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The Accidental: Library Editionby Ali SmithISBN 1400032180 (1-4000-3218-0)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Accidental: Library Edition'Book summary:The Accidental is the dizzyingly entertaining, wickedly humorous story of a mysterious stranger whose sudden appearance during a family's summer holiday transforms four variously unhappy people. Each of the Smarts-parents Eve and Michael, son Magnus, and the youngest, daughter Astrid-encounter Amber in his or her own solipsistic way, but somehow her presence allows them to se their lives (and their life together) in a new light. Smith's exhilarating facility with language, her narrative freedom, and her chromatic wordplay propel the novel to its startling, wonderfully enigmatic conclusion.Ali Smith's acclaimed novel won the prestigious Whitbread Award and was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. [via]
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Adventures of Peregrine Pickleby Tobias George SmollettISBN 1404342664 (1-4043-4266-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1784 edition. Excerpt: ...like a charm upon ail present. The doctor was confounded, the governcr dismayed, the Levite's rteeth chattered, "the pointer was astonished at the.general consusion, the cause of which he could not comprehend; and Pickle himself, not a little alarmed, was obliged to use all his interest and assiduity in appeasing this son of the church, who at.length, in consideration of the friendship he professed fessed for the young gentleman, consented to forgive what had passed, but absolutely resused to sit in contact with such a prosane wretch, whom he looked upon as a fiend of darkness, sent by the enemy of mankind to poison the minds of weak people; so that, after having crossed himself, and muttered certain exorcilms, he insisted upon the doctor's changing places with the Jew, who approached the offended ecclesiastic in an agony of fear. » Matters being thus compromised, the conversation flowed in a more general channel; and without the intervention of anv other accident., or bone of contention, the carriage arrived at the city of Ghent about seven in the evening. Supper being bespoke for the whole company, our adventurer and his friends went out to take a superficial view of the place, leaving his new mistress to the pious exhortations of her confessor, whom (as we have already observed) he had secured in his interest. This zealous mediator spoke so warmly in his commendation, and interested her conscience so much in the affair, that she could not resuse her helping hand to the great work of his conversion and promised to grant the interview he desired. This agreeable piece of intelligence, which the Capuchin communicated to Peregrine at his return, elevated his spirits to such a degree, that he shone at supper with uncommon brilliance, in a... [via]
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All Souls' Risingby Madison Smartt BellISBN 1400076536 (1-4000-7653-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Souls' Rising'Book summary:In his breathtaking and powerful novel that garnered nominations for both the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, Madison Smartt Bell leaves the dark contemporary world he has so brilliantly made his own in nine previously acclaimed novels and short story collections, such as Save Me, Joe Louis. Now he turns to the past and brings viscerally to life the slave rebellion that would bring an end to the white rule of Haiti in the late eighteenth century. The result is an explosive, epic historical novel of astonishing depth and range, catapulting Bell into the ranks of the finest living authors. [via]
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The Belton Estateby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1404343466 (1-4043-4346-6)
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The Best-loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy onassisby Caroline Kennedy-schlossberg, Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisISBN 1401302483 (1-4013-0248-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best-loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy onassis'Book summary:Timed to the publication of the author+s new illustrated children+s book, A Family of Poems, the national bestseller is now available in a specially priced gift editionJacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. -Once you can express yourself,+ she wrote, +you can tell the world what you want from it+All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.+ Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mother+s favorite poems and the worlds behind her strong belief in the power of literature. A wonderful volume for reading aloud or by yourself, a meaningful gift or keepsake, The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis offers an intimate view of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis+ world, and a poignant glimpse into her heart. [via]
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Big Russ and Me: Father and Son Lessons of Lifeby Tim RussertISBN 1401359655 (1-4013-5965-5)
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The Bobbsey Twins In The Countryby Laura Lee HopeISBN 1404300252 (1-4043-0025-2)
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Catrionaby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1404343830 (1-4043-4383-0)
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Cien Sonetos De Amorby Pablo Neruda, Hernan LoyolaISBN 1400099633 (1-4000-9963-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Civilization of the Renaissance in Italyby Jacob BurckhardtISBN 1404343660 (1-4043-4366-0)
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The Complete Stories of Truman Capoteby Truman Capote, Reynolds PriceISBN 140009691X (1-4000-9691-X)
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The Coral Islandby Robert M. BallantyneISBN 1404346104 (1-4043-4610-4)
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novelby Jeff LindsayISBN 1400095913 (1-4000-9591-3)
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Decreation: Opera, Essays, Poetryby Anne CarsonISBN 1400043492 (1-4000-4349-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decreation: Opera, Essays, Poetry'Book summary:In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson contemplates decreation an activity described by Simone Weil as undoing the creature in us an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definition? Where else can we start?
