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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Michelle WigginsISBN 0394532279 (0-394-53227-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 039486915X (0-394-86915-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 039490592X (0-394-90592-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0394532279 (0-394-53227-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 039486915X (0-394-86915-X)
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Anthony Browne, Lewis CarrollISBN 0394805925 (0-394-80592-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0394869362 (0-394-86936-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The American Heritage College Dictionaryby William MorrisISBN 0395329434 (0-395-32943-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Heritage College Dictionary'Book summary:The latest edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is out, and that's hot news--not just for the resolute followers of lexicographical minutiae, but for the general reading and writing public as well. Why? Because the American Heritage is a long-standing favorite family dictionary (never underestimate the value of pictures) and one of the prime dictionary references for magazines, newspapers, and dot.com content providers. For scads of writers and editors across the U.S., it sets the standard on matters of style and lexicographical authority.
So this new edition is exciting and noteworthy, but how good is it? In its favor, the fourth edition is as current a dictionary as you can get. It's six years fresher than the 1994 version, with 10,000 words and definitions you won't find in the still venerable but now slightly dated third edition. For example, unlike its predecessor (and also unlike the 1996 Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary), this fourth edition covers dot-com, e-commerce, and soccer mom, Ebonics, Viagra, and a surf definition for cruising television channels and the Internet.
Its panel of special consultants includes authorities on anthropology, architecture, cinema, and law, plus military science, music, religion, and sports, and that is reflected in an impressively comprehensive coverage of the arts, culture, and technology. Sadly, however, there are no medical consultants on the panel, and that loss is felt in some substandard medical definitions. Other flaws: there's a greater than usual tendency to define a word with a form of the same word--for example, fuzzy, whose first two definitions are "1. covered with fuzz." and "2. of or resembling fuzz." And some definitions seem needlessly wordy, such as the entry for furious, which is "full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging." Compare that with the more succinct Oxford Encyclopedic entry: "1. extremely angry. 2. full of fury."
On the other hand, there are valuable entries throughout the dictionary supplying additional information on synonyms, usage, or word history, and these extras, such as the history of diatribe and the usage notes on discomfit, are interesting. The layout is easy on the eyes, with dark blue/green bold type setting the words apart from their definitions, and 4,000 color photographs, maps, and illustrations that are both useful and delightful. On one page, the margin provides color depictions of Francis Bacon, bacterium, and a Bactrian camel. Theodore Roosevelt and a rooster share another margin, while a third page offers Isak Dinesen, a dingo, and dinoflagellate. It is a fascinating book to peruse, and a compellingly scholarly addition to the American Heritage Dictionary line. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Indexby William MorrisISBN 0395090644 (0-395-09064-4)
Hardcover, American Heritage Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Index'Book summary:The third edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is a beauty--2,134 pages and 8.5 pounds--containing a lexicon of more than 200,000 entries, plus an appendix of Indo-European roots for etymology enthusiasts. The crisp white pages and sharp black print are easy on the eyes, the drawings and pictures (nearly 4,000 in all) are a delight, and along with the lucid, erudite definitions are 4,000-plus quoted illustrations of usage from the likes of Shakespeare, Melville, and Updike. Though it's the chosen reference of editors, it's more than a mere tool of the trade--it's a luxurious linguistic experience. [via]
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Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Index: ISBN 0395203597 (0-395-20359-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Index: ISBN 0395203600 (0-395-20360-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Index: ISBN 0395245753 (0-395-24575-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The American Heritage Dictionary: ISBN 0395329442 (0-395-32944-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Index: ISBN 0395090644 (0-395-09064-4)
Hardcover, American Heritage Pub Co
- The American Heritage Dictionary, New College Edition: Thumb Index: ISBN 0395090652 (0-395-09065-2)
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Rootsby Calvert WatkinsISBN 0395360706 (0-395-36070-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English LanguageISBN 0395090660 (0-395-09066-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Languageby American Heritage Publishing StaffISBN 0395448956 (0-395-44895-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'Book summary:The third edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is a beauty--2,134 pages and 8.5 pounds--containing a lexicon of more than 200,000 entries, plus an appendix of Indo-European roots for etymology enthusiasts. The crisp white pages and sharp black print are easy on the eyes, the drawings and pictures (nearly 4,000 in all) are a delight, and along with the lucid, erudite definitions are 4,000-plus quoted illustrations of usage from the likes of Shakespeare, Melville, and Updike. Though it's the chosen reference of editors, it's more than a mere tool of the trade--it's a luxurious linguistic experience. [via]
