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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Derick BownISBN 0839362056 (0-8393-6205-6)
Hardcover, Raintree Childrens Books
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Alpha Maleby William BrandtISBN 086473378X (0-86473-378-X)
Softcover, Victoria Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alpha Male'Book summary:Winner of New ZealandS 1999 Montana Book Award.
In his first story collection, Brandt presents hilarious but poignant portraits of the first post-feminist generation. [via]More editions of Alpha Male:
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Angelsby Billy GrahamISBN 0849938716 (0-8499-3871-6)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels'Book summary:Angels: God's Secret Agents is Billy Graham's one-volume introduction to one of the most popular spiritual phenomena of our time. Firmly grounded in Graham's close readings of scripture, Angels testifies to Graham's own encounters with the heavenly beings and also records the many similar stories that other believers have told him over the years. Graham devotes entire chapters to the questions of whether angels are visible or invisible, how they differ from men and women, and how the angelic hierarchy is organized. He also discusses the much-debated theory that UFO sightings are in fact angelic appearances.
Perhaps the primary purpose of this book, however, is to inform readers that armies of angels are ready and willing to help Christians in their daily fights against the forces of darkness. "Millions of angels are at God's command and at our service," Graham writes. "The hosts of heaven stand at attention as we make our way from earth to glory, and Satan's BB guns are no match for God's heavy artillery." Such stirring theological pronouncements are matched with practical advice for believers who wish to know the angelic powers in everyday life. --Kevin Attwood [via]
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Hardcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas - Angels: ISBN 0849932998 (0-8499-3299-8)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc - Angels: ISBN 0849911672 (0-8499-1167-2)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc - Angels: ISBN 0849938716 (0-8499-3871-6)
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Angels: Billy Graham's Definitive Book on Angels/Large Printby Billy GrahamISBN 0849936829 (0-8499-3682-9)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels: Billy Graham's Definitive Book on Angels/Large Print'Book summary:Angels: God's Secret Agents is Billy Graham's one-volume introduction to one of the most popular spiritual phenomena of our time. Firmly grounded in Graham's close readings of scripture, Angels testifies to Graham's own encounters with the heavenly beings and also records the many similar stories that other believers have told him over the years. Graham devotes entire chapters to the questions of whether angels are visible or invisible, how they differ from men and women, and how the angelic hierarchy is organized. He also discusses the much-debated theory that UFO sightings are in fact angelic appearances.
Perhaps the primary purpose of this book, however, is to inform readers that armies of angels are ready and willing to help Christians in their daily fights against the forces of darkness. "Millions of angels are at God's command and at our service," Graham writes. "The hosts of heaven stand at attention as we make our way from earth to glory, and Satan's BB guns are no match for God's heavy artillery." Such stirring theological pronouncements are matched with practical advice for believers who wish to know the angelic powers in everyday life. --Kevin Attwood [via]
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Angels: God's Secret Agentsby Billy GrahamISBN 0849930499 (0-8499-3049-9)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels: God's Secret Agents'Book summary:Angels: God's Secret Agents is Billy Graham's one-volume introduction to one of the most popular spiritual phenomena of our time. Firmly grounded in Graham's close readings of scripture, Angels testifies to Graham's own encounters with the heavenly beings and also records the many similar stories that other believers have told him over the years. Graham devotes entire chapters to the questions of whether angels are visible or invisible, how they differ from men and women, and how the angelic hierarchy is organized. He also discusses the much-debated theory that UFO sightings are in fact angelic appearances.