Anne Carsons Decreation starts with formthe undoing of form. Form is various here: opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, rapture. The undoing is tender, but tenderness can change everything, or so the author appears to believe. [via]More editions of Decreation: Opera, Essays, Poetry:
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Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Operaby Anne CarsonISBN 1400078903 (1-4000-7890-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera'Book summary:Simone Weil described decreation as undoing the creature in us an undoing of self. In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson explores this idea with characteristic brilliance and a tantalizing range of reference, moving from Aphrodite to Antonioni, Demosthenes to Annie Dillard, Telemachos to Trotsky, and writing in forms as varied as opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, and rapture. As she makes her way through these forms she slowly dismantles them, and in doing so seeks to move through the self, to its undoing. [via]
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The Essays of Montaigneby Michel de MontaigneISBN 1404301968 (1-4043-0196-8)
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The Federalist Papersby John Jay, James Madison, Alexander HamiltonISBN 1404302301 (1-4043-0230-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Federalist Papers'Book summary:"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren ... should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." So wrote John Jay, one of the revolutionary authors of The Federalist Papers, arguing that if the United States was truly to be a single nation, its leaders would have to agree on universally binding rules of governance--in short, a constitution. In a brilliant set of essays, Jay and his colleagues Alexander Hamilton and James Madison explored in minute detail the implications of establishing a kind of rule that would engage as many citizens as possible and that would include a system of checks and balances. Their arguments proved successful in the end, and The Federalist Papers stand as key documents in the founding of the United States. [via]
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The Finishing Schoolby Muriel SparkISBN 1400077397 (1-4000-7739-7)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Five Little Peppers And How They Grewby Margaret SidneyISBN 1404303103 (1-4043-0310-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Five Little Peppers And How They Grew'Book summary:Mrs. Pepper, a widow, and her five children lived in a plain little brown house where she struggled to feed and clothe her lively brood. The family had little in the way of luxury and hardly any of the things that many of us today take for granted, But they had such fun and good times together and loved one another so dearly that when a very rich little boy discovered the warmth and happiness that flooded the little brown house he felt himself lucky to be in it. And as it turned out, his coming brought luck to the Five Little Peppers too.[via]More editions of Five Little Peppers And How They Grew:
Flashman On The March: From The Flashman Papers, 1867-8by George MacDonald FraserISBN 1400096464 (1-4000-9646-4)
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For the Term of His Natural Lifeby Marcus ClarkeISBN 1404302565 (1-4043-0256-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For the Term of His Natural Life'Book summary:So far the appearance of the vessel differed in nowise from that of an ordinary transport. But in the waist a curious sight presented itself. It was as though one had built a cattle-pen there. At the foot of the foremast, and at the quarter-deck, a strong barricade, loop-holed and furnished with doors for ingress and egress, ran across the deck from bulwark to bulwark. [via]
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The French Revolutionby CarlyleISBN 1404303952 (1-4043-0395-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The French Revolution'Book summary:The French Revolution, Volume I: The Bastille [via]
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Frostby Thomas Bernhard, Michael HofmannISBN 1400040663 (1-4000-4066-3)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frost'Book summary:Visceral, raw, singular, and distinctive, Frost is the story of a friendship between a young man at the beginning of his medical career and a painter who is entering his final days.
