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1000 Years of Irish Poetry: The Celtic and Anglo-Irish Poets from Pagan Times to the Presentby Kathleen HoaglandISBN 1566490103 (1-56649-010-3)
Softcover, Welcome Rain Publishers
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Aberration of Starlightby Gilbert SorrentinoISBN 1564784398 (1-56478-439-8)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aberration of Starlight'Book summary:Set at a boardinghouse in rural New Jersey in the summer of 1939, this novel revolves around four people who experience the comedies, torments and rare pleasures of family, romance and sex while on vacation from Brooklyn and the Depression. Billy Recco, an eager ten-year-old in search of a father . . . Marie Recco, ne McGrath, an attractive divorce caught between her son and father, without a life of her own . . . John McGrath, dignified in manner yet brutally soured by life, insanely fearful of his daughter's restlessness . . . Tom Thebus, a rakish salesman who precipitates the conflict between Marie's hopes and her father's wrath.
We follow these individuals through the events of thirty-six hours, culminating in Tom's disastrous near seduction of Marie. As the novel's perspective shifts to each of these characters, four discrete stories take form, stories that Sorrentino further enriches by using a variety of literary methodsfantasies, letters, a narrative question-and-answer, fragments of dialogue and memory. Strong and unforgettable, each voice is compelling in itself, yet in the end is only part of a complex, painful pattern in which dreams go unfulfilled and efforts unrewarded.
What emerges is a sure understanding of four people who are occasionally ridiculous, but whose integrity and good intentions are consistently, and tragically, frustrated. Combining humor and feeling, balancing the details and the rhythms of experience, Aberration of Starlight re-creates a time and a place as it captures the sadness and value of four lives. It is widely considered one of Sorrentino's finest novels. [via]
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An Anthology Of Russian Literature From Earliest Writings To Modern Fiction: Introduction To A Cultureby Nicholas RzhevskyISBN 1563244225 (1-56324-422-5)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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Beckett Remembering / Remembering Beckett: A Centenary Celebrationby James Knowlson, Elizabeth KnowlsonISBN 1559708239 (1-55970-823-9)
Softcover, Arcade Pub
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The Biography of J. R. R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-Earthby Daniel GrottaISBN 1561381128 (1-56138-112-8)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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Boy's Lifeby Robert R. McCammonISBN 1560549386 (1-56054-938-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Press
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Cards of Identityby Nigel DennisISBN 1564783197 (1-56478-319-7)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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The Carretaby B. TravenISBN 1566630452 (1-56663-045-2)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Death: The High Cost Of Livingby Neil GaimanISBN 1563893339 (1-56389-333-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death: The High Cost Of Living'Book summary:Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and others Death incarnate, as defined by master storyteller Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), is a genuinely likeable young girl with a fondness for ankhs who truly cares about people. It's small wonder then that when a rising star of the music world wrestles with revealing her true sexual orientation just as her lover is lured into the realm of Death that Death herself should make an appearance. A practical, honest, and intelligent story that illuminates "the miracle of death." [via]
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Distant Relationsby Carlos Fuentes, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 1564783456 (1-56478-345-6)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Distant Relations'Book summary:Distant Relations begins in the elegant Automobile club de France as an elderly Count tells a story to the unnamed narrator. But the book does not remain here in the cafe, nor even in France. Instead, as the Count speaks, the story moves across time and space, from Latin America to Europe, from generation to generation. We hear of Hugo, a noted Mexican archeologist, and of his young son, Victor, who were once the Count's houseguests. He tells of their time in France, of their complicated pasts and their uncertain relationships. This is a story of lost memory and failed promises, one about the past's unbending influence on the present. Distant Relations is an ambitious novel whose tale of confused familial relations explodes into one about the conflict between the Old World and the New. [via]
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Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Useby Elbert HubbardISBN 1565544463 (1-56554-446-3)
Softcover, Firebird Pr
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Ellen Fosterby Kaye GibbonsISBN 1565122054 (1-56512-205-4)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ellen Foster'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1997: Kaye Gibbons is a writer who brings a short story sensibility to her novels. Rather than take advantage of the novel's longer form to paint her visions in broad, sweeping strokes, Gibbons prefers to concentrate on just one corner of the canvas and only a few colors to produce her small masterpieces. In Gibbons's case, her canvas is the American South and her colors are all the shades of gray.
