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Abolishing Christianity And Other Essaysby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1933149035 (1-933149-03-5)
Softcover, Manic d Pr
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Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthologyby Adam GopnikISBN 1931082561 (1-931082-56-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Ancient Chinese Revealedby Sun-Tzu, Gary GagliardiISBN 1929194196 (1-929194-19-6)
Hardcover, Clearbridge Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Chinese Revealed'Book summary:Winner of the 2003 Independent Publishers Book Award for Best Multicultural Non-fiction. Recognized as the newest and most accurate translation of Sun Tzu's ancient classic with six significant improvements over other translation: 1) It uses the Taipei compilation of the main Chinese textual traditions instead of older fragmentary sources. 2) It individually translates each Chinese ideogram to let readers see the precise formulas in the original text. 3) It offers English sentences that clarify the central meaning of the text but chooses words to demonstrate the range of meaning in the original. 4) It preserves the original weight of ideas by creating one and only one line of English for each line of Chinese. 5) It duplicates the original format of the Chinese by grouping and numbering lines clearly to preserve the original contextual associations. 6) It assumes that Sun Tzu was rigorously consistent in his ideas. The imprecise word usage that creates contradictions in other versions are eliminated. [via]
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Arcanum 17by Andre Breton, Anna Balakian, Zack RogowISBN 1931243271 (1-931243-27-1)
Softcover, Green Integer Books
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Arrowsmithby Sinclair Lewis, Richard R. LingemanISBN 1931082081 (1-931082-08-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arrowsmith'Book summary:Written at the height of his powers in the 1920s, the three novels in this volume continue the vigorous unmasking of American middle-class life begun by Sinclair Lewis in Main Street and Babbitt. In Arrowsmith (1925) Lewis portrays the medical career of Martin Arrowsmith, a physician who finds his commitment to the ideals of his profession tested by the cynicism and opportunism he encounters in private practice, public health work, and scientific research. The novel reaches its climax as its hero faces his greatest challenges amid a deadly outbreak of plague on a Caribbean island.
Elmer Gantry (1927) aroused intense controversy with its brutal depiction of a hypocritical preacher in relentless pursuit of worldly pleasure and power. Through his satiric exposé of American religion, Lewis captured the growing cultural and political tension in the 1920s between the forces of secularism and fundamentalism.
Dodsworth (1929) follows Sam Dodsworth, a wealthy, retired Midwestern automobile manufacturer, as he travels through Europe with his increasingly restless wife, Fran. The novel intimately explores the unraveling of their marriage, while pitting the proud heritage of European culture against the rude vigor of American commercialism. [via]More editions of Arrowsmith:
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The Arthurian Companionby Phyllis Ann KarrISBN 1928999131 (1-928999-13-1)
Softcover, Green Knight Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arthurian Companion'Book summary:Written in a warm and entertaining style, The Arthurian Companion contains over one thousand entries, cross-referenced, annotated, and carefully revised for the second edition. It is an alphabetical guide to the "who's who" of Arthurian legend, a "what's what" of famous Arthurian weapons and artifacts, and a "where's where" of geographical locations appearing in Arthurian literature. An extensive chronology of King Arthur's reign is included. The Arthurian Companion is an invaluable reference for researchers and for lovers of medieval romance. [via]
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Banjoby Claude McKayISBN 1902934040 (1-902934-04-0)
Softcover, X-Pr
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Baseballby Nicholas DawidoffISBN 193108209X (1-931082-09-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writersby Vendela VidaISBN 1932416366 (1-932416-36-6)