A writer of world stature, Thomas Bernhard combined a searing wit and an unwavering gaze into the human condition. Frost follows an unnamed young Austrian who accepts an unusual assignment. Rather than continue with his medical studies, he travels to a bleak mining town in the back of beyond, in order to clinically observe the aged painter, Strauch, who happens to be the brother of this young mans surgical mentor. The catch is this: Strauch must not know the young mans true occupation or the reason for his arrival. Posing as a promising law student with a love of Henry James, the young man befriends the mad artist and is caught up among an equally extraordinary cast of local characters, from his resentful landlady to the towns mining engineers.
This debut novel by Thomas Bernhard, which came out in German in 1963 and is now being published in English for the first time, marks the beginning of what was one of the twentieth centurys most powerful, provocative literary careers. [via]More editions of Frost:
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Full Cupboard of Lifeby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 1400031818 (1-4000-3181-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Full Cupboard of Life'Book summary:THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 5
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswanas premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humornot to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on him, as he has other concerns, especially a hair-raising request from the ever persuasive Mma Potokwane, matron of the orphan farm. Besides Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in the lady or just her money? This may be a difficult case, but it's just the kind of problem Mma Ramotswe likes and she is, as we know, a very intuitive lady. [via]More editions of Full Cupboard of Life:
Gallatin Canyonby Thomas McGuaneISBN 1400041562 (1-4000-4156-2)
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The Genius Of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect On Their Mother Tongueby Wendy LesserISBN 1400033233 (1-4000-3323-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Genius Of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect On Their Mother Tongue'Book summary:Fifteen outstanding writers answered editor Wendy Lessers call for original essays on the subject of languagethe one they grew up with, and the English in which they write.Despite American assumptions about polite Chinese discourse, Amy Tan believes that there was nothing discreet about the Chinese language with which she grew up. Leonard Michaels spoke only Yiddish until he was five, and still found its traces in his English language writing. Belgian-born Luc Sante loved his French Tintin and his Sartre, but only in English could he find words of one syllable that evoke American bars and bus stops. And although Louis Begley writes novels in English and addresses family members in Polish, he still speaks French with his wifethe language of their courtship. As intimate as ones dreams, as private as a secret identity, these essays examine and reveal the writers pride, pain, and pleasure in learning a new tongue, revisiting an old one, and reconciling the joys and frustrations of each. [via]
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A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene S. PorterISBN 1404305092 (1-4043-0509-2)
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A Hazard of New Fortunesby William Dean HowellsISBN 1404309675 (1-4043-0967-5)
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Heimskringla or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norwayby Snorri SturlsonISBN 1404306803 (1-4043-0680-3)
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The History of Englandby Thomas Babington MacaulayISBN 1404306315 (1-4043-0631-5)
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In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literatureby Christopher WoodwardISBN 1400030862 (1-4000-3086-2)
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In Search of the Castawaysby Jules VerneISBN 1404309276 (1-4043-0927-6)
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsby Adam SmithISBN 1404309993 (1-4043-0999-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'Book summary:First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout he offers seminal arguments for free trade, free markets, and limited government.[via]
Criticizing mercantilists who sought to use the state to increase their nations' supply of precious metals, Smith points out that a nation's wealth should be measured by the well-being of its people. Prosperity in turn requires voluntary exchange of goods in a peaceful, well-ordered market. How to establish and maintain such markets? For Smith the answer lay in man's social instincts, which government may encourage by upholding social standards of decency, honesty, and virtue, but which government undermines when it unduly interferes with the intrinsically private functions of production and exchange.More editions of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:
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Jack and Jillby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1404310592 (1-4043-1059-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack and Jill'Book summary:Jack and Jill: A Village Story is a children's book originally published in 1879. One of the many "girls' books" written by Louisa May Alcott, it takes place in a small New England town after the Civil War. - Wikipedia.org
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Jo's Boysby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1404310797 (1-4043-1079-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jo's Boys'Book summary:The final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family, Jo's Boys is entertaining, surprising, and an overall joy to listen to.