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American Heritage Dictionary: Office Editionby American Heritage StaffISBN 0395699568 (0-395-69956-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The American Heritage Word Frequency Bookby John Bissell CarrollISBN 0395135702 (0-395-13570-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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American Tongue and Cheek: A Populist Guide to Our Languageby Jim QuinnISBN 0394509056 (0-394-50905-6)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Archaeology of Knowledgeby Michel FoucaultISBN 0394711068 (0-394-71106-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Archaeology of Knowledge'Book summary:In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the service of nearly every progressive cause of his time. From law and order, to mental health, to power and knowledge, he spearheaded public awareness of the dynamics that hold us all in thrall to a few powerful ideologies and interests. Arguably his finest work, Archaeology of Knowledge is a challenging but fantastically rewarding introduction to his ideas. [via]
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Beowulfby E. Talbot Donaldson, Nicholas HoweISBN 0393974065 (0-393-97406-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
Accurate and literally faithful, the Donaldson translation conveys the full meaning and spirit of the original.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with the historical, linguistic, and literary settings of Beowulf, including Robert C. Hughes on the origins of the Old English language, E. Talbot Donaldsons presentation of the major features of Old English poetry, new material on Beowulfs tribes and genealogies, three maps, and a facsimile illustration of the manuscript.
"Criticism" collects seven new and wide-ranging interpretations of Beowulf by Fred C. Robinson, Roberta Frank, John D. Niles, Michael Lapidge, Joyce Hill, Helen Bennett, and Nicholas Howe.
A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included. Maps and illustrations [via]More editions of Beowulf:
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Beowulf: A Verse Translationby Daniel Donoghue, Seamus HeaneyISBN 0393975800 (0-393-97580-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: A Verse Translation'Book summary:Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaneys translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" (New York Times Book Review).
The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" (The Observer) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed. Heaneys clear and insightful introduction to Beowulf provides students with an understanding of both the poems history in the canon and Heaneys own translation process. [via]More editions of Beowulf: A Verse Translation:
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The Book of Lost Talesby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395426405 (0-395-42640-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Lost Tales'Book summary:The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916-1917 when he was twenty-five years old and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Lost Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriel (or AElfwine) to Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of Nargothrond and Gondolin; of the geography and cosmography of the invented world.[via]
The Book of Lost Tales will be published in two volumes; this first part contains the Tales of Valinor; and the second will include Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay; together with the texts of associated poems; and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. Further books in this series are planned to extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years, and will include the Long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.More editions of The Book of Lost Tales:
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The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395409276 (0-395-40927-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1'Book summary:The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916, when he was twenty-five years old, and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Lost Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and association, they are set in the narrative frame of the great westward voyage of a mariner named Eriel (or AElfwine). His destination is Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle where Elves dwell; from them he learns their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. The Tales include the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of Nargothrond and Gondolin; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world.[via]
The Book of Lost Tales is published in two volumes. The first contains the Tales of Valinor; and this second past includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary, together with associated poems, and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary of the earliest Elvish languages. Additional books in this series will extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years and will include the long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other previously unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.More editions of The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1:
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Complete Worksby Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, Alexander WoollcottISBN 0394716612 (0-394-71661-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works'Book summary:This is a carefully edited text of the writer's chief work and selections from his lesser writings and letters without which it would be impossible to form a picture of his life's work and genius. [via]
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The Complete Works of Lewis Carrollby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0394604857 (0-394-60485-7)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Concise German Review Grammarby Jack R. MoellerISBN 0395688752 (0-395-68875-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Dragons of Edenby Carl SaganISBN 0394410459 (0-394-41045-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dragons of Eden'Book summary:Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight."