Softcover, McSweeney's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers'Book summary:This book is a collection of conversations between writers and their mentors, taken from the pages of The Believer, along with previously unpublished conversations. The term mentors is used loosely to suggest an informal kinship between a younger writer and a more experienced one. These conversations are not limited to issues of writing and craft, but instead offer unfettered exchanges on a wide range of topics from Buddhism to infinity, politics to mountain climbing. The interviews feature the serious-yet-casual Believer approach to the standard, often formal, interview format. David Foster Wallace, for example, fields the question, Do you want to talk about your history with various forms of tobacco? while George Saunders reflects upon this oft-pondered mystery: Whats up with the crows in Syracuse? Interviews include Zadie Smith talking with Ian McEwan; Jonathan Lethem talking with Paul Auster; Adam Thirlwell talking with Tom Stoppard; Susan Choi talking with Francisco Goldman; ZZ Packer talking with Edward P. Jones; Dave Eggers talking with David Foster Wallace; Julie Orringer talking with Tobias Wolff; and Ben Marcus talking with George Saunders.[via]More editions of The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers:
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Belle Du Seigneurby Albert Cohen, Bella Cohen, Christel PeyrefitteISBN 2070111059 (2-07-011105-9)
Hardcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Belle Du Seigneur'Book summary:"Du joli, la passion dite amour. Si pas de jalousie, ennui. Si jalousie, enfer bestial. Elle une esclave et lui une brute. Ignobles romanciers, bande de menteurs qui embellissaient la passion, en donnant l'envie aux idiotes et aux idiots." Albert Cohen n'embellit pas la passion mais l'analyse avec une lucidité sans pareille. Des amours entre Ariane et Solal dans la Genève du début du siècle, il n'élude aucun aspect, ni la marche triomphale de la passion, ni les affres de la jalousie, ni la brutalité d'une relation plutôt sadique mais son roman demeure une des histoires d'amour mythiques de la littérature. Brossant au passage un tableau féroce du milieu des fonctionnaires internationaux où il a lui-même fait toute sa carrière, mêlant un foisonnement de récits secondaires à l'intrigue principale et passant avec une maîtrise consommée du lyrisme le plus échevelé au constat le plus froid, Albert Cohen donne avec Belle du Seigneur non seulement son oeuvre maîtresse mais un des plus beaux romans du XXe siècle. --Gérard Meudal [via]
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Beware of Pityby Stefan ZweigISBN 190128543X (1-901285-43-X)
Softcover, Pushkin Pr Ltd
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Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 into a wealthy Viennese Jewish family. He studied at the Universities of Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig traveled widely, living in Salzburg, London and New York before settling in Brazil where he and his wife were found dead in 1942.
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The Black Obeliskby Erich Maria RemarqueISBN 1931541906 (1-931541-90-6)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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Bram Stoker's the Lady of the Shroudby Bram StokerISBN 1920774068 (1-920774-06-8)
Softcover, Deodand Pub
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Stories, Novels, and Essaysby Charles W. Chesnutt, Sollors WernerISBN 1931082065 (1-931082-06-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles W. Chesnutt: Stories, Novels, and Essays'Book summary:Rejecting his era's genteel hypocrisy about miscegenation, lynching, and "passing," Charles W. Chesnutt broke new ground in American literature with his innovative explorations of racial identity and use of African-American speech and folklore. Chesnutt exposed the deformed logic of the Jim Crow system-creating, in the process, the modern African-American novel. Here is the best of Chesnutt's fiction and nonfiction in the largest and most comprehensive edition ever published, featuring a newly researched chronology of the writer's life.[via]
The Conjure Woman (1899) introduced Chesnutt to the public as a writer of "conjure" tales, stories that explore black folklore and supernaturalism. That same year, he published The Wife of His Youth, and Other Stories of the Color Line, stories set in Chesnutt's native North Carolina that dramatize the legacies of slavery and Reconstruction at the turn of the century. His first novel, The House Behind the Cedars (1900), is a study of racial passing. The Marrow of Tradition (1901), Chesnutt's masterpiece, is a powerful and bitter novel about the harsh reassertion of white dominance in a southern town at the end of the Reconstruction era.
