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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, DeLoss McGrawISBN 0060291508 (0-06-029150-8)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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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 0060294981 (0-06-029498-1)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0030020379 (0-03-002037-9)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 006075768X (0-06-075768-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0060291508 (0-06-029150-8)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0060294981 (0-06-029498-1)
Biography of Lord Dunsanyby Mark AmoryISBN 0002114844 (0-00-211484-4)
Hardcover, Collins
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C.S. Lewis: A Complete Guide to His Life & Worksby Walter HooperISBN 006063880X (0-06-063880-X)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'C.S. Lewis: A Complete Guide to His Life & Works'Book summary:Designed to deepen the appreciation and understanding of new Lewis readers and longtime enthusiasts alike, this comprehensive companion provides invaluable biographical, textual and historical insight into C. S. Lewis' remarkable personal, spiritual and intellectual legacy.
Walter Hooper, an eminent C. S. Lewis scholar and one of the trustees of the C. S. Lewis estate, has created an accessible, organized, all-in-one resource that features:
- A complete chronological biography that traces Lewis' life from his childhood in Belfast and war experience in France to his brilliant academic career at Oxford and Cambridge, through his religious conversion, the publication of each of his books, and his late marriage and widowhood.
- A Who's Who listing of Lewis' family, teachers, pupils, spiritual mentors and friends, including Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the "Inklings," a circle of friends with whom Lewis gathered for some 30 years to share compositions and "enjoy a golden age of talk about poetry, language, myth and imagination."
- A What's What guide to the significance of places and things, from The Book of Common Prayer to the Cherbourg House preparatory school where a young Lewis "ceased to be a Christian."
- A Key Ideas exploration of Lewis' thoughts on everything from enchantment, reason, imagination and joy to democratic education, myth and the masculine and feminine.
Giving thoughtful attention to each of Lewis' writings, and filled with telling detail, the C. S. Lewis Companion and Guide offers Lewis readers unparalleled access to the life and life's work of an extraordinary man. [via]
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The Complete Worksby William Shakespeare, Peter AlexanderISBN 0004356373 (0-00-435637-3)
Hardcover, Collins Liturgical Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Works'Book summary:THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS,
NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
* Both glossorial and explanatory notes appearing conveniently at the foot of the page [via] -
Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Peter AckroydISBN 0007208316 (0-00-720831-6)
Softcover, Collins Harvill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works of William Shakespeare'Book summary:The Complete Works of Shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bards plays, and his sonnets and poems. The texts were edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, making it one of the most authoritative editions, recognized the world over for its clarity and scholarship.
Described in the Guardian on its first publication in 1951 as a symbol in the history of our national culture, the Collins edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, has long been established as one of the most authoritative editions of Shakespeares works, and was chosen by the BBC as the basis for its televised cycle of the plays.
The book starts with two specially written articles a biography of Shakespeare by Germaine Greer and a wide-ranging introduction to Shakespeare theatre by the late Anthony Burgess. Each play is also introduced by academics from Glasgow University, where Professor Alexander undertook his editing.
New to this edition is an internet resources section, providing details of the most useful Shakespeare websites. In addition, the invaluable glossary of over 2,500 entries explaining the meaning of obsolete words and phrases (complete with line references) has been expanded and redesigned to make it much easier to use.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare : The Alexander Textby William Shakespeare, Alexander TextISBN 0004704746 (0-00-470474-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Partsby Milan Kundera, Linda AsherISBN 0060841869 (0-06-084186-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts'Book summary:In this thought-provoking, endlessly enlightening, and entertaining essay on the art of the novel, renowned author Milan Kundera suggests that "the curtain" represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us hasa pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides. Here an incomparable literary artist cleverly sketches out his personal view of the history and value of the novel in Western civilization. In doing so, he celebrates a prose form that possesses the unique ability to transcend national and language boundaries in order to reveal some previously unknown aspect of human existence.