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Eight Old English Poemsby R. D. Fulk, John Collins PopeISBN 039397605X (0-393-97605-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Epic of Gilgameshby Benjamin R. Foster, Douglas Frayne, Gary M. BeckmanISBN 0393975169 (0-393-97516-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Epic of Gilgamesh'Book summary:The Epic of Gilgamesh is the worlds oldest epic masterpiece.
More than a thousand years before Homer or the Bible, Mesopotamian poets sang of the hero-king Gilgamesh, who sought to crown his superhuman exploits by finding eternal life. This Norton Critical Edition presents translations by Benjamin R. Foster, Douglas Frayne, and Gary Beckman of the entire Gilgamesh narrative tradition, with some texts now in English for the first time. In addition to the eleven tablets of the great Akkadian epic, written around 1700 B.C.E., the book includes seven Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh, written before 2000 B.C.E., as well as the later Hittite version and other related sources, among them a Babylonian parody of the epic.
"Criticism" provides interpretive essays by William Moran, Thorkild Jacobsen, and Rivkah Harris and concludes with a modern poetic response to the Gilgamesh epic by Hillary Major.
A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of Epic of Gilgamesh:
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395272238 (0-395-27223-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:Part one of The Lord of the Rings, now featuring film art on the cover. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in THE HOBBIT. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.[via]More editions of Fellowship of the Ring:
Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0394554310 (0-394-55431-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Gilgameshby John Gardner, John Maier, Richard A. HenshawISBN 0394740890 (0-394-74089-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gilgamesh'Book summary:The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism that is lost in the earlier, almost scientific renderings. The principal theme of the poem is a familiar one: man's persistent and hopeless quest for immortality. It tells of the heroic exploits of an ancient ruler of the walled city of Uruk named Gilgamesh. Included in its story is an account of the Flood that predates the Biblical version by centuries. Gilgamesh and his companion, a wild man of the woods named Enkidu, fight monsters and demonic powers in search of honor and lasting fame. When Enkidu is put to death by the vengeful goddess Ishtar, Gilgamesh travels to the underworld to find an answer to his grief and confront the question of mortality. [via]
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Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphorsby Susan SontagISBN 0394728440 (0-394-72844-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors'Book summary:This text is an examination of the fantasies concocted around conditions such as cancer and tuberculosis in our cultural history. The author argues that illness is not a metaphor and that the most truthful way of regarding illness - and the healthiest way of being ill - is to resist such thinking. Her examples of metaphors and images of illness are taken from medical and psychiatric thinking as well as from sources ranging from Greek and medieval writings to Dickens, Thomas Mann, Henry James, Frank Lloyd Wright, Auden and others. "AIDS and its Metaphors", the sequel to "Illness as Metaphor", is written in the light of the AIDS crisis. Sontag states that our metaphors for AIDS and its effects may be damaging because they suggest an apocalypse in personal and social terms, and therefore threaten not only the victims of the disease but all of society. [via]
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The Indian Heritage of Americaby Alvin M. JosephyISBN 0395573203 (0-395-57320-3)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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Kaleidoscopeby Jack MoellerISBN 0395685400 (0-395-68540-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Kaleidoskopby Jack MoellerISBN 0395432243 (0-395-43224-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Kaleidoskop: Kultur, Literatur Und Grammatikby Helmut Liedloff, Jack Moeller, Helen LepkeISBN 0395327202 (0-395-32720-2)
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Kaleidoskop: Kultur, Literatur Und Grammatikby Jack MoellerISBN 0395327199 (0-395-32719-9)
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Labyrinths : Selected Stories and Other Writingsby Jorge Luis Borges, Donald A. Yates, James E. Irby, Andre MauroisISBN 0394604490 (0-394-60449-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Labyrinths : Selected Stories and Other Writings'Book summary:If Jorge Luis Borges had been a computer scientist, he probably would have invented hypertext and the World Wide Web.