Nine uncollected short stories round out the volume's fiction, including conjure tales omitted from The Conjure Woman and two stories that are unavailable in any other edition. Eight essays highlight his prescient views on the paradoxes of race relations in America and the definition of race itself.More editions of Charles W. Chesnutt: Stories, Novels, and Essays:
Chateau D'Argolby Julien GracqISBN 1901285146 (1-901285-14-6)
Softcover, Pushkin Pr Ltd
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Christ and Apollo: The Dimensions of the Literary Imaginationby William F. Lynch, Glenn C. ArberyISBN 1932236228 (1-932236-22-8)
Softcover, Isi Books
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Corinne Ou I. Italieby De StaelISBN 207037632X (2-07-037632-X)
Hardcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Cousin Bazilio: A Domestic Episodeby Eca De Queiroz, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 1903517087 (1-903517-08-7)
Softcover, Dedalus Ltd
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of AmericaISBN 1930865406 (1-930865-40-6)
Softcover, Cato Inst
Find This BookBook summary:The documents which would birth and shape a nation are bound together here in one beautiful edition. The philosophies upon which the United States of America was founded have influenced the entire world. Within the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, these philosophies are distilled to their very essence. These texts retain a special significance far beyond their roles within the government of a single nation, and this significance is best embodied in that immortal statement which begins with We hold these truths to be self-evident... [via]
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The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy, 1890-2000by Mike MitchellISBN 1903517133 (1-903517-13-3)
Softcover, Dedalus Ltd
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Democracy in Americaby Arthur Goldhammer, Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 1931082545 (1-931082-54-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy in America'Book summary:Alexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in Democracy in America (183540), a landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest, and the vital role of religion in American life, while prophetically probing the deep differences between the free and slave states. The clear, fluid, and vigorous translation by Arthur Goldhammer is the first to fully capture Tocquevilles achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker. [via]
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Dernier Jour D'UN Condamme/Bug-Jargalby Victor HugoISBN 2070369196 (2-07-036919-6)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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The Devil's Details: A History of the Footnoteby Chuck ZerbyISBN 1931229058 (1-931229-05-8)
Hardcover, Invisible Cities Pr
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Discours Sur L'Origine Et Les Fondements De L'Inegalite Parmi Les Hommesby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 2070325415 (2-07-032541-5)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discours Sur L'Origine Et Les Fondements De L'Inegalite Parmi Les Hommes'Book summary:Qu'y a-t-il de naturel en l'homme ? Jean-Jacques Rousseau, dans son Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes, publié en 1755, imagine l'humanité dans sa condition primitive, à une époque où elle ne vivait encore que d'après sa constitution première. Le tableau qu'il dresse de cet état de nature originel fait ressortir l'existence de différences physiques mais d'aucune distribution inégale de droits entre les hommes. C'est l'institution sociale et l'invention du droit qui fera naître les inégalités. Rousseau nous raconte l'enchaînement des circonstances qui dut conduire le genre humain à s'éloigner de son heureuse condition originelle et à devoir recourir à l'autorité d'un État pour sauvegarder la vie et la liberté de chacun.
Au cours de l'histoire, l'homme se socialise, apprend à parler, à aimer ; il s'humanise en s'éloignant de sa première condition, simple, heureuse mais quasi animale. Une manière pour Rousseau de formuler la contradiction de la condition humaine : historique, insatisfaite, mais aussi hantée par le rêve de la nature et du bonheur.