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The Denial of Deathby Ernest BeckerISBN 0029023807 (0-02-902380-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classicby Alberto Manguel, Gianni GuadalupiISBN 0025793101 (0-02-579310-1)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Elements of Literature: Third CourseISBN 0030520622 (0-03-052062-2)
Hardcover, Holt Rinehart & Winston
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Elements of Literature: 6th Courseby Robert AndersonISBN 0030741998 (0-03-074199-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. WhiteISBN 0024181900 (0-02-418190-0)
Hardcover, Allyn & Bacon
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:A masterpiece in the art of clear and concise writing, and an exemplar of the principles it explains. [via]
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The Elements of Style With Indexby William StrunkISBN 0024182001 (0-02-418200-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style With Index'Book summary:Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. [via]
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Eliotby Stephen SpenderISBN 0006334679 (0-00-633467-9)
Hardcover, Fontana
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Essay Collectionby C. S. LewisISBN 0007136544 (0-00-713654-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Essential C.S. Lewisby Lyle DorsettISBN 0020195508 (0-02-019550-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Faith of a Writerby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 0060565543 (0-06-056554-3)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Faith of a Writer'Book summary:A tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into her inspiration and her method
Joyce Carol Oates is widely regarded as one of America's greatest contemporary literary figures. Having written in a number of genres -- prose, poetry, personal and critical essays, as well as plays -- she is an artist ideally suited to answer essential questions about what makes a story striking, a novel come alive, a writer an artist as well as a craftsman.
In The Faith of a Writer, Oates discusses the subjects most important to the narrative craft, touching on topics such as inspiration, memory, self-criticism, and "the unique power of the unconscious." On a more personal note, she speaks of childhood inspirations, offers advice to young writers, and discusses the wildly varying states of mind of a writer at work. Oates also pays homage to those she calls her "significant predecessors" and discusses the importance of reading in the life of a writer.
Oates claims, "Inspiration and energy and even genius are rarely enough to make 'art': for prose fiction is also a craft, and craft must be learned, whether by accident or design." In fourteen succinct chapters, The Faith of a Writer provides valuable lessons on how language, ideas, and experience are assembled to create art.
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A Guide to Literary Criticism and Researchby Larry L. Stewart, Bonnie Klomp StevensISBN 003071964X (0-03-071964-X)
Softcover, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
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A Handbook to Literatureby C. Hugh Holman, William HarmonISBN 0025534408 (0-02-553440-8)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Handbook to Literature'Book summary:For undergraduate/graduate-level literature courses. This comprehensive text is the definitive reference text on literature and literary criticism in English. The text itself is an alphabetical listing of the terms that pertain to literature in English. Now in its eighth edition, it has been used by more than one million students. [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0030098750 (0-03-009875-0)
Softcover, Harcourt School
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The Harper American Literatureby Donald McQuadeISBN 0060443685 (0-06-044368-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins College Div
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Henry James, Les Annees Dramatiquesby Leon EdelISBN 0060914327 (0-06-091432-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry James, Les Annees Dramatiques'Book summary:This is the one-volume edition of a famous biography of Henry James, which includes new material. Born in America, Henry James was educated both there and in Europe before settling in London, where he was to spend most of his life, in 1876. His novels represent the culmination of the 19th-century realist tradition of Austen, George Eliot, Flauberty and Balzac, and a decisive step towards the experimental modernism of Woolf and T.S. Eliot. His works often focus upon an innocent American in Europe, and assess the qualities and dangers of both American and European culture at the time, as well as showing their vast differences. "A Portrait of a Lady", "The Ambassadors" and "The Golden Bowl" all explore this subject, whilst Honore de Balzac's "Eugenie Grandet" was so admired by James that he was inspired to write "Washington Square", his own version of the tale. James's works explore sexual roles, feminism and class conflict. [via]
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Holt Elements of Literature: First CourseISBN 0030741939 (0-03-074193-9)
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Image, Music, Textby Stephen Heath, Roland BarthesISBN 0006348807 (0-00-634880-7)
Hardcover, Fotana
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Image, Music, Text'Book summary:Roland Barthes, the French critic and semiotician, was one of the most important critics and essayists of this century. His work continues to influence contemporary literary theory and cultural studies. Image-Music-Text collects Barthes's best writings on photography and the cinema, as well as fascinating articles on the relationship between images and sound. Two of Barthes's most important essays, "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included in this fine anthology, an excellent introduction to his thought. [via]
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Joyceby John J. GrossISBN 000632438X (0-00-632438-X)
Hardcover, Fontana
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fictionby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0060924128 (0-06-092412-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Lays of Beleriandby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0048232777 (0-04-823277-7)
Hardcover, G. Allen & Unwin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lays of Beleriand'Book summary:"The power of Tolkien's central characters . . . shines through." Library Journal.