In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to another before she finally takes matters into her own hands and finds herself a place to belong. There is something almost Dickensian about Ellen's tribulations; like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield or a host of other literary child heroes, Ellen is at the mercy of predatory adults, with only her own wit and courage--and the occasional kindness of others--to help her through. That she does, in fact, survive her childhood and even rise above it is the book's bittersweet victory. [via]
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A Game of Youby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, Dick Giordano, Shawn MacManusISBN 1563890895 (1-56389-089-5)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Game of You'Book summary:You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consisted of cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the hell does that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Gap Creek: Library Editionby Robert MorganISBN 1565122968 (1-56512-296-8)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gap Creek: Library Edition'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 2000: Robert Morgan's Gap Creek opens with one wrenching death and ends with another. In between, this novel of turn-of-the-century Appalachian life works in fire, flood, swindlers, sickness, and starvation--a truly biblical assortment of plagues, all visited on the sturdy shoulders of 17-year-old Julie Harmon. "Human life don't mean a thing in this world," she concludes. And who could blame her? "People could be born and they could suffer, and they could die, and it didn't mean a thing.... The world was exactly like it had been and would always be, going on about its business." For Julie, that business is hard physical labor. Fortunately, she's fully capable of working "like a man"--splitting and hauling wood, butchering hogs, rendering lard, planting crops, and taking care of the stock. Even when Julie meets and marries handsome young Hank Richards, there's no happily-ever-after in store. Nothing comes easy in Julie Harmon's world, and their first year together is no exception.
Throughout the novel, Morgan chronicles Julie's trials in prose of great dignity and clarity, capturing the rhythms of North Carolina speech by using only the subtlest of inflections. Clearly the author has done his research too--the descriptions of physical labor practically leap off the page. (Suffice to say, you'll learn far more about hog slaughtering than you ever dreamed of knowing.) Yet he resists the temptation to make his long-suffering characters into saints. Julie simmers with resentment at being her family's workhorse, and Hank flies into a helpless rage whenever he feels that his authority is questioned. In novels like The Truest Pleasure and The Hinterlands, Morgan proved his ability to create memorable heroines. In Gap Creek, he writes with great feeling--but not a touch of sentimentality--about a life Julie aptly calls "both simple and hard." [via]
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The Garlic Ballads: A Novelby Howard Goldblatt, Yan MoISBN 1559707755 (1-55970-775-5)
Softcover, Arcade Pub
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The Gift of the Magiby Penelope J Stokes, O. Henry, Rob SauberISBN 1564765431 (1-56476-543-1)
Hardcover, David C Cook
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Governmentby B. TravenISBN 156663038X (1-56663-038-X)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Great Books of the Christian Traditionby Terry W. GlaspeyISBN 1565073568 (1-56507-356-8)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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Guess How Much I Love Youby Sam McBratney, Anita JeramISBN 1564024733 (1-56402-473-3)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guess How Much I Love You'Book summary:All children want reassurance that their parents' love runs wide and deep. In Guess How Much I Love You, a young rabbit named Little Nutbrown Hare thinks he's found a way to measure the boundaries of love. In a heartwarming twist on the "I-can-do-anything-you-can-do-better" theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare. But even when his feelings stretch as long as his arms, or as high as his hops, Little Nutbrown Hare is fondly one-upped by the elder rabbit's more expansive love.
