)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold

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The Love Letter
by Cathleen Schine

ISBN 0451188470 (0-451-18847-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library

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In the quaint New England town of Pequot--"an artists' colony without the artists"--a mystery unfolds in the form of a crumpled letter. Helen MacFarquhar, the divorced 42-year-old proprietor of Horatio Street Books, finds a torrid love note in a stack of mail. Creased oddly, without an accompanying envelope, addressed to "Goat" and signed "Ram," at first the letter only momentarily disrupts her routine. But Helen, usually in total control of her thoughts, can't seem to get it out of her head. Was it simply a postal error, or was it meant for her? Everyone who enters her store becomes a suspect, even her new summer employee, 20-year-old Johnny--whom she has paraded around the premises like "a turkey, perhaps, on a leash," introducing him with delighted condescension: "Look what I've got ... a college student."
Johnny is alternately fascinated and irritated by his boss, who relies on unabashed, highly skilled flirting as her fail-safe mechanism for closing a sale. We too are drawn in by Helen's seductive charm and savvy competency, so much so that we are as genuinely surprised as she is when her idle wonderings about Johnny become something more. What could this literary, lovely face that sells a thousand books see in a college boy, 22 years her junior?
Except for the duo's first embrace--precipitated by Helen's accidental hosing down of the hunky, shirtless undergrad--The Love Letter stays comfortably on this side of heaving-bosom romance novel. Humor reigns supreme here, as well as a warm nostalgia and thoughtful reflection on good old-fashioned letter writing: "Letters are so indiscreet, she thought. They're so exposed, so vulnerable, so naked--they're even worse than snapshots." Cathleen Schine's engaging fourth novel may even incite a few readers to forgo e-mail for the pleasant scrape of ink across paper. --Brangien Davis [via]
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare, John F. Andrews

ISBN 046087182X (0-460-87182-X)
Softcover, Everyman

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Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of "Macbeth", then and now. [via]
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The Master's Touch
by Lynda Trent

ISBN 0451401204 (0-451-40120-4)
Softcover, Onyx Books

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My Dearest Enemy
by Connie Brockway

ISBN 044022375X (0-440-22375-X)
Softcover, Dell Publishing

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The New Age Baby Name Book
by Sue Browder

ISBN 0446606073 (0-446-60607-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub

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The New Age Baby Name Book is the quirky naming guide that has outlasted the trendiness of New Age. It has a total of 20,000 names including classic, popular, offbeat & even gender-neutral that are taken from dozens of cultures & traditions. [via]
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Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon

ISBN 0440212561 (0-440-21256-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books

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In Outlander, a 600-page time-travel romance, strong-willed and sensual Claire Randall leads a double life with a husband in one century, and a lover in another. Torn between fidelity and desire, she struggles to understand the pure intent of her heart. But don't let the number of pages and the Scottish dialect scare you. It's one of the fastest reads you'll have in your library.
While on her second honeymoon in the British Isles, Claire touches a boulder that hurls her back in time to the forbidden Castle Leoch with the MacKenzie clan. Not understanding the forces that brought her there, she becomes ensnared in life-threatening situations with a Scots warrior named James Fraser. But it isn't all spies and drudgery that she must endure. For amid her new surroundings and the terrors she faces, she is lured into love and passion like she's never known before.
I was lame and sore in every muscle when I woke next morning. I shuffled to the privy closet, then to the wash basin. My innards felt like churned butter. It felt as though I had been beaten with a blunt object, I reflected, then thought that that was very near the truth. The blunt object in question was visible as I came back to bed, looking now relatively harmless. Its possessor [Jamie] woke as I sat next to him, and examined me with something that looked very much like male smugness."
Gabaldon creates characters that you'll remember, laugh with, cry with, and cheer for long after you've finished the book. --Candy Paape [via]
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Passport to Italian
by Charles Berlitz

ISBN 0451167643 (0-451-16764-3)
Softcover, Signet

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Passport to the World : The 80 Key Words You Need to Communicate in 25 Languages
by Charles Berlitz

ISBN 0451183053 (0-451-18305-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)

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Designed for easy communication in twenty-five languages, an essential guide by a renowned teacher allows readers to communicate successfully using eighty key words in each language and following simple phonetic guides for accurate pronunciation. [via]
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen, Margaret Drabble