Instead, being a librarian and one of the world's most widely read people, he became the leading practitioner of a densely layered imaginistic writing style that has been imitated throughout this century, but has no peer (although Umberto Eco sometimes comes close, especially in Name of the Rose).
Borges's stories are redolent with an intelligence, wealth of invention, and a tight, almost mathematically formal style that challenge with mysteries and paradoxes revealed only slowly after several readings. Highly recommended to anyone who wants their imagination and intellect to be aswarm with philosophical plots, compelling conundrums, and a wealth of real and imagined literary references derived from an infinitely imaginary library. [via]
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Language: An Introductionby Winfred P. LehmannISBN 0394327462 (0-394-32746-2)
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Lebendige Literaturby E. Allen McCormick, Frank RyderISBN 0395359597 (0-395-35959-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkienby Humphery CarpenterISBN 0395315557 (0-395-31555-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien'Book summary:Scholars and fans of the great mythologist will find a rich vein of information in Humphrey Carpenter's The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien was a prodigious letter writer all his life; the sheer mass of his correspondence would give pause to even the most stalwart archivist (one shudders to think what he would have done with e-mail). But with the able assistance of Tolkien's son Christopher and a healthy dose of determination, Carpenter manages find the cream of the crop--the letters that shed light on Tolkien's thoughts about his academic and literary work, as well as those that show his more private side, revealing a loving husband, a playful friend, and a doting father. The most fascinating letters are, of course, those in which he discusses Middle-Earth, and Carpenter offers plenty of those to choose from. Tolkien discussed the minutia of his legend--sometimes at great length--with friends, publishers, and even fans who wrote to him with questions. These letters offer significant insights into how he went about creating the peoples and languages of Middle-Earth.
I have long ceased to invent (though even patronizing or sneering critics on the side praise my 'inventions'): I wait till I seem to know what really happened. Or till it writes itself. Thus, though I knew for years that Frodo would run into a tree-adventure somewhere far down the Great River, I had no recollection of inventing Ents. I came at last to the point, and wrote the 'Treebeard' chapter without any recollection of any previous thought: just as it is now. And then I saw that, of course, it had not happened to Frodo at all.
This new edition of letters has an extensive index, and Carpenter has included a brief blurb at the beginning of each letter to explain who the correspondent was and what was being discussed. Still, we strongly recommend buying the companion volume, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, in order to better understand the place these correspondents had in Tolkien's life and get a better context for the letters. --Perry M. Atterberry [via]
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The Lord of the Ringsby Alan Lee, J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395595118 (0-395-59511-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:Celebrating the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien, this centenary edition of the classic volume is illustrated with fifty specially commissioned paintings by an artist whose vision matches Tolkien's own. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest --- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider.[via]More editions of The Lord of the Rings:
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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395193958 (0-395-19395-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:A one-volume collector's edition boxed and bound in handsome red leatherette with gold, green, and blue foil stamping, two-color text setting, and large format fold-out maps containing the complete texts of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, and six appendices. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. From his fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor, Sauron's power spread far and wide. He gathered all the Great Rings to him, but ever he searched far and wide for the One Ring that would complete his dominion. On his eleventy-first birthday Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest -- to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings tells of the great quest undertaken by Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the Wizard, Merry, Pippin, and Sam, Gimli the Dwarf, Legolas the Elf, Boromir of Gondor, and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. [via]
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The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King/Two Towers/Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395489326 (0-395-48932-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King/Two Towers/Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:A Christian can almost be forgiven for not reading the Bible, but there's no salvation for a fantasy fan who hasn't read the gospel of the genre, J.R.R. Tolkien's definitive three-book epic, the Lord of the Rings (encompassing The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King), and its charming precursor, The Hobbit. That many (if not most) fantasy works are in some way derivative of Tolkien is understood, but the influence of the Lord of the Rings is so universal that everybody from George Lucas to Led Zeppelin has appropriated it for one purpose or another.