Perhaps the primary purpose of this book, however, is to inform readers that armies of angels are ready and willing to help Christians in their daily fights against the forces of darkness. "Millions of angels are at God's command and at our service," Graham writes. "The hosts of heaven stand at attention as we make our way from earth to glory, and Satan's BB guns are no match for God's heavy artillery." Such stirring theological pronouncements are matched with practical advice for believers who wish to know the angelic powers in everyday life. --Kevin Attwood [via]
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Angels: God's Secret Agents, Mini Bookby Billy GrahamISBN 0849950740 (0-8499-5074-0)
Hardcover, STL
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Anna and the King of Siamby Margaret LandonISBN 0848821769 (0-8488-2176-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0866119930 (0-86611-993-0)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Art of Life: On Living, Love and Deathby Jonathan RutherfordISBN 0853159068 (0-85315-906-8)
Softcover, Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
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Being and Nothingnessby Jean-Paul SatreISBN 0844669121 (0-8446-6912-1)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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Biological Science: An Ecological Approachby MilaniISBN 0840341822 (0-8403-4182-2)
Softcover, Kendall Hunt Pub Co
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Black Oxenby Elizabeth KnoxISBN 0864734093 (0-86473-409-3)
Hardcover, Victoria University Press
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The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts with Epilogueby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa VolokhonskyISBN 0865474222 (0-86547-422-2)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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The Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 086611954X (0-86611-954-X)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Candide Ou L'Optimismeby VoltaireISBN 0844210765 (0-8442-1076-5)
Softcover, Natl Textbook Co
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Christian Lifeby Sinclair B. FergusonISBN 0851515169 (0-85151-516-9)
Softcover, Banner of Truth
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christian Life'Book summary:'Christian doctrine matters for Christian living.' This is 'one of the most important growth points of the Christian life', writes Sinclair B. Ferguson. From this starting point, The Christian Life expounds such key biblical themes as grace, faith, repentance, new birth and assurance with clarity and contagious enthusiasm. 'Chrisitan doctrines are life-shaping', explains the author, because 'they show us the God we worship'. [via]
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Cosmosby Carl SaganISBN 084466698X (0-8446-6698-X)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 0866119795 (0-86611-979-5)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Dances With Wolvesby Michael BlakeISBN 0833566857 (0-8335-6685-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Death in the Afternoonby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0848802810 (0-8488-0281-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Divine Comedyby Peter Dale, Alighieri DanteISBN 0856462802 (0-85646-280-2)
Softcover, Anvil Pr Poetry Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:Dante's masterpiece is undoubtedly one of the supreme works of world literature. Peter Dale's achievement has been to produce a complete version in modern English that echoes Dante's "sweet new style" while keeping to the poet's demanding terza rima verse pattern. It is a handsome reader's edition -- accurate, clear and compelling -- and contains a fascinating introduction on the poem's history, and its influence on English poetry through the ages. [via]
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, C. H. SissonISBN 085635273X (0-85635-273-X)
Hardcover, Carcanet New Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages. [via]
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Far from the Madding Crowd/the Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas HardyISBN 086136600X (0-86136-600-X)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Malvina G. VogelISBN 0866119817 (0-86611-981-7)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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The Frazzled Factor: Relief for Working Momsby Karol Ladd, Jane JarrellISBN 0849945356 (0-8499-4535-6)
Softcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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Genesisby Stuart Briscoe, Lloyd J. OgilvieISBN 0849935407 (0-8499-3540-7)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Angela WilkesISBN 0860206122 (0-86020-612-2)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Kim Palmer, John EscottISBN 0861129857 (0-86112-985-7)
Hardcover, Brimax Books, Limited
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Gulliver's Travelsby Malvina G. Vogel, Johnathon Smith, Johathan SwiftISBN 0866119922 (0-86611-992-2)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Hey World, Here I Am!by Jean Little, Sue TruesdellISBN 0833547518 (0-8335-4751-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Hidden Artby Edith SchaefferISBN 0842314202 (0-8423-1420-2)
Hardcover, Tyndale House