Un texte d'une grande éloquence qui ne peut que toucher son lecteur. --Emilio Balturi [via]
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Earth and High Heavenby Gwethalyn GrahamISBN 1896951619 (1-896951-61-9)
Softcover, Cormorant Books
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Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poemsby J.D. McClatchyISBN 1931082359 (1-931082-35-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems'Book summary:A lively selection by J. D. McClatchy, the distinguished poet, critic, and editor, casts Millay's career in a new light. Here are familiar favorites alongside neglected gems: translations, a verse play, songs from her opera libretto The King's Henchman, and the complete sonnet sequence Fatal Interview. [via]
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Electreby Jean GiraudouxISBN 2038717028 (2-03-871702-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Emperor's New Clothesby H. C. Andersen, Ned BustardISBN 1932168222 (1-932168-22-2)
Softcover, Veritas Pr Inc
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Exit, Pursued By A Bear: Shakespeare's Characters, Plays, Poems, History, and Stagecraftby Louise McConnellISBN 190497001X (1-904970-01-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Reference
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A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton PorterISBN 1905432968 (1-905432-96-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Good Shepherdby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 193131327X (1-931313-27-X)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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Granta 83by Ian JackISBN 1929001134 (1-929001-13-4)
Softcover, Granta Books
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Granta 90: Country Lifeby Ian JackISBN 1929001207 (1-929001-20-7)
Softcover, Granta Books
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Greenvoeby George MacKay BrownISBN 190459817X (1-904598-17-X)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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H. P. Lovecraft: Against The World, Against Lifeby Michel Houellebecq, Stephen KingISBN 1932416188 (1-932416-18-8)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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Histoire De LA Litterature Francaise: Du Moyen Age Au XVIII Siecleby Pierre BrunelISBN 2040166548 (2-04-016654-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Histoire De LA Litterature Francaise: XIX Et Xxe Siecleby Pierre BrunelISBN 2040166564 (2-04-016656-4)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Jar of Foolsby Jason LutesISBN 1896597726 (1-896597-72-6)
Softcover, Drawn & Quarterly Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jar of Fools'Book summary:Ernie is an alcoholic stage magician haunted by lost love and his brothers suicide, and hes hooked up with his senile mentor in one last effort to sort his life out. But Ernie needs to keep Flosso the Magnificent with him in the present and by his side to guide Ernie through these difficult days. These two magicians have run out of escape tricks but they cant stop running.[via]
Esther is still numb with grief for Ernies brother. She works at a coffee shop and has allowed her heart to simply atrophy while a torrent of rage builds slowly inside her. Nathan Lender is a small time grifter living on his wits and in a car with his twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. Hes running out of time to fix the past and make things right for his daughter. One morning Nathan Lender makes the mistake of trying to con Esther at the coffee counter. Circumstance will bring a desperate group of people together, all at the end of their rope. An unlikely kind of love grows from these broken people who discover the act of self-sacrifice can perform miracles. 
LA Fortune Des Rougonby Emile ZolaISBN 2070372901 (2-07-037290-1)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Laddie, a True Blue Storyby Gene Stratton PorterISBN 1934169498 (1-934169-49-8)
Softcover, Norilana Books
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Lady into Foxby David Garnett, Paul Collins, R. A. GarnettISBN 1932416056 (1-932416-05-6)
Hardcover, McSweeneys Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady into Fox'Book summary:The latest lost classic from the Collins Library: David Garnett's haunting 1922 debut novel, the story of a man, a woman, a fox, and a love that could not be tamed. Hardcover, bound in foxy orange cloth, and illustrated with woodcuts by Garnett's wife.[via]More editions of Lady into Fox:
Le Jeu De Lamour Et Du Hasarby MarivauxISBN 2038712603 (2-03-871260-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Le Murby Jean Paul SartreISBN 2070368785 (2-07-036878-5)
Softcover, Gallimard
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Le Vice-Consulby Marguerite DurasISBN 2070298442 (2-07-029844-2)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Les Mille Et Une Nuits: Contes Arabesby Antoine Galland, Gaston PicardISBN 2040174117 (2-04-017411-7)
Hardcover, Garnier
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The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life: How to get more books in your life and more life from your booksby Steve LeveenISBN 1929154178 (1-929154-17-8)
Hardcover, Levenger Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life: How to get more books in your life and more life from your books'Book summary:"Perfect for all of us who can never get enough time with good books. It not only urges us to indulge deeply and often, it shows us how."-Myra Hart, professor, Harvard Business School
"Readers and want-to-be readers will be encouraged by the advice to read more, more widely and more systematically."-Michael Keller, university librarian, Stanford University
"An ideal gift for both sporadic and relentless readers."-James Mustich Jr., publisher of A Common Reader
"A worthy addition to even the most well-stocked personal library."-Ross King, author of Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling
Do not set out to live a well-read life but rather your well-read life. No one can be well-read using someone else's reading list. Unless a book is good for you, you won't connect with it and gain from it. Just as no one can tell you how to lead your life, no one can tell you what to read for your life.