Set ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits the one-time members of that ''wilderness of boys'' that once resided at Plumfield, the New England boarding school still presided over by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Jo's boys -- including sailor Emil, promising musician Nat, and rebellious Dan -- are grown up and making their ways in the world with varying degrees of triumph and disaster. Jo herself remains at the center of this tale, holding her boys fast through shipwreck and storm, disappointment. . . and even murder. [via]More editions of Jo's Boys:
The Key and Diary of a Mad Old Manby Junichiro Tanizaki, Howard HibbettISBN 1400079004 (1-4000-7900-4)
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Laddie: A True Blue Storyby Gene Stratton-PorterISBN 1404312161 (1-4043-1216-1)
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The Lady of the Lakeby Scott, Walter, Sr.ISBN 1404313664 (1-4043-1366-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady of the Lake'Book summary:Sir Walter Scott said this poem of the Scottish Highlands was a labor of love, and its extraordinary success justified his expectations. [via]
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The Lady of the Shroudby Bram StokerISBN 1404313311 (1-4043-1331-1)
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Last Days of Pompeiiby E.G. Bulwer-LyttonISBN 1404314806 (1-4043-1480-6)
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemanby Alan Moore, Kevin O'NeillISBN 1401201180 (1-4012-0118-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:Alan Moore and Kevin ONeills epic Victorian adventure continues in grand fashion as our intrepid band of heroesMina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mr. Edward Hyde, Dr. Thomas Jekyll and the Invisible Man (a.k.a. Hawley Griffin)once again must face a most dire threatbut this time its not just the fate of an empire that hangs in the balance, but that of the entire world! The first volume contains the thrilling graphic novel, complete with the Almanac of fantastic places, and the second contains Alan Moores entire script for the graphic novel, a rare and wonderful treat for any fan of sequential storytelling. This two-volume hardcover set is enclosed within an attractive slipcase. [via]
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemenby Kevin O'Neill, Alan Moore, William Oakley, Ben DimagmaliwISBN 1401201172 (1-4012-0117-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II finds cocreators Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O'Neill (artist) back on familiar ground, revisiting the classic Victorian-era characters that they used to such effect in the bestselling and rightfully acclaimed first volume. It's a superhero tale, but--as expected from Moore--a rather unconventional one. This League is drawn from some of the classic characters from English literature: Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man), Mr Hyde and Miss Mina Murray (formerly Harker, the heroine of Dracula). And this tale is taken directly from HG Wells' classic War of the Worlds, as Martian invaders (complete with tripods and heat rays) begin to land in England, bent on conquest. They seem unstoppable as they rage across the countryside towards London, but they hadn't counted on the League, or the eccentric genius of Dr Alphonse Moreau.
As with the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it's the meticulous sense of era and place that makes volume II a success. The minutia of Victorian England is set seamlessly alongside objects and ideas that never appeared outside of myth and legend, while references to other famous fictional characters and events are casually introduced, then quickly tossed aside. And, of course, it's a ripping yarn, in the classic Boys' Own style (right down to the cliff hanger-style, end of chapter narrations). However, unlike volume I, there are several scenes that aren't suitable for all readers (particularly "those of a delicate disposition"). It's almost as if Moore and O'Neill, anticipating the heightened interest that 2003's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film would bring, have willingly set out to shock and even alienate newer readers. So there's a fairly explicit sex scene, some rather brutal violence and, perhaps most unnerving, it's almost inevitable that no reader will ever look at Rupert the Bear in the same way again. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Literary Occasions: Essaysby V.S. Naipaul, Pankaj MishraISBN 1400031303 (1-4000-3130-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literary Occasions: Essays'Book summary:Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul brings his signature gifts of observation, his ferocious impatience with received truths, and his masterfully condensed prose to these eleven essays on reading, writing, and identitywhich have been brought together for the first time.