A treasure trove of lore for old and new friends of Middle-earth. Enter now, reader, and learn of the hero of the Lay of Leithian. Hear as well of the early years of Turin the Tall, as he journeys through darkness on his quest to find his father. Read of his rescue by Beleg the Brave, and of the dark destiny that haunts their friendship! Only the genius of Tolkien could create a fantasy more real than reality, a reality more fantastic than fantasy! [via]More editions of Lays of Beleriand:
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: A Selectionby Humphrey Carpenter, J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0048260053 (0-04-826005-3)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: A Selection'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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Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writingby Laurie G. KirsznerISBN 0030137683 (0-03-013768-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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Living by Fictionby Annie DillardISBN 0060915447 (0-06-091544-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Poetry, Language, Thoughtby Martin Heidegger, Albert HofstadterISBN 0060937289 (0-06-093728-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Proustby Roger ShattuckISBN 0006335608 (0-00-633560-8)
Hardcover, Fontana
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Themby Francine ProseISBN 0060777052 (0-06-077705-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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Remembering Poets: Reminiscences and Opinions Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Poundby Donald HallISBN 0060117230 (0-06-011723-0)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Robert Graves, His Life and Workby Martin Seymour-SmithISBN 0030221714 (0-03-022171-4)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert Graves, His Life and Work'Book summary:This biography was first published in 1982. Martin Seymour-Smith had known Robert Graves since early boyhood, and had lived in his house for more than three years. He wrote it with Grave's help, at his home in Deya, while Graves' (sometime) mistress and muse, the notorious Laura Riding, was still alive. Since then, some of the material Seymour-Smith deliberately suppressed has been aired, and is no longer as sensitive as it was. In this revised, expanded and largely rewritten edition, he sets the record straight. [via]
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Selected Poetry and Proseby Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elisabeth Wintersteen SchneiderISBN 003085170X (0-03-085170-X)
Hardcover, Rinehart Press
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The Skeptic: The Life of H.L. Menckenby Terry TeachoutISBN 006050529X (0-06-050529-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Tree and Leaf ; Smith of Wootton Major ; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Sonby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0048200158 (0-04-820015-8)
Hardcover, Unwin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tree and Leaf ; Smith of Wootton Major ; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son'Book summary:Repackaged to feature Tolkien's own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by Niggle', together with the poem 'Mythopoeia' and the verse drama, 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth', which tells of the events following the disastrous Battle of Maldon. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy and rescues the genre from those who would relegate it to juvenilia. The haunting short story, Leaf by Niggle, recounts the story of the artist, Niggle, who has 'a long journey to make' and is seen as an allegory of Tolkien's life. The poem Mythopoeia relates an argument between two unforgettable characters as they discuss the making of myths. Lastly, and published for the very first time, we are treated to the translation of Tolkien's account of the Battle of Maldon, known as The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth. Tree and Leaf is an eclectic, amusing, provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination, the depth of his knowledge of English history, and the breadth of his talent as a creator of fantastic fiction. [via]
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Turning Points: Essays on the Art of Science Fictionby Damon Francis KnightISBN 0060124326 (0-06-012432-6)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Ulyssesby Hugh KennerISBN 0048000035 (0-04-800003-5)
Hardcover, G. Allen & Unwin
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Uncensored: Views & (Re)viewsby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 0060775572 (0-06-077557-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599by James ShapiroISBN 0060088745 (0-06-008874-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen.
James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeares staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.
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You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Aweby Ron Hansen, Jim ShepardISBN 0060553588 (0-06-055358-8)
Hardcover, HarperPerennial
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0030801206 (0-03-080120-6)
Softcover, Holt Rinehart & Winston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism. [via]
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