How do readers find more time to read? In The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life, Steve Leveen offers both inspiration and practical advice for bibliophiles on how to get more books in their life and more life from their books.
His recommendations are disarmingly refreshing, as when he advises when not to read a book and why not to feel guilty if you missed reading all those classics in school. He helps readers reorganize their bookshelves into a Library of Candidates that they actively build and a Living Library of books read with enthusiasm, and he emphasizes the value of creating a Bookography, or annotated list of your reading life. Separate chapters are devoted to the power of audio books and the merits of reading groups.
The author himself admits he came "late to the bookshelf," making this charming little guide all the more convincing.
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Little Lord Fauntleroyby Frances H. BurnettISBN 1934169234 (1-934169-23-4)
Softcover, Norilana Books
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Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boysby Louisa May Alcott, Elaine ShowalterISBN 1931082731 (1-931082-73-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Man Upstairs and Other Storiesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1905432364 (1-905432-36-4)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Marina Tsvetaeva : Selected Poemsby Elaine Feinstein, Marina TsvetaevaISBN 1903039371 (1-903039-37-1)
Softcover, Carcanet Press, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marina Tsvetaeva : Selected Poems'Book summary:"There are four of us," wrote Anna Akhmatova, naming Marina Tsvetaeva, with herself, Pasternak and Mandelstam as the poets who during what Blok called `the terrible years' in Russia continued to express in their work the deepest values of their country. Tsvetaeva led a life that was a history of loss: she watched the devastation of her country by a revolution she did not support; during the Moscow famine one of her children died in a State orphanage; her marriage and her many love-affairs were ill-fated; she lived abroad most of her adult life, and soon after her return to Russia, she killed herself. Elaine Feinstein's translations of Tsvetaeva have been greatly admired. In this edition she includes ten further translations and a new introduction. [via]
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Mcsweeney's 19: Old Facts, New Fiction, & A Novella By T.C. Boyleby Dave EggersISBN 193241648X (1-932416-48-X)
Hardcover, McSweeneys Books
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Miracle De LA Roseby Jean GenetISBN 2070368874 (2-07-036887-4)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Murders In The Rue Morgue & Other Storiesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 190205802X (1-902058-02-X)
Softcover, Pulp Pub
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My Man Jeevesby P.G. WodehouseISBN 1933652217 (1-933652-21-7)
Softcover, Bed Book
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Necessary Journeysby Ian JackISBN 1929001037 (1-929001-03-7)
Softcover, Granta Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Necessary Journeys'Book summary:Travel is no longer a luxury and not always an entertainment. Many journeys need to be made9to get home or away from an enemy, to work, to find a last resting place, or because someone has told you to go. This issue of Granta is about such journeys; you might call it necessary travel writing, with Decca Aitkenhead: looking for cheap sex and drugs; Manuel Bauer: a child¹s escape over the Himalayas; Isabel Hilton: what have they done to Beijing?; Ian Jack: the train crash that stopped Britain; Ryszrd Kapuscinski: in the forests of Cameroon; Ian McEwan: on the retreat to Dunkirk, 1940; John Ryle: the last Emperor makes his last journey; Dayanita Singh: inside a sanctuary for girls in Benares; Simon Winchester: how Britain and the US made a people homeless; plus the untold story of how the FBI pursued James Baldwin at home, revealed by James Campbell. Granta is the paperback magazine of new writing. Every issue features the best new fiction, reportage, memoir and photography, generally collected under a theme.[via]More editions of Necessary Journeys:
The New Exeter Book of Riddlesby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Lawrence Sail, Simon DrewISBN 1900564319 (1-900564-31-9)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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Nouvelles Orientalesby Marguerite YourcenarISBN 2070299732 (2-07-029973-2)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Novels, 1920-1925by John DOS Passos, Townsend LudingtonISBN 1931082391 (1-931082-39-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Novels, 1930-1942by Dawn Powell, Tim PageISBN 1931082014 (1-931082-01-4)
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Novels, 1944-1962by Dawn Powell, Tim PageISBN 1931082022 (1-931082-02-2)
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Perfect Circleby Sean StewartISBN 1931520119 (1-931520-11-9)