Anita Jeram's illustrations are bound to elicit an "aw" from even the sternest of readers; these loving rabbits are expressive, endearing, and never cloying. In turn, Sam McBratney tells a simple bedtime story of sweet familial love with humor, insight, and a delightful surprise at the end. Children and parents will love snuggling up for this one--a treat to be read again and again, just before the lights are turned out. (Click to see a sample spread. Text © 1994 by Sam McBratney. Illustrations © 1994 by Anita Jeram. Permission from Candlewick Press.) (Ages 4 to 8) [via]
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Gypsy Folktalesby Diane TongISBN 1567311059 (1-56731-105-9)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Harp and the Shadowby Alejo Carpentier, Thomas Christensen, Carol ChristensenISBN 1562790242 (1-56279-024-2)
Softcover, Mercury House
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Havana: A Cultural and Literary Companionby Claudia LightfootISBN 1566564190 (1-56656-419-0)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of Historyby Isaiah BerlinISBN 1566630193 (1-56663-019-3)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Hinds' Feet on High Placesby Hannah HurnardISBN 1560431113 (1-56043-111-3)
Hardcover, Destiny Image Pubs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hinds' Feet on High Places'Book summary:Dian Layton has undertaken to retell Hannah Hurnard's timeless classic in an adaptation that makes it easier for children to understand, while at the same time remaining faithful to the original story. [via]
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History of the English Speaking Peoplesby Winston ChurchillISBN 1566198135 (1-56619-813-5)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Hiveby J.M. Cohen, Camilo Jose Cela, Arturo BareaISBN 1564782689 (1-56478-268-9)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hive'Book summary:Banned for many years by the Franco regime, Cela's masterpiece presents a panoramic view of the degredation and suffering of the lower-middle class in post-Civil War Spain. Readers are introduced to over a hundred characters through a series of starkly rendered interlocking vignettes, transforming this book from a social document into a towering work of inventive fiction. Filled with violence, hunger, and compassion, The Hive captures the ambitions and constraints of life under a dictatorship. [via]
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The Holy Bible King James Version: 1611 EditionISBN 1565631609 (1-56563-160-9)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub
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For 400 years, the Authorized Version of the Bible--popularly known as the King James Version--has been beloved for its majestic phrasing and stately cadences. No other book has so profoundly influenced our language and our theology. Over time, however, the text has suffered subtle and occasionally troublesome alterations. This edition preserves the original 1611 printing. Word for word and page for page, the text with its original marginal notes, preface, and other introductory material appears as it first did. The sole concession to modernity is a far more readable roman typeface set by nineteenth-century master printers.
"A valuable and essential addition to every Bible library."
--John R. Kohlenberger IIIFEATURES
* The only word-for-word facsimile of the original 1611 Authorized Version on the market
* Original preface and translators' notes
* Alfred Pollard's classic essay on pre-1611 English translations and the history of the Authorized Version
* New essays on the enduring impact of the KJV and the Apocrypha
* Handsome page design with decorative initials
* Page-edge gilding and ribbon marker (genuine leather only)
* Clear type is convenient to read and reference
* Special logo on book spine and packaging commemorates the 400th Anniversary
* Includes the ApocryphaA special Bible for collectors, students, and everybody who cherishes the King James Version [via]
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I'm Not Stillerby Max Frisch, Michael BullockISBN 1564784509 (1-56478-450-9)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I'm Not Stiller'Book summary:Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: "I'm not Stiller!" He claims that his name is Jim White, that he has been jailed under false charges and under the wrong identity. To prove he is who he claims to be, he confesses to three unsolved murders and recalls in great detail an adventuresome life in America and Mexico among cowboys and peasants, in back alleys and docks. He is consumed by "the morbid impulse to convince," but no one believes him. This is a harrowing account--part Kafka, part Camus--of the power of self-deception and the freedom that ultimately lies in self-acceptance. Simultaneously haunting and humorous, I'm Not Stiller has come to be recognized as "one of the major post-war works of fiction" and a masterpiece of German literature. [via]
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If He Hollers Let Him Goby Chester B. HimesISBN 1560254459 (1-56025-445-9)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If He Hollers Let Him Go'Book summary:In the decades just prior to the eruption of the American civil rights movement in the late '50s, Chester Himes was one of the most significant African American authors--although today he is less well known than several of his contemporaries. He wrote numerous novels, short stories, essays, and a powerful, searing autobiography, and he did so with an economy of language, a graceful eloquence, and a painful yet unflinching directness.
If He Hollers Let Him Go places Himes in the pantheon of 20th-century novelists. It is an intense and muscular story, with an assembly of characters drawn from virtually every social and economic class present in Southern California in the '40s. The novel takes place over four days in the life of Bob Jones, the only black foreman in a shipyard during World War II. Jones lives in a society literally drenched in race consciousness--every conversation in a bar, every personal relationship, every instruction given on a job site, every casual glance on a sidewalk, every interaction of any kind, no matter how trivial, is imbued with a painful and dangerous meaning. A slight mistake, an unwitting rebellion, an unintentional expression of rage or desire can spell disaster for a black man--a beating over a game of craps, or an arrest, or termination from a job, or an accusation of rape. Jones awakes each day in fear, and lives steeped in fear:
It came along with consciousness. It came into my head first, somewhere back of my closed eyes, moved slowly underneath my skull to the base of my brain, cold and hollow. It seeped down my spine, into my arms, spread through my groin with an almost sexual torture, settled in my stomach like butterfly wings. For a moment I felt torn all loose inside, shriveled, paralyzed, as if after awhile I'd have to get up and die.