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Hidden Art of Homemakingby Edith SchaefferISBN 0842313982 (0-8423-1398-2)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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I Will Fear No Evilby Robert Anson HeinleinISBN 0839824491 (0-8398-2449-1)
Hardcover, Gregg Press
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I'm So Glad You Told Me What I Didn't Wanna Hearby Barbara JohnsonISBN 0849936543 (0-8499-3654-3)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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The Illustrated Pilgrim's Progressby John Bunyan, Jean Watson, Vic MitchellISBN 0842316051 (0-8423-1605-1)
Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub
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King Solomons's Ringby Konrad Z. LorenzISBN 0844663093 (0-8446-6309-3)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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Laddieby Gene S. PorterISBN 0842326642 (0-8423-2664-2)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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The Language of Loveby Gary Smalley, John TrentISBN 0849905575 (0-8499-0557-5)
Hardcover, W Pub Group
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The Language of Love: A Powerful Way to Maximize Insight, Intimacy, and Understandingby Gary Smalley, John T. TrentISBN 0849938953 (0-8499-3895-3)
Softcover, Focus on the Family Pub
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Le Fantome De L'Operaby Gaston LerouxISBN 0844212334 (0-8442-1233-4)
Softcover, Natl Textbook Co Trade
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Le Fantôme de lOpéra (Leroux) is an adaptation that captures the meaning and mood of the original 1910 Gaston Leroux novel and includes all major scenes. It is 152 pages in length. [via]More editions of Le Fantome De L'Opera:
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Leisure: The Basis of Cultureby Alexander Dru, Josef Pieper, T. S. EliotISBN 0865972109 (0-86597-210-9)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund
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Les Miserablesby Norman Denny, Victor Hugo, Charles KeepingISBN 085067106X (0-85067-106-X)
Hardcover, Folio Press
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0848805356 (0-8488-0535-6)
Hardcover, Amereon LTD.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:Les Misérables is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a seventeen-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion. The novel focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. It examines the nature of law and grace, and expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, anti-monarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. The story is historical fiction because it contains factual and historic events. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0866119558 (0-86611-955-8)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Deathby Barbara JohnsonISBN 0849936535 (0-8499-3653-5)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Mama, Get the Hammer! There's a Fly on Papa's Head!by Barbara JohnsonISBN 0849934176 (0-8499-3417-6)
Softcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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The Mammyby Brendan O'CarrollISBN 0862783720 (0-86278-372-0)
Hardcover, O'Brien Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mammy'Book summary:It seems like there's no end to Irish tales depicting unhappy, squalid childhoods in crowded, working-class flats. While Brendan O'Carroll's The Mammy maintains many elements of the traditional genre--the saintly, overworked mother, the Catholic family with an enormous posse of children and any number of abusive alcoholic fathers--it's a somewhat cheerier vision of Irish youth than we've come to expect. The mammy in question, one Agnes Browne, has enough spunk to look after her brood of seven, run a fruit stand at the local open market, gossip viciously with her best friend Marion, and still daydream about dancing with a famous singer.
This is in large part due to the fact that her husband, Redser, who falls squarely into the above-mentioned category, has died--thanks to a careless driver--just before the novel's opening pages. Our first glimpse of the pragmatic, lovable Agnes comes as she's waiting in the social services office on the afternoon of his death, determined not to lose a penny of her widow's benefits as a result of dilly-dallying. She doesn't even have the necessary death certificate yet, but that's not nearly enough to slow down Agnes Brown: "No, love, he's definitely dead. Definitely," she says to the clerk, then, turning to her friend for backup, "Isn't he, Marion?" Marion, made from the same tough stock, agrees solemnly: "Absolutely. I know him years, and I've never seen him look so bad. Dead, definitely dead!" The scene is emblematic: Agnes knows how to fight, and she isn't afraid to do it. Her deadpan humor becomes a hallmark.
As for her children, they get into the usual trouble--fights, girl problems, and the like. But there are also some charming, unexpected episodes in the book. For example, Agnes's oldest child meets a Jewish man and performs small tasks for him on the Sabbath, which eventually leads to greater goods. Among other things, Mark learns about the Jewish faith, new knowledge he accepts with bemusement and some of his mother's innocence and good humor. Upon hearing that the man doesn't celebrate Christmas, he exclaims: "Will yeh go on outta that! How can yeh not believe in something when it's real?"