Softcover, Small Beer Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perfect Circle'Book summary:William ""Dead"" Kennedy has problems. Hes haunted by family, by dead people with unfinished business, and by those perfect pop songs that you cant get out of your head. Hes a 32-year-old Texan still in love with his ex-wife. He just lost his job at Pet-Co for eating cat food. His air-conditioning is broken, theres no good music on the radio, and hes been dreaming about ghost roads. When Wills cousin (""My dad married your Aunt Dots half-sister"") calls in the middle of the night about a dead girl haunting his garage, it seems like an easy way to make a thousand dollars. But nothing is ever that simple, especially when family is involved. Wills mother is planning a family reunion of epic proportions. Wills ex-wife is married to a former Marine. His twelve-year-old daughter Megan thinks Will needs someone to look after him. And recently his dead relatives seem to want something from him. [via]
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The Qur'an: A New Translationby Thomas ClearyISBN 192969444X (1-929694-44-X)
Softcover, Starlatch Press
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Road Moviesby Lee Ranaldo, Leah SingerISBN 1932360735 (1-932360-73-5)
Softcover, Soft Skull Pr
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Sherston's Progressby Siegfried SassoonISBN 1932512144 (1-932512-14-4)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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Soulier De Satinby Paul ClaudelISBN 2070367746 (2-07-036774-6)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Timothy Mcsweeney's at War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been so Scaredby Dave EggersISBN 1932416129 (1-932416-12-9)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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UN Amour De Swannby Marcel ProustISBN 2035882133 (2-03-588213-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Vinlandby George MacKay BrownISBN 1904598331 (1-904598-33-1)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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Voyage Along the Horizonby Javier Marfas, Kristina CorderoISBN 1932416404 (1-932416-40-4)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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William Carlos Williams: Selected Poemsby Robert PinskyISBN 1931082715 (1-931082-71-5)
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William Faulkner Novels 1926-1929: Soldiers' Pay / Mosquitoes / Flags in the Dust / The Sound And The Furyby William FaulknerISBN 1931082898 (1-931082-89-8)
Hardcover, Library of America
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Winter Talesby George MacKay BrownISBN 1904598870 (1-904598-87-0)
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Wraeththuby Storm Constantine, Gabriel Strange, Lydia WoodISBN 190485317X (1-904853-17-X)
Softcover, Immanion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wraeththu'Book summary:n the future, the world as we know it has changed. Humankind is in decline and a new race has arisen from the ashes. Insanity, disease and infertility comprise the Achilles' Heel of the doomed human race. Why these problems are on the increase is unknown: all that is known is that humankind has only a few years left to walk the earth. In this new role-playing game, take on the role of an androgynous Wraeththu 'har' within a world where a dying race is struggling to survive. You can transform humans into hara like yourself through the procedure of Inception. But what will happen when all the humans have gone? There are many myths and legends about how the Wraeththu can reproduce, but are they true or simply folk tales? How will you master your new mystical powers? Based upon Storm Constantine's internationally selling Wraeththu trilogy, which is soon to be followed by three new books in the series, as well as a multitude of other materials to bolster and expand upon the Wraeththu Mythos, this publication is the first of many books to explore the Wraeththu Mythos in a role-playing format. You are taken inside the world of the story and become one of the hara themselves, thrown into a world in turmoil and despair. The scales have been tipped: the human race knows it is doomed and that the Wraeththu are the heirs of the Earth. [via]
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Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985 the Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, the Anatomy Lesson, the Prague Orgyby Philip RothISBN 1931082804 (1-931082-80-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985 the Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, the Anatomy Lesson, the Prague Orgy'Book summary:For the last half century, the novels of Philip Roth have re-energized American fiction and redefined its possibilities. Roth's comic genius, his imaginative daring, his courage in exploring uncomfortable truths, and his assaults on political, cultural, and sexual orthodoxies have made him one of the essential writers of our time. By special arrangement with the author, The Library of America now inaugurates the definitive edition of Roth's collected works. This second volume presents four extraordinarily diverse works displaying the range and originality of his fictional art.