For Jones, there is no escape from the constant drumbeat of race and racism. It invades his dreams, his tiniest aspirations, and his deepest passions. Every attempt to retaliate or defend himself leads only to further trouble, loss, or humiliation. He can never forget who he is or what he is prevented from being. At the same time, he comes across as an actor, a subject, a doer, and not as a hapless, helpless victim. For all that he is confronted with, he never stops planning and acting and moving, and in the end, he survives, though his escape is incomplete and bittersweet.The very idea that Jones can escape, however, marks a revolution in American literature. Thwarted at nearly every turn, he is nonetheless a powerful, intelligent, complicated agent of his own destiny. This 1945 novel is a compelling read, and Chester Himes deserves to be remembered for far more than Cotton Comes to Harlem and the raft of hard-bitten detective novels with which he made his living. --Andrew Himes [via]
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In His Stepsby Charles Monroe SheldonISBN 1565631528 (1-56563-152-8)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In His Steps'Book summary:Generations of believers have been inspired by Charles M. Sheldon's classic novel about the members of one small-town church who dare to live their everyday lives for Christ. In this powerful new edition, Sheldon's sometimes difficult-to-understand phrasings and outdated expressions have been beautifully updated in modern language. New notes are included for individual or small-group study. . [via]
Infante's Infernoby Suzanne Jill Levine, G. Cabrera Infante, Guillermo Cabrera InfanteISBN 1564783847 (1-56478-384-7)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Iphigenia in Aulis: In a New Translation by Nicholas Rudallby Euripides, Nicholas RudallISBN 1566631114 (1-56663-111-4)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouacby Barry Gifford, Lawrence LeeISBN 1560257393 (1-56025-739-3)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Knickerbocker's History of New Yorkby Washington IrvingISBN 1565549457 (1-56554-945-7)
Softcover, Pelican Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Knickerbocker's History of New York'Book summary:This is a reissue of the two-volume satire subtitled A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. [via]
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Ladies' Own Erotica BookISBN 1567311393 (1-56731-139-3)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Lamb in Loveby Carrie BrownISBN 1565122038 (1-56512-203-8)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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The Last Days of Pompeiiby Edward Bulwer LyttonISBN 1564595900 (1-56459-590-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Last Girlsby Lee SmithISBN 1565124057 (1-56512-405-7)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemenby Kevin O'Neill, Alan MooreISBN 1563898586 (1-56389-858-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:Proving that mainstream comics could be infused with past literary/cultural ideals and still be bestsellers, the America's Best Comics imprint took the dilapidated superhero genre and created three vastly entertaining hybrids with Tom Strong, Promethea and Top Ten. Now, a stunning coup de grace is delivered with this masterful pairing of Victorian adventure fiction's greatest characters and the old war-horse of the super-group. With the stunning The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it would be no exaggeration to say that Alan Moore has produced a near-perfect piece of adventure fiction that is clever, literate, rich with excitement and hard to put down.