The book is not without its share of tragedy, but Agnes takes it all with aplomb. She's clearly the glue that binds her pack of youngsters together: "The rule in the Browne family was: 'You hit one, you hit seven.' Since March twenty-ninth and Redser's demise, little had changed in the Browne house. If anything, the house was less tense." The Mammy is a slight book--it tells the simple, fairly conventional tale of a single Irish family--but it makes up for its gaps with humanity, in the same way Agnes Browne makes up for what she and her children lack. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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The Man in the Mirror: Solving the Twenty-Four Problems Men Faceby Patrick M. MorleyISBN 0840767560 (0-8407-6756-0)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Moby DickISBN 0866119671 (0-86611-967-1)
Hardcover, Playmore
Find This BookBook summary:Ages 9-12. Retelling of the classic novel for younger readers. [via]
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0864864388 (0-86486-438-8)
Hardcover
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It's the detective as folk hero, solving crimes through an innate, self-possessed wisdom that, combined with an understanding of human nature, invariably penetrates into the heart of a puzzle. If Miss Marple were fat and jolly and lived in Botswana--and decided to go against any conventional notion of what an unmarried woman should do, spending the money she got from selling her late father's cattle to set up a Ladies' Detective Agency--then you have an idea of how Precious sets herself up as her country's first female detective. Once the clients start showing up on her doorstep, Precious enjoys a pleasingly successful series of cases.
But the edge of the Kalahari is not St. Mary Mead, and the sign Precious orders, painted in brilliant colors, is anything but discreet. Pointing in the direction of the small building she had purchased to house her new business, it reads "THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY. FOR ALL CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND ENQUIRIES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FOR ALL PARTIES. UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT."
The solutions she comes up with, whether in the case of the clinic doctor with two quite different personalities (depending on the day of the week), or the man who had joined a Christian sect and seemingly vanished, or the kidnapped boy whose bones may or may not be those in a witch doctor's magic kit, are all sensible, logical, and satisfying. Smith's gently ironic tone is full of good humor towards his lively, intelligent heroine and towards her fellow Africans, who live their lives with dignity and with cautious acceptance of the confusions to which the world submits them. Precious Ramotswe is a remarkable creation, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency well deserves the praise it received from London's Times Literary Supplement. I look forward with great eagerness to the upcoming books featuring the memorable Miss Ramotswe, Tears of the Giraffe and Morality for Beautiful Girls, soon to be available in the U.S. --Otto Penzler [via]
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Normal Christian Lifeby Watchman NeeISBN 0842347100 (0-8423-4710-0)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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Notes To A Working Woman: Finding Balance, Passion, And Fullfillment In Your Lifeby Luci SwindollISBN 0849945399 (0-8499-4539-9)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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Pack up Your Gloomies in a Great Big Box, Then Sit on the Lid and Laugh!by Barbara JohnsonISBN 0849933641 (0-8499-3364-1)
Softcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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Pat of Silve Bushby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0848823710 (0-8488-2371-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Perennial Philosophyby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0836927737 (0-8369-2773-7)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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The Picture of Dorian GrayISBN 0866119981 (0-86611-998-1)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
Find This BookBook summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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Pigs Might Flyby Dick King-Smith, Mary RaynerISBN 0844671460 (0-8446-7146-0)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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The Pilgrim's Progressby John BunyanISBN 0851512593 (0-85151-259-3)
Hardcover, Banner of Truth