Here the subject is Naipauls literary evolution: the books that delighted him as a child; the books he wrote as a young man; the omnipresent predicament of trying to master an essentially metropolitan, imperial art form as an Asian colonial from a New World plantation island. He assesses Joseph Conrad, the writer most frequently cited as his forebear, and, in his celebrated Nobel Lecture, Two Worlds, traces the full arc of his own career. Literary Occasions is an indispensable addition to the Naipaul oeuvre, penetrating, elegant, and affecting. [via]More editions of Literary Occasions: Essays:
The Little Girlsby Elizabeth BowenISBN 1400034795 (1-4000-3479-5)
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Little Lord Fauntleroyby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 1404313419 (1-4043-1341-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'Book summary:The charming story of a 7-year-old turn-of-the-century American boy who lived on the edge of poverty in New York City and who suddenly inherits an English castle. 4 cassettes. [via]
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Loo Sanctionby TrevanianISBN 1400098289 (1-4000-9828-9)
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The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial Historyby V.S. NaipaulISBN 1400030765 (1-4000-3076-5)
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The Man of Propertyby John GalsworthyISBN 1404316345 (1-4043-1634-5)
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Maria Chapdelaineby Louis HemonISBN 1404316396 (1-4043-1639-6)
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Maria or the Wrongs of Womanby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 1404316965 (1-4043-1696-5)
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Master of the Crossroadsby Madison Smartt BellISBN 1400078385 (1-4000-7838-5)
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The Metamorphosisby Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper, Kerstin HasenpuschISBN 1400052998 (1-4000-5299-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphosis'Book summary:A brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafkas classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug.
Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a kinetic illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafkas The Metamorphosis. Kupers electric drawingswhere American cartooning meets German expressionismbring Kafkas prose to vivid life, reviving the original storys humor and poignancy in a way that will surprise and delight readers of Kafka and graphic novels alike. [via] -
A Million Little Piecesby James FreyISBN 1400031087 (1-4000-3108-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Million Little Pieces'Book summary:News from Doubleday & Anchor Books
The controversy over James Frey's A Million Little Pieces has caused serious concern at Doubleday and Anchor Books. Recent interpretations of our previous statement notwithstanding, it is not the policy or stance of this company that it doesnt matter whether a book sold as nonfiction is true. A nonfiction book should adhere to the facts as the author knows them.It is, however, Doubleday and Anchor's policy to stand with our authors when accusations are initially leveled against their work, and we continue to believe this is right and proper. A publisher's relationship with an author is based to an extent on trust. Mr. Frey's repeated representations of the book's accuracy, throughout publication and promotion, assured us that everything in it was true to his recollections. When the Smoking Gun report appeared, our first response, given that we were still learning the facts of the matter, was to support our author. Since then, we have questioned him about the allegations and have sadly come to the realization that a number of facts have been altered and incidents embellished.
We bear a responsibility for what we publish, and apologize to the reading public for any unintentional confusion surrounding the publication of A Million Little Pieces.
Note: The following editorial reviews were written before the recent revelations by James Frey and the publisher.
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The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled and missing four front teeth, Frey is on a steep descent from a dark marathon of drug abuse. His stunned family checks him into a famed Minnesota drug treatment center where a doctor promises "he will be dead within a few days" if he starts to use again, and where Frey spends two agonizing months of detox confronting "The Fury" head on:I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous alcohol on Earth. I want fifty bottles of it. I want crack, dirty and yellow and filled with formaldehyde. I want a pile of powder meth, five hundred hits of acid, a garbage bag filled with mushrooms, a tube of glue bigger than a truck, a pool of gas large enough to drown in. I want something anything whatever however as much as I can.