When She Was Good (1967) is the trenchant portrait of Lucy Nelson, a young midwestern woman whose perception of her own suffering turns her into a ferocious force, "enemy-ridden and unforgivingly defiant," as Roth would later describe her. A small-town 1940s America of restrictive social pressures and foreclosed opportunities provides the novel's background.
The publication of the hilarious Portnoy's Complaint (1969) was a cultural event that turned Roth into a reluctant celebrity. The confession of a bewildered psychoanalytic patient thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality yet held back by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood, Portnoy unleashed Roth's comic virtuosity and opened new avenues for American fiction.
In Our Gang (1971), described by Anthony Burgess as a "brilliant satire in the real Swift tradition," Roth effects a savage takedown of the administration of Richard Nixon (who figures here as Trick E. Dixon). Written before the revelations of the Watergate scandal, Our Gang continues to resonate as a broad and outraged response to the clownish hypocrisy and moral theatrics of the American political scene.
The Kafkaesque excursion The Breast (1972) introduces David Kepesh in the first volume of a trilogy that continues with The Professor of Desire (1977) and The Dying Animal (2001). The Breast prompted Cynthia Ozick to remark, "One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture." [via]More editions of Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985 the Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, the Anatomy Lesson, the Prague Orgy:
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Atala, Rene, Les Aventures du Dernier Abencerageby Francois-Rene de ChateaubriandISBN 2070370178 (2-07-037017-8)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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LA Cantatrice Chauveby Eugene IonescoISBN 2070362361 (2-07-036236-1)
Softcover, Gallimard
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Les Chaises: Farce Tragique Suivi De L'Impromptu De L'Alma Ou Le Cameleon Du Bergerby Eugene IonescoISBN 2070364011 (2-07-036401-1)
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Dialogues Des Carmelitesby Georges BernanosISBN 2020285428 (2-02-028542-8)
Hardcover, Seuil
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Dom Juanby MoliereISBN 2038716625 (2-03-871662-5)
Softcover, Librairie Larousse
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LA Femme Cacheeby ColetteISBN 207036612X (2-07-036612-X)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Le Horlaby Guy De MaupassantISBN 2011665833 (2-01-166583-3)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Horla'Book summary:Le narrateur mène une vie tranquille dans sa maison au bord de la Seine, en Normandie, lorsque d'étranges phénomènes commencent à se produire. C'est la carafe d'eau sur sa table de nuit qui est bue, des objets qui disparaissent ou se brisent, une fleur cueillie par une main invisible... Peu à peu, le narrateur acquiert la certitude qu'un être surnaturel et immatériel vit chez lui, se nourrit de ses provisions. Pire encore, cet être, qu'il baptise le Horla, a tout pouvoir sur lui, un pouvoir grandissant... S'il quitte sa maison, ce pouvoir disparaît ; mais bientôt, il ne peut plus sortir de chez lui, il est prisonnier. D'où vient cet esprit ? Du Horla ou de l'homme, l'un des deux doit périr.