It's 1898 and at the behest of M, the mysterious head of the secret Service, Campion Bond is dispatched to procure the services of Miss Mina Murray (nee Harker), adventurer Allan Quartermain, "Science-Pirate" Captain Nemo, Henry Jekyll (and his monstrous alter ego) and Hawley Griffin (a.k.a. the Invisible Man). Together, they must combat an insidious threat that will decide supremacy of the London skies, but their success may unleash a far greater threat. With no shortage of action, Moore and O' Neill sustain a high level of suspense, intrigue, mystery and terrific wit that all contribute to an indispensable read. O'Neill's art, so memorable in Marshal Law, produces a London filled with vivid, magnificent architecture and a malevolent atmosphere ripe with thrills and danger. An unmitigated triumph--pure and simple. --Danny Graydon [via]
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Limits of Artby CairnsISBN 1567311628 (1-56731-162-8)
Hardcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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Locosby Felipe AlfauISBN 1564781712 (1-56478-171-2)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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The Lost Work of Stephen King : A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions, and Odditiesby Stephen J. SpignesiISBN 1559724692 (1-55972-469-2)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Majic Bus: An American Odysseyby Douglas BrinkleyISBN 1560254963 (1-56025-496-3)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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March to Monteriaby B. TravenISBN 1566630460 (1-56663-046-0)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'March to Monteria'Book summary:March to the Montería is the third of B. Traven's six Jungle Novels, set in the great mahogany plantations (monterías) of Mexico in the years before the revolution. Here Traven relates the life of Celso, a young Indian whose only goal is to earn enough pesos to purchase a bride. He works two years on a coffee finca, but when he returns home he must hand over his money to ladinos who claim his father has a debt to them. Celso then goes off to work two years in a monteríabut he is such a good worker that he is thrown in jail on a trumped-up charge to assure that he will stay. When he is bailed out by the labor agent, he heads off for a term of debt-slavery in the montería, from which, it is clear, he will never return. Having already forfeited his life, Celso has nothing to lose and takes his vengeance on agents and overseers. As in the other Jungle Novels, Traven traces the beginnings of consciousness which ultimately led to the Mexican Revolution and the overthrow of the Díaz regime. [via]
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Mary Reillyby Valerie MartinISBN 1560540311 (1-56054-031-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Medeaby Euripides, Nicholas RudallISBN 1566633214 (1-56663-321-4)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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A Minor Apocalypseby Richard Lourie, Tadeusz Konwicki, Robert L. McLaughlinISBN 1564782174 (1-56478-217-4)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Mister God, This Is Annaby Fynn, William PapasISBN 1560542500 (1-56054-250-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Mulligan Stewby Gilbert SorrentinoISBN 1564780872 (1-56478-087-2)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Talesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 1560005351 (1-56000-535-1)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub Large Print
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New Olympia Reader, 1957-1966: The Best from the First Ten Years of America's Most Provocative, Most Controversial, Most Important Literary Magazineby Barney Rosset, Dick Seaver, Fred Jordan, Donald Allen, Mike ToppISBN 1562010468 (1-56201-046-8)
Softcover, Running Press Book Publishers
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The North China Loverby Marguerite Duras, Leigh HafreyISBN 1565840437 (1-56584-043-7)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The North China Lover'Book summary:Hailed in France as "an incomparable pleasure," Marguerite Duras's 1991 novel is a spare, beautiful retelling of the dramatic experiences of her own adolescence. More daring and truthful than any book she wrote previously -- including The Lover, it emphasizes the realities of her youth in Indochina and reveals much that her earlier works concealed. [via]
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Poor Thingsby Alasdair GrayISBN 1564783073 (1-56478-307-3)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poor Things'Book summary:"The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott."Anthony Burgess
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxtera beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of Bella, but his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for Baxter's creation.
The hilarious tale of love and scandal that ensues would be "the whole story" in the hands of a lesser author (which in fact it is, for this account is actually written by Dr. McCandless). For Gray, though, this is only half the story, after which Bella (a.k.a. Victoria McCandless) has her own say in the matter.
Satirizing the classic Victorian novel, Poor Things is a hilarious political allegory and a thought-provoking duel between the desires of men and the independence of women, from one of Scotland's most accomplished authors.