One of the more harrowing sections is when Frey submits to major dental surgery without the benefit of anesthesia or painkillers (he fights the mind-blowing waves of "bayonet" pain by digging his fingers into two old tennis balls until his nails crack). His fellow patients include a damaged crack addict with whom Frey wades into an ill-fated relationship, a federal judge, a former championship boxer, and a mobster (who, upon his release, throws a hilarious surf-and-turf bacchanal, complete with pay-per-view boxing). In the book's epilogue, when Frey ticks off a terse update on everyone, you can almost hear the Jim Carroll Band's brutal survivor's lament "People Who Died" kicking in on the soundtrack of the inevitable film adaptation.
The rage-fueled memoir is kept in check by Frey's cool, minimalist style. Like his steady mantra, "I am an Alcoholic and I am a drug Addict and I am a Criminal," Frey's use of repetition takes on a crisp, lyrical quality which lends itself to the surreal experience. The book could have benefited from being a bit leaner. Nearly 400 pages is a long time to spend under Frey's influence, and the stylistic acrobatics (no quotation marks, random capitalization, left-aligned text, wild paragraph breaks) may seem too self-conscious for some readers, but beyond the literary fireworks lurks a fierce debut. --Brad Thomas Parsons
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The Misallianceby Anita BrooknerISBN 1400095220 (1-4000-9522-0)
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Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continuesby Linda BerdollISBN 1402202733 (1-4022-0273-3)
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Mr. Muo's Travelling Couchby Dai SijieISBN 1400077141 (1-4000-7714-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch'Book summary:Following his runaway best seller, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie gives us a delightful new tale of East meets West: an adventure both wry and uplifting about a love of dreams and the dream of love, and the power of reading to sustain and inspire the spirit.
After years of studying Freud in Paris, Mr. Muo returns home to introduce the blessings of psychoanalysis to twenty-first-century China. But it is his hidden purposeto liberate his university sweetheart, now a political prisonerthat leads him to the sadistic local magistrate, Judge Di. The price of the Communist bureaucrats clemency? A virgin maiden. And so our middle-aged hero Muo, a Westernized romantic and sexual innocent himself, sets off on his bicycle in search of a suitable girl.
Muos quest will take him from a Chengdu mortuary to a rural panda habitat, from an insane asylum to the haunts of the marauding Lolo people. Along the way, he will lose a tooth, his virginity, and his once unshakable faith in psychoanalytic insight. But his quixotic idealism will not waver, even as he comes to see that the chivalrous heart may have room for more than one true love.
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Mr. Standfastby John BuchanISBN 1404319824 (1-4043-1982-4)
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The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003by Laura FurmanISBN 1400031311 (1-4000-3131-1)
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Otto of the Silver Handby Howard PyleISBN 140432304X (1-4043-2304-X)
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A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Loveby Caroline KennedyISBN 1401307671 (1-4013-0767-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love'Book summary:Now available in paperback, the New York Times bestseller. When John F. Kennedy called America "the land we love" more than 42 years ago, he was reminding us of the lofty ideals on which our country was founded. But what are those ideals, and how have Americans defined them Is America the land of George Washington and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who rallied the country's spirits for unity in wartime, or is it a land of dissent, a land in which Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Martin Luther King, Jr. remind us of our duty to protect our most fundamental freedoms? Are we defined by the speeches of Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan or by the humor of H.L. Mencken and Mark Twain? Caroline Kennedy's answer in A Patriot's Handbook is that we are all of those things and more. The poems, songs, speeches, letters, and historical documents that Caroline Kennedy has chosen for this remarkable collection remind us of the foundations on which America was built. But they also ask us to examine what it truly means to be a "patriot," even if our assumptions are challenged along the way, because it is only by doing so that America can "truly be our own." Voices as diverse as the nation itself: --Thomas Jefferson--Cole Porter--Chief Red Jacket--Amy Tan--Betty Friedan--Albert Einstein--George W. Bush--Loretta Lynn--John F. Kennedy--Martin Luther King, Jr.--Bob Dylan--Cesar Chavez--Toni Morrison--Groucho Marx--and many more [via]
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Rose in Bloomby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1404328645 (1-4043-2864-5)