Le Horla comme les contes fantastiques écrits par Maupassant à la fin de sa vie, alors qu'il sombrait dans la folie, joue délicieusement avec nos nerfs en traitant de thèmes très actuels comme l'angoisse, la hantise du suicide, la peur de l'invisible. --Céline Darner [via]
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Huis Clos et Les Mouchesby Jean-Paul SartreISBN 2070368076 (2-07-036807-6)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Huis Clos et Les Mouches'Book summary:Où sont les pals, les grils, les entonnoirs de cuir ? n, tout cet attirail mythique dont on meuble l'enfer ? Il n'y a que des sièges démodés dans la pièce banale qui accueille suc-cessivement Garcin, Inès et Estelle. Ils ne s'y trompent pas, chacun d'eux a mérité la damnation. Pour invisibles qu'ils soient, les instruments de leur supplice existent. Quels sont--ils ?... Alors se déroule l'hallucinant Huis clos. Le remords ronge le coeur des habitants d'Argos, comme Les Mouches, omniprésentes dans la cité, harcelèrent leur ores. Depuis 15 ans, ils expient dans les larmes le crime Ecilsthe et de Clytemnestre - et ce spectacle plaît à Jupiter. a tuant les meurtriers de son père, Oreste a le choix Y repentir, ce qui lui vaudra la clémence divine, ou assumer un acte et attirer sur sa tête le déchaînement des Furies. Le rideau tombe sur Oreste entraînant avec lui les Mouches. Huis clos, Les Mouches : deux illustrations dramatiques célèbres de l'existentialisme sartrien. [via]
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Le Jeu De L'Amourby P. MarivauxISBN 2038717214 (2-03-871721-4)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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Knockby Jules RomainsISBN 2070360601 (2-07-036060-1)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Knock'Book summary:160pages. poche. broché. LE TAMBOUR: Quand j'ai dîné, il y a des fois que je sens une espèce de démangeaison ici. Ca me chatouille, ou plutôt ça me grattouille. KNOCK: Attention. Ne confondons pas. Est-ce que ça vous chatouille, ou est-ce que ça vous grattouille ? LE TAMBOUR: Ca me grattouille. Mais ça me chatouille bien un peu aussi. KNOCK: Est-ce que ça ne vous grattouille pas davantage quand vous avez mangé de la tête de veau à la vinaigrette ? LE TAMBOUR: Je n'en mange jamais. Mais il me semble que si j'en mangeais, effectivement, ça me grattouillerait plus. [via]
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Malade Imaginaireby MoliereISBN 2038716668 (2-03-871666-8)
Softcover, Librairie Larousse
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Noces Suivi De L'Eteby Albert CamusISBN 2070360164 (2-07-036016-4)
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Parolesby Jacques PrevertISBN 2070367622 (2-07-036762-2)
Softcover, Flammarion et Cie
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Le Petit Nicolasby Jean-Jacques Sempe, René GoscinnyISBN 2070364232 (2-07-036423-2)
Softcover, Gallimard, Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petit Nicolas'Book summary:A priori, le petit Nicolas est un enfant comme les autres. Pourtant, le récit de ses aventures n'en finit pas de surprendre par le nombre de bêtises que lui et sa petite bande de copains déclenchent en permanence ! Et il faut être drôlement patient et avoir beaucoup de mérite, comme sa maîtresse ou ses parents, pour vivre avec un pareil petit diable !
Aucun adulte ne semble pouvoir résister à Nicolas et ses copains, Agnan le chouchou, ou Eudes le costaud, ni le photographe de l'école, ni l'inspecteur en personne, ni même le directeur ou le pauvre surveillant, M. Bouillon. Bref, le petit Nicolas et toute sa bande sèment un joyeux désordre et une belle zizanie partout où ils passent.
L'écriture, proche du langage oral, rehausse le comique des situations et l'on ne peut s'empêcher de rire lorsqu'on écoute le petit Nicolas raconter ses multiples aventures, avec la naïveté et la candeur d'un enfant qui semble ne pas très bien saisir l'importance de tous ses actes et les réactions qu'ils entraînent auprès des adultes. De bonnes rigolades en perspective, même si la spécificité de cet humour nécessite quelquefois l'explication des grands ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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La Preuve: Romanby Agota KristofISBN 2020099217 (2-02-009921-7)
Hardcover, Editions Du Seuil
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LA Retraite Sentimentaleby ColetteISBN 2070361357 (2-07-036135-7)
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Una Momia Al Amanecer/mummies In The Morningby Mary Osborne, Marcela Brovelli, Sal MurdoccaISBN 1930332513 (1-930332-51-3)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Una Momia Al Amanecer/mummies In The Morning'Book summary:Jack y Annie descubren una misteriosa casa construida en la copa de un arbol. Adentro hay un libro que los llevara -a traves del espacio y del tiempo-, a los lugares mas extraordinarios y peligrosos. En esta ocasion viajan al Antiguo Egipto y conocen al fantasma de una reina que necesita ayuda. Sabran entonces si Jack y Annie resuelven el misterio o se convierten en momias. [via]
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