ISBN 0451525884 (0-451-52588-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Republic
by John Hall, Plato, Terence Irwin

ISBN 0460873822 (0-460-87382-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub

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A newly designed second edition of the classic translation of Plato's timeless work, "The Republic," by the author of "The Closing of the American Mind." [via]
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The Republic
by Plato, A.D. Lindsay

ISBN 0460871528 (0-460-87152-8)
Hardcover, J.M. Dent

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Toward the end of the astonishing period of Athenian creativity that furnished Western civilization with the greater part of its intellectual, artistic, and political wealth, Plato wrote The Republic, his discussion of the nature and meaning of justice and of the ideal state and its ruler. All subsequent European thinking about these subjects owes its character, directly or indirectly, to this most famous (and most accessible) of the Platonic dialogues. Although he describes a society that looks to some like the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian nightmare, in the course of his description Plato raises enduringly relevant questions about politics, art, education, and the general conduct of life.Translated by A. D. Lindsay [via]
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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare

ISBN 0451516354 (0-451-51635-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library

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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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Romeo and Juliet : The Contemporary Film, the Classic Play
by William Shakespeare

ISBN 0440227127 (0-440-22712-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books

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Award-winning director Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom) has updated Shakespeare's classic tragedy of young love and teen suicide in a unique new film, in which the warring Capulets and Montagues are gangsters who carry guns instead of swords. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Basketball Diaries) and Claire Danes (My So-Called Life, Little Women) as the doomed lovers, the film is set in a modern city. The actors speak Shakespeare's words--but with their own American accents.

Readers can now experience this new vision of Shakespeare's violent, tragic play alongside the Bard
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Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini

ISBN 0451527976 (0-451-52797-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic

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School for Scandal : How to Kiss a Hero
by Sandy Hingston

ISBN 0440235340 (0-440-23534-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing

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A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings
by Laurence Sterne, Tom Keymer

ISBN 0460873369 (0-460-87336-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub

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Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
by Laurence Sterne

ISBN 0460007963 (0-460-00796-3)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd

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Silk and Secrets
by Mary Jo Putney

ISBN 0451204905 (0-451-20490-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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Thread Of Grace
by Mary Doria Russell

ISBN 0449004139 (0-449-00413-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II, this new novel is the first in seven years by the bestselling author of The Sparrow and Children of God.

It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum is learning Italian with a suitcase in her hand. She and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to be safe at last, now that the Italians have broken with Germany and made a separate peace with the Allies. The Blums will soon discover that Italy is anything but peaceful, as it becomes overnight an open battleground among the Nazis, the Allies, resistance fighters, Jews in hiding, and ordinary Italian civilians trying to survive.

Mary Doria Russell sets her first historical novel against this dramatic background, tracing the lives of a handful of fascinating characters. Through them, she tells the little-known but true story of the network of Italian citizens who saved the lives of forty-three thousand Jews during the war's final phase. The result of five years of meticulous research, A Thread of Grace is an ambitious, engrossing novel of ideas, history, and marvelous characters that will please Russell's many fans and earn her even more.

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Tragedy of Macbeth
by William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet

ISBN 0451526775 (0-451-52677-5)
Softcover, Signet Classic

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"A first-rate entree to the Bard," hailed Publishers Weekly in praise of Bruce Coville's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream Dial . Now the author follows with Macbeth, expertly weaving his own dramatic yet accessible prose with language from the play, creating a gateway to the greater enjoyment of the original. Powerful paintings, rich in atmosphere, by renowned artist Gary Kelley-winner of twenty medals from the Society of Illustrators-make this, like its predecessor, a classic in itself, full justice to the genius that came before. A perfect gift for both newcomers to Shakespeare's work as well as devoted followers. [via]
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare, J.A. Bryant

ISBN 0451526864 (0-451-52686-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic

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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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The Villa Table: 300 Classic Italian Recipes
by Lorenza De'Medici, Michael Boys

ISBN 0449907309 (0-449-90730-9)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books

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Wild, Wild West
by Geronimo Stilton, Larry Keys, ratterto Rattonchi

ISBN 0439691443 (0-439-69144-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks

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With This Kiss
by Victoria Lynne

ISBN 0440223342 (0-440-22334-2)
Softcover, Dell Publishing

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