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Runaway: Storiesby Alice MunroISBN 1400077915 (1-4000-7791-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Runaway: Stories'The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Todd Klein, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Glenn Fabry, Frank QuitelyISBN 140120113X (1-4012-0113-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:With The Sandman: Endless Nights, bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to the characters (and medium) that made him famous. It's a collection of seven short stories, each illustrated by some of the best artists working in contemporary comics (eg, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry and Milo Manara) and focusing on the Endless--the anthropomorphic manifestations of seven universal concepts: Death, Desire, Dream, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. So, it's a collection of fantasy stories, but don't let that put you off. Gaiman is much more than a typical fantasy storyteller--his strength has always been his ability to ground his epic concepts within a sympathetically human framework. That's one of the reasons why the original Sandman series was so successful--nowadays, thanks to the work of creators like Neil Gaiman (and, of course, Alan Moore), it's difficult to remember a time when comics (or graphic novels, or sequential storytelling, or whatever people want to call them nowadays) weren't taken very seriously as a "grown-up" medium.
That said, Endless Nights is a bit hit and miss. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the best story here is Dream ("The Heart of a Star"), where Gaiman and artist Miguelanxo Prado revisit the Sandman's protagonist and tell a short, poignant love story from the character's past, carefully constructed to please fans without baffling newcomers. "15 Portraits of Despair", with Barron Storey's art and Dave McKean's designs, is not a story but a collection of darkly-toned, disturbing vignettes, while Bill Sienkiewicz's art for Delirium ("Going Inside") is appropriately manic and unhinged. But, unfortunately, some of the stories here lack any real depth: Frank Quitely's art for Destiny ("Endless Nights") adds a grandiose scale to a story that is little more than a character sketch (albeit a beautiful one), while the Destruction story ("On the Peninsula") squanders what could have been an interesting idea if Gaiman had had more time and space to flesh it out. Still, Endless Nights should be enough to keep Sandman fans happy, while acting as a useful introduction to these characters for any newcomers. And if it gets more people reading Sandman, that can only be a good thing. --Robert Burrow [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Dan Didio, Karen Berger, Shelly Bond, Mariah Huehner, Terri Cunningham, Richard Bruning, Paul Levitz, Georg Brewer, Robbin Brosterman, Patrick Caldon, Chris CaramalisISBN 1401200893 (1-4012-0089-3)
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fanby Lisa SeeISBN 1400060281 (1-4000-6028-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan'Book summary:Lily is haunted by memoriesof who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.
In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu ( womens writing ). Some girls were paired with laotongs, old sames, in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments.
With the arrival of a silk fan on which Snow Flower has composed for Lily a poem of introduction in nu shu, their friendship is sealed and they become old sames at the tender age of seven. As the years pass, through famine and rebellion, they reflect upon their arranged marriages, loneliness, and the joys and tragedies of motherhood. The two find solace, developing a bond that keeps their spirits alive. But when a misunderstanding arises, their lifelong friendship suddenly threatens to tear apart.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship. [via]More editions of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan:
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Tears of the Giraffeby R. A. McCall SmithISBN 1400031354 (1-4000-3135-4)
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Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswanas premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, and good humornot to mention help from her loyal assistant, Grace Makutsi, and the occasional cup of tea.
Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage to a good, kind man, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, and the promotion of her talented secretary (a graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College, with a mark of 97 per cent), she also finds her family suddenly and unexpectedly increased by two. [via]More editions of Tears of the Giraffe:
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novelby Jane SmileyISBN 1400033187 (1-4000-3318-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel'Book summary:Over an extraordinary twenty-year career, Jane Smiley has written all kinds of novels: mystery, comedy, historical fiction, epic. Is there anything Jane Smiley cannot do? raves Time magazine. But in the wake of 9/11, Smiley faltered in her hitherto unflagging impulse to write and decided to approach novels from a different angle: she read one hundred of them, from classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith, Nicholson Baker, and Alice Munro.