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The Pilgrim's Progressby Cheryl FordISBN 0842351450 (0-8423-5145-0)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pilgrim's Progress'Book summary:1992 Gold Medallion Award winner! For over 300 years Christians have found life within the pages of The Pilgrim's Progress. This edition by Cheryl Ford provides a fresh, modern rendering as biblical truths are weaved into a simple yet profound story that reveals the treacheries of the human heart and the power of conquering faith. Many modern translations of this Christian classic leave out significant parts or add passages not included in John Bunyan's original. But this translation is different. First, in contemporary English it faithfully presents the complete text (including the pilgrimages of Christian and Christiana). Second, more than 150 one-color calligraphy pieces by Timothy R. Botts enhance this beloved story. Additional features include comprehensive Scripture cross-references and an index to all the people, places, and spiritual symbols. Questions for group discussion and personal application strengthen the impact of this timeless story of Christian life. [via]
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The Pilgrim's Progress in the Allegory of a Dreamby John Bunyan, Cheryl V. FordISBN 0842347879 (0-8423-4787-9)
Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub
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The Power of Positive Thinkingby Norman Vincent PealeISBN 0837817862 (0-8378-1786-2)
Hardcover, C. R. Gibson Co
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The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentmentby Jeremiah BurroughsISBN 0851510914 (0-85151-091-4)
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A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4by Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0844672858 (0-8446-7285-8)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Richard Le Gallienne, Omar KhayyamISBN 0841457565 (0-8414-5756-5)
Hardcover, Folcroft Library Editions
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Self Help for the Bleakby Rich HallISBN 0843136693 (0-8431-3669-3)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan
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Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as If People Matteredby E. F. SchumacherISBN 085634012X (0-85634-012-X)
Hardcover, Blond and Briggs
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Splashes of Joy in the Cesspools of Lifeby Barbara JohnsonISBN 0849906989 (0-8499-0698-9)
Softcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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Step by Step Book About Housebreaking Your PuppyISBN 0866229744 (0-86622-974-4)
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Steppenwolfby Hermann HesseISBN 0848810503 (0-8488-1050-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Steppenwolf is Hesse s best-known and most autobiographical work. With its blend of Eastern mysticism and Western culture, it is one of literature s most poetic evocations of the soul s journey to liberation. Originally published in English in 1929, the novel s wisdom continues to speak to our souls and marks it as a classic of modern literature.More editions of Steppenwolf:
Sun Zi: The Art of Warby Guoliang XieISBN 0835131769 (0-8351-3176-9)
Softcover, China Books & Periodicals
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The Tartar Steppeby Dino BuzzatiISBN 0856355763 (0-85635-576-3)
Softcover, Carcanet
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The Temple of My Familiarby Alice WalkerISBN 0833548042 (0-8335-4804-2)
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Described by the author as a romance of the last 500,000 years, The Temple of My Familiar follows a cast of interrelated characters, most of African descent, and each representing a different ethnic strainranging from diverse African tribes to the mixed bloods of Latin Americathat contribute to the black experience in America.More editions of The Temple of My Familiar:
The Universe and Life : Origins and Evolutionby G. Siegfried KutterISBN 0867200332 (0-86720-033-2)
Hardcover, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Incorporated
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Victor Hugo's Les Miserablesby Victor Hugo, Jim ReimannISBN 0849916879 (0-8499-1687-9)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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The Waning of the Middle Agesby Johan HuizingaISBN 0844669849 (0-8446-6984-9)
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What to Eatby Marion NestleISBN 0865477388 (0-86547-738-8)
Softcover, North Point Pr
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White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 0848805674 (0-8488-0567-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Who Speaks for God?by Charles ColsonISBN 0842380337 (0-8423-8033-7)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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Wish Listby Lisa Cach, Lisa Kleypas, Claudia Dain, Lynsay SandsISBN 0843951028 (0-8439-5102-8)
Softcover, Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Wish Listby Lynsay Sands, Claudia Dain, Lisa KleypasISBN 0843949317 (0-8439-4931-7)
Hardcover, Leisure Books
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Worship His Majestyby Hayford Jack W.ISBN 0849906229 (0-8499-0622-9)
Hardcover, W Pub Group
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Worship His Majestyby Jack HayfordISBN 0849935660 (0-8499-3566-0)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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