Not just revolutionary because it was groundbreaking, the Lord of the Rings is timeless because it's the product of a truly top-shelf mind. Tolkien was a distinguished linguist and Oxford scholar of dead languages, with strong ideas about the importance of myth and story and a deep appreciation of nature. His epic, 10 years in the making, recounts the Great War of the Ring and the closing of Middle-Earth's Third Age, a time when magic begins to fade from the world and men rise to dominance. Tolkien carefully details this transition with tremendous skill and love, creating in the Lord of the Rings a universal and all-embracing tale, a justly celebrated classic. --Paul Hughes [via]
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The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend before The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395455197 (0-395-45519-7)
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The Namesby Don DelilloISBN 0394715640 (0-394-71564-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Names'Book summary:Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive "sharply upward the size of his readership" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works.
"The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own."--Chicago Sun-Times
"DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark."--Village Voice Literary Supplement
"DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism."--New York Times [via]
Nimby Herbert S. TerraceISBN 0394402502 (0-394-40250-2)
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The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticismby Vincent B. LeitchISBN 0393974294 (0-393-97429-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciencesby Michel FoucaultISBN 039443952X (0-394-43952-X)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Our Own Wordsby Mary Helen DohanISBN 0394482093 (0-394-48209-3)
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The Phantom Tollboothby Norton Juster, Jules FeifferISBN 0394820371 (0-394-82037-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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Softcover, Random House Inc - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394915003 (0-394-91500-3)
Hardcover, Random House - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394820371 (0-394-82037-1)
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977by Colin Gordon, Michel FoucaultISBN 0394513576 (0-394-51357-6)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977'Book summary:Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them.
Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.
For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"
Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds. [via]More editions of Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977:
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977by Michel FoucaultISBN 039473954X (0-394-73954-X)
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Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.
For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"
Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds. [via]More editions of Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977:
Prego!: An Invitation to Italianby Graziana Lazzarino, Antonella Pease, Luigi Romeo, Annamaria KellyISBN 0394336305 (0-394-33630-5)
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Problems of Knowledge and Freedomby Noam ChomskyISBN 0394718151 (0-394-71815-1)
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The Random House College DictionaryISBN 0394436008 (0-394-43600-8)
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The Random House Thesaurusby Jess Stein, Stuart Berg Flexner, Random House (Firm)ISBN 0394529499 (0-394-52949-9)
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Reading French in Arts and Scienceby E.M. StackISBN 0395359686 (0-395-35968-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Return of the Kingby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 039548930X (0-395-48930-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the King'Book summary:In the third volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy the good and evil forces join battle, and we see that the triumph of good is not absolute. The Third Age of Middle-earth ends, and the age of the dominion of Men begins. [via]
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The Return of the Shadowby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395498635 (0-395-49863-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the Shadow'Book summary:In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R. Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'. The enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot.[via]
The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable pages from the earliest manuscripts.More editions of The Return of the Shadow:
Reverside Guide to Writingby HuntISBN 0395686237 (0-395-68623-7)
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Riverside Guide to Writingby Douglas HuntISBN 0395534984 (0-395-53498-4)
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Roget's II: The New ThesaurusISBN 0395296048 (0-395-29604-8)
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurusby American Heritage DictionariesISBN 0395296056 (0-395-29605-6)