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Price Was Highby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew Joseph BruccoliISBN 1567311067 (1-56731-106-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Pushkin Houseby Andrei Bitov, Susan BrownsbergerISBN 156478200X (1-56478-200-X)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Reader's Blockby David MarksonISBN 1564781321 (1-56478-132-1)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Readings on Pride and Prejudiceby Clarice SwisherISBN 1565108604 (1-56510-860-4)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farmby Kate Douglas Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Joe BoddyISBN 1561210048 (1-56121-004-8)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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The Rebellion of the Hangedby B. TravenISBN 1566630649 (1-56663-064-9)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Rigadoonby Ralph Manheim, Louis Ferdinand Celine, Kurt VonnegutISBN 1564781623 (1-56478-162-3)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Kelley JonesISBN 1563890410 (1-56389-041-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Jill Thompson and Vince Locke; Painted Cover by Dave McKean Dream's youngest sister, the loopy Delirium, convinces him to go on a quest for their missing brother, Destruction. But Dream may learn that the cost of finding his prodigal sibling is more than he can bear. [via]
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Hardcover, Dc Comics - The Sandman Library: ISBN 1563892251 (1-56389-225-1)
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Yoshitaka AmanoISBN 156389629X (1-56389-629-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series by Neil Caiman, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over their respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts a diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true being as they star in their own tales of curiosity and wonder. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS was the first comic graphic novel to be listed on the "NY Times Best-seller list. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. [via]
The Search for Order: Landmarks of the World Civilizationby Marc MeyerISBN 1561342300 (1-56134-230-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Search for Order: Landmarks of the World Civilization'Book summary:Topics such as individualism, communal obligation, tradition and change, and humanity's relationship with the divine and nature from 1500 to the present. figure prominently in this book. These chronologically and geographically grouped selections are drawn exclusively from historical sources and are arranged into three broad historical periods to allow for greater flexibility. Educators are recommending that courses in world civilizations be included in general education programs, and interest as well as enrollments have increased dramatically over the last few years. The Search for Order is a partial response to this academic turn of events. [via]
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The Silverado Squattersby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1562790978 (1-56279-097-8)
Softcover, ECN New Publications Department
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Stone Butch Bluesby Leslie FeinbergISBN 156341029X (1-56341-029-X)
Softcover, Leslie Feinberg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stone Butch Blues'Book summary:Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence. [via]
Surprised by Laughter: The Comic World of C.S. Lewisby Terry LindvallISBN 1562331051 (1-56233-105-1)
Hardcover, Star Song Pub Co
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Temples of Delightby Barbara TrapidoISBN 156054385X (1-56054-385-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Triviaby Dubravka Ugresic, Celia HawkesworthISBN 1564782980 (1-56478-298-0)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Those Barren Leavesby Aldous HuxleyISBN 1564781690 (1-56478-169-0)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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To Sir, With Loveby Edward Ricardo BraithwaiteISBN 1567232086 (1-56723-208-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Trueloveby Patrick O'BrianISBN 1560545224 (1-56054-522-4)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Tunnelby William H. GassISBN 1564782131 (1-56478-213-1)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Turtle Moonby Alice HoffmanISBN 1560549262 (1-56054-926-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Uncle Vanya : In a New Translation and Adaptation by Curt Columbusby Anton Chekhov, Curt ColumbusISBN 1566634431 (1-56663-443-1)
Hardcover, Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
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Under the Frogby Tibor FischerISBN 1565841492 (1-56584-149-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under the Frog'Book summary:Tibor Fisher's hilarious first novel follows the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. In this spirited indictment of totalitarianism, the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship. [via]
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A Virtuous Womanby Kaye GibbonsISBN 1565122062 (1-56512-206-2)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Virtuous Woman'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1997: Gibbons's novel, A Virtuous Woman, takes place in the same hardscrabble part of the world as Ellen Foster. The virtuous woman is Ruby Pitt Woodrow, a woman who might have ended up like Ellen Foster's mother if fate, in the shape of Jack Stokes, hadn't crossed her path. The daughter of prosperous farmers, Ruby runs off with a migrant worker who treats her badly, then abandons her far from home. When she meets Jack, a man 20 years her senior, she's working as a cleaning woman in another prosperous farmer's house. Jack is a man women don't look at even once, let alone twice; Ruby is a woman who needs someone to take care of her. Out of this unlikely union grows a quiet kind of love that is no less powerful for being unstated.
Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman share more than just location and a few characters in common. Though each is a complete novel in and of itself, taken together the two books resonate one another: Ellen Foster and Ruby Pitt Woodrow are both damaged people who find the kind of love they need to heal. These multilayered novels are tough-minded and resolutely unsentimental, just like their protagonists. Yet like Ellen and Ruby, each contains a nut of sweetness at its core that takes the bitter edge off the hard lives and hard stories Kaye Gibbons has to tell. [via]
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Where the Air Is Clearby Fuentes, Sam Hileman, Ignacio PadillaISBN 1564783448 (1-56478-344-8)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Zod Wallopby William Browning SpencerISBN 1565048709 (1-56504-870-9)
Softcover, Psi
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