Smiley exploresas no novelist has before herthe unparalleled intimacy of reading, why a novel succeeds (or doesnt), and how the novel has changed over time. She describes a novelist as right on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing, yet whose job and ambition is to develop a theory of how it feels to be alive.
In her inimitable styleexuberant, candid, opinionatedSmiley invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft. She walks us step-by-step through the publication of her most recent novel, Good Faith, and, in two vital chapters on how to write a novel of your own, offers priceless advice to aspiring authors.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel may amount to a peculiar form of autobiography. We see Smiley reading in bed with a chocolate bar; mulling over plot twists while cooking dinner for her family; even, at the age of twelve, devouring Sherlock Holmes mysteries, which she later realized were among her earliest literary models for plot and character.
And in an exhilarating conclusion, Smiley considers individually the one hundred books she read, from Don Quixote to Lolita to Atonement, presenting her own insights and often controversial opinions. In its scope and gleeful eclecticism, her reading list is one of the most compellingand surprisingever assembled.
Engaging, wise, sometimes irreverent, Thirteen Ways is essential reading for anyone who has ever escaped into the pages of a novel or, for that matter, wanted to write one. In Smileys own words, ones she found herself turning to over the course of her journey: Read this. I bet youll like it. [via]More editions of Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel:
The Uncommercial Travellerby Charles DickensISBN 140433663X (1-4043-3663-X)
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What Katy Did at Schoolby Susan CoolidgeISBN 1404340130 (1-4043-4013-0)
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Without Bloodby Alessandro Baricco, Ann GoldsteinISBN 1400041457 (1-4000-4145-7)
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Yellow Dogby Martin AmisISBN 1400077273 (1-4000-7727-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yellow Dog'Book summary:Martin Amiss brilliant and controversial new novel, already hailed in the British press as "Dickens with a snarl" and a "great comic extravagance."
After Xan Meo is brutally attacked in the garden of a London pub and suffers a severe head trauma, his wife and daughters find they are living with a strangerunpredictable, violent, vengeful, lost: "His condition felt like the twenty-first century: it was something you wanted to wake up from."
While it may alarm his family, Xans new personality is a good match for the city and the age in which he lives. For this is the vicious London of tabloid journalist Clint Smoker, whose daily reports of illicit sex and outrageous scandal are every bit as fake (and artful) as the noose tattooed around his neck. This is a world where the King of England keeps a Chinese mistress in Paris and tries to suppress a video-taped, bathtub "intrusion" of his fifteen- year-old daughter from reaching the internet. A world of hit men, pornographers, tycoons, and displaced royalty. A world where brilliant people perform unspeakable acts and bodyguards provide no protection.
Yellow Dog is Martin Amis at his dazzling bestcomic, fierce, gritty, and profound. Amis explores what is changeless and perhaps unchangeable: patriarchy and the entire edifice of masculinity; the violence arising between man and man; the tortuous alliances between men and women; and the vanished dream that we can protect our future and our progeny. [via]
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El cartero de Nerudaby Antonio SkármetaISBN 1400087643 (1-4000-8764-3)
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De Como Las Muchachas Garcia Perdieron el Acento/ How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accentby Julia Alvarez, De Mercedes GuhlISBN 1400096944 (1-4000-9694-4)
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Lo que las hermanas han perdido para siempre y lo que logran encontrar se revela en esta novela magistral de una de las novelistas más celebradas de nuestros tiempos. [via]More editions of De Como Las Muchachas Garcia Perdieron el Acento/ How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent:
Residencia en la Tierraby Pablo NerudaISBN 140009965X (1-4000-9965-X)
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Gangsta Bone/Rule of the Boneby Russell BanksISBN 1400039932 (1-4000-3993-2)
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