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Roget's II : The New Thesaurusby Houghton Mifflin Company Staff, American Heritage Dictionary EditorsISBN 0395687225 (0-395-68722-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roget's II : The New Thesaurus'Book summary:This completely new edition of ROGET'S II: THE NEW THESAURUS, THIRD EDITION, based on the lexicographical foundation of THE AMERICAN HERITAGE(R) DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THIRD EDITION, combines the most useful features of a thesaurus and a dictionary. The alphabetical arrangement of entries makes it easy to find the synonym lists. A precise definition of each synonym ensures accurate word selection. Complete synonym groups at every entry give the user all the exact synonyms of a word in one place. Each entry in ROGET'S II: THE NEW THESAURUS, THIRD EDITION contains a cross-reference to a unique Category Index. This index lists groups of entries that are related or opposite in meaning. For example, at the word "comfort", the user is referred to the category help. Related words such as "accessory", "obliging", and "encourage", as well as words of opposite meaning such as "abuse", "harmful", and "discourage", are listed under the help category. Each of these words leads the user back to a full entry for that word.[via]More editions of Roget's II : The New Thesaurus:
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurusby Peter Mark Roget, American Heritage Publishing CompanyISBN 0395483174 (0-395-48317-4)
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The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Storyby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Thomas B. Allen, James HoweISBN 0394864670 (0-394-86467-0)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0394869168 (0-394-86916-8)
Hardcover, A.A. Knopf
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Two Towersby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395489334 (0-395-48933-4)
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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Talesby Bruno BettelheimISBN 0394497716 (0-394-49771-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The War of the Ringby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 039556008X (0-395-56008-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Ring'Book summary:In The War of the Ring Christopher Tolkien takes up the story of the writing of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helm's Deep and the drowning of Isengard by the Ents. This is followed by an account of how Frodo, Sam and Gollum were finally brought to the Pass of Kirith Ungol, at which point J.R.R. Tolkien wrote at the time: 'I have got the hero into such a fix that not even an author will be able to extricate him without labour and difficulty'. Then comes the war in Gondor, and the book ends with the parley between Gandalf and the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. In describing his intentions for The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien said that 'It will probably work out very differently from this plan when it really gets written, as the thing seems to write itself once it gets going'; and in The War of the Ring totally unforeseen developmenst that would become central to the narrative are seen at the moment of their emergence: the palantir bursting into fragments on the stairs of Orthanc, its nature as unknown to the author as to those who saw it fall, or the entry of Faramir into the story ('I am sure I did not invent him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien').[via]
The book is illustrated with plans and drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc, Dunharrow, Minas Tirith and the tunnels of Shelob's Lair.More editions of The War of the Ring:
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The Water-Method Manby John IrvingISBN 0394473329 (0-394-47332-9)
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What's Language Got To Do With It?by Keith Walters, Michal BrodyISBN 0393978842 (0-393-97884-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What's Language Got To Do With It?'Book summary:In the Mideast, words shoot to kill. On the pages of the New Yorker, Romeo IMs Juliet. In India, operators in customer service call centers are required to speak English with an American accent and to be able to make small talk about the Super Bowl. Closer to home, ABC News offers up a linguistic profiling quiz. And George Orwell continues to lament the state of politics and the English language.
This is just some of what youll find in Whats Language Got to Do with It?, a thought-provoking new reader that introduces some of the most important language issues facing us todayand prompts students to think hard about their own use of language. [via]More editions of What's Language Got To Do With It?:
Without Feathersby Woody AllenISBN 0394497430 (0-394-49743-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Words from the Mythsby Isaac AsimovISBN 0395065682 (0-395-06568-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Im Spielgel Der Literatur: Kurzprosa Aus Dem 20. Jahrhundertby Bridgitte M. TurneaureISBN 0393961826 (0-393-96182-6)
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Lebendige Literatur: Deutsches Lesebuch Fur Anfangerby Frank Glessner Ryder, Edward Allen McCormickISBN 0395138264 (0-395-13826-4)
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